Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2014 14:56:08 GMT -5
It had taken him fourteen years to get over himself and to bring his fears to a fiery end and wanting to do the right thing. Some would argue fourteen years too late. While it could be fourteen years too soon. But for Dave Demento, this was the opportune time to finally go looking for the piece of him that he had never seen. He wanted to go find his daughter.
He had finally finished packing his bags, and as he breathed a sigh of relief he shout out, “Yo Penny. You ready to go?”
And in from the next room over was the Velocity Grrrl. Dave’s partner in crime, the one person who had finally convinced him to face everything head on and go and find the one person who would carry his legacy.
“Yeah, just let me pack the rest of my kush.” replied Penny with a grin, “F*ck man. I got the trip to just smoke my little heart out.”
Dave let out a small laugh as Penny rushed into the other room and finished gathering her things. Dave had now made his way to the living room, grabbing the International championship belt from the coffee table as he placed it in it’s own second bag. Even though the two superstars are traveling across Canada, doesn’t mean they aren’t forgetting about work. That is time management and commitment to a whole other level.
“Dave! Dave!” shot out Penny from her bedroom, “Did you see my pipe?”
“No.”
“F*ck. I’ll just need to roll it.”
Penny emerged from the room and made a beeline for the door of the apartment building, opening it before turning her head back to see her bestest buddy in the world deep in thought.
“Having second thoughts?”
“No, no.” replied Dave in his booming voice, “Remind me to pick up fourteen birthday cards on our way.”
Dave and Penny both now leave the apartment, a smile forming on both of their faces. This is it. The long journey to find the heir to the Dave Demento legacy is underway…
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Dave Demento
in
The Tear In Our Hearts
A The Takeover Roleplay
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“And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
Day One, your first match.
On the first day of July of the year 2014, we saw the first day in the world of professional wrestling for Daniel Kirkbride.
A relative unknown in this world came through and shined brightest as he faced off against a little woman named Enchanted.
From the void of nothingness rose a phoenix full of fiery passion, and he was there to show the world that there was a difference between the light and the darkness.
Where he was the light, a good guy, that wanted to be a good role model for all of those who were watching him. And on the other side of the ring from him stood the darkness, the bad guy, who gave a bad example for those watching her.
And in the true words of God, the light separated from the darkness and proved superior as he finished off the darkness in the middle of the ring for a well fought victory.
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They have been on the road for ten hours at this point, both of them sharing the job of driving while the other caught up on some sleep, ate, or in Penny’s case to smoke a bowl in the passenger’s seat.
The lines in the middle of the road constantly seeming to repeat themselves, and a growing concern wrapping itself in Dave Demento’s brain. What if he was traveling across the country for nothing? What if he got there and wasn’t accepted by his daughter? What if his daughter was just a façade and was only a ploy for attention fourteen years ago by the bitch?
“What if she actually isn’t mine?” shot out the sleeping Dave Demento.
Penny looked over to her friend who happened to be sound sleep, his drool coming out of his mouth and forming a pool of sweat on the collar of his tee-shirt. Penny had a choice to make, seeing her friend suffer through an obvious nightmare or to wake him up and force him to stay awake.
“Dave, Dave.” Penny kept one hand on the steering wheel as she used the other to wake up the sleeping beauty, “F*ck man, bad dream or something?”
Dave fully awoke and looked over to his friend in a cold sweat, something unusual for him. Dazed and confused, he took a sip of his water before replying.
“I guess you could call it that.”
“I f*cking hate those!”
“Where are we? The GPS screw up?”
Penny fumbled around under her seat and pulled out a bag and she placed it on her lap.
“You made a weed pick up stop?” questioned big Dave.
“Umm no,” Penny shot back as she tossed the bag on his lap, “Just take a look at that.”
Dave placed his hand into the bag and pulled out a birthday card, a “Happy Birthday! You’re 1!” on the front as Dave opened it up with a smile, “You really bought this?”
“Yeah man, and you slept through it all.”
“This is Hallmark and all.”
Penny looked back over to Dave with a grin, “Well you left your wallet in the console…”
Dave smiled with a laugh as he grabbed his wallet and put it in his pocket, “Y’know, that was really nice of you.”
“Ah save it dude,” shot back Penny, “I just want things to go smoothly for my best friend and my niece.”
“Your niece? You saying you’re family now?”
“Well,” replied Penny, “We are brothers and sisters of salvation…”
“You’ll always be like the little sister that I never had.”
