R&D and other oddities(open)

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Camera flashes to life, shows a nice office atmosphere. Cheerful employees are busy working, a big AFW logo dominates the background. The camera goes through the ranks, taking course on a big separate bureau at the end of the bureau for the administration of AFW where Garuga Ise is already waiting, with folded arms on her back, going for a casual but ready for business impression.

"Ah, there you are."
The female giant smiles friendly. A company sign, fitted nicely on her tailor made women fashion suit credits her as a senior road agent and manager of the R&D department, slightly bowing before the camera with a winning smile.
"Dear ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the R&D department of AFW. I am Lieutnant Garuga Ise, senior road agent and officially sanctioned head of the wellness policy department. And on top of that, I have the honor and privilege to be your host tonight. Irassheimase."

She turned around to finally enter her own bureau where a secretary hides a flipchart before the camera, positioning herself beside the carefully selected bombshell secretary. Not that she was able to spot a difference between a toaster and a computer, but PR had lots of uses for her.
"Today, I have the privilege to present the interested fans some data about our wonderful organization, courtesy of Miss von Kreutzfeld to give our humble department some air time for the fans and the wrestlers interested in some statistics. And without forther time to spare, I give you this:"
the secretary pulled the curtain down, revealing the chart:
Name: Won: Draw: Loose: (No contests are not listed: No shirt, no shoes no service^^)
Main Event(Jul 12):
Friction Champion Sarah Gatt: 11 1 3
Entropy Champion Brittany Luvve: 3 0 4
Harcore Champion Cecillia Northman: 14 1 2
Hentai Champion(pending)
Akashi Tanikaze: 16 1 6
Natalia: 12 1 3
Angel: 4 2 5
Tiffany Laurence: 3 0 4
Heather Sunderland: 9 1 5
Kelly Conway: 3 1 6
Adrian Kytes: 7 1 2
Taylor Parker: 5(2) 0 4(1)
Megumi Mutoh: 8 1 5
Upper Midcard(any former Challenger for a Singles Belt, Program with any champ)
Sarah O'Sullivan 5 0 3
Sabre 1 0 3
Sandy Starlight 6 0 2
Sasha Brenshov 7 0 2
Tessa Price 1 1 1
Akiko Berrett 0 1 1
Midcard(these fine ladies and everyone left)
Reyna Showers 0 0 2
Lisa Giordani 5 0 4
Kia Manaputo 0 0 1
Shiori 1 0 1

"What you have here is a little gem our R&D dug out for you. You may think: Hey, it's wrestling, who cares who wins and who loses as long as it's nude or competetive? If that's the case, feel free to endure this program anyway. Please, we need the airtime badly to promote AFW."
Ise turned her head to the side and raised an eyebrow to underline the goofy idea of AFW needing more airtime.
"But rejoice, there may be also something here from you! Maybe some wrestlers come out from their hiding to tell us of their accomplishments, maybe not. Gathering all wrestlers data is an arduous task, and we don't always have the time to do it. Anyway, the node is free and accesible from every computer in AFW, you can call in on our conference or at #EvenAFWR&Disboringtosome."

"Hold the phone here! Hold the god-daamn phone!" Someone shouted off-screen in what sounded like some-one trying to do a very bad impression of a texan accent before the camera panned over to one Adrian Kytes, dressed with poofy blonde hair, large shades, a pink pastel suit and her ICW/ICWA Tri-State TV title proudly displayed around her waist. Not to mention the 6'4" Amazon behind her.

"Now this is all well and good getting all scientifical. BUT! You've made some big mistakes here missy and it's your good luck that I'm here to fix it." She declared pulling out a marker pen before she moved over to the chart.

"You're first mistake was on the figures, first this is a singles board, tag matches don't count so I think that's a loss off my record." the Cosplayer said crossing out the loss collumn "And secondly, the DQ was in a triple threat matches. Since you can't get a DQ win unless it's elimination, which it wasn't, that match was ruled a no-contest. That reduces my loss count to zero. As it should be for the Only undefeated woman on the roster"

"Secondly! While putting me into the main event is all well and good. Everyone knows I'm the only reason people watch this show, so I shouldn't have to share mah spot with any of these ham-and-eggers. So Becks, if you would do the honors? Haha!" She cackled as the amazon pulled put a bunch of sticky labels from a small bag, sticking them over any of the other names on the list, so that the only name in the Main Event was Adrian Kytes.

Suddenly the lights of the arena went down leaving the whole place completely dark, save for the flashes of the camera's and cellphones. A few whistles could be heard from the confused crowd and then an [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBlVj-aiPcI:as6tly6k]eerie tune[/url:as6tly6k] began to play, a tune the crowd knew too well as they began to cheer wildly, exploding with a deafening roar as the song picked up tempo and the lights shoot up like fire illuminating the sinuous figure of The Dream standing in the entrance area, wearing a very tight black mini dress that made her toned legs look even longer, and a microphone in one hand.

