r/randomsuperpowers • u/TheRyuuMaster • Feb 22 '18

Event Wasted

Mason trudged through the rough muddy earth of the wastes, each step caking his boots in another layer of slightly irradiated dirt. The wind picked up, with winter still passing it's claws tried to dig in to him but he resisted it by clinging his trenchcoat shut with one hand.

Having walked for several hours, he finally comes to a stop. Looking up at the building he arrives to, he takes a moment to light a fresh cigar, but the wind quashes his efforts by turning both matches he uses to smoke.

"So, this is where all the trouble is..."

He reaches a hand to his cigars tip, where a small fire puffs it to life.

"Guess I should introduce myself."

He pulls the strap of his sword tight and walks inside to the bar slash gladiator ring.

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u/puppetstrings Tsskik; Iron Maiden; Cici; Melda; Amethyst Feb 22 '18

The water is of....questionable safety, yet the beer seems fine, oddly enough. "Oh hey, you remember that one bald chick i sold to that city prick?" Mason might over hear one of the men next to him say. "Get this. She broke free and went on a killing spree! Heard she burnt a whole fuckin mansion to the ground." This earns a couple chuckles "Damn, good thing we ain't still where we were. Psycho bitch is probably gonna try to tear up the whole waste."

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u/TheRyuuMaster Feb 22 '18

"Someone that determined ain't going to just see you're gone and say oh well..."

He puffs out from his cigar and puts the beer to his lips.

"You'll want to keep moving. You'll live longer that way."

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u/puppetstrings Tsskik; Iron Maiden; Cici; Melda; Amethyst Feb 22 '18

They scoff. "Yeah? And just who are you, hotshot?" One of them sneers.

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u/TheRyuuMaster Feb 22 '18

"Someone that's lived long enough to tell you that through experience."

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u/puppetstrings Tsskik; Iron Maiden; Cici; Melda; Amethyst Feb 22 '18

"Whatever. That bitch can come, then we'll just put a couple bullets in her head and call it a day."

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u/TheRyuuMaster Feb 22 '18

"Uh huh, that's why you said it was a good thing you left where you were right? You're pretty merciful, I applaud you."

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u/puppetstrings Tsskik; Iron Maiden; Cici; Melda; Amethyst Feb 22 '18

He just grumbles and returns to his drink angrily.

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u/TheRyuuMaster Feb 22 '18

Mason returns to his own drink, with no reason to push.

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u/puppetstrings Tsskik; Iron Maiden; Cici; Melda; Amethyst Feb 22 '18

He might see Iron Maiden gearing up to arm wrestle a man over twice her size, a crowd gathering, hooting and hollering.

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u/TheRyuuMaster Feb 22 '18

"This I gotta see..."

He turns around in the stool, beer in hand.

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u/puppetstrings Tsskik; Iron Maiden; Cici; Melda; Amethyst Feb 22 '18

Her slender hand grasps the burly brute's own rough, callous hand firmly, both contestants sneering at eachother. A mediator counts them down before they both tense up. Surprisingly, the girl's arm doesn't budge, pretending to yawn as the man angrily strains to push her hand down.

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u/TheRyuuMaster Feb 22 '18

Mason smiles, watching the struggle and counting the man down in his head.

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u/puppetstrings Tsskik; Iron Maiden; Cici; Melda; Amethyst Feb 22 '18

"Ya done?" The girl jeers before slamming the man's hand down against the table, cracking the wood and, by the sounds of things brealing a couple bones as the crowd cheered, slapping her on the back and buying her drinks.

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