Coreytopia Room B

A rail-thin woman with a million-dollar smile.

“I’m Tessa. Recovering addict. I’ve attended Coreytopia’s Late O’Clock Group for… five years.” She beams.

An older black man in flannel and jeans.

“Clyde. I was homeless when I saw a poster at a shelter… Visit Coreytopia…”

A six-year-old in all-pink sits in her mother’s lap.

“Andrea. And this…”

“Hiiiii.”

“Is my daughter, Faith.”

Coreytopia’s my…

“Home.”

“Refuge.”

“Sanctuary.”

“Mommy’s Hops-…hopspittle.”

“Hos-pi-tal.”

“Heehee.”

Without Coreytopia, I’d be…

“Dead.”

“Dead.”

…Andrea covers Faith’s ears…

Dead.

“And there’s one person...”

“Who made Coreytopia this oasis for… radical healing.”

“Dolly.”

“Miss Dolly!”

“My parents stopped answering calls… Dad said I was dead to him.”

“I wandered into that meeting… Dolly’s face LIT-UP. Waved me over like a lifelong friend.”

“We chatted for hours. Then, she squeezed my hand… said she knew I was strong enough to change.”

“...First time I stepped into Coreytopia… there was a loose wall-panel. No-one around…”

“I started tugging. Figured I’d find copper wire…”

“…Suddenly, a THUD beside me… I thought… ‘I’m dead.’”

“But… this little blonde teenager… dropped a toolbag.”

“…Dolly’d brought pliers so I wouldn’t electrocute myself… she helped me spool it… said to return if I needed more… We’d talk meetings when I was ready…”

“...I never left. Still have that wire.”

“We were separated. Court-ordered. Judge declared me an unfit mother..”

“I thought I’d lost my baby forever. I felt powerless… worthless.”

“Dolly guided me when I was hopelessly lost… sponsored me through every hearing…”

“Three years later? I have Faith.”

”Mommy’s better… but it’s a praw…praaaaaaaw…”

”Process.”

”Yeah!”

What about Corey?

“…Who?”

“Nice guy.”

“...Er, we haven’t met *many* times… Dolly treasures him.”

“Honestly? Thought ‘Corey’ was a euphemism. Like ‘Friends of Bill’ in AA?”

Corey owns Coreytopia.

“...Really? HE named it Coreytopia?”

We’ve confirmed Corey named his commune ‘Coreytopia’.

“…Waitaminute… Corey that motherfucker line-cuttin’ on Soup Night?!?”

We could neither confirm-nor-deny whether Corey line-cuts on Soup Night

“…We haven’t met. But, he’s created this… wonderful place!”

“I don’t need a… handshake to feel uplifte-”

“I hate him.”

“Faith! Don’t say ‘hate’!”

“He cheated on Peter Pan!”

“...what?”

We investigated Corey’s alleged Pan-based infidelity… And found this eyewitness.

We haven’t obscured his identity. He’s a shadow.

”I’m Pan’s shadow.”

“Corey’s a USER. He lovebombs innocent, open-hearted men… then dumps them for some new stud.”

“Since Corey broke his heart? Pan’s a SHADOW of himself.”

“I’d know. I’m HIS shadow.”

Does Coreytopia need Corey?

“...Need?”

“Hell-to-the-NAW! Without him, I might get TOMATO in my TOMATO BISQUE!”

”...Yes.”

Would you re-answer while attached to a lie-detector?

…Andrea smiles uncomfortably.

Faith mouths no.

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Who’s Patrolling Coreytopia while gabbin’ on a cellphone?

‘Micheal Graves’!

…’(Allegedly)’!

”Naaaaah, three interviews are enough.”

“...Irmano, I understand MANY wanna shit on Corey, b-”

’Graves’ glances toward the camera.

…DOUBLE-TAKE.

”…Lemme call ya back.”

*click*

“Corey!”

”Don’t take this wrong, but…”

“The FUCK you doin’ here?”

“…Oh! Here to… Defeat Maddy? Prevent Mammon’s ascent? STOP FUTURE PRESIDENT DYSON?!?”

“...Nope. I did that already.”

“Derailed her regime in TWO Anarchies.”

“Crashed her fasc’ ass so fast, she lost her nat-zee sash and Hitler ‘stache!”

“...Fine. SOME credit to Dolly for growing Dyson’s heart three sizes.”

