Chapter 190
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Mars made his way through the busy streets of Green river and soon made his way to Terry's building, on the outside it looked a little different than his building but not that different, but when Mars steeped into the building he felt a difference from his, there was a sort of uncertainty in the air
'theses people feel... on edge'
a little confused about the atmosphere inside the building Mars began climbing up further in the building while visiting the shops he felt interesting, on his way up he found a spirits shop and walked inside to take a look
"welcome"
Mars greeted the employee with a smile
"can I help you with finding something?"
"hmm... in that case do you have any mellow and sweet rum?"
half an hour later a slightly tipsy Mars walked out of the shop with a paper bag filled with clear glass bottles filled with all kind of spirits, he had revived way to many free samples and as a result ended up buying whatever he found good leading to the current result
'hmm... I hope the girls like spirits or else I'll have to work though all theses bottles by myself'
soon Mars remembered his current goal in visiting this building and made his way up to the entrance to the penthouse and rung the bell, after he had waited for a few minutes he picked up footsteps and soon the door was opened by a female elver Mars didn't know, she clearly didn't know Mars either cause she gave a slight frown when she saw him and smelled him
"can I help you with anything?"
Mars gave a nod
"yes I'm here to visit Terry"
the elver narrowed her eyes before she spoke again
"wait here while I confirm with master Terry, who should I say you are?"
"just tell him Mars is here to visit"
as soon as Mars finished talking the elver shut the door in his face and walked away from the door, Mars felt his eyelid twitch slightly as he held down his rage and urge to kick in the door
'she know I'm a guest of Terry's so why didn't she let me in?'
Mars of course didn't know he smelled terribly of alcohol, that in combination with his casual clothes and him being a non-elver had given the elver a horrible first impression of him, Mars gave a sigh as he let go of his rage by imagining the elver getting hit by a truck and sent to another world and sat down leaning against the wall next to the door and waited, about half an hour later Mars once again picked up footsteps walking slightly fast towards the front door and stood up again
'she better let me in this time...'
Mars stood and waited in front of the door until it got opened again by the same elver, she still had an indifferent look on her face but Mars could tell she was slightly panicked
"please come in sir Mars"
"sure..."
Mars walked in and without waiting for the elver to lead him he walked towards the living room
"please wait sir Mars"
"don't worry, I know my way around this kind of penthouse"
"eh..?"
Mars turned around and gave a smile as he pointed out of a nearby window
"you see I own that building over there"
the elver followed Mars' finger and saw his building in the distance and slightly paled, at this point she knew she had fucked up by shutting the door in Mars' face but before she had a chance to apologize Mars had walked onward further into the penthouse leaving the elver to slightly run to catch up with him, of course, Mars didn't know his way around the penthouse like he said he did, he simply followed the sounds of conversation from further in the penthouse and soon he opened the door to the living room and became the center of focus for about 20 elvers, Mars ignored their puzzled gazes and looked over at Terry and raised his paper bag
"Terry I brought you some housewarming gifts"
completely ignoring the air in the room Mars walked in and sat down on the couch before he pulled a bottle of rum out of the paper bag and cocked open the bottle before he took a swig straight from the bottle before he patted the spot beside him and called out to Terry
"come sit down little brother you have to try this"
Terry gave a sigh, he knew that when Mars got like this one should follow orders and quickly if one wanted to keep all their teeth, of course, that might be a little much but you get the point, anyway Terry quickly fetched two glasses and sat down next to Mars as Mars pureed them both half a glass of strong rum and then proceeded to down it in one go
"ah... that's the stuff"
"come on Mars you are supposed to enjoy it slowly"
"I enjoy it too, just a little faster than you do"
at this point the elvers in the room woke up from their stunned silence and began whispering among themselves
"(who's this?)"
"(I think I have seen him before... just can't remember where...)"
quickly they decided that Mars was a nuisance and he had to leave, Mars of course heard and understood everything they were saying and let out a faint smile as he purred more rum into Terry's glass this time from another bottle while saying "you gotta try this too" meanwhile the elvers decided on a representative and one elver walked forwards and asked Mars
"excuse me, who might you be?"
