Colorado may have not have been thought of as a hotspot but if one had enough connections that could at least discover a swanky party or two. Rubbing elbows with quasi-celebrities or simply feeling more important than boring people. Maryse, being the blonde, stunning woman of low moral fiber that she was, didn't have a difficult time finding such a party. It just meant putting her considerable talent with 'negotiations' to good use. In her mind, a party was in order. Her partner, young Paige, had made it to the final four of the Queen of the Ring tournament and was on the cusp of potentially winning the entire thing if luck and skill were on her side. Quite an impressive feat for someone who was still two months away from her 21st birthday. The sun had sunk and night fall had taken over as the pair of female wrestlers stood outside of large home where music could be heard thumping away even from their distance outside. They were a trio tonight as Paige had brought Tensai along as well. The towering, large man would probably be mistaken for their body guard if he wasn't dressed in ill-fitting gothic attire, selected by Paige of course.
Maryse: Did you have to bring that?
Maryse shot a nasty look up at the bald headed, giant of a man who returned the glare with an equally hateful expression.
Paige: Yes.
Ignoring Tensai, Maryse stepped in front of Paige and placed her hands on the Brit's shoulders.
Maryse: You need to celebrate. You're are going to be the queen, girl. We are getting you LAID tonight!
Maryse and Paige had very different views on sex. Maryse was all about it and wouldn't turn down much of anyone as long as they weren't ugly or fat. Or were American and thought they were from Japan Nor did she care what kind of person they were. Paige was quite the opposite. She had ridiculously high standards and strings men along. She also is more concerned with what's on the inside than superficial things. However, she had a very strange and twisted view on what attractive is. Tensai, obviously, wasn't too keen on this idea.
Paige: Whatever.
Paige's pale face was dull and mostly deadpan.
Maryse: You have to winnnn. Understand? You don't let that BITCH Angelina get past both of us. Grind that anorexic goblin's face into the mat.
Maryse was a little sore about losing her crown if it wasn't apparent.
Paige: I'll break her neck if that's what it takes.
The completely cold way that Paige uttered her threat thrilled Maryse.
Maryse: Good girl! Now let's go. Tell your bald, fat lapdog not to make eye contact with me.
Maryse slid behind Paige and began ushering her on inside while Tensai contemplated how much time he would get for punching a woman. Upon entering the music became increasingly louder. The inside of the huge home looked more like some kind of night club. There was a large disco ball in the center of the ceiling and other lights that swirled around the blue tinted room. A DJ could be spotted in the corner with turntables and a laptop to provide the musical selections. It was packed with well dressed people. The trio that entered got a lot of initial attention since they were all on television pretty regularly. Tensai was a big, scary looking guy with a tattoo on his face, Maryse was gorgeous and wearing a skimpy outfit, and Paige's gothic lolita fashion stood out since no one was else was dressed like her.
Maryse: God DAMN I wonder who lives here?!
One of the party goers slid up beside Paige and almost put his arm around her until Tensai intervened. He placed a hand on the young man's face and sent him sailing away with a mere push. Paige hadn't told him to do that but she almost grinned since she would have instructed him to do so anyway.
Maryse: Ugh. Listen. I'm going to go mingle. You had better do the same thing! I want you PREGNANT when the night is over with, alright? Don't let your gorilla get in the way! Get wasted! Indulge! Think about how Angelina is going to look when you bust her face open!
Maryse snatched Paige by her dark blue colored dress and leaned in closely, talking through gritted teeth.
Maryse: If you don't make that ho bleed all over the ring..
Paige: Yeah. Yeah. I get it. I'll catch her with a net, kill her with an axe, bury her with a shovel and plant a tree on her grave. I will gather all of her friends around who, none the wiser, will eat the fruits from the tree that has grown off of her rotting flesh. They will admire how good it tastes. I will erase her.
Paige wasn't trying to be "dark" or "foreboding." She was just trying to say something that would get Maryse to shut the fuck up about losing her crown. But it didn't seem to disturb Maryse very much which may have been very telling about her.
Maryse: ..COOL. Catch ya later!
Maryse went strutting over to a big group of guys and was sure to be a big hit amongst them. Paige remain where she stood with Tensai looming over her, adjusting the black, skull covered tie that he was wearing. There was a lot of booze and god knows what floating around.
Paige: Let's get some air.
Paige seemed as though she were already bored and headed out onto a large balcony where Tensai swiftly followed after her. She leaned against the wooden structure and turned her sight towards the stars.
Tensai: I'm afraid I must agree with something Angelina said.
Paige didn't respond. She had heard Tensai but wasn't particularly interested in his musings at the moment.
Tensai: Maryse has no respect for your profession. She's merely here the outside activities that come along with it.
Paige: I don't have any respect for pro wrestling either.
This came as quite a surprise to large man.
Tensai: Pardon?
Paige: I have the same attitude.
Tensai: I'm aware that you don't care about your family but you were practically raised into this sport.
Paige: Maybe if I was a man I would think differently.
