Post by T-Robosaurus Rex on Jul 22, 2009 18:26:27 GMT -5
[The Scene opens and we are back in familiar territory; the abode of ‘The Blessed One’. More specifically we are in ‘The Headliners’ Kitchen, where the man himself is going through a catalogue of kitchen accessories, whilst smoking a fun stick. As he flicks the page, his erstwhile agent eD cASe nervously walks through the door, holding a piece of paper, and looking at the floor.]
eD – “Ummm….Travis….we got a problem…”
[The GIW Global Heavyweight Champion, finishes reading whatever article has caught his attention, and after a few moments he briefly glances up at eD and responds, almost sighing with every word]
Travis – “When you say ‘we’, given the fact ‘The Blessed One’ pays you to sort out his problems outside of the ring, Travis Roberts assumes you mean, you have a problem…”
[eD looks up to the ceiling as if searching for strength, he looks at the document in his hand, and then at the door, obviously considering just leaving, but he takes a deep breath and resumes the conversation…]
eD – “Look Travis, I’d really rather we didn’t get into one of our usual routines, where you twist and turn my words to make me feel small and you feel bigger. I’ve got some really serious, and important news, and we really need to talk seriously about this, without bowing down to one of your usual ego trips…”
[Travis glances over the top of the magazine, see’s eD waiting patiently for a response, rolls his eyes and speaks]
Travis – “Yeah…sure …whatever you thinks the best way forward….”
[eD’s jaw drops to the ground, and Travis goes straight back to reading the magazine. eD starts trembling with his own, feeble, rage, and his voice goes a level louder, not quite shouting, but not talking either]
eD – “Seriously? You don’t even listen to me anymore? Maybe I should see it as a sign of trust, but I know that’s not the case. For the good of TWiSTeD I don’t know why I let you treat me this way, now will you listen to me?”
[This time Travis does not even look over his magazine, he merely responds]
Travis – “Are you still here?!”
[eD stands frozen in offense by ‘The Blessed Ones’ blatant disrespect. Some article in the magazine catches ‘The Blessed Ones’ attention and he tears the page out and places it on the counter, where at least eight other pages lie. He then turns the page again, and goes back to reading. With this final display of nonchalance from Travis Roberts, eD hops up and grabs the magazine from ‘The Headliner’ and throws it across the room.
A sudden silence descends upon the kitchen. Travis stands still staring at the exact point where the magazine had been merely moments ago. eD is still trembling and standing his ground in front of ‘The Blessed One’ staring directly at him. ‘The Blessed One’ very slowly raises his head from where the reading material was, until he meets the eyes of his agent, they stay this way for a few awkward moments. Then Travis tilts his head slightly, much like a predator sizing up his prey, he then clenches his fists, and sighs.]
Travis – “You bet…”
[Before Travis can land a tirade down upon eD, the furry little muppet does something completely unexpected. An action so unprecedented, so shocking that it takes both Travis and eD back. What was it I hear you cry. eD cASe placed one finger on ‘The Blessed Ones’ lips in an attempt to silence the Global Heavyweight Champion. Both men stand in stunned silence, eD looks down at his hand in shock, but quickly realises this is his chance to steer the conversation]
eD – “It’s about Mary-Joanna!”
[With those words, Travis’ anger towards eD dissipates visibly, but a look we have not seen before crosses ‘The Blessed Ones’ face. It seems as though ‘The Headliner’ becomes slightly vulnerable at the sound of her name.]
Travis – “So…what is it…”
[Travis speaks these words with more uncertainty than we have ever experienced from ‘The TWiSTeD Icon’.]
eD – “Well theres kinda good news and bad. Well I say good, what I really mean is less bad….”
