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by Nominis on Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:42 pm
"That's 5 and 0 my man." Jericho smiled, grabbing the cash on the top of the table and throwing it into his pocket. "Pleasure doin' business with you."
And with that the tall, young, brown-haired, blue eyed man turned and walked off. The familiar "click" sounding behind him as someone pulled a knife.
"Johnny....you two-bit low life...you cheated me!" A burly, geasy haired, deep voiced man grumbled, "Ain't no way you could win the dice five times in a row!"
Jericho turned with a sincere what-are-you-talking-about smile. "What'dya mean, Rex? I played ya fair and square just like the other four. Luck's just on my side today."
If there was one person you didn't want to get mad in the slums, it was Rex. Stupid, over-sized, greasy, illiterate, with enough muscle in one ostrich egg sized fist to kill a man. Rex was the prime example of all brawn and no brains. For anyone that had a good eye, and one who'd worked the crowds and knew enough about people (including Rex) one could tell in a flash, after looking at Rex's stained overalls, Rex had just gotten off work, and the money now crammed in Jericho's overflowing pocket was the big man's paycheck.
"You cheatin' dog! Teach you ta steal from me!" And with that, the bear sized man made his lunge, knife arm extended and the intent to take blood evident.
Jeez...come on you big oaf! Jericho thought as his left leg shot up, steel toed boot striking the wrist of the knife wielding hand. In a muffled cry of pain, the sprained wrist released the weapon. Not waiting for the knife to even strike the ground, Jericho side stepped Rex, and took off, smile still on his face.
A few blocks down the way, he could hear a conversation between two Enclave members about three runners and a new suspect....a thief that just stole a plumber's paycheck.
((Edit: Just had to change a g to a t))
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Nominis on Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:22 am, edited 1 time in total.
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