Post by CallMeRobert on Mar 25, 2022 9:28:39 GMT -5
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MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of ALL ages! What an adventure we have had in our first six shows. What can continue that tonight? My name is Marshall Greene AND THIS IS PU-
Marshall Greene’s voice cuts out and is replaced by a familiar voice.
OMAR KING V/O: … AND THIS…is the Omar King Show!
♫Ladies and Gentlemen, please
Would you bring your attention to me?♫
No longer a blank screen, our view is an aerial shot of North Brother Island in New York City, New York.
♫For a feast for your eyes to see,
An explosion of catastrophe.♫
The obvious drone begins to zip around the structures to be used for Episode seven. The trivia set, the Dominos, and the Memory set.
♫Like nothing you’ve ever seen before,
Watch closely as I open this door.♫
We zip around Paul Quinton, the Host of Pursuit Of The Ring, standing outside the entrance to the main building of the show.
♫Your jaws will be on the floor,
After this you’ll be begging for more.♫
He cheeses at the camera as it gets closer to him.
♫Welcome to the show♫
Paul pulls back and smacks the drone, causing it to begin spinning and the screen blacks out.
♫Please come inside♫
We cut to clips from the last show’s matches, starting off with Hudson chokeslamming both Lena Soulas and TJ Thompson over the top rope.
♫LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!♫
Cut to show the aftermath of a huge suplex as Jakeem Kobra goes flying out of the ring into a group of metal chairs previously occupied by the fans.
♫BOOM! (DO YOU WANT IT?)♫
After that, The Narcoleptic Ninja falling asleep and falling off the top turnbuckle.
♫BOOM! (DO YOU NEED IT?)♫
Next we see Kit Darling go flying out of the ring as she missed a clothesline on Lena Soulas.
♫BOOM! (LET ME HEAR IT?)♫
Followed by a shot of Omar King blasting Hated R with an ‘Off With Your Head’.
♫LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!♫
Trailed by a shot of Tibbagu dropping Brunhilde Leichenberg with the ‘Passion Spin’.
♫BOOM! (DO YOU WANT IT?)♫
Then to Hailey Storm tapping out to Chelsea Kennedy, who had her locked in the ‘Spark Out’
♫BOOM! (DO YOU NEED IT?)♫
Interrupted by Omar King hitting the Hole-In-On to win it for Team Chelsea.
♫BOOM! (LET ME HEAR IT?)♫
Kit Darling jumping over the water to the finish platform during the Dizzy Dummy, to earn the victory for Team Jobber.
♫LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!♫
And finally Chelsea Kennedy giving the final answer to lead Team Tibbagu to Trivia victory.
Before the challenges can start. We see Chelsea Kennedy in the confession room. She is in her street clothes and ready for the day to begin. Her makeup is not done and she looks a hot mess. Like she hasn’t had her coffee yet.
CHELSEA KENEDY: Only a couple of more weeks left of Pursuit of the Ring and I am right behind the leader, Omar King and I am right behind with Lena Soulas. I had a victorious week last week, but it’s time to get serious and get that one point that I need to take the lead. I know I can win this and I know I can become the top leader. Anything can happen. I’ve been the underdog throughout this whole entire and now it’s time to show WHY Chelsea Kennedy, the sweet soul with a sass mouth from the south will end up winning the whole entire thing.
Finally a new scene comes into view as we find ourselves on a three-quarter enclosed soundstage. The large ‘Pursuit Of The Ring’ logo display hangs on the background as we see a man walk onto the burnt orange empty set, dressed in a pair of dress pants and a green t-shirt. He walks onto the empty side of the room and flashes a big ol’ toothy grin.
PAUL QUINTON: Welcome everyone to the seventh episode of our little show, where some people actually have the balls to think they are the main attraction when they’ve been in the lead for one fucking week. But who is actually paying attention to this show, right? Rumor is that DeMarco is already ready to cut us short so he can get that uber-violent Sideshow on the air.
Paul chuckles.
PAUL QUINTON: But we ride our ratings to the bottom of the pit and wait for the Sarlacc to gobble us up into cancellation…let’s talk about this show right here. Just like our past shows, we will place our entertainers-slash-contestants up against each other in three different challenges: A trivia challenge, a physical challenge, and a specialty challenge. The winner of each of these challenges will not only gain a point towards the final season standing…but gains an advantage later in the show, during the wrestling match portion of our little sideshow. At THAT time…everyone will be involved in a match of some sorts. The winners of the three earlier challenges will get to choose one person they would like to face one-on-one. The winner of those wrestling matches gets an additional two points, while the losers LOSE a point. As for the rest of the people who didn’t win a challenge and weren’t handpicked? Well they will face off in a large battle royal to see who gets that two point advantage AND who will receive that negative one point disadvantage.
Paul smirks.
PAUL QUINTON: Let’s continue full steam ahead on this mediocre-kiddy ride we’ve jumped on and shake things up once more with teams of THREE.
Paul walks to his pedestal as the camera pans out to show the five teams:
Jakeem Kobra, Chelsea Kennedy, and Hated R.
Kit Darling, Jasiah Andrew Scott, and Tibbagu.
Cooler TJ Thompson, Lena Soulas, and Hudson.