“Damn right,” said Penny as she nudged big Dave in the arm, “You’re my brother and now we’re going to find my niece.”
“Yeah, sure.” finished Demento with a laugh, his head propped up against the window and his eyes focused on the countryside of the road. The beautiful scenery soaked in, a smile on his face, as slowly but surely his eyes close once more and he’s drifted away into a silent slumber.
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“And God said, “Let there be a rāqîa between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the rāqîa and separated the water under the vault from the water above it, and it was so, and God called the rāqîa “heavens”, and there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.”
Day two, your second match.
On the twenty-fourth day of July, of the year 2014, Daniel Kirkbride showed to us his second day in the world of professional wrestling.
Showing us that he could separate the light from the darkness and prove to the world that there are good guys after all who care for what the fans want. Something Enchanted never cared for.
And on day two, this enigma went on to do combat with another woman. But this time this woman was a mother, a wife and a loving figure. But in your eyes Daniel, you needed to separate her from you.
Both of you children of the Lord, both of you following in His way.
But you wanted to prove superiority to your God.
You made a rāqîa between the two of you to show to your God that you were more willing to fight for him and his word.
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As the road continued on for what seemed as ages, Dave Demento and Penny Shannon have jammed to their favorite tunes from over the years. Nirvana, AC/DC, Rolling Stones among other bands have made their presence known through the car speakers on this road trip.
And it seemed to be smooth sailing, they had stopped at a variety store a few miles ago, Penny picking up a Mountain Dew, as Dave got himself a coffee.
This trip wasn’t all that bad, truthfully. The two best friends enjoyed each other’s company, often cracking jokes at times and having the occasional conversation about politics. It’s a real shame what has happened to Rob Ford, especially before the mayoral elections.
But as they passed through from Manitoba to Saskatchewan, the mood in the car quickly changed. The joking conversations and the overall good times came to a halt as Penny looked over from the passenger seat to her friend who was now driving.
“Dave, there’s something that’s crossed my mind?” said Penny as she turned down the radio.
“Yeah? What is it?”
“I was just wondering what is going on between you and Lila?” questioned Penny.
“She’s my boss, she’s also your boss. And she wants to do what’s right for the company, just like we’re trying to do. I’m her employee, I do what she orders.” replied Dave with his eyes focused on the road.
Penny took a quick sip of her Mountain Dew, “I know that. But…”
“But what?”
“But…” Penny looked out her window, trying to avoid eye contact, “it’s obvious that you like her.”
“What makes you say that?”
“Well,” started Penny as she now looked over to her friend, “After the show in the Garden, you really wanted to see her. Like badly, and you seemed to have a tough time thinking of what to do. Go to dinner with us, or going to talk to her..”
Dave looked over to Penny with a grin, “Yeah, she’s beautiful. I think that can go without saying, but all I wanted to do was thank her. She took out Anders in that cage match. It was the least I could do.”
“So…” started Penny, “You don’t like her?”
“Never said that.”
“So you DO like her?” exclaimed Penny with a laugh.
“I never said that either.” shot back Dave as his faced turned to a shade of light red.
“Dude,” shot out Penny, “Be honest.”
“I am being honest,” started Dave, “I never said either of those things.”
“Smooth”
“Now let’s get back into this jam.” finished Demento as he turned the volume up in the car. AC/DC’s Thunderstruck playing full blast as they flew down the road, nothing stopping them from finding Dave’s daughter.
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“And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day.”
Day three, your third match.
On this day you made your pay-per-view début in front of millions watching at home and you accomplished a clean victory over Gabriel Black. The opening match in Madison Square Garden with thousands of eyes focused on you, might I add.
And that day you showed to the world that you can prove yourself in three different performance levels. Your first level was the sea, free-flowing as your bested Enchanted on your first night.
Following that, you showcased your skills as to being able to be as hard as the earth itself, as you didn’t faze when competing against Nikki Dean. The fact that this woman was a mother didn’t bother you Daniel. Proving that, quite like the earth you stand on, underneath of that loving and soft surface, you are as cold as stone.
But on your third day Daniel, you showed everybody that you can in fact defeat men and women in a Godly type fashion. As if you had the power of heaven on your side, you managed to defeat Gabriel Black in the center of the ring in record time.
You separated your earth from your water, and your water from your heavens.
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“I have to pee.”
