Rainy Day Blues

[Carlos Cruz]

The Scene opens up facing a Restaurant on a cold wet windy night. People are casually walking around with their Umbrellas aloft to keep themselves dry, some people even using Newspapers over their heads. The Camera slowly starts to zoom in on the restaurant where the silhouette of people is cast onto the windows by the candle light inside the Restaurant. As the camera zooms in closer it focuses on two particular people sitting at the far side of the Restuarant, one of the people can't be made out as they have their head in their hands but the other has long colourful vibrant hair which the viewer can only assume is one person. As the camera zooms in further the figures are revealed to be Sever and Cruz and the scene shifts to inside the restaurant.

 

Sever (looking out the window): You know, this would be an amazing opening shot to a movie or a tv show or something.

 

Cruz mumbles into his hands

 

Sever: Stop being so grouchy, and you've still not touched your food. Eat something, you've hardly eaten all week.

 

Cruz mumbles into his hands again

 

Sever: So you're out of the tournament, it's not like this is the first time you've been knocked out of one. Just take this loss like a man and move on.

 

Cruz's head rapidly shoots up and he gives a menacing stare to Sever.

 

Cruz: I didn't lose, did you see me get pinned? No. Therefore I was not the loser of the match. I was resting on the mat in preparation for my moment, my moment to shine and steal the win, but then I realised I didn't need to be in this tournament, I don't need no false name to boost my ego in the locker room If I wanted to I could've won it with both hands tied behind my back, blindfolded whilst listening to the back catalog of Delinquent Habit's albums but I'd rather have some new blood get it so they at least have a little bit of glory and recognition for a little while.

 

Sever looks at Cruz confused

 

Sever: I thought the whole concept of returning to was to show them fear, to show them how easy they have it these days, to show them that many moons ago they wouldn't have lasted a day...

 

Cruz interupts Sever.

 

Cruz: It is, I'm working on it, just give it time, they'll all be sacred of the name Carlos Demario Cruz

 

Sever: So wouldn't a good way to show them all this would've been to win the King of OCW Tournament for Turmoil.

 

The realisation of what Sever is saying hits Cruz, but he holds back on showing it.

 

Cruz: You're overthinking it all, I've got it all planned up here. *Cruz holds his index finger to his head* You stick to what you do best and I'll stick to what I do best.

 

Cruz returns to placing his head in his hands whilst Sever continues to eat the food that she ordered as the camera switches back outside and slowly starts to zoom away from the Restaurant.