[this is a good move; it only takes a little bit of patient watching to notice that there are plenty of options available to him. for instance, at one of the tables (this one is actually a table this time and not just pillows on the floor) furthest from the crowd, two men are watching him. they're both sporting the same closely-buzzed haircut, and have similar, sunken eyes. they both look like they could take their own in a fight. they would be easily passable as working-class nobodies, if it weren't for the fact that both of them have bits of sharp, angry-looking metal grafted into their arms and hands.
on the other side of the bar, a younger girl with long dark hair and a nervous expression is staring at the singer up on stage. some older man tries to start up a conversation with her as he passes by, clearly asking her to come dance, but she looks darkly at him before shaking her head and going right back to staring at the stage. the man continues to ask once, than twice, but she says nothing--and soon he gives up to go inevitably complain to his other friends about the whole thing.
if Tek wants something a little less challenging, there's always cards. a boy and a girl in ripped clothing and heavy makeup are playing some kind of game against each other in one of the pillow pits. part of the game involves slapping one's hand down on a pile of cards while the other person tries to set their hand down on other piles around them at lightning speed. the couple of people watching them seem to be entertained, laughing between sharing cigarettes and passing around round disks as the players win or lose.]
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on the other side of the bar, a younger girl with long dark hair and a nervous expression is staring at the singer up on stage. some older man tries to start up a conversation with her as he passes by, clearly asking her to come dance, but she looks darkly at him before shaking her head and going right back to staring at the stage. the man continues to ask once, than twice, but she says nothing--and soon he gives up to go inevitably complain to his other friends about the whole thing.
if Tek wants something a little less challenging, there's always cards. a boy and a girl in ripped clothing and heavy makeup are playing some kind of game against each other in one of the pillow pits. part of the game involves slapping one's hand down on a pile of cards while the other person tries to set their hand down on other piles around them at lightning speed. the couple of people watching them seem to be entertained, laughing between sharing cigarettes and passing around round disks as the players win or lose.]