It took a couple of minutes for the crowd to calm down, time The Dream used to pose with a devilish smile on her lips, rocking her hips from side to side gently as she looked at Adrian and Rebecca. Once the volume of the crowd was low enough for the blue-eyed cutie to speak she moved the mic to her luscious red lips. "My my Adrian-chan... you sure have a... lets say... happy... way of doing maths..." The Dream said drawing a cheer from the crowd. "Not that I am saying that you are lying... I... wouldn't like to call you a liar... but I feel your are a bit...factually challenged..." she continued struggling not to laugh.

"First... lets clarify something... Your record. So tag matches and DQs don't count, uh?" Natalia asked as she moved towards the chart and where Adrian and Becca where standing. "I guess then it will only make sense to not count all the times you have... CHEATED!" the crowd roared again as The Dream nearly yelled that last word in Adrian's face. "I...wouldn't like to call you a cheater...but... if we don't count all times you have... bent the rules backwards...forwards...outwards...and inwards... your totally victory count is...lets see...mmmhhh..." Natalia took a pause and tapped her cute chin with a finger as if she was doing very difficult maths to then yell back "ZERO!" While she held her hand in front of Adrian's face doing a '0' shape with her fingers.

The Dream then walked back as if she was going to leave while the crowd continued cheering for her to then turn around. "oh... I almost forgot about second..." She said with a cute smile and she began to speak to Adrian with a very condescending tone as if she was speaking to small child. "Adrian....Cutie... I am the biggest draw in this show...I am... THE. [size=150:as6tly6k]MAIN.[size=200:as6tly6k] EVENT." The Dream said echoed by the crowd as if they were a chorus.

Ise was playing along as Adrian came in and corrected her, but was not really happy when it happened while showing an interested face to the whole scenery. She had envisioned this to be a nice little video conference thing, not two bozzos coming in and raining in her parade.

And on top of that, the third bozzo of course was not far away from this and entered the ramp soon after Adrian Kytes had ended her monologue. But still she was clapping for the entrance of Natalia like any good employee while she was slowly shifting to the charts table next to Rebecca until she stood beside her.
"Who do you think you are to storm in here like this?"
she addressed the Amazon through clenched teeth but with a happy face.
"I am gonna play along with it cause of the ratings, but tell your friend not to go overboard with it until the airtime nears its end. Or else I will slap you, your fatty haired friend and this porn version of a wrestler at that ramp with a lot of funny stuff like peeing in every pot, glass or cup available for the sake of wellness policy after every match you have, or pull some strings and let you sing and do the safety dance for every highway patrol officer out there as soon as you set a foot in a car, bike or even the bus. Got that?"

Thinking about the whole situation, maybe this could also help her out a little bit. If she managed to handle this in a good way, Miss von Kreutzfeld would surely be pleased with her and the ratings. And maybe there were also some midcard talents out there that could use some exposure with the big dogs? Even through all of her corrupt layers, she kind of really cared for wrestling.
"Adrian Kytes and Natalia the Dream, Ladies and Gentleman! What an honor for our humble department. Irassheimase to the both of them!"
Ise put on her best game face for this, neither addressing any of the two main eventers but continuing to host the show behind them. If she could lure some of the midcarders out too, her job of making shows for them would be much easier.
"Video conference access is still open, Ladies of Friction! Feel free to share some insight with the audience. Or take an example of Miss Natalia and Miss Kytes..."

Rebecca was unfazed by the Road Agent's threats, even though most people would think of her as a potential casualty of the Wellness policy, the big amazon didn't have a lot of sympathy for the German. "You brought this out to the middle of the ring, what did you think was going to happen? Honestly?" She asked quietly while keeping her eyes fixed on the newest addition to the crew: Natalia.

Adrian and Natalia had a lot of turbulent history to be sure: when Adrian was trying to get a foothold with a talk show, Natalia had been her first guest and choked out the cosplayer, then Adrian had handed Natalia her first loss in the company by hook or by crook. For the most part though, the two had been friends and despite breaking off, she thought the two were about neutral with each other.

But give them live mics and all bets were off. Adrian was starting to shake a little and was giving her hardest death glare to The Dream, Rebecca readied herself because this could explode any second. She really didn't like people interrupting her promo time.

"You're calling me factually challenged?" Adrian asked, popping a stick of gum in her mouth she didn't grind her teeth with frustration "My complaints were legitimate, seeing as no-one won: no-one lost and tag matches shouldn't go towards a singles record. BUT! I didn't come out here to change history or anything like that, unlike you. See I can see a little bit in your loss column and I wonder who started all that off? Oh, right: [size=150:1hizm4m2]ME!" She yelled back, really getting in Natalia's face over this. "AND ALL OF YOU CAN SHUT THE HELL UP TOO!" the cosplayer shouted at the crowd before turning back "So don't try and get around making people forget the time I kicked your ass by trying to belittle my achievements."

