Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2020 17:43:52 GMT -5
Eʋҽɾყ Fαƈҽ Yσυ Tαƙҽ
(Flashback after Expulsion from Asylum Tournament do to cheating against Elijah Copeland)
Deep in the forest a small hut comes into view. Around trees among the falling leaves a smoke stack rises from a small wood stove. Voices whisper inaudibly louder the closer the camera gets to the door. Inside a full grown man is hunched over weeping in the corner as some type of tall shadowy figure passes a burning metal pot of some herb over his head. Peeking through the dense smoke, Gabe Reno's original face looks up at the Witch Doctor.
WiTcH DoCtOr (Bear Braddock)
"HEEEE. WHOOOO. HAAAA. HEEEEE!"
Watery bloodshot eyes in desperate need of acceptance after cheating his way to the next round, then getting exposed by the media long for the Witch Doctor's embrace. Braddock lays Reno down flat, passing the burning herb over his face then whisking it toward him with a wicker brush. Chanting some black magic spell, Gabe screams as his face begins to bubble and melt from his current form. The Witch Doctor snaps his foot on a button beneath the bed as green rotting vine restraints slither up holding the Radical down. Gabe pleads with Braddock to help him see the error of his ways and regain his stature as a Champion in the greatest industry in the world. Bear nods his head, using a small transparent bowl to collect the melting flesh from Gabe's face as he becomes virtually unrecognizable.
WiTcH DoCtOr (Bear Braddock)
"THE DEAL IS THIS, GABRIEL. You are named after an Angel. BUT- any holiness ends here and NOW! Your face will heal, your ability to change it will be limited, so use your transformations wisely. Once they are gone your face will come back, but the price you pay for this will be dear. ARE YOU WILLING TO MAKE THIS SACRIFICE!?"
Gabe's lips tremble barely able to form solid words.
'Radical' Gabriel Reno
"YES! PLEASE! HELP ME! MAKE THE PAIN GO AWAY! ANYYYTHING!"
WiTcH DoCtOr (Bear Braddock)
"SO BE IT! Your face will settle, but it will never be the same. You will be less than a person, you will have your career, but never again will anyone see you for who you are. Rather- as an outsider, a lone traveler, an empty vessel. Soulless like a piece of fruit with no center core. An engine with no motor. Forever changed. Forever an outsider!
MMMMMMMMMMM, HMMMMMMMM, DMMMMM, BRMMMMMM!"
Braddock nods beginning to hum a dark hymn from deep within his bowels. His eyes roll into the back of his head, his body shaking as if channeling an other unworldly force. The wooden floor glows red. He gathers himself seemingly someone else completely, then lunges at Reno who clinches his fleshed out eyelids. Nothing hits him. His eyelashes flicker, moments or maybe days later he wakes. His face covered in a white restoration mask of some kind. Braddock can be heard back to normal humming some demented children's melody in a purposely disturbing delightful way. Gabe's fingers feel the mask, and carefully the flesh underneath it. He catches a glimpse of himself off a large reflecting metal caldron next to the wood stove.
The Outsider
"What the... I feel... so... different. New... what is this..?"
He steps down out of the small shack, descending a few steps as Braddock stands in front of him with a blank looking man in a neat suit and a bow tie. Gabe gets used to his new operating faculties, staggering, feeling stronger by the minute. The Witch Doctor hands him a piece of paper with the address to a secluded warehouse for him to heal at until the mask is ready to come off for good, completing his transformation.
The Outsider
"Bear... thank you, I, I don't know what to say? Who is this?"
(Flashback after Expulsion from Asylum Tournament do to cheating against Elijah Copeland)
Deep in the forest a small hut comes into view. Around trees among the falling leaves a smoke stack rises from a small wood stove. Voices whisper inaudibly louder the closer the camera gets to the door. Inside a full grown man is hunched over weeping in the corner as some type of tall shadowy figure passes a burning metal pot of some herb over his head. Peeking through the dense smoke, Gabe Reno's original face looks up at the Witch Doctor.
WiTcH DoCtOr (Bear Braddock)
"HEEEE. WHOOOO. HAAAA. HEEEEE!"
Watery bloodshot eyes in desperate need of acceptance after cheating his way to the next round, then getting exposed by the media long for the Witch Doctor's embrace. Braddock lays Reno down flat, passing the burning herb over his face then whisking it toward him with a wicker brush. Chanting some black magic spell, Gabe screams as his face begins to bubble and melt from his current form. The Witch Doctor snaps his foot on a button beneath the bed as green rotting vine restraints slither up holding the Radical down. Gabe pleads with Braddock to help him see the error of his ways and regain his stature as a Champion in the greatest industry in the world. Bear nods his head, using a small transparent bowl to collect the melting flesh from Gabe's face as he becomes virtually unrecognizable.
