Post by veronicaaaahhhh on Oct 12, 2013 8:22:50 GMT -5
Under The Pink
A Scarlett Quinn Revolution RP
“I can’t do this.”
“What do you mean you can’t do this?”
“I don’t know if I can hold this title for any longer.” Scarlett said, lighting a cigarette as she watched the rain fall from the other side of the window.
“What’s going on with you?” Penny shot out “You disappear for like a week and then right after Revolution, you disappear again. It’s a miracle I was even able to find you.”
“Well you found me.”
“I did.”, Penny shrugged. “But look at you.”
Penny didn’t have to point to a mirror for Scarlett to know how bad she looked. If there was anyone Scarlett knew best, it was herself and she knew she wasn’t feeling too good. The girl barely slept, barely even ate, and huddled up in a hoodie and old sweatpants, the Princess of Wrestling looked like the farthest thing from her moniker.
“I think I’m starting to get what people have been telling me.”
Scarlett said, reaching over to pick up her WFWF World Championship belt. “This title has a way of changing you, of breaking you. It’s like the weight of the gold slowly strips away at your soul and reveals nothing but the worst in you.”
Penny shifted her eyes over at Scarlett, asking, “What did you do?”
Scarlett took another drag off her cigarette and kept on looking at her title; the girl just holding herself together from crumbling completely. Penny stood from the bed and motioned next to Scarlett, wrapping her arm around her shoulder now as she nudged close, whispering, “You know you can tell me anything, right?”
Scarlett sighed and glanced at Penny, licking her lips as she replied, “I did something bad.”
“Did you kill someone?”
“No, but I kinda can’t help but wish I did.”
“Is it really that bad?”
“… I cheated on Emily.”
“You cheated on Emily?!”
“Not so loud!”
“How did this happen?”
“It was late. I couldn't stand being alone so I went to this bar… A creep tried to hit on me and I started talking to this girl and it all kind of happened from there.”
“Have you told her yet?”
“What are you high?!"
“Excuse me, but I’m always high!”, Penny shot back. “But that’s beside the point- You cheated on your girlfriend!”
“You don’t have to remind me!”, Scarlett snapped, dropping her WFWF World Championship belt now as she slumped to the carpeted floor of her hotel room.
Penny took a seat down on the ground beside her and huddled close. “So, are you going to tell her?”
“I don’t know.”, Scarlett said, tipping ash on to the floor before taking the cigarette to her lips for a quick drag. “I want to tell her. I think she deserves to know-“
“-But?”
“But at the same time, I don’t want to lose her.” Scarlett replied. “Especially not like this.”
Penny kissed Scarlett on the forehead and held her tight. “Hun, you wanna know what I think?”
“It’s what I’ve been waiting for.”
Penny belted out a small chuckle and looked at Scarlett, “I don't want you to think about it. In fact, I don't even deal with it until you're ready to.”
“And what if I'm not?”
“Then, your secret stays with me and at least you let it out.”
Scarlet wrapped her arm around Penny and held her tight. “Thank you.”
Penny kissed Scarlett's forehead. “It's what I'm here for, hun.”
…
“... Penny?”
“Mhm?”
“Is it normal to feel this scared?”
“It's totally normal.”
“How do you get away with it? Not being scared.”
“I don't think I do.”, Penny laughed. “I just brace myself for the worse and I make sure that I land on my pretty little toes when it's all over and done with.”
“I'm going to have to remember that.”
“You've got a long way ahead of you, hun.”
Scarlett took a drag off her cigarette and nodded.
“Alright.” Penny began. “We gotta put this stupid party to an end. So here's what's going to happen: I'm calling housekeeping to clean up this mess and while that's happening, I want you to drag your pretty little ass into the shower and clean up. You've got a match tonight and there's no way a World Champion is going to show up in her arena looking like sh*t.”
Scarlet laughed and kissed Penny on the cheek. “Thanks, Pen!”
Penny pushed her off and laughed. “Away with you!”.
