>>20639091Arleen Kade, more commonly known as ArKade, isn’t typically an early riser. But today she is a woman on a mission. By 8:00AM she’s taken up her position on a busy street outside the GJPW HQ. The rush hour crowd streams past, paying her little attention as she places an upside down crate on the broad pavement, before stepping onto the makeshift stage, microphone in hand.
“MY NAME IS ARKADE, AND I AM A VICTIM OF RACISM!” she screams into the microphone. A few of the passerby are visibly startled by the sudden noise emanating from the strange, white haired foreigner, but most ignore her.
ArKade points toward GJPW’s HQ. “THE WASTEMAN EXECUTIVES IN THIS COMPANY ARE HOLDING ME BACK, STILL! AND FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN THE FACT I’M NOT JAPANESE! THAT’S WHY PEN GWYN GOT AN INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE SHOT BEFORE ME EVEN THOUGH I BEAT HER! THAT’S WHY JINGISU KAN GETS A TITLE SHOT FOR DOING FUCK ALL, BLUD! THAT’S WHY THEY LET THE WORLD CHAMP DISAPPEAR FOR SO LONG THAT I FORGOT HER NAME, FOR SO LONG THAT THE PRETENDER, WHO, SURPRISE SURPRISE, IS ANOTHER JAPANESE WASTEGAL, IS ACCEPTED AS A REAL CHAMP NOW, WHEN SHE NEVER EVEN WON THE TITLE!”
ArKade clenches a fist. “If you’re Japanese in GJPW, you get everything for nothing and you get away with everything! But if you’re me, The Peng Princess of Piccadilly, blud, you can give everything and you still get nothing!”
By this point the pedestrians are entirely indifferent to ArKade’s rant, and it finally occurs to her that very few of them are likely to understand what she’s saying. Infuriated by how ineffective her protest has proven to be, she hops off her makeshift stage and sprints toward the entrance of GJPW HQ.