"names Mars, I'm the leader of your military appointed by the elders themselves.... and who might you be?"
the repetitive paled for a moment before he let out a short laugh, he obviously didn't believe that this random drunkard was the leader of the military, he had heard that the new leader of the military were a bloodthirsty man that would kill you if you so much as locked eyes with him
"my name is Ramos and I represent the 33th floor's shops and I am here to negotiate a new leasing agreement with master Terry, behind me is the representatives of the other floor's shops"
Mars gave a nod and purred himself another glass of strong rum and downed it before he looked over at Terry and asked
"so how's the negotiations going?"
Terry normally would just have given a smile or said something like "they're going good" but now he was slightly tipsy and quickly kicked up a fuss as he half yelled out
"they're going horrible, they want the rent that's half of that of other buildings in the area, can you believe that Mars!?"
Mars gave a nod and looked over the elvers again, looking at their eyes filled with greed, they probably thought Terry was easy to bully he instantly lost all respect he had for them and whispered to Terry
"are you going to take that lying down Terry? or are you going to put them in their place?"
"but what should I do Mars?"
"well how about this---"
Mars told his master plan to Terry that then gave a nod and stood up from the couch and wobbled slightly before he pointed at the shop representatives and asked
"who here is satisfied with their current arrangement?"
none of the representatives spoke up, this caused terry to narrow his eyes as he continued speaking
"then please tell your tenets that they have till the end of the month to clear out of their assigned areas"
the representatives all paled before one of them yelled
"that's unfair, you can't just throw us out!"
Terry gave a nod
"sure I can, the elders assigned me this building so I can do what I want with it, now negotiations have broken down, please leave"
"come on now master Terry you don't have to be like this, what about a 35% decrease in rent?"
Mars narrowed his eyes and looked over at the female elver that had shown him in and gestured for her to do something, the elver gave a nod and spoke up
"please leave master Terry is tired... if anyone of you want to accept the terms laid out by master Terry please come by my office or be prepared to clear out before the start of the next month"
the representatives all glared at Terry before they took their leave and soon the only ones left in the living room was Mars, Terry and the female elver, Mars looked over at her and praised her
"well done, you acted exactly like I thought you would.... that reminds me I never got your name?"
"my name is Annabel, I'm the manager of this building"
"Oh, in that case do you know Kaitlin, she's the manager of my building?"
"yes... we have meet before... I'm afraid you will have to take your leave now Mars"
Mars looked over and saw Terry had nodded off and gave a wry smile
'I'll have to work on his alcohol tolerance won't I?'
Mars stood up from the couch and picked up his now considerably lighter paper bag o' booze and said goodbye to Annabel before he walked out of the penthouse
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Mars made his way through the busy streets of Green river and soon made his way to Terry's building, on the outside it looked a little different than his building but not that different, but when Mars steeped into the building he felt a difference from his, there was a sort of uncertainty in the air
'theses people feel... on edge'
a little confused about the atmosphere inside the building Mars began climbing up further in the building while visiting the shops he felt interesting, on his way up he found a spirits shop and walked inside to take a look
"welcome"
Mars greeted the employee with a smile
"can I help you with finding something?"
"hmm... in that case do you have any mellow and sweet rum?"
half an hour later a slightly tipsy Mars walked out of the shop with a paper bag filled with clear glass bottles filled with all kind of spirits, he had revived way to many free samples and as a result ended up buying whatever he found good leading to the current result
'hmm... I hope the girls like spirits or else I'll have to work though all theses bottles by myself'
soon Mars remembered his current goal in visiting this building and made his way up to the entrance to the penthouse and rung the bell, after he had waited for a few minutes he picked up footsteps and soon the door was opened by a female elver Mars didn't know, she clearly didn't know Mars either cause she gave a slight frown when she saw him and smelled him
"can I help you with anything?"
Mars gave a nod
"yes I'm here to visit Terry"
the elver narrowed her eyes before she spoke again
"wait here while I confirm with master Terry, who should I say you are?"
