OOC: hi, everybody. i'm strawsma, and i have two sets of apologies for y'all tonight.
first of all... i'd like to apologize to my opponents for getting this up so late. this show had the unfortunate circumstance of going up around the same time i was needed to write the main event over in empire pro. if you knew me, and if you knew the main events i wrote over there... well, you might understand better. but anyway, i'm sorry for that.
secondly, I'd like to apologize to everybody... for the following...
(CUE UP: “Progenies of the Great Apocalypse” by Dimmu Borgir.)
(Our shot opens on an exterior view of the Keep of Eternal Darkness, a gruesome fortress of blackened stone nestled between the crags of a treacherous red mountain range beneath a skyscape of brewing stormclouds. In the distance, we can see forks of lightning flashing across the horizon, each one heralding a death knell of thunder.)
(We fade down to the front of the great castle, where a blood-soaked portcullis is rising up in front of us. As it clears our view, a frail human figure holding up a torch emerges from the murk within. Greeting the audience is a man covered head to toe in filth, who looks like he could be more gremlin than man. His smile is lined with nasty, green teeth.)
Dulak the Defiler
Welcome... the Baron has been waiting!
(He bends his finger a couple times to cue the cameraman to follow him, and we find ourselves going into the dreaded keep... the ominous sound of the iron gate coming to a close behind us. The camera takes in the environment as it steps into the cavernous and dimly lit great hall. One wall is lined with portraits of previous Barons of Destructo, each one distinguished by a different hairstyle or type of beard, but all bearing the same snarling face painted in demonic patterns in black and white. Along the other wall, innocent victims of the Dreaded Devourer have been strung up by chains and hooks. Those that still live meekly call out for help. As we pass by an Iron Maiden, we can hear somebody still alive pounding from inside.)
(The camera’s attention is drawn away from these horrors as it approaches a massive set of double doors leading into the heart of the keep. From the other side, we can hear heavy and bestial repetitions of breath.)
“HHHHHHHHH...”
“RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!”
“HHHHHHHHH...”
“BBRRRRRAAAAAAARRRRGGHHHHH!!!!!”
(The doors slowly part open, and immediately we see a hulking beast of a man lying on his back on a bed of nails... bench pressing a bar that sports two ridiculously huge spikey balls on either end. Every time he presses the bar, he lets out an animal roar that sets our blood cold.)
Magnus Destructo
HHHHHHHHH...
RRRRRRRAAAAAAAARRRGGHHH!!!!
HHHHHHHHH...
WWWWRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHH!!!!
DULAK, YOU WORTHLESS SACK OF MAGGOT PISS... GET THE FUCK OVER HERE AND SPOT ME!!
Dulak the Defiler
ULP!! Forgive me, master! I shall assist you at once!
(In a manner similar to a rodent, the doorman drops his torch in a panic and scurries over to the head of the bench. As he gets there, Magnus throws the bar into the air with a forceful toss, belting out a raspy bark of triumph as he does so. Foolishly, Dulak tries to catch it, and the excessive weight instead comes down on his ribs and pins him to the floor.)
Magnus Destructo
HA HA-HA-HAW HAAWWW!!!
(The Dreaded Devourer comes up to his feet, standing at his full towering height and greeting the camera with a bloodthirsty snarl. Despite being spattered with the blood and gore of his many victims, the sturdiness of his monstrous physique shows that he’s in pretty good shape.)
Magnus Destructo
INTERGALACTIC CHAMPIONSHIP!! THE BARON OF BRUTALITY IS COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS TO “SORRY YOUR NOT A WINNER!!”
BUT I WON’T BE SORRY FOR THE UNGODLY THINGS I’M GOING TO DO TO THE PATHETIC AND PISS-REEKING MEAT-BAGS THAT STAND IN MY BLOODY PATH TO THE INTERGALACTIC CHAMPION!! MAGNUS DESTRUCTO APOLOGIZES FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!
(Destructo turns from the camera to go to his skeletal-motif throne.)
Magnus Destructo
DULAK!! BRING ME A REFRESHMENT!!
