Post by Sah'ta Thor/Insidious on Oct 15, 2020 19:07:33 GMT -5
It had been a few hours since the end of Chaos 100 and a battered but now conscious Nathaniel Grant was laying a hospital bed. The fact that he was in a hospital bed after a match wasn't all that shocking to him. What was surprising to him was the reason why. After the grueling match against his now former Son-in-law Nathaniel hadn't expected to be the target of yet another beatdown.
Though the irony that it was his other son-in-law Aaron had been behind the attack wasn't lost as him. He had yet to actually go back to listen to what Aaron had said after the initial unmasking but Nathaniel suspected it would explain a lot about what had been happening over the last few months.
As Nathaniel lay contemplating what his next step inside Carnage Wrestling he wondered if he would receive any visitors. Or as he suspected was the more likely reality if he would be left entirely alone. While he turned on the in room television to see what was on late night Baltimore area programing
Post by Matt Knox "The Raven" on Oct 15, 2020 20:59:15 GMT -5
Matthew would appear in the doorway before long, dressed in street clothes plus a a leather jacket, as the weather has taken a turn for the chilly. He knocks on the doorway, leaning against it to stay upright
Post by Matt Knox "The Raven" on Oct 15, 2020 21:44:11 GMT -5
Matthew limps over, pulling a seat up to the foot of the bed. He takes a seat, hunched over and playing with something in his hand. He remained silent a moment, before looking up and speaking.
"Aaron and them. Real chickenshit, but I been sayin' that....Sorry it went the way it did." he paused, glancing out the window, "All of it." he adds, before returning his gaze back to Nate.
"Is what it is though. And what it is, is over. Insidious, you.........i'm done. No more a thorn in your side."
Post by Sah'ta Thor/Insidious on Oct 15, 2020 21:58:42 GMT -5
"Honestly Matt you could have talked to me at any time before things got this bad."
Nathaniel says with a matter of fact tone.
"Though I should have seen what was going on with Aaron and the rest of Insidious."
There is a moment of silence as Nathaniel takes a deep breath.
"You got what you wanted out of this Matt. As I said going into our match it didn't matter who won the match. You have everything you wanted years ago. The respect of the locker room, people who want you around, and the adoration of the people."
The words were spoken with a matter of fact tone that he tried his best to keep emotionless.
"What is there for me in Carnage now Matt? After everything, the point of my being in the company has been quite blatantly ignored. I know how many people in the company think I am the epitome of evil. So tell me Matt, what place does a man like me have given the perception you have so successfully woven about me? Afterall, no one actually listens to what I had to say."
Nathaniel sighs as he looks at Matt with a frown on his lips.
Post by Matt Knox "The Raven" on Oct 15, 2020 22:09:18 GMT -5
"Any place, if you get off the pity me horseshit." He replies, leaning forward in his seat now and staring at Thor
"What I want? I wanted a match with you back at 94. You said no, I pushed, you pushed, and everyone picked a side. I never asked for help, and no one. No one pulled my strings." he leans back sneering, "Aaron is a punk, I already beat him, Kyuubi, Poppy. If that's the evil in Insidious? I already snuffed it out. You?"
Matthew sighs, shaking his head, "You're free of their stink now, Nate. Free of all the horse shit. If you want a place at the table, you'll find it like you always do. If not? Then you have time to dedicate to all your kids, grand kids, and everyone who matters for a man in your position."
Post by Sah'ta Thor/Insidious on Oct 15, 2020 22:26:24 GMT -5
"What did I tell you about that match Matt? I wanted you at your best not just coming back from over a decade off."
Nathaniel falls silent as he takes a deep breath.
"Regardless what has between us is done. Doesn't change the fact that I still have a brain tumor or that I am daily fighting to keep my sense of self."
Again he falls silent as he lets looks up at the ceiling a bit dazed from the combination of pain and the meds he had being fed into him via iv tube.
Post by Matt Knox "The Raven" on Oct 15, 2020 22:33:07 GMT -5
"Whatever you decide, and wherever you decide to go. Just know that It's done, it's over. We're ghosts to each other, here on out. And I think," he pauses, his expression faltering as he considered his words "I think that, for all that's happened, that's the best we coulda hoped for."
He stands, placing the trinket he was messing with onto the try at the end of Thor's bed.
His wedding band.
"Be well Nate, and if this is your end...I hope you meet it with the same dignity you did your life." He pauses, looks as if he might say something else then shakes his head.
Post by The Madness Menagerie on Oct 16, 2020 13:14:34 GMT -5
Belle Silva was at her wits end. Zephyr was in a coma. Mia was a whirlwind of anxious energy that couldn't be contained; and all she wanted to do was go and comfort her "Sleeping Beauty" Zephyr. As the burnt coffee splashes the way into her overused Styrofoam hospital cup, the smell reminds her of all the realities of the situation swirling around her. In just a few short months, her life had been turned every which way with no signs of slowing down, and all she wanted was just a glimmer of hope at the end of a long, dark, and winding tunnel.
Making her way through the hospital, she gets lost in thought as she sips her coffee, head down, smiling politely at the people that she has gotten to know since Zephyr had ended up here with her broken jaw. They all knew what was going on and they all expressed sympathy in their different ways. As Belle winds her way through the hospital, she looks up suddenly, unsure what had caught her eye as she backs up.
Turning her head, she sees Sah'ta Thor in his hospital bed, "watching" TV though any passerby could tell that he just wasn't into it. Walking over to the open entrance, Belle knocks softly and smiles as Thor looks her way.
Post by Sah'ta Thor/Insidious on Oct 16, 2020 13:24:04 GMT -5
Nathaniel turns to look at the door as he hears the question. He had to wonder what was actually going on given this is was the second visitor he had that night. He turns off the television and nods slightly.
Post by The Madness Menagerie on Oct 16, 2020 13:27:53 GMT -5
Belle nods slightly, coming in and sitting down next to the bed. She takes an awkward sip of coffee, her eyes bloodshot from a healthy mixture of crying and no sleep.
"I... Heard about what happened at 100 to you, I'm sorry Nathaniel. How are you holding up?"