Harpin’ On With Harper, Backstage at Climax Control 412, Long Beach, California
Sunday the 15th of December 2024, 18:00pm
*on camera, start vlog, promo part one*
We see Harper looking frustrated as she paces around the parking lot of the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California.
”You know? I can take losing to Alexandra, that woman’s a hell of a talent and someone I learned a lot from just by being in the same ring as her.” Harper commented as she let out a deep breath. ”What I can’t take is one of the co-owners trying to mess with me and Cassie’s friendship based on two events that happened over the past few weeks, first there was the High Stakes rumble and the fact that Cassie eliminated me! As I said after the fact, I was fine with that because I knew that match was every woman for themselves but still felt that there were issues to resolve which led to the tag team match.
Can you say “going from bad to worse”?”
Harper shakes her head.
”I had been looking forward to a chance to team with Cass since I heard that she had signed with SCW this past Summer, did that tag team debut take a bit longer than I would’ve ideally liked? Yeah, but if that was the only issue with that damn match I wouldn’t be in this mess!” Harper let out a deep breath as she folded her arms. ”Cassie blames me for the loss, saying that I deliberately took my time getting to the top rope for that Missile Dropkick, you know, because that happened early in the match and wasn’t the thing that led to Mackenzie getting the win!
Look, I get it, we’re young, hell, Cass is a year older than me and I won’t be able to drink legally until next September, but blaming me for something that wasn’t even my fault? Hell no! I was willing to move on after she eliminated me from the Rumble but blaming me for Mackenzie having the presence of mind to get out of the way?!”
Harper’s frown deepens.
”This is all coming to ahead at next week’s Christmas special, ironically the very show we were trying to earn a title shot on when we entered the Rumble in the first place! And just for an extra sprinkling of irony? The match is a #1 Contenders Match for the Bombshell Internet Title, the very same title that the winner of the rumble, Aleesha Jones, challenged for and will be challenging Bella Madison on the same damn night!” Harper let out a deep breath as she continued. ”I know second hand embarrassment is a thing, but what about second hand migraines?
Because I feel one coming in, courtesy of the guy who manages both me and Cass heading into this match! Yeah, I don’t envy Josh one bit!”
*end vlog*
Harper’s Hotel Room, Long Beach, California
Sunday the 15th of December 2024, 21:00pm
It’s been a few hours since the penultimate episode of Climax Control in the year of 2024 aired and we see Harper in her hotel room with Josh, the young wrestler doesn’t look happy.
”Welp! It’s official!” Harper grunted in frustration as she leaned back in her chair. ”Me and Cass will be facing off next Sunday.”
“I know you didn’t want this Harper but you need to face facts.” Josh commented as he shook his head and Harper turned to him. “As long as you and Cassie were both on the Bombshell roster you were going to face off eventually.”
”I knew that! But I at least hoped that me and Cassie being a tag team would starve that off for a while!” Harper sighed as she folded her arms. ”Instead? Young Justice’s first match as a tag team in SCW led to more friction between us, and do I even need to bring up how the High Stakes Rumble ties into this?!”
“No, but at least you are fighting for a prize.” Josh responded as he shook his head and Harper’s frown deepened as she realized what he meant. “Said prize being a title that could very well be held by the winner of the High Stakes Rumble for that matter.”
”Yeah, either I face Bella or Aleesha for the Internet Title or Cassie does, much as I’d love to watch Cassie tear it up with Bella I have to look out for me here.” Harper responded with a frustrated sigh. ”That’s not even getting into how motivated Aleesha will be to regain her title considering she ended 2023 by vacating the thing due to injury! Throw in the fact that, it being the Christmas Special and all, the matches will definitely be Christmas themed.”
“And that could mean any number of things.” Josh nodded in agreement before he sat down on a chair. “Look Harper, I want what’s best for both you and Cassie in SCW, that has been made clear enough, but the bosses have put me in an important situation here, if I show partiality towards you than Cassie might doubt keeping me on as her manager for much longer, but if I show partiality towards her?”
”Can I just interject there for a sec?” Harper asked and Josh gave her the go ahead. ”Josh, you’ve been my manager since Jessie’s health scare last December and that was over a year ago by this point, I think I can trust you enough by this point.”