And she wasn’t kidding, Penny had crossed her legs and tightened every muscle in her lower region before her bodily liquid emerged from her body all over the car.
“What do you want me to do?”
“Find a restroom?” replied Penny, tensed up in the passenger seat.
“Could you just hold it?”
“No,” started the Velocity Grrrl, “You have an empty bottle in the back or something?”
“There’s a store up here, just hold it for a few minutes.”
The current International champion sped up the car as he made a right hand turn into the parking lot of the corner store. Penny jumped out of the car in a rush as she ran to the door. Opening it, her eyes fixated on the restroom, she made a beeline as Dave stood back and chuckled.
As he waited in the car, he pulled out his phone from the console of the car and swiped the screen to power it on. He browsed through the applications before reaching a certain one, the phone icon. Now facing the dial pad, he let out a quick sigh of hope.
“I really hope this is the same number…” he mumbled quietly as he started dialing a number.
The usual ringing formed as he put the phone up to his ear, a casualty for some people. Dave had a growing look of concern as the ringing continued, until it changed as the other end of the line picked up.
“Hello?” asked the other voice on the line.
“Hello.”
“Who is this?” responded the soft and frail old voice coming from the phone.
“It’s Dave calling…”
“Dave? Dave?” pondered the woman, “I don’t think I know of a Dave.”
Dave paused for a second as his voice became a bit more quiet, “David James… The father of your granddaughter…”
“Ah David,” started the old lady, “Finally deciding to come back after all?”
He didn’t know how to respond to that as the old lady continued on, “Or are you just coming back to ruin my daughter’s life once again?”
“I just want to make things right.” started Dave before being cut off.
“You wouldn’t have needed to make things right if you hadn’t left fourteen years ago, David.”
“I was young and stupid.”
“That doesn’t give you a pass to let your daughter grow up without a father figure.”
“I want to fix things,” started Dave. “I just want to know if she’s living in the same old house in Calgary?”
“Good riddance.” replied the madam on the other side of the line.
“No. Wait.” said Dave in his loud booming voice. “Just please answer me. I want to do the right thing.”
“David, the more things change, the more things stay the same.”
“I’ll take that as a yes.”
“Listen to me David,” started the quaint voice, “Don’t make things worse for yourself, for my daughter and for my granddaughter.”
“I won’t, I promise.”
“You better not.” finished the old lady as her voice turned to the offline beeping forming in Dave’s ear. He brings his phone back down to the console as he looks over to the passenger side door, where Penny stood there looking through the window, locked out of the car.
Dave opens the door as Penny comes back in as she situated herself in the seat, “Who was that?”
“Just the next piece of this puzzle.”
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“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.”
Day four, your fourth match.
Daniel, you proved yourself a tough competitor so far, but on day four, you stood face to face with the veteran Joshua Dean.
You suffered some difficult competition, and your winning streak was firmly put on the line. But on this day, you used your experiences of your prior three days to your advantage.
You used your abilities to separate yourself from the crowd, proving your faithfulness to your God, and being able to draw power from the heavens to use it in your favor while showing to the world what the Power of God can do for you.
But as sat back following the Battle at the Garden pay-per-view, you recognized something as you witnessed the war between Phillip Schneider and Joshua Dean.
You made sure to note that there were two sides to “The Franchise”. What he showed heading into the pay-per-view was calmness, the ability to listen and he generally cared for everybody in the locker room. Alas, when he stepped foot in the ring with Schneider, he became a changed man.
And you picked up on the change to use it for your opportunity.
You saw the bright shining side of Joshua Dean beforehand, and that night you saw the dark and, dare I say it, crazy side of the man.
In a way Daniel, you chose to view the sun and the moon of Joshua Dean and you exploited both of them to earn a huge victory. The sun and the moon don’t go together like a yin and a yang. You showed to us that you can, and you will, use that to your advantage.
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After hours spent on the road, with minimal stops along the way, the duo of Penny Shannon and Dave Demento finally arrived to their destination. As the car rumbled its way into the large city of Calgary, the scenery wowed the bright eyed Penny as she soaked in the marvelous sights.
“F*ck man…” started Penny, “This is where you grew up?”
“Yes. Well until I was seventeen.”
“Why’d you leave?”
It was obvious at this point that the Velocity Grrrl was amazed by The Stampede City. She had now taken her phone out from her pocket and was snapping pictures of the city. Her eyes bright red, bloodshot, Shannon had now rolled down her window to take in a breath of fresh air.