"just tell him Mars is here to visit"
as soon as Mars finished talking the elver shut the door in his face and walked away from the door, Mars felt his eyelid twitch slightly as he held down his rage and urge to kick in the door
'she know I'm a guest of Terry's so why didn't she let me in?'
Mars of course didn't know he smelled terribly of alcohol, that in combination with his casual clothes and him being a non-elver had given the elver a horrible first impression of him, Mars gave a sigh as he let go of his rage by imagining the elver getting hit by a truck and sent to another world and sat down leaning against the wall next to the door and waited, about half an hour later Mars once again picked up footsteps walking slightly fast towards the front door and stood up again
'she better let me in this time...'
Mars stood and waited in front of the door until it got opened again by the same elver, she still had an indifferent look on her face but Mars could tell she was slightly panicked
"please come in sir Mars"
"sure..."
Mars walked in and without waiting for the elver to lead him he walked towards the living room
"please wait sir Mars"
"don't worry, I know my way around this kind of penthouse"
"eh..?"
Mars turned around and gave a smile as he pointed out of a nearby window
"you see I own that building over there"
the elver followed Mars' finger and saw his building in the distance and slightly paled, at this point she knew she had fucked up by shutting the door in Mars' face but before she had a chance to apologize Mars had walked onward further into the penthouse leaving the elver to slightly run to catch up with him, of course, Mars didn't know his way around the penthouse like he said he did, he simply followed the sounds of conversation from further in the penthouse and soon he opened the door to the living room and became the center of focus for about 20 elvers, Mars ignored their puzzled gazes and looked over at Terry and raised his paper bag
"Terry I brought you some housewarming gifts"
completely ignoring the air in the room Mars walked in and sat down on the couch before he pulled a bottle of rum out of the paper bag and cocked open the bottle before he took a swig straight from the bottle before he patted the spot beside him and called out to Terry
"come sit down little brother you have to try this"
Terry gave a sigh, he knew that when Mars got like this one should follow orders and quickly if one wanted to keep all their teeth, of course, that might be a little much but you get the point, anyway Terry quickly fetched two glasses and sat down next to Mars as Mars pureed them both half a glass of strong rum and then proceeded to down it in one go
"ah... that's the stuff"
"come on Mars you are supposed to enjoy it slowly"
"I enjoy it too, just a little faster than you do"
at this point the elvers in the room woke up from their stunned silence and began whispering among themselves
"(who's this?)"
"(I think I have seen him before... just can't remember where...)"
quickly they decided that Mars was a nuisance and he had to leave, Mars of course heard and understood everything they were saying and let out a faint smile as he purred more rum into Terry's glass this time from another bottle while saying "you gotta try this too" meanwhile the elvers decided on a representative and one elver walked forwards and asked Mars
"excuse me, who might you be?"
"names Mars, I'm the leader of your military appointed by the elders themselves.... and who might you be?"
the repetitive paled for a moment before he let out a short laugh, he obviously didn't believe that this random drunkard was the leader of the military, he had heard that the new leader of the military were a bloodthirsty man that would kill you if you so much as locked eyes with him
"my name is Ramos and I represent the 33th floor's shops and I am here to negotiate a new leasing agreement with master Terry, behind me is the representatives of the other floor's shops"
Mars gave a nod and purred himself another glass of strong rum and downed it before he looked over at Terry and asked
"so how's the negotiations going?"
Terry normally would just have given a smile or said something like "they're going good" but now he was slightly tipsy and quickly kicked up a fuss as he half yelled out
"they're going horrible, they want the rent that's half of that of other buildings in the area, can you believe that Mars!?"
Mars gave a nod and looked over the elvers again, looking at their eyes filled with greed, they probably thought Terry was easy to bully he instantly lost all respect he had for them and whispered to Terry
"are you going to take that lying down Terry? or are you going to put them in their place?"
"but what should I do Mars?"