Narcoleptic Ninja, Hailey Storm, and Jobber Joe.
And the final team…is only Brunhilde Leichenberg and Omar King.
PAUL QUINTON: That last team is looking a little thin.
OMAR KING: Is’ all good, homie. The King and his Thicc Queen are going to take it with just the two of us.
PAUL QUINTON: Well that doesn’t sound like fun. So why don’t we make this a threesome?
Omar nods his head and rubs his hands together.
OMAR KING: Oh please tell me it’s someone like Aurora Biggs.
“Popular Monster’ by Falling In Reverse hits as one of the Owners of Project: Honor, Christian DeMarco, walks out onto the set and over next to Brunhilde…placing her in between himself and Omar.
BRUNHILDE LEICHENBERG: NOW THIS THREESOME BRUNHILDE ENJOY.
Paul looks jealous for a moment as the music fades out, but then switches it back to a smile.
PAUL QUINTON: Welcome to our set, Mr. DeMarco.
CHRISTIAN DeMARCO: No-no, we’re not doing that ‘Mister’ shit. Call me Christian.
PAUL QUINTON: Well right now you’re my devil. SO ANYWAY…Our Trivia Challenge is up first!
PAUL QUINTON: Every show we will begin with a trivia challenge for all of our contestants. I will read off a question and then give the contestants time to write down an answer. When I ask for their response, they show me…and as usual, we are going elimination style…so if they get it wrong, they're eliminated from the challenge. Last team standing wins.
PAUL QUINTON: Question number One! Which noughties sitcom revolves around a group of people working in a paper supply company?
Soft melody begins as the teams all talk to each other before the middle person of each team writes down an answer. The melody slows down and ends as everyone puts their markers down.
PAUL QUINTON: Let’s do this instantly folks. I re-read the question…count to three and you ALL show me your answers. Okay. Which noughties sitcom revolves around a group of people working in a paper supply company? One…Two…Three!!!
Chelsea holds up the board for Kobra, Kennedy, Hated R: Community.
*BUZZER*
Jasaiah holds up the board for Darling, Scott, Tibbagu: The Office.
*DING*
Lena holds up the board for Thompson, Soulas, Hudson: The Office.
*DING*
Hailey holds up the board for Narcoleptic Ninja, Storm, Jobber Joe: Laverne and Shirley.
*BUZZER*
Brunhilde holds up the board for DeMarco, Leichenberg, King: The Office.
*DING*
PAUL QUINTON: And JUST like that…Jakeem, Chelsea, and Hated R are eliminated. As well as Marco, Hailey and Joe…which…Laverne and Shirley? This was about the two-thousands…not the seventies or eighties. What the hell is wrong with you three?
Narcoleptic Ninja reaches into his waistband and pulls out a double-ball bolo. He points at Paul and lets out a cry, spinning the bolo above his head. He spins it and JUST as he is about to throw, his eyes roll into the back of his head. He lets go of the bolo and instead of going forward, he flies out backward, one ball hitting Hailey Storm and the other hitting Jobber Joe.
PAUL QUINTON: Get these three off my set…
Security comes in and takes away the injured Joe and Hailey, while a couple of them drag away the snoring body of Narcoleptic Ninja. Kobra, Kennedy, and Hated R all follow closely behind of their own accord.
PAUL QUINTON: Well eight of you made it through.
We cut to the back to see Tibbagu sitting in the interview chair. He is smiling so big that his mask pushes out at the sides.
TIBBAGU: Hey it's me again, my name is Tibbagu and I'm no longer a virgin. THAT'S RIGHT BABES! I GOT LAID LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS AWESOME! The smell of her pink hair was just... wow and the se-
MARSHALL GREENE: Alright alright, that's quite enough. Too much information Tibbagu.
We quickly cut back to the trivia set. Paul shutters for a moment, disgusted.
PAUL QUINTON: Who the fuck slept with y-...you know what…nevermind…I don’t want to know. NEXT QUESTION!!!
PAUL QUINTON: Question Two: What were the nationalities of the first inhabitants of the International Space Station?
The usual soft melody plays as the three remaining teams huddle together. After a few seconds of discussing the question, the middle person, again, writes down the answer. The melody ends as they all put down their writing utensils.
PAUL QUINTON: Okay, just like last time. Repeat the question…count to three…show me your answers! What were the nationalities of the first inhabitants of the International Space Station? One…two…THREE!
Jasiah holds up the board for Darling, Scott, Tibbagu: Chinese & American
*BUZZER*[/b]
Lena holds up the board for Thompson, Soulas, Hudson: American & Russian
*DING*[/b]
Brunhilde holds up the board for DeMarco, Leichenberg, King: American & Russian
*DING*[/b]
PAUL QUINTON: Kit, Lena, Tibbagu…I’m sorry, but that is wrong and you three are eliminated.
As the three of them walk off, we cut to black for several seconds, before an unobtrusive - but still distinctly German - classical song begins to play in the background. Another few seconds pass, before a scene of an idyllic countryside appears; as the music continues to play, a voice begins to narrate.
It’s Johnny ‘SUPERSTAR’ Levy, who delivers his first line just as the countryside scene cuts to a photograph of a young girl. Despite her age, the girl’s arms would be considered massive on a child many years older. She wears an angry frown in the picture, temporarily distracted from what appears to be splitting logs by the flash of the camera.
