Sitting lazily on the camel�s back, Dante mumbles something under his breath�totally incoherently�before placing a rolled up joint of tobacco in between his lips, sparking it by striking the two stones of flint together at the opposing end of it. Inhaling, he places the flint stones back into his pants pocket. Removing the rolled up tobacco joint from his lips, he exhales smoke. Having now one hundred percent of his focus locked on the small town that they slow their camel�s speed to enter cautiously.

Dante Fullington - Alright, Boy scout!!! We�ll meet back up here at the camel stables in two hours. Whoever�s coming with me to the bar�let�s go...I got no fuckin� time to baby-sit you kids, just be on your toes and keep an eye on your back so I don�t have to. I don�t completely trust these dirty fuckers�

Dante proclaims aloud while staring directly at one of the merchants with a towel wrapped around his head. The merchant looks offended by Dante�s mannerisms yet it doesn�t seem to phase him a bit as he gets off of the camel�s back, having a hold of it�s reigns while guiding it to the camel stables where a large barrel cut in half and filled with drinking water is located in the shade of this tropic oasis.

Rayne Ashrose - Fine. Kitiara, Lilliana please come with me. We need to find a map and the rest of our supplies then we�ll meet back here as soon as possible. Naima, make sure to bait him with a beer to get his lazy ass out of the bar when you two are finished shopping.

�Naima grins and salutes Rayne while jumping down off of her camel�

Kitiara Amaya - Aww, Shade�Unarius? I owe you one...

Lilliana along with Kodo, get off the camel�s saddle to step down into the shade after Kitiara did a second ago. Rayne, Naima, Lilliana and Kitiara pull their camels over to the water barrels to drink next to Dante�s camel. Rayne then splits off and heads for a merchants stand and the blue haired girl along with the tallest Andin girl following him.

Naima Amaya - So�what do you think we should buy?

Dante Fullington - A new life�right after a couple beers.

Naima smiles, happy that Dante chose to come along instead of leaving him behind back there in Etona. Dante cautiously eyes a few people passing them by before entering the small tavern located in the heart of this nearly desolate town. Rayne along with Lilliana and Kitiara disappear from their sight as Dante presses the wooden door open, to be followed by Naima into this tavern. The light shines through the open windows, a few tables are located in this bar. A couple of tables are occupied with travelers dressed in light shaded clothing, wearing turbans on their heads. They all look up from what they�re doing to continue with whispers concerning the newcomers.

Naima Amaya - Well�this place is�nice�

Dante Fullington - So, a white man and an Andin girl walk into a bar�Watch your pouch of gold�there�s a lot of pickpockets out here. Listen up�if ANY of you pick either of our pockets??? You�ll wish you hadn�t!!! Serious�I�ll break your face.

�The bartender smiles while drying out empty mugs and pints�

Dante Fullington - Som� bitch�The fuck you staring at!?

Dante questions a curious traveler that stares at them from his seat at the bar. Dante and Naima both walk over to the bar and Dante slams his right hand down upon the bar-top to rest it there, staring at the curious man in return. Right up close to him, staring down at him to show him how it feels to be watched. The traveling man gets nervous than abruptly gets up from his bar stool, to exit the tavern all together.

Dante Fullington - That�s what I thought�bastard�

Bartender - Hello weary travelers, what is it that I can do for you???

Naima Amaya - Hi�we�re just looking for a couple of drinks, thank you.

Bartender - Ah! I see that you two are Rank One Sakkar Asfarian Mercenaries, impressive�we don�t get popular people around these parts. Perhaps, A healthy meal and a bed to sleep in after would be in order??? Free of charge�

Dante Fullington - We�re not spending the night ya fuckin� Sand-Monkey. Just get us our drinks and we�ll be on good terms�if you catch my drift?

Staring at the bartender now, Dante sits down in the stool that the curious man kept warm for him. The barkeep nods his head and instantly goes for the two beverages for them to drink instead of asking any further questions. Naima looks to Dante, blinking her eyes, figuring in the back of her mind that the racial remark was uncalled for.

