Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2015 21:02:41 GMT
The steam from Willie's hot drink and the vapor from his breath are almost hiding the obvious emotion emerging from the zookeeper's face. He stands from his perch entirely focused on the camera that he's holding out to record his piece as the fan's favourite chimp is grunting in the background; devouring a peeled banana he'd evidently sneaked away from the Zoomobile.
"It's hard, El Vainillo. It's really hard, animalites."
He takes another sip from his coffee as a tear trickles down his face.
"I love being the champ amigo but time with the gold is precious as there's so many people who're gunning for you to lose it. I didn't realise this until I pinned Larry and thankfully I have the zoo to attend to or I might have just gone stir crazy."
The zookeeper's really opening up. The first time he's done so since he inked his deal. You wouldn't of thought it was hard for Willie being the face of the company... we'd have a fat joke here because he's, well, got a pretty big face but we'll save it for a more appropriate time.
"You have the newbies, the Hayden Sensations, the Toasts and Mr. Crazys all biting at the dust to show what they're capable of. Then you have the rising stars of the company all queuing up waiting for their shot at being top dog. The Grins, the Nirvanas & the Al Novas... accomplished athletes with an ever growing fan base at Pollomania. Then on top of that you have a mother flipping mystery man eyeing up my title defences."
Willie places his coffee on the floor and turns his attention to the bags in the zoomobile. The second his back is turned Dex and his primitive nature swipes the coffee. It's gonna be a long ride to San Diego for the champ with Dexter high on caffeine and sugar, for sure.
"El Vainillo, you fit into the newbies category. Nobody knows how good you are but everybody's keen to find out. That's why you're in the ring with me, amigo, in front of the thousands of animalites. On October 7th I'll be in the ring with El Tigre de Jengibre so I can't afford to lose and put you in the title picture, El Vainillo. That's why I've brought a few friends to help me out."
Whilst Dexter's off gallivanting with his bananas and coffee Willie reaches for one of the bags, unzipping it from left to right and focusing the camera on its contents. Animalites who suffer from arachnophobia soon X off the stream as the bag reveals many large, colorful hand sized tarantulas. Hairy bastards, they are. Last time out Willie brought an Owl with him; looks like the champ's upped his game.
"Claiming to be an animal lover is a very generic thing to say, El Vainillo, it takes more than mollycoddling a cat. Hope you're not scared of spiders, amigo. See you in San Diego."