"As for you being the main attraction here, it's a simple matter of working out what each of us offer, and it's real simple even someone like you could figure it out. I offer AFW, no, the WORLD a unique experience. Something where you have to tune in to see me 'cause there's no other way to get this much pure, unleaded, awesome in a still image or podcast."

"Whereas if anyone wanted to see all you had to offer, all they have to do is boot up a computer, get connected to the world wide web anytime anywhere, and do a Google image search for 'the biggest slut this side of the sahara!" She shot back, much to the disapproval and shock of the crowd. Now baying for the cosplayer to get her ass kicked.

Once again the arena would be bathed in darkness, the crowd fell silent....no sounds was made for a good five seconds, before a light started to shine, more started up one by one all of them together shun down only on the ramp and the entire runway up to the ring. Soon enough the lights that stood as white only a second ago...turned red and covered the path in a crimson shade.

Sound started to echo through the arena, the sound that caused the crowd to go wild, the cheers erupting like a volcano throughout the arena, as [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69DASLTHzA&feature=youtu.be:x5uj1zqd]The Arrival of the Hardcore Queen[/url:x5uj1zqd] Started blasting out of the speakers and made the signal that The Hardcore Queen herself, Cecilia Northman was making her appearance tonight. Cecilia stepped out onto the ramp and looked over at both Natalia, Adrian and Rebecca.

The Crowd was still going wild as the Hardcore Queen, clad in full ring gear out here. Wearing her black and red wrestling set as well as carrying her title belt slung over her right shoulder. When the crowd calmed down, Cecilia raised the microphone that she carried in her free hand to her lips, her music finally died down and she was able to speak. " No no no no! The three of you seem to have gotten something a bit wrong here. There is at least one thing that you all have gotten wrong AT LEAST!" Cecilia spoke to all three of them, and Becks of course.

" You see ! Both Natty and Addy seem to think that they are the true main events around here! But that is wrong ! " Cecilia called out to the two girls. " You see, if there is anyone right here, right now that can be called the REAL MAIN EVENT! It's me !" Cecilia said with a little smirk on her lips. " I'm the only one here with a championship, I am the only one here that's got enough wins to almost rival the former Friction Champion, AND I AM THE GOD DAMN HARDCORE QUEEN!" Cecilia shouted out, but not in anger, the last part she shouted with joy...which got more intense as the crowd started to chant for the Hardcore Queen.

" Next thing I think you know Addy! undefeated ? Really going to go out and say that ? " Cecilia said as she had a teasing look on her face as she heard looked at Adrian, trying to catch her stare with her own red eyes. " I do have another bone to pick though, one that should be addressed. Why isn't Rebecca up on that list ?!" Cecilia shouted out with a bit of anger in her voice as she then looked over to Rebecca and would throw her a light wink.

The next heavy hitter appeared, scratching a slight sight out of the Japanese senior road Agent. Not that she would not like the attention the Queen of Hardcore brought in, but she surely was no up and comer to challenge one of the big dogs, and on top of that, had some unpleasant question in her backpack, causing her to take a more active role in this *fuckery*.
"Go to security and tell them to prepare to get my ass out of here if things get ugly."
She told the secretary, covering her mic. Individually, Ise feared none of the ladies, but when two banded together, her chances were slim at best.

"Irassheimase, Miss Northman! Technically, you're right with your claim at the moment until either Miss Luvve or Miss Gatt decide to enter the arena. Yes, I said Miss Luvve. To my knowledge, every promotion has the hardcore belt or any other gimmick belt listed as tertiary belt, and the Intercontinental, US or TV belt as secondary."
everyone of these ladies thought of themselves as Joohhhnnn Scheeennaaa as it seemed, which was amusing and sad at the same time, pressing a slight and slightly sarcastic smirk out of if Ise.
"Regarding your question, Miss Tomko is not on the list because she is more of a Manager or Enforcer for Miss Kytes. Sure, she's also actively wrestling, but just take a look at her latest wrestling match, a gimmick hardcore feud match with another big girl. But if Miss Tomko tells us her record and Miss Kytes is so glad to remove one of her stickers for her, I will gladly list her in the midcard, concluding she has not taken part in a program with a champion."

Adrian was about to kickstart another Tirade against Natalia before Cecilia showed up, her friend doing nothing to lighten the cosplayer's mood. It probably made it a lot worse. She couldn't back down now, she was too hyped up and angry.