<***>
Scarlett made sure the shower was hot enough before she allowed herself to step inside. So patiently, she waited and had herself another cigarette. She took time shedding her clothes and waited until the steam fogged the mirror until she stepped into the torrent behind the shower curtain.
Goosebumps ran across her body, cutting her internal energy into a cool swell as she felt the downpour of the scaling hot water drop against her skin.
With a deep breath, Scarlett closed her eyes and allowed herself to step into the torrent; lifting her head now to make sure the downpour didn't miss a single spot.
“It's a scary thing when you lift the curtain and see the world for what it really is. But what's scarier, is how lonely the whole world becomes when you pull away the curtain and see yourself for what you really are.
Every week, thousands of people in my arena and all the million more watching all over the world watch this little girl do the impossible and carry the entire weight of a wrestling promotion on her shoulders.
And every week, she tries so hard to show the entire world that she is so much more than what she really is. And no matter how much, it kills her on the inside, she never lets anyone or anything in too close. Because she would rather the world know her as someone strong- as someone great, when deep, deep down inside... She's scared.
It's not glorious. It's not beautiful. It's not even strong... It's ugly.”
The Shampoo foam collected around her feet as Scarlett rinsed off the strain of the last two weeks away from her hair.
“I spent my entire life chasing after the WFWF World Championship, and for every bit of respect and glory it's given me, it took away my life. Everyone I thought I knew, everyone I thought I loved have turned against me and I'll be damned, because this belt- that strip of leather and gold, took away the only thing I could hold onto at the end of the day: myself.”
Outside, back in Scarlett's hotel room...
Penny waited until the cleaning lady had tidied up the room before she pulled a joint from her pouch and stared puffing away.
Celeste, Penny's weed pixie, fluttered against the bathroom door, listening in on Scarlett's rant. “Are you sure she's alright in there?”
“She's a McGurk!”, Penny shot back, tilting her head as she exhaled. “Those people have a god-given flair for lengthy, dramatic monologues.”
“I see...” Celeste said, pressing her tiny ear against the door, still listening. “Hmmm...”
Inside, back in the shower...
Scarlett arched her leg against the edge of the tub and lathered her leg with a bar of soap, stripping away the small bits of hair her body accumulated in her seclusion.
“For someone who has outlasted men the likes of my own father, Yukio Blaze has had one of the sorriest careers in this sport! Yet, no matter how many times he loses a title shot or gets the crap beaten out of him or no matter how many times over his family gets f*cked in the process, he just never quits!
He never stays down. He's like that bug that refuses to die no matter how long you hold a magnifying glass over his pathetic little being.! And you know what? Right now, I can't help but respect him. I respect him a hell of lot more than I respect a lot of the veterans in our locker room. As annoying as he is to some people, he's probably the most decent person in this sport I've ever come across and I think that says something.
And the more I think abut it, the more I realize that maybe Yukio Blaze was better of for not having earned his place as a WFWF World Champion, because regardless of what anyone's done to him, he hasn't changed: He's still a good person.
And that's a lot more than I can say for myself right now.”.
Scarlett kept herself underneath the water long after the soap slipped away from her body. The heat of the water gave her more comfort than anything else that has held in these last two weeks and she just wanted to stay there, just for a little longer.
<***>
Penny was lying on the bed, watching TV when Scarlett emerged from the bathroom, a giant gust of steam hurling out the door after her.
“Hey.”, Penny said, glancing up at Scarlett as she flipped through the channels. “It took you long enough. How're you feeling?”
“Better.” Scarlett replied, sitting on the bed beside Penny as she ran a towel over head. “Are we good to go?"
“Just as soon as you're ready.”
Scarlett stood up, ran the towel over head one last time and dumped it on the bed beside her. “I'm ready.”
Penny turned off the TV, got off the bed and motioned towards the door; waiting for Scarlett.
Scarlett picked up her backpack and slung the WFWF World Championship over her shoulder and looked at Penny, asking, “Do I still look like a World Champion?”
“Even better, hun.” Penny replied. “You look like a person again.”.
