Post by Masao Akiyama on Apr 18, 2024 9:47:04 GMT
We fade in once again to the sight of Masoa Akiyama, currently in one of the Famous Amsterdam canal boats passing under the “Skinny Bridge” as he leans back and listens to the hustle and bustle of the city wrinkling his nose as he stared towards the camera with a smile.
"It seems my plea was heard, but I must earn my place, and I have to do it here in Amsterdam. A city not quite like any other I have been to, I’ve had some time to explore my way, enjoy a mutual appreciation of ..How do you say... superior football?"
He nodded to himself eyes casting to the roads and cyclists even as he breaks out bottle of water showing off the IWF Merch he’s wearing and saluting the camera with a nod.
“I have not been around long but it would appear my words have set the task ahead of me that is to see if I can beat two other man for the chance at gold, for a chance at Nick Knight, I could keep speaking on the idle pleasantries of this great city or I could speak to my opponents.”
He shook his head, once again bringing himself back to the present
“I’ve had a lot on my mind, Mostly the notion that I am new so much of the world is similar yet different, It’s illuminating and I have enjoyed it greatly but; ah you do not want to hear this you wish grand words and the devastation of my foes, so I will perhaps leave my travel diary for another time yes?”
He wrinkles his nose and smiles stretching in the seat making the canal boat rock a little as he looked over the edge and shook his head.
“No, The Hollywood Butcher awaits for the man that stands tall and I find myself in a position where I can lose without losing against men whose names have graced the IWF longer than mine. The Rising Ace and The Game Changer a different style from each man brought to the table, TJ Alexander and Nick Danger.”
A sniff as he flares his nostrils rolling his shoulder as he takes another long sip from his water bottle again as he contemplates his next words carefully and gives a wry smirk.
“Let us speak first of TJ Alexander, a high flyer, a man with the ability and talent to do whatever he wishes and yet we see very little in the way of the game being changed as of yet. You have a stout heart but it would appear you are lacking effort, I can’t allow that in the same space as myself, bring your best or you will find yourself a quick meal and a fallen fool.”
He sighs a bit at that and makes a hand dusting motion with that slightly satisfied smile before he mused and finished the bottle he was drinking form , making sure it ended up in the trash.
“What about you, Nick Danger? I see your sights were not on this match but I do not see you turning away from this test, no this will be a conflict of two souls with similar goals, to claim their next prize, to make the next statement, a ace will rise or will he be laid low? No Nick though neither of us can turn our backs on TJ, I sense our eyes are more meeting each others in the search for a worthy foe, yes?”
He chuckles a bit and wrings his hands.
“No, Nick You’ll fight alright, you will claw and you will find yourself on your knees and you will met the touch of your ancestors. For we both wield blades, rising ace, Do not think I have not noticed for you adorn yourself with the many ways to lay waste to your foes and you fly high to the sun do you not?"
"It seems my plea was heard, but I must earn my place, and I have to do it here in Amsterdam. A city not quite like any other I have been to, I’ve had some time to explore my way, enjoy a mutual appreciation of ..How do you say... superior football?"
He nodded to himself eyes casting to the roads and cyclists even as he breaks out bottle of water showing off the IWF Merch he’s wearing and saluting the camera with a nod.
“I have not been around long but it would appear my words have set the task ahead of me that is to see if I can beat two other man for the chance at gold, for a chance at Nick Knight, I could keep speaking on the idle pleasantries of this great city or I could speak to my opponents.”
He shook his head, once again bringing himself back to the present
“I’ve had a lot on my mind, Mostly the notion that I am new so much of the world is similar yet different, It’s illuminating and I have enjoyed it greatly but; ah you do not want to hear this you wish grand words and the devastation of my foes, so I will perhaps leave my travel diary for another time yes?”
He wrinkles his nose and smiles stretching in the seat making the canal boat rock a little as he looked over the edge and shook his head.
“No, The Hollywood Butcher awaits for the man that stands tall and I find myself in a position where I can lose without losing against men whose names have graced the IWF longer than mine. The Rising Ace and The Game Changer a different style from each man brought to the table, TJ Alexander and Nick Danger.”
