Screenshots taken with PlayStation 4. Screenshots taken via PlayStation 4. WWE2k19 owned by WWE and 2K Games; game published by Yuke's and Visual Concepts. Minecraft owned and developed by Mojang and 4J Studios; PS4 edition published by Sony
So, I am playing WWE2k19, and watching some YouTube, and I get this idea for a story that would take elements from Bruce Lee's original ideas for the movie Game of Death. What is it, you might ask? Well, sit back and I'll tell you.
So there is Kasumi from the Dead or Alive franchise. She is walking the streets of some city and she comes across this man (who would be played by WWE wrestler Daniel Bryan) who gives her this mysterious scroll. This scroll has a picture of a tower with some strange text that is not in any known language. The man points to a little curio shop and then leaves, not saying a single word throughout the encounter. So, she takes it to the little curio shop and there is this dude (who would be played by legendary wrestler Diamond Dallas Page) who runs it.
Kasumi and the curio shop owner have a little chat about the scroll. The owner regales tales of this mysterious tower. It is a Japanese pagoda with a tall tower atop of it from the sixth floor. It is what some call the “Tower of Death”. Many warriors have attempted to reach the tower, but with no success. In fact, only few have ever returned alive from the tower, but have not reached the top. In fact, they are traumatized by experiences of fellow combatants (even martial arts masters) being easily killed by what appear to be otherworldly fighters past the fifth floor. She decides that she may want to visit that tower, but the owner warns her of dangers in that tower (and that beyond the fifth floor, there can be no turning back).
Later that night, Kasumi has a dream. She is dreaming she is in some dark void with knee-high smoke. All of a sudden, she hears the words “No one escapes death!” These words echo constantly until Kasumi wakes up in terror. Kasumi ponders the warning from the curio shop owner, and decides to confront what lies ahead in the tower.
The next day, after much preparation, Kasumi heads to the island where the tower resides on a boat being rowed by a hooded woman (who would be played by Brie Bella). After Kasumi disembarks and heads for the tower, the woman stops her for a moment. She warns Kasumi of the dangers ahead, and that there is a sinister force looming within. Kasumi considers that warning as she heads to the tower. Inside the first four floors, she fights against practioners in the arts of Karate, Kung Fu, Praying Mantis, and melee combat. Before heading the the fifth floor after battling the naginata wielding guardian, a mysterious woman (who would be played by Paige) approaches her, and asks her why she did not kill the guardian. When Kasumi responds that she has no reason to kill, the woman replies that she will have reason to kill soon enough and then disappears.
The fifth floor houses a mysterious woman called the Gatekeeper (who would be played by Charlotte Flair). Beside her is a special entryway to the next flight of stairs, called the “Gate to Death”. The Gatekeeper forbids Kasumi to go any further, even to the point of fighting her. After her defeat, the dying Gatekeeper warns Kasumi that beyond the fifth floor are foes with powers she cannot understand nor cope with. If Kasumi enters the sixth floor, it will be the point of no return. The Gatekeeper dies and then vanishes. Kasumi, troubled by the Gatekeeper's defeat, realizes she has reached the turning point: she can either leave the tower or press forward. She chooses the latter and steels herself for what is to come.
To be continued in the next post....
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