A Legend Chapter One
Suggested Theme:
Main Theme- Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones
Elliot is having the hardest time walking, but he's also in the best of moods. He had spent almost twelve hours crammed inside a crate in order to get a quality scan of the new Telebracers that Bodal has been working on. His legs, knees, elbows, and well his whole body are sore from being trapped in that small space for so long, but he got his scan and slipped out of the place like a Mipedian Stalker.
He is walking around Kiru City to work out some of the soreness in his limbs. He isn't ready to port back to Earth; he wants to test out the Battlegear before showing it off to some potential clients at the PortCourt. However, right now, he'll just enjoy the stroll of Kiru City at night. He isn't exactly fond of nature, but he does like how the city seems to be teeming with stars. It sort of reminds him of—
"Please allow me to introduce myself,
I'm a man of wealth and taste.
I've been around for a long, long year,
Stole many a man's soul to waste."
Elliot could hear singing. Singing that sounds like it's coming from the Ancestor Wall. He smirks; a player must've lost a bet and had to sing until the guards start to fire at him. He isn't going to pass up this opportunity to record some poor sap's humiliation; he'll share it with his other clients to get a good laugh out of them and maybe put them in the mood for a trade.
"And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain.
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate."
He is walking as silently as he could to the Ancestor Wall, to the player who was obviously singing. He has his Scanner already recording; granted, he missed the first stanza, but he can catch the rest of song. Or at least until the guards finally take notice of the singer and shoot at him. The singing voice is definitely a guy because the singing sounds too deep to be a girl's.
"Pleased to meet you,
Hope you guess my name.
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game."
Elliot finally reaches the Ancestor Wall and sees the singer. Well, he can see the back of the singer. The singer has reddish-orange hair like a penny and is wearing some skinny jeans and black "jacket" over his green sweater. Shockingly, the singer is etching something into the wall with a metallic stylus. Elliot is recording the singer vandalizing the wall; oh boy, he never thought a player would be dumb enough to write on the wall like a bathroom stall in school!
"I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change.
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain.
I rode a tank,
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank.
Pleased to meet you,
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah.
(Woo woo, woo woo)"
Holy shit, this player is lucky that the guards haven't found him yet. The player isn't even trying to be quiet. He's singing with the same wicked passion as Mick Jagger like he embodies the lyrics wholeheartedly. Even if the chorus part sort of throws off the rhythm of the singer.
"I watched with glee,
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made.
(Woo woo, woo woo)
I shouted out,
'Who killed the Kennedys?'
When after all,
It was you and me.
(Who who, who who)
Let me please introduce myself,
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay.
(Woo woo, who who)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
(Who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby.
(Who who, who who)"
The singer is still scrawling across the wall with the same speed that he sings the lyrics. Honestly, Elliot is impress that the player hasn't even once paused in his writing. The player's hand must be cramping something fierce by now. He wonders what the player is writing on the wall…
"Pleased to meet you,
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game.
(Woo woo, who who)
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints,
As heads is tails,
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint.
(Who who, who who)
So if you meet me,
Have some courtesy,
Have some sympathy, and some taste.
(Woo woo)
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mm yeah.
(Woo woo, woo woo)"
Even without the instruments and awesome guitar solo, the song sounds fantastically sung. Like nature, Elliot isn't really knowledgeable or fond of music, but he can certainly appreciate the possibly unhinged player's singing chops. The player sounds like a cross between a grunge singer and David Bowie, which is actually the greatest compliment that Elliot can give, at least musically.
"Pleased to meet you,
Hope you guessed my name, mm yeah,
(Who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, mm mean it, get down.
(Woo woo, woo woo)
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down.
Oh yeah,
Oh yeah!
(Woo woo)"
Then, Elliot hears the rasp in the player's voice, a telltale sign of fatigue. Considering this song lasts about seven minutes, it's not exactly shocking for the player's voice to finally give out. And maybe the player's luck is running out to because Elliot is certain that a patrol squad is coming around the corner.
"Tell me baby, what's my name?
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name?
Tell me baby, what's my name?
I tell you one time, you're to blame!
Oh, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah."
The sound of carefully-timed and practiced footfalls act like a wailing siren to Elliot that the patrol is coming. He ducks behind the counter of an empty vendor's booth. He still has his Scanner up and recording the mysterious player.
"What's my name?
Tell me, baby, what's my name?
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name?
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Woo, woo
Woo, woo"
The player's song ends right at the patrol finds him. From what he can tell from his Scanner, the player bolts and the guards chase after him. Then, there's a whirling sound, which means that the player ported out. Elliot doesn't hear the guards return to the vandalized spot on the Ancestor Wall; they must be new grunts for not having enough sense to realize that the player is gone.
He comes out of his hiding place and goes to the miniscule portion of the wall that the player vandalized. What the player wrote, no, carved into the wall is lyrics to the song he was singing. Under the lyrics is a message in thick letters:
Night One- Vicious Pegasus
Elliot has never even heard of player with the name "Vicious Pegasus" or even a username resembling the name. It's possible this Vicious Pegasus just got his code recently and hasn't made any friends; Elliot doesn't have any friends, just clients. But why would this player just carve song lyrics into the Ancestor Wall? What's the purpose? Was this a publicity stunt to make himself famous? Most likely, but that doesn't mean Elliot can't make a profit from this too. He scans the wall, which basically is a new scan of Kiru City. He'll go to the Dromes and test out this scan along with the new Battlegear. After all, he wants to make sure that Vicious Pegasus actually left his mark on the Location before releasing the video of the player singing to all of his clients. He is, after all, the player with the most legit, quality scans in all of Chaotic!
Author's Comments- Elliot is not an OC; he actually appeared in season one in an episode called, "Out in the Cold" where Tom pretty much has to challenge this guy to get tips on this Location so he can guide Kaz safely through. At first, I thought Elliot was one of those geeky douches, but on another viewing I can't really blame the guy for his business practices. He knows that when you die in Chaotic, then your Chaotic self is the one to perish and not your "real" self. So it takes Sarah pretty much threatening this guy's reputation to make him fight Tom with the desired Location.
My purpose wasn't to make him developed, or deep, or even likeable. He was pretty much the springboard for Vicious Pegasus to be introduced to Chaotic players. And Elliot seems like the kind of person to try and profit from the mysterious actions of this player; it's just business to him with some pleasure at listening to a good cover and getting a quality scan.
Also, I chose "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones because it's like a perfect introduction. And since this is Vicious Pegasus's introduction to Perim and Chaotic, what better song to use than this. Plus, it seems like something Vicious Pegasus would sing without restraint.