Post by Ratball Slade on Jan 6, 2022 1:08:37 GMT -5
Having collected paychecks from Project: Honor over many consecutive months, Larry KaChow is no longer forced to secretly live in one of the company’s equipment trucks. Instead, he has managed to afford an extremely cheap second floor apartment, although it hasn’t been furnished with much as of yet. At least his landlord, Madam LaVerne, who operates a fortune-telling business on the lower level, has finally allowed him to have guests after hours. Having scored a rare date with a real, breathing woman, Larry has set up a hidden camera in the corner of his one-room apartment for reasons we can only speculate on.
RANDOM CHICK: You have a really interesting place, Larry. It’s not really what I expected from the guy who invented Netflix, Pokemon Go, and DoorDash, but it is…nice.
LARRY KACHOW: Thank you. It’s just one of many places I have around the city. Being a tech mogul affords me that kind of luxury.
RANDOM CHICK: Gosh, you must be a genius! I think smart guys with lots of money are really sexy. What other things have you invented?
LARRY KACHOW: Well, it just so happens that I’ve invented some very special techniques, but I can only show you those if we fold out the futon…
Just then, Larry is interrupted by a knock at his door.
LARRY KACHOW: Huh…that’s odd. Don’t go anywhere, I’ll be right back.
RANDOM CHICK: Okay, but where would I even go? Your bathroom is a bucket in the corner…
Larry smiles sheepishly at his air-headed guest as he stands and goes to the door. Already annoyed by the interruption, he is even more surprised when he opens the door to see…
SERRANO POBLANO: WHAZZUP?!
LARRY KACHOW: Serrano? What are you doing here?!
SERRANO POBLANO: Aw, man. That Chownesia must really be hitting you hard today. Did you forget that Percy scheduled our weekly KaVengers meeting for tonight?
For a moment, Larry is dumbstruck as he tries to cope with seeing the Sultan of Spice standing in his doorway.
LARRY KACHOW: Oh yeah…it must have slipped my mind. It’s just that this is a really bad time and…
At that moment, Serrano spots Larry’s female guest and shoves his way into the apartment.
SERRANO POBLANO: Well, well, well…who do we have here? Bonjour mamacita, the Ambassador of Flavortown is at your service.
Larry slowly shuts his apartment door as he watches Serrano take a seat next to his date. He barely has time to take his hand off the doorknob when another knock comes from outside. Still confused and annoyed, Larry opens the door back up. Much to his surprise, he is greeted by a masked man putting a knife up to his throat.
RAPTURE: Do you like scary movies?
LARRY KACHOW: JESUS H. CHRIST!!!!
RAPTURE: Chill out, dude. It’s plastic.
Rapture takes the knife and plunges into his own chest, sending the spring-loaded blade inside of the handle. He then holds up a plastic Wal-Mart sack filled with DVD cases.
RAPTURE: If you think that was scary, wait until you see what I brought for our entertainment this weekend!
Rapture pushes past Larry and makes his way across the apartment to join Serrano and the Random Chick.
SERRANO POBLANO: WHAZZUP?!
RAPTURE: WHAZZUP?!
LARRY KACHOW: This…weekend?!
Larry begins to shut the door again, only to have it blocked by another arrival.
NOAH HOPE: Whoa, mate! Slamming a door in the face of a guest? That’s not a very warm welcome…
LARRY KACHOW: Oh it’s….you.
NOAH HOPE: Noah. My name is Noah. That Chownesia is really taking it’s toll, huh? Anyway, don’t worry about slamming the door in my face. Happens all the time.
Noah then makes his way into the apartment to join the others on Larry’s crowded futon.
SERRANO POBLANO: WHAZZUP?!
RAPTURE: WHAZZUP?!
NOAH HOPE: WHAZZUP?!
This time, Larry doesn’t even try shutting the door, as he’s completely bewildered by what’s transpiring in his living room/bedroom/bathroom/kitchen. This turns out to be for the best, as he slowly turns back to the door to see a chubby hispanic man leaning on the doorframe. In his best skinny jeans, it is none other than El Puma, with a gold chain around his neck that’s become entangled with the chest hair protruding from his v-neck tee shirt.
EL PUMA: Hola, amigo mío.
LARRY KACHOW: Um…what?
