Wrestlestock 2022 - -|Early Access|- - Day 2

[UGWC Staff]

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[ragdoll]

The lights are just lifting on the Horizon of the Sonora desert. Creatures large and small sneak from the solace of the night to forage and find substance before the heat of the day. At the Bronyland Ranch, however, the break of dawn was merely a moment in time, as the Pony Party rages on. In stark contrast to the famine of the desert life, the man-made grotto was a feast of both food and fun.

“Alright!” Craig shouted, still with his pink and purple pony mask pulled over his head. Tufts of his unruly beard peaking from the bottom. “The suns out so you know what that means! Guns out, baby!!”

Craig rips the Whole Cogan branded shirt from his chest, tossing in into the fervent crowd and the Brony Bunch follows suit. The Big Bad Brony inspects the lot, learning rapidly that they didn’t have quite the physique he had expected, but should have anticipated.

“As a reminder, we are selling Whole Cogan merchandise at the door, sooooo….” He stares out at the crowd for a long moment, a silence setting in. Sensing the change, he shifts directions. “BUT IF NOT THATS COOL TOO.”

The People’s Champion is met with thunderous applause, causing him to gloat triumphantly. “I’m gonna go have a few bowls of Cheerios, but chumps and chumpettes, prepare yourselves! We got the first ever Big Bad Brony pose down happening today - and if any of you would be wrestlers out there wanna come get your flex on, keep an eye out for the announcement!”

The crowd erupts and a chant of ‘Brony’ begins to build as the Pony party once again picks up.

["Burned in Blood" Konrad Raab]

Konrad's distract finished getting bigger with beds that were provided in there due to the incident with Vespertine almost passing out with the heat exhaustion. Other than that, it was done as Konrad saw his three closest friends that also came to attend the Wrestlestock festival, two of them, Kyle Busch and Christopher Bell, were from Cup Series and Ty Gibbs was from Xfinity Series. They nodded their heads, impressed with Konrad's set-up with being quite busy with kids, teenagers and adults.

Ty Gibbs: "Damn, this is amazing."

Kyle Busch: "Yeah, there's a lot of stuff to do around here. I see Konrad is into Ice. I never knew that."

Christopher Bell: "Me either, but it makes sense with how damn cold it is here. At the same time, it's better than being put up with the heat. I wonder why Konrad has these beds here?"

Konrad came on the podium stage where every winner of the go-karts race set up exactly like the Daytona 500 track to announce that in fifteen minutes, he would go around the track for a couple of laps in his Skittles Car he won the race with in Daytona 500. Everyone cheered as he saw his three friends he was very close to as he stepped off the platform and went over to the lads. Of course, his team boss Brad Rogers aims to come tomorrow briefly for a visit.

Konrad Raab: "Hey, enjoying yourselves here?"

Ty Gibbs: "Yeah, it's fantastic, bro. Lots for people of all ages to do things here. I don't think any distract caters to all ages as this one does."

Christopher Bell: "Although I got to ask this, why have you got beds here?"

Konrad Raab: "Because someone has almost died with heat exhaustion overnight. You guys know how seriously I take matters like Climate Change, although you know damn well I've been begging for NASCAR to get cars not to use petrol; it's in working development at the moment."

Kyle Busch: "Damn, I know you've taken the climate change seriously, but I had no idea you were aiming to make your cars not use fuel one of these days. You know we three to support your quest against climate change. Especially when you turned vegan just for that."

Konrad nodded as it was great for his friends and team to come along and even pose for pictures which the three of time did occasionally, attracting wrestling fans and even autographs at times. It was going to be one of the few days that Konrad and the team, along with tomorrow, would be together. Because of a wrestling event Konrad had to attend on Thursday, Kyle had to question it.

Kyle Busch: "With us racing over the weekend and you having to go to Charlotte for the wrestling show on Thursday, who's going to take care of the merchandise of the Climate Change charity money of shirts, hats, bands, ticket holders etc.?"

Konrad Raab: "I got Juliano Ferrari to take care of everything on Thursday, don't worry. I'll do my climate change talks from tomorrow throughout the week and enjoy doing NASCAR stuff from today throughout the week."

