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Post by David Slayton on Nov 7, 2020 2:55:59 GMT -6
Havok Episode 233 (11/2/20) EditionA camera is set up backstage in front of a BWF Aftershock backdrop. Here is a place for BWF competitors to react to the latest show, set to air intermittently on the BWF Network. Have some thoughts on this week's show? Need to blow off some steam after a big loss (or big win)? Have words to say about someone else in the company?
This is your chance.
Welcome to BWF Aftershock.
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Post by Allen on Nov 7, 2020 10:17:06 GMT -6
We don’t know where we are. We know that a piano is there and The Crimson Ghost is seated at it, playing a peaceful melody. He’s wearing a nice dark red suit, his tie loosened for comfort and an ashtray full of cigarette butts on top of the piano. His in-ring cloth mask lifted up enough to expose his mouth, the skin of his face incredibly pale and his teeth shockingly yellow. This is likely a make-up effect but it’s a well done and unsettling one. Standing at the other end of the piano is...also the Crimson Ghost. Wearing the traditional full cloak and original skull mask. He is motionless. Just menacingly observing. The third figure is not as well known to the BWF audience but anyone who has followed the tale of the fourth Crimson Ghost will recognize this young man as Damien Ezrah. Current host. He sits quietly in the corner, reading a copy of ‘Fangoria’, a magazine for Horror film enthusiasts. He looks no older than 20 or so. It’s the one at the piano that speaks. The Performer, The Ghost, and The Host. All parts of the same whole.
The Performer: Synesthesia.
He continues playing, taking only a small moment to take a drag off of his cigarette. However it is Damien who exhales the smoke.
The Host: It’s a condition where certain senses and sensations are triggered by stimulation of a separate sense. In our case…
The Ghost: Sounds become colors.
The pleasant little tune continues and we experience the lighting shifting between soft purples and blues.
The Host: Soothing.
The Performer: Relaxing.
The Ghost: Serene.
The Performer’s playing speeds up. It becomes more frantic and violent. The lighting in the room shifts. Red. Vivid red.
The Ghost: ...but this is where we operate.
The Performer: This is our mindset.
The Host: …and now it is also the goal.
The music becomes faster, louder, and more frantic. The light becomes redder and redder. The Performer’s breathing becomes frantic as he pours everything into this piece of music.
The Ghost: The two of you have...what is mine. Red will be mine. Red will be mine. Red will be mi-
Suddenly the lighting in the room is normal and the playing stops. Damien is catching his breath, seated at the piano alone. He looks at the mask atop the piano. Staring at him. He looks at the sheet music in front of him. Over the bars is scrawled a drawing of a title belt. Colored in with red marker. Big ‘X’ on the front.
He exhales.
He coughs.
Smoke.
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