>>19556144Maaike sighs and shakes her head, letting her shoulders hang as she visibly deflates.
>"Can we cut that out, get another take?" Maaike get's up, walks off screen, only to sit back down again a few seconds later, a water bottle in hand.
>"Look, this whole...grandstanding, the acting. It's...it's not for me. Not to mention, who wrote this crap. 'Inevitable roadblock?"Maaike sighs again, taking a sip from her water bottle before looking past the camera and towards the camera man again, who redirects her gaze back to the camera.
>"I'm just me. Nobody special. Former athlete sure. But hell, I'm not a wrestler. I don't think I am at least. I mean I've been running the ropes, learning the basics, taking an excessive amount of bumps."She rolls her shoulders around.
>"But I've always had that competitive streak, the hunger to be the best I damn well can be. I want to stand on top of that mountain and look down to the world to say that I've done it."Maaike keeps on untying the tape from around her wrists before throwing the fabric to the side.
>"So I will fight, I will wrestle, and I will bite if I have to, to get to the top of that mountain. I will fight, and I will inevitably lose a couple of times. But I am to get up again and again, asking 'Thank you, may I have another?' smiling between my bloodied lips and a broken nose."Maaike slams her fists together with a confident smirk on her face.
>"I am Maaike Hoekstra, I am a Dojo Rookie. I am a wrestler. I'm me, and I'll be damned if that isn't special enough. The question is, who will be my first opponent?""Alright, we have it on camera, that would be it for now"
>"W-wait, you were recording all that, I wasn't even! D-delete that."A small scuffle ensues as Maaike attempts to grab the camera, shutting off the recording, returning the screen to normal.
