Post by Izzy Roxx on Oct 14, 2017 15:35:58 GMT -5
'First of all, Lorson...I know what you're gonna say, and you don't gotta say it.'
The latest video uploaded to the West Coast Genesis website opens to these words, spoken by a certain fan-favourite five-foot-three rookie. As she addresses the camera, Izzy Roxx stands in front of a throng of gathered fans, many wearing her recently released t-shirt, in what is clearly Redemption's own C2Con.
'You don't gotta say it, dude,' she repeats, as she continues her soliloquy. 'I'm gonna say it myself. I got lucky. I messed up, and I thought fast, and I caught you. And I'll tell ya something else, too...the Rocketship? It's not ready to take off yet, man. Not even close. Still crash landing every time. It's gonna take a while before it can go across the Izzyverse.
But you know what else, dude?'
Izzy leans into the camera.
'You get a second chance. You get another chance to show me up. In front of South Bay Champion Ruby Rose Lance, too. This Saturday, at HYPE!, you get to show her, and me, and my Izzynauts, and everyone out there watching...that you were right, and I was right. That I did get lucky, and that you can beat me any time.
But see, the other side of that is...'
Izzy smirks.
'...if you don't, it's gonna look real bad on ya.
Just Saiyan.'
The teenager winks.
'So guess what, Lorson? You thought the ball was in my court...you thought the pressure was on me 'cause of my title shot...but it's not, dude. It's on you.'
Izzy detaches herself from her cheering Izzynauts and takes a step towards the camera.
'See, dude...I didn't ask for this title shot. I didn't promise anyone any titles, or go around telling everyone I deserved one. I don't even know if I'm ready for it yet. So really, there's no pressure on me. Nobody's expecting anything from me except to do my best. And if I don't win it at Unscripted....so what? It's gonna be like, my sixth match. Ever. Nobody expects me to win a title on my sixth match ever. But you?'
Izzy smirks again, her calm demeanour somewhat differing from her usual hyperactive excitability.
'You're on a losing streak, Ceej. You lose more than I do, and I'm freaking Vanellope von Schweetz. You need this win. And they're giving it to you. Five-foot high-school kid who gets all of two moves in a match? This is a lay-up, dude. It's a free win.
Except it wasn't...was it, Ceej?'
Izzy's grin widens.
'And that's why the pressure's on you, not me. If I lose here, and then I lose to Ruby Lance...hey, I'm a rookie fighting a bigger guy and a Champion. It happens. But if you lose to me a second time...then you're the dude who lost to the five-foot high-school kid twice in a row. And I may have gotten lucky the first time...but what's your excuse gonna be if it happens again?'
Izzy opens her arms wide, in an apologetic gesture.
'Sorry, dude. It sucks, but it's true...'
The youngster takes another step forward.
'And Ruby...free win, am I right? Already looking past me at Danni, aren't you?'
Izzy smiles.
''kay, then...you do that. But go ahead and watch my match against CJ on Saturday. Who knows...it just might surprise ya...'
With that, and another wink, Izzy turns back towards her cheering section, letting herself get enveloped in a gaggle of Izzynauts as the video slowly begins to fade out...