The raven haired beauty strolled up to Tensai and twirled a finger around his tie. His heart already began to beat a little faster until Paige pushed him back just a step or two with her palm.
Paige: It might not seem like it but Maryse and I had very noble intentions at one point. The whole reason we came together is because we wanted to get women into the spotlight. Not just in this company but all of them. We wanted to be in the main events on Warfare and pay per views. We wanted to be bigger than just..diva's. So we did absolutely everything we could to try and get noticed. We did and said anything to get a reaction out of people. We teamed up with Paul Heyman because he promised to get us exposure. We wanted to transcend this bubble women get put into.
She rolled her eyes.
Paige: But that's impossible when we're the only two with any kind of aspirations to be something more. Angelina or Velvet are just concerned with being good wrestlers or being pretty. They aren't capable of anything else. They're content with where they are. Just being "good" and "pretty." Nobody realized that the "whore" and the "emo" were trying to accomplish something The Beautiful couldn't dream of on their best day.
Paige rubbed her chin slightly.
Paige: Honestly, at one point I might have been at least a little inspired by them. When they were both in TNA they were the highest ratings draws in the company for a little while. They had a chance to step up. Not just for them but for all women in this line of work. They could have been seen as equal or even more important than the men.
A sigh of disgust escaped her.
Paige: ..But, as I said, they have no drive and are their tiny pea brains couldn't comprehend anything else other than caking up their faces and shaking their asses around. They aren't any better than your Tessmacher's or Aksana's of the world. They're just wrapped up in a nicer package. They might actually be more pathetic since they basically ruined it for the rest of us. We wouldn't even be having this discussion if Maryse and I had been in their position. I thought perhaps when they arrived in EBWF they would really reach that potential but then they started fighting amongst themselves and that was an abysmal failure.
Tensai remained silent and just allowed of her words to soak into his head.
Paige: If I were Angelina I would be very envious of me. Everyone should be. I'm tall. I'm pretty. I'm young. I'm already better at wrestling than her in half of the time. It doesn't matter if she was the top dog a few years ago around here because when I beat her it's going to wash that all away. I'm going to have beaten Velvet Sky, Torrie Wilson, Angelina Love and either A.J. and Trish in back to back weeks. When I'm done with that I'll beat MsChif and become the youngest Women's Champion in the company's history. And all Angelina's going to be is just a discarded memory from the past. Forgotten. A relic. A ghost.
She cleared her throat.
Paige: Sorry if I start sounding melodramatic. Years of writing poems in my dysfunctional ass home comes out sometimes.
Tensai seemed even more enamored and his eyes were lighting up.'
Paige: Shut up, Tensai.
She almost hissed and he lowered his head.
Paige: Point is..I'm using this as sort of a last resort. I had planned on just winning this tournament, winning the title, and taking off to Hollywood with Maryse to MAKE someone use us for SOMETHING. But we have a plan. Everything I just described? That list of victims? That's our way in.
A small smirk formed on her impenetrable face and her eyes lowered to a darker state.
Paige: "The beautiful, gothic young upstart who tore through the best women wrestlers in the company and made it look easy." ..Sounds good, doesn't it? If that doesn't get the promotional machine behind us nothing will. Other than Maryse getting Wes to knock her up. Which, actually, was a plan at one point.
She stepped back over to Tensai and smoothed her palms along his chest.
Paige: I have to get past Angelina. I don't really care much about honor. Just getting the job done. So if you have to choke slam that bitch to get the job done I would strongly advise you to do just that. If Velvet tries to get involved you could give her something to really cry about. Everyone, including Velvet and Angelina, need to know that I'm not messing around.
Tensai: I..
Choke bombing pretty women seemed like an alien concept to Tensai and probably was to most men.
Paige: You have it in you. You're ruthless. I watched you in Japan.
Tensai: Y..You did?
Paige: I did. I know you're just here for laughs.
Tensai: ..I..also watched you when you were in Shimmer.
This might have been a touching moment but..
Paige: I was, like, SIXTEEN.
Paige took a step backwards and her face twisted up in repugnance.
Tensai: N-No! Not for that reason! For your ability! Nothing more!
Paige: Heh.
She released something close to a laugh.
Paige: That's really kind of messed up. But that's why I like you.
Tensai's tie was yanked down so that his enormous head was closer to Paige's eye level. She leaned in closely and whispered.
Paige: I can handle Angelina just like I took care of Velvet. But if things get out of hand you need to break her in half. No hesitation. Velvet gave me some trouble and Angelina is light years better than her. I want to feel..relaxed.
Before he could respond she gave his ear just the slightest of nibbles and that was enough to make him comply with just about anything she had in mind.
Tensai: Yes. If need be I will whoop that trick.
Paige: Mm.
Nodding slowly she assumed he must have heard Maryse say something similar. She strolled past him and allowed a few of her fingers to dance along his arm.
Paige: A future Queen could use a knight after all.
Paige slipped back inside of the home where the party was still raging and left Tensai alone on the deck in his lovesick stupor.