"well how about this---"
Mars told his master plan to Terry that then gave a nod and stood up from the couch and wobbled slightly before he pointed at the shop representatives and asked
"who here is satisfied with their current arrangement?"
none of the representatives spoke up, this caused terry to narrow his eyes as he continued speaking
"then please tell your tenets that they have till the end of the month to clear out of their assigned areas"
the representatives all paled before one of them yelled
"that's unfair, you can't just throw us out!"
Terry gave a nod
"sure I can, the elders assigned me this building so I can do what I want with it, now negotiations have broken down, please leave"
"come on now master Terry you don't have to be like this, what about a 35% decrease in rent?"
Mars narrowed his eyes and looked over at the female elver that had shown him in and gestured for her to do something, the elver gave a nod and spoke up
"please leave master Terry is tired... if anyone of you want to accept the terms laid out by master Terry please come by my office or be prepared to clear out before the start of the next month"
the representatives all glared at Terry before they took their leave and soon the only ones left in the living room was Mars, Terry and the female elver, Mars looked over at her and praised her
"well done, you acted exactly like I thought you would.... that reminds me I never got your name?"
"my name is Annabel, I'm the manager of this building"
"Oh, in that case do you know Kaitlin, she's the manager of my building?"
"yes... we have meet before... I'm afraid you will have to take your leave now Mars"
Mars looked over and saw Terry had nodded off and gave a wry smile
'I'll have to work on his alcohol tolerance won't I?'
Mars stood up from the couch and picked up his now considerably lighter paper bag o' booze and said goodbye to Annabel before he walked out of the penthouse
Mars made his way through the busy streets of Green river and soon made his way to Terry's building, on the outside it looked a little different than his building but not that different, but when Mars steeped into the building he felt a difference from his, there was a sort of uncertainty in the air'theses people feel... on edge'a little confused about the atmosphere inside the building Mars began climbing up further in the building while visiting the shops he felt interesting, on his way up he found a spirits shop and walked inside to take a look"welcome"Mars greeted the employee with a smile"can I help you with finding something?""hmm... in that case do you have any mellow and sweet rum?"half an hour later a slightly tipsy Mars walked out of the shop with a paper bag filled with clear glass bottles filled with all kind of spirits, he had revived way to many free samples and as a result ended up buying whatever he found good leading to the current result'hmm... I hope the girls like spirits or else I'll have to work though all theses bottles by myself'soon Mars remembered his current goal in visiting this building and made his way up to the entrance to the penthouse and rung the bell, after he had waited for a few minutes he picked up footsteps and soon the door was opened by a female elver Mars didn't know, she clearly didn't know Mars either cause she gave a slight frown when she saw him and smelled him"can I help you with anything?"Mars gave a nod"yes I'm here to visit Terry"the elver narrowed her eyes before she spoke again"wait here while I confirm with master Terry, who should I say you are?""just tell him Mars is here to visit"as soon as Mars finished talking the elver shut the door in his face and walked away from the door, Mars felt his eyelid twitch slightly as he held down his rage and urge to kick in the door'she know I'm a guest of Terry's so why didn't she let me in?'Mars of course didn't know he smelled terribly of alcohol, that in combination with his casual clothes and him being a non-elver had given the elver a horrible first impression of him, Mars gave a sigh as he let go of his rage by imagining the elver getting hit by a truck and sent to another world and sat down leaning against the wall next to the door and waited, about half an hour later Mars once again picked up footsteps walking slightly fast towards the front door and stood up again'she better let me in this time...'Mars stood and waited in front of the door until it got opened again by the same elver, she still had an indifferent look on her face but Mars could tell she was slightly panicked"please come in sir Mars""sure..."Mars walked in and without waiting for the elver to lead him he walked towards the living room"please wait sir Mars""don't worry, I know my way around this kind of penthouse""eh..?"Mars turned around and gave a smile as he pointed out of a nearby window"you see I own that building over there"the elver followed Mars' finger and saw his building in the distance and slightly paled, at this point she knew she had fucked up by shutting the door in Mars' face but before she had a chance to apologize Mars had walked