“You like this place?”
“Yeah,” started Penny. “It’s beautiful.”
“Can’t get off course, Penny..” replied Dave, “We’re almost near my childhood house. I talked to the ex’s mother while we stopped for gas. My daughter is supposedly living just around the corner.”
“Dude,” shot back Penny, “We did it.”
“Not yet.”
“Yes we did.” started Penny who was now taking in the scenery, “We got you to face your fears and come back to this city.”
Dave smiled as he continued to drive the car around the city streets of Calgary. Penny was still in awe from the sights as Dave turned the corner slowly and slowed down as he approached the address giving to him. The car comes to a complete stop as Dave sits back in his seat and takes a swig of his drink.
“You ready?” questioned Penny as she unbuckled herself from the seat.
“Yeah,” replied Dave nervously.
They both stepped out of the car and onto the sidewalk. Dave’s heart beating faster and faster with every step. Penny followed behind him. Step after step after step, Dave’s heart pushing against his chest. In just a few more steps, he gets to finally see his daughter after a long fourteen years.
Step, step, step. The doorway just up the steps to lead to the deck, but his heart rate kept getting faster. Nervousness, joyfulness and fear all wrapped themselves in a warm blanket inside of Dave’s body.
Up the stairs he went, his eyes focused on the doorknob. His mind racing at a hundred miles per minute. He reached out for it and slowly opened the door as a loud and eerie creek developed. Placing one foot inside of the opening, he fully opened the door and stepped inside of the house. The house that his daughter could’ve been in.
…
But it was empty.
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“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creäture that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creäture that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.”
Day five, your upcoming fifth match.
According to Genesis 1:20 to Genesis 1:23, the fifth day is the day where you multiply the fowl on the earth and fill the waters in the seas with wildlife. Creating a wonderful paradise that all humans shall live on eternally without sin.
In a way Daniel, this is where you gain a following behind you and you showcase to the masses that you are the bright light at the end of the tunnel and that you earn yourself thousands upon thousands of fans wanting to see more of the young Daniel Kirkbride.
Having fans is pretty cool, if I could say so myself, and I really do want you to succeed Daniel.
But for you to garner fans at a speedy pace, that means you will have to defeat me on your fifth day. And I will not stand here and let you do that.
Would you like a little fun fact Daniel?
If not, I’m still going to give you one.
Regarding the fifth day in which God created the difference between heaven and earth, the Egyptian and Mesopotamian mythologies both suggest that God had to do battle with the “tanin”.
“Tanin” is translated to “sea monsters” or “great creatures”, you can choose which one you want to believe, and your almighty God had to fend for himself to rid the world of these creatures before he could get what he wanted.
In essence, as the book of Genesis should be interpreted as, God himself created these monsters. Originally, they were not created with the intention of one day having to go toe to toe, face to face, with their creator.
But they did, Daniel.
And on day five, God was the one who prevailed. God defeated the “tanin” in order to accomplish his mission for the day. He, the almighty, used his powers to his advantage to populate his created world with beautiful creatures.
Now Daniel, I myself believed in God. And I myself have sinned in this world.
But I chose to live with myself as I am. A man on a mission. I respect our Lord just as you do, and sure I don’t attend mass every Sunday, but that doesn’t mean that you are superior than me.
To God, we are equal men. Two men who are both driven by the power of the Lord himself inside of them. That is why we are both good people and why the fans choose to love us. We have the goodness in our hearts, all because of our God.
But Daniel, as much as it’ll pain me to do this to you, I can not let you earn a victory over me. In no way, shape, or form can I let you beat me just like you did Enchanted, Nikki Dean, Gabriel Black, and last week, Joshua Dean.
You have a bright future, Daniel. A really bright future and a victory over me would propel you higher than you actually are. I can help you garner fans this week, helping you somewhat complete your fifth day, but it won’t be by beating me.
No Daniel, I can let you become my friend. Healthy competition, and we will be able to watch each other’s backs. I have never ever turned a friend down, no matter how much pain it would put me in. I have their backs, and I hope that they have mine.
Before and after our match Daniel, regardless the outcome, my hand will be outstretched in the middle of that ring. Open for you to accept the handshake deal, or open for you to decline.
It is your choice Daniel.
