| List of Chapters: Cast of Characters: If you ever get confused concerning any of the slang I use in the story itself please consult this list: http://www.paper-dragon.com/1939/slang.html Chapter One: "Welcome to Swing City" Cars roared by as strangers tread carefully on the street block. It was cold today with what appeared to be chance for light showers through the afternoon. I grabbed my trench coat, put on my hat and walked out the apartment. Lenny and Louie had told be a growing club in downtown that was really the “Hip” place to be. I had a hard time believing them due to the police enforcing that new law involving the production and sell of alcohol. It was not too long ago that prohibition was the law of the land, creating underground bars and giving the mafia a brand new illegal product to sell to all those broke bastards on the streets. Thankfully the government finally wised up and repealed the law, stripping the mafia of some of their power but it changed little. Anyway, as I was saying, I was on my way to the growing club, half expecting the police to be raiding it as I reached it. “Damn it Louie.” I muttered, staring at the club from across the street. The neon signs were fully lit, showing a vibrant pallet of colors. The name was something… “Nacy’s Lap”… Some name for a place that just opened up. Before walking in, I pulled out a snipe, flicked the top of my lighter off and breathed in, feeling the smoke fill my lungs. It was a bad habit I picked up from Johnny but damn if I couldn’t actually kick it. Deciding I wasted enough time outside standing around like some twit I strolled in. First thing to hit me was the smoke, next was the music. It was obvious who this bar belonged to right off the bat. The color of the upholstery, the spread on the wallpaper and the staff, mostly undead… Yup, this was Margaret’s joint. The canary, a young ghoul, sung a few popular songs while a few zombies and ghosts romped around behind her. The crowd, a couple of guys and a few undead here and there watched. I took a seat at the bar, prompting the barkeep to walk over. “Whacha want?” The girl stated. She was a ghoul and quite the looker but I was already waiting for someone so I kept my thought to myself. “Rum, on the rocks.” She turned and got to work, placing a cup in front of me and dropping the ice in then filling up. “Thanks.” I grabbed the cup and downed the cup in an instant, pointing for another. “Take it easy Alex, don’t want you bumping gums all over this club.” A female voice said, walking up behind me. I turned around and looked, my peepers gazed over the gal before me. It was Elizabeth sporting her usual attire of a long dress with a small green short cloak. Her green eyes shore as her short light brown hair was held in a pony tail while her green tail stayed hidden behind her. “Ah Lizzy… Didn’t expect you here tonight.” I downed my next drink then set it down on the bar. “Figured I would check out this new place a bit.” She took a seat next to be and ordered some booze. “Looks like Margaret really went all out again…” “You shred it, wheat…” I gazed over at a few of the dancers, becoming slightly aroused by their constant shacking. “Don’t even think about it. Goldiggers, every single one of them.” Lizzy said, sipping on her whiskey. “What about the canary up there?” My friend just shook her head. “We both know she’s a moll.” I sighed, turning around and pulled out my case, slipping out a cig and lit up again. “I thought you said you were gonna quit…” Her voice showed a hint of concern. “What’s it to you? I though you didn’t mind a little bit of smoke?” “Not when it’s like this.” She reached out to touch my shoulder. Instinctively I pushed her hand aside. “Lay off me a minute ok? I’m trying here…” She nodded, finishing her drink. I know I shouldn’t treat her so bad but I couldn’t help it. She was an old childhood friend I grew up with, spending at least half of my time with her. Most people called her a flame but I didn’t really care plus she would usually punch the guy’s lights out any time they said it. It had been six months since I broke up with that two timing fox so my heart was still healing. Lizzy was there the whole time constantly told me she was no good but I didn’t listen, I was a real twit. I gazed at my friend, her gentle curves and subtle beauty really made me swoon but I dare not make a move unless she shows interest first. I took another swig and enjoyed the show. Suddenly the front door busted open, machinegun fire filling the room full of holes. The crowd took a nose dive, returning fire. Me and Lizzy ducked behind the bar, watching the barkeep grabbing her shotgun and joining in the rumble. I reached