EL PUMA: Espero no llegar tarde. ¿Ya está aquí la pizza?
LARRY KACHOW: ….what?
El Puma then spies the young lady seated on the futon with the others and makes his way into the apartment.
SERRANO POBLANO: WHAZZUP?!
RAPTURE: WHAZZUP?!
NOAH HOPE: WHAZZUP?!
EL PUMA: QUE PASA?!
At this point, Larry has gone from annoyed to emotionally broken, as he looks at the four losers chatting up his date. Just then, another man appears in his doorway…
GUY: Pizza time! I’ve got Buffalo Chicken with extra peppers for Serrano, extra cheese and anchovies for Percy, Taco for El Puma, Blood Sausage for Rapture, and plain cheese for Noah…damn, that’s basic. Anyway, that’ll be $58.97, Larry.
LARRY KACHOW: I…uh…what?
GUY: Percy said you’d cover snacks this time. Luckily, this is my last delivery of the night so I can just hang out the rest of the weekend. Oh, and don’t forget my tip.
Guy shoves the stack of pizza boxes into Larry’s arms and then immediately makes his way inside upon noticing he’s not the first to arrive.
SERRANO POBLANO: WHAZZUP?!
RAPTURE: WHAZZUP?!
NOAH HOPE: WHAZZUP?!
EL PUMA: QUE PASA?!
GUY: WHAZZUP?!
Standing in his doorway and hugging the pizza boxes, Larry is completely frozen in place as his final guest appears.
RATMAN: Uncle Larry! It’s so good of you to have us over for the weekend! I was afraid I’d forgotten to mention it to you, but you’ve already got the pizza and everything! Gosh, I sure do love you, Uncle Larry…
With Papercut perched on his shoulder, Percy gives Larry a great, big hug, nearly squashing the pizza boxes between them. He then notices that the rest of the KaVengers have already made themselves at home and enters the apartment.
SERRANO POBLANO: WHAZZUP?!
RAPTURE: WHAZZUP?!
NOAH HOPE: WHAZZUP?!
EL PUMA: QUE PASA?!
GUY: WHAZZUP?!
RATMAN: HELLO FRIENDS!
After getting a whiff of Percy’s natural sewer musk, Larry’s Random Chick excuses herself from the futon and makes her way to the door.
RANDOM CHICK: I don’t know what kind of girl you think I am, and I don’t care how rich you are…I am not into the group thing!
She then slaps him across the face before storming out of the apartment, leaving The KaVengers to conduct their meeting without the presence of an outsider.
Several minutes later…
RATMAN: So! To commence this meeting, I just want to give a round of applause to everyone on the futon today for getting our group number so high so quickly!
Larry has now joined the group on the couch, all of whom are squished together and only barely able to clap along with Percival. Larry appears to still be in shock as the group of outcasts has taken over his home. Noah helpfully reaches over and grabs Larry’s hands to clap for him.
RATMAN: Very good everyone! Seeing as we have quite a few new members today, I’d like to give everyone a chance to introduce themselves to the group. I’ll start! As you all may have guessed, I am the one and only Ratman, Wrestling Supreme!
Ratman quickly strikes a pose as the group oohs and aahs.
RATMAN: I am one of the three founders along with the next person I shall call up to introduce themselves, my dear friend Serrano Poblano!
The group claps for Ratman as Serrano attempts to escape the couch. It takes Ratman pulling on his arms and Rapture and El Puma pushing from behind. Eventually, the now profusely sweating Serrano is able to escape the couch when Ratman takes his place.
SERRANO POBLANO: What’s up, party people? I’m Serrano Poblano, the Sultan of Spice. I could be considered the head chef of this whole operation but I got to say, when I first met Percy, I never would have imagined we would grow to be such a festival of funk. This year is a new chapter for all of us! We are all finally going to be the real deal.
The group claps for Serrano who has a giant childlike smile, not used to being around so many people who like him.
SERRANO POBLANO: I guess next I’ll call up the other founding member of the KaVengers and our namesake, the man who will take this team out of bounds, Larry KaChow!
Everyone claps once more, however Larry doesn’t move a muscle. The row of men all look down to the end of the couch when Noah decides to take matters into his own hands, pulling Larry up to his feet, and puppeteering him from behind to the center of the room. They stand there for a moment when Noah grabs Larry’s jaw and lightly moves it up and down as Noah begins to speak for him.
