Meltdown 135: Titus Avison vs. Batti Otaku (Non Title)

[Richard Blonoff]

Deadline is Monday, Novembers 14th, 11:59PM CST. Extensions available upon request.​

 

[Spidey Revivey]

Batti Otaku licked her lips, stood on her tiptoes, and placed her most recent artwork on the refrigerator. The magnets kept the sheet of paper of her and Action Saxton from falling to the floor. She slowly took a step back and observed her handiwork. With hands on her hips, she called for Ramparte, her boyfriend.

His wheelchair creaked from an opposing room.

Batti: "Konnichiwa! Lookie what I made, husbando." ^_^

As he entered, The Recluse smiled.

Ramparte: "What's this? You and another guy. Should I be jealous, Miss Otaku?"

Batti: "Oh that's Action Saxton. You know, from SaboSax. You and Flex beat their record for most title defenses. Eh, it's not the best picture. I could only find a blue pen. I smudged myself a little. And I'm not good at drawing the feet..."

Ramparte: "Why Action Saxton, though? Seems like a very specific artistic choice."

In another corner of the ring, Batti Otaku seems to have taken quite the shine to Action Saxton and the two are now in the middle of a game of Patty Cake. The crowd can scarcely believe what they are seeing as the speed of the game gets faster until it is so fast that their hands have become nothing but a serious blur. Saxton focusses hard on the direction of his hands as a few beads of sweat begin trickling from his forehead onto his brow. Batti, on the other hand, looks relaxed as anything. Soon enough, Saxton lets out a yell of frustration and gives up! Batti has won! Jumping around like a school girl who just got asked to prom, Batti looks so pleased with her night's work.

Batti: "Oh, no real reason. Just seems like a crazy duo."

Batti: "I get weird ideas sometimes."

Ramparte: "You do at that."

The former superstar pressed down on a dialpad in his armchair. Ramparte reversed, rotated, and faced Batti Otaku. A smile spread across his face, and he took her hand delicately.

Ramparte: "It has made this plain kitchen quite colorful. Wonderful work, my dear."

She took his fingers and interlocked them with her own. Her eyes grew like saucers. Her voice grew unusually quiet.

Batti: "Domo. Domo."

From the living room came the rattling of a house phone. Ramparte let go of his girlfriend's hand and traveled to the source of the commotion. He picked up the receiver and greeted the caller. His happy demeanor turned troubled. He looked at the blonde, trying to understand what the person on the other line was saying.

Ramparte: "Sure. I'll tell her. Goodbye."

He all but slammed the phone back on the table. A sense of dread crept over the animated girl. Ramparte licked his lips, and then told her the last thing she wanted to hear from him.

Ramparte: "It's WZCW. They're saying something about you and Titus Avison."

She bit her lip. She had to think of something and think it quickly.

Batti: "I umm...don't get mad please..."

Ramparte: "Promise me. Promise me you will not be a wrestler. Not in WZCW."

Batti bawled her fist.

She closed her eyes.

And all she saw was the two masked men she did nothing about.

She clenched tighter.

Batti: "I promise..."

Ramparte waited, his eyebrows raised. She coughed.

Batti: "I applied for a job at WZCW...it just seemed like something fun to do, and I didn't want to bother you all the time...so I umm I'm doing ...pyrotechnics."

Ramparte: "Pyrotechnics? They're trusting you with pyrotechnics?"

Batti: "Yesh. They're kinda lacking some Staff members. Some guy named Spidey quit. So I figured "Hey! I can play with fireworks." You know me." :3

An awkward silence came between them. The Recluse, trying to make sense of it all, grinded his teeth and stared blankly at the phone.

Ramparte: "...Titus has pyrotechnics in his entrance now?"

Batti: "Are you mad at me?"

Ramparte sighed.

Ramparte: "No. Though you could have told me sooner. I know you like WZCW and I have my issues with you wrestling there, but Backstage isn't all that bad. Oh god..."

He closed his eyes and started to chuckle.

Ramparte: "Here I was thinking you were COMPETING against Titus. Wow I am an idiot. Even if you were a wrestler, there's no way the company would put a rookie up against a Hall of Famer. Especially if that's probably your debut match. Isn't he still Eurasian Champion too? Ridiculous."

The fans in the arena cannot help but believe in her as she slowly traverses the canvas until she is standing directly behind Titus. She taps him on the shoulder but Titus ignores her. Batti seems appalled at Titus' lack of manners and huffs behind him. She taps him on the shoulder again with ferocity. Obviously angered, Titus turns around with his fist raised above his head. He looks down about a foot and half to find Batti looking at him with a look of frustration and hate plastered on her features. Titus gives a sharp laugh as he lowers his fist in amusement. But his amusement soon turns sour as she unleashes the sweetest boot to the balls that anyone has ever seen in a WZCW ring.

