((The West Coast a little after noon. It's been colder then usual.))

((The small living room screamed of a bachelor pad. Complete with a black leather sectional, worn black recliner, and a "Reservoir Dogs subway sized poster adorning the far wall. The setting wasn't dirty, as there weren't the cliché piles of pizza boxes or empty beer bottles spread across the room, but it wasn't exactly clean either.))

((Finger prints and dried water rings covered the surface of the glass coffee table in front of the sectional. The same sectional that he lazily occupied, both of his bare feet kicked up on the square table. A thin layer of dust rested upon the side table to his right where an orbish lamp sat... its light extinguished. What light did flood into the room was natural and came to us off camera somewhere and presumable from behind thick curtains.))

((He'd straightened up this area before he'd turned on the camera, but he hadn't really cleaned it. He didn't plan on being here too long anyway. Just a stop in for the holidays and then he'd be on the road again. Jumping from hotel to hotel again as he iced black eyes and bruised ribs. He couldn't wait.))

November: You know... generally I just laugh when my ring name becomes the topic of conversation. Generally.

((Bryce had spent the holidays at his parents house. Erika had called and put in the invite, Bryce had moaned in the background (which really didn't mean anything), but Kyle had declined the offer. After all he did have Family out here. It just happened to be dysfunctional most of the time.))

November: However, generally, most people who bring up this topic don't know who I am... nor do they realize the significance behind the month of November as it pertains to Our Family.

Because November, as it pertains to Our Family, is the most vital month.

It - started - everything.

((Christmas had been different this year. It was with his family and his family's traditions but it lacked a winter frost. He missed her sarcastic humor and her kiss. His feet slide off the coffee table and he leans forward his elbows finding his knees.))

I shouldn't have to spell it out for you. So instead I'll let your benefactor outline Our history for you. I'll let him explain which words and phrases hold a significant meaning to our little circle. Why August will never be the same for any of us ever again, and why The Fatal Charm is all they ever wanted to be.

((He'd actually had a chance to sit down and talk to Shawn and Jeff about 1997, and how and why it all came about. Why Jeff couldn't live up to the Name and Shawn could never be that Name. Uncle Lee had always wanted a predecessor as it turned out, but Shawn and Jeff didn't fit the bill. Shawn would have never survived the shadow, all the comparisons, all the 'yeah buts'... he needed his own spotlight, and Jeff?))

Let me clue you in here Aarya because you seem like a nice enough kid who's found himself in a situation he's not quite big enough to handle. Anytime I wanted I could pick up the phone, make a call, and secure a contract in that federation you're always shilling away for. Anytime I wanted I could pick up the phone and secure the main event at a fall from grace. Because I'm all Our Family has left. I'm the one guy who still cares.

Who still remembers why we are The Fatal Charms.

((He considered ending right there. Because sometimes less was more, but things left unsaid tended to always come back to haunt you. He'd say it over and over again to her now if it'd change anything. He pauses for longer then he wants to, trying to collect his thoughts, trying to put this together just right.))

I understand though. It's a bit embarrassing when your federations namesake doesn't even sign on. So I understand why Jeff has you saying what your saying... he's trying to save face. Which I completely understand and forgive him for. However, I'm sure he understands why I can't sign with his federation. Because you're right there Aarya I have done very little with my career accomplishment wise. A Television and World Heavyweight Championship title reign is all I have on my side. Of course if you want a full run down of my career go talk to Dustin. He can probably tell you how many times he and I have faced off and exactly what happened move for move. Because when you face off against me... it's just that damn memorable.

Nevertheless, despite that World Heavyweight Championship reign which should mean more to you then anyone else in this federation, I've accomplished very little in my ten-year career. Of course it doesn't help that through the first three-years of my career my then agent, whose name rhymes with Bob Noushon (don't worry you wouldn't know him), managed to sign me to just one contract where I competed in just one match. I won't blame him entirely for my slow start, but I will say that he didn't help my cause at all.

Then of course when I did procure a new agent the contracts were plentiful, but so was Jeff. And at that moment in time Jeff was the spokesperson for Our Family. So I took the back seat for the next three-years until his semi-retirement in 2003. Sure, sure, I said things I didn't mean during that time, and I seem hypocritical for them now, but then we're all about double standards here.

Like the blatant one you're throwing in my face... about me having done nothing? I was doing plenty until Shawn closed down his promotion and left me and a lot of others out in the cold. I felt a little bitter and betrayed by that so I took a long break. Got married. Enjoyed life.

Now I'm back, and I am The Fatal Charm. The legacy of Our Family rests on my shoulders now. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little intimidated because Misery has some rather large shoes to fill, but its what I've been waiting for. Sure it may have come to me by default because certain people didn't care enough to keep the legacy going, but hey I'm not ashamed of that. In fact I'm proud that I was here to pick up Our Legacy and can now carry the name proudly.

((He'd said a lot. He really wasn't meaning to, but he needed to say it. Needed to hear all of that out loud. Circumstances had stunted his career, and though that was an undeniable truth... it still felt like a cop-out to him. For a long time he couldn't admit this truth to himself. Now every time he ran it around in his mind it made more and more sense. He'd realized his potential in the LWF. When he'd returned to the ring three-years later he'd taken it slow, teamed up with Bryce. Now the duo was separated and he was ready to start his climb.))

Sooo... stop worrying so much about my career, kid. I'm a big boy. I even have Dustin Kelser throwing an AOWF Intercontinental title shot my way at Sunrise '07. It's not exactly the AOWF World Heavyweight Championship, but then again that title's vacant and fall from grace is still a long ways off. So it happens to be the next best title by default.

Trust me though... I'll be main eventing ffg, with my career on the line, and I'll walk away with another title.

You? Well do the names Crisis, Tybalt, or Twenty-One ring a bell. Nah probably not... that's all part of that Charm history we like to keep swept beneath the rug.

((There's a grin and a wink, and then his thumb hits the auto-fader. It still felt odd to be doing this all alone, but that just so happened to be part of the package. Though it would have been nice to have Bryce in his corner.))

'night.

((Fade))