But unfortunately, for the sake of all of our fans, I have to be your “tanin”. But this time Daniel, history won’t be repeating itself as God prevailing. This time around, the “tanin” will be the one who will emerge victorious. Due to the fact that this “tanin” is a champion, and needs to prove to the world why he is in fact the champion.
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He had finally finished packing his bags, and as he breathed a sigh of relief he shout out, “Yo Penny. You ready to go?”
And in from the next room over was the Velocity Grrrl. Dave’s partner in crime, the one person who had finally convinced him to face everything head on and go and find the one person who would carry his legacy.
“Yeah, just let me pack the rest of my kush.” replied Penny with a grin, “F*ck man. I got the trip to just smoke my little heart out.”
Dave let out a small laugh as Penny rushed into the other room and finished gathering her things. Dave had now made his way to the living room, grabbing the International championship belt from the coffee table as he placed it in it’s own second bag. Even though the two superstars are traveling across Canada, doesn’t mean they aren’t forgetting about work. That is time management and commitment to a whole other level.
“Dave! Dave!” shot out Penny from her bedroom, “Did you see my pipe?”
“No.”
“F*ck. I’ll just need to roll it.”
Penny emerged from the room and made a beeline for the door of the apartment building, opening it before turning her head back to see her bestest buddy in the world deep in thought.
“Having second thoughts?”
“No, no.” replied Dave in his booming voice, “Remind me to pick up fourteen birthday cards on our way.”
Dave and Penny both now leave the apartment, a smile forming on both of their faces. This is it. The long journey to find the heir to the Dave Demento legacy is underway…
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Dave Demento
in
The Tear In Our Hearts
A The Takeover Roleplay
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“And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
Day One, your first match.
On the first day of July of the year 2014, we saw the first day in the world of professional wrestling for Daniel Kirkbride.
A relative unknown in this world came through and shined brightest as he faced off against a little woman named Enchanted.
From the void of nothingness rose a phoenix full of fiery passion, and he was there to show the world that there was a difference between the light and the darkness.
Where he was the light, a good guy, that wanted to be a good role model for all of those who were watching him. And on the other side of the ring from him stood the darkness, the bad guy, who gave a bad example for those watching her.
And in the true words of God, the light separated from the darkness and proved superior as he finished off the darkness in the middle of the ring for a well fought victory.
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They have been on the road for ten hours at this point, both of them sharing the job of driving while the other caught up on some sleep, ate, or in Penny’s case to smoke a bowl in the passenger’s seat.
The lines in the middle of the road constantly seeming to repeat themselves, and a growing concern wrapping itself in Dave Demento’s brain. What if he was traveling across the country for nothing? What if he got there and wasn’t accepted by his daughter? What if his daughter was just a façade and was only a ploy for attention fourteen years ago by the bitch?
“What if she actually isn’t mine?” shot out the sleeping Dave Demento.
Penny looked over to her friend who happened to be sound sleep, his drool coming out of his mouth and forming a pool of sweat on the collar of his tee-shirt. Penny had a choice to make, seeing her friend suffer through an obvious nightmare or to wake him up and force him to stay awake.
“Dave, Dave.” Penny kept one hand on the steering wheel as she used the other to wake up the sleeping beauty, “F*ck man, bad dream or something?”
Dave fully awoke and looked over to his friend in a cold sweat, something unusual for him. Dazed and confused, he took a sip of his water before replying.
“I guess you could call it that.”
“I f*cking hate those!”
“Where are we? The GPS screw up?”
Penny fumbled around under her seat and pulled out a bag and she placed it on her lap.
“You made a weed pick up stop?” questioned big Dave.
“Umm no,” Penny shot back as she tossed the bag on his lap, “Just take a look at that.”
Dave placed his hand into the bag and pulled out a birthday card, a “Happy Birthday! You’re 1!” on the front as Dave opened it up with a smile, “You really bought this?”
“Yeah man, and you slept through it all.”
“This is Hallmark and all.”
Penny looked back over to Dave with a grin, “Well you left your wallet in the console…”
Dave smiled with a laugh as he grabbed his wallet and put it in his pocket, “Y’know, that was really nice of you.”
“Ah save it dude,” shot back Penny, “I just want things to go smoothly for my best friend and my niece.”
“Your niece? You saying you’re family now?”
“Well,” replied Penny, “We are brothers and sisters of salvation…”
“You’ll always be like the little sister that I never had.”
“Damn right,” said Penny as she nudged big Dave in the arm, “You’re my brother and now we’re going to find my niece.”