[Travis raises his hand to his head and pinches the bridge of his nose in frustration. Without opening his eyes or removing his hands he responds]
Travis – “Dude, you’re rambling, and Travis Roberts goes to a bad place when you don’t keep it simple, and Mary-Jo and a bad place, do not bode well for you little man…”
eD – “Well the least bit of bad news is she has split from that producer she hooked up with whilst you were in a coma…”
[Almost instantly it seems like a huge weight is lifted off ‘The Blessed Ones’ shoulders, his eyes light up, and he speaks with more certainty…]
Travis – “’The Headliner’ always said it would never last, and what’s so bad about beign right? If she comes crawling back here, well you know exactly what’ll happen…”
eD – “Yeeeeah, I don’t think that’s gonna happen anytime soon…”
Travis – “Still how is that bad news? Travis Roberts hopes she feels at least half the abandonment ‘The Blessed One’ felt when he came out of that coma to find your fuzzy yellow face staring back at him rather than her deep blue eyes….”
eD – “Yeah, your welcome by the way. I never did like hanging around in hospitals, especially after what happened with that damn Goth on ‘The Street’ getting hold of those syringes, but I was still there every day, for over two years…”
Travis – “Dude…rambling…how is this bad news?”
eD – “Well do you see Mary-Joanna in any of this year’s biggest movies, or TV Shows…or even adverts?”
Travis – “Well, no. But what does that have to do with anything.”
eD – “The reason she met that jerk was ‘cause she wanted to make a career as an actress, I guess she figured boinking a producer would help her get parts…”
Travis – “Hah! That’s retribution for you! She walks out on ‘The Headliner’ whilst he’s in a coma, and now she faces a TWiSTeD Karma! Whilst ‘The TWiSTeD Icon’ has clawed his way back to the pinnacle of his business, she lays face down in hers…”
eD – “Yeah well, that’s kind of the problem…”
Travis – “Travis Roberts fails to see how his success could possibly ever be viewed as a problem…unless you happen to be Brandon Brown, Alex Kiseragi, Randy Boolzian or any other schmuck in the locker room who thinks they have a chance of getting their hands on ‘The Highest Standard in GIW’s Global Heavyweight Title…”
eD – “I like what you did there, nice little segue way into some trash talking…”
Travis – “Naturally, do you expect any less? ‘The Headliners’ adaptability and ingeniousness are just part of the reasons no-one else can touch h…”
eD – “Yeah, and we all appreciate it, but we are getting a little sidetracked. The problem with your immense success is in relation to her current abject failure and current relationship dissolution…”
Travis - “S’all gravy to ‘The Blessed One’”
eD – “Travis…Mary-Jo is broke. She lived off you when you were married, and did the same with that producer, she doesn’t have a cent to her name, and with no career it’s looking grim. So she’s decided she wants to be a self-reliant women…”
Travis – “Still fail to see any problem…”
eD – “You know how she didn’t file for divorce when you woke up, you know how we thought that may have been her only act of mercy…”
Travis – “Man, ‘The Blessed One’ had actually forgot all about that…”
eD – “Obviously! Thing is, it wasn’t out of mercy, she was waiting for you to hit it big again…she’s filed for divorce, this document in my hand says you have 60 days to respond….”
[eD raises the paperwork towards ‘The Blessed one’, who actually looks almost stunned, he carefully takes them from eD and stares down at them as though they were an ancient scroll he never believed he would lay eyes on. But suddenly he tosses it aside onto the counter, and straightens up…]
Travis – “So what? It’s not like she’s going to get any sympathy, she walked out on Travis Roberts remember? Mary-Joanna Roberts wasn’t lying in a hospital bed whilst ‘The Blessed One’ gave some overweight movie producer the ride of their lives. What has ‘The TWiSTeD Guerilla’ got to worry about?”
eD – “Well her lawyer has spun things a different way, They say she was only ever dating this guy whilst you were in a Coma, she never had full sexual intercourse with him until after you didn’t try to contact her after you recovered, and she only dated him as she was advised you may never come out of your coma…”
Travis – “That’s bullshit! She jumped in that guy’s bed before GWAR’s chokeslam put Travis Roberts into that long ass sleep. She was just waiting for the moment…”
eD – “We can’t prove any of that, and you know Mary-Jo, she may not be the greatest actress in the world, but if this goes to court, and the judge is a man, you know you don’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell. Especially given your antics since recovering, all the partying, the women…it doesn’t actually look to an outsider, like you cared…”
Travis – “Argh! This stinks of shit dude! You know ‘The Headliner’ is in the right, these judges have to graduate law school, they can’t be retarded, Travis Roberts is confident they’ll see through that bloodsucking, stone hearted, whores web of deceit…”
eD – “Regardless, I think you better get yourself a lawyer…she’s got herself one…”
Travis – “Damn! ‘The Blessed One’ hates other people getting involved in his business. These sort of things should usually be settled one on one, ‘The Blessed One’ doesn’t want anyone fighting his battles for him, ‘The Blessed One’ only needs opposition…”
eD – “Well you still oughta get one…”
Travis – “Travis Roberts is well aware of that fact. Why can’t things be as simple as Wrestling, huh? For instance, this Triple Threat at Distant Whispers, two enemies for ‘The Blessed One’ to defeat, it’s just that simple. The Blessed Ones heard rumours that The Revolution made the main event at this week’s Sentinel to ensure that Brandon Brown and Alex Kiseragi are ‘not on the same page’ when they step into the ring at the O2 Arena? How retarded is that? This ain’t no handicap match, Triple Threat Matches are not about making alliances, they’re about taking opportunities as they present themselves. If you’re stupid enough to try and make an alliance, you can guarantee your ‘ally’ will take the first opportunity they get to make you regret ‘being on the same page’….
