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A caution to Tara Shannon; From the Authority
Topic Started: Mar 9 2008, 02:03 AM (299 Views)
The Unholy Dragon
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Tara Shannon pins Jericho!

Tara Shannon pins Jericho!

...

Mistake.


Brendan Black sits alone on an ancient looking wooden chair. His head is bowed, as though he can’t seem to raise it to the camera. Is it shame...or fear?

You should have known better Tara. You should have steered clear of this one. Stepped back into the dressing room and let that patchwork team fall by the wayside like they deserve. It’s not that I think your win was a fluke or that you can’t hang with the men. I’ve seen you at your best, and I know better. I know everything you can do, and everything you can’t.

That’s why I know you can’t stand across the ring from me.


Normally there would be a grin or some sign of arrogance, but these usual traits are unusually absent. He takes no pleasure from this.

Let’s face it Tara. You’ve been dodging me for the better part of a year, and now you suddenly think that this is your time to shine, at the expense of everything I’ve built? You think that based on our history I will let this slide?

Not a chance.

You pin Jericho, you’ve disrespected my Authority. I can’t allow that. Not even from you. So let it be known that should you continue down this path, I will have no choice but to take action. In spite of everything we once had, you will be no different from any other enemy who stands before me.


He goes silent then. It’s contemplative. A careful choice of words designed to say exactly what he wants to say.

I don’t care what we were Tara. I’m not that person anymore. Cross me and I will make you choke on your own blood. No more niceties. No more games. Just cold, hard finality. I will not let my cause be stopped. Not even by you. So if I have to cripple you to get this message across, so be it.

He exhales stale air. This is a struggle.

I’m begging you to consider this Tara. I’m begging you to stay in the back next week. I don’t want to have to hurt you. Despite everything that’s happened between us, I don’t want that. So I am begging you, please do not try to challenge my Authority. It’ll only end in tears...

He loses it, choking the last part out.

...and blood.
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BrahmaBull10
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Great stuff! Brutal, almost Godfather-like, but the tone is excellent and appropriate.

Really looking forward to Tara/Jericho, and I love The Authority as a general concept and in the execution.

I hope there's more, because I always enjoy reading it. :beer: :beer:
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The Unholy Dragon
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For the record, this generated from me at 3am reading Meltdown and thinking "That would be a good idea"

So I'm glad it worked.
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On TBS. Very Funny.

The Unholy Dragon
Mar 9 2008, 03:03 AM
Tara Shannon pins Jericho!

Tara Shannon pins Jericho!

...

Mistake.


Brendan Black sits alone on an ancient looking wooden chair. His head is bowed, as though he can’t seem to raise it to the camera. Is it shame...or fear?

You should have known better Tara. You should have steered clear of this one.

This part of the promo right here sold me on everything you wrote, word for word. This was great shit, it was like a movie. I can see Black sitting in that chair with his head down and just hearing the overture of Joey Styles saying "TARA SHANNON PINS JERICHO" over and over again, until Black decides to sit up and, to himself, say something about it finally. Quality work sir. I don't have much to say because there's not much to critique, I'm a huge fan of this kind of promo style, so do it more often.
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