Dante Fullington - Filthy bastard, I�m gonna� call you �Lucky�, because you�re lucky I�m giving you gold for these drinks. There best not be anything added to it either�I swear, if I taste MY OWN SPIT in that drink, I�ll fuck you up!!!

Watching the bartender while he pours two pints full of mead, Dante smirks a little to notice how the man keeps his head far away from the beverages, to avoid getting anything in them. The man places the two full drinks down onto the bar, Naima shakes her head and looks to the bartender to thank him and also to apologize for Dante�s attitude.

Naima Amaya - I�m sorry on the account of my companion, barkeep�he hasn�t exactly had good luck with Sakkar Asfarian people. Here�s some extra gold for the abuse�I do hope it makes up for the way my friend has mistreated you.

Naima places a few extra gold pieces on the bar to make up for the way Dante has been treating him. The bartender smiles at Naima and takes the gold, happily while Dante pauses with the pint up to his lips, going to take a drink he stops then lowers the pint to stare at Naima with a disgruntled expression staining his face.

Bartender - Thank you very much!!! Please, Come Again!!!

�Naima smiles at the bartender than looks over at Dante�

Naima Amaya - What???

�Dante shakes his head, looks away from Naima and takes a drink�

Naima Amaya - You know Dante, not ALL Sakkar Asfarian�s are bad people, you have to learn how to accept facts like that and then maybe�just maybe�you�ll find a way to open up and pull out of that tough guy exterior once in a while.

Dante pounds his entire beverage, slams the empty pint down onto the bar, looks over at Naima again than back to the bartender once more while pointing down into the empty pint, speaking to him with a smug expression replacing the disgruntled one on his face.

Dante Fullington - More�and after you�re done pouring, you think I could borrow that towel on your head for a minute�? I need something to wipe my ass with after I take a big old steaming heaping shit right here on your fuckin� bar�and that extra gold WILL cover the rest of my drinks, there �Lucky�.

Naima frowns at Dante and sets her pint down onto the bar after taking just a single sip. She crosses her arms and shakes her head while glaring at Dante due to his lack of moral concerning his manners. The bartender happily gets him a refill�cautiously, nervously, trying to prevent getting the big man angrier than he already is.

Naima Amaya - DANTE!!!

�Dante looks over at Naima like �What!?��

Dante Fullington - I work HARD for the gold you just tried to waste on this fuckin� sand-bunny�damn it! Shut up and drink your mead!!! It�s going to get warm. I�m not going to purchase you more drinks if you don�t drink them, bitch.

A large Sakkar Asfarian civilian approaches them from the corner of the room. He walks up to where Dante is sitting, to place a gentle hand down upon his right shoulder. Dante snaps his attention from taking a drink, to the hand on his shoulder while slowly placing his pint of mead back down onto the bar.

Sakkar Asfarian Civilian - I think it would be best if you leave�

Dante Fullington - I think it would be best if you removed your grime infested hand from my shoulder before I decide to shove it up your ass!!!

The second Dante feels the man grasping tighter onto his shoulder, he stands, turns, grabs the hand of the civilian by the wrist, twists�sending the upper body of the man down onto the bar, slamming into it face first. Dante holds his arm behind him and grabs him by the towel on his head. Dante bashes the man�s face down into the bar a few times and Naima scoots off of her barstool to get out of harms way. All of the other civilians start cheering on the fight, only further instigating Dante as he pulls the man�s head from the bar�to lifting him up into a military press before turning completely around and throwing him out of the tavern, through the wooden peers in the open frame.

~ CRASH!!! ~

Out onto the sand outside of the tavern, Dante walks to the window frame with the broken pieces of wood that dangle in the way, Dante steps out of the tavern through the very window that he just threw the man through and out onto the sand in the tiny town. Everybody stops what they�re doing to watch as Dante gets top-mount position, sitting on the man�s diaphragm to prevent him from breathing while blasting him in the face with several devastating punches. Breaking the man�s nose and then some.