eD – ‘So I take it we’re going in the Wrestling direction then…”
Travis – “Guess so…It’s been kinda weird the last couple of weeks, have you noticed the friction between Jack and gabby recently? Cause that made ‘The Blessed One’ think about Mary-Jo, and then you come to Travis Roberts with this…”
[Travis grabs hold of the Divorce Petition and waves it around in the air]
eD – “Well what ya been thinking…”
Travis – “Just it’s funny how history repeats itself. Look at Mary-Jo and ‘The Blessed One’…Yours truly hit the peak of his business and Mary-Jo’s jealousy manipulated ‘The Headliner’ into ditching it all to go to Hollywood, because she thought she’d be more successful, but at the first sign of Travis Roberts becoming a success in Tinsel town, she walked me straight into the arms of a Coma…Jealousy can do strange, devastating things, and ‘The Blessed One’ has in-ring seats this week to watch the drama unfold between The Diamond Duo, in between the moments where ‘The Blessed One’ makes everyone else look stupid…”
eD – “The Ghost is in that match too, ya think he’s be too preoccupied with Hastings?”
Travis – “If that masked hobo has any intelligence he’ll concentrate on Hastings, although getting in the way of ‘The Immortal One’ and Owen Peterson may well have won him the award for ‘GIW’s Most Stupid Decision of 2008’, certainly got him a nomination, so who knows? But The Crimson Joke didn’t exactly strike fear into ‘The Blessed One’s heart earlier this week, he managed to squeeze out a few cliché’s, and accuse ‘The Headliner’ of some dubious things, the only worrying thing about it was that he seemed to genuinely believe he was a blip on ‘The Highest Standard in GIW’s radar. As if GIW’s Global Heavyweight Champion spares any time in his busy schedule to give that child molesting luchadore a second thought. He wears those brass knuckles like a badge of honour, and he’s set out to decorate ‘The Headliner’? Travis Roberts would is more worried by the idea of you having to stay over in ‘Travis Towers’ for a night, ‘The Blessed One’ worries about your night time habits…”
eD – “it’s pretty simple really, I just watch that new reality show ‘Yo Momma Do Who?’, then I break out the pickles and the…”
Travis – “That’s more info than ‘The Blessed One’ will ever need about that. In fact right now Travis Roberts doesn’t need any info, ‘The Headliner’ has this week’s Sentinel fully prepared, hell Travis Roberts even has some idea why Brandon Brown keeps kicking Kiseragi in the face. It might be something to do with the San-Fran natives ability to bad mouth the former Champion, thinking Browns gonna sit back and let some relative newbie tell him to get his shit together, threatening to slap some sense into him? Then rambling some stuff about facing the consequences for not, in Alex’s eyes, having his shit together? It’s not often Travis Roberts will be found agreeing with Brown, but Travis Roberts would have bitch slapped the arrogant punk given the same situation.
At the end of the day, all is how it should be, Kiseragi, Brown and ‘The Highest Standard in GIW’ ready to beat ten shades of excrement out of one another…well Kiseragi and Brown will at least attempt it…London will be blown away by The Global Heavyweight Champions first defence…of many.
