Vox licked his lower lip and then said /"Makieth, you look like you're new here which I'm sure is why you seem like you don't know who I am, and likewise, I and my boys don't know you—"\
/"I know her, Vox."\ Said Kief, the second member of the group to have talked when they first approached the bar.
Kief was the one who commented about Kenser making physical contact with Vox.
/"She and I were hitting it off a couple of minutes after we came in. Our names kind of rhyme too so that was a fun conversation—"\
/"Shut the fuck up!"\ Vox said and Fez reprimanded Kief by slapping the back of his head.
/"Anyway, service girl, Makieth or whatever you're called. Go get your madam to come here right now and make amends for this embarrassment"\ Vox instructed.
/"Umm, what embarrassment are you talking about, sir?"\ Makieth asked.
Vox grimaced and then looked down, using his eyes to point at the ground and she followed the directions.
/"Oh, Umm, okay"\ Makieth said with a slightly confused expression.
She still didn't understand anything that was going on because all she saw were his wet boots that had small pieces of glass on them and some feet away had a broken bottle, pieces of glass shards, and alcohol on the floor.
She didn't want to speak anymore on the topic, so she looked around and gulped.
Vox sneered at her.
/"What are you still doing here?! I said go fetch your—"\ he said angrily but Makieth interrupted him.
/"Earlier, Madam Bell had exited the hall to her private room with two gentlemen and it doesn't look like she's back yet"\ she said and Vox groaned.
/"So she's the kind of whore that needs two pipes to satisfy her dry, stinking hol—"\ Vox commented but Kenser cut him off.
"Don't you dare finish what you were about to say! I can let anything you say about me slide but I'll never forgive when it's an insult to the madam!"\ Kenser warned.
Her face was just as red as her bruised knees which was evidence of the pain she had endured from the many tiny cuts and alcohol burns.
As for the boys, they were distracted for a moment.
Avery kept having random flashes of different times he had been hit in the face and it was always by the same round-shaped object— albeit in varying colors— and it disoriented him.
As for Mosey and Kove, they realized that the two men Makieth had talked about were Centshuu and Ripply and for a split second, they wondered what the two were meeting her for.
/"Did this bitch just interrupt me? I'mma smack the living hell out of you if it wasn't for the stupid rules—"\ Vox said to Kenser but Makieth interrupted him.
She gently placed her hand on his hand that was holding her wrist.
/"Umm, Madam Bell is having a meeting with those two gentlemen so please refrain from thinking anything unbecoming with the information I had given earlier—"\ she said and Vox interrupted her.
/"Meeting? Is that what it's called now? And unbecoming? How ironic to hear those words come out of a whore's mouth. Also, did you fucking interrupt me while I was reprimanding that idiot, you stupid bitch?!"\ Vox said aggressively.
He tightened his grip on Makieth's wrist and raised the other hand to slap her.
/"I might just say fuck all to the rules and dish out punishment myself—" he said, but Avery's grunts which had slowly started getting louder, stopped him.
Avery had his palm on his forehead, fingers massaging the side of his head as the chaotic dinging of a bell and cheering of unknown voices he heard in his head matched with the rhythm of the instruments being played on the Velvet Serpent stage and the murmuring of the other guest who were minding their own business.
["EVERYBODY, HELP ME WELCOME THE PRODIGY AMONGST THE AMATEURS. A GOLIATH WHO STANDS THE CHANCE TO ONE DAY BECOME THE WORLD CHAMPION. RAISE YOUR VOICES FOR THE ONE AND ONLY AVE—"]
"Avery! Avery, are you okay?!" Kenser asked.
Suddenly, Avery's headache went away, and with it the memories he was just having.
"Huh?" After coming to his senses, Avery said.
"You seemed to be in pain for a moment. Were you pushed too hard earlier?" Kenser asked.
Avery looked at everyone at the bar and they were all looking at him.
His situation caused Mosey and Kove to not let their emotions get the better of them and retaliate against Vox for what he did. They were more concerned about him than how angry they were at Vox.
/"The bastard's gone crazy. Go figure"\ Mikie chuckled /"Makes sense why he had that shitty face earlier. He's bipolar"\
/"You're right, Mikie"\ Vox said, surprising Mikie.
/"I am?"\ Mikie asked and Vox grinned.
/"Sure you are."\ He replied then changed the hand he held Makieth with but doing so by pulling her from standing at one side of his body to the other side.
/"Hey, whore"\ Vox said.
/"Whore? Who me?"\ Makieth grimaced with confusion.
/"She has brains…*Scoff*…Go figure. Of course, I'm talking to you, or else I wouldn't be looking at you, would I?"\ Vox said condescendingly and Makieth frowned.
/"Get rid of that face before I smack it out of you"\ Vox commanded, tightening his grip even more and making sure he was as imposing as possible.
As a result, she did as told.
/"Go find your madam. I don't care if you have to pull out the two cocks she has lodged inside her mouth. Find her and tell her that her lovely bartender, Kenser, hired a bunch of cavemen to kill her most charitable customer"\ Vox said.