Re: The Edwards Family's Herfordshire Estate Part 1

Pockets Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:24 am

Alexis turns to Jillian, glaring, her eyes filled with tears.

Alexis: I couldn't help being born an O'Ryan!

She nearly screams the words and only after they are out of her mouth does she realize how they had come out. She clamps her hands over her mouth, no longer able to keep the tears from falling.

Alexis: I am so sorry....

Cryonix Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:25 am

Jillian hugs Alexis...

Jillian: Hush, honey...it's not your fault. It's his.

Jillian kicks open the door to reveal Ashley standing there...

Jillian: Alexis...Here's Ashley O'Ryan...

...at your service...

Pockets Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:29 am

Still being held by Jillian, Alexis glares coldly at Ashley.

Alexis: Is that why it was all kept from me? So I wouldn't know you were a monster that rivaled Stu St. Clair? I know everything now... father.

Jabberwocky Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:33 am

Ashley stands stunned firstly at the door suddenly opening then at seeing Alexis
He looks at her then at Jillian then back at his daughter

Ashley:"Wot....wots going on?"

suddenly he processes what Alexis said to him. He stands there helpless, searching for something to say

Pockets Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:43 am

Alexis gives her father a disgusted look, letting go of Jillian and slowly walking over to him.

Alexis: I could have chalked the kicking up as an accident... it was clear you were aiming for Ewan. But then you flaunted what you did... you were proud of almost destroying a family. That was no being in character, not with the look in your eyes.

She walks around him as if sizing him up.

You and Aunt Raquel... kidnapped Uncle Christian and grandma... I'm amazed you and mom even got married.... And then you have the audacity to play nice to me, finally, after years of being a horrible drunk liar, covering up everything you ever did.... And still you lied to me, kept things from me. Do you have any idea how hard it was, growing up with your name?

Standing in front of her father, she slaps him... hard.

Alexis: DO YOU?!

Jabberwocky Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:50 am

Ashley barely feels the slap. Its not the part that stings, that burns

Ashley:"I...I didnt tell you because I was ashamed...I was scared of wot you would think o'me past....o'me...The....the Ashley O'Ryan you saw on those tapes haunts me every single day....I....I wanted to protect you from that. I didn't want you to have to experience that"

a helpless feeling of failure engulfs him

Cryonix Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:53 am

Jillian: Well, I just realized I haven't had dinner. It seems that Alexis and Ashley have some...catching up to do. Ewan, I hope you saved me a plate. Alexis when you are done with...

...this...

...talk to Ewan to continue your...journey.

She gives Ewan another kiss on the cheek and takes off into the dark...

Pockets Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:58 am

Alexis barely registers her leaving, still focused on Ashley.

Alexis: You didn't think I would have ever have found out? I would rather have had you tell me then to find out like this. Explain to me one thing... why did you let me embarrass myself asking Ewan to forgive you, knowing I didn't know the whole story?

Jabberwocky Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:06 am

Ashley:"You think because...because I didn't tell you, that means I'm not sorry?? You think because I did the things on that tape that I'm still a monster? That I don't regret everything?"

his eyes well up with tears

Ashley:"That despite 'ow I was feeling...wot I was going through...I could never take back the damage I did...The things I bottled up inside...the feelings that I never expressed...everything that lead up to...

he starts to breakdown, his knees feeling weak

Pockets Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:10 am

Alexis' eyes narrow.

Alexis: What were you going through to make you enjoy almost killing unborn babies? What reason did you have to hurt mom's family?

Jabberwocky Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:39 am

Ashley can't stand anymore...his back hits the wall and his body rides it down to the floor...It was so long ago that the only thing Ashley ever thinks of it what he did

Ashley:"I...I was angry...I was scared....jealous...They...they had the power...and I was this drunken feck that didn't amount to anything. They were the only people I thought I'd find friendship in
tears streaming down his face

Ashley:"It felt like they were better then me and they knew it. It felt like...like I was a friend only because they pitied me. I didn't 'ave the respect Jillian 'ad...I wasn't part of any legacy...I felt like the second rate friend. But...but I bottled it all inside. It ate at me and ate at me. Ewan...the Legacy...and Jillian, the revolutionary first woman to win the fwa title....and wot the feck was I? A feckin drunk sorry bastard. One 'alf of a feckin comedy tag team that didn't go anywhere. They were always destined fer greatness...that came easily fer them. But me?

he feels shame in speaking these words...things he had bottled up for so long

Ashley:"I should 'ave said something but I couldn't...it just..couldn't come out. I was scared of wot they would think o'me...I still needed their friendship. They were the only friends I felt I 'ad...Until Jillian set it up so I 'ad to face Moira...I went over the edge..."

he looks up at his daughter

Ashley:"I was mad at Jillian and Ewan...I never 'ated those babies I....I....."

his body shakes as tucks his head into his knees and starts to sob. 19 years of regret...regret of not doing things differently...of guilt...

he looks up at Alexis

Pockets Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:40 pm

Alexis stares uncertainly at her father, backing off a little and glancing at Ewan just as uncertainly. She looks back at her father staring at her from the floor.

