Stepping Back Into My Big Girl Shoes [Open][NR]

With the report printed on Zero Sum's 'famous' black paper with gold watermark still in hand she entered into through the front door of the club. She could have taken the usual back entrance which was closer and easily more accessible from Darkman Tower, but she had wanted to see the outside of the structure - to ensure that nothing was wrong with it. The purple lights that spelled out Zero Sum on the face of the black brick, windowless building were perfectly in working order, and the paint was fine as well, so she was happy about that. The velvet purple rope that helped key the line in place outside of the main door was also already being set up for the evening by two of her people.

Zero Sum wasn't due to officially open to the public for another few hours, but after having made some phone calls Demi had set up some recruiting opportunities: flyers, adds on TV. She needed a new Head of Security as the old one was retiring. She also needed to replace the waitress that had gotten murdered a few nights ago. Plus, she still needed to figure out what she was going to do with Ka'lara - the girl had gone above and beyond in working at her club. So, Demi was expecting walk-ins as were her bouncers already manning the door.

Demi glanced around the inside of Zero Sum, seeing it was the same as always. The club was broken into the 'regular' club section which was for everyone's use and which included a bar, tables and chairs, a dance floor, DJ booth, and bathrooms. Down the hall from the bathrooms were the security offices as well as a men and womens locker room for her employees. To the north of the building was a set of waterfalls with lights behind them that changed colors. Between these was an archway with five steps that led up to the VIP section of the club. This section had its own private dance floors, tables and chairs, and a bar with top shelf booze. This was the area her family always had an invite into as it was far quieter than the main area. This was also the area where a select few VIP's outside of her family were allowed to be - the more 'important' people in Edge, as well as everyone who came from the Company, Amaranth's little outfit, and Makkura's top ranking people if they chose to visit.

The entire club was black on the inside with dim lighting. Purple bars of lightning ran along all of the walls. The dance floor flashed with different colors when people were on it. Purple lights also ran along the bar. Above tables purple lights hung, as about the bar as well. The same lighting was also for the VIP section of the club - though things were obviously more comfortable and plush in that section. The VIP section even had its own bathrooms that included sitting rooms for each the men and the women sections.

Demi continued to look around: noticing several members of her staff showing up. She gave them a nod when they waved to her and then moved over to the bar and behind it. She began to look through the stock, counting bottles while waiting to see if anyone showed up...

Nobody still noticed that he was gone, even with it being 2 days had passed. Fuck them. I got food, I got money, I got my own plush pad now. Best of all I can do things not everyone can.

He was boarding along with tunes bumping from the headphones, headed back to the tower to probably watch some vids on the big screen, feed his face, or possibly try and get friendly with one of those many girls. As long as they didn't have any freaky powers like that Niala girl though; that was just too creepy.

He was rolling along when he passed what looked like a nightclub. There was a line out front, and bouncers at the door. The party/club scene wasn't really his thing, and he continued to roll on, until hearing familiar voices.

"Hey, ain't dat the traitor Misaki?"

"Yeah, he's got some nerve rolling around showing his ugly mug after what he pulled."

With a frown Yata looked towards the source of the voices. Biff and Moose were in line to get into the club. Both of them were dressed the same: in black sweaters with dress shirts underneath, dress pants and dress shoes. There were three others dressed like them too, so Yata figured since he'd abandoned them, they'd done some recruiting. Yata changed directions and headed over towards them.

He kicked the back of his board as he approached, causing it to flip upwards so that he could catch it. "What is it, fuck faces? You still got your panties in a twist because I left your little sausage fest? I got something better going now, so what do I need with you losers?"

"And what do we need with you, traitor Misaki," said Biff, still rocking that stupid hairstyle. Yata frowned evilly and made fists.

"I told you not to call me that mother fucker!" he yelled.

"As you can see, Misaki, we've started expanding in your absence. The Biff franchise is soon gonna be running this town, so if you wanna jump back on before we get too big, you can get on your knees and beg for forgiveness."

Yata looked confused for a second, but then he threw back his head in laughter. His voice echoed loudly, causing many in line to look at him strangely. Yata laughed and pointed at them, dropping his board to slap his leg. "You guys? Run the city? BAAAAA hahahahaha, what a bunch of fucking morons. You do get 5 points for dreaming big though. How the hell do you think you're gonna take over this city? You weak fucks got flattened by a little kid!"

