Hardtimes Pub & Grill

[fryman]

Hardtimes Pub & Grill is exactly what it sounds like. It is a restaurant that is split into two sections. One section is a restaurant where people could enter and eat the food off the menu which primary serves different types of chili, burgers, and assorted appetizers. Not much of a selection, but food is food.

On the other side of the restaurant there is a bar as well as a pool tables scatter across the room and a huge screen TV against the wall with small round tables around it. It gets packed during games, but that is of little concern.

Among the seats at the bar there is a kid with bright green hair sleeping with his head on the table. Now it would look strange to see a random bright hair kid sleeping at the bar and people may have different ideas about what is going on. Despite what people say that person sleeping at the bar is not drunk, but merely resting until he gets some kind of job offer for his Protection Service he just started up.

[Date Masamune™]

Shugo walked into the bar.. the first thing that caught his eye was green hair. At first he spazzed out and then he jumped at Cliff and knocked him down to the ground and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.

"WHY THE HELL ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME! I LEAVE 552 TO GO SOMEWHERE I DON'T KNOW ANYONE AND NOW YOU FOLLOW ME!"

[fryman]

As Cliff was sleeping mining his own business out of nowhere comes a hit towards his head that knocked him down. Before he could fully regain cautiousness he felt the guy grabbing his collar and hosting him up so they would be facing each other. Listening to the annoying tone of the voice yelling at him Cliff tried to think where he heard that before. It sounded strangely familiar and also brought the urge to pull out a giant fan out of his pocket to whack some in the head with.

Yawning in the face of the person yelling at him Cliff replied lazily, “Can you please keep it down. I am trying to sleep here.”

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"Hmm.. it appears he doesn't remember me.." Shugo sighed. He had to do something to make Cliff remember. He helped him stand up after he himself stood up. Then grabbed him by the collar of his shirt once more.

"SNAP OUT OF IT! IT'S SHUGO!!!" Shugo started shaking him around until he himself got tired. Then he let go of Cliff and left for a second to get a vodka and came back with a beer too. "Not sure if you drink but here.." Shugo gave him the beer and kept the vodka for himself.

[fryman]

Being placed on his feet again Cliff yawned again as Shugo started to shake him again shouting some more things. Bringing his right hand to his right eye Cliff began to rub it again as he took his seat back down at the bar. In a grumpy irritated voice said, “Shugo what did I say about speaking, eh?”

Letting out another yawn and stretching his arms Cliff waved his right hand in a gesture of no thanks for the drink. Taking a deep breath Cliff shook his head before he then said again in a curious dark tone, “Enough with the formality. The question I want to know is why aren’t you at 552, and if you are here to hire me for a job?”

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"You're kidding me right? You're asking me why I'm not at a place to learn? Are you alright in the head.. and besides.. why would I hire you to do something when I could do it so much better myself." Shugo said knocking on Cliff's head to see if everything was alright up there. Shugo gave up and went back to his vodka..

"Anyways whats this about people hiring you."

[fryman]

Sighing a little depress about no job offer Cliff rubbed his head a little before he spoke in his lazy voice, “Well since I came here with no money or anything I decided to start my own protection service as a way to earn some money.”

Taking a deep breath be for he started again a little depress, “ Unfortunately for me their hasn’t been any job offers as of yet so I am just hanging out here. I do odd jobs here that no one wants to do and I get food for it. So it is not all a waste of time.”

Tilting his head downwards as if depress Cliff made a big yawn and closed his eyes again and went back to sleep.

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Shugo started to do something he hadn't done for quite some time, he actually started to think. Then he grabbed Cliff by the shirt and started to shake him again to wake him up. Shugo had a huge grin on his face. Cliff was an old friend who he hadn't seen in a long time. Shugo and Cliff weren't actually friend's from the start. They were actually pretty good enemies. Fighting almost everytime they met. Cliff had even threatened attacking a girl Shugo used to like to force Shugo to do work for him once.