NOAH HOPE USING LARRY AS A VENTRILOQUIST'S DUMMY: Hey everyone. It’s me! Larry KaChow. I just want to say that I love all you guys, and I hope for a bright future for us all.
The group claps for Larry when he starts to come to his senses and begins swatting at Noah’s hand. Larry looks around his apartment which now reeks of pizza.
LARRY KACHOW: What in the KaHell is going on? Why are you people in my house? You scared away my date! Get out!
Everyone nervously looks around at each other as Noah slowly backs away from Larry.
RATMAN: Oh, I had no idea Uncle Larry! I must’ve gotten the date wrong… It’s okay, I know just the place we can go!
At a new location…
The group is now sitting around a Chuck E Cheese table right next to the animatronic stage where Chuck is happily dancing right behind Percival. Percival has set up his camera at the end of the table where it can easily view everybody present.
GUY: Guys, I think we forgot the pizza…
RATMAN: Oh no! You're right friend, Guy! I suppose we should order more.
EL PUMA: ¿Chuck E Cheese tiene pizza de taco?
Larry quickly raises his hand to speak.
LARRY KACHOW: I paid last time so it’s Serrano’s turn to pay!
SERRANO POBLANO: Sure thing big green!
Guy looks around the room before speaking quietly under his breath.
GUY: I never got my tip…
SERRANO POBLANO: Alright, I will go get those hot frisbees of fun everyone! Just sit tight!
Serrano stands up and quickly runs to the front desk to order some pizza. The group sits in an awkward silence, not sure where to pick up from.
RATMAN: We never finished introducing everyone so why don’t we continue around the table and finish our introductions?
NOAH HOPE: I’ll go next!
Noah quickly stands from his seat and looks around the table.
NOAH HOPE: Hello everyone, I’m Noah Hope. I hope to keep improving and making quite the splash with you all in the coming months. You know, when I put my hand in the group huddle, I never knew what I was signing up for. I mean, you must all have some pretty great backgrounds to be joining such an eccentric group as this. I’m just going to try my best to fit in where I can.
Everyone claps as Noah takes his seat. Next to him is El Puma, who doesn’t initially realize his turn is up. He then stands and begins to address everyone.
EL PUMA: Mi nombre es El puma. Realmente no puedo entender a ninguno de ustedes. No estoy seguro de que puedas entenderme. Todos ustedes parecen buena gente, con ese espíritu de lucha. ¡Sigamos luchando como grupo y ganemos!
Everyone stares blankly at El Puma but begins to clap slowly assuming he is finished with his introduction.
RATMAN: Mucho baño mi amigo!
El Puma seems confused but shrugs as he sits down. Quickly after that, Rapture stands from the opposite side of the table and begins to speak.
RAPTURE: Hi everyone. You can call me Rapture. I like Horror movies. That’s pretty much it I guess. Thanks for having me.
Everyone begins to clap for Rapture as Larry squints his eyes and holds a hand up to his ear in Rapture’s direction, trying to understand the masked man.
.LARRY KACHOW: Uhh, could you take the mask off? I can’t understand a damn thing that you said.
RAPTURE: The mask stays on during group meetings.
LARRY KACHOW: Whatever…
Finally, last and maybe least, Guy takes a stand to address the table as Rapture takes his seat..
GUY: Hey guys, I’m Guy. I’m just a delivery guy who likes to wrestle for fun and some side cash, you know? Thanks for picking me up out there. Nice to have some supporters at work every now and again. Don’t get much of that when I’m on the road.
As everyone claps for Guy, Serrano returns with the pizza for the table.
SERRANO POBLANO: Speaking of deliveries! They didn’t have a lot of options here so I just got us some pepperoni. I hope everyone is okay with that.
Everyone nods in agreement and begins to eat.
RATMAN: With introductions out of the way, we only have one topic to discuss. I would like to share my managerial duties with all of you! As you all know, I won the chance to run an episode of Proving Ground at Black Friday and I’m finally getting my shot after the Pay-Per-View! I would love it if you could all play a major role in the show!
Everyone at the table begins to get excited as they all volunteer to help Ratman decide on each of the matches to be planned. Only a few random words can be heard here and there while the matches are being discussed. Microphone, lucha, prop, even the word basic comes from Noah.