"Dat same kid kicked yer ass too," said Moose.

"Yeah, but the difference between me and you, dumb ass, is that 1, I actually have a brain in my head unlike the oatmeal in yours, and 2, while that kid DID kick my ass, I was the only one he offered a job to. Now i'm livin large while you pussies are still down here playing with your bloody tampons with 'dreams of taking over the city.'  What a bunch of losers..." Yata picked up his board again and prepared to ride out.

"You know, I never did like that mouth of yours, Misaki Chan," Biff said with a frown. "You always acted like you were above us too, like you were top shit, and we were just following along in your footsteps. I'll admit, you do have a little talent, but it's your mouth that's gonna fuck things up for you, like usual. You act like you're better, but the way I hear it, you're mom is such a whore and shit out so many kids, she doesn't even know your alive." Moose and the other 3 laughed. Some of the other people in line looked like they wanted to laugh too. "Now what kind of a bitch forgets their own kid? Loses track of what comes out of that worn out pussy?"

Yata began to become enraged as the others in the Biff Franchise kept laughing. He grit his teeth and made fists so tight that his knuckles turned white. He started to tremble because he wanted to bash Biff's face in so bad. "You're looking like you wet your pants, Misaki Chan," Biff continued. "And i've been sick of your mouth for months. How about I shut it for you? Permanently."

Now was the chance to show these assholes what he could do. His frown turned into an evil grin as he jumped onto his board, and moved towards the parking lot across the street. "You can try, bitch," he said. "You and your little pansy franchise all at the same time. bring it on, pussies..."

The 5 of them, frowning, started running toward the parking lot...

Demi had carefully and slowly examined all of the shelves that contained booze on them at the general bar, making notes on a small sticky pad with a pen of what they were low or out of. She liked to make sure that the customers could get what they wanted, and the bartenders didn't have to worry about grabbing anything from the basement storage later in the evening: make everyone's life easier.

When Demi had turned and started to make her way out from behind the bar was when she remembered she forgot to put her little ear piece in. The ear piece was something that her bouncers, head bartenders, and generally higher-up staff members had so that they could keep things running smoothly by easily keeping in touch. It also allowed Demi to be alerted immediately if something was wrong or if they had an unexpected visitor. The signal was only good enough to reach to the end of the parking lots around the building and the building itself, but that was all that was needed really. As she put it in she caught the end of one of her bouncers ".... situation is getting out of hand."

"Sorry, I forgot to put my ear piece in. Repeat that, please.", Demi responded instantly, a frown forming on her face. The bar wasn't even officially open for the evening so what could possibly be going on? She didn't like it when trouble was started in what she considered and often called 'her house'.

"A group of guys who were in line started a confrontation with some guy on a skateboard. They've taken it to the parking lot. Looks like there's about to be a fight. Should we step in or get the police here to handle it?", her bouncer responded.

"Neither. Let me handle it. I need to make my presence re-known around here again.", Demi responded, her frown increasing. At least whoever it was had moved the fight away from the line of people, that would keep any innocent bystanders from getting hurt. But still, who was picking fights on her property? "Joe...", she said into the ear piece "... send the video with audio to my phone so I can see what caused this." She gave the guy her digits, and then waited - she had cameras throughout her entire club and on the outside because she wanted to miss nothing.

"Right away, boss."

Her phone made a soft chime of a sound as she walked across the dance floor and towards the front doors: Joe worked fast when it came to the computer stuff, which was why he was a great head of security, and she was going to miss him when he retired. She listened and watched as she punched the door open what had happened before her bouncers had alerted her to the issue: it seemed that the group of guys was behind starting the confrontation with the kid on the skateboard, and the kid on the skateboard had been the one to suggest taking it to the parking lot - which was away from innocent on-lookers.

Her white trench coat and white hair blew in the breeze as she walked over, arms folded across her chest after pocketing her phone. She kept her distance for now, watching with a silvery gaze to see how this kid on the skateboard was going to handle multiple people at once.

Misaki got to the parking lot before Biff and his franchise. He put a piece of bubble gum in his mouth, and tucked the chain with his Company Pendant into his shirt so that it didn't come off by mistake. He currently had his trick board, which mean that whoever got hit with it was going to be in for a world of pain. As he waited for Biff and his cronies to show up with his back turned, he went through musical tracks on his new Company Phone.

