Post by Damon Graves on May 12, 2018 10:57:30 GMT -5
Graves Residence
Las Vegas, Nevada
Scene opens with a shot of the living room, where we see Aurora Graves sitting on the sofa, reading an issue of Hot Rod magazine. Her reading is interrupted by the sound of her phone ringing. She picks it up and answers.
Aurora: Hello? Ah, I'll be right down to pick it up…
She ends the call, sets down her magazine, and grabs her keys on the way towards the front door.
A few minutes later, she comes back on-screen carrying a medium-sized box. She sets it down.
Aurora: (calling out) Damon?
A few seconds later, Damon Graves enters the room, carrying his infant daughter.
Damon: Yes?
Aurora: Were you expecting a package?
Damon: Yes, I was…
He notices the box on the table.
Damon: Sweet…
Aurora gestures towards the box.
Aurora: Mind telling me what this is?
Damon hands the baby over to Aurora, reaches into his pants pocket, and pulls out his keyring, which has a small folding knife attached to it. He unfolds the knife and cuts open the tape.
Damon: This? This is research material, Harley…
Aurora looks over his shoulder as he starts pulling books out of the box.
Aurora: “Dungeon Master's Guide”? “Player’s Handbook”? You ordered D&D books, Damon?
Damon: Yup….
Aurora: Oookay… (to Ysera) Daddy has officially gone bonkers...
Damon picks up the books and the box and heads off towards the back of the house.
Damon: Like i said…. Research.
Aurora looks slightly bewildered as he leaves. She shakes her head and sits back down to finish reading her magazine while cradling her daughter. Scene fades out.
Scene fades back in with a shot of Damon Graves sitting in his office. We can see that his desktop computer is connected to a projector. Next to the keyboard, one of the books he received earlier lies open. Behind that sits the Young Lions Championship belt.
Damon: Ya know…. Some people say that I sometimes take things a little personally….
To those people, I say this…. You're right, I DO take things personally.
Case in point… ever since I won the Young Lions Championship, shit started flying hot and heavy about how I don’t deserve this title.
Damon brings up his Twitter page and clicks on a tweet.
Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken
@realfangedone
Replying to @knightmarematt @cutegamingblond @ngwfed
Like you threaten others lives?
Like you screwed Jessica out of her title?
Like you harassed Jessica in the same manner?
Seems to me someone karma is catching up and they are crying like a little bitch.
5:44 PM - 7 May 2018
Damon: Or how about this one?
He pulls up another tweet.
Jess, Paladin of Tyr
@cutegamingblond
Replying to @knightmarematt @ngwfed
I would have won the NGW Young Lions championship if it wasn't for your dumb ass.
8:52 PM - 4 May 2018
Damon: This one wasn’t completely unexpected…
He pulls up yet another tweet.
Matt Shields
@knightmarematt
Replying to @chaosborndg
You should be bowing down and kissing my damn feet. If it wasn't for me, you would once again be a former champion.
8:54 AM - 1 May 2018
Damon: Now, with as many people taking what should be a high point of my career and shitting all over it, there are just as many people that tell me to consider the source and let it be.
I could….
Or…
I could just as easily go out and do what I do best these days and serve up a huge helping of humble pie with a side of boot leather.
Damon leans back in his chair.
Damon: Frankly, I like my solution a lot better.
At Dissension, I'm teaming up with Alex Jones to take on Adrien Cochrane and Jessica Sears. Guardians versus Rebel Society. To be honest, part of me is concerned, because in the past, I've never been 100% comfortable tagging with anyone except my wife. That's usually because i have a partner that sucks shit through a straw. They’re either fuck awful or they have some hidden agenda. That's not always the case, as our esteemed General Manager can attest to, but I digress….
This time is different. This time, I have a partner that I know isn't going to screw me over. Alex Jones is a man that I've faced off against in the past, so I know exactly what he's capable of. He's not out to screw me over, so that's one less thing to concern myself with.
What I do have to concern myself with are the two people across the ring from me… Adrien, I've never hidden the fact that you and I operate on two totally different wavelengths. You're the golden boy, the nice guy that always seems to come out on top, no matter how badly the odds are stacked against you. Me? I'm the guy from the wrong side of the tracks, the one that’s never given his due, no matter what he accomplishes. Differences aside, a match against you is never meant to be taken lightly.
But speaking of being taken lightly, that brings me to your fellow Guardian..
Since our match two weeks ago, I've run scenario after scenario in my mind, and unlike Doctor Strange, I didn't have the Time Stone to help me. Would you like to know WHY I spent so much time pondering our match? It’s because you convinced yourself that you were robbed of winning the Young Lions Championship.
Damon reaches over and picks up the open book. We can now see that it's the Player's Handbook from Dungeons & Dragons, open to the section on Paladins.
Damon: Tell me something, O Champion of Tyr… when does righteousness cross the line into SELF-righteousness? Do your vows not include one of humility? Judging by your words, apparently not. For a long time, I thought that ADRIEN was the arrogant one, but I see that I picked the wrong Guardian to focus my ire on.
Maybe you're more like Matthew Shields than you're comfortable to admit.
Damon sets the book down.
Damon: So, once again, I'm going to walk into a match with a chip on my shoulder, because even the so-called “heroes” in NGW can't get it through their thick skulls that I AM a champion, one that doesn't have to rely on others to make that claim.
At Dissension, both Alex and I have a lot to gain out of our match. Alex gets a good warm-up for the Tag Trials later this month. Granted, I'm no Billy Danielson, but I think that multiple tag team championships give our side a bit of an advantage.
And me?
Damon reaches over and grabs his title belt.
Damon: I get to prove once again that THIS wasn't just handed to me on a silver platter. I've got the skills to win this, and more importantly, to keep it.
Damon takes ahold of the book next to the keyboard and slams it shut.
Damon: And that's all she wrote….
Fade to black.