SERRANO POBLANO: Oh, I have a great idea for my match, it should be…
Ratman holds a hand up to Serrano right as he is about to give his own input for a match.
RATMAN: Not so fast my friend! I have a very special match planned for us! Not to mention, we have to record our promo for the Pay-Per-View still! Should we do that while everyone discusses the next show?
SERRANO POBLANO: You got it Ratman!
Ratman smiles as Serrano calls him by his chosen name, not one he is often called by many people. Both men take the camera to a separate section of Chuck E Cheese where the sounds of arcade games fill the silence behind Ratman and Serrano.
SERRANO POBLANO: Some of us in the KaVengers have had a rough time when it comes to winning big matches here in Project: Honor. We may not have the best moves, the coolest names, or the best bodies, but one thing we all have in common is moxie! Even I have to admit, I was starting to accept my role as enhancement talent until I met my good friend, Ratman. Now, with him in my corner and the KaVengers supporting us, I’ve learned that winning is still possible when we have the power of friendship on our side!
RATMAN: Well said friend, this duo forms more than the sum of its parts. A combination so great it can only be known as… Pepper Jack Cheese…
SERRANO POBLANO: Holy moly stromboli! What a great name for Project: Honor’s newest and spiciest tag team combination! Not to throw shade, but it’s way better than being called the Phantom Troupe. Those dudes may be better than us in the ring, but they suck at coming up with team names.
RATMAN: The Phantom Troupe are indeed quite the dynamic duo themselves. Not to mention, they seem like great friends as well! This could be not only a battle to see who are the better wrestlers but also the better friends! While Serrano and I’s friendship may be new, it is stronger than any friendship I’ve ever known! Aside from Papercut of course.
Papercut quickly comes into view from hiding in one of Percy’s pockets, stands on Ratman’s shoulders, and seems to nod at the camera.
RATMAN: Together, we will take on DJ and Kyle to make for an explosive match up unlike any other!
Ratman and Serrano quickly get into a super duo pose as if they leapt straight off the page of a comic book. Ratman stands with a hand on his hip and the other in the air and Serrano turns around to present his tush.
PEPPERJACK CHEESE: We are wrestling supreme and spicy cuisine!
They then awkwardly exit those poses and give each other a hug before leaving the camera to return to the others. Moments later we quickly see Papercut enter the frame. He runs up toward the camera and a scuffle can be heard as he is climbing up shortly before the feed ends.
RANDOM CHICK: You have a really interesting place, Larry. It’s not really what I expected from the guy who invented Netflix, Pokemon Go, and DoorDash, but it is…nice.
LARRY KACHOW: Thank you. It’s just one of many places I have around the city. Being a tech mogul affords me that kind of luxury.
RANDOM CHICK: Gosh, you must be a genius! I think smart guys with lots of money are really sexy. What other things have you invented?
LARRY KACHOW: Well, it just so happens that I’ve invented some very special techniques, but I can only show you those if we fold out the futon…
Just then, Larry is interrupted by a knock at his door.
LARRY KACHOW: Huh…that’s odd. Don’t go anywhere, I’ll be right back.
RANDOM CHICK: Okay, but where would I even go? Your bathroom is a bucket in the corner…
Larry smiles sheepishly at his air-headed guest as he stands and goes to the door. Already annoyed by the interruption, he is even more surprised when he opens the door to see…
SERRANO POBLANO: WHAZZUP?!
LARRY KACHOW: Serrano? What are you doing here?!
SERRANO POBLANO: Aw, man. That Chownesia must really be hitting you hard today. Did you forget that Percy scheduled our weekly KaVengers meeting for tonight?
For a moment, Larry is dumbstruck as he tries to cope with seeing the Sultan of Spice standing in his doorway.
LARRY KACHOW: Oh yeah…it must have slipped my mind. It’s just that this is a really bad time and…
At that moment, Serrano spots Larry’s female guest and shoves his way into the apartment.
SERRANO POBLANO: Well, well, well…who do we have here? Bonjour mamacita, the Ambassador of Flavortown is at your service.
Larry slowly shuts his apartment door as he watches Serrano take a seat next to his date. He barely has time to take his hand off the doorknob when another knock comes from outside. Still confused and annoyed, Larry opens the door back up. Much to his surprise, he is greeted by a masked man putting a knife up to his throat.