JOHNNY LEVY: Brunhilde Leichenberg, World Record holding German powerlifting hero and inspiration to little girls around the world… or secret steroid abuser and member of Indy Darling’s covert, pro-discrimination terrorist group?
The music takes a decidedly darker turn, sounding almost ominous. Even the brightness on the video appears to be turned down, throwing the previously bright and happy scenes into shadows. The video feed cuts through several childhood photos of Brunhilde, looking increasingly more jacked in each. Hunting, fishing, wrestling a bear… then early videos of her in the first powerlifting competitions she took part in, followed by scenes of her holding a trophy or golden medallion at the end of each one.
JOHNNY LEVY: I don’t mean to frighten or startle you fine viewers, but what I will come to reveal in this documentary may do just that. For it would appear that Project: Honor has taken it upon themselves to offer shelter to yet another enemy of the human race. And I don’t mean Omar King, who honestly seems like a real nice, misunderstood young man.
Once again, the brightness is turned down until the pictures and videos shown resemble a murky swamp. The symphonic music playing also continues to grow more dark and menacing.
JOHNNY LEVY: Damn. We’re getting into some real shit now, folks. Anyway, where were we? Oh yeah, Brunhilde was born in the city of Koln, Germany, to her mother, a humble seamstress and her father, who was… also a powerlifting World Record holder? Jesus Christ, that’s unoriginal. Who booked this shit? Anyway.
Clearing his throat, Johnny Levy carries on.
JOHNNY LEVY: Brunhilde appeared to inherit her father’s willpower, drive and determination… as well as muscle mass, appetite, and desire to crush her enemies. I mean, more than the average German, even. Hooked on the taste of victory from the moment she won the unofficial Ages Fourteen-to-Sixteen Armwrestling Tournament in her neighborhood - at the age of four - she was driven onward to claim glory and accolades wherever she could find them; as long as the prerequisites for earning those accolades involved ‘lifting heavy stuff’. Never a star pupil, Brunhilde ended up leaving school in Grade three after… oh my god… am I reading this right? Alright people, this is some terrifying shit, so I’m just going to gloss over it. My heart goes out to that teacher, though. Oh, wait a second… back to the show? I thought you said I had as much time as I wanted? Okay, listen up pal, I’m going to get in touch with my agent and we’ll see about all that!
An awkward pause, before Johnny Levy apparently switches from arguing with someone in the audio booth to addressing the listening audience once more.
JOHNNY LEVY: We’ll be right back, everyone.
We cut back to the trivia set where Brunhilde looks utterly confused and Paul looks mad.
BRUNHILDE LEICHENBERG: WHAT…
PAUL QUINTON: Don't worry about it, my dear. We will get to the bottom of it. Won’t we Mr. DeMarco?
CHRISTIAN DeMARCO: It’s Christian!
PAUL QUINTON: No, I think I’ve heard that he is Jewish.
CHRISTIAN DeMARCO: Jesus Christ…
PAUL QUINTON: Don’t they call him Yeshua?
CHRISTIAN DeMARCO: Just fucking ask the next question, will ya?
Paul puts up his hands like he doesn’t want trouble.
PAUL QUINTON: Easy now, boss. Your wish is my command.
PAUL QUINTON: Question three. Basically a team versus team situation here as on one side we have TJ, Soulas, and Hudson…then on the other we have DeMarco, Leichenberg, and King.
OMAR KING: Yeah, you say it was respec’.
PAUL QUINTON: Who was the titular 'Stan' in Eminem's music video by the same title?
Both teams begin talking to each other as the usual soft melody plays overhead. After a few moments they move and begin writing down an answer. With Brunhilde and Lena putting their markers down, the music ends.
PAUL QUINTON: Okay, same deal. Question, three count, show me what ya got. Who was the titular 'Stan' in Eminem's music video by the same title? One…
Lena grips her white board.
PAUL QUINTON: Twwwwooooo…
Brunhilde grips HER white board.
PAUL QUINTON: THREE!!!
Both white boards flip around.
Lena holds up the board for Thompson, Soulas, Hudson: Marshall Mathers
*BUZZER*[/b]
Brunhilde holds up the board for DeMarco, Leichenberg, King: Devon Sawa
*DING*[/b]
PAUL QUINTON: AND THE TEAM OF CHRISTIAN, BRUNHILDE, AND OMAR WIN!!!
Hudson shakes his head as TJ takes the board and looks at it oddly. We then switch to the interview room, where we see Omar King.
OMAR KING: Good! Ya have the camera set up on me. Imma make it a rule as the new Ruler of POTR. Hell, forget that. Imma change that name and forget about the Ruler shizzle my nizzle. Imma let ya know that POTR is now known as The King's Show. On the last show ya saw that ya was in my sights and boom bitches ya were shot the fuck down. Twelve points on one show which none of ya fuckin' idiots are even capable of. This is my show now and one way or another ya gonna bow down at my feet and show me the respect that is deserved. If ya not willin' to do so, imma happy to make ya do so. That dumbass Benjamin Broadwater is gone and imma happy to make sure ya all go out that way too if ya flap them gums. Fuck all of ya because imma Omar King and I rule this Kingdom ya wet wipe lookin' mommy breastfed, yeast infected peasants.
