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Rhames sat down at the bar, frowning grimly. "ELAINE! Where tha hell are ya?!"
There was a clatter of metal hitting the floor, and Elaine herself emerged, bearing a frown. "Only you would come in here yelling like a sand worm in heat and talk to me like that!" She put her hand on her hip, brandishing a steel ladle at him menacingly with the other hand. SWhe held the frown for a while, before cracking up and she burst out laughing. "Of course, only you can get away with talking like that in my bar! What'll you have, Rhames?"
"Beer. What's the daily special?"
"The Five-Alarm Wakeup Surprise."
Rhames frowned. "What's in it?"
Elaine laughed. "That's the surprise!"
The older man sighed. "Right then, I'll have your damn Five-Alarm whatever-the-hell-it-is."
"Okay then, I'll get right on it!" Elaine smiled, disappearing into the kitchen, followed by an ungodly shriek: "ENRIQUE! GET OFF YOUR FAT a** AND START COOKING! DAILY SPECIAL, NOW!" There was another clang, followed by a loud 'OW!', which meant Elaine had broken her ladle over the cook's head.

Elaine walked out of the kitchen, carrying a mug of beer and a plate of something that looked and smelled very spicy. She turned to the newcomer. "Well hi, welcome to the Kitchen! Can I get ya anything hun?"

Rhames paused halway through a swig of beer. "Who's the b***h with a death wish?"

Rhames looked her up and down, wholly unimpressed. "Keep yer voice down. This is a restaraunt, ya hear?"
He glanced over at Elaine. "Elaine, a drink for the new guest on me."
He turned back to Kana. "Well, who are ya and whaddaya want? I'm not interested in any suitors or new lab assistants if that's what yer after."

He glanced back at her, before smiling. "Well hell woman, that's all ya had ter say! If you're from Thousand Rivers, judging by all that ambient heat around ya, combined with that famous temper..." He laughed loudly. "Saints alive, you must be Kana Drazhar! Why, I've heard so many stories about you, ya wouldn't believe it! Sit, I'm buyin' ya a drink and some food."

"I heard that yeh boiled a whole lake cause he pissed ya off about summat. If ya ask me, a smarter thing couldn't have been done. Vect always did piss me off with the way he ran things."
He looked at her. "Hey, the name Lana ring a bell?"

Kana sat down and asked for whiskey. "no, Never heard of her. Well..." She put her finger to her chin. "Nope." She was about to actually show a smile until she heard the annoying voice. She turned around to see some kid who barely looks of age to be in a bar. She stood up and made her way up to the kid. "Quiet boy. Grown people are talking and You are obviously too immature to be in here."

Rhames quirked an eyebrow at the little demon, before looking up at the boy. "Wut tha hell ya doin' in here, yellin' like a damn Sand Worm in heat? Take yer little whatever-the-hell-it-is and come back when I'm not in here."
He took another drink of beer, followed by a bite of the food. He turned to Kana. "Pity. So, this here tournament thing's in Thousand Rivers? What'm I s'posed to do, just let whoever the hell in that wants it?"