“That is true, I’ve done more than enough to earn your trust as your manager, but I still worry for Cassie’s mental state heading into thing.” Josh responded with a sigh before he stood up. “Which is why I have to make this difficult decision, I won’t be accompanying you or Cassie to ringside this week.”
”……….err, excuse me, what?!” Harper asked with a shocked look on her face. ”You realize that this will be the first time I’ve entered a match without a manager since I signed with SCW, right? Cassie initially went it alone but me? First I had Jessie and then you took over after Jessie’s health scare and pregnancy took her off the road for most of 2024!”
“I anticipated this reaction but you didn’t have a manager for your matches outside of SCW, that only became a thing after Jessie went on hiatus, which was extended by the pregnancy, I’ll give you that.” Josh nodded in understanding as he paced around the room. “You’re an intelligent young woman Harper, use that, I will be relaying the news to Cassie shortly but you should both be able to figure it out.”
”Funny, this whole mess started with me entering the High Stakes Rumble and I went out of my way to tell Cassie ahead of time, now it’s come full circle.” Harper commented with a slight laugh as she shook her head. ”Do you at least have some advice for facing off with Cassie?”
“You’re young, you know each other extremely well, you’re both trained by Team Hero and while Cassie has the speed advantage your jack of all trades style of wrestling should cancel it out.” Josh advised me and Harper nodded as she started to weigh her options. “But if you ask me, it’ll come down to who’s hungrier and the stipulation you girls get stuck with.”
”Easier said than done, Cassie hasn’t held a title since her rookie year, not for lack of trying off course, off the three titles I won in my rookie year I still have one of them and that’s only because the fed went under while I was the TV Champ.” Harper sighed as she ran a hand through her hair. ”And it’s as you said, this math is basically a Christmas themed Roulette Rules Match!”
“You’ll figure it out, and I’ll tell Cassie the same when I talk to her.” Josh responded before he went to leave the room. “Good night Harper.”
”Night Josh.” Harper responded before Josh left the room and she shook her head. ”I was so excited when Cassie joined SCW during the summer and now we’re ending the year by warring for a shot at the Bombshell Internet Title, Krystal’s right, fate does have a wicked sense of humour!”
Harpin’ On With Harper, Harper’s Hotel Room, Long Beach, California
Monday the 16th of December 2024, 11:00am
*on camera, start vlog, promo part two*
As Harper starts her second vlog for the match we can see her looking reflective.
”You know, I don’t hate the majority of Christmas songs, some are just cheesy good fun, Fairytale of New York has aged like milk in the Saharra Dessert, Last Christmas is annoyingly catchy, but there is one song I fucking hate above all the others.” Harper commented as she shook her head. ”Do They Know It’s Christmas, the only thing that reaches the level of aggravation that song brings me is that one by John Lennon and Yoko Ohno but this one tips the scales because of how preachy it is!
Why am I bringing this up? Simple, it’s the week before Christmas but with the sour mood this whole situation with Cassie has left me in? it may as well be literally any other day of the year for all I care!”
Harper stated with an annoyed grunt.
”And all because I didn’t want my second High Stakes match to be one where the winner has to wear baby wear! I didn’t even know they did babywear in Bobbie’s size and I’d rather not think of the implications behind the fact that such a costume exists!” Harper commented with a slight shudder. ”But the point is that you guys should know the story by now! Cassie eliminated me from the Rumble, I thought “no big deal, it’s every woman for themselves and we’ll figure out a way to resolve things later” except my idea for resolving things only made it worse after I accidentally cost us the tag match!
“Look, I can’t believe I have to pay this but I didn’t go into that match planning to sabotage the whole thing! What reason would I have to do that? All that would do is hurt my career just as much as it hurt Cassie’s! but now Cassie has gotten it into her head that that was my plan all along and I need to beat some sense into her at the Christmas Special to make this right!”
Harper sighed as glance up at the ceiling.
”Me and Cassie have been friends for a long time, longer than either of us have been in SCW in fact! We started off as friendly rivals since we both graduated from the same place and tried to outdo each other whenever we could but it eventually evolved into us being flat out friends, when she joined SCW? I had a feeling Christian would eventually look for an excuse to book this match, and low and behold, here we are and there’s a title shot at stake as well.
Both me and Cass have one other thing is common: we won our first titles during our rookie years but we’ve struggled to get our hands on more championship gold since then, we’re both hungry for this, that should be clear, but who’s hungrier? That’s one hell of a loaded question.”