Dax Malone walks into the view of the camera standing alongside Omar as they both clink cups together before sipping on their lean.
DAX MALONE: What's happenin' bitches? Murder City Madman here, The Hype Train, Dax Malone. Imma let ya all know that my boy Omar King ain't here to play. He is here to get shit done and ain't nothin' at all any of ya can do about it. I dare ya to step up to the King but he only gonna put ya back down where ya belong. Better be careful though, imma not try and stop Omar when he buries ya where ya stand bitches, peace out!
With that said, Dax and Omar walk off laughing, yet again with a cup of lean each in their hands. They're just living the life.
Fade to commercial.
Back from the commercial, we see Paul Quinton standing in front of a POTR Logo, with a large monitor to his right.
PAUL QUINTON: And we’re back to everyone’s favorite ‘Wait…where’s Proving Ground? OH…it’s the wrong Friday’ show…Pursuit Of The Ring. Our Physical Challenge tonight, is a fun one…and simple. There will be ten large dominoes. The objective of the contestants is to run across the top of them, from one platform to the other.
A video plays on a monitor, showing some episodes of Takeshi’s Castle’s Dominoes for those who have never seen it.
The camera cuts to the platforms and the ten ten-foot tall dominos that separate them. First up, on the platform, is Tibbagu. He looks at the camera and raises one arm into the air.
*HORN*
TIBBAGU: FOR LUNA!
With a head of steam, Tibbagu goes running across the top of the dominoes. Making it across the first five looked easy, but on the sixth one he starts to lose it and makes it to domino number eight before collapsing to the ground below. We cut over to Paul Quinton.
PAUL QUINTON: And Tibbagu sets the bar high, with a run of eight. OH…and I forgot to tell you the best part! Yeah, the winner gets the normal point for winning the challenge, but EVERYONE gets points depending on how many dominoes they officially get to. So Tibbagu here? He made it to domino eight…so he is getting eight points, regardless if he wins this challenge or not!
*HORN*
We cut back to the platforms to see the dominoes set back up. Standing at the starting platform is Jasiah Andrew Scott. Without a word, he starts running. Bouncing from top to top, looking clumsy from the start. He makes it to the third domino before losing his balance and goes flying off the side. We quickly cut back over to Paul.
PAUL QUINTON: Oh, and Jasiah with a paltry three dominoes. While that means he is eliminated from the challenge because of Tibbagu’s eight, Jasiah still walks out of her with three points.
*HORN*
Back to the platform where the dominoes are standing again and Hudson stands there solemnly. He takes off running and stumbles slightly on the first few, but manages to overcome it. But around domino number four, he loses balance and again and this time falls backwards after stepping onto domino number six.
PAUL QUINTON: And just like that, Hudson is out. But, he did score six extra points. That could help him in the overall scope of the game.
*HORN*
Back to the set-up dominos and we see Brunhilde with a smile on her face. Without a word from the strong German, she takes off running along the top of the dominos. Her step is light and her movement is swift. Before long, we watch her hit domino five…six…seven…she slowly starts to lose balance…eight…nine…TEN!!! Brunhilde stumbles onto the finish platform and falls to a knee, but quickly stands back to her feet.
PAUL QUINTON: AND BRUNHILDE SHATTERS TIBBAGU’S BEST!!! Brunhilde coming in at a PERFECT ten dominoes! Now THAT is a high task to put forward.
*HORN*
Chelsea Kennedy is next. She steps onto the starting platform and looks out onto the dominoes, before taking off as fast as she can. She makes it to the fifth domino before starting to slip, stepping onto the sixth platform before the dominoes give out below her.
PAUL QUINTON: Chelsea, out. But that six extra points is a nice addition to her score. If my calculations are correct, given the trivia challenge and the start of this physical challenge, this puts Chelsea Kennedy in a tie with Brunhilde for first place in the ENTIRE competition. Mind you, that is not counting any bonus Brunhilde gets for winning this challenge..
*HORN*
Jakeem Kobra silently walks up and eyes the dominoes. Then light on his toes, he begins to run…right before his eyes dart away to the crowd watching him…which includes Tibbagu. For a brief moment Kobra forgets where he is and misses the next domino, falling forward and crashing into the side of the seventh domino.
PAUL QUINTON: Oh, too bad! It seems Jakeem’s fear of clowns distracted him and he only gets sixth points out of this.
*HORN*
Cooler TJ runs quickly up the stairs to the top of the starting platform and does NOT pause to check out the obstacle ahead.
But before we watch him take off, we cut to the back where we see him in the interview room.
MARSHALL GREENE: We’re back again with someone we all know, Cooler TJ. TJ, last week wasn’t your week. You finally weren’t able to obtain any points, and your lead has been shattered. What’s next for you?
COOLER TJ THOMPSON: There’s only one thing to do, and that’s get it back! I’ll admit that it was kinda demoralizing to take that L, but that’s okay. I’ve had a week to cry it out and talk about my feelings. Now we’re back in winning mode. Remember when I asked you who could stop me? I guess we now know the answer to that question. But it won’t happen again!
MARSHALL GREENE: So what’s the strategy this time?