He heard the footsteps approach. "You know... it's not too late for you to get on your knees, and beg me to forgive you," Biff said, taking his sweater off and unbuttoning his shirt, then cracking his knuckles.

"You know... I don't feel too comfortable with another guy stripping, and telling me to get on my knees in front of him," Yata answered, attaching his phone to the band on his left arm. "So why don't we cut the chit-chat, and you and your little fag-chise bring it on. I bet I won't even have to break out with my new stuff for the likes of you faggots."

Yata's headphones began to bump a tune as he turned around, with one foot on his board. His body bounced in place to the music playing. All of them were frowning. As usual with Biff, he sent in cronies first. Yata waited until he was close and rearing his arm back to take a swing at him, before stomping his board, causing it to flip upwards and smack against the bottom of his chin. After a jump and a twirl, Yata executed a kick that hit his board, causing the board to slam into his face again. Yata executed a kick flip of the board and landed on it with his wheels. The crony went flying backwards.

Yata was upon another crony quickly. A volley of punches were launched as he circled him on the board, with most of them blocked, until Yata began to perform a number of breakdance-like kicks along with the loud music blaring from his headphones in a fashion that made it look like he was dancing, all while maintaining perfect balance on his skateboard. He went airborne with the board spinning in a 360 motion underneath him as he himself spun and executed a kick that impacted the crony's mouth so solidly that bloody teeth were knocked from the gums and he was launched off of his feet to spin several times airborne, and land harshly on his face, unconscious. Yata was able to land upon his board again, nodding his head, popping a bubble he'd blown with the gum, hearing wails and the "WOOOOO!"'s of the people from the line across the street.

Biff just looked pissed off as the first guy was picking himself up again, wiping off blood. "...How the hell did he get this strong?..." he mumbled. "...What the hell are you guys waiting on, get in there!!" Biff pushed the last 2 remaining cronies towards Yata. The 2 of them attempted to overwhelm Yata with many punches and kicks. One of them picked up a metal pole that was in the lot and tried striking Yata with it. Yata evaded the blows with dance moves. He snatched the pole from the crony holding it and began to strike him rapidly with it, ending with a nasty blow to his mouth. Falling onto the back of his head, he went motionless, and Yata dropped the pole.

The last crony began to throw desperate power blows towards Yata. With every miss, Yata countered with a kick to the stomach. Sometimes Yata would kick him 3 rapid times with a miss. It got to the point where he was clutching his mid-section with blood dripping from his mouth. In the end, he was snatched off of his feet while Yata jumped into the air, and maneuvered himself to land on top of him. He let out a loud groan, then closed his eyes and fell motionless. Yata sat on the Crony's back.

"These guys the best you could come up with, Biff?" he asked with his evil grin. "You really think i'd want back in with you mother fuckers if this is the best you can throw at me?"

Biff looked somewhere between scared and pissed off. "S... so what," he managed to say. "Those Company people feeding you steroids or something?... It doesn't really matter, Moose is still stronger than you, right Moose? Show him!"

Moose stepped up next. Simply by making muscles, Moose ripped off the sweater he was wearing. "Always wanted ta break you," Moose said. "Never liked your skinny pipsqueak skateboarding ass. Talk too much." Moose made fists and popped the knuckles on both hands. His muscles looked like cinder blocks with veins protruding from them.

"The truth at last," Yata said, standing, putting a foot on his board. "Well fuck you, stupid. I got more brains in my pinky toe than your whole head combined. You're so stupid you sat on the TV and watched the couch!" Moose growled at being called stupid. "You're so stupid you put lip stick on your head to try and make up your mind!"

"RRRHHHH, stop callin me stupid!!"

"Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid, Moose is so stupid, who the fuck lets people call them Moose anyway? Morris Spindlebuck, what an even stupider real name, were your parents drunk when they decided to have kids? 'Hey honey, yeah, when we have a son, we're gonna name him Morris Spindlebuck, because it's not like the kids at school aren't gonna make fun of him right?' Hahahaha, you big loser..."

Moose began to charge towards Yata lake an angry bull...

Demi was rather glad she had come outside to watch this herself compared to relying on watching a video later: the real thing was always better than some second hand stuff - especially as she saw the guy with the skateboard tuck something that definitely looked like a Company pendant into his shirt. Was this someone new that Junior had recruited? She was interested to find out. But, for now she would simply watch and listen.

