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ARCH 3<\/p>\n
“…all I wanna do is…\u00a0 \u00a0#! #! #! #!\u00a0 …and a, \ud83d\udc13\ud83d\udd2b\u00ae\ud83e\udd11\u00a0 \u00a0 …and take your money…”<\/strong><\/p>\n 10 April 2019, noon.<\/p>\n O Hotel Exclusivo Peregrino<\/p>\n Brasilia, Brazil<\/p>\n \n \n Bander.<\/p>\n \n Free, white and 21.<\/p>\n Trust fund baby, affluent life, does affluent things.<\/p>\n Ivy educated. Business savvy.\u00a0 Knows his hendiatris.<\/p>\n \n Enjoys art, extreme sports, unlimited power and influence over others, their environments, und being single.<\/p>\n Recognizes his high place of privilege and isn’t afraid to use it as an ends to his means.<\/p>\n \n Bander is finishing another influencer selfy video to a few hundred thousand worldwide subscribers from his ultra plush hotel room,<\/p>\n \n “Alllllriiiiight, yeaaaaahhh!\u00a0 okay, so yesterday was another wild wild WILD one y\u2019all.\u00a0 Some fresh ACTION BANDER clips coming your way soon foooooolz so stick around and find out as we got some killer views incomiiiiiiing! \u00a0<\/p>\n I finally caught some augemented reality vids on my new gopro i357 loaded lux narrative edition and I have to mention how really impressed I be with this one.\u00a0 I, I think I found a new favorite.\u00a0 It’s got the tried and true impact shock resis-tech internals; seal-skin glass; and Oh! \u00a0I\u2019m really digging this limited edition bronze-white color; and under that hood we got the latest and greatest beta v2 intel cointra pro 501st chip putting out some sweet af VORHUDs.\u00a0 That\u2019s virtual over reality heads up displays for those noobs out there; defs more on that later.<\/p>\n In the meantime, just know, that fo’ sho’ fo’ sho’, Aiigh’t, aiigh’t, i already know what you’re gonna ask in the comments, I\u2019ll just go ahead and say it, yes, Brasilia is my top choice for wing-suiting, and yes, I would choose it over Poland eeeaaaaANYday.\u00a0 This is my second time here and I just gotta say, Brazil is where its aaaat yo!\u00a0 Thinking of taking a break for a few weeks, really take up the local sights and eats and let you guys miss me for while.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybeeeee,- check out another museum, get some more inspiration for another painting, the uzhe.<\/p>\n What’s next after this tour?!\u00a0 Maybe go deep sea fishing in the Ambergris Caye, or Sicily…\u00a0\u00a0 …or San Diego?<\/p>\n Scratching my head on that one; hit me up in the comments on what y’all think would be bumpin’ for some good-time fishin’.\u00a0 Y’all can vote on it or whatever, help me out there.<\/p>\n And speaking of bumpin’, BUMP the hell outta that like and share button and check out those links below for that BANDER TIME!\u00ae merch!<\/p>\n And remember simps! Anything you can do BANDER can do better! \u2122<\/p>\n Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh out\u00a0 \ud83d\ude1c\ud83d\udd95”<\/p>\n \n Bander made some creative edits capitalizing on his augmented reality assisted routes to improve his wing-suit action clips.\u00a0 He was particularly proud of this one.\u00a0 He added the scarface intro audio for dramatic pre-jump flair and build up, cross-faded himself against himself from his last jump (at one point making it seem like he gave himself a high five), and in one section added himself dodging a blimp and then blasting through another one to spice up a relatively boring part of the flight. \u00a0He had the blimps read \u201cthe world is yours\u201d in max font and did the slow-mo effect and camera zoom-ins and outs around it for extra cool factor.\u00a0 Satisfied, he uploaded his content, confident that it would be well received and liked by the masses, then got freshened up for an afternoon of exploration.<\/p>\n \n In the lobby he patrons the indoor Cheesecake factory themed restaurant and grille for a late lunch.<\/p>\n \n A big screen by the bar shows silent local news coverage of mudsides in the mountain areas, lives devastated, stock market percentages and green\/red arrows scroll by at the bottom.\u00a0 On the other big screen next to it the football channel is on, complete with Ronaldo career stats and nike sponsorships.<\/p>\n There’s a small crowd of wealthy folks scattered around having a classy time.<\/p>\n Minority under class workers zooming by here and there, moving stuff around looking busy, serving the clientele.<\/p>\n Bander is thinking to himself, {This place is the sht, what a good find.\u00a0 Heard they opened a Tim Hortons nearby. \u00a0Should pass by tomorrow, see if their chocolate chunk cookies hold up.\u00a0 Cocoa grows well here and is quality.\u00a0 Brazilian sugar is tops now, like what, 19% of the global market\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026sugar is always stable and in demand, the reserve army of labor here is dirt cheap, it’s got all the low-risk high-gains attributes. Can imagine coming here way more often.\u00a0 Should talk to the owner. Get a whole floor of rooms here, fk it.\u00a0 The sheets feel amazing, location\u2019s convenient and close to airports, and everybody seems to know their place.\u00a0 Beautiful balcony views of the favelas lighting up the mountain sides.\u00a0 They understand real innovation here and how adding value and convenience to the consumer is paramount.\u00a0 They got that down to even to the littlest nuances and creature comforts.\u00a0 It’s safe here.\u00a0 They would have to share their security system workings though, can\u2019t have any blind-spots.<\/em><\/p>\n If not, oh well, just buy a a few acres nearby and set up another high sec low-key villa near an expat community or something.\u00a0 It’s Whatevs, I like it here.\u00a0 Vibes are mellow and that\u2019s the calling.<\/em><\/p>\n Location is convenient, this area is safe, the meat is banging,\u00a0 the plebs are extra docile and structured, and I can just load up and go wing-suiting anytime.\u00a0 It\u2019s totes cozy af}<\/em><\/p>\n \n Bander is comfortable in an outskirt table and was soon attended to for his orders.<\/p>\n He amuses himself flexing the insignificant amount of portuguese he knows,<\/p>\n “Sim, obriguydoh.\u00a0 i’ll have the oysters with finger lime, paohdey…\u00a0\u00a0 eh, cheesy bread, aaaand ooh, i can say this one, chewraskeira.\u00a0 Had that yesterday, blown away.\u00a0 Chef ‘berto knows his craft i’ll say that right now, he’s back there today right hun?”<\/p>\n The waitress politely smiles and nods.<\/p>\n “Nice nice, that’s perfect.\u00a0 In that case I would like his take on a butter tart – no no, let\u2019s make that two, three if you would like to help yourself to one.\u00a0 As for the specifics, however he wants to do it.\u00a0 That guy’s an artist, I trust him to surprise me.”<\/p>\n Bander smiles and winks at the waitress.<\/p>\n {Gorgeous, but not my type}<\/em><\/p>\n “And eh, glass of your oldest Chilean wine if you would please”<\/p>\n The waitress gives a small confirmational bow and takes her notes to the kitchen.<\/p>\n \n Bander kills time using his phone to research the most exclusive high-end clubs in the area while waiting.<\/p>\n \n He relishes his prep-time.\u00a0 Reads re-views.\u00a0 Attentive to key words.<\/p>\n He had that jungle fever, and was going to be extra picky with his meat tonight.<\/p>\n Telling himself he deserves it, as winging it yesterday had left him too exhausted to hunt for fun.<\/p>\n Working himself up to the good time he is expecting to buy tonight.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n The sudden and outrageous pitter patter downpour coming from the outside rain is muffled inside.<\/p>\n Soon after, a bright lightning flash crashed through the fancy arched windows. \n \n Bander is slightly annoyed at this unforcasted development.<\/p>\n {That was a scary one.\u00a0 exciting.<\/em><\/p>\n Siri says that rain should clear out in a few hours.