(Having pulled himself out from under the Baron’s weight-lifting equipment, the defiled one pops back into the frame to hand over a goblet made out of a skull. Destructo rudely snatches it into his grasp and takes a gluttonous swig of a thick, red liquid. With his thirst slaked and streaks of red now coursing down his blackened lips, he points to the wall across his throne room.)
Magnus Destructo
NOW... BRING UP MY OPPONENTS ON THE DESTRUCTO-TRON!!
(Upon command, Dulak pulls up a remote and pushes a button, dimming the lights in the throne room and causing a large screen made of human flesh to drop down from the ceiling and take a position against the opposite wall where the Baron of Brutality can clearly see. A projector switches on, and we get footage of Jack Harmen on the moon.)
Magnus Destructo
WHO THE HELL IS THIS GREEN-HAIRED GOOCH LICKER?!
Dulak the Defiler
That would be Jack Harmen... formerly known as High Flyer.
Magnus Destructo
HIS NAME COULD BE JACK-OFF HYMEN, FOR ALL I CARE... WHAT I MEAN IS, WHAT PURPOSE COULD YOU POSSIBLY HAVE IN SHOWING ME THIS GANGLY-ARMED CLOWN!?
Dulak the Defiler
Um... because you told me to bring up your opponents on the screen?
Magnus Destructo
YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT
THIS FLACK-JAWED SAGGOT IS WHAT I’M UP AGAINST?! HE LOOKS LIKE IGGY POP ON CRACK!! WHAT KIND OF SPORT IS THIS WHERE THEY LET FREAKS LIKE THAT WALK IN OFF THE STREET?!
(Wholly aware that of all freaks to walk off the street, Magnus Destructo is by far the freakiest, Dulak rolls his eyes.)
Dulak the Defiler
I’m afraid I must agree, sire... a wholly ridiculous man. However, would it not be wise to not simply take him at face value? This Jack Harmen, after all, made it to the final round of the Ultratitle Tournament. Perhaps you should not be so quick to judge a man with proven experience?
(Looking insulted for having his logic questioned, Magnus Destructo lobs his skull goblet HARD at the head of his humble servant. Dulak drops to the floor and Destructo snarls over him.)
Magnus Destructo
DULAK, YOU FUCKING IMBECILE!! THE DREADED DEVOURER WILL JUDGE AS FAST OR AS SLOW AS HE DAMN WELL PLEASES!!
DO YOU THINK I GIVE TWO GOAT SHITS ABOUT HOW FAR HE GOT IN SOME TOURNAMENT THAT I WASN’T A PART OF?! WE ALL KNOW THAT IF THE BARON OF BRUTALITY HAD BEEN GIVEN AN INVITATION TO THAT PUSSY PARTY CALLED THE ULTRATITLE, HE WOULD HAVE INEVITABLY CONQUERED ALL, AND LEFT THE FLAYED CORPSES OF THE FALLEN STRUNG UP ON THE RINGPOSTS FOR ALL THE WRETCHED, FAT WORMS IN THOSE SEATS TO LOOK UPON AND SEE THE MIGHTY WORKS OF DESTRUCTO!!
BUT I’M NOT INTERESTED IN SOME ULTRATITLE... SOME CHEAP PRIZE MADE TO LOOK LIKE THE GREATEST WAR TROPHY IN THE HISTORY OF MORTAL COMBAT!! THE DREADED DEVOURER HAS HIS PREDATORY SIGHTS SET ON CONQUERING ALL OF THE KNOWN GALAXY... AND HE WILL FEED HIS HUNGER ON ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE HIS GORY WRATH!!
NOW GET THIS FRAGGLE-LOOKING MOTHERFUCKER OFF MY SCREEN BEFORE I POP OPEN YOUR SKULL AND EAT YOUR BRAINS WITH A RED-HOT MELON-SCOOPER!
(Gulping in complete fealty, Dulak gets back up to his feet, rubbing the lump on his head, and he punches another button on the remote and brings up a highlight reel of Aran Thompson.)
