"I Know I'm Somewhere On Planet Manhattan."

[Lythrilux]

The thud of a heavy boot a few meters from the table he was sitting at caught his attention.
He looked up from the platinum coin and saw a small gang of three thugs approaching him. Eager not to draw publicity, Lux looked away from the thugs and back at his coin, as if he was playing them into his hands.
"Oi, hunter" The tallest male spoke. His breath stank of beer and the stench trapped itself within his own dark greasy beard. Same cannot be said for his head, which was bald. He had a scar across his left eye.
"I see you've got a nice looking coin there, why don't you hand it over and ye won't get hurt?"
Lux ignored him.
"You got a hearin' problem or somethin'?" He asked, Lux still ignoring him.
The man slammed his fist on the table, the sound echoed across the room.
Lux looked up. "Hm?"
"Hunter, if you value your limbs, you'll give up that coin. So what will it be?"
"Chocolate milkshake with the works pal" Lux joked.
The man grabbed Lux by the neck, hoisting him up against the wall.
Various eyes in the bar turned and stared.
"Are you an idiot or something?" The thug said angrily.
"Dunno, one thing's for sure. You're the worst looking barmaid I've ever seen".
Furious, the thug threw Lux across the room and into the bar, right in-between where James and Dayayra were sitting. The other two thugs sniggered.
"Evenin'" He said, wincing as he got up. "Wonderful evening, no?" He turned to the bartender "Sorry about the mess, I'll clean it up".
"Oh no, I'll clean up the dent in the table" The bartender said.
"Hm? Nah, I wasn't talking about that, I was talking about these three knuckle-heads who thing they can push ME around".
He looked directly at the leader of the trio, even if he was bigger than Lux himself, it still didn't make him change his mind about going after him.
Lux then propelled himself at the thug, fist raised ready to connect with his face.

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