Post by Natasha Walker on Jun 9, 2024 0:15:18 GMT
She was already packing halfway to Tokyo when she let the last few days catch up to her, how could she put it any other way than the dream was coming true but here she was coming back to Japan and heading to the mecca, The dome. The goddamn Budokan.
Hannah had scored an amazing suite in an Osaka hotel, it was almost enough to mask the trepidation of her friends returning back to Japan to face the press shaped music, her own requests box was growing as well so she could only imagine what Charlie and Rini were going through.
She did have other issues, increased celebrity pressure was new and that imposter syndrome was creeping on her, didn’t help that Viv’s comment had rung like a bell inside her mind, she’d channeled it at the time into the match but Shea’s Sudden turn made no sense to her at the time, on reflection, sure Viv was her older bestest friend.
But the way it was done? Well; it seemed petty.
Petty about summed everything up, she hadn’t bothered to check her phone her mothers latest tirade was probably still in her jacket pocket and the temptation to just block the number and go non-contact had grown since a conversation with Hannah.
The paperwork was pretty much already ready, it was just a question of signing it and waiting for the ball to get rolling, she hadn't really mentioned it to Charlie or Rini but Charlie still hadn't really seen the messages yet, or if she had the resulting nuclear explosion had been missed and in private.
She was roused from her thoughts by a knock at the door, blinking at the gaggle of attention before she offered up a chirpy.
“I got it”
The door slowly pulled open to show the large visage of Masao Akiyama smiling and peaking in his native language
“I’m here to speak with Miss Ishikawa, if she’s available.”
Holy shit..
At least somebody was making an effort, maybe she should too…
Hannah had scored an amazing suite in an Osaka hotel, it was almost enough to mask the trepidation of her friends returning back to Japan to face the press shaped music, her own requests box was growing as well so she could only imagine what Charlie and Rini were going through.
She did have other issues, increased celebrity pressure was new and that imposter syndrome was creeping on her, didn’t help that Viv’s comment had rung like a bell inside her mind, she’d channeled it at the time into the match but Shea’s Sudden turn made no sense to her at the time, on reflection, sure Viv was her older bestest friend.
But the way it was done? Well; it seemed petty.
Petty about summed everything up, she hadn’t bothered to check her phone her mothers latest tirade was probably still in her jacket pocket and the temptation to just block the number and go non-contact had grown since a conversation with Hannah.
The paperwork was pretty much already ready, it was just a question of signing it and waiting for the ball to get rolling, she hadn't really mentioned it to Charlie or Rini but Charlie still hadn't really seen the messages yet, or if she had the resulting nuclear explosion had been missed and in private.
She was roused from her thoughts by a knock at the door, blinking at the gaggle of attention before she offered up a chirpy.
“I got it”
The door slowly pulled open to show the large visage of Masao Akiyama smiling and peaking in his native language
“I’m here to speak with Miss Ishikawa, if she’s available.”
Holy shit..
At least somebody was making an effort, maybe she should too…
The camera fades in on a bright spotlight illuminating Nat standing on a small isolated stage. dressed in a Birds Of Prey T-shirt, her hair loose and pacing gently from side to side as she stands in front of a microphone stand and leans forwards.
“Knock knock, who’s there? Can they co-exist?”
A smug smile and wait for the canned laughter that doesn’t come, the camera reveals there is no audience but Nat performs for the camera anyway as she starts to talk and pace in that single bright spotlight.
“The Savage Kingdom and Allen Chaney, two things I did not expect I would have to confront jus’ yet but I’m doin’ it taggin’ with one and fightin’ the other in what some would say is an easy win for the Kingdom.”
A look at her surroundings, bathed in that spotlight still, almost blinding now almost uncomfortable.
“I don’t particularly think I’m funny but here I am trying to get into my partner’s mental space, no matter how uncomfortable it might seem, and I realise it’s not so different from being sat behind the curtain in Gorilla waiting for you music, that crowd, they let you know if you’re on your game and you gotta take what is thrown at you, in a very literal sense.”
A little wave with her free hand, playing to an audience that isn’t there but still scrutinises everything.
“So less about the Joker in the pack, onto the Heir and Heiress and my buddin’ opponent’s Madjinn and The Black Widow, now I was gonna promise myself as a fellow spider identifying person to not make a bunch of puns.”
She rubbed her eyebrow and chuckled.
“We’ll see how that pans out, now the Savage kingdom are some heft competitors, they have those shiny belts, me and Allen? On the face of it? It’s not looking good, but I've prided myself on being able to at least try and vibe with my partner whoever that might be.”
Her chest rises and falls as her eyes cast about and she takes a long, long breath.
“Allen Chaney overcame the odds to become Joker in the pack. That puts him in line to challenge for the world at any time, you could argue he doesn’t -need- the heir to put his best foot forward, but I figure as an agent of chaos and to thumb the eye of Verona again? I’m hoping he is but I do feel like the odds are against me some, which is fine I like a long bet.”
Her jaw settles as her eyes cast into the camera nodding just a smidge.
“A fact the Savage Kingdom will beat their chests about , they’re the established team they are the best at what they do, they are kinda good, man insufferable as all hell but yes, champions."
"They’re likely gonna keep it up with this event, But I don’t let that bother , They‘ve never fired against me, hell they don’t know what Allen and I could be cookin’... This isn’t a Can they co-exist but How savage are the kingdom really?”
