PROMO: reverto decoro

[Longdogger_Pete 0]

"So," said the talent scout, recruiting for the SWF in the southeast United States. "Mister MacDougal. You really want to have this discussion? All right, then. Let's start with what makes you think you're healthy enough to compete again. You're, what, 42 next month? And as I recall, your legs were already in poor shape the last time you were here."

 

Longdogger Pete shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "The legs are fine. I've spent the last eighteen months following a rigorous rehabilitation schedule. I feel good as new."

 

"Your lengthy career has taken its toll on you," said the scout. "Without surgery, you'll never be 100% pain free. Surely you know this."

 

"If I have surgery, my career will be over. I'm not ready to hang it up yet. This is all I have."

 

The scout shook his head. "You're going to have to do better than that. There's a lot more you have to answer for still if you want to be re-employed with this company. Let's back up a bit. Your last employ was with OAOAST, and a truncated stint at that. Just a couple months, it seems. What caused you to leave? Couldn't hack it there?"

 

"On the contrary. OAOAST was fine. Physically, I handled myself very well. But the environment there is very different than it is here. I was a stranger to OAOAST. I didn't have the support of their fans. Not the way I'm used to. This is where I'm more comfortable, where I belong."

 

"I can't say I'm convinced. What makes you think your fans will rally behind you one more time?"

 

Pete grunted. "The loyal fans that remember me will always be behind me. As for the new fans... well, I will win them over the same way I always have. By earning their respect, by competing to the best of my ability, and by carrying myself like a champion."

 

"A champion?" the scout goaded. "You say that now, but it's been many years since you've held any sort of title. Those days seem to be behind you."

 

"I've got what's in here," replied Pete, pointing to his heart. "The rest will come when I earn it."

 

"An ambitious statement. What do you plan to do? And please, don't say you're going to reform X Force 9 one more time. Nobody wants to see that crap resurrected."

 

Pete glared at the scout in disgust. "No. That ship has sailed. Whatever I accomplish will be on my own terms, with no one else's help."

 

"Hmm. Well, I'll be honest, Mister MacDougal. I don't think you have it in you for another run. I really don't." The scout doodled something on a piece of paper on his desk, not saying anything for a moment, lost in thought. Then he looked up at Pete and continued. "But you know something? I'm going to make sure you get hired anyway. Do you know why? Because I love--have always loved--watching you be humiliated. I'm pretty sure I'll get to see it again. I want to watch you fail. I can't wait. And when you do, and you take your last walk out of here, I'm going to be laughing behind you all the way out the door."

 

Pete stood up, nodding, and pointed at the scout. "Good. In that case, I can't wait until I get the chance to shove those words back in your face." Without waiting to be dismissed, he left the scout's office.

 

Kevin Coyote made a check mark on his paper and then smiled to himself. "So be it, then."

 

[Toxxic 0]

LDP back = good. But I swear, if you have an ongoing angle between him and Coyote I'll seriously consider jobbing you to a broom. One long-lost son angle worked, two would be pushing it

[Longdogger_Pete 0]

Nope nope. I have no intention of a Coyote return. I just jotted down what I was thinking about at 4 in the morning. I needed a character to bounce dialogue off of, but wasn't totally sure who the kayfabe authority figures were these days, and even if I did know, I didn't have time to secure proper permissions for in-promo character usage.