This RP is [somewhat] based on true events: (vs Bob 2)
Jul 27, 2023 9:10:36 GMT -5
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Post by Lord Allton on Jul 27, 2023 9:10:36 GMT -5
This is [somewhat] based on a true story. Things may or may not have been exaggerated for dramatic effect. (OK, OK! They definitely have, but still…)
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As I sit in my office doing paperwork getting things ready for the Outsiders Supercard of Equality while listening to Tchakovsky’s 1812 Overture, Jefferson suddenly knocks on my door. He is carrying a letter.
‘Yes, Jefferson?’
Jefferson: Your mail, Sir.
‘Thank-you. Please… a cup of tea would you?’
Jefferson: Of course, Sir.
With a nod, Jefferson exits and closes the door behind him and I open the letter. As the overture reaches the good bit of the music (you know the bit I mean if you know your classical music), I drop the letter on the floor after giving it a read and staring at it in shock. I take a few moments to compose myself and shout down to Jefferson to hold the tea.
I then pull out my phone for Billy to meet me at the airport. The letter was sent for help from my previous job - the zoo. Somehow hunting enthusiasts had made it into the zoo and were running amok!
Upon reaching England, Billy and I made our way to the zoo as fast as we could and as I reached the gates of the old place, there were people carrying guns everywhere having a standoff with police. The gun and hunting enthusiasts were carrying animal carcasses and were looking mighty pleased with themselves.
Initially I was stopped at the gate by police until one of my former co-workers said that they had called me and waved me through. It was Kelly - she ran over to me and hugged me before telling me of the situation.
Kelly: Rob, it’s a nightmare - these people just came into the zoo and started shooting up the place, the head of which has barricaded herself into our former office and claims that she wants to talk to you. She says that she knows you….
‘Me? I don’t suppose you caught her name?’
Kelly: I was a little preoccupied with not getting shot!
‘Right. Of course. You go with Billy here, and wait with the police. I’ll sort this out.’
I fist bump Billy and hug Kelly one more time before making my way to my former building inside the zoo and as I do, I start thinking about what a vacation the match against Bob will be at Supercard of Equality. First dealing with a giant Lopa and the Children of the Vard assholes? What has my life become? Wrestling used to be so easy. You just square up to the guy in front of you and you beat the living crap out of him until the match is over. Easy, right? Well, as I said it was supposed to be, but recently it’s been cults and giant women and…. Well you guys know. You’ve been there, along for the ride with me.
But as for the match with Bob - at least when this is all over I will once again be Outsiders Champion and The Big Bifford will have no choice but to acknowledge Outsiders for the behemoth of Wrestling for what I have tried to steer it towards being - genuinely respected and respectable. Back when I started on Outsiders, everyone was telling me that it was futile. ‘It’s backyard wrestling’ they said. ‘Garbage. Just kids who think they can wrestle and want to be wrestlers pretending to be wrestlers’.
Maybe when Peter Vaughn and the Uber man were Champion that was true. But I carried on in my crusade to turn the coal that was Outsiders Wrestling into a diamond - and I have accomplished that for Bob Grenier himself challenges me for the title.
So Bob, let me aim this at you: It will be a battle of the ‘Roberts’, a battle of Commonwealth supremacy! The British Empire vs the Glory of the Great White North of Canada. I will come for you with everything I have, make no mistake and I expect no less from you either! Let’s make this Supercard of Equality the best that it can be, let’s let it be known that OUR OCW is the superior brand. Can you beat me Workhorse? Can you work your magic as the Grand Wizard of Professional Wrestling? I hope so. I’ve heard good things about you, Bob. Now………now I want to see if the legend still holds. I’ll see you at Supercard of Equality.
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As I slowly and methodically make my way up to my former office, a bullet suddenly comes screaming my way after a shatter of glass! Luckily I manage to dodge it or…you know, no match at Supercard of Equality! Unfortunately for Grenier, he won’t be wrestling a corpse.
I duck my way around the side of the small building and carefully look through the office window. I see one of my former support staff [who for the purposes of this RP, I’ll call ‘Jane’. This is not her real name]. I duck down with a gasp.
‘It can’t be!’ I muster under my breath before peeking through the window once again. Her sights trained on the front door to the building. Suddenly a voice comes over the zoo’s PA system.
‘Jane’: Hello, Rob. I know you can hear me. Do you think it’s right to just kick someone off of your support team for no reason?! Face me like a damn man.
‘This is what this is about?!’ I once again whisper to myself and shake my head in disgust.
‘Jane’: If you don’t allow me back on your team, then every animal in this zoo will die!
I make my way around the back of the office building and as I do, I notice a group of cops who have managed to sneak their way into the zoo and make my way over to them.
Cop: You really shouldn’t be in here you know. You need to get back to the zoo entrance.
