#EducationalAndShimmering

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(OOC: Word Count 796)



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The beaming presence of Skylar Cloud is in an empty college lecture room, standing by a slide projector as our shot opens up. The reason is simple; she's here to educate some fools.



"This is exciting, isn't it? As Bob Ross said, the times they are a changin'!"



Dylan, Bob Dylan.



"The great thing about change, and about fresh slates is you have a chance to make sure the past doesn't matter. Which is exactly the opportunity everyone here has gotten! It doesn't matter if you've been around LDFC since the dawn of time like Butcher, whether you're just another name in the pack, or if you're Walmart Rob Gronkowski there and made yourself look like a grade A idiot by thinking you can classify some people as threats and others as not being ones in an over the top rope battle royal! Because not only does everyone here have the chance to call themselves something special, a champion

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The glint in her eyes as she utters that last word borders on unnerving.



" ... but this is exactly the kind of match where you can throw the previous tape out the window! What matters is the same quality that makes a great Champion, that extra spark which allows someone to rise to the occasion. That allows them to be so locked in that they can both keep their head on a swivel, and be prepared to overcome when the unexpected inevitably happens. Having that spark is so important, because it's not the title that makes the wrestler, it's the wrestler that makes the title."



She seems exceedingly proud of that cliche.



"It doesn't matter the intent behind the belt to honor the history of the Old North, while shining a light to the future or any of that mumbo jumbo. Because the intent of a title doesn't matter unless the person carrying it upholds it. As they shape it in their own image they can either drag it down, or raise it to heights beyond what was intended. And who better to raise it those heights, than well ... me? I'm a shimmering beacon of hope, a unique pure snowflake in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and basically the main event of this show by proxy!"



Skylar starts the slide projector to reveal a ridiculously convoluted flowchart displaying many 'facts' to display her point such as: 'PMS and TSS approved by TCB, Saved Emily's career, & Ended a 2nd Impact headliner's (Bronco) win streak which included one over Emily's friend'.



“Indisputable proof, and if you try to deny that anyways? Well that's fine, because I'm the type of leader that stays positive and just works that much harder to be the positive voice, the pillar of strength LDFC, nay the world needs in these trying times! Try to drown me in your sea of hate all you want, but you can't deny there's only one Skylar Cloud. I'm not part of a 'douche nation' of people just like me, I'm not an extravagant 'Madam' in a company that already has a Baroness, I am all of you and none of at once!”



We don't know what the hell that last bit means, but she seems enthusiastic about it.



“And with the spotlight this will give me, and how I will milk it for everything I can, making sure people know the name Skylar Cloud: Old North Champion far and wide? Everyone will have no choice but to feel the warm embrace of PMS, and TSS! With that, Madame Cas will be able to find a way to live up to the legacy she inherits as the lovechild of Damon Wayans and an Italian Greyhound! Butcher can find a spark to be something great, not just a ruffian! Becky can achieve the heights of her recently retired 'idol' who she didn't have the manners to tweet thanks for a great career! Aric Keaton can become a leader, and future Champion instead of a spineless man who lets his buddy lead him around by the balls and control his path in life! Shinjooki can become something more than literally every stoic fighting spirit-u Japanese wrestling stereotype ever! Mercy Williams can become more than the Dawson's Creek extra she currently is, and like the Wizard of Oz I can make sure that Walmart Gronk finally gets the brain he so desperately needs!”



She takes a large step forward, looking straight ahead.



“At Third Strike the future of the Old North, of the LDFC is at stake. That giant clusterthingy at 2nd Impact didn't go my way, but everything happens for a reason. That reason being so I could carry this torch forward, and make you all ...



Skylar draws in a sharp breath.



“Reach for the Skylar.”