Dulak the Defiler
The next man you see here is your other opponent, Aran Thompson, known also as “Mr. Relentless”... a distinction earned by being the Relentless Champion of the jOlt Wrestling promotion.
Magnus Destructo
“RELENTLESS?!” HA!! I’D LOVE TO SEE HOW THIS SCRAWNY MORSEL WITHSTANDS AN AVATAR OF PURE, RELENTLESS DESTRUCTION AND CARNAGE!! IS HE JUST CONSTIPATED, OR IS THAT STUPID, EMPTY-ASS LOOK ON HIS FACE JUST THE WAY HE LOOKS ALL THE TIME?!
Dulak the Defiler
I’m not sure, though I may assume that the expression on his face has more to do with the fact that he’s apparently bored... because neither you nor Harmen released a promotional video in the past week.
Magnus Destructo
…WHAT?!
Dulak the Defiler
He also seems to think you’re a Nathan Explosion rip-off...
Magnus Destructo
HHHHRRRRGGRRRAAAAHHHHH!!!
(Lunging to his feet like an enraged beast, Destructo unleashes his wrath in the form of a stiff boot to Dulak’s chest, sending the meager servant sprawling out of the frame. Magnus then approaches the camera, looming over it and growling like a predator ready to go in for the kill.)
Magnus Destructo
“
BORED!?”
“
RIP-OFF?!”
LET ME ASK YOU THIS, ARAN THOMPSON... HOW
BORED ARE YOU GOING TO BE WHEN I
RIP OFF YOUR FUCKING HEAD AND SHOW YOU WHAT IT’S LIKE TO SEE MY MAMMOTH FOOT OBLITERATING YOUR WEAK ASS!?!
ARE YOU BORED, ARAN?! IS LIFE JUST TOO DREARY IF SOMEBODY DOESN’T GIVE YOU THE ATTENTION YOU NEED!? STOP BEING SUCH A FUCKING IDIOT PUSSY!! IF YOU’VE GOT NOTHING BETTER TO DO, THEN GET A FUCKING HOBBY... OR BETTER YET, STOP JACKING OFF IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR AND GET A FUCKING GIRLFRIEND TO OCCUPY YOUR TIME!!
DO YOU THINK I’M HERE TO ENTERTAIN YOU, YOU STUPID MAGGOT TWAT?! DO YOU THINK I SIGNED UP FOR THIS SO I CAN FEED YOUR PRECIOUS EGO?! THINK AGAIN, YOU SCROTAL PUSS-BAG!! THE ONLY THING I’M HERE FOR IS TO KILL YOU, KILL HARMEN, KILL THE ATKINS DIET FUCKER, AND CLAIM THIS GALAXY FOR MYSELF!!
YOU KNOW WHAT THOUGH, ARAN!? I DON’T GIVE A FUCK IF A BORE YOU... BECAUSE YOU BORE THE SHIT OUT OF ME, JUST LISTENING TO YOU TALK!!
LOOK AT YOURSELF, BITCH!! YOU CALL ME A RIP-OFF, AND YET YOU’RE A RIP-OFF OF EVERY OTHER GENERIC ASS-CLOWN IN SPANDEX TIGHTS!! GENERIC IMAGE, GENERIC CLAIMS OF GREATNESS, GENERIC NICKNAME... AND YOU THINK PEOPLE WANT A FUCKING RETARDED SHEEP LIKE
YOU TO RULE THIS GREAT GALAXY?!
(He throws his head back and laughs in a manner that could be considered generic for a Saturday morning cartoon supervillain. But, you know... one of the badass ones.)
Magnus Destructo
HAHAHAHA-HAW-HAW-HAWWW!!! A FUCKING ATTENTION-DEFICIT ASSWIPE LIKE YOU WOULDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH SUCH POWER!! YOU’D JUST TREAT IT LIKE SOME GENERIC TITLE TO PUT AROUND YOUR WAIST, AND YOU’D START CALLING YOURSELF SOMETHING JUST AS MORONIC AS WHAT YOU CALL YOURSELF NOW, LIKE “MR. GALAXY”!!
