Post by T-Robosaurus Rex on Feb 4, 2009 20:42:27 GMT -5
[The scene opens in a room panelled from floor to ceiling with a light brown timber. As the camera pans round it becomes clear we are not in any old room, we are in a court room. We are facing the stand, but the judge is nowhere insight, merely two court security guards stand near a door to the right. After a few moments the door opens and the judge appears and climbs the steps to her seat, residing a few feet above everyone else, signifying his ultimate power. The judger seems to be fairly young, with long blonde hair, and her clothing barely conceals her obviously considerable assets. We can hear the sound of many people rise to their feet, and then sit down as the Judge does.
The camera pans to see who is in the court. The observation seats are full, there are a bank of court room artists and journalists scattered throughout the crowd, but mainly the crowd seems to be made up of young adults you’d expect to see at a Metallica Concert rather than legal proceedings. The camera pulls back and we see, sitting behind a desk at the front of the room, ‘The Blessed One’ Travis Roberts’ agent, eD cASe. The little yellow one, seems uncomfortable and is fidgeting in his seat, continually touching his face with his hands and occasionally leaning over to the attorney on his right and whispering into his ear…
The judge slams her gavel down to signify the opening of the session. eD obviously wasn’t expecting this and the sound of the little wooden hammer crashing down onto its base causes the disadvantaged muppet to jump a full foot out of his chair into the air. The camera turns around and focuses on the judge who merely rolls her eyes and begins to speak.]
Judge – “I trust everyone had a good recess? I call the afternoon session of the State of California vs eD CASe open. Before recess we heard statements from the defence’s witnesses, and I have taken these statements into account. Now I would like to offer the prosecution the chance to call it’s first witness”
[We see a prim and proper man stand from behind a desk to the right of eD cASe, he shuffles some papers, nods to the judge and begins to speak]
Prosecuting Attorney – “The State of California would like to call as its first witness, Mr eD cASe.”
[eD stands and walks over to the stand, someone comes over with a bible and the usual ‘Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth’ routine is played out. eD is visibly uncomfortable on the stand, he sweats profusely and trembles slightly. The prosecuting attorney walks across to him, with a wry smile on his face]
Prosecuting Attorney – “Mr Case, we have heard from a number of witnesses, chosen by your legal team, whom have all stated that in their minds, you would never endanger any living thing. Yet here we stand, in a court of law, and you are accused of forcing a penguin to smoke cigars. Mr Case have you ever bought cigars and proceeded to force a penguin to smoke them?”
eD – “No I never forced the Penguin to smoke them….”
Prosecuting Attorney – “So you have been in the vicinity of said penguin whilst it smoked a cigar?”
[eD attorney rises to his feet]
eD’s Attorney – “Objection. Your honour, the prosecution is leading my client into admitting something he cannot admit to, as the said penguin has yet to be found since it disappeared from a local zoo. The court has no evidence of nicotine in the penguins blood as it never had a chance to be tested. The allegations are that my client indeed forced a penguin to smoke cigars, not whether he was in the presence of a penguin that happened to be smoking”
Judge – “Objection sustained, would the prosecution focus on the facts in hand?”
Prosecution – “Mr Case, are you suggesting that a penguin would voluntarily smoke cigars, and that you did not supply them…”
eD – “You clearly haven’t met this penguin, he’s a limo riding, jet plane flying, cigar smoking son of a bi…”
Judge – “Mr Case, please remember where you are, and choose you’re language accordingly, or I will have to hold you in contempt of my court…”
eD – “Sorry! My answer to the question is yes, this penguin would voluntarily smoke cigars…as for supplying them, I admit they were my cigars, but I didn’t give the damn thing them voluntarily…he forced me to…”
Prosecution – “Are you suggesting that a flightless, aquatic bird, that generally average at a height of 3 feet 7 inches tall, was able to force you to place a lit tobacco product into it’s beak?”
eD – “No…he took them from my pocket and lit it himself, and placed it in its own beak…”
Prosecution – “Please remember you have sworn to tell the whole truth today, are you seriously suggesting a Penguin managed to pickpocket you and light a cigar with merely it’s flippers?”
eD – “Exactly! You have no idea what this penguin is capable of, he’s very adept at handling small and large objects…”
Prosecution – “If I could just focus on a few years ago. Whilst we have heard from your witnesses that you would never hurt a living creature, is untrue that you were suspended from your previous employment with a TV Show, for supplying a large yellow bird with Lysergic acid diethylamide or LSD?”
eD – “That was a mistake, I got his drink mixed up with Cookie Monsters, he always liked to trip whilst filming, it was a god honest accident.”