“Yeah, sure.” finished Demento with a laugh, his head propped up against the window and his eyes focused on the countryside of the road. The beautiful scenery soaked in, a smile on his face, as slowly but surely his eyes close once more and he’s drifted away into a silent slumber.
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“And God said, “Let there be a rāqîa between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the rāqîa and separated the water under the vault from the water above it, and it was so, and God called the rāqîa “heavens”, and there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.”
Day two, your second match.
On the twenty-fourth day of July, of the year 2014, Daniel Kirkbride showed to us his second day in the world of professional wrestling.
Showing us that he could separate the light from the darkness and prove to the world that there are good guys after all who care for what the fans want. Something Enchanted never cared for.
And on day two, this enigma went on to do combat with another woman. But this time this woman was a mother, a wife and a loving figure. But in your eyes Daniel, you needed to separate her from you.
Both of you children of the Lord, both of you following in His way.
But you wanted to prove superiority to your God.
You made a rāqîa between the two of you to show to your God that you were more willing to fight for him and his word.
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As the road continued on for what seemed as ages, Dave Demento and Penny Shannon have jammed to their favorite tunes from over the years. Nirvana, AC/DC, Rolling Stones among other bands have made their presence known through the car speakers on this road trip.
And it seemed to be smooth sailing, they had stopped at a variety store a few miles ago, Penny picking up a Mountain Dew, as Dave got himself a coffee.
This trip wasn’t all that bad, truthfully. The two best friends enjoyed each other’s company, often cracking jokes at times and having the occasional conversation about politics. It’s a real shame what has happened to Rob Ford, especially before the mayoral elections.
But as they passed through from Manitoba to Saskatchewan, the mood in the car quickly changed. The joking conversations and the overall good times came to a halt as Penny looked over from the passenger seat to her friend who was now driving.
“Dave, there’s something that’s crossed my mind?” said Penny as she turned down the radio.
“Yeah? What is it?”
“I was just wondering what is going on between you and Lila?” questioned Penny.
“She’s my boss, she’s also your boss. And she wants to do what’s right for the company, just like we’re trying to do. I’m her employee, I do what she orders.” replied Dave with his eyes focused on the road.
Penny took a quick sip of her Mountain Dew, “I know that. But…”
“But what?”
“But…” Penny looked out her window, trying to avoid eye contact, “it’s obvious that you like her.”
“What makes you say that?”
“Well,” started Penny as she now looked over to her friend, “After the show in the Garden, you really wanted to see her. Like badly, and you seemed to have a tough time thinking of what to do. Go to dinner with us, or going to talk to her..”
Dave looked over to Penny with a grin, “Yeah, she’s beautiful. I think that can go without saying, but all I wanted to do was thank her. She took out Anders in that cage match. It was the least I could do.”
“So…” started Penny, “You don’t like her?”
“Never said that.”
“So you DO like her?” exclaimed Penny with a laugh.
“I never said that either.” shot back Dave as his faced turned to a shade of light red.
“Dude,” shot out Penny, “Be honest.”
“I am being honest,” started Dave, “I never said either of those things.”
“Smooth”
“Now let’s get back into this jam.” finished Demento as he turned the volume up in the car. AC/DC’s Thunderstruck playing full blast as they flew down the road, nothing stopping them from finding Dave’s daughter.
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“And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day.”
Day three, your third match.
On this day you made your pay-per-view début in front of millions watching at home and you accomplished a clean victory over Gabriel Black. The opening match in Madison Square Garden with thousands of eyes focused on you, might I add.
And that day you showed to the world that you can prove yourself in three different performance levels. Your first level was the sea, free-flowing as your bested Enchanted on your first night.
Following that, you showcased your skills as to being able to be as hard as the earth itself, as you didn’t faze when competing against Nikki Dean. The fact that this woman was a mother didn’t bother you Daniel. Proving that, quite like the earth you stand on, underneath of that loving and soft surface, you are as cold as stone.
But on your third day Daniel, you showed everybody that you can in fact defeat men and women in a Godly type fashion. As if you had the power of heaven on your side, you managed to defeat Gabriel Black in the center of the ring in record time.
You separated your earth from your water, and your water from your heavens.
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“I have to pee.”
And she wasn’t kidding, Penny had crossed her legs and tightened every muscle in her lower region before her bodily liquid emerged from her body all over the car.
“What do you want me to do?”
