Post by delilah on Jan 2, 2011 11:10:43 GMT -4
The scene opens to find the Libertine sparring in the Blackwell Academy, dancing around a punchbag with weights strapped to her wrists and ankles. Despite the extra weight, her punches and kicks are fired in with a pace that would bring a concern about fighting her unfettered, especially where speed of movement in a situation such as a submission match might be considered more than a little important. She carries on with her routine for a couple of moments, not noticing the camera, before spinning away and sitting on a bench, peeling the weights off and her halter, leaving her in a sports bra as she wrings the halter out.
Looking up, she finally sees the camera as she reaches down to grab a bottle of water., She ignores the camera for a moment longer as she takes a deep drink from the bottle and pours a little of the remainder through her hair, “You know, this kind of deal, pure wrestling with submission rules, you are walking into the devil’s playground here, folks.” Delilah gives a wry chuckle, shaking a wrist loose now that it is free from the weight that had been strapped to it, “Seriously, this whole deal, I have been trained in submission wrestling since I was eight years old, I have watched tapes and travelled live to events in England, Europe, Japan, America of course, watching the best in the submission wrestling business since I was all of ten years old, this is the kind of deal that I have, rather than needing to change my routine to prepare for, been leading towards with my training pretty much my whole formative life.”
Delilah shoots a wink at the camera, “Not that I expect people to take my word for this, of course, actions speak that much louder, and I don’t need to tell you just how much of a pain threshold I have, that’s something that we have seen more than once during my tenure here in IWC. Let us run down what I have done here so far, shall we, given that certain people believe I am overrated and haven’t done pretty much anything. My first week, I took part in a six person match, the whole deal was not about winning for any of us, it was about showing that man or woman, any IWC Misfit is to be respected for their abilities in the ring. My second week, I defeated Kristina Blackwell, the less said about that the better given that she was halfassed about it. The Pay Per View? Arcadia in a three falls match and then the second match of that night where yes, I came out short. I do not deny that, I do not make excuses, that is because unlike certain people, I am a thinking wrestler. See, I am not the kind of person who assumes anything, I am not the kind of person that looks at someone’s gender, their size and weight, and assumes that they are not worth my time or that they are unbeatable. That is because this is not the first intergender federation I have taken part in. it’s cute how the ‘big strong men’ come in and think that because they are facing a woman, they have a night off. This is IWC, fellas, not some global wasteground where the women are either flash in the pan or there because they look good semi-naked. Not that I am saying that I don’t, by the by, just that I also happen to be an incredibly good wrestler who is here for the long haul.
“So I guess what I am saying first to the likes of Anthony James and then to anyone else in this shindig, the whole you’re a former pornstar, you’re eye candy, you’re not worth my time deal that I have been hearing from some of you? Firstly, that is a very old line, secondly, just because I am half the weight of some of you does not mean that I am incapable of tapping you out, I have done it to men twice my size before, this will neither be the first time nor the last. So when we have people talking about the fact that I am half their weight or that when it comes down to it, I will tap or snap, you are not the first people that I have proven to be wrong in their fallacies of believing that Delilah is not a threat.” Delilah tosses her hair, giving a wry chuckle, “But please, do go on believing that if you meet Delilah, it will be a cake walk, please go on preparing for other opponents safe in the supposition that Delilah is not getting past Anthony James, someone who from all evidence does not know wristlock from a wristwatch. Because as I have mentioned, I do not make assumptions about my opponents, I look them up, I watch them, and the ability to spring around the ring like a jumpingjack, while impressive in its own time and place, does not make one a good submission artist. So while Anthony James is someone who yes, deserves all the respect owed to him in a normal wrestling environment, he is not someone who is going to threaten a girl who has lived submission wrestling since she first took an interest in wrestling as a sport.”
Delilah drums a beat on her thigh with her fingertips as she considers her next words, “I want to warn you, Anthony, because you are going to be the first, the others, they will get some kind of warning when I take you down, you have a simple choice. Respect me and assume that you are going to be destroyed if you do not take me seriously or fall into the trap that both Branden and Cyrus appear to have fallen into. I am not someone who takes kindly to being seen as here merely for the tits and ass. Now I have made clear since the start that while I wear fetish ring gear, that while I played upon that to lure other wrestlers into the state of mind that I am not a threat, I stopped using that as a crutch when I realised that I could take those same people down with their heads fully in the match. I have given you this warning from day one, Anthony, that when you step into the ring with me, you’re stepping into the ring with a student of the sport, you are stepping into the ring with someone who knows how to create a weakness and then pick it apart. I am repeating this warning now, Anthony, because there seems to be the common misconception that when I have said this in the past, it has been merely words.”