\u00a0 Tonight should still be-}<\/em><\/p>\n He felt a pleasant smelling shadow whisp past him<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 {-oh well hellOOoOoOoOwww there.<\/em><\/p>\n This is pleasant and unexpected.\u00a0 Damn she\u2019s banging.<\/em><\/p>\n Yeah, that’s spicy.\u00a0 That’s very fkn spicy.\u00a0 She’s off the scoville kind of spicy!<\/em><\/p>\n That\u2019s MAH TYPE!}<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n A fit and curvy, exotic, provocatively dressed woman had graced her way to the bar to pick up an order.\u00a0 \n {Love this place.\u00a0 I FKN LOVE THIS PLACE.<\/em><\/p>\n She’s gotta be part of the amenities}<\/em><\/p>\n Bander couldn’t resist a lip-bite reaction and sat up much straighter in his chair.<\/p>\n {Forget about going out tonight.<\/em><\/p>\n Better plan, stay here, pay whatever she asks, you only live once.<\/em><\/p>\n Gotta add her to the collection, she can hit my top 5 easy.\u00a0 Treat yourself, you deserve it.<\/em><\/p>\n Time to get it.\u00a0 Right, be cool, let’s see what we got}<\/em><\/p>\n The Hotel has Sting playing in the background,<\/em><\/p>\n {Fkn ace.\u00a0 never thought this song would come in handy someday.<\/em><\/p>\n gotta hurry.<\/em><\/p>\n give it a moment, time it just right…<\/em><\/p>\n …okay now!\u00a0 go go go!}<\/em><\/p>\n \n Bander grooves his way up to the bar.\u00a0 He’s got rhythm, he’s got swag, his charm’s top notch and he’s dressed for the occasion.<\/p>\n He rolled up with grace to the background music. \u00a0Some people noticed and went back to not caring.<\/p>\n \n Bander smoothly angled up to the bodacious lady sideways at the counter.\u00a0 \n “\u266a0h caaaaaant you seeeeeee.\u00a0 you beloong to meeeee.<\/p>\n how my poor heaart achesss!….\u00a0\u00a0 With every step you take!\u266a …”<\/p>\n The amazonian princess gasps in surprise and amusement, reflectively grooved with him as he was performing, then confidently jumped in and kept the game going.<\/p>\n \n Eyes wide and with cool style she sings along, “…\u266aEvery mooove you make\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and every vow you break\u2026\u00a0 every smile you fake, every claim you stake, i’ll be watching you\u266a…”<\/p>\n \n She acted her own part in the song and gave him the v-point eyes in cute fun mock as they laughed and the song returned to the background.<\/p>\n \n Bander was dumb-struck and kept laughing a little longer than prudent.<\/p>\n He wasn’t expecting her quip and this derailed his initiative.<\/p>\n \n She expertly made it easy on him, lightly gave him a tap with the back of her hand to his and compliments him,\u00a0<\/p>\n “Obrigada, gostoso, voc\u00ea \u00e9 uma pessoa muito divertida e rom\u00e2ntica, eu vejo?”<\/p>\n \n Bander didn’t understand at all what she said, {She’s so dope, so spicy, her accent and voice hits just right. fkn BANGIN’.<\/em><\/p>\n This cinammon girl is all me.\u00a0 She’s gotta speak English, they prolly wouldn’t’ve let her in here if she didn’t.\u00a0 She sang that song flawless so is she fkn with me?<\/em><\/p>\n whatever, just find a way to let her know you got the pockets for her and you’ll be good.\u00a0 Dollars and numbers are universal languages, she\u2019ll get it.\u00a0 Damn she\u2019s spicy as fk}<\/em><\/p>\n Bander scratches his head, flashing his tag heuer watch and terrible portuguese, “Oh, eo muto pokeytoh falda. \u00a0Ehm, i was hoping you knew how to spea…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …?”<\/p>\n \n Bander stops speaking as she deliberately leans in closer to him with doe eyes; he’s a deer stuck in headlights.<\/p>\n \n Mystery lady playfully brings her index finger slowly towards his upper chest; He looks down tickled and confused.<\/p>\n She smoothly points upwards and teases “got your nose!” while lightly brushing it.<\/p>\n \n Bander toes curled up in his socks to the smell of her wrist.<\/p>\n {Awwwwwwwww snap that felt good.\u00a0 What a rush.<\/em><\/p>\n What the fck was that.\u00a0 da fck waas thaaaaaat. That was different.\u00a0 Who is she?<\/em><\/p>\n Who gives a fck.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t matter.\u00a0 Bander first, questions later yo!}<\/em><\/p>\n \n Bander laughs with her then squeezes in the cliche, “May I be nice and offer you something?\u00a0 A drink?”<\/p>\n The woman curles her hair as she replies, “Obrigada, but i have a nice drink coming already”<\/p>\n Bander steps it up a notch with pastries, “Can I get you a hello-nice-to-meet-you cheesecake?\u00a0 Strawberry flavor maybe?\u00a0 My treat?”<\/p>\n The bartender places on the counter her order; it’s a pretty pastry to-go box and a mango-raspberry smoothie.<\/p>\n The lady slyly replies, “Looks like my it-was-nice-to-meet-you treat is here already, muito obrigada for offer to me.”\u00a0 \n Bander starts to get nervous, this is a deal he is losing, he feels he has to try to peacock his wealth in order to establish dominance and interest. {Alright alright, you got this.\u00a0 Sht, never had this happen to me before.\u00a0 I’m supposed to be leading right now but she isn’t letting me buy her stuff.\u00a0 Why is she closing those openings.\u00a0 Is she open for business?\u00a0 Does she want to get together or not.\u00a0 Fck, what do i say, what do i do.\u00a0 gotta bring her in.\u00a0 find something in common or something.\u00a0 stop trying to buy her sht.\u00a0 focus on buying her.\u00a0 what she thinks is her worth.\u00a0 Everyone has a price…}<\/em><\/p>\n Bander awkwardly blurts out, “So you like treats eh?”<\/p>\n She forgives his blunder and rolls with it,<\/p>\n \u201cTreats are nice, jyess. i like treats and sweet things just like any other big girl \ud83d\ude0b.\u00a0 You like sweet things also gostoso?”<\/p>\n {Nice, she\u2019s engaging.\u00a0 Bring something up like, I melt in your hands not in your mouth or something like that},<\/em><\/p>\n “Well I\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 it just so happens, I\u2019mma sweets connoisseur of sorts \ud83d\ude0f.\u00a0 He plays it as cool as he can while keeping watch over her reactions, finding himself a little lost in them.<\/p>\n She glides her manicure over her Gucci clutch, her other fingertips pinches her lower lip before speaking,<\/p>\n “Me thinks i know what you mean…”<\/p>\n She fixes her hair over her ear and playfully flicks Bander\u2019s lower rico-suave shirt button, testing his reaction… The woman retakes her posture and adjusts her dress’s spaghetti strap on her sexy shoulder curve as she straightens her terms,<\/p>\n “Sugar daddy sounds nice.\u00a0 Maybe some day i get lucky to meet that sweetest somebody…”<\/p>\n She counts down with her hands and mouth,<\/p>\n “My Lottery numbers for me are three days, 2 million, one forever experience\u2026”,\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n a seductive look and eyebrow flick finishes her offer.<\/p>\n \n {fk yeah!\u00a0 Gonna Bander this chick!\u00a0 Sht though! \u00a03 days is a lot of commitment…\u00a0 …and 2 fkn million! wtf!\u00a0 that would be the most I\u2019ve\u2026\u00a0 …probably anybody in history has…\u00a0 \u2026but at the same time you\u2019re getting higher quality and exclusivity.\u00a0 \u00a0Bragging rights.\u00a0 Chill vibes.\u00a0 She likely wants to go shopping and shit.\u00a0 Might as well, take up the sights and eats, buy sht and have little escapades in between.\u00a0 Make this the complete package deal.\u00a0 Fk yeah, that\u2019s what the good life is all about and she’s got the goods.\u00a0 Fk it, take the offer, it’s just a couple of million, and worst case scenario just hit it and bounce.\u00a0 What’s she gonna do, beg you to stay once she has the cash?\u00a0 For that price fo\u2019 sho\u2019 it\u2019s gonna be the full girlfriend experience, can\u2019t wait to tap that.