“Find a restroom?” replied Penny, tensed up in the passenger seat.
“Could you just hold it?”
“No,” started the Velocity Grrrl, “You have an empty bottle in the back or something?”
“There’s a store up here, just hold it for a few minutes.”
The current International champion sped up the car as he made a right hand turn into the parking lot of the corner store. Penny jumped out of the car in a rush as she ran to the door. Opening it, her eyes fixated on the restroom, she made a beeline as Dave stood back and chuckled.
As he waited in the car, he pulled out his phone from the console of the car and swiped the screen to power it on. He browsed through the applications before reaching a certain one, the phone icon. Now facing the dial pad, he let out a quick sigh of hope.
“I really hope this is the same number…” he mumbled quietly as he started dialing a number.
The usual ringing formed as he put the phone up to his ear, a casualty for some people. Dave had a growing look of concern as the ringing continued, until it changed as the other end of the line picked up.
“Hello?” asked the other voice on the line.
“Hello.”
“Who is this?” responded the soft and frail old voice coming from the phone.
“It’s Dave calling…”
“Dave? Dave?” pondered the woman, “I don’t think I know of a Dave.”
Dave paused for a second as his voice became a bit more quiet, “David James… The father of your granddaughter…”
“Ah David,” started the old lady, “Finally deciding to come back after all?”
He didn’t know how to respond to that as the old lady continued on, “Or are you just coming back to ruin my daughter’s life once again?”
“I just want to make things right.” started Dave before being cut off.
“You wouldn’t have needed to make things right if you hadn’t left fourteen years ago, David.”
“I was young and stupid.”
“That doesn’t give you a pass to let your daughter grow up without a father figure.”
“I want to fix things,” started Dave. “I just want to know if she’s living in the same old house in Calgary?”
“Good riddance.” replied the madam on the other side of the line.
“No. Wait.” said Dave in his loud booming voice. “Just please answer me. I want to do the right thing.”
“David, the more things change, the more things stay the same.”
“I’ll take that as a yes.”
“Listen to me David,” started the quaint voice, “Don’t make things worse for yourself, for my daughter and for my granddaughter.”
“I won’t, I promise.”
“You better not.” finished the old lady as her voice turned to the offline beeping forming in Dave’s ear. He brings his phone back down to the console as he looks over to the passenger side door, where Penny stood there looking through the window, locked out of the car.
Dave opens the door as Penny comes back in as she situated herself in the seat, “Who was that?”
“Just the next piece of this puzzle.”
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“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.”
Day four, your fourth match.
Daniel, you proved yourself a tough competitor so far, but on day four, you stood face to face with the veteran Joshua Dean.
You suffered some difficult competition, and your winning streak was firmly put on the line. But on this day, you used your experiences of your prior three days to your advantage.
You used your abilities to separate yourself from the crowd, proving your faithfulness to your God, and being able to draw power from the heavens to use it in your favor while showing to the world what the Power of God can do for you.
But as sat back following the Battle at the Garden pay-per-view, you recognized something as you witnessed the war between Phillip Schneider and Joshua Dean.
You made sure to note that there were two sides to “The Franchise”. What he showed heading into the pay-per-view was calmness, the ability to listen and he generally cared for everybody in the locker room. Alas, when he stepped foot in the ring with Schneider, he became a changed man.
And you picked up on the change to use it for your opportunity.
You saw the bright shining side of Joshua Dean beforehand, and that night you saw the dark and, dare I say it, crazy side of the man.
In a way Daniel, you chose to view the sun and the moon of Joshua Dean and you exploited both of them to earn a huge victory. The sun and the moon don’t go together like a yin and a yang. You showed to us that you can, and you will, use that to your advantage.
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After hours spent on the road, with minimal stops along the way, the duo of Penny Shannon and Dave Demento finally arrived to their destination. As the car rumbled its way into the large city of Calgary, the scenery wowed the bright eyed Penny as she soaked in the marvelous sights.
“F*ck man…” started Penny, “This is where you grew up?”
“Yes. Well until I was seventeen.”
“Why’d you leave?”
It was obvious at this point that the Velocity Grrrl was amazed by The Stampede City. She had now taken her phone out from her pocket and was snapping pictures of the city. Her eyes bright red, bloodshot, Shannon had now rolled down her window to take in a breath of fresh air.
“You like this place?”
“Yeah,” started Penny. “It’s beautiful.”