Delilah rummages in her bag and brings out a towel, drying herself off as she continues, “This is a mistake that both Chris Cyrus and Branden Harvey have made, and whichever one of those I face in the semis, assuming that I make it past Anthony James, they are going to learn two things the hard way. First among these is that I do not tap out, I have never tapped out, if you are going to beat me in this, you are going to have to make me pass out and that, with the pain threshold that I have, is not an easy thing to do. Given that we have to fight three matches, it’s possible, I will give you that, I have my limits, I am just very good at hiding them given that I like pain in the first place. The second is that size, whatever you tell yourselves, does not matter. Once you are on the mat, once your arm has been picked apart, it is a matter of leverage, of holding the right area, of giving that sharp twist. I am capable of dislocating shoulders and elbows, I have done it before, I fully intend to do that tonight if for no other reason than to prove a point. I have asked for only one thing, not money, I have enough of that to last me a lifetime, not gold, I have won such at every level, but respect. Respect as a wrestler, respect as someone that can both do damage and withstand it. When people give me that respect, then it’s a matter of having a good match and the best person coming out on top, when they fail to…well that’s when we are going to get people in pain.”
Delilah stands, draping her towel over her shoulders, “I am not going to make the mistake that others have made, I am not going to do any crystal gazing and look on to future opponents, I am not going to assume that I am going to be in the final and so address people on the other half of the draw, or rather dismiss them out of hand as others have done. I am going to take each match as it goes as far as I get, and if that means I am facing Branden Harvey or Chris Cyrus, so be it, they will find that the former porn star who still happens to look good and is half their size has more bite than they have given her credit for. Whichever of the four that it comes to should I make it to the final, you have four people who have trained hard and who should be respected, you have four people that you do not take lightly at all, and that means that having been through two others, whichever of us makes it through that crapshoot, we’re in for a battle. As well as taking each match as it comes, I will look to my own strengths, not the weaknesses of others. I have possibly the most grounding in submission wrestling, fourteen years of training in such and all, I am athletically fit enough that I have run marathons all over the world, fighting for an hour, an hour and a half all told is not going to harm me, and I can take any pain that you can dish out, because frankly you are going to need to pass me out and I do not pass out easy. Now people can assume what they like, they can give me the respect that I ask for or they can assume that I am nothing and wind up getting hurt, either way, in terms of the latter, that will be the first, last and worst mistake you will make all night, I dare you to make it, then you will see just what the Libertine is capable of.”
Delilah smirks at the camera and with that, walks past it, leaving the scene to fade to black.
Looking up, she finally sees the camera as she reaches down to grab a bottle of water., She ignores the camera for a moment longer as she takes a deep drink from the bottle and pours a little of the remainder through her hair, “You know, this kind of deal, pure wrestling with submission rules, you are walking into the devil’s playground here, folks.” Delilah gives a wry chuckle, shaking a wrist loose now that it is free from the weight that had been strapped to it, “Seriously, this whole deal, I have been trained in submission wrestling since I was eight years old, I have watched tapes and travelled live to events in England, Europe, Japan, America of course, watching the best in the submission wrestling business since I was all of ten years old, this is the kind of deal that I have, rather than needing to change my routine to prepare for, been leading towards with my training pretty much my whole formative life.”
Delilah shoots a wink at the camera, “Not that I expect people to take my word for this, of course, actions speak that much louder, and I don’t need to tell you just how much of a pain threshold I have, that’s something that we have seen more than once during my tenure here in IWC. Let us run down what I have done here so far, shall we, given that certain people believe I am overrated and haven’t done pretty much anything. My first week, I took part in a six person match, the whole deal was not about winning for any of us, it was about showing that man or woman, any IWC Misfit is to be respected for their abilities in the ring. My second week, I defeated Kristina Blackwell, the less said about that the better given that she was halfassed about it. The Pay Per View? Arcadia in a three falls match and then the second match of that night where yes, I came out short. I do not deny that, I do not make excuses, that is because unlike certain people, I am a thinking wrestler. See, I am not the kind of person who assumes anything, I am not the kind of person that looks at someone’s gender, their size and weight, and assumes that they are not worth my time or that they are unbeatable. That is because this is not the first intergender federation I have taken part in. it’s cute how the ‘big strong men’ come in and think that because they are facing a woman, they have a night off. This is IWC, fellas, not some global wasteground where the women are either flash in the pan or there because they look good semi-naked. Not that I am saying that I don’t, by the by, just that I also happen to be an incredibly good wrestler who is here for the long haul.