Alexis: Let me get this straight... you wanted them to be friends, but you were jealous of their... perfection? So... you were trying to bring them down a notch... as some sort of payback because you didn't want to face mom? Even though you both wrestled for the same company... and mom was in the same divisions as men were, like Jillian was?

She glances back at Ewan again.

Alexis: I'm still missing something, aren't I?

Cruel Britannia Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:58 pm

Ewan shakes his head.

Ewan: Perhaps there is something your father is concealing from you..... but from our perspective.... you know all there is to know. He claims to have felt like a second rate friend.... as if we pitied him.... that is simply not the case.

Jillian and I tried to get him sober more times than I can remember.... out of concern for his health..... were he not our friend we would not have wasted our time....

I made this man a goomsman at my wedding..... were he not my friend..... that would not have happened.

We treated him like a brother..... and he did this to us..... why? jealousy? Because success came easily for Jillian and myself?

I trained every single day since I was 4 years old with the sole focus of being the best..... yeah.... I had it real easy.

Jillian trained under Dean Malenko.... and overcame the predjudice of being a woman to compete against only men..... the first of her kind..... yes she had it real easy.

Oh yes.... "The straw that broke the camel's back" Jilly made him fight Moira...... lets ignore the fact that we are the reason they met in the first place..... let's ignore the fact it was just a match..... me and Jilly have had to fight more times than I care to remember..... at the end of the day.... Jilly made that match to help him..... He had been IGNORING Moira for weeks..... the only reason Jilly made that match was so that he would HAVE to speak to her..... stop HIDING from his problems like he always did..... She was trying to help him..... just as we had always been trying to help him.

Pockets Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:32 pm

Alexis stares down at her father, shaking her head.

Alexis: Even now you're still not telling me everything... you want forgiveness, but you refuse to be fully honest, either with me, with them, or even with yourself.

She walks back over to her father, slowly, bending down to put a hand on his shoulder and look him right in the eyes.

Alexis: When you're willing to be fully honest with me and stop feeling sorry for yourself, then we'll talk.

She turns away, fighting tears, and looks at Ewan.

Alexis: I'm ready to go on with the initiation.

Cruel Britannia Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:39 pm

Ewan nods.

Ewan: Follow me.

Ewan leads Alexis down another darkened hallway. He comes to a stop outside a pair of very large Oak doors. He looks at Alexis.

Ewan: You've had a difficult day.... more difficult than it is for most.... and it will only get harder. Once again I will give you the opportunity to quit and go home.

Pockets Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:43 pm

Alexis wipes tears off her face and shakes her head.

Alexis: I have even more reason to go on now.

Cruel Britannia Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:51 pm

Ewan: Very Well.

Ewan swings open the double doors. After becoming accustomed to the darkness of the hallway, this room is blindingly bright. It is an extravagant circular room with a white marble floor and blood red walls trimmed with intricate carvings gilded with gold. A grand ballroom which had been re-purposed decades earlier as a monument to the glory of the Edwards Legacy. Every surface adorned with a glittering award representing a significant achievement in the world of professional wrestling. The perimeter of the room lined with pedestals bearing trophies of every conceivable shape, size and importance. But most daunting of all is the family tree. Seven generations of the Edwards dynasty, not scrawled on paper with ink as one would expect, but laid out, larger than life, across the walls with championships in glass cases and golden plaques detailing the accomplishments of those that held them. Except for one part of the wall which is strikingly bare.

Ewan: Welcome to the Hall of Champions.

Pockets Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:57 pm

Alexis blinks, the room blinding after the darkness. She looks around, awed at name after Edwards name, a welcome reprieve after the tape room, and a chance for her to return to her bearings. She finally reaches the bare wall and looks back at Ewan.

Alexis: A work in progress... so to speak?

Cruel Britannia Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:58 pm

Ewan looks deeply sad.

Ewan: That..... is Alex's wall.

Pockets Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:05 pm

Alexis looks back at the wall, and even dares to reach and touch her fingers to it. Then, it hits her and makes her stagger back.

Alexis: It's going to stay like that, isn't it? Because he can't wrestle....

She fights hard to keep her composure.

Alexis: ... because of my father....

Cruel Britannia Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:14 pm

Ewan signals around the room stopping at Alex's wall.

Ewan: Six generations of brilliance.... ends with the seventh.

As a child he would come into this room every single day..... and stare at the achievements of those who came before him.... knowing that one day his wall would sparkle just as much as the rest of ours.... probably more so.... he was better than all of us..... as he was growing up we used to call him "Alexander the Great." He was going to be legendary.... even amongst us. But now he has to return to this place knowing that his wall will always be empty.

Pockets Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:17 pm

Alexis looks at Ewan.

Alexis: Does it have to be just professional wrestling accomplishments?

Cruel Britannia Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:20 pm

Ewan smiles at the question.

Ewan: No..... Alex may put whatever he achieves on this wall..... but he is an Edwards there is no achievement that would mean as much as wrestling glory..... except for one.

Pockets Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:22 pm

Alexis' expression turns hopeful.

Alexis: What's that one?

Cruel Britannia Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:26 pm

Ewan indicates to his wall.

Ewan: Out of all of my achievements.... do you know which is my proudest?

Next to Ewan's section.... is Jillian's section. He touches the plaque that bears her name.

Ewan: Finding her.

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