\u00a0 What next, do I have to wait for my order first, did she want to do this now or\u2026}<\/em><\/p>\n The beautiful stranger give’s him the this is your last-chance-look, then lifts her leg up slightly indicating boredom and being just about done here.<\/p>\n She baits Bander with a teasing goodbye smirk, then switches her purse to her other sexy shoulder as she goes to pick up her things. \u00a0 “Guuuurl.\u00a0 I’m that somebody.<\/p>\n Treat me right and we can get a whole week going on, money ain’t a thang.<\/p>\n I mean, this sweet-ass somebody of yours is a gentle-MAN there mah\u2019 lady and I got all the time in the world.\u00a0 Bander has her order in one hand, elbow extended in the other.<\/p>\n “oooooh, Muito gentil, obrigadissima”, the captivating lady accepts his arm invitation.<\/p>\n {Yes!\u00a0 That was good.\u00a0 good one!\u00a0 Real smooth.\u00a0 Totally gettin\u2019 it!\u00a0 Follow her to her room, talk business.\u00a0 It’s gonna happen; it’s BANDER TIME!}<\/em><\/p>\n \n \n She wraps up on him like a littlefeather and flies him out, up and away.\u00a0 She keeps him entertained in the elevator with snapple talk, “Did you know, before name this place peregrino, it was name campous de oro?”.<\/p>\n \n {Yeah whatever slut.\u00a0 The owner already told me, something about that sting singer and these guys obsession with him in the area.\u00a0 Jungle rights, good one sting.\u00a0 WAZZAAAA!\u00a0 Hit the jack-pot again!\u00a0 This was a tough one though, gotta step my game up.\u00a0 Can’t wait to smash.\u00a0 Btch is so fkn spicy.\u00a0 How far will she go to show me a good time?\u00a0 She’s definitely an amazing actor and that voice is heavenly.\u00a0 Gonna push those cushions hard and get my dollarz worth.\u00a0 She’s got that extra vibe in spades. \u00a0She’s going to take me places i just know it.\u00a0 Did she ever tell me her name?\u00a0 Don\u2019t say anything just in case she did; just keep calling her hun.\u00a0 Damn, that body of hers looking like a backroad- so many curves and me here with no breaks.\u00a0 Yeah I could handle this all week if I wanted to fo\u2019 sho\u2019 fo sho\u2019. \u00a0Ooof, so spicy.\u00a0 Never tried going that long with anyone before.\u00a0 that’s what i’m talking about!\u00a0 Pushin\u2019 the border limits!\u00a0 going further.\u00a0 go big, go bander or go home!\u00a0 YEAAAAAAAAH! \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Bander replies as innocently as he could, “Wow, i had no idea, that means gold something right?”<\/p>\n \n Bander is escorted to the top floor, hotel hallway, room 555.<\/p>\n The gorgeous woman invites him in, then closes the door behind them.<\/p>\n As he takes a few steps in and the main room opens up he realizes that things are totally off.<\/p>\n He looks back at her confused and worried.<\/p>\n She’s not the same person of a few seconds ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n She briskly takes the box and drink from him, puts it to the side entryway table and aggressively commands him further into the bedroom, pushing him around, “mova-se!\u00a0 saia do caminho!”<\/p>\n \n Bander stumbled into a bad scenario.<\/p>\n {i fkd up, i fkd up, i’m going to get killed. fk is thiiiis!?<\/em><\/p>\n This wasn’t supposed to happen to me.\u00a0 nobody knows i’m here.\u00a0 this was supposed to be a safe place.<\/em><\/p>\n This is a safe place!\u00a0 I’ve always been careful.\u00a0 what the fk is happening.\u00a0 This has to be a punked joke or something.\u00a0 Wtf!\u00a0 Please be fake.\u00a0 Please be fkn fake.\u00a0 This can\u2019t be real}<\/em><\/p>\n \n An elderly native woman is sitting in the far end corner with a large leather scabbard on her lap.<\/p>\n An older child is on the other side wall squatting on the floor, minding a small laptop with split screens and a radio next to it.<\/p>\n On the center room bed is the Hotel owner’s wife lying there.\u00a0 \n The bathroom door is open and there\u2019s a flush.<\/p>\n \n Bander is scared shtless.\u00a0 All of his senses zoned in while at the same time all over the place.<\/p>\n {oh sht oh sht oh sht.\u00a0 this is some hostel sht wtf}<\/em><\/p>\n \n A lighter flicks a few times before catching.\u00a0 Smell of smoke.<\/p>\n Hand washing noises.\u00a0 Coughs and grunts and movements.<\/p>\n Metal on ceramic and more running water.<\/p>\n \n A mature weathered man in a black wife-beater, glasses and shoulder holster walks out of the bathroom with some kind of cigarette in his mouth.<\/p>\n He’s finishing wiping off a machete with the unbloodied side of a hotel towel.<\/p>\n He looks over to Bander and the woman that brought him in, then nods unamused.<\/p>\n With a unique barely noticeable middle eastern accent, he adds to the tension,<\/p>\n “Well salaam there to ya mate.<\/p>\n little early for a nightcall wouldn’t ya think?\u201d<\/p>\n {what the fck did I walk into!\u00a0 what should i do?\u00a0 Don\u2019t let him get close.\u00a0 Fk is this.\u00a0 he’s going to kill me!?}\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n Bander is disconnected and distant, like he was living his life in the third person looking in.\u00a0 \n “Hey now; wake up nemo” , the man snaps loudly twice,<\/p>\n “I presume you speak english, am I being overtly presumptuous?”<\/p>\n Bander nods quickly, but then panics and shakes his head.<\/p>\n \n Escort woman shows machete man a room card behind Bander.\u00a0 Attentive to their interaction.<\/p>\n \n The machetero nods at her and gets the floor kid’s attention “Pepe, lleva e esto a equipo A.\u00a0 tambein, porefavore, los papeles deste tolo porra.\u201d<\/p>\n The boy got up with his radio, takes the ziplock bag with ice and body parts, and took the key card from the woman on his way out.<\/p>\n \n Pepe peeks out and looks both ways down the hallway before disappearing into the different levels and stairways.<\/p>\n \n The man apologizes to Bander while looking around, Plus, the place is a mess right now, how embarrassing you catching me like this.\u00a0 Afford me a moment to set things up for us.”<\/p>\n Machete man is agilely limping around re-arranging the furniture a bit, his smoke following him around as he makes a makeshift sitting space for Bander and himself with a small table in between,<\/p>\n “We can have a seat, relax for a moment, admire the scenery, maybe talk things out…\u00a0 you know?\u00a0 See if we can get your dumb-ass out of here and on your way in one piece.\u00a0 Standby”<\/p>\n The man picks up his radio.<\/p>\n < Equipo D pendiente demora, equipo D pendiente demora, confirme ><\/p>\n \n Low radio static.<\/p>\n \n << Equipo D em espera equipo D em espera, fin >><\/p>\n He clips the radio back to his buckle and gets closer to bander and their new almost done table set up.<\/p>\n \n The man speaks in an understanding, authorative, almost mocking tone; Expectation’s were going one way, things were supposed to go well but then, in an instant, all those plans blew up in your face.<\/p>\n Welcome to the club mate.<\/p>\n I bet you have all kinds of questions and worries…<\/p>\n of course you would, i mean, look at this place\u2026”,<\/p>\n the man gestures the room scene, “\u2026it\u2019s bloody awkward.”<\/p>\n \n Done with arrangements, the confident man squares up akimbo in front of Bander and looks around over the heads in the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bander felt this guy take his air and couldn\u2019t do anything about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n The man adjusts his glasses, taking his time before speaking, almost as if daring Bander to cough over the smoke inbetween them,<\/p>\n \n “Walking into a scene like this must not be a common occurrence in your life.<\/p>\n Sht like this is usually enjoyed from a safe distance for people like you; like a movie or news report or a book or something amarite?<\/p>\n You must not know what to do and could use some help.