“She changed her mind. Decided she’d rather see the extra dough I brought home from the fights, even if I came back with fewer teeth. ‘Your ugly mug can’t get any prettier, anyway’, is how she phrased it.” He chuckled as he filled a glass with cow’s blood before reaching for the bourbon bottle and adding a healthy splash. “Want it warmed?”
“Thanks, but I’m good. And just add it to my tab, yeah?”
“Oh, shit, that reminds me-boss says you and Virg drink for free from now on.”
I raised my eyebrows in undisguised surprise. Mackenzie Macintyre was notorious for holding customers to their debts; a story had circulated last year about him going so far as to hire a banshee to plague a lush who was notorious for skipping out on tabs. “And to what do we owe such premium treatment?”
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“Thanks, but I’m good. And just add it to my tab, yeah?”
“Oh, shit, that reminds me-boss says you and Virg drink for free from now on.”
I raised my eyebrows in undisguised surprise. Mackenzie Macintyre was notorious for holding customers to their debts; a story had circulated last year about him going so far as to hire a banshee to plague a lush who was notorious for skipping out on tabs. “And to what do we owe such premium treatment?”
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