Post by Takaru Matsui on Oct 3, 2021 22:28:58 GMT -5
The scene opens to Takaru Matsui sitting alone in a dimly lit locker room, he sits alone in his ring gear. And in his hands he holds something, a repaired mask with a twisted face. It is like some kind of Japaense demon or ogre, and it's cracked surface is covered with streaks of silver where someone seems to have welded it back together. Braids of white hair, and a tangled mane hang from it. And his fingers absently slid over over the enameled surface as he stares into the thing's eyes, a shrug and then he speaks in a low whisper.
'You speak of family to me, Jesse Jamester? You and your Council of Chaos? But what do you know of family, of blood, of honor and obligation? What do you know of the sins of a father? Or a brother?'
He looks up, and he shakes his head before looking away with a faint smirk.
'The Matsui family have been fighting inside of the ring for generations, we have been wrestling in the back alleys and arenas of Japan for generations! We have built wrestling in Kyoto with our blood, with our suffering, and you would speak to me of family? My father taught me to honor my family, my ancestors, to respect what they believed, what they fought for.'
Takaru snorted, and he lifted the mask to display it for the camera. He said nothing, shrugging before he stared at it again.
'This was my father's mask, this was his true face. You see he honored the past, but he betrayed it all in the name of a dark brotherhood.' Takaru shrugged, and he turned the mask in his hands before he stared at it's eyes again. 'Immortality is worth any price I suppose, but he used my brother as a weapon. He used my own brother to punish what our family had built, to twist it to his own purpose, and he threw my brother at what he feared most.'
Takaru scowled.
'And I watched a man I considered like my own flesh and blood to reveal he was the monster that monsters feared. And he destroyed my brother, he destroyed my father, and he broke my family because he could. And you speak to me of family, Jesse? I will show you that family is a weakness, that family exists only to betray you. That they are your weakness and your flaw, and I will start with this man who stands before the Red Slayer.' Takaru smiled, a hand lifting to brush back his hair as he sat the mask aside.
'And as I break him, as I leave him laying in the ring in a heap? You will know that I am coming for you, and your family will not be able to save you.'
With that Takaru rose, and he stormed off without anotehr word. And the camera zoomed in on that cracked and hideous mask before it faded out.
'You speak of family to me, Jesse Jamester? You and your Council of Chaos? But what do you know of family, of blood, of honor and obligation? What do you know of the sins of a father? Or a brother?'
He looks up, and he shakes his head before looking away with a faint smirk.
'The Matsui family have been fighting inside of the ring for generations, we have been wrestling in the back alleys and arenas of Japan for generations! We have built wrestling in Kyoto with our blood, with our suffering, and you would speak to me of family? My father taught me to honor my family, my ancestors, to respect what they believed, what they fought for.'
Takaru snorted, and he lifted the mask to display it for the camera. He said nothing, shrugging before he stared at it again.
'This was my father's mask, this was his true face. You see he honored the past, but he betrayed it all in the name of a dark brotherhood.' Takaru shrugged, and he turned the mask in his hands before he stared at it's eyes again. 'Immortality is worth any price I suppose, but he used my brother as a weapon. He used my own brother to punish what our family had built, to twist it to his own purpose, and he threw my brother at what he feared most.'
Takaru scowled.
'And I watched a man I considered like my own flesh and blood to reveal he was the monster that monsters feared. And he destroyed my brother, he destroyed my father, and he broke my family because he could. And you speak to me of family, Jesse? I will show you that family is a weakness, that family exists only to betray you. That they are your weakness and your flaw, and I will start with this man who stands before the Red Slayer.' Takaru smiled, a hand lifting to brush back his hair as he sat the mask aside.
'And as I break him, as I leave him laying in the ring in a heap? You will know that I am coming for you, and your family will not be able to save you.'
With that Takaru rose, and he stormed off without anotehr word. And the camera zoomed in on that cracked and hideous mask before it faded out.
