Post by Travis Pierce on Apr 19, 2014 22:17:43 GMT -5
Travis Pierce sits at the head of the table in the Piercing Media Network Headquarters’ primary meeting room. Around the table sit producer Rob Cartwright, and PMN talents Pepper Phoenix, Gian Jones, various interns, and a scarecrow propped on a chair with a Paper Jamz guitar hung around its neck.
Pierce: Listen, we’ve got No Holds Barred coming up here, means we need to take the broadcast to the extreme. What have we got?
Intern: You got an anonymous letter delivered a few days ago that said that there are questions that need to be answered.
Pierce: Okay, you’re an intern as in...turn, yours, it isn’t. And we get shit like that all the time. Sit there and take notes. Paid staff?
Cartwright: There’s a story going around about a 21 year old driver in Australia who ran over a cyclist and complained afterwards that the cyclist dented her car.
Pierce: Was it Langford?
Cartwright: No.
Pierce: Was JK the cyclist?
Cartwright: No.
Pierce: Are we sure? Because he’s supposedly missing or something.
Cartwright: It’s not him.
Pierce: We’re sure, or the guy’s face is mangled and it’s questionable?
Cartwright: The point of the story is the victim barely avoided becoming a paraplegic, and the driver was quoted as saying that she didn’t care because her car is expensive and now she has to fix it and the whole thing is bullshit. In her mind.
Pierce: Well that is bullshit, but it hardly shouts “No Holds Barred” to me. I mean, we could have spun that a bit a couple years ago when we were down there, but we need something more, something with more impact.
Pepper: Why don’t you interview Hastings? His segments with you tend to do well.
Pierce: He IS one of our favorite guests, and we could do some cross-show promoting on the network with Edie.
Cartwright: Hold on, can I remind you that I know first-hand what this guy is capable of from back when he used to drag me around with a chain in LWF?
Pierce: I was there.
Cartwright: We’ve been interviewing him these past few years while he has been struggling to be relevant and has needed US. This isn’t a guy we want to be messing around with right now. He would probably view it as an opportunity to make some sort of statement to Eden, and that “Days Without Incident” chart on the set is back at some happy numbers again.
Pierce: I guess that’s a good point. Bad idea, Peps.
Gian: What about that hot piece of ass he has?
They all stare at him.
Pierce: Um…
Cartwright: Calypso?
Gian: Her name don’t matter.
Pierce: Could be a good alternative.
Cartwright: I wouldn’t mess with any of them. We don’t need it.
The door slides open, and Jet walks in.
Jet: Sorry to be late.
Pierce: No problem, actually, I think we should take a break. Let’s meet back, everybody have four ideas by six o’clock. Actually, let’s make that SIX ideas by four o’clock.
The interns, Gian, and Pepper all start to leave.
Pierce: Give us the room, Rob?
Cartwright nods, and picks up the scarecrow and carries it out with him, leaving Travis and Jet alone in the room.
Jet: Something going on?
Pierce: I thought we might talk.
Jet: Ok?
Pierce: It’s about Edie.
Jet: She needs some tough love. I’m just trying to help her.
Pierce: I’m not talking about that. What you need to do, that’s your thing. I just...what happened with Ingalls, the Zane stuff, and now she has to face Hastings. I’m worried about her.
Jet: She can handle it.
Pierce: No, I mean...she’s a good girl. We’ve had some good times. She’s...I’m worried about her.
Jet: And she...hold on. Wait. Don’t tell me…
Travis grimaces.
Jet: ...great.
Jet slumps into a chair and scratches his head as he searches for the words.
Pierce: Listen, we’ve got No Holds Barred coming up here, means we need to take the broadcast to the extreme. What have we got?
Intern: You got an anonymous letter delivered a few days ago that said that there are questions that need to be answered.
Pierce: Okay, you’re an intern as in...turn, yours, it isn’t. And we get shit like that all the time. Sit there and take notes. Paid staff?
Cartwright: There’s a story going around about a 21 year old driver in Australia who ran over a cyclist and complained afterwards that the cyclist dented her car.
Pierce: Was it Langford?
Cartwright: No.
Pierce: Was JK the cyclist?
Cartwright: No.
Pierce: Are we sure? Because he’s supposedly missing or something.
Cartwright: It’s not him.
Pierce: We’re sure, or the guy’s face is mangled and it’s questionable?
Cartwright: The point of the story is the victim barely avoided becoming a paraplegic, and the driver was quoted as saying that she didn’t care because her car is expensive and now she has to fix it and the whole thing is bullshit. In her mind.
Pierce: Well that is bullshit, but it hardly shouts “No Holds Barred” to me. I mean, we could have spun that a bit a couple years ago when we were down there, but we need something more, something with more impact.
Pepper: Why don’t you interview Hastings? His segments with you tend to do well.
Pierce: He IS one of our favorite guests, and we could do some cross-show promoting on the network with Edie.
Cartwright: Hold on, can I remind you that I know first-hand what this guy is capable of from back when he used to drag me around with a chain in LWF?
Pierce: I was there.
Cartwright: We’ve been interviewing him these past few years while he has been struggling to be relevant and has needed US. This isn’t a guy we want to be messing around with right now. He would probably view it as an opportunity to make some sort of statement to Eden, and that “Days Without Incident” chart on the set is back at some happy numbers again.
Pierce: I guess that’s a good point. Bad idea, Peps.
Gian: What about that hot piece of ass he has?
They all stare at him.
Pierce: Um…
Cartwright: Calypso?
Gian: Her name don’t matter.
Pierce: Could be a good alternative.
Cartwright: I wouldn’t mess with any of them. We don’t need it.
The door slides open, and Jet walks in.
Jet: Sorry to be late.
Pierce: No problem, actually, I think we should take a break. Let’s meet back, everybody have four ideas by six o’clock. Actually, let’s make that SIX ideas by four o’clock.
The interns, Gian, and Pepper all start to leave.
Pierce: Give us the room, Rob?
Cartwright nods, and picks up the scarecrow and carries it out with him, leaving Travis and Jet alone in the room.
Jet: Something going on?
Pierce: I thought we might talk.
Jet: Ok?
Pierce: It’s about Edie.
Jet: She needs some tough love. I’m just trying to help her.
Pierce: I’m not talking about that. What you need to do, that’s your thing. I just...what happened with Ingalls, the Zane stuff, and now she has to face Hastings. I’m worried about her.
Jet: She can handle it.
Pierce: No, I mean...she’s a good girl. We’ve had some good times. She’s...I’m worried about her.
Jet: And she...hold on. Wait. Don’t tell me…
Travis grimaces.
Jet: ...great.
Jet slumps into a chair and scratches his head as he searches for the words.
