Post by Steven Brody, CEO on Jun 25, 2024 14:17:11 GMT -8
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Reckoning Day opens in the parking lot as General Manager Jessica Clarkson-Morian gets out of her little 2022 Toyota Prius; purse in one hand and a Starbucks caramel macchiato in the other. She closes the door, fumbles with her key fob to lock the door and starts hastily moving through the parking lot in a rush, clearly running later than she wanted with her heels clicking on the concrete floor. She stops at the door to the inside, realizing her hands are full and lets out a “meep” as she carefully sets her drink down on the ground and digs out her badge on her lanyard, swiping it in the door lock. It beeps and she opens the door, starting to step inside, realizing she forgot her drink. Jessica grabs it and steps inside, letting the door close as she clicks past multiple employees of NFW. Backstage attendants, roster members, enhancement talent and the like.Jessica Clarkson-Morian: Good evening, good evening! Hellooooooo!
She still manages to be as friendly as ever as the camera follows her through the halls down towards the office area where she almost bumps into backstage interviewer Amanda Thorn.
Amanda Thorn: Mrs. Morian! What’s up?
Jessica Clarkson-Morian: YIPE!!!!
Jessica jumps and her drink falls from her hand. Amanda reaches out with a quickness and catches it from the bottom. She hands it back to the little blonde woman before staring at her hand in awe.
Jessica Clarkson-Morian: Oh. Hi Amanda! Did you need something?
Amanda doesn’t answer at first as she’s staring at her hand still and starts to flick her wrist, “Spider-Manning” it to see if webbing shoots out. Jessica cranes her head in confusion.
Jessica Clarkson-Morian: What are you doing?
Amanda snaps out of her daze and looks back to Jessica.
Amanda Thorn: Oh, right! Sorry to bombard you as soon as you get here. I wanted to see about getting a word on what happened last week with Myriad. We’ve been hearing about a lawsuit on the company. Can you offer any comments?
Jessica’s in the middle of a sip from her drink and nods, bringing the cup down to reveal a whip cream mustache which she’s completely oblivious too.
Jessica Clarkson-Morian: I’m expecting a call from the Legal Team any moment now. Hence the rush. What time is it?
Amanda digs out her phone and checks the screen, raising her eyebrows.
Amanda Thorn: Well, it’s about five after. The show is starting.
She looks directly into the camera and motions to it, drawing the General Manager’s attention.
Amanda Thorn: We’re live, boss lady.
Jessica looks at the camera and her eyes shoot wide as she lets out another “meep!”
Jessica Clarkson-Morian: I’ll tell you what, once I get an update, the NFW fans and everyone else will know as soon as possible! Thank ya, Miss Amanda!
Jessica turns and hastily clicks towards her door, opening it with her purse hanging off her shoulder. The camera follows her inside and she barely gets her things set down and butt in her seat when her office phone starts ringing. The NFW Legal Team inbound call is clearly shown as she answers the phone.
Jessica Clarkson-Morian: "Hello, how can I help?"
Legal Team Caller: "Good evening Jessica. We are calling you regarding a recent....incident involving Myriad and one of our fans."
Jessica Clarkson-Morian: "Ah yes. Give me the bad news."
Legal Team Caller: "We have something we think you should see. You should have received an email from us, with video footage for you to see. We suggest you look at it now. We will hold the line."
Jessie opens up her email app on her mobile device, making sure no one sees her logins, yes there is an email there.
She opens it and it reads:
'Please view this footage as we feel it offers concrete evidence in regards to what action should be taken.'
Intrigued, she opens the video file and it begins to play.
Footage from in the crowd, recorded on a camera phone. Myriad's music is playing and the crowd is boisterous, however the focus is on a conversation between a man and a woman, a female child watches them, in clear distress. The man is berating the woman, who is clearly upset, when the man suddenly slaps the woman's drink out of her hands and gets in her face. The child begins to cry, shouting for him to stop.
No one steps in to intervene.
Myriad wanders into view, clearly making his entrance down the ramp from the right of shot.
He stops, cocking is head to the side before turning his head towards the cries of the little girl. The abusive man has not noticed the change in Myriad's demeanour, the rage clearly evident on what can be seen of Myriad's face. He snaps and drags the man over the barricade and out of shot. The little girl hugs her mother tightly, there is relief on both of their faces.
The crowd is booing, perhaps they think it's part of the show?
Who knows.
No one steps in to intervene.
Myriad wanders into view, clearly making his entrance down the ramp from the right of shot.
He stops, cocking is head to the side before turning his head towards the cries of the little girl. The abusive man has not noticed the change in Myriad's demeanour, the rage clearly evident on what can be seen of Myriad's face. He snaps and drags the man over the barricade and out of shot. The little girl hugs her mother tightly, there is relief on both of their faces.
The crowd is booing, perhaps they think it's part of the show?
Who knows.
Jessie has seen enough and returns to the phone call.
Jessica Clarkson-Morian: "Well now I understand what he meant…"
Legal Team Caller: "...the bit in your testimony about Myriad saying: because no one else did?"
Jessica Clarkson-Morian: "Yes."
Legal Team Caller: "This strong evidence aided us greatly and all charges against the company and Myriad have been dropped. No further action is required on our end. Have a good evening."
The call ends.
Scene fades to black with a look of surprise and possibly relief on The GM's face, some members of the crowd can be heard chanting:
Crowd: "Thank you, Myriad!" *CLAP CLAP CLAP*
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RECKONING DAY VI STARTS NOW!