(OOC Note: Non Televised Origin RP)
(Dave Summers is drinking a scotch on the rocks with a friend in a dimly lit bar. The two men sit at a small wooden table against the wall and have their eyes glued to the TV which is playing the Angels baseball game. The man Dave is with takes a small sip of his drink and makes a strange face. He begins to cough and shake his head as Dave busts up laughing.)
Dave: “Haha Shawn you always were a girl when it came to drinking hard alcohol. You should’ve just stuck with an appletini or whatever it is that you drink.â€
Shawn: “You shut your mouth appletinis are delicious! Haha so how have you been?â€
Dave: “Uh huh sure. I’ve been pretty good, not too much to complain about. The only strange thing lately has been my mom.â€
Shawn: “What do you mean?â€
Dave: “Dude it’s nuts my mom has been going crazy over me getting a real job lately. I blew off an interview she set up for me a few days ago and ever since she hasn’t called or stopped by. She’s overreacting as usual.â€
Shawn: “That sounds pretty stupid to me. I mean does she not remember that job you held at McDonalds for like 2 weeks a few months ago? Hahaâ€
(The two friends share a good laugh at the expense of Dave before he tries to make an excuse.)
Dave: “Hey in my defense, working in a fast food restaurant is a lot harder than you think haha.â€
Shawn: “Hah seriously though what are you going to try to work in?â€
Dave: “I’m not entirely sure yet. My mom set up an interview with one of my dad’s television friends, but that’s not really my passion like it was his. I was thinking about maybe just getting a desk job and settling down for a little bit.â€
Shawn: “You a desk job? That would never happen. You’ve always been going against the norm, why would you start to settle for average now?â€
Dave: “I don’t know man maybe just to appease my mom. I feel like she’s had a really tough life ever since I was about six or so. First there was that tragedy with my dad, then I let her down by dropping out of college, and now she’s really disappointed in me for being a bum. She’s done so much for me in my life that I feel like I owe it to her. You know what I mean?â€
Shawn: “Yeah I get what you’re saying, but that’s still not you. You don’t need to compromise who you are in order to make your mom happy. She’s your mom dude; she’s going to be happy when you’re happy.â€
Dave: “You’re probably right man I just need to get that through my head. You have any ideas what I should try to get into?â€
Shawn: “Honestly you should try to get into acting or wrestling. We both know you’re pretty good at acting like a dick and you’re not afraid to take a punch or two haha.â€
Dave: “Hah maybe I’d try an acting gig or two, but wrestling? No way dude, I’m not nearly technically sound enough to try that out.â€
Shawn: “Sure you are! Don’t you remember that summer after high school when you and I enrolled in wrestling school? You definitely learned enough in that school to get signed by an independent promotion.â€
(Dave initially scoffs at his friend’s suggestion and stands up next to the small table.)
Dave: “Ha no way I’m way too green for that. I’m going to grab another drink, want anything?â€
(Shawn shakes his head in disagreement and Dave walks off towards the bar. Dave stands at the bar and orders another scotch before noticing a cute brunette standing to his right. He briefly checks her out and then clears his throat before engaging in conversation with her.)
Dave: “Um excuse me miss, do I know you from somewhere?â€
(The woman takes a good long look at Dave before answering with a puzzled look on her face.)
Woman: “I…I don’t believe so. Do you come here often?â€
Dave: “Well I live in an apartment a few blocks away so I’ve stopped by a few times.â€
Woman: “Well I live a few blocks away too, so maybe we’ve seen each other once or twice.â€
Dave: “Yeah that’s probably it. How would you like to live at my place tonight?â€
(Dave cracks a sly smile at her when he finishes his straightforward pickup. The woman laughs quietly and smiles back at him.)
Woman: “Well aren’t you very straightforward, I like that in-“
(The woman is cut off by a tattooed man who steps in between the two. He stares directly at Dave and lightly pushes the woman back a few inches.)
Man: “Listen pretty boy why don’t leave me girl the hell alone and get out of this bar before things get ugly.â€
Dave: “I’d love to stop before things get ugly, but now that I’ve seen you I’m afraid it’s a little too late. I mean ehhh have you looked in the mirror lately?â€
(The man’s girlfriend chuckles but the man himself does not take the joke lightly.)
Man: “Oh you’re a funny guy, well let’s see how funny you find this.â€
(Dave tries to move out of the way, but the man connects with a right hand to Dave’s stomach that temporarily knocks the wind out of Dave. He quickly recovers and nails the man in the side of the face with a right hand of his own. The man stumbles backwards, but shakes it off to Dave’s dismay. He nails Dave with a vicious uppercut and inches closer to Dave, like a predator to its injured prey. Shawn notices the fight breaking out and quickly rushes to his best friend’s aid.)
Dave: “Shawn the scotch now!â€
(Shawn grabs the glass of scotch that Dave had ordered minutes before and gently tosses it to his friend. Dave manages to catch the glass and throws the alcohol into the man’s eyes before he can get another hit off. As the alcohol burns the man’s eyes, Dave runs full speed towards him and spears him into the bar. Before he can do any more damage to the man the bartender yells and gets everyone’s attention.
Bartender: “Out now! The police are going to be here any minute and you will be charged if you don’t leave right now!â€
(Dave and Shawn quickly rush out of the bar and head back towards Dave’s apartment. As they walk the reminisce over the night’s events and their close past.)
Dave: “Dude that was a crazy fight. I definitely didn’t expect that guy to have such a strong jaw, definitely caught me off guard. Good looking on that assist with the scotch though.â€
Shawn: “Anytime man. Well now that you’ve gotten in a bar fight you might want to reconsider what I said earlier.â€
Dave: “Regarding what?â€
Shawn: “Wrestling. You threw some punches, took some punches, and finished him off with a spear. You could definitely do wrestling.â€
Dave: “You know what I might actually consider it.â€