Batti: "L-O-L that would be pretty silly, huh?" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Ramparte: "Hell, I was in WZCW for about two years and not once did I ever face him. He's a legend."

Batti: "And you're an experienced superstar. Can you imagine me, with little to no wrestling experience, fighting against one of the pioneers of WZCW? What am I gonna do, hug him to death?"

The Recluse smiled.

Ramparte: "Well the voice on the phone said you're to meet with him at The Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. That's a bus trip from here. Guess he wants to go over pyro placement, so just listen to what the man has to say. It's a long, grueling job, working for WZCW. But I don't mind you doing something you love like that. I'll help you with money if you need."

Batti: "Aww that's okay Rammikun. I'm a pretty successful ViewTuber and my sTumblr pages get a lot of traffic. I'll be okay for now." ^_^

He moved his wheelchair towards her. She met him halfway, wrapping her slender arms around his neck.

Batti: "Don't worry about me. Worry about poor Titus getting destroyed."

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The WZCW rookie went through her playlist. The headphones buzzed to life with each skip of a song. When she found what she was looking for, she left it alone and climbed the stairs of the summit. The music started up loudly.

Spoiler

[YOUTUBE]RcP91tQ4ZSM[/YOUTUBE]​

The positive, upbeat video game tune was at odds with her thoughts.

"That was close. Senpai doesn't need to know about my secret identity."

"Titus-sama didn't even notice me until I placed my size 4A boot up in his Golden Globes...then again nobody really notices me. Can I work that to my advantage?"

♬ "His coconut gun can fire in spurts. If he shoots ya, it's gonna hurt." ♬

"Why do dudes have nipples?"

"This is the LONGEST hike of all time."

She huffed, and adjusted her backpack. It was an arduous journey from the bus stop to the National Park. The forestation was everywhere- moss and vines covered her path on the narrow stairs. After treading across a bridge, her mind wondered back to the man who didn't give her so much as a passing thought. Titus. A hero that fell to the Dark Side. Someone she wanted nothing more than to be friends with. To learn from. But her tapping on his shoulder was a slap in the face. Titus Avison, Hall of Famer. Oscar winning actor. The kind of man who would take her lightly. Forget about her.

"He has faced more superstars than I could even name. He has met every style of wrestling there could possibly be, right? Brawlers...luchadors...technical wrestlers...he's seen it all. Or at least everything they teach at school. Joke's on him though. I never went to wrestling school."

Batti Otaku giggled to herself. Can someone use their inexperience as a weapon? How could a professional combat a girl so unorthodox? Just look at her. There's nothing intimidating about her. There were no legends for Titus Avison to hear about her. Her's was only beginning. He knew nothing about the erratic blonde.

"And that'll be The Hollow Ones undoing too. They gonna underestimate me. But I'll be waiting for them. I'm an animated avenger. I am finna line these lame ducks in a row and Kawaii Kick their Bakka Bitchy necks. Snap Crackle Pop."

"Oooo a coke machine!"

Taking a break from her quest, she hopped over to the apparatus and poked a few coins in.

♬ "D-K Don-key Kong...D-K Don-key Kong..." ♬

She hit the button for a Spite and got one. Batti yanked the tab and guzzled to her heart's delight. When she finished, she tossed the bottle into a garbage can. Batti's hair bounced when she turned back to her hiking trail. But she didn't have to venture anymore. There he was, meditating on a mound of grass.

She had come a long way to meet him.

Batti Otaku had reached the summit, and smiled. It didn't take long at all to get to the veteran. Action Saxton had been waiting for her.

The two didn't speak. Instead, Batti removed her headphones and dropped her backpack. She unzipped it, and pulled out a teddy bear. Captain Claws. She raised it as a peace offering to her Patty Cake Competitor.

Maybe he can help her take on the worst of WZCW.

 

[Richard Blonoff]

Deadline has been extended by 24 hours.

 

[Lee]

Charlotte, North Carolina. The place where Meltdown 135 happen, two days before Thanksgiving. Superstars throughout the whole of WZCW will be spending time with their friends and family. Whether they're American or not they will be having some much needed rest. That is all aside from Hall of Famer Titus Avison.

We join Titus and WZCW interviewer Leon Kensworth for a sit down chat. They have obviously been talking for sometime but we catch them talking about the Lethal Lottery.

Leon: That was unexpected really.

Titus: What? I wasn't even listening, I was thinking about what's gone on this week in the world.

Leon: Donald Trump?

Titus: No! I was thinking about the Super Moon and how pretty it was. Why would I care about Donald Trump? Other people can talk about that if they want.

Leon: Oh Ok. Well I was talking about the unexpected events of the Lethal Lottery.