into my pocket and searched for my gun, finding I had left it at home. “Fuck!” My friend looked over to me and sighed, pulling out her colt .32 and held her position. The shot were spread everywhere and the roaring sound of bullet ripping through the club continued for minutes until it abruptly stopped. I looked up and saw countless undead and humans lying on the floor, still as a dead bird that fell out of its nest. A Salamander strolled in, looking around at the new carnage. “To think that woman had the guts to set this up on my turf.” I couldn’t believe my eyes, it was Scarlet, the head of the Flametail Mafia. I had forgotten this was her turf and I should have known she would shoot up the place the instant she heard about it. “Now now Scarlet.” Margret, The leader of the Undead Mafia, stated. “You didn’t need to barge in like that and cause a scene.” Her ethereal claws out and ready to attack along with several ghouls fully armed behind her. “Oh hell I didn’t! This is my turf and you knew that when you set up this club!” She pointed the gun at her. “You brought this on yourself.” “Is that a fact lizard? Perhaps if you didn’t always assume certain things then maybe we wouldn’t be in this situation.” Scarlet got more enraged, finishing her little talk and open fired on the group. I ducked down again, hearing the roar of machine guns and the battling of claws. “Alex.” Lizzy whispered. “Over here.” I looked over to see her pointing to the back. I rushed over and we ran through the door, passed through the kitchen and out the back. The alley smelled like fresh garbage but it was hell of a lot better than being filled with daylight. Lizzy pulled me out to the street and hailed her car. It appeared that Louie actually drove her here while he was on his way home. I opened up the door and jumped in, hearing the coppers sirens in the background. “Book it Louie!” I yelled. He didn’t hesitate and stepped on it, getting us out of there before the cops showed up. “Thanks for the save Lou.” I said, leaning back in my chair. “Don’t mention it.” He replied, blowing a few rings. “Didn’t know that was Margret’s new joint… Sorry.” “Sorry don’t even cut it Lou.” Lizzy exclaimed. “Yeah Lou, next time give me the low down first.” “Yea… At least you made it out in one piece.” Her stated, making a sharp right turn unto maple. “Thankfully… “I whipped the sweat from my brow, setting my hat down next to Lizzy. “Why didn’t you bring your gat?” Lizzy scolded. She had a real nasty habit of acting like my ma at the worst times possible. It was charming some nights but not this time. “Didn’t expect to be seeing a shoot out tonight Liz.” I reached in my coat and pulled out another snipe but she snatched it and lit up, breathing in the smoke heavily. “I thought you didn’t smoke…” “Stressful situations bring out the worst in me.” She sighed, rolling the window down and throwing the cig out. “Get this tin can moving Lou, don’t want to be out here when the feds roll in.” “You and me both.” Louie said, hitting the gas and taking off faster than before. “God damn man…” Gazing out the window, it was hard to think that this night could escalate this quick. Damn man I’m a twit. |
aspicientisDec 8, 2015 11:35 AM
aspicientis said: Chapter One: "Welcome to Swing City" Yay to alternative setting |
| Signature removed. It was too good for this cruel world. |
beast_regards said: I second this.Yay to alternative setting Considering it's a new setting and one with completely different dynamics it'll be interesting to see where you go with this. I very much liked the way you work the period slang into the story even if I don't understand all of it, and I also very much like the interaction between Alex and Lizzy. In summary I'd say it feels very authentic so far. Also put me very much in the mood to listen to Visit MyAnimeList even though I know it's not the same time period :D |
| Looks interesting, beware the typos though. =) |
JPAI27 said: I'm just going to take the liberty to reply in asp's place because reasons.beware the typos though. =)  |
| Okay then. =/ |
| Interesting...doing something mostly right since I'm imagining it in black and white =P |
