Chapter 251 - Different Kind Of Crazy (1/2)
Laz looked on in interest, hearing what was happening. He had seen this kind of thing in movies before, but to actually watch it play out in front of him was a new experience. After hearing something like that, Laz would expect that people would get angry.
People didn't let him down.
”ARE YOU F.U.C.K.I.N.G KIDDING?”
”YOU GOING TO SELL US OUT?”
”THIS ISN'T WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR...”
The shouts came back from everywhere and just when the other members at Laz's table were about to yell out, Julia got their attention and made them stop. Laz could tell by her face that she was pissed, but she was still keeping control of herself. He couldn't help but give her a nod of approval about this. Standing out right now was almost asking to be made an example out of and although it hurt, sometimes you had to take the hit for the people you cared about.
That was Julia's mindset at the moment. Get through this and figure out something after, even if it meant leaving town. Her entire guild's lives were at stack and she couldn't afford to act rashly.
At least, this was Laz's guess. In truth, he was mostly right, but there was one thing he hadn't thought of. She was waiting to see what he would do.
Julia didn't know how strong Laz was or what his plans were, but just the fact that he could call over one of the famous four hors.e.m.e.n was enough to show that he had something going for him. As far as Julia was concerned, even if the four girls weren't as strong as a foundation realm infected, they would still be able to kill one due to their ability. So the fact that he could get that kind of help spoke loads about his own ability.
Even if he did nothing, she thought that he would at least help her and her friends to leave safely.
”Now now everyone. Please try to understand. We are doing this for your own good! Every party, group, guild or whatever you want to call yourselves needs to have a strong leader in the event of a crisis. We can't always be there to watch your backs when we aren't working together. So although you all may feel a bit put off by this, the fact is that it is for your own good and protection.” Although Damien was speaking with more than a hint of arrogance, what he said did ring true for many of the groups present. In the event of a raid or attack, how would they protect themselves? It wasn't like they were closely linked with each other outside of the council meetings. Although such things hadn't really happened in the past, everyone present knew that the world was changing each day. Who was to say that it couldn't happen?
Fear was ever a potent motivation.
So despite the tone used and the obvious favoritism, it was kind of hard for the weaker groups to continue their protests when faced with logic.
As Laz looked at Julia, he saw that her face was just as agitated as before. She was obviously not buying a word that was being said.
”Now then. Before we begin moving to the next phase of the night, there is a small problem that has popped up. I believe everyone here knows our good friend Greg. As it turns out, Greg has discovered that an outsider has snuck his way in here.” With this, Damien pointed his finger over to Julia's table and as though it was set up ahead of time, a spot light that would normally be pointed at the stage suddenly landed on Laz, bring the entire rooms attention to him.
'Ho, ho.... now this is getting fun....' Laz wasn't the least bit disturbed. He had the rather funny idea that he knew where this was going.
”You there.” Damien shouted out.
Laz, looking innocent, pointed to himself in an exaggerated manner before turning to look around him. He then turned back towards Damien and pointed to himself again as though he was confused.
While acting, the rest of the table had backed up a bit to be out of the spot light, but seeing Laz act this way, they couldn't help but laugh.
”You. I have never seen you before. With what intentions did you sneak in here with? And who do you work for?” Damien started acting as though he was in charge and was picking out a criminal in the crowd.
Laz couldn't help but play along.
”Uh. Hello. I work for the crab shack as a bus boy. You know, cleaning tables, mopping the floor. Doing dishes sometimes as well. Occasionally taking out the trash. Sometimes I get to keep a portion of the tips left behind too, you know. When the servers are feeling generous. Uh.. let's see...”
”ENOUGH. I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THAT. WHY THE HELL DID YOU SNEAK IN HERE?” There was more that one person who was laughing at Laz's ramblings, especially the ladies. Laz was rather handsome after all, even if he was poor. Damien could tell he was being made fun of.
”Oh? That. Well... to be honest with you, sometimes a man gets a little lonely at night and uh... well... p.o.r.n just doesn't always do it for you, you know my brother? At times a guy needs a bit of warmth and comfort? So yeah, I just figured that a strip club was the right place to go for that. Spend a few bucks, have a few drinks. Maybe get a l.a.p dance or two? Helps a man feel alive...”
”Are you f.u.c.k.i.n.g with me right now?” Damien was no longer yelling. In fact, his voice had gone amazing cold at the moment.
”Course not. Why else would a hot blooded young man come to a place like this? For the food? That's the real bullshit if you know what I mean. Who goes to a strip club for the food? Nah bro. I figured I could spend some money and have a beautiful woman accompany me for the night... You know? Like that one sitting next to you who keeps doing shots off the other girls b.o.o.b.s. Yeah, her...”
As Laz pointed at Remi, much to the stupefied amazement of the foundational realms sitting in the middle of the room, Damien's face seemed to freeze for a second before he relaxed. He finally felt like this guy that Greg wanted to kill was just an idiot.
'Of all the people in here, you decided to go provoke her. Maybe no one else in here knows who's in charge now, but we do. And you just pointed her out as though she was a call girl. Have a good journey to the other side my idiot friend.'
Damien was going to use Laz to establish his dominance, but now there was no need to.