Prosecution – “If that is the truth, why then were you suspended for 2 months, and your segment replaced with that of a pinball machine counting to 12?”
eD – “Because they were out to get me! People were saying I thought I was too big for the show, that I thought I’d be a star on my own. Rumours were abound that I was in talks to have my own chat show. But I couldn’t tell the truth, if I had they’d have fired Cookie! He got himself into enough trouble, and he was a friend, I couldn’t let them fire him. So that green bastard…sorry…frog got his way and I was out on my ear for two months, and my reputation shattered.”
Prosecution – “Do you not find it coincidental, that you have been accused twice of giving harmful substances to birds?”
eD’s Attorney – “Objection. The prosecution is basing his questioning on mere speculation that has never been proven in a court of law”
Prosecution – “I retract my earlier statement. I have no more questions your honor, I hand over this witness to the defence.”
[The prosecuting attorney takes his seat as eD’s attorney rises. The scene fades out at this moment. When it fades back in it is clearly around 10 minutes later, eD has just sat down next to his attorney, and is visibly distressed, and it seems as though he has been weeping. The prosecuting attorney gets back onto his feet]
Prosecution – “The State of California would like to call forth it’s next witness, mr Travis Roberts”
[The door to the court opens, and ‘The Blessed One’ struts through, wearing his trademark Aviator sunglasses, leather jacket and jeans. The crowd in the courtroom begins to cheer, and the judge has to slam her gavel down repeatedly to maintain order. ‘The Headliner’ walks past the judge and shrugs his shoulders whilst grinning cockily at the Judge. He takes to the stand, and the Judge motions for Travis to remove his sunglasses. ‘The Blessed one’ dopes as is asked and then sends a cheeky wink in the direction of the judge. The bible is brought out, Travis raises his hand and swears to tell the truth etc etc. The prosecuting attorney rises to his feet and begins to pace the floor…]
Prosecuting Attorney – “Mr. Roberts you are Mr. Case’s main client. Would you consider yourself a man of integrity…”
Travis – “You obviously haven’t followed much of ‘The Blessed One’s” work. ‘The Headliner’ has always acted with the utmost integrity; Travis Roberts follows his own strict morale code, and always lives up to his word. For instance if you’d tuned into Sentinel on Saturday, you would have seen the ‘TWiSTeD Icon’ doing his utmost to ensure victory, despite the dead weight that was Dylan James. Travis Roberts lived up to his part of the deal, but Dylan James decided to confront Declan Prescott with no back up, and the inevitable occurred, he got beat. Highlighting once more, why he is unsuitable to be in the main event at ‘In Your Hands’.”
Prosecution – “Would it be fair to say, as a man of integrity, this is what forced you to make the California authorities aware of eD cASe and his display of animal cruelty?”
[At this point eD’s face changes from an expression of uneasiness to one of pure betrayal, he looks over to Travis, mouth wide open, he then rises from his chair and attempts to get to Travis, but his attorney pulls him into his seat and restrains him]
Travis – “It wasn’t a matter of integrity, that damn penguin was filling ‘The Headliners’ car with that putrid cigar smoke. Have you got any idea how long it takes to get rid of that stench? I never intended to get eD into trouble, just for you gusy to take away that crazy black and white friend of his!”
Prosecution – “Ummmm…Ok…Well, despite your motivations, you did inform us that Mr. cASe supplied the Penguin with a packet of Cigars purchased from a Gas Station?”
Travis – “We stopped for some gas, and eD went in and got me some rolling papers and picked up the cigars whilst he was in there. To suggest he was supplying the damn bird with them is like suggesting Declan Prescott is responsible for Dylan James’ career suicide by giving him a platform to prove how monumentally useless he really is. Dylan James’ made the decision to become a professional wrestler, Declan merely gave him a contract, he did not force him to stink up the ring every night…”
Prosecution – “That’s not how the law works Mr Roberts. The penguin cannot legally buy Cigars in this state, therefore Mr cASe, if he did in fact as you say purchase the cigars for the penguin, he is indeed guilty of supplying the Penguin. If the penguin had purchased them himself, the gas station would be the ones investigated. So will you confirm that Mr cASe purchased these cigars for the Penguin to consume?”
