A Gesture Of Necessity
(FADE IN:..... to what appears to be a hotel room as we see Maelstrom come out of the bathroom, a towel draped around his waist, his long black mane still soaking wet, drops of water still coursing trails along his corded muscles.... he drops down heavily on the bed, his back against the headboard and begins speaking....)
MAELSTROM: A man of few words eh Kanyon? Well, I can respect that to a certain extent. Though you might want to choose your words carefully, I mean now you've gone beyond simply ....
(pauses as he does the finger quote thingie)
MAELSTROM: ...... "prophesizing"! No, now you've slipped that much further away from reality..... now you're doing what NO ONE, no matter how talented they are, can do. And that's guarantee an outcome, particularly when they know absolutely nothing about their opponent!
(nods his head disparagingly)
MAELSTROM: Apparently my read on you was right on target. But it's cool Kanyon, fact of the matter is, I likes ya! (winks) Despite your amusing antics, I'm gonna toss you a Mulligan because you simply don't know any better. I now see that I can't hold you responsible for your diminished mental capacity so consider this match pro bono. That's right, I'll be donating my pay for this match to a fund designed specifically with you in mind......
(smiles maliciously)
MAELSTROM: It's not a gesture of charity "mind you", (laughs a bit) whoops, poor choice of words there. Nah, it's simply one of necessity. You see Kanyon, denial isn't an option for you any more...... reality can be most unforgiving..... at its worse, it can even be a ..... MORTAL SIN!
(FADE OUT......)