Patronizing. | Unstoppable #9 | RP #1

Artemis sat down in her locker room at the Toronto Wrestling Academy. She stretched a tad while her friendly cameraman walked around her. He nervously nodded to tell her that she was on. After strapping on her shinguard, she stood up. She walked around nonchalantly before looking towards the camera.

Artemis: “Wow, a management that actually listens to their superstars. I am impressed, Gravitt, I am honestly impressed. I guess I don’t have to go around cracking skulls of all the females on this roster. That will save a lot in the medical bills; so good for you!”

Artemis beamed her politician smile.

Artemis: “Now, let’s move on the main idea here…Shawna Martinez. The MSW Women’s Champion, hm, the belt looks good on you. I believe I stated this before. If I was merely a watcher, instead of an active member of the MSW roster, I would root for you. But that is mainly because I don’t like anyone else here! Now, you made a critical error! Let me get out the dictionary here to explain to you what you did wrong.”

She did, in fact, have a dictionary next to her. She heaved the large thing up and opened it. After shuffling, she pressed a finger on a word.

Artemis: “Patronizing. It is a verb. Ahem! Patronizing is to talk to someone in a way that shows you believe that you are more intelligent or better than other people.”

She closed the dictionary and dropped back onto the table with a heavy thud.

Artemis: “Let us cut back to last week where I was the first guest on the Boneyard! Oh, it was fun. Johnny B., or as I like to call him, Johnny Bonecrushed, (as I like to call him), made the same error that you did. You patronized me. Now, we saw where Bonecrushed ended up. He was lying on the ground, holding his old body parts in agony.”

Artemis: “You will provide more of a fight. You are MSW’s Women Champion for a reason. But you won’t be, if you continue to make the same mistakes. I have tremendous respect for you. You came out there and dominated Tamara Rose last week; it was a sight to behold. Yet you are preparing for a different monster, a dragon. Let us run down my credentials. I currently hold brown belts in Brazilian Ji-Jutsu and Kickboxing. I have given a poor female a concussion with one critical kick to the head. You might have the height advantage and you might be used to wrestling these small, scrawny girls. However, I think I can hang with you. You will someone to actually wrestle.”

She flexed to show off her muscles. Gosh, she was proud of them. Honestly, they did just come in like a few weeks ago, but they looked marvelous.

Artemis: “Now, I hear you are friends with my little brother. That does not give you any right to call me a nickname that only my family uses. You know about family, right? You are overstepping boundaries already and it is grating on my nerves. So, you got me riled up. See, I damaged Helen Hirano when I was in a content mood; what do you think will happen to you if I am angry. Call me the damn Hulk, because you surely will not like me when I am angry.”

Artemis: “I am at the peak of mental health. I am the poster child for it! Yeah, I am not like Marie Porter, who is too happy to be close to sanity. I am not Kat Jones, who has gone off the deep end to get attention and to cope with the loss of her boytoy and her chance at being MSW Women’s Champion. I don’t walk the edge, Shawna. I throw people off of it. I make people go insane, because that what’s necessary nowadays.”

Artemis: “If I am to beat you this week, think about the spectacle. Unstoppable Nine: “the undefeated upstart getting her second victory on the nearly undefeated Shawna Martinez”. Wow, that will make headlines. More so than a loser and my even worse brother getting a chance to be dominated by Bryce Manning at the same time! And think about this. If I am to beat you this week and get a chance at your championship, think how I will progress the next week. Every day, I get better and better. My mind gets sharper, my body gets stronger, and it is another day of experience under my belt. By the time Back to Basics rolls around, I will be a black belt in Kickboxing. Artemis Kaiser, undefeated, black belt Kickboxing practitioner, defeated Shawna Martinez…yeah, sounds about right.”

Artemis: “You also have the disadvantages if you believe it or not. Let us see. If you bring your A-game and lose, then I beat it. If you don’t, then you’re going to still be embarrassed. Being the champion means you always have to protect your image. I know my disadvantages coming into this match, because I have had all this time to study you. The weeks and weeks until last week, I have been researching you. I think my brother said something like this before: ‘study the game or become a victim of it”. Something like that. Anyways, I got something to show you.”

She pulled up a piece of paper with a picture of her posing on it. “Artemis Kaiser: Live at MSW this Thursday!”

Artemis: “I am going to be out in that ring. I want to explain to these fans what I am about, because they apparently do not know. So, you can get out there and meet me face to face, because you have this belief that I am scared of you. That is your arrogance speaking Shawna. And arrogance is the first step to eventual failure. That is a psychology tip. See you out there. And also, bring your belt and your attention. I am going to forewarn you. If you dare even talk to me like I am a child, I will break your nose before our match even happens.”