<\/p>\n So here’s some tips son,<\/p>\n If you’re thinking to; maybe, start screaming or running or get to swinging or something risky like that…<\/p>\n That would be, extremely, ill advised.\u00a0 Look around.<\/p>\n This isn’t the time nor the place for that.<\/p>\n You’re in an environment you have no control over.<\/p>\n Do you feel like you can take any one of us on?\u00a0 Do you think some rando out there is going to come in and save you?<\/p>\n You one of those people who thinks they can outfight a bear or something?”<\/p>\n Bander shows his submission, “n, no sir, no sir.\u00a0 no problems sir, i-“<\/p>\n “Then I highly encourage you to stay chill there boo boo.\u00a0 As you are doing right now.<\/p>\n You\u2019re doing great.\u00a0 I’m sure yous a good guy and nothing bad happens to good people right?\u201d<\/p>\n \n Bander doesn’t reply.<\/p>\n \n Machete man shifts his weight to the side from infront of Bander and gestures the people in the room before shifting back, So let’s be civil.\u00a0 Let’s be suave about this.<\/p>\n Participate.\u00a0 Collaborate.\u00a0 Be open and honest and sht.\u00a0 Keep that in mind mate, we all looking to live to fight another day in here, \n Bander notices the machete at ease in the man’s left hand, his pinky and ring digits completely missing, bringing dread over the thought of he himself being mutilated.<\/p>\n \n The man gently accommodates Bander to sit down while he stays towering over him,<\/p>\n “You’re a guest.<\/p>\n I’ll be your host for the time being.<\/p>\n I’ve got all kinds of names.<\/p>\n I invite you to call me Cassandro if you’d like, or refer to me in any way you feel comfortable.<\/p>\n And you; how\u2019d ya like to be addressed as…?”<\/p>\n Bander sums up the courage to reply,<\/p>\n “Ban- My name is Bander sir, please sir don’t hurt me sir.\u00a0 I don’t-“<\/p>\n Cassandro interrupts in surprise, “Bander!\u00a0 that’s!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …a cool fkn name there buddy…<\/p>\n Bander mah bud!\u00a0 Would you like a bidi?”<\/p>\n Cassandro offers a bidi from a small cigarrette case, open palmed.<\/p>\n Bander shakes his head declining meekly, trying to keep himself from crying from the fear waves coming over him.<\/p>\n Wishing he could disappear from there and be anywhere else.<\/p>\n Sniffling, boogies out, afraid to move or speak at all.<\/p>\n \n Cassandro looks down in disgust at Bander and offers him his cloth, “Here, use my Shemagh, it’s okay.\u00a0 Don’t worry about it.<\/p>\n Go ahead and blow your nose on it.<\/p>\n Can’t do anything with snot between your eyes right?…<\/p>\n …that can be hella distracting”<\/p>\n Bander stays comatose with a runny nose.\u00a0 \n The woman steps in momentarily and hands Cassandro the pretty box and drink.<\/p>\n \n “ah!\u00a0 Obrigado!\u00a0 Muito amable Mosa”<\/p>\n Cassandro sets the box on the table next to Bander, then takes the cold smoothie over to the elderly woman on the other side of the room.\u00a0 He valiantly tries to make a case,<\/p>\n “Mas Vovo Tuira!\u00a0 porfavor \ud83d\ude4f, solo umos pocos minuitos mais!\u00a0 no saveimos a om este muchacho .\u00a0 eo hasta loa afil-“<\/p>\n The elderly woman isn’t asking, she’s demanding.<\/p>\n She snaps twice.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n Cassandro, defeated, nods respectfully.\u00a0<\/p>\n His fun time with this legendary machete is over.\u00a0<\/p>\n He takes a fresh towel off the bed, spits on the machete and buffs it out admiringly one last time, removing a small smidge off the blade before handing it to it’s rightful owner…<\/p>\n Vovo tugged once from the handle, he resised giving it up, she angrily slaps him across the arm while yanking her machete back.<\/p>\n She then shooed him away violently with it, all without getting up nor spilling her drink.<\/p>\n \n Cassandro limp-dodged away in time, almost catching a bad gash.\u00a0 \n “Ta beim ta beim, vovo, disculpa disculpa.<\/p>\n that machete is precious is all.\u00a0 Thank you for letting me take it for a spin.\u00a0 If you ever-“<\/p>\n Vovo gives him a dirty look,<\/p>\n Cassandro tries to offer a peace treaty,<\/p>\n “…\u00a0 some baklava vovo??”<\/p>\n Vovo Tuira shook her head annoyed at Cassandro; no.<\/p>\n \n “Well alrighty then, more for me and Bander here”, Cassandro taps Bander’s shoulder, who is still immobile in place.<\/p>\n Vovo Tuira put herself back at ease.\u00a0 She sheathed her machete and got to sipping her fruit cocktail while looking down on Bander from her corner chair, attentive.<\/p>\n \n Cassandro opened the pretty box unceremoniously, took out the baklava and broke it in half over the plate.<\/p>\n He slides the slightly larger piece with plate included towards Bander,<\/p>\n \n “You’re welcome to enjoy your share at any time, i heard good things about chef ‘berto…”<\/p>\n Cassandro stayed standing and ate his half out of a napkin, enjoying loudly,<\/p>\n “hmf…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …that’s got; uuf, that’s amazing, this is different, unique;\u00a0 I never had a rapadura highlighted baklava before.”<\/p>\n Mosa, thank you so much for this; you weren\u2019t kidding, that chef’s got the sweetest teeth”<\/p>\n Cassandro sucks clean his three finger tips then wipes them on the napkin as he returns to Bander,<\/p>\n “Yo, this is good stuff here Bander.\u00a0 You should relax.\u00a0 Enjoy it.”<\/p>\n Bander is quietly choking on fear and snot in his seat and says nothing.<\/p>\n \n Mosa placed two glasses of water on the table for them.<\/p>\n Cassandro appreciates the gesture, then looks down disappointed at a silent Bander, tilting his head to the side, analyzing him.<\/p>\n \n [Silence.<\/p>\n Radio.<\/p>\n Low beeping noises]<\/p>\n \n “…Bander, please, nobody likes a rude guest.<\/p>\n Mosa did something nice for us just now and you failed to…<\/p>\n Sigh.\u00a0 She chose to be considerate to us when she didn\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n I insist you recognize and show appreciation to these kinds of moments when they present themselves.<\/p>\n Reciprocation goes a long way, so don\u2019t be a jerk.<\/p>\n Now, how’s the water?”<\/p>\n \n Bander blew his nose on the shemagh, nervously drank half of his water thanks Cassandro and looked back to thank Mosa.<\/p>\n “thank you m’am.\u00a0 thank you so much m’am, thank you for the handkerchief sir, i didn’t, *sniffles*, i was just-um.\u00a0 Thank you i was thirsty”.<\/p>\n \n Cassandro eases himself onto the chair over next, leaning in on the table while speaking to Bander, ash tray positioned for more heavy use,<\/p>\n \n “Right.\u00a0 Now.\u00a0 Brass tacks.<\/p>\n First, let’s get you situated, let’s get you up to speed.<\/p>\n This place is another one of them disgusting Epstein islands out there.<\/p>\n That thing you see there on the bed found a niche selling and renting kids to guests,<\/p>\n Making herself extra comfortable off of human suffering.\u00a0 Cassandro points towards her bloody arm as he continues filling Bander in on the situation,\u00a0<\/p>\n “Her missing accessories are necessary to unlock a hidden vault in her room.<\/p>\n That demon there never thought there would be a ketchup day, can you believe that?”<\/p>\n \n Cassandro stares and nods angrily at the woman on the bed,<\/p>\n ”\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026fkn psycho put price tags on kids…<\/p>\n Children are people; -Children aren’t meat-, they ain’t objects, that’s never a debate, yet here we are somehow someway right? \n The woman is hooked up to some basic medical equipment, bloody tool tray at the foot of the bed.<\/p>\n There’s an anesthesia feed and a heart monitor with the beeps muffled.<\/p>\n \n “…Anyway, behind said vault is what we need to get serious about answering prayers…”<\/p>\n Mosa holds her breath in the background, face hard like a pallas athena bust while she continues to listen to Cassandro,<\/p>\n “…I\u2019m sure you get it, it’s not rocket surgery.