Rook Black
Live Long and Pants.
ROOK: "I didn't imagine that I'd ever be doing this."
(FADE IN: ROOK BLACK seated at a desk, leaning back, black cowboy boots on it. He holds a judge's gavel that he amuses himself with by spinning it around in his fingers.)
ROOK: "But I'm getting a little restless. And that's not very good for me. Leads to spending an obscene amount of money on building a robot to body swap with from time to time."
ROOK: "There was a guy here who went by the name of Mike Knox, not to be confused with Impulse, totally unrelated. Who had felt that my initial National Championship victory was completely `un-clean' because I hit the girl I had a crush on with a chair, and set up Knox to eat the retaliation shot, allowing me to roll him up. At least that's how I remember it. Maybe. It had been quite a long while ago."
ROOK: "My point being that he was quite displeased with it, since it was his title to lose at the time."
ROOK: "Well, I guess he got some manner of revenge, since I held that title right up until Legion decided to count a pinfall on me with the help of his own body weight on top of Flyer's."
ROOK: "I felt that was pretty uncool myself."
ROOK: "Fortunately, PRESIDENT MAYFIELD happens to be a very compassionate individual, and set up the means for me to get some pride back."
(ROOK opens the desk drawer and sets the National Title up on the desk.)
ROOK: "Pride is important to folks like me. We do not do well without it. We know this. When it's damaged, we have to repair it. When someone tries to take our pride from us, they are trying to harm an essential component of our survival."
ROOK: "So, all you would be champions, regardless of affiliation and modus operandi, I challenge you."
ROOK: "And ... well ..."
ROOK: "Just because you can't take this title from me doesn't mean that you shouldn't at least try."
(FADE IN: ROOK BLACK seated at a desk, leaning back, black cowboy boots on it. He holds a judge's gavel that he amuses himself with by spinning it around in his fingers.)
ROOK: "But I'm getting a little restless. And that's not very good for me. Leads to spending an obscene amount of money on building a robot to body swap with from time to time."
ROOK: "There was a guy here who went by the name of Mike Knox, not to be confused with Impulse, totally unrelated. Who had felt that my initial National Championship victory was completely `un-clean' because I hit the girl I had a crush on with a chair, and set up Knox to eat the retaliation shot, allowing me to roll him up. At least that's how I remember it. Maybe. It had been quite a long while ago."
ROOK: "My point being that he was quite displeased with it, since it was his title to lose at the time."
ROOK: "Well, I guess he got some manner of revenge, since I held that title right up until Legion decided to count a pinfall on me with the help of his own body weight on top of Flyer's."
ROOK: "I felt that was pretty uncool myself."
ROOK: "Fortunately, PRESIDENT MAYFIELD happens to be a very compassionate individual, and set up the means for me to get some pride back."
(ROOK opens the desk drawer and sets the National Title up on the desk.)
ROOK: "Pride is important to folks like me. We do not do well without it. We know this. When it's damaged, we have to repair it. When someone tries to take our pride from us, they are trying to harm an essential component of our survival."
ROOK: "So, all you would be champions, regardless of affiliation and modus operandi, I challenge you."
ROOK: "And ... well ..."
ROOK: "Just because you can't take this title from me doesn't mean that you shouldn't at least try."