Once again we see the grand throne room of the Crimson Queen. Or at least, what once passed for a grand throne room. This time it appears just as distressed and harried as the queen who's made it her base of operations for the past 9 months. That once imposing throne has been knocked onto its side and rests on the steps of the dais. The banner of Queen's Court still hangs from a banner but is bunched up in a corner. Some of the wallpaper is torn up, and the lighting flickers on and off. Neither of the court's enforcers is present, just the solitary figure of Utami Hayashishita. She sits on the steps and holds her head in her hands.
Utami: "I had been so certain that I had everything in order. None should have been able to withstand the fury of the Crimson Queen as she rose to seize her crown once and for all. I should be sitting here before you now as the unquestioned true queen of this sport. All the other women should have been begging me for the opportunity to be crushed under my feet. But do you see any gold around my waist? Where is that crown that I promised to seize?"
She looks up into the camera, her expression simultaneously distant and distraught.
Utami: "I can not explain it as anything but what it is. A setback. That fully grown child remains in possession of that crown despite my efforts at Fallout. As if that were not enough, I continue to be assaulted by messages from a woman who believes she is completely anonymous. For months she has been sending these poisoned words to me, and now she has made it public. But she is wrong - she is wrong and I shall prove it tonight."
Utami stands up unsteadily, glares down the camera and manages a slight smile.
Utami: "The broken shell of a goddess will be shattered into even more pieces tonight. I will exert my full strength to reinjure all that she has healed. I will put her through hell and show the world that I am still the destined queen of EBWF. Alexa, you must feel awful for getting your dear little friend Liv hurt at Fallout, and you should. It is your fault. But tonight you will be injured enough that you will get to spend countless hours in a hospital room unable to even look at her. Suffering through both the agony I put you in and that of the knowledge that all you are capable of is destroying those who you care about. I promise you, and the entire world-"
Utami nods gravely.
Utami: "Whatever happens tonight, any which way, something is coming to an end."
Utami: "I had been so certain that I had everything in order. None should have been able to withstand the fury of the Crimson Queen as she rose to seize her crown once and for all. I should be sitting here before you now as the unquestioned true queen of this sport. All the other women should have been begging me for the opportunity to be crushed under my feet. But do you see any gold around my waist? Where is that crown that I promised to seize?"
She looks up into the camera, her expression simultaneously distant and distraught.
Utami: "I can not explain it as anything but what it is. A setback. That fully grown child remains in possession of that crown despite my efforts at Fallout. As if that were not enough, I continue to be assaulted by messages from a woman who believes she is completely anonymous. For months she has been sending these poisoned words to me, and now she has made it public. But she is wrong - she is wrong and I shall prove it tonight."
Utami stands up unsteadily, glares down the camera and manages a slight smile.
Utami: "The broken shell of a goddess will be shattered into even more pieces tonight. I will exert my full strength to reinjure all that she has healed. I will put her through hell and show the world that I am still the destined queen of EBWF. Alexa, you must feel awful for getting your dear little friend Liv hurt at Fallout, and you should. It is your fault. But tonight you will be injured enough that you will get to spend countless hours in a hospital room unable to even look at her. Suffering through both the agony I put you in and that of the knowledge that all you are capable of is destroying those who you care about. I promise you, and the entire world-"
Utami nods gravely.
Utami: "Whatever happens tonight, any which way, something is coming to an end."