[eD picks up the Divorce Papers and waves them in front of Travis’ face]
eD – “But what about this, what about the divorce, what about Mary-Joann…”
[‘The Headliner’ grabs the documents from eD’s hands, and looks down at his ever reliable agent]
Travis – “’The Blessed One’ will take care of it…”
[Travis then turns towards the enormous gas cooking range, turns on a burner, and lowers the papers onto it…he then raises his finger and places it over eD’s mouth, and watches the papers burn. Travis Roberts then turns, holds his hand up as a signal that there will be no more conversation and exits his kitchen]
eD – “Ummm….Travis….we got a problem…”
[The GIW Global Heavyweight Champion, finishes reading whatever article has caught his attention, and after a few moments he briefly glances up at eD and responds, almost sighing with every word]
Travis – “When you say ‘we’, given the fact ‘The Blessed One’ pays you to sort out his problems outside of the ring, Travis Roberts assumes you mean, you have a problem…”
[eD looks up to the ceiling as if searching for strength, he looks at the document in his hand, and then at the door, obviously considering just leaving, but he takes a deep breath and resumes the conversation…]
eD – “Look Travis, I’d really rather we didn’t get into one of our usual routines, where you twist and turn my words to make me feel small and you feel bigger. I’ve got some really serious, and important news, and we really need to talk seriously about this, without bowing down to one of your usual ego trips…”
[Travis glances over the top of the magazine, see’s eD waiting patiently for a response, rolls his eyes and speaks]
Travis – “Yeah…sure …whatever you thinks the best way forward….”
[eD’s jaw drops to the ground, and Travis goes straight back to reading the magazine. eD starts trembling with his own, feeble, rage, and his voice goes a level louder, not quite shouting, but not talking either]
eD – “Seriously? You don’t even listen to me anymore? Maybe I should see it as a sign of trust, but I know that’s not the case. For the good of TWiSTeD I don’t know why I let you treat me this way, now will you listen to me?”
[This time Travis does not even look over his magazine, he merely responds]
Travis – “Are you still here?!”
[eD stands frozen in offense by ‘The Blessed Ones’ blatant disrespect. Some article in the magazine catches ‘The Blessed Ones’ attention and he tears the page out and places it on the counter, where at least eight other pages lie. He then turns the page again, and goes back to reading. With this final display of nonchalance from Travis Roberts, eD hops up and grabs the magazine from ‘The Headliner’ and throws it across the room.
A sudden silence descends upon the kitchen. Travis stands still staring at the exact point where the magazine had been merely moments ago. eD is still trembling and standing his ground in front of ‘The Blessed One’ staring directly at him. ‘The Blessed One’ very slowly raises his head from where the reading material was, until he meets the eyes of his agent, they stay this way for a few awkward moments. Then Travis tilts his head slightly, much like a predator sizing up his prey, he then clenches his fists, and sighs.]
Travis – “You bet…”
[Before Travis can land a tirade down upon eD, the furry little muppet does something completely unexpected. An action so unprecedented, so shocking that it takes both Travis and eD back. What was it I hear you cry. eD cASe placed one finger on ‘The Blessed Ones’ lips in an attempt to silence the Global Heavyweight Champion. Both men stand in stunned silence, eD looks down at his hand in shock, but quickly realises this is his chance to steer the conversation]
eD – “It’s about Mary-Joanna!”
[With those words, Travis’ anger towards eD dissipates visibly, but a look we have not seen before crosses ‘The Blessed Ones’ face. It seems as though ‘The Headliner’ becomes slightly vulnerable at the sound of her name.]
Travis – “So…what is it…”
[Travis speaks these words with more uncertainty than we have ever experienced from ‘The TWiSTeD Icon’.]
eD – “Well theres kinda good news and bad. Well I say good, what I really mean is less bad….”
[Travis raises his hand to his head and pinches the bridge of his nose in frustration. Without opening his eyes or removing his hands he responds]
Travis – “Dude, you’re rambling, and Travis Roberts goes to a bad place when you don’t keep it simple, and Mary-Jo and a bad place, do not bode well for you little man…”
eD – “Well the least bit of bad news is she has split from that producer she hooked up with whilst you were in a coma…”
[Almost instantly it seems like a huge weight is lifted off ‘The Blessed Ones’ shoulders, his eyes light up, and he speaks with more certainty…]
Travis – “’The Headliner’ always said it would never last, and what’s so bad about beign right? If she comes crawling back here, well you know exactly what’ll happen…”
eD – “Yeeeeah, I don’t think that’s gonna happen anytime soon…”
Travis – “Still how is that bad news? Travis Roberts hopes she feels at least half the abandonment ‘The Blessed One’ felt when he came out of that coma to find your fuzzy yellow face staring back at him rather than her deep blue eyes….”
eD – “Yeah, your welcome by the way. I never did like hanging around in hospitals, especially after what happened with that damn Goth on ‘The Street’ getting hold of those syringes, but I was still there every day, for over two years…”
Travis – “Dude…rambling…how is this bad news?”
eD – “Well do you see Mary-Joanna in any of this year’s biggest movies, or TV Shows…or even adverts?”