I look at the Cop and I shake my head.
‘That’s a negative, officer. I’m sorry. I know this woman. This was my former place of employment. She’s here for me’.
Cop: That’s EXACTLY the reason why you cannot be here in the middle of this.
‘Look, I’ll let you arrest her, OK? But I have to do this. Now… I have masterminded a plan, but I need you guys to help me out with it. This will go a lot faster if you let me do my plan.’
‘Jane’: Rob?! Are you still out there?
The cop hands me a phone.
Cop: Use this, it’s how we've kept talking to her.
‘Jane’: You have five seconds to answer me or we get this massacre underway. Team, be ready.
Directing some of the cops in one direction, I ask the one that I spoke to to follow me. ‘Jane’ begins to count down and as she reaches one, I speak into the phone.
‘Hello, [Redacted]’.
‘Jane’: Well, well well…..if it isn’t Mr. Hero.
‘What’s this about, [Redacted]?’
‘Jane’: You know damn well what this is about! You kicked me off of your support team after only one shift. Why?!!
‘Why? You told me that you enjoyed fox hunting and then had the gall to question why I, an animal lover, am against hunting! Take a look around you, [Redacted]! Look at what you’re doing right now! This is why I removed you from my support team.’
I slowly and carefully put on my leg braces as the cop throws a tear gas grenade through the window that I opened earlier. Equipping a gas mask too, I leap through the window and sneak up behind Jane (who is now coughing and spluttering everywhere) and lock her into the BarrySlayer, keeping the hold on tight until ‘Jane’ is unconscious. I then make my way to the door of the building and head outside and point inside to where the cops rush in and arrest ‘Jane’.
I remove my gas mask just in time to see my friend Kelly and Bill rush up. Bill informs me that it’s all over and the rest of the poachers have been arrested. Kelly then throws her arms around me in a hug.
Kelly: Thank-you, Rob! Thank-you so, so much.
‘Aside from the dead animals that I saw when coming in, did they reach any more?’
Kelly: Thankfully, no. You did great!
I look over at Bill who smiles. I then smile back at Kelly.
‘I love this place, Kell. I love all of you guys here at the zoo. I may not work here anymore, but it will always have the most special of places in my heart. I’m glad I could help.’
Kelly: Well… do you have to head back to the States yet?
‘Not just yet. I’m also here to see family for a few days.’
Kelly: Well do you want to see how things are progressing with the zoo’s ten year building program that we started?
I nod as the screen on your TV sets fades to black.
Bob. Be ready.
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Word Count: 1,517
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As I sit in my office doing paperwork getting things ready for the Outsiders Supercard of Equality while listening to Tchakovsky’s 1812 Overture, Jefferson suddenly knocks on my door. He is carrying a letter.
‘Yes, Jefferson?’
Jefferson: Your mail, Sir.
‘Thank-you. Please… a cup of tea would you?’
Jefferson: Of course, Sir.
With a nod, Jefferson exits and closes the door behind him and I open the letter. As the overture reaches the good bit of the music (you know the bit I mean if you know your classical music), I drop the letter on the floor after giving it a read and staring at it in shock. I take a few moments to compose myself and shout down to Jefferson to hold the tea.
I then pull out my phone for Billy to meet me at the airport. The letter was sent for help from my previous job - the zoo. Somehow hunting enthusiasts had made it into the zoo and were running amok!
Upon reaching England, Billy and I made our way to the zoo as fast as we could and as I reached the gates of the old place, there were people carrying guns everywhere having a standoff with police. The gun and hunting enthusiasts were carrying animal carcasses and were looking mighty pleased with themselves.
Initially I was stopped at the gate by police until one of my former co-workers said that they had called me and waved me through. It was Kelly - she ran over to me and hugged me before telling me of the situation.
Kelly: Rob, it’s a nightmare - these people just came into the zoo and started shooting up the place, the head of which has barricaded herself into our former office and claims that she wants to talk to you. She says that she knows you….
‘Me? I don’t suppose you caught her name?’
Kelly: I was a little preoccupied with not getting shot!
‘Right. Of course. You go with Billy here, and wait with the police. I’ll sort this out.’
I fist bump Billy and hug Kelly one more time before making my way to my former building inside the zoo and as I do, I start thinking about what a vacation the match against Bob will be at Supercard of Equality. First dealing with a giant Lopa and the Children of the Vard assholes? What has my life become? Wrestling used to be so easy. You just square up to the guy in front of you and you beat the living crap out of him until the match is over. Easy, right? Well, as I said it was supposed to be, but recently it’s been cults and giant women and…. Well you guys know. You’ve been there, along for the ride with me.