Travis – “For the love of all that is TWiSTeD, you guys have missed the point! That damn penguin is a damn sociopath! You guys had him, and you let him escape. If that damn bird wants a cigar, he’ll get it with or without eD’s help. ‘The Blessed One’ is astounded the authorities weren’t more concerned about the fact this Penguin happens to carry a Tommy Gun with him everywhere he goes…”
Judge – “Mr Roberts I would appreciate it if you would answer the question, did eD cASe buy cigars for the Penguin?”
Travis – “Yes. But ‘The Blessed One’ has explained the Penguin would have bought them himself anyway…”
Prosecution – “ I have no further question, I hand the witness over to the defense.”
[eD’s attorney leans over to eD, whispers, and then stands to his feet and walks over to Travis]
eD’s attorney – “That’s quite a story you span their Mr Roberts. Penguins smoking cigars, walking around with semi automatic weapons…it was all very creative… would it be fair to say that you have a history of…being creative?”
Travis – “If you are suggesting ‘The Headliner’ is lying, you are way off the mark. Travis Roberts only ever speaks it as he sees it. “
eD’s attorney – “But what you see Mr Roberts, can often be unlike what the rest of us see, isn’t that right. Have you not had a history of taking hallucinogenic drugs?”
Travis – “Travis Roberts makes no denial of that, but ‘The TWiSTeD Guerilla’ can tell the difference between a trip and real life”
eD’s attorney – “In which case, would you not admit it’s possible, that the penguin you speak of, is actually part of your own drug induced fantasy world? We don’t seem to be able to find anyone who can corroborate your story, and with the penguin recovered a few weeks ago missing before any tests can be done, is it not possible you made this outrageous claim, sobered up from you’re fantasy, somehow got hold of a penguin and planted it in Mr. cASe’s apartment ready for the authorities to find?”
Travis – “You clearly have very little understanding of ’The Blessed One’, firstly Travis Roberts does not fantasize about Penguins? What significance do they bloody well hold? When ‘The Headliner’ fantasizes it’s about very different things indeed, in fact my next fantasy world excursion will most probably involve you’re honor here…”
[The Judge blushes, but slams her gavel down at the same time]
Judge – “Mr. Roberts that kind of behaviour will land you in contempt of my court, so watch yourself…”
Travis – “If it makes you any happier, it doesn’t have to be ‘The Blessed Ones’ fantasy, it can become a reality if you’d prefer…”
[The judge shoots Travis a look of authority, but sneaks a small smile in there for good measure, and then using her eyes indicates that travis better get back on point]
Travis – “Look the point is, ‘The Headliner’ would only ever conjure up a Penguin from his mind if he was having an incredibly bad journey…and if that was the case things would have got messy. That damn penguin is as real as you or Travis Roberts…and you should focus on catching him rather than tormenting poor eD…that damn thing keeps breaking into ‘The Blessed Ones’ house, the Penguin is the real criminal here!”
eD’s Attorney – “Mr Roberts, you have an uncanny way with words. You have described yourself amongst other things, as the ‘most influential icon in Sports Entertainment’ this millenia, but it seems no-one had heard of you until very recently? It has taken you three months to even get a sniff of Headlining a Pay-Per-View for the company you work. Would you agree that you suffer from bouts of self-delusion?”
Travis – “Travis Roberts did not come here to be insulted. Self-delusion? Just like the other guy, you obviously haven’t seen ‘The Blessed One’ in action. Unlike former champions of this company, Travis Roberts doesn’t delude himself with ifs and buts, Travis Roberts takes things as they come. If by some monumental upset means Travis Roberts does not end up in the main event at ‘In Your Hands’ ‘The Headliner’ will not make excuses, he will not call foul, ‘The Blessed One’ will take the decision, and go into ‘In Your Hands’ and face Declan Prescott and lord Hastings in an spic tag team battle. The ‘TWiSteD Guerilla’ knows his time will come, and Travis Roberts will get his shot at glory, it may be at ‘In Your Hands’, but the fans may well decide otherwise, whatever happens ‘The Headliner’ will continue to excel…”
eD’s Attorney – “As a wrestler, you gain your advantages using the tool fo fear, your opponent respect you because they fear you. Did you file this complaint to make your Agent fear you? It has been documented you are very critical of his ways, are you trying to intimidate him?”