"I got the greatest idea ever! I'll help you out with this protection service. After all let's face it. You'ld be no good without me. And I'm a lot stronger from the last time we faught. And I've almost mastered using a reverse bladed katana. I can also use twin daggers and a two handed sword pretty well. I'm not sure where we'll find those but i've got a reverse bladed katana so it's not all bad." Shugo said pointing to the thing on his back that was wrapped up in white bandages so no one would know what it was.

[fryman]

Being shaken again Cliff shook his head a bit violently as he woke back up. Looking to his side he heard Shugo talking again and this time proposing that they teamed up for the protection service, and then some other stuff that he did not really catch. Shrugging Cliff nodded and agrees with what Shugo as long as it will stop him from talking to much, “Ok lets do what you just said. It sounds good enough.”


Stretching his arms now Cliff closed his eyes as he felt a shiver down his back that was suppose to try waking up. Placing his hands back on the table Cliff asked in a sleepy voice, “So Shugo…What brings you out to the West Coast?”

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"Meh... I felt like ditching 552... too many strong people there.." Shugo said laughing, "And plus.. I thought I'ld go out and see the world.. it's not at all because I got expelled." Shugo said as his eye lids moved together and his eyes shut. He moved them back and forth all shifty like. Kind of like this >> << >>. "Okay so maybe it was cause I got expelled. But they expelled me for a stupid reason! All I did was use a ramp to go into the third floor through a window on my bike!"

[fryman]

Grabbing a glass of water that was in front of him Cliff was just idly swirl the water in the glass and stared at it. He was half listening to Shugo’s ranting and half not paying attention like he always did when he talked with Shugo. Some habits just die hard, if they ever do anyway.

In a calm, but distance voice Cliff said, “So you got expelled for doing stupid, and for no apparent reason you decide to come and live in California. Am I right?”

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"Exactamundo!" Shugo said with a huge grin as he dumped the vodka onto the ground and got some fruit punch. Yup the boy was ready to get hyper. When he got back there two men in black with breif cases started to walk up to them. Shugo chugged the fruit punch and ran over dropping the glass letting it break on the ground. He put his fists up ready to fight.

"Looks like we've got the FBI after us. I think they must be tracking 552 students." Shugo said to Cliff. When the men talked they asked for a Mr. Cliff. "Meh... thats him..." They were here... for a job!

[fryman]

Sitting down in his car swirling the water in his drink around Cliff looked up at Shugo as he mention the word FBI, and then his crackpot theory. Immediate the thought that went through his mind was that he did not feel like dealing with other people unless they had a job. If they wanted trouble then Cliff would of just ignore them. If it was good or not the two gentlemen approach the pair of protection agents. Giving a cough in his right hand one of the guys asked politely, but with a stern tone that indicted serious matter asked, “Excuse me, but are you a Mr. Cliff Blackheart?”

Turning his head so he catch a glance of the guy speaking through his left eye Cliff said confidently, “I might be him. Who is asking?”

Moving his right hand over his tie and adjusting it the man said, “I am representing a man that would wish to use your service for a job. It would be better if we could go to a place more privately to talk about the details of the job. That is if you are the man we are looking for.”

With a grin of satisfaction Cliff turned completely around to face his soon to be client. Collapsing his hands together Cliff said in a welcoming and friendly voice, “I have just the place so if you would please follow me I would be glad to discuss the detail of the job with you.” Looking over to Shugo, Cliff said a bit commanding, “Shugo come follow me to the VIP section with our guest.”

Making sure the suits where following Cliff lead the group to the back of the bar area and towards the right wall back there. The reason for that was because in the back on the wall there is a set of stairs that lead to a little metal deck that had several tables. That area is used for VIP parties to hangout, but it was empty most of the time so Cliff uses that as his office as sorts.

Now showing everyone to the table Cliff gesture his hands towards the seat and said politely, “Will you please take a seat so we can discuss the job your client wants to hire us for?”

OOC: Will continue in chat room or on msn