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Friday 8 June 2075 1430 Eddy's Bar Seattle


Eddy's Sports Bar is a popular watering hole for the small-time betting crowd. And sometimes the not-so-small betting crowd. It has been your home away from home for some time. It certainly is safer than your home. It has everything you could want in a bar; decent unwatered beer, free snacks, several trid screens showing the most popular events, and comfortable chairs. The owner is Eddy Romano. He inherited the place, along with a stable of racing horses and some fancy cars, when his dad died. To all accounts, Eddy is a good guy. He allows all sorts of people in as long as they don't cause any trouble. And the bouncers are around to make sure that does not happen too often. You know Eddy to see him, but that is about all. He spotted you some drinks right after the accident, but you are down to using your own money now. Bucky is the bartender and right friendly for an Ork. She has offered a few times to loan you something if you ever need it. She has slipped you an extra measure to your beers on occasion so is probably someone to stay on the good side of. The real attraction, though, is Tess. How a bookie can look so hot is a mystery. By stereotype, a bookie is supposed to be hard-looking and easygoing until they either have to pay off or you have to pay in. Either situation can turn ugly. But Tess is so easygoing all the time. And frag is she hot to look at. She could easily be one of the strippers at the club a couple of miles down the road. You have been there more than once, but none of the girls there have anything on Tess. Except for maybe the one named Gardenia Rose. Now, there was a woman. Too bad a night in bed with her charms cost so fragging much.

Friday is almost the same as any other day at Eddy's. Most of the talk is of the Cup Race on Saturday. Eddy has a horse in the race and the odds were on him to cross the line in front, earning the 1M payday, but Eddy had been forced to scratch that entry and is going with a nag two years out of the circuit. The odds makers were all over this and tons of money was being shifted. Tess is almost to the point of pulling some of that gorgeous hair out. Gear and you are watching the highlights of last night's Blood Bowl match and yelling at the refs for an obviously botched call when a familiar voice comes from behind you. Trin's silky tones grab at your senses as she pulls up a chair and sits down. "Hey, boys, mind if I join you? I was talking to Orange and she said you might be over here. Got something you might be interested in. One night, one race, 3 large. Got your attention?"