Post by Jackie "Bandit" Layton on May 2, 2019 15:51:01 GMT -7
Off-Camera
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Shieldmaidens Clubhouse
New Orleans, Louisiana
8:45 AM CDT
Early morning church meetings in this building, especially when it was just between the Shieldmaidens President and Vice President, were a cause for concern amongst the other members of the rank and file. President Robi Jean “RJ” Mitchell and Vice President Alex “Bullet” Carbajal did not tend to make a habit of having a club hierarchy meeting during usual dayjob business hours and they damn sure hurriedly do it first thing in the morning when everyone else could see them doing such a thing.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Did she bae sayin’ ennithin this mornin’ then?
Looking up from her desk, full patch Jackie “Bandit” Layton looks up to fellow fellow full patch Aoife “Banshee” Maguire
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Who, Ale?
Banshee nods.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, did she bae sayin’ ennithin about a maetin’ like this?
Bandit shakes her head as the two blonde women stare at the door to the office. It was positioned perfectly to see
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: No, I mean, we had a talk about the triple threat match and how shit was likely to go sideways because the Now or Nevers have had somebody gunning for them some but..
Banshee nods slowly.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Tha bae fer boet o’ them or jess Owensby?
Bandit sits in her chair behind the desk and ponders this question. It certainly had appeared to be more of an Owensby thing than a team thing but it had also caused a tag team match to go no contest.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I’m just waiting for that match to become a complete clusterfuck. The Now or Nevers have that stalker shit going on, the Samsons are a family unit with extra numbers to use if the need arises and then…
She trails off before nodding knowingly to the building the two currently occupy.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: There’s us with our numbers even with Zombie technically not a real member anymore. It’s practically begging for an all out war of some sort to break out.
Banshee nods knowingly. The last time that had happened, in a match involving Owensby, it had been Banshee that had been punched in the face.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, that might bae true but, whut tha maen tae ye, Lass?
Bandit ponders for a second and then shrugs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I think it’d basically mean Ale and I are walking into an ambush that won’t even be about us if it happens. So are the Samsons, which sucks the kind of big dog monkey balls that are usually reserved for the kind of people that give the American South a bad name! I’d look forward to a match with them, me and Ale against the Samson Sisters, one that likes to wrestle on the mat, the other that likes to go balls to wall in the air like me?
She slaps the table and nods.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Come on, what’s not to love about that kind of match-up? Throw in Owensby and Annie and we’ve got a flying party that would be the most fun match we’ve ever had…
Banshee nods slowly.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: But fer th’ fact tha sumbody will likely ruin it fer ye?
Bandit nods pointedly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: It’s almost like we’ve found who makes that Hope Diamond woman absolutely right and it makes me sick! I didn’t want her to be right because she always struck me as the kind that will be just insufferable if she gets to say, “I told you so!” about something like this.
Banshee shakes her head.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, shae does…
Frowning, the Irish woman ponders things for a second before nodding to her nominal dayjob boss.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: D’ye tink Marchand has a hand in tha?
Bandit frowns in confusion.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: A hand in what? The Hope Diamond conspiracy or the Now or Nevers stuff?
Banshee shrugs.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Both?
Bandit sits back in her chair and thinks about things.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That’d be a hell of a conspiracy…
She nods and then slaps the desk.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: And would make me get even more pissed off if whoever keeps running in on Owensby shows their face in our match.
Trailing off for a second, Bandit nods again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Maybe that’s what the meeting’s about? Ale and RJ having that talk? It’d be rather heavy if they were because Ale really doesn’t like conspiracy talk.
Banshee shrugs.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: If it’s nay tha, sumting else must have happened…
Bandit nods slowly as she ponders this before shaking her dismissively.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: If it was that big a meeting, they wouldn’t be in there alone. They’d have called the rest of us in and laid down the law. No way it’d just be the two of them.
Banshee nods slowly.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Alright.
Bandit looks over and stares at the door, tapping on her chin for a moment.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Unless they think something’s up with Zombie and that her leaving was part of the whole conspiracy. I mean, she’s a federal agent. Marchand’s a federal agent. Hope Diamond starts talking about an inside man in the company and then people start fucking with matches just in time for the team to have one with us?
Banshee frowns.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Ye raelly tink tha bae whut they’re talkin’ ‘bout?
Bandit shrugs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: RJ’s not a fan of coincidence and this would be a rather big one, wouldn’t it?
Banshee nods, not sure what to think.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, tha it would bae…
Bandit shakes her head.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Go on and check on Sorsh. Nothing we can do about the meeting until they finish and they come talk to us. In the meantime, we should focus on our matches this week and getting ready for Sorsh and Bex on Saturday.