"Well if it isn't the collection of people who've lost to me." She said sternly, glaring harshly at the newest entrant before Ise tried once again to regain control while Rebecca hung back. She wasn't exactly proud of how well she was doing here and did under no circumstances want to be dragged into this mess, the big amazon simply shook her head.

"Our esteemed agent makes a good point. While you may have a Hardcore belt, I posses a higher ranking belt than you." She said through gritted teeth, pulling her ICW/ICWA belt onto her shoulder. "That belt you have, how old is it? A couple of months since it was re-activated. Natalia? Where's your title belt, because I don't see one. This belt, MY belt: has been around longer, been defended many more times, been on the line all around the world! and is such way more prestigious than whatever you two have. Combined." It wasn't a yell for once, she'd managed to regain control of her voice instead off yelling her lungs off at both of them. It was more of a hiss, as the cosplayer took off her sunshades to get a better glare.

"And yes I am saying that. And you've got no proof otherwise, there's nothing you or anyone else can say to disprove that Adrian Kytes, not anyone else, Adrian Kytes!" she re-iterated the name to get her point across. It would be a really low move for Cecilia to reveal what she was doing in her supposed break. "Has not lost a single one on one match in AFW." Adrian finished, clutching the mic so hard her knuckles had turned white. Why was she the only one who got really frustrated, really angry. Everyone else seemed to be a cool headed 'better than you' badass while Adrian and Rebecca were the only two who felt emotions other than smug in front of a crowd.

Natalia watched amused as Cecilia made her entrance and listened to the Valkyre bragging and Adrian's retort while giggling. Unlike Adrian, Natalia was having a lot of fun as usual, even if it hurt her a bit that Adrian kept reminded her of their match. She stepped back, and moved to one of the corners, she didn't wanted to be flanked by Adrian, Rebecca and Cecilia, all three were very dangerous in their own way and although for Natalia all this was a game, she could tell that at least for Adrian it was very serious, which made her all the more willing to keep poking at her. The Dream climbed to the corner and sat on top of the turnbuckle with her shoes on the ropes, facing towards the ring.

"My my...Adrian-chan... seems like you are not only factually challenged... but have deep self-awareness issues...your joke title? Seriously?" Natalia said giggling a bit. "Awesomeness? Really? Please Adrian... everybody is bored to dead with your matches... watching you get your ass kicked until Beccazilla comes to save your ass or you pull some dirty trick to steal a win is getting old... fast... Maybe that is why Adrian Kytes' matches are also known among the fans as bathroom time..." Natalia laughed aloud after that as the crowd cheered and then she got up on the second rope pointing with a finger to Cecilia now.

"Cecilia is kind of right... but I fear she is a bit factually challenged too...Sure sure... you are a very well known hardcore wrestler...but... come one lets get real... the people that like trash wrest... I mean hardcore wrestling is a minority..." Natalia sit down as the crowd got louder with a good portion of them booing while the rest cheered for The Dream. "Now.. let me tell you something...and get this into your thick blonde heads..." Natalia said to the three blondes, poking her own head with a finger. "The fans don't come to AFW to see violent thugs or cartoony villians... they can see that in just about any other show out there. What the people come to see... is the wrestling that no other federation does... what the AFW offers that nobody else in the world dares to show... that all other networks think is just...too hot, too risky, too sexy... is well... ME the crowd exploded with a roar of approval and while The Dream giggled, sitting in the top turnbuckle, the fans began to chant na-ta-lia-na-ta-lia all over the arena.

As the three had their moment out there, arguing over who was the best it seemed, it piqued the interest of another girl. Heather was almost surprised that she was actually being finally recognized as a main eventer, but it her mind that's how it should have been from the start when it really came down to it.

Soon "The Heart I Once Had"by Nightwish would play over the speakers, met with a mixed reaction from the members of the crowd. Soon after, Heather Sunderland would step out onto the ramp, quickly directing her eyes to Cecilia, Adrian, Rebecca, and Natalia. She would tap her foot a bit before bringing the mic up to her own lips.

"Where do you all get off claiming to be the best one on the main event scene? No offense to you two, Cecilia and Adrian, we're still friends when it comes down to it, but you both have it wrong. Adrian, I've never even HEARD of that title. I wouldn't be surprised if you made that belt yourself. Cecilia, yeah you're hardcore champion, but I remember our current champ, as much of a scum as she is, beating you before." Heather would then look over at Natalia, glaring at her for a few seconds before bringing the mic back up to her lips.

"You already know what I think of you Natalia.." She would say simply, a barely visible slight tint of red on her face as she glared at her. She would shake her head afterwards. "Anyways! When it comes down to it, I am the number one contender, not any of you or anyone else on that list. Fuck records, once I beat Gatt at Avalanche, those records wont matter for a second!"