The kid seemed to be going through a cellphone, and as music reached her own ears due to her sensitive hearing she realized he had been looking for a music track he wanted to listen to: this caused Demi to raise a brow in curiosity. Was he being over-confident in his ability? Or was this kid just really that good? She guessed she would soon find out.

Five males walked over to Yata, and she could easily pick out the leader amongst them. She also noticed one that was very huge: he looked to be the muscle of the group. She listened as the leader told Yata that he could still get on his knees and beg for forgiveness before taking off his sweater, and couldn't help but chuckle at Yata's response to him. She watched as the leader, Biff, sent two of his little cronies over to fight first, and watched as Yata used a serious of moves with his skateboard mixed with martial arts moves to easily defeat them.

Demi was already beginning to feel impressed, especially as he sent the one guy flying after knocking several bloody teeth out of his mouth - that had to hurt. Then two more jumped in and tried to overwhelm Yata with a variety of punches and kicks, one of them even attempting to use a metal pole that had been in the parking lot - none of which hit Yata. As Yata evaded the moves Demi shifted her stance into a more comfortable one while taking notice that it looked like the kid was break dancing as he whooped ass.

After Yata landed on the last crony she listened to him taunt Biff, and Biff's response of how he seemed to think the Company was feeding him steroids - which served to inform her that that really had been a Company pendant around his neck. Next up was the guy who kept being called Moose, but whose real name sounded sort of silly... Demi remained where she was, wondering how Yata would handle an opponent that was a lot larger than him.

"I guess it's about time to show you fuck faces some of what I can really do then..." Yata said, his evil grin in full effect. A red glow slowly appeared around his body as he ducked down into a pose as if he were about to take off. "Pay close attention."

The aura flared to life around him, making both Biff and Moose take surprised, terrified expressions. Like a rocket, Yata was off. No one would be able to see what he was doing if they didn't have some of the most advanced eyes. Yata sped in circles around Moose, pelting him with rapid punches and kicks, but to normal eyes it looked like Moose was dancing in tune to the music coming from his headphones.

Red Aura:

Moose's large, muscleboud body was knocked airborne due to an upside down kick that impacted the bottom of his chin. Yata pushed himself airborne with his arm, to continue beating on him in the air. A final blow with the skateboard as Yata boosted himself back towards the ground caused Moose to begin flipping. Yata landed first, and put his right arm up to catch Moose when he fell. He made a loud yelp when Yata caught him, landing on Yata's palm by the small of his back.

Air Dash:

Still glowing red with his evil grin, Yata stared towards Biff, who had a look of total and utter terror on his face. Yata was holding someone more than tripled his size airborne with only one arm, easily at that. "So, what's next... you come off with some gay one liner and start trying to hit me with your little nunchucks?" Yata asked, with no strain in his voice from holding up Moose. "You gonna wait till my back is turned and try to shoot me like you did the Angel dude? Or are you gonna run away like the bitch you are?"

Yata threw Moose at Biff, who jumped out of the way. Moose's eyes were still spinning in his head when he landed, grunting from the impact on the concrete. "I'm through fucking with you losers. I'm on to bigger and better things. You pussies would just drag me down. Get lost!"

By then, the 3 cronies had regained consciousness. One helped another up and away from the scene. Another helped Biff with Moose. Speechless and defeated, the "Biff Franchise" limped away from the scene.

The victory felt good. He popped another bubble and kept his evil grin as his Aura went inactive again. "Call my mom a whore, will you..." he mumbled. "...Well, she technically is, but still..."

Demi's eyes narrowed slightly as Yata spoke of showing the remaining two what he was really capable of doing, all before beginning to glow red. It was obvious by the scared expressions on Biff and Moose's face that they had never seen Yata do this before, and that further fueled Demi's curiousity. Was this something he had been hiding from them, or was this a new power he had gained? Either way, she was sure this was about to be an interesting show considering what he had done without whatever that glow was.

Demi noticed Yata's increase in speed compared from before, and knew that had she not been so used to moving fast herself which meant her eyes were trained to see at those speeds, she likely wouldn't have been able to see him at all. He probably would have been nothing more than a blur, or perhaps even invisible like he probably was to the onlookers watching from the line by the door.