Banshee nods, a small smile crossing the Irish woman’s lips.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, I’ll bae back in a few minutes, Lass.
Banshee takes her leave, walking out the door and down the hallway while Bandit remains seated behind her desk. She shakes her head, the thoughts coursing through her head leaving her feeling unsettled.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: A conspiracy?
On-Camera
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Warehouse Gym
Shieldmaidens Clubhouse
New Orleans, Louisiana
1:09 PM CDT
The camera opens upon Jackie “Bandit” Layton standing against the wall near the front door of the warehouse gym underneath a big black banner with the white Shieldmaidens logo lettering. Wearing blue jeans, black boots, a black Shieldmaidens t-shirt and her Shieldmaidens’ kutte. Her long blonde hair is pulled back in a ponytail and she nods to the camera, almost clapping as the little red light comes on.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: So here we are, in a triple threat…
She pauses and looks off to the right of the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Is it a triple threat or a three-way dance?
The voice of her fellow Shieldmaiden Aoife “Banshee” Maguire rings out.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Whut bae th’ difference?
Jackie nods stiffly, almost curtly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Triple threat means only one fall while a three-way dance usually means it’s elimination rules. In a tag team match like this, triple threat means we all have to be aware in a different way because we have to be aware of anybody else going for the pin or a submission because we could watch the match end while we’re standing on the floor. A three-way dance means we have to have our head on a swivel when somebody comes after us and it’s not as important when somebody else is going after a fall unless it’s on our own partner.
Banshee’s voice rings out again.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Triple Threat.
Bandit nods and then shrugs at the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I can’t help but almost laugh at certain things because it’s just…
She pauses and grits her teeth almost apologetically.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: The Now or Never Superstars…
Her hands come up, almost pleading with the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I mean, I get it, the idea, we have to seize the day and all but…
She shrugs apologetically again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: You sound like you should be the candies my Mom used to get at me the movies when I was little, especially the way Ale was calling you the Now or Nevers earlier. You’re more talented than some stupid candies and damn sure more talented than the typo on the card with your name.
She shrugs slightly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: It’s the sad part, I look forward to this match just for the idea of how we’re all gonna fly all over the place! It’s my favorite part of wrestling. It’s why I loved the idea of doing that ladder match at Stranglemania! I didn’t care who the others in that match were…
She pauses, catching herself and then nodding in acknowledgement.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Ok, so maybe I was happy to see ReBelle in because of the things Scorpio and Georgie were both willing to do, but this?
She raises her hands up to slow down the response she knows has to be coming.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Mother of God, YES! You send me out there with people like Carrie Samson? Like Owensby Smith and Annie Cliffhanger?
Both hands ball into triumphant fists.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Oh hell yes!
She punches at the hair, throwing a small combination as she goes before she looks into the camera again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: And you gotta know for all her mat-based submission stuff, Nina can fly some too and i know Ale can. This could be the flying festival to end all flying festivals…
She pauses, nodding knowingly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Assuming there is no conspiracy set against us to keep that from happening.
She nods again, wagging a finger as f she’s thinking out loud more than accusing anybody with it.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: You know, Hope Diamond, intimated that there could be some kind of conspiracy involved with us and somebody working for this company to ruin things and then, we see this shit going on with Owensby where somebody is trying to ruin his matches and it all kind of happens at the same time somebody is sniffing around…
She looks off to the left, her eyes going distant and vacant for a moment.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Could something happen with our match? Could something take away this party of awesome before it even happens?
She glares into the camera, anger radiating from her eyes.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Damn well better not! We will not take kindly to something like that happening and I know the Samson Angels and the Now or Never Superstars won’t either!
She pauses and then nods in acknowledgement again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Thank God, I managed to say that without laughing...
The anger washes over her face all over again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Whoever you are, whatever you want, stay the hell away from this match or you’re gonna have six angry people trying to beat your ass in the ring and a whole lot more waiting to come down and help with the other Samsons and Maidens waiting to pounce! Stay the hell away…
She nods, pounding angrily into the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: And then we put on the skywalking dance of the century and show the whole damn world why me and Ale are really capable of! I want this chance and I want to show Carrie and Nina, I want to show Owensby and Annie, I want to show every damn person here why we got this chance in the first place!
Nodding again, Bandit glares harshly into the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Widow and I were a great team. Sam and I were a great team and now it’s me and Ale and we’re gonna show that we are a great team too! We’re gonna show all of you that we won’t die easy, we’ll just die bloody… and take each and every one of you with us!