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bad guys rule the world, cowards follow their lead, everyone else has excuses for selling out their morals, and us outnumbered warrior peeps out here intervening with the little we got; cuz we refuse to abandon victims no matter the weather; any clime and place you know?\u00a0 This fool thought we wouldn’t show up, that she was safe in this world. \n Bander pushes himself to breathe, scared to be considered a bad guy in front of them. \n “\u2026at ease Bander.\u00a0 She’s alive there mate, she\u2019s heavily sedated…\u00a0\u00a0 …but alive if that makes you feel any better.\u00a0 No pain neither.\u00a0 Just\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026neutralized af”<\/p>\n Cassandro remains fixated on the woman and mumbles audibly in and out,<\/p>\n “…so much pain, so many unanswered prayers…<\/p>\n …In this particular case, they took a juggernaut’s baby.<\/p>\n So long as you aren’t part of this, you’re not the target.\u00a0<\/p>\n So chillax there bud.<\/p>\n As far as we know, you’re just some silly rando with deep pockets right?”<\/p>\n \n Bander is immobile in his chair, he doesn’t blink as he balances listening attentively while mind-racing.<\/p>\n He captures Cassandro’s voice in the air next to him and tries holding onto everything.<\/p>\n He can’t look away from the bedroom centerpiece of blood, bandages, and crude surgical tools surrounding the body.<\/p>\n \n Cassandro continues the tour,<\/p>\n \n “So Bander, that monster goes by Karla Homolka as one of her names.<\/p>\n Pyschologist.\u00a0 Vegetarian.\u00a0 entrepreneur.\u00a0 rapist.\u00a0 murder.\u00a0 convict.\u00a0 trafficker.\u00a0 scumbag\u2026”<\/p>\n \n Bander cringes and tremors and feels nauseous. Martha’s open mouth is drooling all over the white sferra giza sheets.<\/p>\n Panicky inside, Bander tries to self soothe, {say something, don’t let him think you’re involved in this sht!\u00a0 fck!\u00a0 wtf!\u00a0 just shut the fck up. don’t say anything.\u00a0 don’t wanna fkn die. He’s not hurting you.\u00a0 He might let you go, he said stuff like that.\u00a0 Be ready to fight, if he touches you punch him in the face and keep Mosa off of you when you go for the door.\u00a0 Sht.\u00a0 Gotta work the lock fast, then turn the knob counterclockwise.\u00a0 COUNTERCLOCKWISE OPENS!? NO! CLOCKWISE OPENS!!??\u00a0 \u00a0WHICH THE FK IS IT?!\u00a0 fkn focus, get yourself together, have to pay attention to his questions and intentions}<\/em><\/p>\n \n Cassandro was about to brag over his handi-work, “Now I ain’t no world renown surgeon, but all things considered, I do believe that was a qua-<\/p>\n <<<\u00a0 Beep Beep\u00a0 >>><\/p>\n \n “Excuse me a moment.”<\/p>\n Cassandro whipped out a little yellow digi-mon pikachu tamagotchi thing and fed it it’s digital biscuit.<\/p>\n Then shaked it for a few seconds to recharge it’s battery before getting back into the convo.<\/p>\n \n “So!\u00a0 Next question is, who is Bander?”<\/p>\n \n Bander stiffens up.<\/p>\n \n “I see Mosa brought you in.<\/p>\n You must’ve made her feel some sort of way for her to do that.<\/p>\n You some kind of somebody important or something?<\/p>\n You’ve never seen her before, am i right on that?\u201d<\/p>\n Bander nods, “Yes sir”.<\/p>\n Cassandro scolds him, annoyed; “Dude, what kind of a person follows a total stranger alone to their room like that? Bander nervously nods sideways.<\/p>\n Cassandro continues exploring the Bander narrative,<\/p>\n “…waltzing in here like that… …the indication is that there’s a massive silver spoon and platter hidden up your ass.<\/p>\n You’re a mess, but no worries, it’s a simple fix. We just gotta get that money out your system, stat!<\/p>\n \n This will be a good thing, for sure.<\/p>\n The new you is going to be better than the old you Bander mah dude.\u00a0 You familiar with mammon?”<\/p>\n Bander looking down shakes his head, “no sir”.<\/p>\n “Try to use them full sentences when speaking to me please”<\/p>\n “no sir, i, no sir i don’t know what mammon is”.<\/p>\n “Hold up son, gotta do a quick check-up”<\/p>\n \n Cassandro calls on radio.<\/p>\n < revisos y confirme, revisos y confirme\u00a0\u00a0 ><\/p>\n light radio static.<\/p>\n << ma\u00e7\u00e3s verdes, ma\u00e7\u00e3s verdes, fin >><\/p>\n \n Cassandro lights up another bidi and continues to engage Bander,<\/p>\n “I gotta question i like to ask schmucks like you, what does intelligence mean in your world?\u201c<\/p>\n Bander nods for no reason.<\/p>\n Cassandro helps push things forward, “are you intelligent enough to answer that?”<\/p>\n \n Fumbling for an answer, Bander posits, “intelligence means\u2026smartness and IQ scores…\u00a0\u00a0 …sir?”<\/p>\n “Is that a question or an answer?”<\/p>\n “answer sir, that’s my answer”<\/p>\n Cassandro shakes his head unimpressed, “Right…\u00a0 \u00a0 …smartness and IQ scores…”<\/p>\n Bander is dumbfounded in anxiety, nervous that a wrong answer would be his last mistake, he feels as if something in the air is going to close in on him at any moment.<\/p>\n Cassandro continues probing Bander for perspectives and perceptions, “So that\u2019s your limit on it…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …look, it’s easy as cake,\u00a0 intellige-“<\/p>\n The door opens.<\/p>\n \n Pepe returns and hands Mosa back the key-card, goes to Cassandro in his seat and gives him a fancy travel bag with some papers and documents, then returns to squatting over his laptop screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pepe sets his new virtual over reality action camera neatly next to him and enjoys a Big Turk bar as he resumes his monitoring.\u00a0 \n {Sht, that’s my wallet, how did they…\u00a0 my camera!\u00a0 That kid was in my room, this is all my stuff!\u00a0 Be calm, nobody is hurting you.\u00a0 Be ready to negotiate them the 25 million that\u2019s in the SEB Stockholm account, keep to that limit.\u00a0 Everybody just wants money, they can’t get the money if they kill you. He is already talking about wanting money.\u00a0 Be calm and carry on.\u00a0 we can get out of this.\u00a0 no way he’ll understand the paperwork}<\/em><\/p>\n \n Cassandro has been sorting and organizing Bander’s wallet and personal documents,<\/p>\n \n “No worries mate, glad to finally have some tangible materials on you here, i totally was running out of small talk anyway, so let\u2019s get this intervention going on for you\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026alright so what do we have here…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …Canadian passport eh?…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …Early 20s.\u00a0 travel stamps all over the place…\u00a0 \u00a0 …wallet\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026receipts…\u00a0\u00a0 …licenses…\u00a0\u00a0 …plenty of cards…\u00a0\u00a0 …credit cards made out of metal not plastic…\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026right\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026these biz meishi\u2019s say\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026private armies only a phone call away\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I see you got securitas, pinkerton & Co, and NWPA at the ready\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0…Say word, this one is services for a body double?\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.oh, never mind that when you got a card here offering cloning services\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026methuselah cryogenics co\u2026.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.lifetime global pass to the Walt Disney kingdom for you and a crew of up to 300…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.you take that hedonism is forever sht seriously guy\u2026”<\/p>\n Cassandro moves from the wallet contents to the other documents.