COOLER TJ THOMPSON: The strategy? There’s never a strategy. I go with the flow. It’s been working most of the time, and I’m sure it won’t do me wrong again! I’m just chilling.
MARSHALL GREENE: Moving on, word on the mainland is that the original TJ Thompson had some strong words to say about you. Anything to respond with?
COOLER TJ THOMPSON: Yeah. That’s the only thing he can do! If he wants to talk shit, he should come over to this island and say it to my face so I can beat his ass.
Cut back to the dominoes where we see TJ go gung-ho towards it, making it across a few domino tops before his lack of planning gets to him and he completely misses a step, falling after the sixth domino.
PAUL QUINTON: That seventh domino seems to be tricky. That’s three in a row! But those six points put TJ one point behind the lead for the entire competition.
*HORN*
Hated R stands on the platform with a confident smirk on his face. He walks to the first domino and looks around at everyone behind him. He catches Hailey Storm making a lewd motion to him, using her hand and her mouth, pressing her tongue against the inside of her cheek repetitively. Hated R grimaces and steps forward…but completely misses the first domino and falls ten feet to the ground below.
PAUL QUINTON: OUCH! Not only will Hated R have a bruised face, but he is going to have a bruised ego too. Zero points on THIS? That’s just bad.
*HORN*
Jobber Joe stands up onto the platform and begins to STRUT forward. With eyes full of confidence a chest puffed out that just SHOWS he is powerful…he only makes it to domino three before crashing down to the ground.
PAUL QUINTON: At least he got more than Hated R?
*HORN*
Up next is Lena Soulas, who takes off before Jobber Joe can completely leave the area. She makes it to the first domino…
JOBBER JOE: LENA!!!
Lena looks to the side, distracted by Jobber Joe waving, and completely misses her step onto the second domino. Crashing down hard, she JUST hits the mat below.
PAUL QUINTON: That’s what she gets for babying that dumbass this entire series. Let the man fail! Now, instead, she failed because she has been feeding the puppy dog and he keeps coming back for more. She’ll never get rid of him at this point.
*HORN*
Kit Darling stands atop the starting platform. She takes off running and JUST as her foot touches the first domino, she sees someone off set…off into the distance…and her eyes widen in horror.
KIT DARLING: No! NOO!
Kit hits the ground hard, but quickly sits up and scurries back against the bottom of the starting platform…hugging her knees.
PAUL QUINTON: Well that only gets Kit one point. But I’m more worried about what she saw…WHO she saw.
*HORN*
Omar King struts onto the starting platform. He dances for a moment on top of the platform, before using his built up momentum to head straight out onto the dominoes. He makes it to the sixth domino before people start to hold their breath. Then seven…then eight…then nine...THEN TEN!!! Omar King hops onto the finish platform and continues his dance from earlier.
PAUL QUINTON: AND THAT’S TWO! Brunhilde and Omar BOTH finish crossing the ten dominoes. But I’m being told, the tie-breaker will be the time it took to complete this challenge. From the moment that horn sounded, to the time the contestant stepped onto the platform. But let’s finish the rest of the contestants first.
*HORN*
Hailey Storm swishes out onto the edge of the platform, reaching out with her toes slowly…then stepping on the first platform. She stumbles forward and gets the second one before her lack of speed causes her to go crashing down.
PAUL QUINTON: Hailey taking it TOO careful. Let’s get to Narco’s run, before we figure out this ti-
*HORN*
We see Narcoleptic Ninja go to take a step off the platform, before falling asleep and crashing into the first domino.
PAUL QUINTON: …well…there goes Narco’s time. Let’s get to Brunhilde and Omar’s tie-breaker!
An image of Brunhilde and Omar sits side by side is shown.
PAUL QUINTON: Okay. Brunhilde finished with a time of seven-point-three seconds.
The numbers ‘7.3’ appears below Brunhilde’s name.
PAUL QUINTON: And Omar King…comes in with a seven…point…
The number ‘7.’ appears below Omar’s name, with everyone hanging on that last number.
PAUL QUINTON: FIVE! BRUNHILDE IS THE WINNER!!!
Omar King is shown shaking his head in disbelief as Brunhilde raises an arm into the air. We cut to the interview room where we see Brunhilde with a smile on her face.
BRUNHILDE LEICHENBERG: TWO FOR TWO! BRUNHILDE HAS TWELVE POINTS. BACK NEAR TOP!
Brunhilde keeps on smiling, as we fade to commercial.
Back from commercial and we find ourselves looking at Paul Quinton standing in a large open room with five tables and three chairs each.
PAUL QUINTON: Hello again folks. Either you are enjoying our show tonight, or you’re still down in the dumps about watching someone bust your bracket and you couldn’t go on watching regular television in fear of constantly hearing about how Saint Peter’s continued it’s Cinderella Story with a trouncing of Purdue or how Kansas choked against Providence. Honestly I don’t know if either of those two happened…and I don’t care. I’ve got money on Duke anyway. But either way, welcome to the final challenge of the night…a MEMORY challenge. At these five tables, our contestants will again be teamed up in groups of three. Each team will have six memory games placed in front of them…similar to a card matching game. All the teams will start at the same time and have FIVE minutes to complete as many of the memory games as they can.