RAPTURE: Do you like scary movies?
LARRY KACHOW: JESUS H. CHRIST!!!!
RAPTURE: Chill out, dude. It’s plastic.
Rapture takes the knife and plunges into his own chest, sending the spring-loaded blade inside of the handle. He then holds up a plastic Wal-Mart sack filled with DVD cases.
RAPTURE: If you think that was scary, wait until you see what I brought for our entertainment this weekend!
Rapture pushes past Larry and makes his way across the apartment to join Serrano and the Random Chick.
SERRANO POBLANO: WHAZZUP?!
RAPTURE: WHAZZUP?!
LARRY KACHOW: This…weekend?!
Larry begins to shut the door again, only to have it blocked by another arrival.
NOAH HOPE: Whoa, mate! Slamming a door in the face of a guest? That’s not a very warm welcome…
LARRY KACHOW: Oh it’s….you.
NOAH HOPE: Noah. My name is Noah. That Chownesia is really taking it’s toll, huh? Anyway, don’t worry about slamming the door in my face. Happens all the time.
Noah then makes his way into the apartment to join the others on Larry’s crowded futon.
SERRANO POBLANO: WHAZZUP?!
RAPTURE: WHAZZUP?!
NOAH HOPE: WHAZZUP?!
This time, Larry doesn’t even try shutting the door, as he’s completely bewildered by what’s transpiring in his living room/bedroom/bathroom/kitchen. This turns out to be for the best, as he slowly turns back to the door to see a chubby hispanic man leaning on the doorframe. In his best skinny jeans, it is none other than El Puma, with a gold chain around his neck that’s become entangled with the chest hair protruding from his v-neck tee shirt.
EL PUMA: Hola, amigo mío.
LARRY KACHOW: Um…what?
EL PUMA: Espero no llegar tarde. ¿Ya está aquí la pizza?
LARRY KACHOW: ….what?
El Puma then spies the young lady seated on the futon with the others and makes his way into the apartment.
SERRANO POBLANO: WHAZZUP?!
RAPTURE: WHAZZUP?!
NOAH HOPE: WHAZZUP?!
EL PUMA: QUE PASA?!
At this point, Larry has gone from annoyed to emotionally broken, as he looks at the four losers chatting up his date. Just then, another man appears in his doorway…
GUY: Pizza time! I’ve got Buffalo Chicken with extra peppers for Serrano, extra cheese and anchovies for Percy, Taco for El Puma, Blood Sausage for Rapture, and plain cheese for Noah…damn, that’s basic. Anyway, that’ll be $58.97, Larry.
LARRY KACHOW: I…uh…what?
GUY: Percy said you’d cover snacks this time. Luckily, this is my last delivery of the night so I can just hang out the rest of the weekend. Oh, and don’t forget my tip.
Guy shoves the stack of pizza boxes into Larry’s arms and then immediately makes his way inside upon noticing he’s not the first to arrive.
SERRANO POBLANO: WHAZZUP?!
RAPTURE: WHAZZUP?!
NOAH HOPE: WHAZZUP?!
EL PUMA: QUE PASA?!
GUY: WHAZZUP?!
Standing in his doorway and hugging the pizza boxes, Larry is completely frozen in place as his final guest appears.
RATMAN: Uncle Larry! It’s so good of you to have us over for the weekend! I was afraid I’d forgotten to mention it to you, but you’ve already got the pizza and everything! Gosh, I sure do love you, Uncle Larry…
With Papercut perched on his shoulder, Percy gives Larry a great, big hug, nearly squashing the pizza boxes between them. He then notices that the rest of the KaVengers have already made themselves at home and enters the apartment.
SERRANO POBLANO: WHAZZUP?!
RAPTURE: WHAZZUP?!
NOAH HOPE: WHAZZUP?!
EL PUMA: QUE PASA?!
GUY: WHAZZUP?!
RATMAN: HELLO FRIENDS!
After getting a whiff of Percy’s natural sewer musk, Larry’s Random Chick excuses herself from the futon and makes her way to the door.
RANDOM CHICK: I don’t know what kind of girl you think I am, and I don’t care how rich you are…I am not into the group thing!
She then slaps him across the face before storming out of the apartment, leaving The KaVengers to conduct their meeting without the presence of an outsider.
