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“No more fear, or waiting. This will be the end of it.”
(The most pixelated of NFW backgrounds to date – you’d swear it was created in 1992. Leyenda de Ocho wears a Raiden-style conical hat on top of an all-black mask, with blue and white robes over white trunks and black boots. The Triple Crown Championship rests over his shoulder, gently playing the Mortal Kombat theme song while displaying a spinning Triforce. His head is lowered just enough so the brim of his cap covers his eyes.)
LDO: “You’ve brought something elemental out of me, Teddy. The spine-rattling attack at the Random Rumble was the start…the spine-rattling hits that nearly ended my career, the blood-boiling lines of filth that comes out of Greg Herpin’s mouth. This experience has changed me, probably forever. Not sure if it’s change for the better yet. Part of me thinks all changes have to be for the better in some way – because clearly, the old me wasn’t capable of defeating you.
And since that time, you’ve unlocked something that I realize now was dormant inside me this whole time. Your absurd physical power and the menacing way you’ve stalked me for the last several months have chipped away at the stony exterior that was Innocent Cartridge Cruiser Leyenda de Ocho. And now…now, the Shining Wizard that cracked your jaw and spilled your blood in Houston removed the final layer. The Final Boss is here, Teddy. The final boss is ROARING.”
(Ocho raises his head. There’s something weirdly piercing about his emerald-colored eyes – new contact lenses? Adobe After Effects by the NFW crew? Something else? It probably depends who you ask.)
LDO: “You won’t find any Rook Black head games. You won’t find muscles that match your own. What you’ve unlocked in me is the TRUE strength – for strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Is your will to defeat me strong enough? Will Greg Herpin’s words, which HE never has to back up himself, come true? I think the real question you need to ask yourself is this – what happens when your best shot can’t take me out on a stretcher anymore? What happens when your best shot can’t keep me DOWN FOR THREE anymore?
The Triple Crown Championship is quickly becoming the most hotly contested title in NFW. You have helped make it this way, Teddy, and I thank you for that. And even if, heaven forbid, you find a greasy conniving way to take this championship away from the Tamer of the Triforce, the New Frontier’s White Hat, the 8-Bit Legend…
…the Final Boss will still stand. And the Final Boss will make his impact known.”
(Fade to black)
(The most pixelated of NFW backgrounds to date – you’d swear it was created in 1992. Leyenda de Ocho wears a Raiden-style conical hat on top of an all-black mask, with blue and white robes over white trunks and black boots. The Triple Crown Championship rests over his shoulder, gently playing the Mortal Kombat theme song while displaying a spinning Triforce. His head is lowered just enough so the brim of his cap covers his eyes.)
LDO: “You’ve brought something elemental out of me, Teddy. The spine-rattling attack at the Random Rumble was the start…the spine-rattling hits that nearly ended my career, the blood-boiling lines of filth that comes out of Greg Herpin’s mouth. This experience has changed me, probably forever. Not sure if it’s change for the better yet. Part of me thinks all changes have to be for the better in some way – because clearly, the old me wasn’t capable of defeating you.
And since that time, you’ve unlocked something that I realize now was dormant inside me this whole time. Your absurd physical power and the menacing way you’ve stalked me for the last several months have chipped away at the stony exterior that was Innocent Cartridge Cruiser Leyenda de Ocho. And now…now, the Shining Wizard that cracked your jaw and spilled your blood in Houston removed the final layer. The Final Boss is here, Teddy. The final boss is ROARING.”
(Ocho raises his head. There’s something weirdly piercing about his emerald-colored eyes – new contact lenses? Adobe After Effects by the NFW crew? Something else? It probably depends who you ask.)
LDO: “You won’t find any Rook Black head games. You won’t find muscles that match your own. What you’ve unlocked in me is the TRUE strength – for strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Is your will to defeat me strong enough? Will Greg Herpin’s words, which HE never has to back up himself, come true? I think the real question you need to ask yourself is this – what happens when your best shot can’t take me out on a stretcher anymore? What happens when your best shot can’t keep me DOWN FOR THREE anymore?
The Triple Crown Championship is quickly becoming the most hotly contested title in NFW. You have helped make it this way, Teddy, and I thank you for that. And even if, heaven forbid, you find a greasy conniving way to take this championship away from the Tamer of the Triforce, the New Frontier’s White Hat, the 8-Bit Legend…
…the Final Boss will still stand. And the Final Boss will make his impact known.”
(Fade to black)