Ty Gibbs: "What's the deal about X-Men though? You're not nicknamed after an X-Men character."

Konrad Raab: "Well, I've always been The Iceman ever since two thousand and fourteen and now I'm The Black Ice, I like to imagine that it's the evil side of The Iceman. I even got a tattoo on my back as The Iceman. Anyway, it's almost fifteen minutes, got to get in the car and start the awesome engine up. Enjoy the show."

Christopher Bell: "We will."

After the discussion, Konrad walked to the car as he was already wearing the Skittles overalls and got in his car and started the engine up to do a couple of laps around the Daytona 500-like track, although he ended up doing 5 more laps because of the fun he wanted to have and then he parked his car into a special garage that he closes and locks up as he goes to the vegan eating services and eats food from there, while he sees Christopher and Kyle go on the machines, racing against each other, even some of the fans came to join them too. Ty on the other hand went to play in the X-Men arcades.

[Vespertine]

Place: Desert Mobility Center
Date/Time: Tues July 12 2022 6PM

I finally wake up again. It's been a day since I had heat stroke and a scorpion sting. I've been in and out of consciousness all day. When I'm awake, my heart races violently, when I'm asleep it slows down. The doctor says it's the antivenom still battling the venom. I have no more signs of heat stroke. Which is good. But right now, at 6, I can't sleep anymore. I'm kinda hungry. I know I'm weak but I'm dying to get out to see the rest of Wrestlestock. A nurse comes in to see how I'm doing.

"Hey hon. How ya feeling?" she asks me

"Pretty good. Still weak. I'm wondering though. It's 6PM. Am I still bed bound or can I go and see Wrestlestock a little bit?" I ask.

"I don't see why not. Don't overexert yourself. Do you have someone who can take you?"

"Who's been at my bedside recently that is still here?"

"James and Cody. They said they were gonna get dinner. That was 10 minutes ago. They said they would bring it back here. I have to ask the doctor too. Hang tight."

Out of all the nurses I have ever had, I like her. I do. She is sweet and kind and nothing like the nurses at Seton Medical Center in San Bruno or at San Francisco Mercy General who are all gruff and hard because of what or who they have to face everyday. While she is gone, I sit up and try to swing my legs over. James and Cody come in.

"Whoa! Take your time. Maybe too soon." James says, he literally launches his food tray at Cody, who puts both tray's down on the table at the end of my bed. He comes over to me and gives me a great hug. I bury my head into his stomach and chest.

"I'm glad your ok. Rae is so worried. You know what she is like." he says.

At this point, the nurse comes back in with the doctor. He comes over to me, Cody steps back and checks me out. "I wouldn't exactly say a clean bill of health but you are doing better than yesterday. It's gonna take another day for the venom to leave your body entirely. You can go see Wrestlestock but don't overdo and don't overexert yourserlf. I would say for your first day/night here, go for 1 hour. Come back sooner if you are feeling faint." as he says this he is checking my pulse, ears, eyes, nose, throat, blood pressure. "You'll need to be hooked back up but there is a wheelchair waiting for you at the entrance of this tent. And a cane if you want to get out. Otherwise, James can push you where you need to go."