WiTcH DoCtOr (Bear Braddock)
"THE DEAL IS THIS, GABRIEL. You are named after an Angel. BUT- any holiness ends here and NOW! Your face will heal, your ability to change it will be limited, so use your transformations wisely. Once they are gone your face will come back, but the price you pay for this will be dear. ARE YOU WILLING TO MAKE THIS SACRIFICE!?"
Gabe's lips tremble barely able to form solid words.
'Radical' Gabriel Reno
"YES! PLEASE! HELP ME! MAKE THE PAIN GO AWAY! ANYYYTHING!"
WiTcH DoCtOr (Bear Braddock)
"SO BE IT! Your face will settle, but it will never be the same. You will be less than a person, you will have your career, but never again will anyone see you for who you are. Rather- as an outsider, a lone traveler, an empty vessel. Soulless like a piece of fruit with no center core. An engine with no motor. Forever changed. Forever an outsider!
MMMMMMMMMMM, HMMMMMMMM, DMMMMM, BRMMMMMM!"
Braddock nods beginning to hum a dark hymn from deep within his bowels. His eyes roll into the back of his head, his body shaking as if channeling an other unworldly force. The wooden floor glows red. He gathers himself seemingly someone else completely, then lunges at Reno who clinches his fleshed out eyelids. Nothing hits him. His eyelashes flicker, moments or maybe days later he wakes. His face covered in a white restoration mask of some kind. Braddock can be heard back to normal humming some demented children's melody in a purposely disturbing delightful way. Gabe's fingers feel the mask, and carefully the flesh underneath it. He catches a glimpse of himself off a large reflecting metal caldron next to the wood stove.
The Outsider
"What the... I feel... so... different. New... what is this..?"
He steps down out of the small shack, descending a few steps as Braddock stands in front of him with a blank looking man in a neat suit and a bow tie. Gabe gets used to his new operating faculties, staggering, feeling stronger by the minute. The Witch Doctor hands him a piece of paper with the address to a secluded warehouse for him to heal at until the mask is ready to come off for good, completing his transformation.
The Outsider
"Bear... thank you, I, I don't know what to say? Who is this?"
Braddock puts his hand on Reno's shoulder, explaining the final terms of his deal.
WiTcH DoCtOr (Bear Braddock)
"I like to help old friends, Outsider. This is my minion, now he is also yours. He is connected to me, and cannot be harmed as he is simply a vehicle for our doing. To a normal human he will looks like your loyal Chauffeur, but his true purpose is to assist you with my end of the bargain. Making your career thrive like never before, erasing your embarrassment by any means necessary to reclaim your thrown upon the very top of Sanatorium. He will care for you under my instruction; as I am bound to this hut and to Hell's portal below it. I am the gatekeeper. You will need to lay low and feast on blood to recover now and each time you change. Every transition you may take other forms, until the last one..."
Gabe turns his head not fully understanding what that means.
The Outsider
"What do you mean, what happens then?"
Braddock looks down shaking his head.
WiTcH DoCtOr (Bear Braddock)
"Then you final form will mold, and your skins will be done shedding. Do not try to run from him, he is also my bounty to you- and our tether will never be broken. Don't try to betray me, ever. And your dreams will be provided."
Gabe begrudgingly nods in approval. Braddock senses his hesitation.
WiTcH DoCtOr (Bear Braddock)
"Outsider... remember..."
Gabe turns back over his shoulder as the Chauffeur uncovers a car from branches disguising it from normal view. He opens the driver's door, and pulls the car out carefully, stopping to get out and open the door for Gabe.
The Outsider
"Remember what..?"
The Witch Doctor's eyes rolls back in his head, his voice deepens with fright.
WiTcH DoCtOr (Bear Braddock)
"I'll be watching you. I insist..."
Reno's eyes narrow realizing the debt owed. He steps into the backseat. The Chauffeur closes the door, grinning at Braddock, rounding the back of the car, then getting in and putting it in drive. In the back seat Gabe's eyes begin to roll back in his head, his mouth draining white soul fluid, then passes out from some demented... possession? The Chauffeur grins in the rearview mirror seemingly unconcerned with Gabe's health, already knowing what is happening and the outcome at hand.
The car drives off through a backwoods road; smoke from the stack lit by the wood stove engulfs the shot as the camera slowly fades... the whispers return just as a deep laughter from the Witch Doctor ends the shot.
