Post by Natasha Walker on Jan 17, 2024 22:48:09 GMT
29th December, 2023.
Yokohama, Japan
She paced backwards and forwards, form draped in cargo pants, converse and a jacket that wouldn't out of place in Shunjuku. licking her lips before she leaned on the railing looking over the view of Japan, even in winter the city was stunning, maybe not New York stunning, but good enough.
Her phone rang, she took a moment looking down at the name, it was Kai Minamoto, trainer, CEO, manger and referee and Veteran Wrestler of Bubblegum Crash. Her current, if smaller home.
"Moshi moshi?"
The chuckle on the other end came like a soft ring, the woman always had a way of making you smile with her tone despite her aloofness.
"Enjoying your last day, little spider?"
She shook her head and breathed that dragons breath into the sky even as she was already looking to the future, to a Christmas back in New York, To a signed contract and a roaring crowd, Visa issues pending.
"Filled with What-if's and could be's, sensei. But excited and packed none the less Waiting on a Shinkansen to Narita for the long haul, one last look at the Harbour ...Reflecting."
There was a chuckle and a small tone of agreement.
"You will be fine, Natasha. Remember, only forwards. Have you given thought as to how to approach your fellows?"
A fair question given her own Recent Experience with Neo-Honshu and half the reason she was now back on the stomping turf where she'd made her name venturing to other shores.
"Be honest, be polite, be professional, apologize for any wrongs done but accept it as the cost of doing business....In an Ideal world?"
There was that chuckle again, a reminder of the next question.
"Be honest, be polite, be professional, apologize for any wrongs done but accept it as the cost of doing business....In an Ideal world?"
There was that chuckle again, a reminder of the next question.
"And if the world proves not ideal?"
Nat huffed a breath at that and licked her lips and she tapped on the rail and an announcement was made , bags getting picked up with a smirk.
Nat huffed a breath at that and licked her lips and she tapped on the rail and an announcement was made , bags getting picked up with a smirk.
"You know me sensei. I do my best, and buckle for nothing, happy new year sensei, trains and planes and automobiles and a tight schedule."
Before she could hang up Kai let out a wry intonement of concern and bemusemnt.
"Do not go so quickly as to run yourself ragged Natasha, you will have time...But Happy new year eh?"
What a way to end 2023, But the wheel of time doesn't hold for anyone and the metaphorical break line had been cut.
Before she could hang up Kai let out a wry intonement of concern and bemusemnt.
"Do not go so quickly as to run yourself ragged Natasha, you will have time...But Happy new year eh?"
What a way to end 2023, But the wheel of time doesn't hold for anyone and the metaphorical break line had been cut.
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International
16th January 2023
She'd barely been in airport five minutes he;; it felt like she'd been shadowing the IWF now for a week or two waiting on the confirmation call that she was to show up, she hadn't felt like she had stopped so the very simple instruction of "Bring your gear" had send waves of excitement through her body.
It still felt a bit like a dream, as it still was she'd have to see where she was bunking and have the official meetings with the IWF Staff but the contact was all but inked.
She'd breathe the Minnesota air and catch on the coldness of it more dragon;s breath curling as she muttered.
"Yep, same ol' Mid-west, gonna have to get used to that."
16th January 2023
She'd barely been in airport five minutes he;; it felt like she'd been shadowing the IWF now for a week or two waiting on the confirmation call that she was to show up, she hadn't felt like she had stopped so the very simple instruction of "Bring your gear" had send waves of excitement through her body.
It still felt a bit like a dream, as it still was she'd have to see where she was bunking and have the official meetings with the IWF Staff but the contact was all but inked.
She'd breathe the Minnesota air and catch on the coldness of it more dragon;s breath curling as she muttered.
"Yep, same ol' Mid-west, gonna have to get used to that."
She was still smiling as she clambered into the car bag now resting in the back as she put her phone in and started up a playlist to arrange her next stop , an upcoming match card and a day of filming.
Start as you mean to go on.
This is the ritual to lead you on.
This is the ritual to lead you on.
Neons and colors flood the screen, a Technicolor cyber dream flooding your senses as the slow rolling beat of drums starts to join in.
Clarity is given as the camera pulls focus on billboards and then cherry trees, New York, then Tokyo, Then Minnesota in cut footage and flashes of lingering image.
Then along comes a spider.
No wait, it's a figure moving along a walkway that seems inter cut by the images presented, slowly draping down in silhouette on what turns out to be aerial silk, wrapped about her inverted form like she were about to spin a web but instead the form pitches elegantly t let feet hit the floor as we suddenly snap to close up to admire a pair of converse.
Slowly zoom out and we fins Natasha bending down to help pull the camera up and gaze into it with a pair of heterochromia eyes, one brown the other a pale blue. As she uses one hand to hold onto the camera, her outfit of the work out variety and hair currently brown.