Travis – “Fear is the tool of the frightened. Let Travis tell you a story. Man years ago, there was a King he was the architect of a large empire, and he rode the countryside with his army, subjugating the cities around him. One day he realised his empire was too large for just himself, and decided to split it in half, and let his son rule over one half of his empire. He took his son to the top of a mountain range, that separated his empire from his sons.
He turned to his son, and passed to him the secret of his success as King, he told his son to rule with a strong hand, to crush those that oppose him, to use fear as his weapon. He said through fear you cultivate respect, power demands obedience, and that if he followed these steps, his sone would too become a great Emperor.
His soon, looked down upon his new kingdom, and asked his father, if respect could not be nurtured through respect itself? If you were to treat your citizens with respect, if you listened to what they said, whilst taking an active interest in their lives. Surely they would respect and honor you as Emperor.
The father struck his son down, and told him not to question his authority. He then sent his son to run the second half of the Kingdom. In the years that followed, the Son did as he had suggested, and he treated his subjects with respect and dignity, and his empire flourished. The father angered by this built a great army to defeat his sons weaker forces. When the battle was over, it despite being outnumbered by his father’s forces, the Sons Army was genuinely dedicated to his cause; they fought for their freedom from oppression, and they vanquished his father’s army. Soon after, the father’s empire fell, many of the returning soldiers had glimpsed how life could be lead, and they overthrew the despot…
So to answer your question, does Travis Roberts believe fear builds respect, the answer is no. Fear merely speeds up the oncoming Revolution.
On that note…either of you any good at copyright infringement law? That Dylan James’ seems to be trying the Sean Jensen trick of riding on the coat tails of ‘The Blessed One’…”
[At this point the camera fades out this time for good. Leaving us wondering what the verdict of the court was, whether eD cASe will spend the next year or so unable to sit down, or whether he will walk freely to annoy Travis for much longer. And more pressingly…did the Judge make ‘The Blessed Ones’ fantasy a reality…]
The camera pans to see who is in the court. The observation seats are full, there are a bank of court room artists and journalists scattered throughout the crowd, but mainly the crowd seems to be made up of young adults you’d expect to see at a Metallica Concert rather than legal proceedings. The camera pulls back and we see, sitting behind a desk at the front of the room, ‘The Blessed One’ Travis Roberts’ agent, eD cASe. The little yellow one, seems uncomfortable and is fidgeting in his seat, continually touching his face with his hands and occasionally leaning over to the attorney on his right and whispering into his ear…
The judge slams her gavel down to signify the opening of the session. eD obviously wasn’t expecting this and the sound of the little wooden hammer crashing down onto its base causes the disadvantaged muppet to jump a full foot out of his chair into the air. The camera turns around and focuses on the judge who merely rolls her eyes and begins to speak.]
Judge – “I trust everyone had a good recess? I call the afternoon session of the State of California vs eD CASe open. Before recess we heard statements from the defence’s witnesses, and I have taken these statements into account. Now I would like to offer the prosecution the chance to call it’s first witness”
[We see a prim and proper man stand from behind a desk to the right of eD cASe, he shuffles some papers, nods to the judge and begins to speak]
Prosecuting Attorney – “The State of California would like to call as its first witness, Mr eD cASe.”
[eD stands and walks over to the stand, someone comes over with a bible and the usual ‘Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth’ routine is played out. eD is visibly uncomfortable on the stand, he sweats profusely and trembles slightly. The prosecuting attorney walks across to him, with a wry smile on his face]
Prosecuting Attorney – “Mr Case, we have heard from a number of witnesses, chosen by your legal team, whom have all stated that in their minds, you would never endanger any living thing. Yet here we stand, in a court of law, and you are accused of forcing a penguin to smoke cigars. Mr Case have you ever bought cigars and proceeded to force a penguin to smoke them?”
eD – “No I never forced the Penguin to smoke them….”