\u00a0 \u00a0…oh, looky that.\u00a0 Indications of private planes and yacht ownership shares under LLC’s, I see you are beyond having to deal with airports\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.fk those shty airport experiences when you have the privilege to travel in style right dawg?…\u00a0 …World is yours for the taking..\u00a0 \u00a0 …involvement with different overseas companies…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026Right.\u00a0 It’s not obvious here but you seem to have well over 6 other passports, plenty of diverse residencies and citizenships, who knows how many mini properties and condos, and…\u00a0 \u00a0 …yeah, turnkey businesses from all over the place…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 smart,\u00a0 wage slaves everywhere at your fingertips…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026you can just up and go where you are treated best with no resistance\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0…hmmm, them be impressive investing statements here but nothing remarkable…\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026crazy how hard it is to tell you’re a whale, but that\u2019s the point isn\u2019t it?…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026it\u2019s not what you have, it\u2019s how you have it and how well you can hide how you got it,\u00a0 and here you have\u2026.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0….yeah, just like the other ones, major ownership roles and virtually no obvious tie-ins and liability…\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0…you are really good at this discretion game mate, fk accountability when you\u2019re rolling high with them equity and investor yokers out there eh?\u00a0 On paper, you are totally rocking the greyman look\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026there could be a conglomerate under you and we\u2019d be none the wiser…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …fkn smart, you must have one of em huge IQs or something\u2026\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Cassandro continues reviewing and admiring Banders personal paperwork.<\/p>\n {fk is this guy, the CRA?\u00a0 The more he looks in there the more he learns from you.\u00a0 Keep him away from your accounts.\u00a0 Get his attention or something.\u00a0 Distract him.\u00a0 The more he learns, the less likely he will believe the 25 million limit you are preparing}<\/em><\/p>\n Bander blurts out, “sorry sir, I.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t understand.\u00a0 The part of, -the part about intelligence sir?”<\/p>\n \n Cassandro slowly eases off reviewing the paperwork as he answers,<\/p>\n “Intelligence means you can solve problems.\u00a0 The smarter you are, the bigger the problems you can solve.\u00a0 That’s pretty much it.\u00a0 Cassandro adjusts his bum leg in his seat while Bander stays silent,<\/p>\n \n \u201cRight now, both of our intelligences are being tested.\u00a0<\/p>\n My problem is finding out how much money you hiding and navigating you out of this situation you put yourself into, in one piece.<\/p>\n Your problem is getting back to that cushy lifestyle you love so much, the one where you don\u2019t have to face consequences for your anti-social habits and bad decisions, in one piece…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…Am I right?\u201d<\/p>\n Bander remains quiet, {please don\u2019t make me answer that question}<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cBander, help me help you make this a win-win for everyone…\u00a0\u00a0 “problem solving sir.”<\/p>\n “how do you measure it?<\/p>\n “the more complex the problem you solve, the smarter you are”<\/p>\n “Well check out the brain on Bander.\u00a0 I don’t have any doubt’s that you be brilliant. Cassandro smother’s another bidi into the ashtray.<\/p>\n {Fck sht.\u00a0 He\u2019s serious about looking for all of it, not just a payout.\u00a0 They can\u2019t possibly understand the value in the tangible assets and property rights and different ownership systems out there.\u00a0\u00a0 Can\u2019t take everything if they don\u2019t know what everything is.\u00a0 keep the liquidity at 25 million}<\/em><\/p>\n Cassandro finishes up a few more records then extends his hand out and demands from Bander,<\/p>\n “your phone; now”.<\/p>\n {damn it, damn it!\u00a0 don’t!\u00a0\u00a0 no no!\u00a0 Okay, it’s okay, you’ve prepared for having your phone lost or stolen, it’s all hidden.\u00a0 just give it up.\u00a0 It\u2019s a new phone, you paid the apple premium select diamond member subscription fee and it’s completely hack proof, he probably doesn\u2019t know to work the GUI anyway. You\u2019re good.\u00a0 Don’t make them mad.\u00a0 people are unpredictable and more dangerous mad.\u00a0 He doesn\u2019t care about you}<\/em><\/p>\n Bander reaches into his pocket and hands over his phone.<\/p>\n {relax.\u00a0 he won’t find anything.\u00a0 wrong password will lock it up enough times.\u00a0 don’t get him angry.\u00a0 Just be quiet, he will likely activate the auto-lock himself and give up.\u00a0 they will have to let you go, they think they are heros.\u00a0 He knows that you are not involved in this}<\/em><\/p>\n Cassandro looks at his worn out reflection on the phone’s black mirror and blows fresh smoke over the screen,<\/p>\n “That\u2019s a fancy celly, a top trim tool like everything else you use right?\u00a0 Look over here if you would”.<\/p>\n [brings the phone to Bander’s face and the phone unlocks itself]<\/p>\n {sht sht sht!}<\/em><\/p>\n \n “Alrighty then, let’s check out that media…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…places and things and food…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …plenty of selfies and smiles…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …so many damn selfies….\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …touristy areas…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …. museum visits…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …cultural artifacts…\u00a0 \u00a0 …luxury hotel views over poverty below…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026aaaaaand how unexpected\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \n Cassandro shakes his head, sorely disappointed,<\/p>\n “Gotta take a moment and let you know your art is sht by the way mate.\u00a0 Objectively speaking of course.\u00a0 Art is communication, it has to say something of value…\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0…and you don\u2019t seem to be saying anything, at all, you’re shallow af, unworthy of attention…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 …one sec; gotta verify this to see if anybody thinks different.\u00a0 We are talking ’bout art, after all, art’s perception and perspective needs open discussion to be fair.\u00a0 \n Cassandro gives Bander a break,<\/p>\n “Pepe, que mensaje es este?”\u00a0 Pepe comes over to check it out, shakes his head, points at bander and motions with his hands that Bander is a jack-off.<\/p>\n Cassandro asks Pepe to help him out, Pepe takes the phone over to Vovo.<\/p>\n Vovo looks at it and shakes her head, gives Bander’s art a thumbs down.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pepe goes to show Mosa.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mosa takes the phone, swipes and scrolls for a minute quietly, then gives it back to pepe to return to Cassandro.<\/p>\n Mosa speaks up, “\u2026women are to him like fruits, different textures he can pick out whenever he like.\u00a0 Old painting style make feeling like he has lots of snob money.\u00a0 \u00a0He paint small oysters with the fruits to make painting erotic message, and the fancy napkins with gold renda is folded up lingerie if look closer.