| Chapter 2: Gun’s Roar Lou stopped the car in front of my apartment a few minutes after nine. Lizzy and I jumped out but before we headed inside I heard Louie’s voice one more time. “I almost forgot… We have another job tomorrow at nine sharp. It came straight from the Godfather himself. ” “You better make sure this isn’t another trip for biscuits or I swear Lou…” The last time I did anything involving him I had coppers chasing me for weeks and didn’t see any of the pay promised to me. “Relax, it’s clean. Just a simple job, I’ll give you details tomorrow when I pick you up.” Louie rolled up the window and drove off. I sighed and headed in with Lizzy behind me. I opened up the door of my apartment and threw my trench jacket on the chair. Lizzy took a seat while I walked over to the “Monitor top” and pulled out a cold beer. Taking a seat next to her, I popped the top off and took a quick swig. She smirked and looked out the window. “What’s on your mind?” I inquired. “Oh you know… I’m wondering why we haven’t pitched woo seeing as how everyone thinks we are together…” I was barely able to hold in my beer. “Murder! Has this been bothering you this whole week?” “Can you blame me? I’m sure you of all people must have found it strange why I always hang around you without offering even once to make whoopee…” “I thought we were just great friends! What’s gotten into all of a sudden?!” She blushed. “I… I don’t really know. Just the thought of you these days has started to poke at me… I’m also not getting any younger as it was…” My head started to spin. I never thought that lizzy might have started to grow feelings for me in that sense after all I was one hell of a twit. It had never occurred to me that over these years the girl had started to become attached to me in that sense. In truth, I’m sure it was extremely obvious to most people since I was clearly oblivious to that sort of shit but still… I didn’t quite how to respond to her opening. “Alex…?” Her voice snapped me out of it. “Y-yeah?” “So… What do you say we go in the back here and…Get to work?” She smiled weakly, apparently worried about me. “I… I don’t know Liz…” I thought for a moment. “Are you sure I’m worth it?” Lizzy pulsed her lips and glanced at me. “Tell me honestly, do you like me?” “I… I… I…” Looks like she got me good. It was hard to think of Liz as anything more than a friend considering everyone called her a fuss but nowadays… Every time I saw her all I could think was “Pip” and consider pushing her to the coach and pitching woo right then and there. However, something in my mind always said that was wrong… That I should respect my friend and not steal her off the market because it wasn’t right… I just couldn’t decide on what was right to say. “Liz I… I don’t know.” “I see…” My friend gave such a disappointed look as if she hoped I would respond different but I didn’t. “If you don’t mind may I take the bed?” “Sure Liz… Good Night…” With that she sighed and got up, heading into the bedroom and shut the door behind her. With that, I picked up the empty bottle and smacked it upside my head a few times till I was seeing stars. I just couldn’t believe how freaking stupid I was being. Why didn’t I just say I wanted her like always?! Why didn’t I just agree and help her out with what was bothering her so damn much?! “God damn it… I’m such a freaking twit…” I pulled out my cigs and lit one up, exhaling the smoke into my room and staring out into the city. “I didn’t know what this job Lou talked about earlier would be but I had a feeling it wasn’t as simple as he said it was… Nothing is ever simple when it came to the godfather. The man had soared into the big leagues when his wife, Maria, gave him control of over half of the town a few years back. Ever since then things have taken a turn straight into the gutter and now I was doing another job for him… Freaking stupid patsy. I relaxed into the chair a bit more, put out my smoke and started drifting off. The fading sight of the clear sky was the last image I saw before slipping into dreamland. My dreams… They were always the same. Memories of my mother and father fighting, my mother sleeping around with men while my father stressed and got sexually harassed at work endlessly… My father eventually taking his life while my mother ran off and left me… Lizzy taking me in and raising me as he little brother… The old days I care never to remember just simply haunt me every night until I wake up. Thankfully a swift knocking on the door jumped me up before my miserable dreams could continue. I stumbled up and walked over to the door slowly as more knocking commenced. “Yeah yeah, I’m getting it Lou.” I opened the door and saw someone completely different then Lou. “Sorry to say that I’m not Lou…” It was Margret, the beautiful Wight from the club earlier. “Hello sweety, been a while~” |
aspicientisFeb 3, 2015 1:37 PM
| I am pretty sure story isn't saying that, but I imagined main character's mother as very Riphy-like kitsune girl :-D |
| Signature removed. It was too good for this cruel world. |
| Since I've become increasingly busy and will be for quite some time consider this story finished/dropped. |
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