Travis – “Well, no. But what does that have to do with anything.”
eD – “The reason she met that jerk was ‘cause she wanted to make a career as an actress, I guess she figured boinking a producer would help her get parts…”
Travis – “Hah! That’s retribution for you! She walks out on ‘The Headliner’ whilst he’s in a coma, and now she faces a TWiSTeD Karma! Whilst ‘The TWiSTeD Icon’ has clawed his way back to the pinnacle of his business, she lays face down in hers…”
eD – “Yeah well, that’s kind of the problem…”
Travis – “Travis Roberts fails to see how his success could possibly ever be viewed as a problem…unless you happen to be Brandon Brown, Alex Kiseragi, Randy Boolzian or any other schmuck in the locker room who thinks they have a chance of getting their hands on ‘The Highest Standard in GIW’s Global Heavyweight Title…”
eD – “I like what you did there, nice little segue way into some trash talking…”
Travis – “Naturally, do you expect any less? ‘The Headliners’ adaptability and ingeniousness are just part of the reasons no-one else can touch h…”
eD – “Yeah, and we all appreciate it, but we are getting a little sidetracked. The problem with your immense success is in relation to her current abject failure and current relationship dissolution…”
Travis - “S’all gravy to ‘The Blessed One’”
eD – “Travis…Mary-Jo is broke. She lived off you when you were married, and did the same with that producer, she doesn’t have a cent to her name, and with no career it’s looking grim. So she’s decided she wants to be a self-reliant women…”
Travis – “Still fail to see any problem…”
eD – “You know how she didn’t file for divorce when you woke up, you know how we thought that may have been her only act of mercy…”
Travis – “Man, ‘The Blessed One’ had actually forgot all about that…”
eD – “Obviously! Thing is, it wasn’t out of mercy, she was waiting for you to hit it big again…she’s filed for divorce, this document in my hand says you have 60 days to respond….”
[eD raises the paperwork towards ‘The Blessed one’, who actually looks almost stunned, he carefully takes them from eD and stares down at them as though they were an ancient scroll he never believed he would lay eyes on. But suddenly he tosses it aside onto the counter, and straightens up…]
Travis – “So what? It’s not like she’s going to get any sympathy, she walked out on Travis Roberts remember? Mary-Joanna Roberts wasn’t lying in a hospital bed whilst ‘The Blessed One’ gave some overweight movie producer the ride of their lives. What has ‘The TWiSTeD Guerilla’ got to worry about?”
eD – “Well her lawyer has spun things a different way, They say she was only ever dating this guy whilst you were in a Coma, she never had full sexual intercourse with him until after you didn’t try to contact her after you recovered, and she only dated him as she was advised you may never come out of your coma…”
Travis – “That’s bullshit! She jumped in that guy’s bed before GWAR’s chokeslam put Travis Roberts into that long ass sleep. She was just waiting for the moment…”
eD – “We can’t prove any of that, and you know Mary-Jo, she may not be the greatest actress in the world, but if this goes to court, and the judge is a man, you know you don’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell. Especially given your antics since recovering, all the partying, the women…it doesn’t actually look to an outsider, like you cared…”
Travis – “Argh! This stinks of shit dude! You know ‘The Headliner’ is in the right, these judges have to graduate law school, they can’t be retarded, Travis Roberts is confident they’ll see through that bloodsucking, stone hearted, whores web of deceit…”
eD – “Regardless, I think you better get yourself a lawyer…she’s got herself one…”
Travis – “Damn! ‘The Blessed One’ hates other people getting involved in his business. These sort of things should usually be settled one on one, ‘The Blessed One’ doesn’t want anyone fighting his battles for him, ‘The Blessed One’ only needs opposition…”
eD – “Well you still oughta get one…”
Travis – “Travis Roberts is well aware of that fact. Why can’t things be as simple as Wrestling, huh? For instance, this Triple Threat at Distant Whispers, two enemies for ‘The Blessed One’ to defeat, it’s just that simple. The Blessed Ones heard rumours that The Revolution made the main event at this week’s Sentinel to ensure that Brandon Brown and Alex Kiseragi are ‘not on the same page’ when they step into the ring at the O2 Arena? How retarded is that? This ain’t no handicap match, Triple Threat Matches are not about making alliances, they’re about taking opportunities as they present themselves. If you’re stupid enough to try and make an alliance, you can guarantee your ‘ally’ will take the first opportunity they get to make you regret ‘being on the same page’….