\u00a0 He wants to be loud while hiding behind cliches…<\/p>\n \u2026bad arte like all other psycho porcos…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \n Cassandro listens and nods over Bander’s art pictures as he sees what Mosa is saying,<\/p>\n “That was…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a good fkn read.\u00a0 Damn.\u00a0 Hey Bander, did you get all that?\u00a0 Is she wrong?\u00a0 Did you have anything you wanted to say or add?\u201d<\/p>\n Bander shakes his head defeated and remains quiet.<\/p>\n “Yeah, that’s what happens when your character is weak, your art reflects that weak sht.\u00a0 Cassandro looks at Bander while pointing down at the phone, “this one looks to be a little off mate\u2026. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026me thinks it\u2019s a vault\u2026”<\/p>\n {Fkn phone, sht sht stupid fkn phone!\u00a0 How the fck did he find it!}<\/em><\/p>\n Cassandro passes Bander the phone, “Unlock here if you would”<\/p>\n {don\u2019t do it!\u00a0 Don\u2019t fkn do it!}<\/em> Cassandro is notably getting annoyed, \u201cIt\u2019s asking for a code along with one of 20 possible fingerprints, and that visage of yours for access.\u00a0 Cassandro looks over to Vovo and addresses her, \u201cOe, vovo, think i can use the machete again to paint a picture for our mister artista over here?\u201d {just do it.\u00a0 don’t test them, just fkn do it!}<\/em><\/p>\n Bander unlocks the discreet bingo lingo app vault for Cassandro on the double.<\/p>\n Cassandro approves, “That’s a good sport, let’s see here…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …a Bander time folder eh?\u00a0 whatever could that…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …oh.\u00a0 of course…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …you record your intimate experiences…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …here\u2019s all that power tripping and different textures Mosa was talking about…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ….yup, it’s all here…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026people like you, urgh…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…money only works when it is looting poverty…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…just like how you solve all your other problems, you can only get what you want by being abusive…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0….poor women, they really don’t give af about you but options is not something they have a lot of\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…and there it is, you hit this one even harder, you are exploring harm and pleasure combos…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026and there it is again…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 …and in this video…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…it just get’s worse and worse the more comfortable you get eh?”<\/p>\n Cassandro orders Bander to look at the phone as he holds it over the table for him,<\/p>\n “Look here Bander.\u00a0 Look at yourself.\u00a0<\/p>\n That wasn\u2019t a playful slap son; just a bully forcing himself, testing the wrong limits.\u00a0 Where do you think this kind of path leads to?…\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026.urgh, I spoke to soon.\u00a0 Look at you here Bander, you found one that let you.\u00a0 You slapped her face and fkn spit on her.\u00a0 Fish hooking her mouth, fk is that about you freak? Look at you now;\u00a0 you wanted to try this.\u00a0 You paid for this. \u00a0The money didn\u2019t mean sht to you, but it meant a lot for them, that\u2019s a fkd up exchange.\u00a0 This is the world you like Bander?\u00a0 You accept this?\u00a0 How do you live doing things to others you wouldn\u2019t like done to yourself or your loved ones?\u00a0 [Cassandro shows him another more violent and humiliating act done on another woman]\u00a0 Any idea what that is doing to your psyche?…\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026Any idea what that does to HER psyche?…\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0\u2026[sighs]\u00a0 No one should have to tell you this son, it’s evil to objectify others, there’s never an excuse for that…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026 this is sad to watch… \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026those poor women just trying to survive out there in a world ran by sad sacks like you\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026you’ve been a monster for a while now\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0…Mosa saw it clear as day and pepe was also right about you ya fkn tosser…”<\/p>\n Cassandro looks Bander with tired eyes that have seen and dealt with lots of people; he’s measuring him, contemplating his fate, “…at this point, it stands to reason you’re worth more dead than alive.\u00a0 You’re a predator, people are objects to you, you enjoy pain and humiliation at other’s expense.\u00a0 You have the same brain rot as that freak on the bed right now so i’d be doing the world another favor…\u201d<\/p>\n Bander feels the weight of his situation crushing him. {They are going to kill me.\u00a0 can’t believe me filming those fkn sluts are going to get me killed.\u00a0 should i fight…\u00a0 \u00a0 …i can’t fkn move…\u00a0 \u00a0 …i don’t want to die}<\/em><\/p>\n Mosa leans in on Bander’s backchair, looking over at the Bander time content playing in Cassandro’s hand, shaking her head with disgust and empathy, and looks over to vovo and confirms it, they both look down at Bander and shake their heads at him like he ain\u2019t sht.<\/p>\n Mosa speaks to Cassandro, “Por favor, fa\u00e7a com que ele entregue as informa\u00e7\u00f5es, depois eu me livro dele”.<\/p>\n Cassandro remained looking around the bander time folder in disgust and replies in his improvised broken portuguese spanish mix, “En mais grande el mammon, mais difficil…”<\/p>\n Cassandro interrupts himself, “…hmmm.\u00a0 wait.\u00a0 Hold on please Mosa…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…just when you think you’ve seen everything…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …oe Bander, you hid a business plan here of all places, what are you so nervous about….\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…oh?\u00a0 Well this is something indeed…\u00a0 \u00a0 …different\u2026\u00a0 …you wanted to take on the Olympics in some kind of way…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …nice, nice…\u00a0 \u00a0 …the implications if you can pull it off…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026you were working on a legacy here\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026now this is art, warrior art…\u00a0 \u00a0 …was this one of dem preppy school projects?”<\/p>\n Bander speaks over his shock, exposure and defeat, “yes sir.”.<\/p>\n Cassandro presses on, “did you submit this?”<\/p>\n “another one”<\/p>\n “what was the other one about?”<\/p>\n “Thesis on 3D printed chocolate under porter\u2019s 5 forces sir”<\/p>\n Cassandro nods in his seat, carefull with all the paperwork around him, and lights himself another bidi as he summarizes,<\/p>\n \u201cYou work hard at being an off-radar opportunistic little psycho\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 …if redemption and altruism is something a sad sack piece of sht like you can appreciate, i would highly encourage you to work that angle.\u00a0 That’s of course, if you got the IQ to make it out of here in one piece…” …finishing up here…\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I noted that you are tied to that Canadian Maple industry in some big way…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …and potash…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 …there’s so much potential with all that influence…\u00a0 \u00a0…Ha!\u00a0 Nice, you like to watch battle rap vids also\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0….Pat Stay eh?