Several minutes later…
RATMAN: So! To commence this meeting, I just want to give a round of applause to everyone on the futon today for getting our group number so high so quickly!
Larry has now joined the group on the couch, all of whom are squished together and only barely able to clap along with Percival. Larry appears to still be in shock as the group of outcasts has taken over his home. Noah helpfully reaches over and grabs Larry’s hands to clap for him.
RATMAN: Very good everyone! Seeing as we have quite a few new members today, I’d like to give everyone a chance to introduce themselves to the group. I’ll start! As you all may have guessed, I am the one and only Ratman, Wrestling Supreme!
Ratman quickly strikes a pose as the group oohs and aahs.
RATMAN: I am one of the three founders along with the next person I shall call up to introduce themselves, my dear friend Serrano Poblano!
The group claps for Ratman as Serrano attempts to escape the couch. It takes Ratman pulling on his arms and Rapture and El Puma pushing from behind. Eventually, the now profusely sweating Serrano is able to escape the couch when Ratman takes his place.
SERRANO POBLANO: What’s up, party people? I’m Serrano Poblano, the Sultan of Spice. I could be considered the head chef of this whole operation but I got to say, when I first met Percy, I never would have imagined we would grow to be such a festival of funk. This year is a new chapter for all of us! We are all finally going to be the real deal.
The group claps for Serrano who has a giant childlike smile, not used to being around so many people who like him.
SERRANO POBLANO: I guess next I’ll call up the other founding member of the KaVengers and our namesake, the man who will take this team out of bounds, Larry KaChow!
Everyone claps once more, however Larry doesn’t move a muscle. The row of men all look down to the end of the couch when Noah decides to take matters into his own hands, pulling Larry up to his feet, and puppeteering him from behind to the center of the room. They stand there for a moment when Noah grabs Larry’s jaw and lightly moves it up and down as Noah begins to speak for him.
NOAH HOPE USING LARRY AS A VENTRILOQUIST'S DUMMY: Hey everyone. It’s me! Larry KaChow. I just want to say that I love all you guys, and I hope for a bright future for us all.
The group claps for Larry when he starts to come to his senses and begins swatting at Noah’s hand. Larry looks around his apartment which now reeks of pizza.
LARRY KACHOW: What in the KaHell is going on? Why are you people in my house? You scared away my date! Get out!
Everyone nervously looks around at each other as Noah slowly backs away from Larry.
RATMAN: Oh, I had no idea Uncle Larry! I must’ve gotten the date wrong… It’s okay, I know just the place we can go!
At a new location…
The group is now sitting around a Chuck E Cheese table right next to the animatronic stage where Chuck is happily dancing right behind Percival. Percival has set up his camera at the end of the table where it can easily view everybody present.
GUY: Guys, I think we forgot the pizza…
RATMAN: Oh no! You're right friend, Guy! I suppose we should order more.
EL PUMA: ¿Chuck E Cheese tiene pizza de taco?
Larry quickly raises his hand to speak.
LARRY KACHOW: I paid last time so it’s Serrano’s turn to pay!
SERRANO POBLANO: Sure thing big green!
Guy looks around the room before speaking quietly under his breath.
GUY: I never got my tip…
SERRANO POBLANO: Alright, I will go get those hot frisbees of fun everyone! Just sit tight!
Serrano stands up and quickly runs to the front desk to order some pizza. The group sits in an awkward silence, not sure where to pick up from.
RATMAN: We never finished introducing everyone so why don’t we continue around the table and finish our introductions?
NOAH HOPE: I’ll go next!
Noah quickly stands from his seat and looks around the table.
NOAH HOPE: Hello everyone, I’m Noah Hope. I hope to keep improving and making quite the splash with you all in the coming months. You know, when I put my hand in the group huddle, I never knew what I was signing up for. I mean, you must all have some pretty great backgrounds to be joining such an eccentric group as this. I’m just going to try my best to fit in where I can.
Everyone claps as Noah takes his seat. Next to him is El Puma, who doesn’t initially realize his turn is up. He then stands and begins to address everyone.
EL PUMA: Mi nombre es El puma. Realmente no puedo entender a ninguno de ustedes. No estoy seguro de que puedas entenderme. Todos ustedes parecen buena gente, con ese espíritu de lucha. ¡Sigamos luchando como grupo y ganemos!
