Post by carl on Nov 20, 2008 14:47:38 GMT -4
A daytime scene opens. Featuring a stretch of city sidewalk. A large brick wall encompasses the entire viewable area, and you can spot the works several graffiti artists in various places. On the left of your screen, Carl Cage walks into view with Krystal Morgan. He opens his dialogue while looking directly at the wall.
Carl: Once upon a time... there was a young, tiny ant named Kalayla. And in the ant colony where she was from, Kalayla was one of the smallest ants of them all.
But one day, while carrying her breadcrumb to the storage pit, Kalayla saw something sparkling in the distance. She walked through the reeds, and stepped out onto the edge of a fresh, clean pool of water. The sun overhead was sparkling down on it, making the water look almost magical.
Well, Kalayla was thirsty after a long day's work, so she leaned over and took a quick drink from the water. It tasted good, and she sat there for a moment and closed her eyes to enjoy the refreshing feeling. A few seconds later, when she opened her eyes... the pool of water was gone! And so was her breadcrumb! Kalayla began looking all around, and she soon noticed that the trees and grass had all shrank!
Confused, Kalayla quickly tried to get home. Soon, she spotted the familiar mound of her colony, but went into despair as she realized it had shrunk as well! Kalayla thought she was going mad, and she took off running from sheer panic. Before long, she came upon the Great Ocean... and it too seemed very much smaller. In fact, it just looked like another small pool. Kalayla thought maybe, if she drank again, everything would go back to normal. So she leaned over...
...And saw her reflection. She stopped, shocked, and realized that the world hadn't changed, but SHE had! Kalayla was no longer an ant, but she was one of the colossal horn-beasts! As the surprise went away, She started to smile, and thought to herself, "Gee whiz! A Horn-beast! Now I'm one of the biggest creatures of them all!"
With joy springing out of her heart, Kalayla took off down the forest path and soon cleared the trees as she ran into an open field. She ran this way and that, back and forth, and loved the sound of her mighty hooves slamming against the ground! She leaps up, and soon started running in circles. She was the happiest creature in the forest!
The Essence Of Egotism, who's been pacing about and gesturing in his telling of the story, now looks to the face the camera for the first time. His right arm rises up, and he makes a gun out of his hand.
Carl: A loud crack ripped through the air, and old Mister Crowley lowered his rifle and peered off into the distance. From beside him, his 8-year-old son murmured, "Pa, did ya get it?"
"I think so, William. Never seen a bull go mad like that before."
Night fell on the area, and back at the colony, Kalayla's parents were waiting to see if she would come home. But as it came time for all ants to enter, they shrugged their shoulders and slipped back into the ground.
After all, she was just an ant! A billion die every day.
Carl pauses and looks at Krystal who looks at him and a twisted smile appears on there faces and then Cage turns to the camera and continues.
Carl: The moral of the story is that no member of the APW roster should get too happy over any recent success apart from my employee's of course. When I eventually cut you down Kalayla, you go back to being just another forgotten ant in the big scheme of life. I'm soon to be the gun-toting master of these here parts, and though my sight is set on certain people, I can spare a moment to line anyone up and pick anyone off!
Some of you may get 15 seconds of fame, but I will come along and pull the trigger on you because I intend having years of fame and I intend eventually taking out all in my way, the most important being the big headed, and self-centered whore named Kalayla "Fyre Angel" Mitchell.
Cage and Krystal smirk, and turn to walk as he drops one quick, jabbing line.
Carl: This week at November Reign I start putting this plan in motion and the first one, Kalayla Mitchell will feel the bullet when I pull the trigger.
Krystal: The only thing I have to say is fear The Essence Of Egotism as he will win and the next time you meet he will take that Extreme Title away. So you better keep it warm for him as Carl Cage always gets what he wants as he is The Ego Of All Ego's.
Carl gives the camera a long, hard look before him and Krystal turn and walk off. Once they clears the scene, the scene fades as the camera drops down to show the ground, and zooms in very closely to reveal the small, squashed body of a dead ant.
Carl: Once upon a time... there was a young, tiny ant named Kalayla. And in the ant colony where she was from, Kalayla was one of the smallest ants of them all.
But one day, while carrying her breadcrumb to the storage pit, Kalayla saw something sparkling in the distance. She walked through the reeds, and stepped out onto the edge of a fresh, clean pool of water. The sun overhead was sparkling down on it, making the water look almost magical.
Well, Kalayla was thirsty after a long day's work, so she leaned over and took a quick drink from the water. It tasted good, and she sat there for a moment and closed her eyes to enjoy the refreshing feeling. A few seconds later, when she opened her eyes... the pool of water was gone! And so was her breadcrumb! Kalayla began looking all around, and she soon noticed that the trees and grass had all shrank!
Confused, Kalayla quickly tried to get home. Soon, she spotted the familiar mound of her colony, but went into despair as she realized it had shrunk as well! Kalayla thought she was going mad, and she took off running from sheer panic. Before long, she came upon the Great Ocean... and it too seemed very much smaller. In fact, it just looked like another small pool. Kalayla thought maybe, if she drank again, everything would go back to normal. So she leaned over...
...And saw her reflection. She stopped, shocked, and realized that the world hadn't changed, but SHE had! Kalayla was no longer an ant, but she was one of the colossal horn-beasts! As the surprise went away, She started to smile, and thought to herself, "Gee whiz! A Horn-beast! Now I'm one of the biggest creatures of them all!"
With joy springing out of her heart, Kalayla took off down the forest path and soon cleared the trees as she ran into an open field. She ran this way and that, back and forth, and loved the sound of her mighty hooves slamming against the ground! She leaps up, and soon started running in circles. She was the happiest creature in the forest!
The Essence Of Egotism, who's been pacing about and gesturing in his telling of the story, now looks to the face the camera for the first time. His right arm rises up, and he makes a gun out of his hand.
__________BANG!__________
Carl: A loud crack ripped through the air, and old Mister Crowley lowered his rifle and peered off into the distance. From beside him, his 8-year-old son murmured, "Pa, did ya get it?"
"I think so, William. Never seen a bull go mad like that before."
Night fell on the area, and back at the colony, Kalayla's parents were waiting to see if she would come home. But as it came time for all ants to enter, they shrugged their shoulders and slipped back into the ground.
After all, she was just an ant! A billion die every day.
Carl pauses and looks at Krystal who looks at him and a twisted smile appears on there faces and then Cage turns to the camera and continues.
Carl: The moral of the story is that no member of the APW roster should get too happy over any recent success apart from my employee's of course. When I eventually cut you down Kalayla, you go back to being just another forgotten ant in the big scheme of life. I'm soon to be the gun-toting master of these here parts, and though my sight is set on certain people, I can spare a moment to line anyone up and pick anyone off!
Some of you may get 15 seconds of fame, but I will come along and pull the trigger on you because I intend having years of fame and I intend eventually taking out all in my way, the most important being the big headed, and self-centered whore named Kalayla "Fyre Angel" Mitchell.
Cage and Krystal smirk, and turn to walk as he drops one quick, jabbing line.
Carl: This week at November Reign I start putting this plan in motion and the first one, Kalayla Mitchell will feel the bullet when I pull the trigger.
Krystal: The only thing I have to say is fear The Essence Of Egotism as he will win and the next time you meet he will take that Extreme Title away. So you better keep it warm for him as Carl Cage always gets what he wants as he is The Ego Of All Ego's.
Carl gives the camera a long, hard look before him and Krystal turn and walk off. Once they clears the scene, the scene fades as the camera drops down to show the ground, and zooms in very closely to reveal the small, squashed body of a dead ant.
