Change of Winds

[Altejago]

The Nonsense Factory, Ampere's lair

Hank brought Moka's drink to him, avoiding eye contact with both Josie and Ampere. Moka took it from him carefully, taking a quick sip before smashing the glass across Hanks head with his right arm. The glass shattered, spilling good whiskey everywhere and cutting both Hanks face and Moka's hand. The alcohol seared the new wounds but Moka didn't react. Hank dropped to the floor in shock, completely taken aback by the sudden attack by his Warlord. "Get the fck up, dickhead. I am over your bullsh!t and these boys are even sh!ttier with you. You will answer to them as I no longer have time for you..." Moka declared before turning around and leaving the room.

Hank stood up, blood seeping from the cuts on his left cheek. The alcohol was burning but the pain was subsiding fast as the realization that his one defense against the men in the room just turn his back on him. He started stammering, incoherently trying to apologize to Josie and Richard in a flurry of tears that had began to onset when he discovered he wasn't leaving the room alive. "Y-ya know I was always joking, right guys?"

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