Mistakes Were Made

In Promo by Jasper Redgrave

[The Gallery.]

[The place is in shambles.]

[The showroom is scattered with debris. Displays that have been destroyed.]

[The sound of crashing and breaking echoes throughout the showroom.]

I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING!

[Crash!]

[We turn a corner where the sounds are coming from.]

[A shirtless Jasper Redgrave stands amongst the rubble of displays. He’s blazing hot with anger, crashing his already bloodied hands through a glass case.]

“When I found you on Death Row, you were nothing!”

“You were quiet. You knew that something had to be done, that an Uprising needed to be formed, but it was ME who gave you the voice to take action.”

[Jasper picks up what looks to be an expensive and heavy vase, slinging it clear across the room. It shatters into a thousand pieces.]

YOU WERE LOST! A helpless fucking dog who’s family had forgotten. Who’s brother gave zero fucks about!”

“The day you came to me, I saw something inside you. Something that I thought I liked.”

“But you were just as weak as that prick you call a brother!”

[Jasper strikes forward, putting his elbow through a painting’s canvas before tossing it to the ground! He’s absolutely mad!]

“I gave you everything. I taught you how to be ruthless. I showed you how to be violent and vicious. I gave you every fucking tool that you needed to exact the revenge you wanted against the brother who had forgotten you.”

“I molded you into a cold-blooded snake with venom that’s capable of putting the biggest of foe’s down.”

[Redgrave pivots to put his back on the wall, sliding down into a sitting position. He gives a slight sigh.]

“And I guess.. I guess that was my mistake.”

[He pulls his knees to his chest and places his head in his bloodied hands.]

[And for once.. Jasper Redgrave looks defeated.]

“But at Ring of Dreams, you made yours.”

“You chose to listen to the same father who would have let you rot down there on Death Row by turning your back on me. You chose to stab the only person that’s been there for you through thick and thin over a family that didn’t give a FUCK whether you saw the outside of that cell ever again.”

“You bit the hand that fed you.”

[Jasper pushes him back to his feet, taking a few steps towards us.]

[His demeanor has changed yet again.]

[No longer does he look defeated.]

“I spent months looking after you.”

“When Attano took you captive, it became clear to me then that I had allowed you to become a weakness of mine.”

“At Ring of Dreams, true to your name, you broke the chains that have been holding me back for months.”

[Jasper gives a slight chuckle.]

“You and your brother.. you gave it your all. And though I may lay here wounded, I will survive.”

“At Vendetta, we’ll see if the same can be said for the Cade family name.”

[Jasper turns to take his leave, but not before crashing one last display.]

[He shrugs his shoulders, readjusting himself and regaining composure before walking through the chaos he had caused.]

[Fade.]