Everyone stares blankly at El Puma but begins to clap slowly assuming he is finished with his introduction.
RATMAN: Mucho baño mi amigo!
El Puma seems confused but shrugs as he sits down. Quickly after that, Rapture stands from the opposite side of the table and begins to speak.
RAPTURE: Hi everyone. You can call me Rapture. I like Horror movies. That’s pretty much it I guess. Thanks for having me.
Everyone begins to clap for Rapture as Larry squints his eyes and holds a hand up to his ear in Rapture’s direction, trying to understand the masked man.
.LARRY KACHOW: Uhh, could you take the mask off? I can’t understand a damn thing that you said.
RAPTURE: The mask stays on during group meetings.
LARRY KACHOW: Whatever…
Finally, last and maybe least, Guy takes a stand to address the table as Rapture takes his seat..
GUY: Hey guys, I’m Guy. I’m just a delivery guy who likes to wrestle for fun and some side cash, you know? Thanks for picking me up out there. Nice to have some supporters at work every now and again. Don’t get much of that when I’m on the road.
As everyone claps for Guy, Serrano returns with the pizza for the table.
SERRANO POBLANO: Speaking of deliveries! They didn’t have a lot of options here so I just got us some pepperoni. I hope everyone is okay with that.
Everyone nods in agreement and begins to eat.
RATMAN: With introductions out of the way, we only have one topic to discuss. I would like to share my managerial duties with all of you! As you all know, I won the chance to run an episode of Proving Ground at Black Friday and I’m finally getting my shot after the Pay-Per-View! I would love it if you could all play a major role in the show!
Everyone at the table begins to get excited as they all volunteer to help Ratman decide on each of the matches to be planned. Only a few random words can be heard here and there while the matches are being discussed. Microphone, lucha, prop, even the word basic comes from Noah.
SERRANO POBLANO: Oh, I have a great idea for my match, it should be…
Ratman holds a hand up to Serrano right as he is about to give his own input for a match.
RATMAN: Not so fast my friend! I have a very special match planned for us! Not to mention, we have to record our promo for the Pay-Per-View still! Should we do that while everyone discusses the next show?
SERRANO POBLANO: You got it Ratman!
Ratman smiles as Serrano calls him by his chosen name, not one he is often called by many people. Both men take the camera to a separate section of Chuck E Cheese where the sounds of arcade games fill the silence behind Ratman and Serrano.
SERRANO POBLANO: Some of us in the KaVengers have had a rough time when it comes to winning big matches here in Project: Honor. We may not have the best moves, the coolest names, or the best bodies, but one thing we all have in common is moxie! Even I have to admit, I was starting to accept my role as enhancement talent until I met my good friend, Ratman. Now, with him in my corner and the KaVengers supporting us, I’ve learned that winning is still possible when we have the power of friendship on our side!
RATMAN: Well said friend, this duo forms more than the sum of its parts. A combination so great it can only be known as… Pepper Jack Cheese…
SERRANO POBLANO: Holy moly stromboli! What a great name for Project: Honor’s newest and spiciest tag team combination! Not to throw shade, but it’s way better than being called the Phantom Troupe. Those dudes may be better than us in the ring, but they suck at coming up with team names.
RATMAN: The Phantom Troupe are indeed quite the dynamic duo themselves. Not to mention, they seem like great friends as well! This could be not only a battle to see who are the better wrestlers but also the better friends! While Serrano and I’s friendship may be new, it is stronger than any friendship I’ve ever known! Aside from Papercut of course.
Papercut quickly comes into view from hiding in one of Percy’s pockets, stands on Ratman’s shoulders, and seems to nod at the camera.
RATMAN: Together, we will take on DJ and Kyle to make for an explosive match up unlike any other!
Ratman and Serrano quickly get into a super duo pose as if they leapt straight off the page of a comic book. Ratman stands with a hand on his hip and the other in the air and Serrano turns around to present his tush.
PEPPERJACK CHEESE: We are wrestling supreme and spicy cuisine!
They then awkwardly exit those poses and give each other a hug before leaving the camera to return to the others. Moments later we quickly see Papercut enter the frame. He runs up toward the camera and a scuffle can be heard as he is climbing up shortly before the feed ends.