Prosecuting Attorney – “So you have been in the vicinity of said penguin whilst it smoked a cigar?”
[eD attorney rises to his feet]
eD’s Attorney – “Objection. Your honour, the prosecution is leading my client into admitting something he cannot admit to, as the said penguin has yet to be found since it disappeared from a local zoo. The court has no evidence of nicotine in the penguins blood as it never had a chance to be tested. The allegations are that my client indeed forced a penguin to smoke cigars, not whether he was in the presence of a penguin that happened to be smoking”
Judge – “Objection sustained, would the prosecution focus on the facts in hand?”
Prosecution – “Mr Case, are you suggesting that a penguin would voluntarily smoke cigars, and that you did not supply them…”
eD – “You clearly haven’t met this penguin, he’s a limo riding, jet plane flying, cigar smoking son of a bi…”
Judge – “Mr Case, please remember where you are, and choose you’re language accordingly, or I will have to hold you in contempt of my court…”
eD – “Sorry! My answer to the question is yes, this penguin would voluntarily smoke cigars…as for supplying them, I admit they were my cigars, but I didn’t give the damn thing them voluntarily…he forced me to…”
Prosecution – “Are you suggesting that a flightless, aquatic bird, that generally average at a height of 3 feet 7 inches tall, was able to force you to place a lit tobacco product into it’s beak?”
eD – “No…he took them from my pocket and lit it himself, and placed it in its own beak…”
Prosecution – “Please remember you have sworn to tell the whole truth today, are you seriously suggesting a Penguin managed to pickpocket you and light a cigar with merely it’s flippers?”
eD – “Exactly! You have no idea what this penguin is capable of, he’s very adept at handling small and large objects…”
Prosecution – “If I could just focus on a few years ago. Whilst we have heard from your witnesses that you would never hurt a living creature, is untrue that you were suspended from your previous employment with a TV Show, for supplying a large yellow bird with Lysergic acid diethylamide or LSD?”
eD – “That was a mistake, I got his drink mixed up with Cookie Monsters, he always liked to trip whilst filming, it was a god honest accident.”
Prosecution – “If that is the truth, why then were you suspended for 2 months, and your segment replaced with that of a pinball machine counting to 12?”
eD – “Because they were out to get me! People were saying I thought I was too big for the show, that I thought I’d be a star on my own. Rumours were abound that I was in talks to have my own chat show. But I couldn’t tell the truth, if I had they’d have fired Cookie! He got himself into enough trouble, and he was a friend, I couldn’t let them fire him. So that green bastard…sorry…frog got his way and I was out on my ear for two months, and my reputation shattered.”
Prosecution – “Do you not find it coincidental, that you have been accused twice of giving harmful substances to birds?”
eD’s Attorney – “Objection. The prosecution is basing his questioning on mere speculation that has never been proven in a court of law”
Prosecution – “I retract my earlier statement. I have no more questions your honor, I hand over this witness to the defence.”
[The prosecuting attorney takes his seat as eD’s attorney rises. The scene fades out at this moment. When it fades back in it is clearly around 10 minutes later, eD has just sat down next to his attorney, and is visibly distressed, and it seems as though he has been weeping. The prosecuting attorney gets back onto his feet]
Prosecution – “The State of California would like to call forth it’s next witness, mr Travis Roberts”
[The door to the court opens, and ‘The Blessed One’ struts through, wearing his trademark Aviator sunglasses, leather jacket and jeans. The crowd in the courtroom begins to cheer, and the judge has to slam her gavel down repeatedly to maintain order. ‘The Headliner’ walks past the judge and shrugs his shoulders whilst grinning cockily at the Judge. He takes to the stand, and the Judge motions for Travis to remove his sunglasses. ‘The Blessed one’ dopes as is asked and then sends a cheeky wink in the direction of the judge. The bible is brought out, Travis raises his hand and swears to tell the truth etc etc. The prosecuting attorney rises to his feet and begins to pace the floor…]
Prosecuting Attorney – “Mr. Roberts you are Mr. Case’s main client. Would you consider yourself a man of integrity…”
Travis – “You obviously haven’t followed much of ‘The Blessed One’s” work. ‘The Headliner’ has always acted with the utmost integrity; Travis Roberts follows his own strict morale code, and always lives up to his word. For instance if you’d tuned into Sentinel on Saturday, you would have seen the ‘TWiSTeD Icon’ doing his utmost to ensure victory, despite the dead weight that was Dylan James. Travis Roberts lived up to his part of the deal, but Dylan James decided to confront Declan Prescott with no back up, and the inevitable occurred, he got beat. Highlighting once more, why he is unsuitable to be in the main event at ‘In Your Hands’.”