“Can’t get off course, Penny..” replied Dave, “We’re almost near my childhood house. I talked to the ex’s mother while we stopped for gas. My daughter is supposedly living just around the corner.”
“Dude,” shot back Penny, “We did it.”
“Not yet.”
“Yes we did.” started Penny who was now taking in the scenery, “We got you to face your fears and come back to this city.”
Dave smiled as he continued to drive the car around the city streets of Calgary. Penny was still in awe from the sights as Dave turned the corner slowly and slowed down as he approached the address giving to him. The car comes to a complete stop as Dave sits back in his seat and takes a swig of his drink.
“You ready?” questioned Penny as she unbuckled herself from the seat.
“Yeah,” replied Dave nervously.
They both stepped out of the car and onto the sidewalk. Dave’s heart beating faster and faster with every step. Penny followed behind him. Step after step after step, Dave’s heart pushing against his chest. In just a few more steps, he gets to finally see his daughter after a long fourteen years.
Step, step, step. The doorway just up the steps to lead to the deck, but his heart rate kept getting faster. Nervousness, joyfulness and fear all wrapped themselves in a warm blanket inside of Dave’s body.
Up the stairs he went, his eyes focused on the doorknob. His mind racing at a hundred miles per minute. He reached out for it and slowly opened the door as a loud and eerie creek developed. Placing one foot inside of the opening, he fully opened the door and stepped inside of the house. The house that his daughter could’ve been in.
…
But it was empty.
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“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creäture that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creäture that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.”
Day five, your upcoming fifth match.
According to Genesis 1:20 to Genesis 1:23, the fifth day is the day where you multiply the fowl on the earth and fill the waters in the seas with wildlife. Creating a wonderful paradise that all humans shall live on eternally without sin.
In a way Daniel, this is where you gain a following behind you and you showcase to the masses that you are the bright light at the end of the tunnel and that you earn yourself thousands upon thousands of fans wanting to see more of the young Daniel Kirkbride.
Having fans is pretty cool, if I could say so myself, and I really do want you to succeed Daniel.
But for you to garner fans at a speedy pace, that means you will have to defeat me on your fifth day. And I will not stand here and let you do that.
Would you like a little fun fact Daniel?
If not, I’m still going to give you one.
Regarding the fifth day in which God created the difference between heaven and earth, the Egyptian and Mesopotamian mythologies both suggest that God had to do battle with the “tanin”.
“Tanin” is translated to “sea monsters” or “great creatures”, you can choose which one you want to believe, and your almighty God had to fend for himself to rid the world of these creatures before he could get what he wanted.
In essence, as the book of Genesis should be interpreted as, God himself created these monsters. Originally, they were not created with the intention of one day having to go toe to toe, face to face, with their creator.
But they did, Daniel.
And on day five, God was the one who prevailed. God defeated the “tanin” in order to accomplish his mission for the day. He, the almighty, used his powers to his advantage to populate his created world with beautiful creatures.
Now Daniel, I myself believed in God. And I myself have sinned in this world.
But I chose to live with myself as I am. A man on a mission. I respect our Lord just as you do, and sure I don’t attend mass every Sunday, but that doesn’t mean that you are superior than me.
To God, we are equal men. Two men who are both driven by the power of the Lord himself inside of them. That is why we are both good people and why the fans choose to love us. We have the goodness in our hearts, all because of our God.
But Daniel, as much as it’ll pain me to do this to you, I can not let you earn a victory over me. In no way, shape, or form can I let you beat me just like you did Enchanted, Nikki Dean, Gabriel Black, and last week, Joshua Dean.
You have a bright future, Daniel. A really bright future and a victory over me would propel you higher than you actually are. I can help you garner fans this week, helping you somewhat complete your fifth day, but it won’t be by beating me.
No Daniel, I can let you become my friend. Healthy competition, and we will be able to watch each other’s backs. I have never ever turned a friend down, no matter how much pain it would put me in. I have their backs, and I hope that they have mine.
Before and after our match Daniel, regardless the outcome, my hand will be outstretched in the middle of that ring. Open for you to accept the handshake deal, or open for you to decline.
It is your choice Daniel.
But unfortunately, for the sake of all of our fans, I have to be your “tanin”. But this time Daniel, history won’t be repeating itself as God prevailing. This time around, the “tanin” will be the one who will emerge victorious. Due to the fact that this “tanin” is a champion, and needs to prove to the world why he is in fact the champion.
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