She watched as Moose was pelted with a flurry of attacks before being launched airborne via an upside down kick to his chin. Yata followed him into the air and continued to beat his ass before he landed first and then caught Moose - despite how huge he was - with one arm. Was this strength of his part of this strange glow?

She listened carefully as Yata began to speak to Biff, asking him what he was going to do next. A sudden look of fury crossed her face when she heard Yata ask him if he was going to do what he had to that 'angel dude' and shoot at him when his back was turned - was he talking about Biff attacking one of the members of her family? Then Moose was thrown at Biff who jumped out of the way, and it seemed it was over as they all started to head off, some helping to support others.

"Well, that was certainly a good show.", Demi spoke up after glaring daggers at the back of Biff's head. She forced her face into a passive calm mask and turned her attention on to Yata before continuing to speak. "Where are my manners? I'm Demi, Demi Kane." She jerked her head towards Zero Sum. "That's my establishment. You're a member of the Company aren't you?", she asked curiously, wondering if he would tell her or not, or what he would say for that matter.

Yata was turning the music off and putting his Company cellphone away, wondering if those clowns would ever gather up the balls to come try him again. He was about to ride off before a female voice said something about putting on a good show. When he looked, there was a girl with a ring above her head, like the angel dude. He had to look up at her since she was taller than he was. Yata couldn't remember a girl ever complimenting him before, so his cheeks turned to the color of roses as he looked away from her.



Maybe that was still his one weakness, his inability to function before a beautiful girl. She went on to say her name was Demi Kane. Kane? So she was related to the Junior dude? It made sense, with this club being so close to Darkman Tower. She kinda looked like the Junior dude too. Did he have a big family? "...Y-Yeah," he said. "I...I got...h-hired in the other day."

Yata made nervous adjustments to his beanie, trying his best not to look in her direction, frowning, but his cheeks being apple colored. "...S'not like i'm any-anybody important or n-nothin, i'm just startin out..."

Demi noticed the way he turned rosey and then looked away from her and couldn't think of why that would be. She then listened as he stammered out a response of how he was hired the other day into the Company, and how he was no one special. Considering he hadn't stammered a single bit when he had been talking to the people whose asses he just kicked she had a feeling that maybe it was her that was making him nervous - though she didn't know exactly why. She didn't know how to fix this situation and so she forced it for the moment from her mind.

"Ah, I see. Well I can tell why my brother hired you, you've got some impressive moves. In fact, that's got me thinking..." She folded her arms again across her chest, thinking. "Now, I don't normally do this sort of thing but... How would you like to make a little extra money on the side? I won't interfere with what my brother might have you doing, but if you've got spare time and wanna make some extra money I could always use someone with your kind of talent. Zero Sum's in need of a few more bouncers and you'd be perfect for the job. You interested?" Demi didn't normally do this hiring on the spot thing - she normally didn't hire without intensive background searches - but if Junior trusted this guy enough to hire him into the Company after what had been going on recently then she was willing to give him a chance, too. Besides, he really did look like he knew what he was doing.

She kept herself silent, giving him a chance to think about it if he wanted to. If he wasn't interested then she would have to find someone else, but she doubted she would find someone with skills like his, so she really hoped he was going to say yes or that he would at least think about it.

Well, it looked like because of the display he just put on in the parking lot, he was being offered a chance to be hired on as a bouncer at this club. Demi said that Jr was her brother, and it made sense, seeing as how they looked so much alike. What was up with these Kanes? One was the Boss of the city, another owned the most popular nightclub in the city?

He started to feel like he'd hit the jackpot picking on the Junior dude. Who knew getting his ass kicked by him that day would lead to so many opportunities? A Company member and a Bouncer, shooing away creeps, perverts and drunks away from the doors of Edge's hottest night spot. "...Well, sure, w-why not," Yata said. "Um, the Junior dude won't get mad or anything, will he? Because I took a job working for his sister?"

The last thing he needed was conflict between super powered brothers and sisters. He didn't want them facing off or anything just because of him. There was no telling what might have happened should those two start brawling like something out of a comic book. If Junior was super strong, then she had to be too...