Naima Amaya - Sorry�but, we have to go now.

Bartender - Yes, I do think that would be best. Thank you.

Naima tosses a few more gold onto the bar just to make up for the busted window as Dante gets up and off of the man to re-enter the tavern, walking past Naima and to the bar�he grabs his drink and finishes it before turning and bashing it over the bartender�s head, dropping him down in between the bar and the kegs of alcohol behind it.

Naima Amaya - DANTE!!! What the hell did HE do to YOU!?

Dante mumbles under his breath while grabbing a bar stool and walking past her and back out of the tavern with it in hand. Naima watches him cautiously while he continues onward during his seemingly uncontrollable rampage.

Dante Fullington - Fuckin� looked at me wrong�

Dante steps back out into the sand, in the shade. The Sakkar Asfarian civilian with the broken nose tries to crawl away on all fours and Dante walks after him. He raises the bar stool up into the air and proceeds on swinging it down, lashing it down into the back of the man that pleas or mercy in his own language, a language that Dante cannot understand�a language that further motivates Dante to beating him half to death.

Dante Fullington - The Fuck You Just CALL ME!?

Naima Amaya - Dante!!! Stop!!! He didn�t do anything!!!

Dante Fullington - Like Hell he didn�t!!! You jus� hear what he called me!? OH!!!!!!!!!! You�re going to PAY for that remark, Dick!

Sakkar Asfarian Civilian - No! Please! Stop! I�m sorry!!!

�Dante continues beating him with the barstool as the people surround�

Naima Amaya - NO! See!? He�s pleading for MERCY!!!

A sudden jolt, unseen to the naked eye�sends Dante flying away from the civilian and back into the sand. Dante sits up like �WTF!?� while glaring over at the bleeding, battered civilian that he was just assaulting�and he gets back up to Rayne Ashrose stepping in between him and the civilian. Lilliana, Kitiara and Naima all tend to the beaten man as Rayne keeps Dante at bay.

Dante Fullington - Outta� the way, Boyscout�I gotta� finish this�

Rayne Ashrose - It�s already finished, Dante. Enough is enough�we must leave NOW thanks to you. Get on your camel�we�ve worn out our welcome.

A buddy of the fallen civilian comes up and tries to stab Dante with what appears to be a homemade shank of some sort. Rayne pushes Dante out of range of the attempt, than he turns and punches the civilian�s buddy dead in the face and hard enough to render him unconscious. To the sand he flops, Lilliana, Kitiara and Naima drop their concern for the fallen civilian before the one with the shank and they hop up onto their camels. Dante waits for Rayne to be focused on the girls getting ready to leave, his eyes screaming at the civilian with the broken nose as he slowly pushes himself back up to his feet.

Rayne Ashrose - Alright, it�s your turn Dante�get on the camel�

Just as the civilian gets back up to his feet, Dante tackles him right back down into the sand�to continue doing further damage, punching the man in the jaw�breaking it with a couple of blows, one after another�Dante continues punching the man and doing more damage until Rayne grabs him and peels him up and off of the man�whom had been knocked out the second his jaw was broken. Rayne turns and throws Dante toward his camel�then to his surprise, Dante�s smile is revealed while he jumps up onto it.

Dante Fullington - Let that be a reminder to the REST of you fuckin� Towel-Heads!!! Fuck with ME and you WILL get your ass KICKED!!!

Rayne Ashrose - Kitiara, lead the way�Go�Go�Go�

Kitiara nods her head and leads Lilliana and Naima out�all the while, Kitara and Naima both have a grasp on the reigns to Dante�s camel, leading him out on the camel backward while he flips the people off, pointing and laughing as well. Rayne gets up onto his camel and shakes his head�looking out at the people before leaving.

Rayne Ashrose - Don�t worry�he will never return, I promise.

�Rayne turns his camel around and leaves to catch up to his party�


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