Checkmate

[Carmen Rivera]

R E C A P --

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ღ Last week, Carmen finally felt like she had gotten the last laugh. She’d gone “on strike” when Envi’s words had gotten just a little too sour to take, and ultimately, found herself sitting at the commentary table for more than half of the duration of the match, only coming in when it looked like Envi was going to drop the ball; which, in Carmen’s mind, was nothing new. But, despite having “saved the day” in her own words, on about three different occasions in the match, and even letting Envi take the pinfall (thanks to a Missile Dropkick from Rivera, however), Carmen’s planning and plotting had done something that she had lurking in the back of her mind. It weakened Envi. Him being weak, and beaten, and tired, would definitely lead to a North American Title capture, at least in her own mind. As far as Carmen was concerned? Evan didn’t deserve it. He relied on Yarmouth or others to do his dirty work and to put their hands on Carmen, to hurt her, simply because he knew for a fact that everything that everyone was saying about the Seductress of San Diego was completely true. She is the threat everyone’s saying she is, and she is the breakout star of the Meltdown brand. And while Carmen won’t be competing in the way she wanted to: in the Test for the Best Tournament, she did have a chance to leave Michael Harris’ hometown as the North American Champion, and it wasn’t a chance that she was going to let slip through her fingers. At Test for the Best, Carmen would prove to Envi exactly what she’s proven to everyone else who’s come in contact with her: that she is the best on Meltdown, and the best in APW.

S C E N E O N E --

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ღ “I feel like I have come a VERY long way.”

ღ We can hear the voice of Carmen Rivera narrating over a few clips of some of her earlier days in wrestling, training late hours in the gym until the point where she was physically sick. The young, busty Latina, with dark hair, was seen in grayscale footage, taking a few nasty bumps and dishing some out in some local venues in San Diego: high school gyms, small arenas that were practically empty with the exception of a few bodies on the bleachers, et cetera. We then fade to Carmen today, standing in front of the camera, her blonde locks in curls. She wore a Rob Zombie t-shirt that had clearly lost a battle with a pair of scissors, with slits across the bust and shoulders, her pretty face wearing minimal makeup with the exception of some heavy, black eyeliner.

CARMENMARIARIVERA[/b] -- hot and spicy.[/color] " When people looked at me, the only thing that they ever saw was some pretty face that they assumed would do best as some valet, standing at ringside and holding a jacket. And at first? I believed ‘em. I didn’t think I could even begin to do everything that I’ve done, until I gave it a try. I moved in that ring like a champion. I competed on a level that was second to none. And, given that some of my dirty laundry’s been aired lately, I guess it’s pretty easy to see where I get my ... ’issues’, for lack of a better word. "

ღ The early wrestling clips and training clips are now replaced with recent clips of Carmen’s career on Meltdown. The voiceover was heard over the clips.

CARMENMARIARIVERA[/b] -- hot and spicy.[/color] " Believe it or not, I didn’t want this match I have coming up with Evan Envi to be personal. When he felt the need to drag my name through the door, I said fuck it. It’s been done before! When he felt the need to bring up the mistakes my parents made that made me into the callous, hard person that I’ve been? Eh, maybe I deserved it. But then, he made a big mistake on his part; but a mistake that really let me see the light. He brought my little sister into this. I have very few vices in this world. I’m not to everybody’s taste, and I can understand that. Don’t respect it, but I understand it. But, clearly, since Envi knows every little torrid detail about my past, then he knows that my little sister is someone I raised practically since the day that she was born. She’s my heart and my soul, and every little bit of my strength went towards giving her the life that she deserved. That’s why she’s at Columbia University. And when he made that mistake of dragging her name into this, of having the audacity to look her up and send her ANYTHING, that’s when Evan Envi put his final nail in the coffin. He made me realize that I was being much too nice to him, and no matter what way I attempted to justify it? As long as Evan Envi had that North American Championship, this match was ALWAYS going to be personal. "

ღ The speed of the footage begins to pick up, now showing some of the brighter moments in Carmen’s career on Meltdown. Between winning the Battle Royal in Richmond, Virginia back in the latter part of May, to defeating World Champion Jason Kash along with Dita Morgan and Shadow on the June eleventh edition of Meltdown in Duluth, Georgia, to even last week, where Carmen delivered the winning blow (however, to nobody’s surprise, Evan’s pinfall has been omitted from the clips) to simply show Carmen gesturing to Evan that the title would be going around her waist.

CARMENMARIARIVERA[/b] -- hot and spicy.[/color] " Not bad for someone who was told they wouldn’t go anywhere in this business, huh? From beating the top man in this company, to beating a Hall of Famer last week, there is NOTHING I cannot do. And that’s why Evan Envi is so afraid of me. That’s why he sent Yarmouth to kick me in the face after spreading lies. Until that night, I was like most of the population and I had no idea what a Yarmouth was. But, all he did was keep me out of the tournament that I was SUPPOSED to be in and made me a very, very angry woman. And what it all boils down to is Evan’s big mouth and his generic nature versus my unmatched showmanship and determination to be second to none. ... Real fair fight there. "

ღ She made sure to drag out the word ‘real’, to imply every single ounce of sarcasm behind it that she could, before gently tucking some of those long, blonde tresses behind her ear.