eD – ‘So I take it we’re going in the Wrestling direction then…”
Travis – “Guess so…It’s been kinda weird the last couple of weeks, have you noticed the friction between Jack and gabby recently? Cause that made ‘The Blessed One’ think about Mary-Jo, and then you come to Travis Roberts with this…”
[Travis grabs hold of the Divorce Petition and waves it around in the air]
eD – “Well what ya been thinking…”
Travis – “Just it’s funny how history repeats itself. Look at Mary-Jo and ‘The Blessed One’…Yours truly hit the peak of his business and Mary-Jo’s jealousy manipulated ‘The Headliner’ into ditching it all to go to Hollywood, because she thought she’d be more successful, but at the first sign of Travis Roberts becoming a success in Tinsel town, she walked me straight into the arms of a Coma…Jealousy can do strange, devastating things, and ‘The Blessed One’ has in-ring seats this week to watch the drama unfold between The Diamond Duo, in between the moments where ‘The Blessed One’ makes everyone else look stupid…”
eD – “The Ghost is in that match too, ya think he’s be too preoccupied with Hastings?”
Travis – “If that masked hobo has any intelligence he’ll concentrate on Hastings, although getting in the way of ‘The Immortal One’ and Owen Peterson may well have won him the award for ‘GIW’s Most Stupid Decision of 2008’, certainly got him a nomination, so who knows? But The Crimson Joke didn’t exactly strike fear into ‘The Blessed One’s heart earlier this week, he managed to squeeze out a few cliché’s, and accuse ‘The Headliner’ of some dubious things, the only worrying thing about it was that he seemed to genuinely believe he was a blip on ‘The Highest Standard in GIW’s radar. As if GIW’s Global Heavyweight Champion spares any time in his busy schedule to give that child molesting luchadore a second thought. He wears those brass knuckles like a badge of honour, and he’s set out to decorate ‘The Headliner’? Travis Roberts would is more worried by the idea of you having to stay over in ‘Travis Towers’ for a night, ‘The Blessed One’ worries about your night time habits…”
eD – “it’s pretty simple really, I just watch that new reality show ‘Yo Momma Do Who?’, then I break out the pickles and the…”
Travis – “That’s more info than ‘The Blessed One’ will ever need about that. In fact right now Travis Roberts doesn’t need any info, ‘The Headliner’ has this week’s Sentinel fully prepared, hell Travis Roberts even has some idea why Brandon Brown keeps kicking Kiseragi in the face. It might be something to do with the San-Fran natives ability to bad mouth the former Champion, thinking Browns gonna sit back and let some relative newbie tell him to get his shit together, threatening to slap some sense into him? Then rambling some stuff about facing the consequences for not, in Alex’s eyes, having his shit together? It’s not often Travis Roberts will be found agreeing with Brown, but Travis Roberts would have bitch slapped the arrogant punk given the same situation.
At the end of the day, all is how it should be, Kiseragi, Brown and ‘The Highest Standard in GIW’ ready to beat ten shades of excrement out of one another…well Kiseragi and Brown will at least attempt it…London will be blown away by The Global Heavyweight Champions first defence…of many.
[eD picks up the Divorce Papers and waves them in front of Travis’ face]
eD – “But what about this, what about the divorce, what about Mary-Joann…”
[‘The Headliner’ grabs the documents from eD’s hands, and looks down at his ever reliable agent]
Travis – “’The Blessed One’ will take care of it…”
[Travis then turns towards the enormous gas cooking range, turns on a burner, and lowers the papers onto it…he then raises his finger and places it over eD’s mouth, and watches the papers burn. Travis Roberts then turns, holds his hand up as a signal that there will be no more conversation and exits his kitchen]
