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11:50 PM

Rayner Miles Spelter

Crack! The man's nose snapped behind Rayner's fist. It was his fault, really, all that noise about the girl he had walked in with. Another swift punch in the gut forced him to back off, sputtering but by then the rest of the pub was erupting into violence around him. Someone pulled the stool away from beside him and instinctively he got away from the bar- and just in time too. There was a crash and then a shower of splinters rained over those men closest to the counter where he had been standing. Things were definitely getting rough, chaotic... exciting.

Rayner felt himself get pushed to the floor hard enough to force him to gasp. Above him stood a big man in a squat bowler hat, grubby button up of drab colors and a dingy brown jacket... probably a worker of some kind and muscular. Rayner curled his lip and swung a chair into him by it's leg, but the big man caught it and brought it down toward Rayner's collarbone. Fortunately it was a very sturdy make and the chair snapped where the back met the seat instead of on the legs. It still made Rayner grunt when it him him but his 'dance partner' was taken off guard just as much as he had been... and he took advantage of that by taking him off the market for any fun and games that night with a swift kick between the legs. The man in the bowler hat bowed down, gasping, giving Rayner a break long enough to spring to his feet and push toward the door.

He was almost there when another large man, this in an aged once-white shirt and leather suspenders launched the heir through the window. This wasn't the first window Rayner had traveled through in his life and he kept his arms close to his face until he was on the ground. Outside a group of guards looked back at the explosion of noise, glass and onto the street. This was one of the last things they'd want to see with Cassandra out on the street just yards away at the door of the Bronze warehouse.

Rayner looked up between the legs of the guards and saw her, finally dressed and decorated... her brilliant platinum blonde hair so neatly arranged on her head... if only there weren't an angry brawler climbing out through the window after him right that moment he could chance a grin at her. He misjudged how fast the other guy would get through the window and was pulled up by his jacket collar. Quickly he pushed his hand up against his attacker's face to make him as uncomfortable as he could immediately. Suddenly another man tackled them both and pushed the other man's face onto some glass. Rayner was pinned and grunted, trying his hardest to slide out from under both of them but to no avail.

His back popped as a third man stumbled back onto them and they all struggled to get out from under the extra weight. Rayner managed to find his feet and get to the staircase that lead up to the street level of a higher street on the other side of the buildings. He checked his pockets quickly, making sure everything was still where it was suppose to be and nodded with a laughing grin. His heart was pounding, adrenaline pumping and from where he was there was still a great view of Cassandra. If she'd turn around he'd chance a wink before disappearing upstairs.