Paul smiles.
PAUL QUINTON: So how about we introduce our randomly chosen teams! First up…at Table One…the team of Lena Soulas, Jasiah Andrew Scott, AND JAKEEM KOBRA!!!
The three of them walk out and sit at their table.
PAUL QUINTON: Team number two…Omar King, Brunhilde Leichenberg, AND HATED R!!!
The three of them walk out, Omar shooting both Brunhilde and Hated R dirty looks.
PAUL QUINTON: Seems like the team to beat.
The three of them sit at the second table.
PAUL QUINTON: Team three…Kit Darling, Hailey Storm, and HUDSON!!!
Hudson walks out with both ladies at his side. Kit and Hailey couldn’t be anymore opposite of each other personality wise, if they tried. The three of them walk over and sit at the middle table.
PAUL QUINTON: Team number four…Cooler TJ Thompson, Chelsea Kennedy, AND TIBBAGU!!!
Tibbagu lingers behind, staring at Chelsea’s derriere as they all walk out and get to their table. Tibbagu pulls out the chair for Chelsea, but she takes it from him and sits down on her own.
PAUL QUINTON: And the final team…Narcoleptic Ninja, Jobber Joe…AND…
CHRISTIAN DeMARCO: HOLD UP PAUL!
Everyone turns towards the entrance where Narco and Joe stand, with Christian DeMarco standing next to them with a microphone.
CHRISTIAN DeMARCO: I know some people were expecting me to play in this game too, but I’m just not feeling it right now.
PAUL QUINTON: So then Little Nemo’s Adventures in Slumberland and Glass Joe will be playing as a handicap?
CHRISTIAN DeMARCO: As much as I’d like to smash the obvious joke on that one, no…I’ve got a substitute for them.
VOICE: THIS IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS!!!
CHRISTIAN DeMARCO: All the way from our green-brand, my former stomping grounds…ARIK HOLT!!!
Arik Holt steps out behind Narco and Joe…a disgruntled look on his face. Kit Darling’s eyes widen in a mixture of fear and anger. It is obvious now, that she saw Arik during the Domino stage and that is what threw her off.
ARIK HOLT: I want nothing to do with this idiotic show.
CHRISTIAN DeMARCO: Well you’re going to and you’re going to like it, dipshit.
ARIK HOLT: I’m supposed to still be on my honeymoon. Instead I get to hear about how Savannah is off taking bubble baths by herself!
CHRISTIAN DeMARCO: You should be ashamed of yourself, what you have done to that poor girl.
ARIK HOLT: What I have done? I have brought her consistency, I have brought her a REAL love, I have brought her a life that she can look forward to for the rest of her days.
CHRISTIAN DeMARCO: You have brought her othing but LIES. Remember this saying, Holt…”Only the right name gives being and things their reality. A wrong name makes everything unreal. That’s what lies do.” So then tell me…is your marriage a reality or is it unreal?
Arik Holt shoots DeMarco a dirty look and follows behind Narco and Joe, sitting down at the final table.
PAUL QUINTON: So, when the timer starts, the monitors in your table will turn on and you will be shown the first of your sixteen-card digital memory games. Each team member will have a chance to make a guess on matching cards, before moving to the next player…and this will happen at your table over and over again. Once you complete your game…the monitor will move on to the NEXT sixteen-card game. There are six games in all…and five minutes to complete them. The winner is the one who completes the most games in that five minutes…OR…the team to solve ALL of their puzzles first.
Some of the contestants nod, understandingly.
PAUL QUINTON: Now HERE is the kicker. For every puzzle you get right, you get that many points. Game one…one point, game two…two points, game three…well…you get the picture. So there is a possibility of getting twenty-one points off of JUST solving these memory games.
Paul looks at his wrist as if he has a watch.
PAUL QUINTON: Oh…and you can’t skip turns. Skipping turns leads to automatic disqualification. TIME STARTS NOW!!!
*HORN*
The camera begins to alternate between teams. Fingers go flying, people leaning over the monitors and hitting the touch screen to tap on the cards to try to make a match.
PAUL QUINTON: Four-minutes and thirty-seconds!
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Four has completed the first game.
The camera’s cut to show TJ and Kennedy high-five. Chelsea turns to Tibbagu who is leaning in for a kiss, only to catch a right hook across the jaw.
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Two has completed the first game.
Omar King nods his head as Brunhilde cracks her knuckles. Hated R keeps giving a side-eye towards Hailey Storm at table three.
PAUL QUINTON: Four minutes!
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team One has completed the first game.
Lena Soulas, Jasiah Andrew Scott, and Jakeem Kobra clap as the second puzzle appears on their table.
*DING*
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Three has completed the first game and Team Two has completed their SECOND game.
A split screen shows Darling, Storm, and Hudson celebrating…and then Omar, Brunhilde, and Hated R celebrating.
PAUL QUINTON: Three and a half minutes!
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Four has completed the second puzzle.
The camera shows TJ, Kennedy, and Tibbagu not doing much celebrating…but jumping to the next puzzle.
ARIK HOLT: GODDAMMIT NINJA!