But as for the match with Bob - at least when this is all over I will once again be Outsiders Champion and The Big Bifford will have no choice but to acknowledge Outsiders for the behemoth of Wrestling for what I have tried to steer it towards being - genuinely respected and respectable. Back when I started on Outsiders, everyone was telling me that it was futile. ‘It’s backyard wrestling’ they said. ‘Garbage. Just kids who think they can wrestle and want to be wrestlers pretending to be wrestlers’.
Maybe when Peter Vaughn and the Uber man were Champion that was true. But I carried on in my crusade to turn the coal that was Outsiders Wrestling into a diamond - and I have accomplished that for Bob Grenier himself challenges me for the title.
So Bob, let me aim this at you: It will be a battle of the ‘Roberts’, a battle of Commonwealth supremacy! The British Empire vs the Glory of the Great White North of Canada. I will come for you with everything I have, make no mistake and I expect no less from you either! Let’s make this Supercard of Equality the best that it can be, let’s let it be known that OUR OCW is the superior brand. Can you beat me Workhorse? Can you work your magic as the Grand Wizard of Professional Wrestling? I hope so. I’ve heard good things about you, Bob. Now………now I want to see if the legend still holds. I’ll see you at Supercard of Equality.
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As I slowly and methodically make my way up to my former office, a bullet suddenly comes screaming my way after a shatter of glass! Luckily I manage to dodge it or…you know, no match at Supercard of Equality! Unfortunately for Grenier, he won’t be wrestling a corpse.
I duck my way around the side of the small building and carefully look through the office window. I see one of my former support staff [who for the purposes of this RP, I’ll call ‘Jane’. This is not her real name]. I duck down with a gasp.
‘It can’t be!’ I muster under my breath before peeking through the window once again. Her sights trained on the front door to the building. Suddenly a voice comes over the zoo’s PA system.
‘Jane’: Hello, Rob. I know you can hear me. Do you think it’s right to just kick someone off of your support team for no reason?! Face me like a damn man.
‘This is what this is about?!’ I once again whisper to myself and shake my head in disgust.
‘Jane’: If you don’t allow me back on your team, then every animal in this zoo will die!
I make my way around the back of the office building and as I do, I notice a group of cops who have managed to sneak their way into the zoo and make my way over to them.
Cop: You really shouldn’t be in here you know. You need to get back to the zoo entrance.
I look at the Cop and I shake my head.
‘That’s a negative, officer. I’m sorry. I know this woman. This was my former place of employment. She’s here for me’.
Cop: That’s EXACTLY the reason why you cannot be here in the middle of this.
‘Look, I’ll let you arrest her, OK? But I have to do this. Now… I have masterminded a plan, but I need you guys to help me out with it. This will go a lot faster if you let me do my plan.’
‘Jane’: Rob?! Are you still out there?
The cop hands me a phone.
Cop: Use this, it’s how we've kept talking to her.
‘Jane’: You have five seconds to answer me or we get this massacre underway. Team, be ready.
Directing some of the cops in one direction, I ask the one that I spoke to to follow me. ‘Jane’ begins to count down and as she reaches one, I speak into the phone.
‘Hello, [Redacted]’.
‘Jane’: Well, well well…..if it isn’t Mr. Hero.
‘What’s this about, [Redacted]?’
‘Jane’: You know damn well what this is about! You kicked me off of your support team after only one shift. Why?!!
‘Why? You told me that you enjoyed fox hunting and then had the gall to question why I, an animal lover, am against hunting! Take a look around you, [Redacted]! Look at what you’re doing right now! This is why I removed you from my support team.’
I slowly and carefully put on my leg braces as the cop throws a tear gas grenade through the window that I opened earlier. Equipping a gas mask too, I leap through the window and sneak up behind Jane (who is now coughing and spluttering everywhere) and lock her into the BarrySlayer, keeping the hold on tight until ‘Jane’ is unconscious. I then make my way to the door of the building and head outside and point inside to where the cops rush in and arrest ‘Jane’.
I remove my gas mask just in time to see my friend Kelly and Bill rush up. Bill informs me that it’s all over and the rest of the poachers have been arrested. Kelly then throws her arms around me in a hug.
Kelly: Thank-you, Rob! Thank-you so, so much.
‘Aside from the dead animals that I saw when coming in, did they reach any more?’
Kelly: Thankfully, no. You did great!
I look over at Bill who smiles. I then smile back at Kelly.
‘I love this place, Kell. I love all of you guys here at the zoo. I may not work here anymore, but it will always have the most special of places in my heart. I’m glad I could help.’
Kelly: Well… do you have to head back to the States yet?
‘Not just yet. I’m also here to see family for a few days.’
Kelly: Well do you want to see how things are progressing with the zoo’s ten year building program that we started?
I nod as the screen on your TV sets fades to black.
Bob. Be ready.
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Word Count: 1,517