(FADEIN: The First sitting now on a bench next to the Bewitched statue in Salem. Muse sits beside him, she's looking at her iPhone, both are dressed as they were before.)
FIRST: What are you doing?
MUSE: Watching Stevens undress in his last promo...It's erotic...He's a man who knows he has a nice body and how to show it off...
FIRST: (Winces) Here we go again...
MUSE: what? It's not like I'm the only girl to want to screw this guy...I'm sure he's got a list of girls that would awe even Tiger Woods...And it's not like you'll ever put out for me...
FIRST: No...No I won't...
MUSE: Right so you suck...Go bash on Jared Wells for a while I'll replay Stevens taking off his pants in slow motion...Don't let my blissed out cries of delight throw you off...
FIRST: This was a man who was going to kick you in the head last show...
MUSE: Babe, this is wrestling, a kick to the skull is nothing but foreplay...Now leave me to my devices, tell Jared Wells he sucks...
FIRST: You got it boss...You say HOPE is a fad Jared...Timeline wise, sure...But we're still big time...Was Nirvana a fad? They only had two major albums before Kurt decided to move along...But they are still more important then countless other bands that did more...HOPE isn't made for the long haul Jared, you're right about that, we're set for an epic crash and burn, but man, the time in which HOPE exists...It'll be a glorious time...
You call everyone in HOPE a whore...But what are we all if not whores? Life asks us a price and we either pay it or we don't...You're telling me your career is one of honor, of respect? Give me a break Jared, when Anthology formed you cut the promo to form it, and you bashed on Larry Tact before you even took a breath, the same man who's been holding the tag belts with you all this time...
Don't tell me you're all about mom, the flag, and apple pie Jared...You're fought Copycat, now you are his pal...You want to talk whores...Look in the mirror...
We all want something, and we all give up something to get it. In my case it's Stevens and his belt, and to get it I have to suffer and struggle against you...I have to jump through whatever hoops EPW puts down in my path...And I'll do all of it gladly...Anarky says I've gone insane in my obsession with Stevens...I'd question if I was sane even before that...But the fact remains I know what I want...So I ask you Jared
What do you want?
Really? is living in Cameron Cruise and Sean Stevens shadows enough for you? You never have that dream, the thought of one day standing in that ring, holding aloft your EPW World Title belt? And if it is your dream, how do you go about making it a reality...
And if it's not your dream, why do you even do this Jared? Why even lace up a pair of boots? Or has years in this sport made you a cynic, made you doubt you'll ever climb the mountain top? So you might as well serve others who have?
You want to fight me, but why? What's the point Jared, you're just following the battle flag of Anthology to war, you don't question it, you don't even understand it, you don't even know what Anthology is, nobody does....But you march cheerfully along, even to your own misfortune.
Muse, why don't you screw Jared Wells? He's always talking about sex and has the whole 'daddy' thing...
MUSE: (Shudders) Wells is all pervy, he's the guy who was the QB in high school who scrubbed out in college and now hangs out at high school all day trying to pick up 16 years olds...No thank you...
FIRST: So...He's worse then a guy that was going to kick you in the head...
MUSE: Oh enough about that! Stevens is...Refined...Classy....But I'm sure he'd still enjoy it if I handcuffed him to the bed posts and started pouring candle wax on his chest...I think Sean's been dealing with to many submissive women...He needs someone who won't let him control things...He'll be submissive with me...Oh I'll break him, I'll break him alright...(Gazes into her iPhone) oh you'll be my little play thing, won't you sweetie?
(First shakes his head.)
FIRST: First thing I learned in these situations is to not put your hand to your face, it'll wreck the make up...Second of all, I just ignore her when she gets like this
(Muse punches First in the arm)
MUSE: Screw you...
FIRST: And third...Jared...You're a man who's lost...All you have is Anthology, and that will fall, sone day, due to HOPE, due to apathy, due to internal conflict, whatever have you...Anthology will be no more, and then you'll have nothing at all...That is your sad future, and it's all you have to look forward too...
Oh and finally...Don't insult me, you can use google to figure out latin phrases as well as I can...You know it means "Let them hope, so long as they fear." (Shakes head)
(FADEOUT)