Team five can be seen with Narcoleptic Ninja asleep on the table. Jobber Joe and Arik Holt push him off the table, causing him to hit the ground hard…but continue snoring. Absolutely NONE of the puzzle had been done yet. Jobber Joe begins to reach for the touch screen…
ARIK HOLT: JOSEPH! NO!!!
*BUZZER*
PAUL QUINTON: Oh, I’m sorry. Team Five you have broken the rules and therefore are eliminated.
Jobber Joe turns and looks at Arik Holt, only to receive a forearm to the jaw…dropping Jobber to the ground in a pile of french goo.
ARIK HOLT: I’m getting the fuck off this island.
Arik turns to walk out of the entranceway, but DeMarco steps out and in his way.
CHRISTIAN DeMARCO: Where are you going And…Arik? Stick around a bit. I hear the Main Event is going to be hell!
DeMarco puts his arm around Holt’s shoulder and forcefully leads him off camera.
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Two has completed puzzle number three.
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Three has completed puzzle two.
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Four has completed puzzle three.
PAUL QUINTON: Jeeze! Everyone is going to town! BY THE WAY…TWO MINUTES LEFT!!!
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Three has completed puzzle three!
The camera shows Team One, with Lena Soulas contemplating her next move.
JAS: COME ON, LENA!!! MAKE A MOVE!!!
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Four has completed puzzle four!
PAUL QUINTON: ONE MINUTE LEFT!!!
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Two has completed puzzle four!
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team One has completed puzzle two!
PAUL QUINTON: FINALLY!
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Three has completed puzzle four!
PAUL QUINTON: THIRTY SECONDS!!!
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Four has completed puzzle five!
*DING*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: Team Two has completed puzzle five!
PAUL QUINTON: NECK AND NECK! FIFTEEN SECONDS LEFT!!!
Both teams two and four start going to town with their final memory puzzle.
TEN…
NINE…
EIGHT…
All three members quickly take their turns picking two cards on the digital screen, trying to match them.
SEVEN…
SIX…
FIVE…
Down to just a few matches needed on both screens!
FOUR…
THREE…
TWO…
ONE…
*DING*
*HORN*
MARSHALL GREENE V/O: By completing puzzle six first, YOUR WINNERS…TEAM FOUR!!! COOLER TJ THOMPSON, CHELSEA KENNEDY, AND TIBBAGU!!!
Omar King and Brunhilde looked at Hated R, then at their board which only had one match that needed to be made. In frustration they both stand up and leave. We cut to the interview room.
MARSHALL GREENE: Congratulations once again to Cooler TJ! TJ, you’ve come out of a small slump to go on to earn a chance at even more points. Do you think this is your chance to reclaim your lead in the standings?
COOLER TJ THOMPSON: Of course I do! I knew this shit wouldn’t last, and I was right. All I have to do is pin another bum to put myself back where I’m supposed to be. And we’ve seen me do that a million times, right? We all know what your boy is capable of.
MARSHALL GREENE: Anything to say to the people on your way to the top?
COOLER TJ THOMPSON: Y’all better be scared. I’m sure it’s comfy up there, but I’m about to come back and take my rightful places. If I have to go through all of you, sure. Whatever. It doesn’t matter. I’m coming for my spot on top, and you know I’ll get it.
MARSHALL GREENE: What about all the people below you trying to move up?
COOLER TJ THOMPSON:Good luck. I mean, I’m sure they have a chance at moving up a little, but above me?!? Hell no! I hate to break it to them, but there’s a ceiling. For them, at least. And the ceiling is right below me.
MARSHALL GREENE: Strong words, let’s see if you prove yourself right.
We cut to another interview room session, this time with Chelsea Kennedy.
CHELSEA KENEDY: We played this in school. It was very easy to do something like this. How the hell can you lose this challenge? You just have to have the patience to do stuff like this and just do the damn thing. I don’t know the issue with this. You guys are making this an embarrassment to some of you.
Fade to commercial.
Coming back from the last commercial break, we find ourselves in the familiar place of a large gymnasium. A ring is set up with Marshall Greene standing in the middle of it, microphone in hand.
MARSHALL GREENE: Ladies and gentlemen. For our matches tonight…with Brunhilde and Omar winning the first Challenge, Omar King has been chosen to represent them. And he has chosen to battle against…JASIAH ANDREW SCOTT!!!
OMAR KING (1-4-0) vs JASIAH ANDREW SCOTT (1-6-0)
DING! DING! DING!
Omar King, still amped up from Hated R costing his team the Memory Challenge, goes flying in with a barrage of fists, forearms, and elbows. Jasiah tries to fight back, but the King quickly halts any attempt at an offense, with a couple knees to the side of the head and finally ‘The Royal Treatmant’ (Tombsault) dropped Scott to the mat.
ONE!
TWO!!
THREE!!!
DING! DING! DING!
MARSHALL GREENE: And your winner by pinfall…OMAR KING!!!
Another cut away…another empty ring.
MARSHALL GREENE: Next up…Brunhilde Leichenberg won the Physical Challenge, so she has chosen to square off against…JAKEEM KOBRA
BRUNHILDE LEICHENBERG (3-4-0) vs JAKEEM KOBRA (3-5-0)
DING! DING! DING!