Then along comes a spider.
No wait, it's a figure moving along a walkway that seems inter cut by the images presented, slowly draping down in silhouette on what turns out to be aerial silk, wrapped about her inverted form like she were about to spin a web but instead the form pitches elegantly t let feet hit the floor as we suddenly snap to close up to admire a pair of converse.
Slowly zoom out and we fins Natasha bending down to help pull the camera up and gaze into it with a pair of heterochromia eyes, one brown the other a pale blue. As she uses one hand to hold onto the camera, her outfit of the work out variety and hair currently brown.
"First impressions are everything, right? Time to meet ...well Me"
She gives wry smile not letting the camera stray form her controlling it's every movement and keeping her upper half square in frame.
"Do we start with my name, my titles? My Nicknames or do we focus on the fact that beginnings are often the hardest thing to do, Nobody is entirely interested in the origin story, are they? They want to be Impressed.
Well allow me to impress ya'll."
She finally lets go of the camera with a wry grin as it seems to sway back.
She finally lets go of the camera with a wry grin as it seems to sway back.
"So, names Natasha Walker, place o' origin. New York, again the details are fuzzy, because what you want what you expect to hear from me is what i'm goin' to do, what my sights are set on what Wrestling means to me, thing is I only have so much time, can't be writin' a manifesto just yet."
She cocked her head to one side and then another as she played that smirk across her features.
"Lets start with the truths, The IWF has been good enough to bring me on board, where some of the best to ever do it lace their boots names like Eternity, Fenix , MacDonnough, Maddrox,Steppanov, and Hall."
She wrinkles her nose taking a minute to ponder those names as the screen wall behind her flashes up images of the IWF Women's roster, past and current before the light goes back to normal.
"The List goes on I could spend all day name making , male and female and Here's me stepping through the doors and being told "Impress me."
She manages a soft sigh turning to slide a chair into shot to kick it up on one leg and spin it so it faced back towards the camera and straddling the chair to place it down and sit.
"No Pressure, huh?"
She breathed in with a small chuckle and closed her eyes to steady herself though rocking a little with with word the energy in her barely contained.
"You guys probably here that the future is coming all the time, only it's the truth every new body through the doors is a chance at a revolution a new tale to spin new people to take in. Time doesn't stop and so neither will I, it begins in Minnesota."
She nods a bit and lays her chin on the back of her own hands gazing at the camera, still fidgeting a little.
"All I know is I'm going to be stood against somebody, and I've been in that position myself. Unknown, untrusted. Both of us being asked to impress and only one of us able to walk away, I don't envy you ; I don't even envy me But I do have a point to prove to the ladies in the back, I want them to sit up and take notice and so, no offense chica, but danger's gonna happen."
She nods a bit and lays her chin on the back of her own hands gazing at the camera, still fidgeting a little.
"All I know is I'm going to be stood against somebody, and I've been in that position myself. Unknown, untrusted. Both of us being asked to impress and only one of us able to walk away, I don't envy you ; I don't even envy me But I do have a point to prove to the ladies in the back, I want them to sit up and take notice and so, no offense chica, but danger's gonna happen."
She winks as she stands in a smooth motion using her foot to kick the folding chair closed as she catches it in both hands.
"IWF ladies, I want you to take note of the flash of color an flair, I'm not promising to make short work of my opponent, I'm not that cocky but Tuesday the 23rd is the day y'all meet the Techno Tsuchigumo. You Will get to see flipping flyin' and diving and When all is said and done...Somebody is gonna be Impressed. Well I hope so."
She grinned a bit and capped a salute to the camera.
"Sometimes that would be where this ends, but it's not in my nature to finish this up On what I feel is a half measure, I'll give you all one last thing."
She grinned a bit and capped a salute to the camera.
"Sometimes that would be where this ends, but it's not in my nature to finish this up On what I feel is a half measure, I'll give you all one last thing."
She gives a wry grin and rubs her hands together.
"Beyond the messages that's goin' to be sent on the 23rd beyond making the crowd gawp in astonishment, I have a little something to say to the ladies that might be listenin', We're all hungry. The big prize at the Top where Miss can't miss sits is what calls to us. But I can sense maybe some of you just some of you might be in need of a little excitement in your lives and n that measure? I am to please and shoot a little higher than that I offer the 23rd not just as scouting expedition but a challenge."
She grins brightly , those mismatched orbs shining in joy as he starts to walk backwards and sits herself back in the silks that dangle making an impromptu swing before she pitches back upside down and bends herself a little to face the camera.
She grins brightly , those mismatched orbs shining in joy as he starts to walk backwards and sits herself back in the silks that dangle making an impromptu swing before she pitches back upside down and bends herself a little to face the camera.
"Try an' keep up with me."
She raises up and out of sight as she giggles brightly and we fade to black.
Well howdy there pardner.