Titus: I suppose Justin Cooper was an unexpected turn of events. Especially since he was eliminated so earlier on. It was a surprise that Mikey Stormrage defeated Garth Black to win the world title. It's a surprise that Logan McAllister won the Elite championship. It's a surprise that Noah Ryder walked out champ. It's a surprise that he pinned him rather than trying to go to me. It's a surprise that the ineffective Phoenix is part of the Hollow Ones.

Leon looks quite exasperated, Titus is obviously focussed on other things but he needs to get back on track for the interview.

Leon: No Titus, I mean your match. That was a surprise that you won that match.

The EurAsian champion laughs, it's not a fake over the top laugh but a genuine one. A chuckle that would question why a WZCW interviewer would ever doubt him.

Leon: Well you were up against three men. All three had people with them outside the ring. I mean you had Anthony Mancini who...

Titus laughs louder, tears stream down his face.

Titus: Mancini?! Who did what? Is going to do his best performance to ensure he'll get his rise to the top of the card? Please. What has he ever done? He somehow ended up qualifying for this match but that's about it. How is it a surprise that I beat a man who's claim to fame is his parents dying?

Leon: I guess I. Well what about Xander LeBelle? He's someone who many people had picked to win.

Titus: Him? He's got some nerve. Really some nerve. Back in 2012 when he entered WZCW I approached him. I said hey man, I see something in you do you want to team to be the greatest partnership in WZCW history? You know what he said? He said no and that he wanted to go with the beard. He said no to the then four time Oscar winner, the former world champion and Elite X champion. For what? The Beard? Honestly who even remembers him.

So things happened he left and he came back. He approached me before Kingdom Come VII and asked for an alliance. He had Adrian Adonis approach me and you know what I said? I said no. I said at Kingdom Come I'm going to win the EurAsian championship and become the greatest champion in WZCW history! Why is it a surprise that he didn't win?

Leon: Would you call yourself the greatest champion in WZCW history?

Titus: Oh come on Leon you not going to tell me a surprise why I beat Blackjack Theron? I'll tell you why it's not. I'll tell you about a time when I fought him, he was world champion. I went back and looked at every single match he had ever had. The matches he lost, and the matches he won. What strategies his opponents used against him. It was then I realised that everyone he defeated attacked his world. Get into the Dungeons and Dragons, call him a geek. Here's the thing, he doesn't realise what's going on in the real world so why would that upset him? That's when I discovered his kryptonite and called him Shawn. He didn't know how to cope with that and his world collapsed. He's had to bring in that bitch of his to bring some stability.

Leon: Not a fan of Tiffany Wyatt then?

Titus: That girl had zero place in the Lethal Lottery. Why was she there? Did she think she'd help Theron win the thing? She was a nuisance and in the way. That's why I eliminated her. It was for her own good. I'm sure Dagger would rather I did it than some nutter like Tyrone Blades. I don't have a problem with women in WZCW; Celeste Crimson, Eve Taylor and heck even...

Leon: Not a fan of Tiffany Wyatt then?

Titus: That girl had zero place in the Lethal Lottery. Why was she there? Did she think she'd help Theron win the thing? She was a nuisance and in the way. That's why I eliminated her. It was for her own good. I'm sure Dagger would rather I did it than some nutter like Tyrone Blades. I don't have a problem with women in WZCW; Celeste Crimson, Eve Taylor and heck even...

Leon: Your opponent this week, Batti Otaku.

Titus winces flashing back to the Lethal Lottery match itself when Batti kicked him straight in the balls.

Titus: I've spent the last two days learning patty cake as a defence. Here:

The WZCW legend grabs Leon and starts the hand movement.

Titus: Batti-cake. Batti-Cake. Ramparte's woMan.
Give me a match as fast as you can.
Tit drop it, roll it and mark it with a T.
Lay flat out on the mat for the ref and me.
Batti-cake. Batti-Cake. Ramparte's woMan.
Give me a match as fast as you can.
Roll it up, roll it up.
No he's covered the mega fan!
Batti-cake. Batti-Cake. Ramparte's woMan.


Titus pauses.

Titus: It needs a bit of work but I'm sure you get the idea. So that will be how I operate against her. Anyway didn't you have a question about the EurAvison era?

Leon sighs.

Leon: Yes Titus, would you say you're the greatest champion in WZCW history?

Titus: I'm so glad you asked that Leon! I am the longest reigning champion in EurAsian history. For 356 days I have held this belt and I will hit a full year on November 24th. Which, incidentally, is my birthday. I will be one of only two people to have held a title in WZCW for a full year. For a PPV cycle year it has never been done, Ty Burna made it but lost and at Kingdom Come I get my chance to do that. He held the World Championship for 472 days, I will pass that at Kingdom Come. The record defences of any title is by Black Dragon and Constantine at seven. I am on five. So I need to defences to beat them and be the greatest.

Not hard is it?

Leon: It is though.

Titus: Not for me. You've heard legends of this man. You're seeing it in action now. The EurAvison era is only beginning.

Fade to black.