“So I guess what I am saying first to the likes of Anthony James and then to anyone else in this shindig, the whole you’re a former pornstar, you’re eye candy, you’re not worth my time deal that I have been hearing from some of you? Firstly, that is a very old line, secondly, just because I am half the weight of some of you does not mean that I am incapable of tapping you out, I have done it to men twice my size before, this will neither be the first time nor the last. So when we have people talking about the fact that I am half their weight or that when it comes down to it, I will tap or snap, you are not the first people that I have proven to be wrong in their fallacies of believing that Delilah is not a threat.” Delilah tosses her hair, giving a wry chuckle, “But please, do go on believing that if you meet Delilah, it will be a cake walk, please go on preparing for other opponents safe in the supposition that Delilah is not getting past Anthony James, someone who from all evidence does not know wristlock from a wristwatch. Because as I have mentioned, I do not make assumptions about my opponents, I look them up, I watch them, and the ability to spring around the ring like a jumpingjack, while impressive in its own time and place, does not make one a good submission artist. So while Anthony James is someone who yes, deserves all the respect owed to him in a normal wrestling environment, he is not someone who is going to threaten a girl who has lived submission wrestling since she first took an interest in wrestling as a sport.”
Delilah drums a beat on her thigh with her fingertips as she considers her next words, “I want to warn you, Anthony, because you are going to be the first, the others, they will get some kind of warning when I take you down, you have a simple choice. Respect me and assume that you are going to be destroyed if you do not take me seriously or fall into the trap that both Branden and Cyrus appear to have fallen into. I am not someone who takes kindly to being seen as here merely for the tits and ass. Now I have made clear since the start that while I wear fetish ring gear, that while I played upon that to lure other wrestlers into the state of mind that I am not a threat, I stopped using that as a crutch when I realised that I could take those same people down with their heads fully in the match. I have given you this warning from day one, Anthony, that when you step into the ring with me, you’re stepping into the ring with a student of the sport, you are stepping into the ring with someone who knows how to create a weakness and then pick it apart. I am repeating this warning now, Anthony, because there seems to be the common misconception that when I have said this in the past, it has been merely words.”
Delilah rummages in her bag and brings out a towel, drying herself off as she continues, “This is a mistake that both Chris Cyrus and Branden Harvey have made, and whichever one of those I face in the semis, assuming that I make it past Anthony James, they are going to learn two things the hard way. First among these is that I do not tap out, I have never tapped out, if you are going to beat me in this, you are going to have to make me pass out and that, with the pain threshold that I have, is not an easy thing to do. Given that we have to fight three matches, it’s possible, I will give you that, I have my limits, I am just very good at hiding them given that I like pain in the first place. The second is that size, whatever you tell yourselves, does not matter. Once you are on the mat, once your arm has been picked apart, it is a matter of leverage, of holding the right area, of giving that sharp twist. I am capable of dislocating shoulders and elbows, I have done it before, I fully intend to do that tonight if for no other reason than to prove a point. I have asked for only one thing, not money, I have enough of that to last me a lifetime, not gold, I have won such at every level, but respect. Respect as a wrestler, respect as someone that can both do damage and withstand it. When people give me that respect, then it’s a matter of having a good match and the best person coming out on top, when they fail to…well that’s when we are going to get people in pain.”
Delilah stands, draping her towel over her shoulders, “I am not going to make the mistake that others have made, I am not going to do any crystal gazing and look on to future opponents, I am not going to assume that I am going to be in the final and so address people on the other half of the draw, or rather dismiss them out of hand as others have done. I am going to take each match as it goes as far as I get, and if that means I am facing Branden Harvey or Chris Cyrus, so be it, they will find that the former porn star who still happens to look good and is half their size has more bite than they have given her credit for. Whichever of the four that it comes to should I make it to the final, you have four people who have trained hard and who should be respected, you have four people that you do not take lightly at all, and that means that having been through two others, whichever of us makes it through that crapshoot, we’re in for a battle. As well as taking each match as it comes, I will look to my own strengths, not the weaknesses of others. I have possibly the most grounding in submission wrestling, fourteen years of training in such and all, I am athletically fit enough that I have run marathons all over the world, fighting for an hour, an hour and a half all told is not going to harm me, and I can take any pain that you can dish out, because frankly you are going to need to pass me out and I do not pass out easy. Now people can assume what they like, they can give me the respect that I ask for or they can assume that I am nothing and wind up getting hurt, either way, in terms of the latter, that will be the first, last and worst mistake you will make all night, I dare you to make it, then you will see just what the Libertine is capable of.”
Delilah smirks at the camera and with that, walks past it, leaving the scene to fade to black.