A sniff as he flares his nostrils rolling his shoulder as he takes another long sip from his water bottle again as he contemplates his next words carefully and gives a wry smirk.
“Let us speak first of TJ Alexander, a high flyer, a man with the ability and talent to do whatever he wishes and yet we see very little in the way of the game being changed as of yet. You have a stout heart but it would appear you are lacking effort, I can’t allow that in the same space as myself, bring your best or you will find yourself a quick meal and a fallen fool.”
He sighs a bit at that and makes a hand dusting motion with that slightly satisfied smile before he mused and finished the bottle he was drinking form , making sure it ended up in the trash.
“What about you, Nick Danger? I see your sights were not on this match but I do not see you turning away from this test, no this will be a conflict of two souls with similar goals, to claim their next prize, to make the next statement, a ace will rise or will he be laid low? No Nick though neither of us can turn our backs on TJ, I sense our eyes are more meeting each others in the search for a worthy foe, yes?”
He chuckles a bit and wrings his hands.
“No, Nick You’ll fight alright, you will claw and you will find yourself on your knees and you will met the touch of your ancestors. For we both wield blades, rising ace, Do not think I have not noticed for you adorn yourself with the many ways to lay waste to your foes and you fly high to the sun do you not?"
His hands settle back on the boat's wood as he relaxes
"Yet you seem to keep falling and it brings me no pleasure to remind you of that it must be, endlessly frustrating.”
He manages a solemn nod.
“Yet you keep fighting and fighting and fighting and that is admirable Nick. I hope you bring that energy to our encounter or my night will seemingly be a very brief one, because I will come at you like the raging fires that I call my land of birth, That forces you into a certain mind set, at least for m e it was one of constant improvement, seeking any way to make myself better despite the elements around me, perhaps even in spite of it... ”
A slight chuckle, rolling one arm as he ponders. Taking the time to imagine the upcoming event, the clash of bodies and the tactics he might have to use.
“Our odyssey has only just begun gentleman and my only regret is that I get to have this first time with the two of you once. The uncertainty will no longer be there, I have no doubt it will be a battle , I have no doubt one of you will kneel before the fall of the Executioners blade one of you will bask in the Fires of Sakurajima, And I will stand victorious, I will stand above, This I promise, and I will use this time as a statement to Nick Knight, I will shatter this vanguard of the Invictus.”
He started to chuckle and sit a little straighter.
He manages a solemn nod.
“Yet you keep fighting and fighting and fighting and that is admirable Nick. I hope you bring that energy to our encounter or my night will seemingly be a very brief one, because I will come at you like the raging fires that I call my land of birth, That forces you into a certain mind set, at least for m e it was one of constant improvement, seeking any way to make myself better despite the elements around me, perhaps even in spite of it... ”
A slight chuckle, rolling one arm as he ponders. Taking the time to imagine the upcoming event, the clash of bodies and the tactics he might have to use.
“Our odyssey has only just begun gentleman and my only regret is that I get to have this first time with the two of you once. The uncertainty will no longer be there, I have no doubt it will be a battle , I have no doubt one of you will kneel before the fall of the Executioners blade one of you will bask in the Fires of Sakurajima, And I will stand victorious, I will stand above, This I promise, and I will use this time as a statement to Nick Knight, I will shatter this vanguard of the Invictus.”
He started to chuckle and sit a little straighter.
“No, not shatter, forge it as my own this victory as my own, not some retread of previous attempts, Though this gives Knight the chance to scope me I would ask no finer opponents with which to test my mettle and forge I shall, I promise I will not be laid low, It may seem like folly to promise an uncertain victory but I feel I have the measure of you this time around.”
He rolls both of his shoulders as the Canal boat parks up at its destination and Masao begins to stand with a sly smile.
“Let us see which one of us is standing once the chaos is completed, I will lay even bets it is me Gentlemen. See you soon.”
Fade out as Masao Steps off the boat into the Amsterdam foot traffic.
He rolls both of his shoulders as the Canal boat parks up at its destination and Masao begins to stand with a sly smile.
“Let us see which one of us is standing once the chaos is completed, I will lay even bets it is me Gentlemen. See you soon.”
Fade out as Masao Steps off the boat into the Amsterdam foot traffic.