*end vlog*
Harper’s Loft, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 17th of December 2024, 11:00am
Harper is at her laptop in her loft on a video call with her auntie Therese.
”Trust me to leave the Christmas Shopping to the week before Christmas Eve!” Harper commented to Theresa as she shook her head. ”Thank god Amazon Prime makes it a lot easier, am I right?”
“Absolutely, I don’t know what I’d do without it.” Therese nodded in agreement and Harper grinned. “Have you gotten all the small presents for Mackenzie and Jason?”
”Literally just ordered them, I’ll send you a test when they are delivered and you can come pick them up.” Harper responded with a grin and Therese nodded with a smile on her face. ”So, what was the big present you had planned for my siblings? Because the way you talked about it made it seem like it wasn’t a game console or anything.”
“You’re right there Harper, and I suppose I’d better show you.” Therese responded before she picked up the phone and turned the camera around, when Harper saw the two Black Lab puppies she cooed. “Since you got Logan and Xavier after your parents died they have wanted a pet of their own, they don’t have a name yet but they are from the same breeder as Logan and Xavier.”
”Oh my god! I have to meet them ASAP!” Harper responded with a giddy squee and Theresa chuckled. ”And you said you had something big for me?”
“I do, but I’m not revealing that until Christmas.” Theresa added and Harper nodded as she got the idea. “And that’s still over a week away, can’t believe SCW is making you wrestle so close to Christmas.”
”If only that was the only issue with my match on Sunday.” Harpe sighed as she ran a hand through her hair. ”You know my usual Christmas week routine Therese, chill out, get the dogs pupicinos, the works, but this whole situation with Cass has thrown me off.”
“I know, Josh told me yesterday.” Therese sighed as she shook her head. ”No matter who wins, just promise me you’ll make amends with Cass, alright? I hate to see such a close friendship crash and burn over a misunderstanding.”
”It’s as I said to Josh when we were still in Long Beach, that’s a lot easier said than done, but I’ll try.” Harper sighed as she leaned back. ”Especially since we’re fighting for a title shot!”
“I believe in you Harper, good luck with the match.” Therese respondd before the conversation drifted off.
Harpin’ On With Harper, Harper’s Loft, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 17th of December 2024, 21:00pm
*on camera, start vlog, final promo part*
We cut to Harper in her loft, ready for the last vlog of the year.
”Twas the Week Before Christmas, and all through SCW, not a creature was stirring, but that was about to change thanks to Harper, who knew?” Harper stated as she let out a deep breath. ”Okay, yeah, that was a stretch but it’s different from the tired and cliché Twelve Days of Christmas parody, am I right? If only I was right about that tag team match resolving me and Cassie’s issues.”
Harper lets out a deep breath.
”Don’t get me wrong, under literally any other circumstances? I’d welcome a chance to get a title opportunity like that, but the events that led to this match between me and Cass have left a sour taste in my mouth.” Harper added as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. ”Who knows where we’d be if I stayed out of the High Stakes Rumble? At the very least I wouldn’t be literally fighting to keep my friendship with Cass alive!
But Cass? As much as I love you as a person and a friend? We both know this can only end one way.”
It’s that simple.
”Take away all the drama between us Cass and we have two young women who are hungry for their first championships in SCW, for me? This would be my third title shot since arriving in SCW last year and first shot at the Bombshell Internet Title while this would be your first title shot since arriving here.” Harper added as she let out a deep breath. ”But let me make one thing very clear: This Isn’t What I Wanted, at all! And I sure as hell didn’t want to cost us the tag team match! But you’ve gotten it into your head that that was what I wanted all along, to which I have one question:
Why Cass? I thought we were friends?”
And with that Harper decided to wrap things up.
”And yeah, the cynical among you will say something like “friendship has no place in wrestling” but my counter to that argument is: how are most teams formed in the first place?” Harper asked with an exasperated sigh. ”Regardless of the state of our friendship after this Cass? I’m not backing down, not when there’s an Internet Title Shot at stake! I’m not even thinking about Aleesha or Bella at this point, the one thing on my mind is trying to salvage our friendship and if I can earn my first title shot of 2025 aloong the way? All the better because the world needs a new hero in “The Slaytanic Avenger” Harper Mason but it needs Young Justice to be friends again even more! Either way, see you on Sunday.”
Harper turned off her camera as the scene fades.a