He heads out. James tells Cody to step outside a second. He wants to help me dress. I try to step out of my hospital gown but get caught up with dizziness. James comes over to help me. Rae has brought a dress that's my size and a pair of slip on flats, red. All she could find. I inwardly shrug. He doesn't even feel me up or look at me raunchy. But then being a trainer/medic for the Bay Area Wrestling Federation, he is in trainer mode right now so I wouldn't expect him to. I lean on his shoulder as he guides me to the tent entrance. Somehow, for some reason, I'm weak. I've never been this weak. Why am I weak? I sit down in the wheelchair and he starts to push me. Cody joins us with their dinner bags. The closest district I see is Konrabs Glacial Ice Racetrack. I'll hit that on the way back. A bit farther down is the Hell on Heels tent. Right across the way from it is Bronyland Ranch. James and I talk superfically a bit as he pushes me as Cody is a bit behind on the phone with Rae, Lizzie and Bill telling them the news. As rough and gruff a dude as he is, he is all heart. A big mountain of a man with long stringy hair, bulging biceps and a longish beard. It took him a while to get used to James when they first met but now it's like they have a rivalry going. Usually about who is the better lover. I groan, men! We get to the Hell on Heels tent, find a picnic bench and they sit down. I try to get up and make my way around with a cane. I take a few 10 steps towards towards the gift shop. It's hard. Still weak. Nobody stops to ask for my autograph. I know I have fans, they are out there but I figure since I'm so new in UGWC, nobody really "knows" me yet. At least not in this federation. Mostly in past feds and Inner Darkness. I stumble on my way back but catch myself. James leaps up but I tell him I got this. I walk the last 10 feet to the bench and put the cane on the bench next to me. They get out their dinners. James shares his with me as he wasn't aware he was going to be doing this when they left. Cody and I talk as we eat. Jax is doing well. With grandma. Cassie is with her aunt this week. Rae is doing very well. Her catering business just got a big contract. Cassie, Dadner's wife will be joining us on Thurs as she takes a 4 day weekend from the restuarant. Bill had a wonderful time visiting his brother up in Calgary. He's still dating that supermodel. I haven't met her yet but I hear she is a looker. She is high maintainence, not his usual kind, but she is super sweet him and will bite the head off of anyone who says anything bad about him. My kinda girl. Bill and I used to date on screen back when we were in IIW. I walked in the first day, met him, he liked what he saw. But a year later, management didn't see what they liked, so laid me off, kept him, we dated on and off for a while then I invited him to the band upon which we kinda drifted apart relationship wise. But he is the best keyboardest/pianist I know.

30 minutes later, we are finished with dinner. I have been watching Stock goers throng through the district searching for their famous Femme Fatal as they wait for the day to end, night to being, as it turns into a strip club around here (come on, for lack of a better term, call it what it is). I see the most famous face people like is Angelica Vaughn, then Maggie Lockhart, then Lucy Wylde. We finish our dinner. I get up as James steadies me. On my way back to DMC, I want to check out Glacial Ice Racing District. I sit down in the wheelchair, give James my cane then we wheel over to Raab's district. The mixing of cheers from one district upon seeing their favorite femme, with the cheers of those watching the car racing mix and mingle as one dies down and the other comes up. Sorta like a camera fading from black to a scene in a promo

"I heard over the loudspeakers that Raab has set up more beds and more cool spots in his district. Something something about a person having heat stroke and being stung by a scorpion." James tells me. I only nod.
"What? No comeback? Wow. You want to head back? You are looking tired."

"I am. But if Raab has more beds maybe I can use one there while I watch the races." I tell him. We go through the gates. I see Pierce and Rydall doing some sort of showdown posedown and giving autographs to everyone who comes up to them. James wheels me over to one of the beds. From there I can see the track in the far distant or watch the monitors up above. I get up and use my cane to walk 10 feet towards a low barrier separating areas. I stumble as i go but feel James hands on my hips to hold me up. Why am I so weak? Never been this weak before. I stand between the two men and watch the commotion towards the track as they announce the next race.

"Cody, I'm sorry to say I may not be able to perform with you guys. If you are performing at all. I think there was a side stage set up somewhere but-" I let my sentence trail off as he waves it away.

"No worries. You are more important. You and I made this band. This band can perform without you but why? You are central to it. Besides, Rae and Dadner would kill me if I let you perform in your condition. There is always Aug 31st. We have been invited to perform in Chicago Highland Park to raise funds for the victims of the Highland Park July 4th shooting. If you aren't well by then, or even by tomorrow, then we have a real problem." he tells me.

I jump out of my skin when I hear a horn go off and the racers start off with loud engine thrusts. I'm sicker than I thought. Usually hearing the race of an engine would delight me to no end. Now, all I want to do is curl up and die somewheres. James leads me back to the bed. As I lay down and flip off my shoes, he angles the fans and misters towards me so I can be really refreshed from the heat. He and Cody go back over the railing and watch the races while I just lay in bed and watch the races on the moniter. Still hate the desert but this Wrestlestock thing is pretty cool. They have everything here for everybody and Ooley and the Consortium have thought up ways and means to get around, be safe, all the while having fun. I lay back and close my eyes for a bit...