Score, he agreed! That was going to save her a lot in the headache department of trying to find someone else. She didn't have to worry about the kid not being able to defend himself considering what he'd already done, so that took a lot of weight off her shoulders. She then listened to his question about whether Junior would get angry about him helping out and she shook her head no. "Nah, I can't think of a reason why my brother would mind. And like I said, if you can't help out one day because he's got you doing something for him it's all cool, I'm willing to work around his schedule."

She jerked her head towards Zero Sum. "If you've got a minute why don't we head inside to my office? I got a few papers I need you to fill out, just basic stuff. Nothing that'll be too long and boring, I promise. Plus, I'll give you a tour, explain the rules and all of that.... Zero Sum works a little differently than most nightclubs that seem to pop up." She would wait to see if he would follow her as well as wait to hear what his name was, and if he said he had time then she would turn and lead the way back to the door. The bouncers who had been listening through her ear piece would step aside as she approached to let them through, giving them both a nod.

Demi would then gesture towards the main area of the club. "This is the main area of the club; where everyone who gets through that door is allowed to be. Bars over there.." she pointed ".. and the bathrooms as well as the security offices are back there.." she would then point off slightly to the side to indicate the hallway. ".. Locker rooms are also down there too for the employee's. The club's guests are not allowed in there, ever, so if you see someone sneaking around you're free to introduce them to the door."

She then led the way towards the small stairway that went between the waterfalls with the lights that changed colors. "This up here is the VIP section of the club. The only people allowed up here are Company members, anyone within the Kane family - and trust me you'll know who we are because all of us pretty much look the same - and the more important people in Edge which include a few of the little mob bosses running around and richer people in the city who've paid for the right. This section has its own bar with better booze, better restrooms that include sitting rooms in them. This is also where my office is located. " She pointed towards the door in the back with the purple tinted glass: it was one of those special doors that with a flip of the switch would cause the door to either become frosted so it couldn't be seen through or clear so it could, it also was bullet proof. "To get into this section you either have to have a Company pendant, look like me or my brother, or you have to have one of these cards..." She pulled from her pocket a stack of VIP cards that were black in color, made out of plastic, and that had Zero Sum written in it in gold and handed him one to check out. When the card was moved it would show a holographic background that would show writing that would say VIP over and over again in tiny little writing.

"Now, before we get to the paper work let me explain a few of the rules. I let anyone whose old enough and mature enough work for me - my best bartender, Ka'lara, started here when she was 16 and has been here for about 7 years now. For those who have access to the VIP section I don't really care about that whole age limit on drinking as long as they're not children, all I do expect is people to be responsible, those who aren't get booted and cut off. We never really have to worry about the police showing up, they leave me alone unless we call them because of who I am. But, we still expect people to follow the law in here. No drug pushing is allowed to go on unless I give the person direct permission, no prostitution either. You see it going down you stop it."

She then led the way to the office, holding the door open for him to enter after her. She went over to her desk which was purple in color and opened up one of the side drawers. She pulled out two sheets of paper - one was a paper that would require basic information such as name and phone number and address, while the other was an insurance paper that stated that Zero Sum would cover any costs of any on the job injuries. She laid down a purple pen for him to write with and gestured towards one of the seats on the other side of her desk as she sat down. "I'll need you to fill out those two papers, please. I know I threw a lot of info at you, but do you have any questions? Anything at all?"

Demi said Jr wouldn't mind if he worked here too. She said if Jr had him doing something, she wouldn't mind if he had to take a day off. Demi then asked if he could come in with her to sign some papers, explain the rules, and go on a tour. If he worked here, Yata planned on staying outside all the time; the club thing wasn't really him - even though he knew how to dance.

He stomped the back of his board, flipping it into the air for him to grab it, then started following her. He'd never been inside a club himself, he'd only seen them in movies and on TV. it looked like he though a club would look, except this place was something else. Many half dressed drunken chicks noticed him walking with the owner, and he did his best not to stare too long. Demi described the main areas, the bar, the locker room for employees.

She took him upstairs to the VIP room, saying only Company members, top Edge heads and people in the Kane family were allowed up there. How many Kane were there, exactly?... Yata was curious who the mother and father was. Her office was up here too, with the special windows in movies that could fog up and prevent anyone from looking inside. She showed him special cards that people had to have to get up here, if you weren't a Kane, or had a Company pendant.