CARMENMARIARIVERA[/b] -- hot and spicy.[/color] " I’m going to take the high road here. The last thing I would ever say is that Evan is so lost on his own that he can’t do anything without his sister being there, or that he has to rely on other people to do his dirty work since that fruitcake doesn’t want to mess up his manicure and get his hands a little dirty. That would be just wrong of me and I would never stoop to those kinds of lows. "

ღ With a wriggle of her eyebrows, we transition to a video package that begins to sell the match between Envi and Carmen. Clips of their best moments, individually, since with the exception of a few forced tags in their Tag Match on Meltdown, the two have made no physical contact with one another. We then get to the promotional chromatic of the two, depicting their computer edited images: a snarky Carmen, staring at the duck bill of Evan Envi with minimal intimidation on her pretty, Hispanic facial features, while the photo of Envi had him facing her, hoisting his Americana decorated championship in the air between them. As we cut back to the pretty Rivera, she dusted her manicured fingernails on her shoulder.

CARMENMARIARIVERA[/b] -- hot and spicy.[/color] " It’s funny, you know. Seeing this picture of the two of us, despite the fact that if I were ever that close to his face, I’d either be laughing or vomiting. I know Envi’s watching this though, and all I gotta say is… just look at my face. Most men will be, anyway. I look unfazed at the fact that a man who is supposedly so superior is standing in front of me. It takes a lot more than hearing the same thing, time and time again, to have me shaking in my Jimmy Choos. Why do you think I didn’t run away from that cueball cuntmuffin, Steve Stryker? Y’know, It’s really easy to knock me down, to stalk my life to the point where you figured out that I didn’t finish High School. Congratulations, creeper. I may not have a diploma or a degree to my name, but I know enough to get me by. I know that the sky is blue, the grass is green, and Evan Envi is an unappreciative ingrate who needs to realize that his place in this world, his lot in life, his spot on the food chain? Ending result? He is UNDERNEATH ME. And, if I’m completely honest, after all, this seems like a good time for blunt honesty, y’know, with my having every single intention of walking into this match on Sunday, expecting to go through Hell and back again. I want to fire Envi up, I want him to be at that point where this face is on a dartboard in his mother’s basement, since I’m sure that’s where he lives. C’mere. I wanna tell you something. "

ღ Carmen curled her manicured finger towards herself, the tan digit enticing the camera to come closer to her pretty face. With a deviant’s grin on her gorgeous face, and her thick, bee-stung lips curled upwards into a coy grin, she licked her chops before she spoke.

CARMENMARIARIVERA[/b] -- hot and spicy.[/color] " I don’t even want the North American Championship. The fact is, that title is Evan Envi’s lifeblood, because he knows he is NEVER going to do any better. He’s not going to be on that main event capacity, he can’t compete with the big boys on Overdrive. That title is his plateau, and he knows he’s not going any higher. Losing that championship is like losing a limb. But for me? It’s much more self-centered than that. Me taking that championship from him is symbolic in so many ways. It’s the end of his career here, all in one night, courtesy of the woman he made such an effort to underestimate since I don’t meet his ‘standards.’ And frankly? Meltdown DESERVES a better champion than Evan Envi could ever be. While he is the ultimate epitome of the low standards that this brand had until I became a part of it, this brand has evolved. I am the driving force behind this evolution. I am the one that people should be thanking for this show being anything even remotely close to watchable these days, and if I don’t take that championship fromhim, ratings, and dicks, will fall flatter than Sally Talfourd’s chest. In all good consciousness, I shouldn’t care about that happening, but when this company signs my paychecks, and I see someone like Evan Envi making more than me for holding a tin foil title, it gives me that extra encouragement and incentive to rip everything that he loves away from him, and take the only thing that will ever make his career validated. That championship is the ONLY thing that makes his thousands of hours in the ring to move like a fish out of water look like it was worth anything, and it all comes crashing down around him. But, there’s one thing I want Evan to remember every night that he watches me holding that championship on my shoulder, or strapping it around my waist. I want him to remember that HE ... FORCED ... MY ... HAND. I was COMPLETELY ready for this to be a mercy killing. A fast, painless bullet to the head to put him out of his misery. But, he poked and he prodded. And now, I plan on taking my sweet time. "

ღ She licked her teeth once again, the gaze on her gorgeous face one that was almost crazed. We’ve seen this side of Carmen lately: a determined side of her that is as dangerous as someone can be, until she gets what she wants. Her hand slides down the length of her cheek, her fingers curling a bit so that her nails are actually pressing into the firm apples of her cheeks.

CARMENMARIARIVERA[/b] -- hot and spicy.[/color] " I’m going to drag out this torture and enjoy every last moment of it as if my name were Christian Grey. And Donald Duck has only himself to blame for every last little bit of it. I have no reservations about what I’m going to, and I’m going to sleep like the angel that I am once I take that title that everyone and your mother knows you did not earn. This company deserves a better champion than you. And while I would be a standard that’s immeasurably high to compete with, that’s MY lot in life. I’m the Queen in this game of human Chess and Evan Envi? You are NOTHING more than a pawn. "

ღ She found her lips curling into a cruel grin, her teeth peeking out from the snarling lip like animalistic fangs.

CARMENMARIARIVERA[/b] -- hot and spicy.[/color] " Checkmate. "

ღ The scene began to transition away from the cruel Carmen Rivera’s pretty face to show the final clip that Carmen had to present. Duluth, Georgia’s end to Meltdown, featuring Carmen standing over the fallen champions, Evan Envi and Jason Kash. The dominant picture is almost a Hero-esque pose for Carmen, who has slowed down the frames to really let people really take in the sight of the practically cannibalistic Carmen. It’s then that we fade out.
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notes: i've been dreading this rp. lol, insulting evan is really hard! i don't have very high hopes for this match, but good luck anyway. also, this roleplay is set in the past. i'm hoping to do another with it set in the present. this one should have been up a lot earlier but with it being my birthday recently then independence day on the fourth, i've been a little preoccupied.