Prosecution – “Would it be fair to say, as a man of integrity, this is what forced you to make the California authorities aware of eD cASe and his display of animal cruelty?”
[At this point eD’s face changes from an expression of uneasiness to one of pure betrayal, he looks over to Travis, mouth wide open, he then rises from his chair and attempts to get to Travis, but his attorney pulls him into his seat and restrains him]
Travis – “It wasn’t a matter of integrity, that damn penguin was filling ‘The Headliners’ car with that putrid cigar smoke. Have you got any idea how long it takes to get rid of that stench? I never intended to get eD into trouble, just for you gusy to take away that crazy black and white friend of his!”
Prosecution – “Ummmm…Ok…Well, despite your motivations, you did inform us that Mr. cASe supplied the Penguin with a packet of Cigars purchased from a Gas Station?”
Travis – “We stopped for some gas, and eD went in and got me some rolling papers and picked up the cigars whilst he was in there. To suggest he was supplying the damn bird with them is like suggesting Declan Prescott is responsible for Dylan James’ career suicide by giving him a platform to prove how monumentally useless he really is. Dylan James’ made the decision to become a professional wrestler, Declan merely gave him a contract, he did not force him to stink up the ring every night…”
Prosecution – “That’s not how the law works Mr Roberts. The penguin cannot legally buy Cigars in this state, therefore Mr cASe, if he did in fact as you say purchase the cigars for the penguin, he is indeed guilty of supplying the Penguin. If the penguin had purchased them himself, the gas station would be the ones investigated. So will you confirm that Mr cASe purchased these cigars for the Penguin to consume?”
Travis – “For the love of all that is TWiSTeD, you guys have missed the point! That damn penguin is a damn sociopath! You guys had him, and you let him escape. If that damn bird wants a cigar, he’ll get it with or without eD’s help. ‘The Blessed One’ is astounded the authorities weren’t more concerned about the fact this Penguin happens to carry a Tommy Gun with him everywhere he goes…”
Judge – “Mr Roberts I would appreciate it if you would answer the question, did eD cASe buy cigars for the Penguin?”
Travis – “Yes. But ‘The Blessed One’ has explained the Penguin would have bought them himself anyway…”
Prosecution – “ I have no further question, I hand the witness over to the defense.”
[eD’s attorney leans over to eD, whispers, and then stands to his feet and walks over to Travis]
eD’s attorney – “That’s quite a story you span their Mr Roberts. Penguins smoking cigars, walking around with semi automatic weapons…it was all very creative… would it be fair to say that you have a history of…being creative?”
Travis – “If you are suggesting ‘The Headliner’ is lying, you are way off the mark. Travis Roberts only ever speaks it as he sees it. “
eD’s attorney – “But what you see Mr Roberts, can often be unlike what the rest of us see, isn’t that right. Have you not had a history of taking hallucinogenic drugs?”
Travis – “Travis Roberts makes no denial of that, but ‘The TWiSTeD Guerilla’ can tell the difference between a trip and real life”
eD’s attorney – “In which case, would you not admit it’s possible, that the penguin you speak of, is actually part of your own drug induced fantasy world? We don’t seem to be able to find anyone who can corroborate your story, and with the penguin recovered a few weeks ago missing before any tests can be done, is it not possible you made this outrageous claim, sobered up from you’re fantasy, somehow got hold of a penguin and planted it in Mr. cASe’s apartment ready for the authorities to find?”