onward further into the penthouse leaving the elver to slightly run to catch up with him, of course, Mars didn't know his way around the penthouse like he said he did, he simply followed the sounds of conversation from further in the penthouse and soon he opened the door to the living room and became the center of focus for about 20 elvers, Mars ignored their puzzled gazes and looked over at Terry and raised his paper bag"Terry I brought you some housewarming gifts"completely ignoring the air in the room Mars walked in and sat down on the couch before he pulled a bottle of rum out of the paper bag and cocked open the bottle before he took a swig straight from the bottle before he patted the spot beside him and called out to Terry"come sit down little brother you have to try this"Terry gave a sigh, he knew that when Mars got like this one should follow orders and quickly if one wanted to keep all their teeth, of course, that might be a little much but you get the point, anyway Terry quickly fetched two glasses and sat down next to Mars as Mars pureed them both half a glass of strong rum and then proceeded to down it in one go"ah... that's the stuff""come on Mars you are supposed to enjoy it slowly""I enjoy it too, just a little faster than you do"at this point the elvers in the room woke up from their stunned silence and began whispering among themselves"who's this?""I think I have seen him before... just can't remember where..."quickly they decided that Mars was a nuisance and he had to leave, Mars of course heard and understood everything they were saying and let out a faint smile as he purred more rum into Terry's glass this time from another bottle while saying "you gotta try this too" meanwhile the elvers decided on a representative and one elver walked forwards and asked Mars"excuse me, who might you be?""names Mars, I'm the leader of your military appointed by the elders themselves.... and who might you be?"the repetitive paled for a moment before he let out a short laugh, he obviously didn't believe that this random drunkard was the leader of the military, he had heard that the new leader of the military were a bloodthirsty man that would kill you if you so much as locked eyes with him"my name is Ramos and I represent the 33th floor's shops and I am here to negotiate a new leasing agreement with master Terry, behind me is the representatives of the other floor's shops"Mars gave a nod and purred himself another glass of strong rum and downed it before he looked over at Terry and asked"so how's the negotiations going?"Terry normally would just have given a smile or said something like "they're going good" but now he was slightly tipsy and quickly kicked up a fuss as he half yelled out"they're going horrible, they want the rent that's half of that of other buildings in the area, can you believe that Mars!?"Mars gave a nod and looked over the elvers again, looking at their eyes filled with greed, they probably thought Terry was easy to bully he instantly lost all respect he had for them and whispered to Terry"are you going to take that lying down Terry? or are you going to put them in their place?""but what should I do Mars?""well how about this---"Mars told his master plan to Terry that then gave a nod and stood up from the couch and wobbled slightly before he pointed at the shop representatives and asked"who here is satisfied with their current arrangement?"none of the representatives spoke up, this caused terry to narrow his eyes as he continued speaking"then please tell your tenets that they have till the end of the month to clear out of their assigned areas"the representatives all paled before one of them yelled"that's unfair, you can't just throw us out!"Terry gave a nod"sure I can, the elders assigned me this building so I can do what I want with it, now negotiations have broken down, please leave""come on now master Terry you don't have to be like this, what about a 35% decrease in rent?"Mars narrowed his eyes and looked over at the female elver that had shown him in and gestured for her to do something, the elver gave a nod and spoke up"please leave master Terry is tired... if anyone of you want to accept the terms laid out by master Terry please come by my office or be prepared to clear out before the start of the next month"the representatives all glared at Terry before they took their leave and soon the only ones left in the living room was Mars, Terry and the female elver, Mars looked over at her and praised her"well done, you acted exactly like I thought you would.... that reminds me I never got your name?""my name is Annabel, I'm the manager of this building""Oh, in that case do you know Kaitlin, she's the manager of my building?""yes... we have meet before... I'm afraid you will have to take your leave now Mars"Mars looked over and saw Terry had nodded off and gave a wry smile'I'll have to work on his alcohol tolerance won't I?'Mars stood up from the couch and picked up his now considerably lighter paper bag o' booze and said goodbye to Annabel before he walked out of the penthouse