In her office, Demi explained that she didn't care how old folk were; a girl named Ka'lara was 16 when she started. Age wasn't a big thing in this club, as long as they were flat out elementary school kids. There was no police presence, simply because she was sister of the guy who ran the whole city. Still, there was no drugs and no pimping. If he were to see any of it, or someone over-doing it on the drink, they were out.

He picked up a pen and quickly filled them out. "Uh, as far as address and phone number go, I live in the tower behind here..." he said, pulling out his Company cellphone. "I also got one of these, so you can contact me directly..." he filled the paperwork out and pushed them and the pen across the desk. "...Uh, my only question is that you just let me stay outside and work the door... I-i'm not real big on crowds of people. If-If I have to come in here to deal with somebody I will, but... I-id rather just stay outside..."

Demi listened as he explained his only request: he wanted to work outside instead of having to deal with the crowd inside. Demi personally had no issue with this at all. "That's fine. You can work the door. That'll work out pretty well actually."

She then picked up the papers after he was finished filling them out and looked them over to ensure everything was in order. She had figured he lived in the tower so that was no big deal, and she would be able to get a hold of him since he too had a Company cellphone which would also work out nicely. "Alright, everything seems to be in order. Now, I don't really expect my bouncers to wear a uniform though the majority of them seem to like wearing suits or purple articles of clothing. However, I do have them all wearing name tags. Do you have any nickname or anything you wish to be called?" She put the paperwork off to the side in one of the baskets on the top of her desk to be filed away later on after she entered the information into the computer.

She dug into her desk and pulled out several things: one was a blank black name tag that was in the shape of a rectangle, the other was a tiny machine used to print names on the name tags, and the other was an ear piece. She would listen to see what name he wanted to be known by and then would arrange the letters before slipping the name tag into the plate area and pressing the button. Gold lettering with the name he wanted to be known as would be on the plate. "That's for you, and this ear piece as well. The ear piece works as far as the end of the parking lot and all through Zero Sum, and all of my bouncers and upper staff are connected so we know if something goes down."

Demi leaned back in her chair comfortable, putting her fingertips together as her elbows rested on the arms of her chair. "Now, you can either start working tonight if you want, or you can start tomorrow. The choice is completely up to you. And unless you have anymore questions we're all set here..."

"...Just call me Yata... I don't really like my first name, my whore mom had a sense of humor or something when she had me, but, yeah... just call me Yata..."

She didn't mind him staying outside. He didn't want to wear a uniform, but he would have to wear a name tag. That was cool; he could put it on his sleeve or something. She next gave him an ear piece, and he put it into his right ear, being able to hear the bouncers downstairs talking.

When she was done with the name tag he picked it up and put it on his right sleeve. She said he was free to start tonight or tomorrow. It wasn't really like he had anything better to do besides watch movies and cram food into his face in the tower, so he decided to start then and there.

"Sure i'll... i'll start now," he said, backing towards the door. He planned on trying to do a good job; he didn't want to piss off another one of these Kanes. "I'll be out front... boss... If I have any questions or anything i'll text or call you..."

Then he was out of the office, down the stairs, through the crowd of people and back outside, where he was greeted by the regular bouncers. They began to accept him as one of their own, and showed him the ropes of how to let people in, and how to get rid of the assholes. They complimented him on his fighting style and said they looked forward to when the next asshole came along and needed his butt kicked.

She watched him take the name tag and the ear piece. "Welcome aboard, Yata.", she said with a nod after hearing that he would start now. She watched him leave the office and waited until the door closed before she would go ahead and put the name tag machine away.

Once that drawer was shut she went and picked up the two pieces of paper she had had him fill out. She got up from her desk and walked over to the scanner, making copies of both. Once the copies were made she added one copy to the file cabinet across her office and then returned to her desk. She then booted up her laptop and quickly added the information he had given on the pieces of paper. Once that was done and it was saved she put the original documents in the locked top cabinet of her desk where they would remain safe.

She then leaned back on her chair, putting the tips of her fingers again together as she rested her elbows on the arm rest. She then focused on the other issues at hand: what she was going to do about the waitress that was killed, as well as what she was going to do to show her appreciation towards Ka'lara for all of her hard work...

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.oO(You can count this as your first bouncer job if you want; since you did technically keep some idiots out of the club. Just add up your words if you wanna use it as a job and I'll go slap an approval on it and pay you for it. Your WC comes to 3,327 if you wanna use it as a job.)