"Get up." Ki growled at the bloody form lying on the ground. A cigarette was burning like the eye of Iftrit in Ki's mouth and smoke wreathed his head. the miqo'te's mismatched eyes were open and the golden optic of his left eye gleamed in the darkness.
The figure at his feet moan pitifully. Ki spat.
"I said, get up." Ki reached down with his left and hauled the bloody mess of a hyur to his feet.Â
"Please..." the hyur wheezed as he coughed, splattering Ki's face with blood. A tooth fell from the hyur's torqued jaw and bounced on the ground.Â
"Please what?" Ki grunted, making a face as he felt the man's flecks of blood running down his face. "Ain't my fault you didn't feel like payin' up like you was supposed to. Maybe you can get a few, fake teeth to go along with your fake goods!"
Ki heaved the man against the wall next to them. There was a wet smack and the man groaned as he slide over, smearing a trail of blood down the wall's side. Ki towered over the hyur.
"Please...I can get you the goods." the hyur pleaded desperately as more teeth fell out of his mouth. Ki saw the ivory bones and kicked them away.
"You already had the chance to do that. You tried to cheat me. Would it be smart business to let you do it again? Fool me once and all, eh?" Ki smirked as he reached into his coat and produced a flintlock pistol with an over-and-under barrel design and aimed it at the hyur.
The man looked up through swollen, puffy eyes and raised his hand.
"Wait! I can...get you what you need...for free!."Â
Ki snorted and drew the hammer back on the firearm.
"At this point, free is hardly worth-"
"I'll pay you!" the man shouted in earnest as he lay on the warm stones, blood running from his nose and dripping onto the cobblestones of the alley.
"Pay me?" Ki paused and thought. "So you'll give me what I want, and pay -me- for the goods?"
The battered hyur nodded and Ki laughed as he returned his weapon to it's holster beneath his white coat.
"And my sister said I'd never make it in business. Get your teeth and come on. I have places to be."
The figure at his feet moan pitifully. Ki spat.
"I said, get up." Ki reached down with his left and hauled the bloody mess of a hyur to his feet.Â
"Please..." the hyur wheezed as he coughed, splattering Ki's face with blood. A tooth fell from the hyur's torqued jaw and bounced on the ground.Â
"Please what?" Ki grunted, making a face as he felt the man's flecks of blood running down his face. "Ain't my fault you didn't feel like payin' up like you was supposed to. Maybe you can get a few, fake teeth to go along with your fake goods!"
Ki heaved the man against the wall next to them. There was a wet smack and the man groaned as he slide over, smearing a trail of blood down the wall's side. Ki towered over the hyur.
"Please...I can get you the goods." the hyur pleaded desperately as more teeth fell out of his mouth. Ki saw the ivory bones and kicked them away.
"You already had the chance to do that. You tried to cheat me. Would it be smart business to let you do it again? Fool me once and all, eh?" Ki smirked as he reached into his coat and produced a flintlock pistol with an over-and-under barrel design and aimed it at the hyur.
The man looked up through swollen, puffy eyes and raised his hand.
"Wait! I can...get you what you need...for free!."Â
Ki snorted and drew the hammer back on the firearm.
"At this point, free is hardly worth-"
"I'll pay you!" the man shouted in earnest as he lay on the warm stones, blood running from his nose and dripping onto the cobblestones of the alley.
"Pay me?" Ki paused and thought. "So you'll give me what I want, and pay -me- for the goods?"
The battered hyur nodded and Ki laughed as he returned his weapon to it's holster beneath his white coat.
"And my sister said I'd never make it in business. Get your teeth and come on. I have places to be."