Jakeem quickly took to the air, bouncing off ropes and jumping off turnbuckles, trying to hedge his bets on a speedy air attack to take down the Muscle Momma. It worked in the beginning, but once Brunhilde caught Jakeem in mid-air and squeezed him with a bearhug…it was all but over. Bearhug into a belly-to-belly suplex and the Schildmaid was complete.
ONE!
TWO!!
THREE!!!
DING! DING! DING!
MARSHALL GREENE: And your winner by pinfall, BRUNHILDE LEICHENBERG!!!
Once again, we fade away to an empty ring.
MARSHALL GREENE: Next up, our final randomly chosen competitor…we take the three winners of the Memory Challenge and let them choose. So Cooler TJ Thompson, Chelsea Kennedy, and Tibbagu chose to face off against…JOBBER JOE, KIT DARLING, AND LENA SOULAS!!!
COOLER TJ THOMPSON (4-3-0), CHELSEA KENNEDY (3-4-0), & TIBBAGU (2-5-0)
Vs
JOBBER JOE (0-7-0), KIT DARLING (2-1-0), & LENA SOULAS (3-3-0)
Vs
JOBBER JOE (0-7-0), KIT DARLING (2-1-0), & LENA SOULAS (3-3-0)
DING! DING! DING!
Like a well oiled machine, the team of TJ, Kennedy, and Tibbagu kept Jobber Joe mainly in the middle of the ring. Once or twice he was able to get a tag off to Kit or Lena, but it always ended up with Joe standing in and taking the brunt of the fight. In the end, TJ caught Jobber Joe in TJ’s corner, with a ‘Please Tap’...an Earth 2 version of the Boston Crab. And within seconds, Joe would honor that request.
DING! DING! DING!
MARSHALL GREENE: And your winner by submission, COOLER TJ THOMPSON, CHELSEA KENNEDY, AND TIBBAGU!!!
ANOTHER cut away..another empty ring.
MARSHALL GREENE: Our what USUALLY is our final match of the night is a battle royal between the individuals who were NOT chosen as in the first three matches!
HUDSON (3-4-0) vs NARCOLEPTIC NINJA (0-1-0) vs HATED R (1-6-0) vs HAILEY STORM (0-3-0)
DING! DING! DING!
Narcoleptic Ninja tried making a move first, bouncing off of the chest of Hudson…who continued his Battle Royal destruction. He grabbed the rotund ninja by the throat and TOSSED him over the ropes.
With Hudson’s back turned to them, Hated R and Hailey tried to push him from behind…but they just weren’t strong enough. Hudson, being a gentleman, turned and grabbed Hailey…picking her up…holding her over the ropes and as soft as he could..dropped her onto her feet on the outside. With his back turned again, Hated R tried another charge…only to get Hudson to turn and grab him around the waist and BELLY-TO-BELLY SUPLEX HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE!!!
DING! DING! DING!
MARSHALL GREENE: And your winner by elimination…HUDSON!!!
A final cut away and a final empty ring, with exception to a litter of weapons on the ring
MARSHALL GREENE: Our SPECIAL Main Event tonight. We will have ARIK HOLT in a special No disqualification hardcore match in preperation to Pursuit Of The Ring’s Episode Eight: Sideshow. And he will be going against…
Holt enters the ring.
MARSHALL GREENE: …CHRISTIAN DeMARCOOOOOO!!!
His eyes widen as DeMarco comes running to the ring.
ARIK HOLT (3-4-0) vs CHRISTIAN DeMARCO (3-1-0)
DING! DING! DING!
In what usually is a series of tame matches, DeMarco puts on a bloodbath show for the audience at hand. Holt spent most of the time trying to get away from DeMarco, mainly trying to defend his wounds from the Angelo Caito match in Cancun just a week prior. It didn’t take long for DeMarco to split open stitches and barely healed wounds on Holt causing him to bleed profusely. The one time Holt DID gain the upper hand and had DeMarco on the mat…Kit Darling came flying out of the crowd with rope in her hands. Just as Arik pulled a knife out…Kit climbed into the ring and wrapped the rope around Arik Holt’s neck…choking him until his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he lay there unconscious. DeMarco finally came to and crawled to the unconscious body of Arik Holt as Darling left the ring.
ONE!
TWO!!
THREE!!!
DING! DING! DING!
MARSHALL GREENE: And your winner by pinfall…CHRISTIAN DeMARCO!!!
The crowd went nuts as the camera’s focused on Paul standing amongst the crowd as well.
PAUL QUINTON: Now THAT was an ending and has me looking forward to our next venture, Sideshow! But tonight we got to see Brunhilde and the King lead our owner DeMarco to a Trivia win, Brunhilde continue the challenge winning with a tip-toe along the dom-inoe…s, and TJ, Kennedy, and Tibbagu showing their inner Alex Trebek and proving they have good Concentration. Our next show will be a special show as we highlight the upcoming Sideshow brand. We find out who knows more about Video Games, take another adventure into the land of lava, and see who has those b-ball skills. Hope you all enjoy next week’s Project: Underground, Fallout, and Proving Ground while we are still stuck here on the ‘off week’! GOODNIGHT FOLKS!!!
The camera pans out as the stagehand continues cheering around Paul, as he gets farther and farther away from the camera. Until it finally just fades out to the Project: Honor logo.
