Post by SwitchBack on Nov 6, 2009 9:27:20 GMT -5
The scene opens in the cTn locker room, where a solitary Dante appears to be talking to himself.
Dante: I could always give up.
Dante leans against the wall.
Dante: Who would blame me if I quit this insane endeavor before it even begins? Tate? Hell no, the man would probably dance in the streets at the very thought, accompanied, no doubt, by Justin Case.
The image of Tate and Justin capering through the streets force a chuckle from his throat.
Dante: My parents?
Dante swallows against the lump in his throat that hasn't shrunk in all these years. What would his parents say? He closes his eyes and tries to imagine the scene. "I'm a creature, haunting the night. Beating up the unworthy."
He swallows again, realizing he has no idea what his parents would have said, what they would have thought. They'd died before he had a chance to know them properly.
He couldn't do this for them. If he was determined, it had to be for him, for his loss, for his pride. He was going to have to study more, learn more, do it right.
Dante: Begin as you mean to go on.
He finally looks up and notices the cameraman.
Dante: Finally, a worthy competitor to face for MY X-Violence title. The epic battle between Dante and The Skull will soon commence, and I shall once again leave victorious.
(TAG)
Dante: I could always give up.
Dante leans against the wall.
Dante: Who would blame me if I quit this insane endeavor before it even begins? Tate? Hell no, the man would probably dance in the streets at the very thought, accompanied, no doubt, by Justin Case.
The image of Tate and Justin capering through the streets force a chuckle from his throat.
Dante: My parents?
Dante swallows against the lump in his throat that hasn't shrunk in all these years. What would his parents say? He closes his eyes and tries to imagine the scene. "I'm a creature, haunting the night. Beating up the unworthy."
He swallows again, realizing he has no idea what his parents would have said, what they would have thought. They'd died before he had a chance to know them properly.
He couldn't do this for them. If he was determined, it had to be for him, for his loss, for his pride. He was going to have to study more, learn more, do it right.
Dante: Begin as you mean to go on.
He finally looks up and notices the cameraman.
Dante: Finally, a worthy competitor to face for MY X-Violence title. The epic battle between Dante and The Skull will soon commence, and I shall once again leave victorious.
(TAG)