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Shieldmaidens Clubhouse
New Orleans, Louisiana
8:45 AM CDT
Early morning church meetings in this building, especially when it was just between the Shieldmaidens President and Vice President, were a cause for concern amongst the other members of the rank and file. President Robi Jean “RJ” Mitchell and Vice President Alex “Bullet” Carbajal did not tend to make a habit of having a club hierarchy meeting during usual dayjob business hours and they damn sure hurriedly do it first thing in the morning when everyone else could see them doing such a thing.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Did she bae sayin’ ennithin this mornin’ then?
Looking up from her desk, full patch Jackie “Bandit” Layton looks up to fellow fellow full patch Aoife “Banshee” Maguire
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Who, Ale?
Banshee nods.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, did she bae sayin’ ennithin about a maetin’ like this?
Bandit shakes her head as the two blonde women stare at the door to the office. It was positioned perfectly to see
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: No, I mean, we had a talk about the triple threat match and how shit was likely to go sideways because the Now or Nevers have had somebody gunning for them some but..
Banshee nods slowly.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Tha bae fer boet o’ them or jess Owensby?
Bandit sits in her chair behind the desk and ponders this question. It certainly had appeared to be more of an Owensby thing than a team thing but it had also caused a tag team match to go no contest.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I’m just waiting for that match to become a complete clusterfuck. The Now or Nevers have that stalker shit going on, the Samsons are a family unit with extra numbers to use if the need arises and then…
She trails off before nodding knowingly to the building the two currently occupy.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: There’s us with our numbers even with Zombie technically not a real member anymore. It’s practically begging for an all out war of some sort to break out.
Banshee nods knowingly. The last time that had happened, in a match involving Owensby, it had been Banshee that had been punched in the face.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, that might bae true but, whut tha maen tae ye, Lass?
Bandit ponders for a second and then shrugs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I think it’d basically mean Ale and I are walking into an ambush that won’t even be about us if it happens. So are the Samsons, which sucks the kind of big dog monkey balls that are usually reserved for the kind of people that give the American South a bad name! I’d look forward to a match with them, me and Ale against the Samson Sisters, one that likes to wrestle on the mat, the other that likes to go balls to wall in the air like me?
She slaps the table and nods.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Come on, what’s not to love about that kind of match-up? Throw in Owensby and Annie and we’ve got a flying party that would be the most fun match we’ve ever had…
Banshee nods slowly.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: But fer th’ fact tha sumbody will likely ruin it fer ye?
Bandit nods pointedly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: It’s almost like we’ve found who makes that Hope Diamond woman absolutely right and it makes me sick! I didn’t want her to be right because she always struck me as the kind that will be just insufferable if she gets to say, “I told you so!” about something like this.
Banshee shakes her head.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, shae does…
Frowning, the Irish woman ponders things for a second before nodding to her nominal dayjob boss.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: D’ye tink Marchand has a hand in tha?
Bandit frowns in confusion.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: A hand in what? The Hope Diamond conspiracy or the Now or Nevers stuff?
Banshee shrugs.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Both?
Bandit sits back in her chair and thinks about things.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That’d be a hell of a conspiracy…
She nods and then slaps the desk.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: And would make me get even more pissed off if whoever keeps running in on Owensby shows their face in our match.
Trailing off for a second, Bandit nods again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Maybe that’s what the meeting’s about? Ale and RJ having that talk? It’d be rather heavy if they were because Ale really doesn’t like conspiracy talk.
Banshee shrugs.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: If it’s nay tha, sumting else must have happened…
Bandit nods slowly as she ponders this before shaking her dismissively.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: If it was that big a meeting, they wouldn’t be in there alone. They’d have called the rest of us in and laid down the law. No way it’d just be the two of them.
Banshee nods slowly.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Alright.
Bandit looks over and stares at the door, tapping on her chin for a moment.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Unless they think something’s up with Zombie and that her leaving was part of the whole conspiracy. I mean, she’s a federal agent. Marchand’s a federal agent. Hope Diamond starts talking about an inside man in the company and then people start fucking with matches just in time for the team to have one with us?
Banshee frowns.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Ye raelly tink tha bae whut they’re talkin’ ‘bout?
Bandit shrugs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: RJ’s not a fan of coincidence and this would be a rather big one, wouldn’t it?
Banshee nods, not sure what to think.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, tha it would bae…
Bandit shakes her head.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Go on and check on Sorsh. Nothing we can do about the meeting until they finish and they come talk to us. In the meantime, we should focus on our matches this week and getting ready for Sorsh and Bex on Saturday.