She smirks softly, allowing herself a chuckle.
“Kinda funny really, Two spiders can rarely compete in the same space without one of them trying to pull the head off the other, so I’m expecting Brandy and I will probably get up to that and maybe some more, it’s gonna get great , but I have to have my spider senses on, because the kingdom will do the kingdom and it’s a numbers game if or likely when Managers turn up.”
She shook her head, that chuckle growing..
“Stating the damn obvious, won’t change that I intend to go out there and do what I do best, and even win. Bring the future to the Kingdom’s font yard and set their jungle ablaze, and with the Joker in the pack with me? Well there might be a shared chuckle involved..”
She brightens up with a slight smirk.
“I have fought too hard to earn my place here hearing people play me down because I didn’t walk away with Maiden does nothing about the fact I made it there in the first palace, and I’m going to make it to the heiress finals this year ain’t nothin’ you two are gonna do about it. I am going to -claw- it outta the pair of you.”
She squared her jaw a little and leant back, getting comfortable now in that spotlight no longer sliding to the edges of the light, gripping the mic stand with a free hand.
“Madjinn, mad prince, Sabin, I can’t put down the multifaceted nickname after all Madjunns accomplishments list is longer than mine, he ‘s gonna go toe to toe with Allen and tear it up, in front of what is pretty much my second home’s crowd. Going back to Japan again in front of crowds who I know well is always an experience the magic in the air will only intensify, even though I was mainly an Osaka girl yah?”
A bright grin, basking in the memory.
“The arena we’re heading to I’ve seen many a time, even graced its halls as a observer once or twice, competed in it once or twice too it's a familiar family a welcome, burning lighthouse where I’m more than comfortable I know it’s people, I am of it’s blood.”
She shook her head thinking back to those times and then looks once more to the camera.
“But this isn’t then. This is now, this is the future of my making, And i’m going to grab it with both hands ,no Black Widow no magic lamp or mad prince. Destined to fall from a throne he set on the rocks he piled himself not really looking at the foundations.”
She chuckles a little.
She smirks softly, allowing herself a chuckle.
“Kinda funny really, Two spiders can rarely compete in the same space without one of them trying to pull the head off the other, so I’m expecting Brandy and I will probably get up to that and maybe some more, it’s gonna get great , but I have to have my spider senses on, because the kingdom will do the kingdom and it’s a numbers game if or likely when Managers turn up.”
She shook her head, that chuckle growing..
“Stating the damn obvious, won’t change that I intend to go out there and do what I do best, and even win. Bring the future to the Kingdom’s font yard and set their jungle ablaze, and with the Joker in the pack with me? Well there might be a shared chuckle involved..”
She brightens up with a slight smirk.
“I have fought too hard to earn my place here hearing people play me down because I didn’t walk away with Maiden does nothing about the fact I made it there in the first palace, and I’m going to make it to the heiress finals this year ain’t nothin’ you two are gonna do about it. I am going to -claw- it outta the pair of you.”
She squared her jaw a little and leant back, getting comfortable now in that spotlight no longer sliding to the edges of the light, gripping the mic stand with a free hand.
“Madjinn, mad prince, Sabin, I can’t put down the multifaceted nickname after all Madjunns accomplishments list is longer than mine, he ‘s gonna go toe to toe with Allen and tear it up, in front of what is pretty much my second home’s crowd. Going back to Japan again in front of crowds who I know well is always an experience the magic in the air will only intensify, even though I was mainly an Osaka girl yah?”
A bright grin, basking in the memory.
“The arena we’re heading to I’ve seen many a time, even graced its halls as a observer once or twice, competed in it once or twice too it's a familiar family a welcome, burning lighthouse where I’m more than comfortable I know it’s people, I am of it’s blood.”
She shook her head thinking back to those times and then looks once more to the camera.
“But this isn’t then. This is now, this is the future of my making, And i’m going to grab it with both hands ,no Black Widow no magic lamp or mad prince. Destined to fall from a throne he set on the rocks he piled himself not really looking at the foundations.”
She chuckles a little.
“Almost Shakespearean in its tragedy, add some time to that and look at what we have…”
She shook her head a little and paused before responding to the audible audience.
“Hey, that one was pretty good I think, so bring your savagery hell bring the insults and empty talk about how it’s nothing to matter and it’ll make the up coming victory all the sweet when shoulders go don for a 1 ..2…3 future’s comin’ and it's gonna be funny.”
Nat gives a bow to the microphone and audience as a light pings on behind her, red and blinking.
“That’s my time everybody, you’ve been beautiful, good night!”
She blows kisses to the camera and starts to walk off to a Midi version “I started a Joke.”
Fade out.
She shook her head a little and paused before responding to the audible audience.
“Hey, that one was pretty good I think, so bring your savagery hell bring the insults and empty talk about how it’s nothing to matter and it’ll make the up coming victory all the sweet when shoulders go don for a 1 ..2…3 future’s comin’ and it's gonna be funny.”
Nat gives a bow to the microphone and audience as a light pings on behind her, red and blinking.
“That’s my time everybody, you’ve been beautiful, good night!”
She blows kisses to the camera and starts to walk off to a Midi version “I started a Joke.”
Fade out.
Well howdy there pardner.