“Enough to burn her nazi wardrobe.”

“Insufficient to cut the autistic jokes.”

“But, whoooooo revealed Project Mammon?”

“Whoooooooo smothered her nascent reign-of-terror like a time-traveller axin’ Baby Hitler?”

“THIS GUY.”

“Cuz Coriander?”

“YOUR arch-nemesis?”

“E-Z to stop when you skip the reality-bending, fantastical adventures.”

“No offense. Cute stuff.”

“But… Sometimes? Just go where the fascist is.”

“And STOMP.”

“HER.”

“OUT.”

…

“Here to… save the XWF?”

“Realize Coreytopia’s dream? Recovery! Self-Improvement! Unity!”

“...Another N-to-the-Oh, Cormammu! Dolly and I handled that!”

“REVOLUTION! Lockers a-BUZZ with RADICAL IDEAS!”

“HOPE for tomorrow! TODAY!”

“So, again...”

“The FUCK you doin’ here?”

…

“Well. *I* know why you’re here.”

“Same reason you jammed yourself in Dolly’s moment circa 2023.”

”Smellin’ blood in the water.”

Quote:Kido, the blood in the water’s so thick…

”TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE!”

“Raion Kido, Uni champ? SPUTTERING.”

“First-round WarGames exit!”

“Losing to Isaiah King! Who you called…”

Quote:wet-behind-the-ears bonafide midcard greenie

“Kido looked VULNERABLE.”

“Next-in-line?”

“Dolly Waters. Uni ON-the-line.”

“Dolly.”

“Your partner in realizing Coreytopia.”

…

“Whadju say about Dolly?”

Quote:You’re just pretending to be main-event.

Thrown in for the dramz.

Dolly, when’s the last time you TOUCHED a big-time main-event match?

“Dolly had a ONCE-in-a-LIFETIME opportunity.”

“...You TOOK it, Cor.”

“...Funny.”

“You let your ARCH-NEMESIS run ROUGHSHOD.“

“Sat at home, thumbs-a-twiddlin’...”

“...THE MOMENT Dolly wins the Uni?”

“All-of-a-sudden, Corey’s IN THE BUILDING!”

…

“That’s Corey.”

“A shark.”

“Smell opportunity? Take it.”

“You’ve got this… ‘golly-gee, my body got stolen by baddies, but I’M reeeeeeeal nice!’ veneer.”

“But, push comes to shove? YOUR name belongs in lights.”

“On the Uni.”

“On the Mansion.”

“Everyone else? Pretending in little Neverlands to belong alongside you.”

“...But, zoom-out, Cormorant.”

“Your major 2023 accomplishment?”

“Beating ALIAS.”

Quote:beat a BONAFIDE WRESTLING GOD!

“The BIGGEST achievement.”

“...Two years ago.”

“What followed that?”

“You DREW against Zay…”

“...Whadja call him again?”

Quote:wet-behind-the-ears bonafide midcard greenie

“Then, Thunder Knuckles BEAT-cha. Whadju say about HIM?”

Quote:you haven’t been as good as me.

And you never will be.

“‘Check the scorecard’, Core-card… Like Kido, you were out-done…”

Quote:By two serial midcarders.

“...Two years later.”

“TK? DOUBLE champion.”

“Zay? TWO-time Universal champion.”

“And Dolly? Miss…”

Quote:pretending to be main-event.

[orange]“Leadin’ us to the brighter tomorrow you once promised.”

“Still smell blood, Corey?”

“Cuz *I* smell….”

“An egotistical, narcissistic PUNK…”

“Wanderin’ onto MY SHOW.”

“Thinking I’d be the bunny-slope trail back to Main-Event Mountain.”

“...Riddle-me-this. Who beat Corey before TK?”

Quote:Bobby Bourbon. Mark Flynn. Thad Duke.

“Now… I ain’t Flynn.”

“(Allegedly).”

“Buuuuuut, I beat Flynn! Something Corey’s NEVER done.”

“I’ve been called… Flynn-esque in my finesse.”

“And on Anarchy?”

“UNFUCK-WITH-ABLE.”

“UNDEFEATED.”

“FIFTY-FOUR CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.”

“So.”

“Wanna crawl onto MY show?

“Kicking-off your campaign…”

“Re-takin’ what you THINK you’re entitled to?”

Quote:You need to reassess just how deep the waters you're swimming in are.