Banshee nods, a small smile crossing the Irish woman’s lips.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Aye, I’ll bae back in a few minutes, Lass.
Banshee takes her leave, walking out the door and down the hallway while Bandit remains seated behind her desk. She shakes her head, the thoughts coursing through her head leaving her feeling unsettled.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: A conspiracy?
On-Camera
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Warehouse Gym
Shieldmaidens Clubhouse
New Orleans, Louisiana
1:09 PM CDT
The camera opens upon Jackie “Bandit” Layton standing against the wall near the front door of the warehouse gym underneath a big black banner with the white Shieldmaidens logo lettering. Wearing blue jeans, black boots, a black Shieldmaidens t-shirt and her Shieldmaidens’ kutte. Her long blonde hair is pulled back in a ponytail and she nods to the camera, almost clapping as the little red light comes on.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: So here we are, in a triple threat…
She pauses and looks off to the right of the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Is it a triple threat or a three-way dance?
The voice of her fellow Shieldmaiden Aoife “Banshee” Maguire rings out.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Whut bae th’ difference?
Jackie nods stiffly, almost curtly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Triple threat means only one fall while a three-way dance usually means it’s elimination rules. In a tag team match like this, triple threat means we all have to be aware in a different way because we have to be aware of anybody else going for the pin or a submission because we could watch the match end while we’re standing on the floor. A three-way dance means we have to have our head on a swivel when somebody comes after us and it’s not as important when somebody else is going after a fall unless it’s on our own partner.
Banshee’s voice rings out again.
Aoife "Banshee" Maguire: Triple Threat.
Bandit nods and then shrugs at the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I can’t help but almost laugh at certain things because it’s just…
She pauses and grits her teeth almost apologetically.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: The Now or Never Superstars…
Her hands come up, almost pleading with the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I mean, I get it, the idea, we have to seize the day and all but…
She shrugs apologetically again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: You sound like you should be the candies my Mom used to get at me the movies when I was little, especially the way Ale was calling you the Now or Nevers earlier. You’re more talented than some stupid candies and damn sure more talented than the typo on the card with your name.
She shrugs slightly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: It’s the sad part, I look forward to this match just for the idea of how we’re all gonna fly all over the place! It’s my favorite part of wrestling. It’s why I loved the idea of doing that ladder match at Stranglemania! I didn’t care who the others in that match were…
She pauses, catching herself and then nodding in acknowledgement.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Ok, so maybe I was happy to see ReBelle in because of the things Scorpio and Georgie were both willing to do, but this?
She raises her hands up to slow down the response she knows has to be coming.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Mother of God, YES! You send me out there with people like Carrie Samson? Like Owensby Smith and Annie Cliffhanger?
Both hands ball into triumphant fists.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Oh hell yes!
She punches at the hair, throwing a small combination as she goes before she looks into the camera again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: And you gotta know for all her mat-based submission stuff, Nina can fly some too and i know Ale can. This could be the flying festival to end all flying festivals…
She pauses, nodding knowingly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Assuming there is no conspiracy set against us to keep that from happening.
She nods again, wagging a finger as f she’s thinking out loud more than accusing anybody with it.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: You know, Hope Diamond, intimated that there could be some kind of conspiracy involved with us and somebody working for this company to ruin things and then, we see this shit going on with Owensby where somebody is trying to ruin his matches and it all kind of happens at the same time somebody is sniffing around…
She looks off to the left, her eyes going distant and vacant for a moment.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Could something happen with our match? Could something take away this party of awesome before it even happens?
She glares into the camera, anger radiating from her eyes.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Damn well better not! We will not take kindly to something like that happening and I know the Samson Angels and the Now or Never Superstars won’t either!
She pauses and then nods in acknowledgement again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Thank God, I managed to say that without laughing...
The anger washes over her face all over again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Whoever you are, whatever you want, stay the hell away from this match or you’re gonna have six angry people trying to beat your ass in the ring and a whole lot more waiting to come down and help with the other Samsons and Maidens waiting to pounce! Stay the hell away…
She nods, pounding angrily into the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: And then we put on the skywalking dance of the century and show the whole damn world why me and Ale are really capable of! I want this chance and I want to show Carrie and Nina, I want to show Owensby and Annie, I want to show every damn person here why we got this chance in the first place!
Nodding again, Bandit glares harshly into the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Widow and I were a great team. Sam and I were a great team and now it’s me and Ale and we’re gonna show that we are a great team too! We’re gonna show all of you that we won’t die easy, we’ll just die bloody… and take each and every one of you with us!