FRANKLY, I’VE GOT BETTER THINGS DO TO THAN TO WASTE AN ENTIRE WEEK GETTING INTO A POINTLESS PRICK-MEASURING CONTEST OF WORDS WITH A SELF-ABSORBED WORM LIKE YOU!! THE BARON OF BRUTALITY DOESN’T SPEAK WHEN YOU WANT HIM TO!! HE SPEAKS ONLY WHEN THE ROAR OF THE BLOODTHIRSTY BEAST NEEDS TO BE HEARD... RIGHT BEFORE THE HUNT!!
AND LAST I CHECKED, THAT’S RIGHT WHERE WE ARE!! DULAK... REMIND AGAIN WHEN THE PROMO DEADLINE IS?
(Slightly behind him, Dulak drags himself to his feet. He’s now rubbing his chest, and his voice sounds very pained... but he nevertheless fulfills his master’s request.)
Dulak the Defiler
Hrrghh... if I recall correctly, it was November the Fourth, great master...
Magnus Destructo
THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT... AND CAN YOU REMIND ME AGAIN WHAT DAY IT IS?
Dulak the Defiler
...the day is November the Fourth, master.
(Magnus Destructo’s eyes nearly bulge out of his head as if he were having an explosive seizure. This is apparently how he relates to his audience in a sarcastic manner.)
Magnus Destructo
WELL HOLY FUCKING SHIT, DOOD, LOOKS LIKE I’M RIGHT ON SCHEDULE!!
I MEAN... DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MIND-NUMBINGLY HARD IT IS TO RULE OVER AN ENTIRE FUCKING
BARONY?! LET ALONE PREPARING THE TASK OF EXPANDING MY DOMAIN OUT TO THE FAR REACHES OF THE COSMOS?! FOR FUCK’S SAKE, EVERY FREE MINUTE I GET, I FIND MYSELF RIPPING THE SKIN OFF SOME STUPID SERFS, REMINDING THE MORONS AROUND HERE JUST WHY I’M FUCKING IN CHARGE!! I’M SO BUSY WITH MASS MUTILATIONS AND RITUAL EXECUTIONS, I HARDLY HAVE TIME TO GIVE YOU ANY MORE REASON TO SIT THERE AND TALK ABOUT HOW AWESOME YOU ARE!!
I RUN SHIT AROUND HERE BY A TIGHT SCHEDULE!! I DON’T HAVE TIME TO BE ATTENDING TO EVERY DUMBASS CAMERA CREW THAT ENTERS THESE DREADED HALLS, NOR DO I HAVE TIME TO SCRAPE THEIR EVISCERATED CORPSES OFF THE BED OF NAILS I LEFT THEM TO DIE ON!!
JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE TOO STUPID TO KNOW WHAT GOES ON WITHIN THESE INFERNAL WALLS, IT DOESN’T MEAN I’M NOT PREPARING FOR MY GLORIOUS CONQUEST OF PHIL ATKEN AND THE INTERGALACTIC CHAMPIONSHIP... NOR DOES IT MEAN I’M NOT EVERY BIT AS CAPABLE OF RAMMING MY FIST THROUGH YOUR PAPER THIN CHEST AND CRUSHING YOUR PATHETIC HEART IN MY BLACKENED CLUTCH!!
AND AT “SORRY, YOU’RE NOT A WINNER”... IF YOU DON’T TAKE A FUCKING CLUE AND
RUN LIKE THE WEAK AND PUNY PIECE OF FILTH YOU ARE, I MAY JUST DO THAT... OR MUCH WORSE!! IN THE END, YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THE SAME CHOICE AS EVERY OTHER MAN IN THIS GALAXY...
EITHER
KNEEL BEFORE THE BARON OF BRUTALITY...
...OR BE
DEVOURED!!!
(Magnus Destructo lets out another booming peal of nefarious laughter, as thunder and lighting boom in the skies overhead. The cameraman quickly begins making his exit, running out the door and back through the hall or horrors, all the while the haunting voice of the Baron of Brutality echoes off the blackened walls.)