Travis – “You clearly have very little understanding of ’The Blessed One’, firstly Travis Roberts does not fantasize about Penguins? What significance do they bloody well hold? When ‘The Headliner’ fantasizes it’s about very different things indeed, in fact my next fantasy world excursion will most probably involve you’re honor here…”
[The Judge blushes, but slams her gavel down at the same time]
Judge – “Mr. Roberts that kind of behaviour will land you in contempt of my court, so watch yourself…”
Travis – “If it makes you any happier, it doesn’t have to be ‘The Blessed Ones’ fantasy, it can become a reality if you’d prefer…”
[The judge shoots Travis a look of authority, but sneaks a small smile in there for good measure, and then using her eyes indicates that travis better get back on point]
Travis – “Look the point is, ‘The Headliner’ would only ever conjure up a Penguin from his mind if he was having an incredibly bad journey…and if that was the case things would have got messy. That damn penguin is as real as you or Travis Roberts…and you should focus on catching him rather than tormenting poor eD…that damn thing keeps breaking into ‘The Blessed Ones’ house, the Penguin is the real criminal here!”
eD’s Attorney – “Mr Roberts, you have an uncanny way with words. You have described yourself amongst other things, as the ‘most influential icon in Sports Entertainment’ this millenia, but it seems no-one had heard of you until very recently? It has taken you three months to even get a sniff of Headlining a Pay-Per-View for the company you work. Would you agree that you suffer from bouts of self-delusion?”
Travis – “Travis Roberts did not come here to be insulted. Self-delusion? Just like the other guy, you obviously haven’t seen ‘The Blessed One’ in action. Unlike former champions of this company, Travis Roberts doesn’t delude himself with ifs and buts, Travis Roberts takes things as they come. If by some monumental upset means Travis Roberts does not end up in the main event at ‘In Your Hands’ ‘The Headliner’ will not make excuses, he will not call foul, ‘The Blessed One’ will take the decision, and go into ‘In Your Hands’ and face Declan Prescott and lord Hastings in an spic tag team battle. The ‘TWiSteD Guerilla’ knows his time will come, and Travis Roberts will get his shot at glory, it may be at ‘In Your Hands’, but the fans may well decide otherwise, whatever happens ‘The Headliner’ will continue to excel…”
eD’s Attorney – “As a wrestler, you gain your advantages using the tool fo fear, your opponent respect you because they fear you. Did you file this complaint to make your Agent fear you? It has been documented you are very critical of his ways, are you trying to intimidate him?”
Travis – “Fear is the tool of the frightened. Let Travis tell you a story. Man years ago, there was a King he was the architect of a large empire, and he rode the countryside with his army, subjugating the cities around him. One day he realised his empire was too large for just himself, and decided to split it in half, and let his son rule over one half of his empire. He took his son to the top of a mountain range, that separated his empire from his sons.
He turned to his son, and passed to him the secret of his success as King, he told his son to rule with a strong hand, to crush those that oppose him, to use fear as his weapon. He said through fear you cultivate respect, power demands obedience, and that if he followed these steps, his sone would too become a great Emperor.
His soon, looked down upon his new kingdom, and asked his father, if respect could not be nurtured through respect itself? If you were to treat your citizens with respect, if you listened to what they said, whilst taking an active interest in their lives. Surely they would respect and honor you as Emperor.
The father struck his son down, and told him not to question his authority. He then sent his son to run the second half of the Kingdom. In the years that followed, the Son did as he had suggested, and he treated his subjects with respect and dignity, and his empire flourished. The father angered by this built a great army to defeat his sons weaker forces. When the battle was over, it despite being outnumbered by his father’s forces, the Sons Army was genuinely dedicated to his cause; they fought for their freedom from oppression, and they vanquished his father’s army. Soon after, the father’s empire fell, many of the returning soldiers had glimpsed how life could be lead, and they overthrew the despot…
So to answer your question, does Travis Roberts believe fear builds respect, the answer is no. Fear merely speeds up the oncoming Revolution.
On that note…either of you any good at copyright infringement law? That Dylan James’ seems to be trying the Sean Jensen trick of riding on the coat tails of ‘The Blessed One’…”
[At this point the camera fades out this time for good. Leaving us wondering what the verdict of the court was, whether eD cASe will spend the next year or so unable to sit down, or whether he will walk freely to annoy Travis for much longer. And more pressingly…did the Judge make ‘The Blessed Ones’ fantasy a reality…]