\u00a0 Yeah, that’s quite the character you hit the follow button on…\u201d<\/p>\n Cassandro rests the phone on the table,\u00a0<\/p>\n “Bander, at your class level, it’s a prohibitive maze of zealot terms like limited liability, trust shares, ownership percentages, investor anonymity, tangible assets, debt leveraging, determining the insurance of the insurance that is insuring the liquidity of the secondary insurance, etcetera etcetera.”<\/p>\n Cassandro moves his good hand over his injured hand, adjusting the 6 intricate golden crosses hanging on his thin black bracelet while he reflects,<\/p>\n “Can’t just pocket check something with so many barriers and find that total net worth in one click\u2026”<\/p>\n Cassandro stuffs the paperwork back in Bander’s expensive backback,<\/p>\n …I know this sounds crazy son, but i hate being lied to. We can totally do this the easy way and avoid drama.\u00a0 Hey Bander, how much money do you have?”<\/p>\n \n Bander nervously replies, “umm.\u00a0\u00a0 20.\u00a0 25 million is my net-worth sir.\u00a0 “Is that so?\u00a0 You didn’t hear anything i said just now did you.”<\/p>\n “I.\u00a0\u00a0 I’m listening sir, \u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026that’s my worth sir?”<\/p>\n Cassandro nods, looking frustrated,<\/p>\n “Right then; that was the wrong answer.<\/p>\n You’re being disrespectful to my time and prosocial goals here Bander my dude.<\/p>\n I’m going to be a big person and let that slide in a show of good will.\u00a0<\/p>\n you may need a moment is all\u2026”<\/p>\n \n Cassandro reflects on his own life story for a moment, calming himself down, giving both of them time to breathe and think.<\/p>\n “\u2026Hey Bander\u2026\u00a0 Can you believe that?\u00a0 The insanity of it all?…”<\/p>\n Cassandro drinks a bit of his water as he plots trying a long way rather than a hard way solution with his guest,<\/p>\n “Maybe i’m going about this wrong.\u00a0 Let’s try a different approach with you…”<\/p>\n \n Cassandro stands up from his seat next to Bander.\u00a0<\/p>\n Does a small stretch, shakes his hand and a half out, and adjusts his left leg to a better position,<\/p>\n “You know what’s good for a good life Bander my good friend?\u00a0 Protecting it. You know what helps protect it?\u00a0 Actual guns.\u00a0 Cassandro begins an animated pitch in front of Bander’s personal space,<\/p>\n “You ever heard, the expression, best die on your feet than live on your knees?\u201d<\/p>\n Bander is feeling an ominous weight shift around with Cassandro in front of him and replies, Cassandro seems to be negotiating a rage inside of him while being earnest, Quality lines like those can only be backed up with legit hardware.\u00a0 You can\u2019t just go out there alone, that’s dangerous!\u00a0 Bander nods nervously not knowing what he is agreeing to.<\/p>\n Cassandro whips a revolver out from his shoulder strap and presents it with dramatic flare to Bander,<\/p>\n “you see, this thing right here, is the epitome of art friend; \n Cassandro pops open the revolver, drops rounds in Bander’s hands then locks it back up empty, Cassandro insists on a scared and clueless Bander to appreciate the gun,<\/p>\n “And just look at the choice materials, the deliberation in design.\u00a0 Cassandro takes a marketing pause, “…Now I\u2019m sure you\u2019re asking yourself, what\u2019s her name? {i don’t want sht from this creep, i don’t care about it’s name.\u00a0 it looks like he is forcing me to give up all my money for this gun of his.\u00a0 wtf, why is he doing all this?}<\/em><\/p>\n Well get this mate, she\u2019s called;<\/p>\n Le’ Nafta.<\/p>\n Sexy eh?\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \n Cassandro energetically opens Bander’s other too-scared-to-resist hand and slaps the pistol onto his palm,<\/p>\n \u201cYeah!\u00a0 You feel that heft there Bander? Heavy is good, heavy is quality.\u00a0 It helps with recoil.\u00a0 Nobody likes recoil.\u00a0 Bander looks down stunned, not even knowing where to start looking.<\/p>\n Cassandro guides him to it, \u201cright there, on the back of the grip\u201d<\/p>\n “z- Zapata sir”<\/p>\n “You MF right turkey.\u00a0 Cassandro has a moment, looks at le\u2019 Nafta with a soft expression as she rests on Bander\u2019s hand… “I. I don’t know sir”<\/p>\n Cassandro steps back aghast, “i’m scared sir.\u00a0 I don’-\u201c<\/p>\n Light knocks on door interrupts Cassandro’s barter scene.<\/p>\n {That could be security or something!\u00a0 A rescue team!\u00a0 Get ready to hit the deck and spread your hands.\u00a0 You won\u2019t be rescued if you have a weapon, get ready to chuck this weapon.\u00a0 You can get killed by your rescuers if you have anything in your hands.\u00a0 Mosa opens up, smiles wide and happily receives a closed bag stacked with food in to-go plates, \u201cola querido\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 …Sim….\u00a0 \u00a0 Ah!\u00a0 Muito obrigada chef \u2018Berto.\u00a0 Oh! \u2026ostras com lim\u00e3o-finger, muito elegante, eu nunca aproveitei isso antes…\u00a0 \u00a0 …tr\u00eas tortas, que legal!…\u00a0 \u00a0 …sim, okay, adeus, mua mua.\u201d\u00a0 She closes the door.<\/p>\n Cassandro alerts Mosa quickly with a happy expression on him, \u201cOe!\u00a0 Mosa, \u2018spera!\u00a0 Tell him that the Baklava was muito bom bom!\u00a0 I’ll never forget it!\u201d<\/p>\n Mosa opened back up and hollered at Chef \u2018Berto his quick shout-out down the hall, concluding the interruption.<\/p>\n \n Cassandro gets back to focusing on Bander, with a not so happy expression on him, \u201cokay now where were we\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.right\u2026\u00a0 You were talking about being scared and sht with a gun in your hand…<\/p>\n …i just don’t understand people like you…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…when you’re strapped, what\u2019s there to be afraid of mate?”<\/p>\n Mosa gives a small whistle, looks sternly at Cassandro and gestures him to the mutilated woman on the bloody bed.\u00a0 Cassandro shuts off Martha’s iv feed, then\u00a0moves to aggressively close the Bander sale,<\/p>\n \u201cTime’s up Bander, Knowing that I am extremely adverse to lies, and that I want it all.\u00a0 \n {fck fck fck.\u00a0 Don’t fkn change your answer, keep it at 25 million tops.\u00a0 That’s the easy way.\u00a0 That has to be enough, they can’t know you have more}<\/em><\/p>\n “25 million sir.”<\/p>\n Cassandro preps himself, about to go ham on Bander,\u00a0<\/p>\n \n \u201c I see then.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n You chose the hard way\u2026<\/p>\n \u2026I hate it when i have to deal with this ignant side of people; fkn money games and money arguments and sht.\u00a0 \n Cassandro slips out a hand-cannon revolver from between his butt-cheeks, Cassandro cocks the gun while still up in there, Bander yells incoherently from the side of his mouth, “50 MILLION SIR!!!”<\/p>\n Cassandro continues forcing Bander’s head by his hair \u201cI CAN’T! BELIEVE! YOUR AUDACITY! Bander sideways cries, “800 MILLION”.\u00a0 Cassandro let’s off Bander’s mouth and hair, slaps him hard across the face, then grabs him by the hair again, shaking him even more violently.<\/p>\n Bander clutches tight le’ Nafta and rounds in his hands, squirming in pain.<\/p>\n \u00a0 Cassandro exclaims \u201cTHERE IT IS!\u201d as he forces Bander\u2019s face downwards to see the red round coming up next in the boom line as he jams the gun painfully into Bander\u2019s crotch.\u00a0<\/p>\n LAST CHANCE TO NUT UP YOU NO IQ SQUIRREL MFKR YOU!<\/p>\n THREE!!!<\/p>\n TWO!!<\/p>\n ONE!<\/p>\n The weapon goes *CLICK**CLICK**CLICK**CLICK* while Bander shouts out-<\/p>\n “BILLIONS SIR BILLIONS SIR, 7 BILLIONS SIR. 7 BILLION!\u00a0 I SWEAR, I SWEAR, IT’S ALL I GOT.\u00a0 PLEASE DON’T SHOOT MY DK OFF!\u00a0 PLEASE DON’T KILL ME PLEASE DON’T HURT ME I JUST WANT TO LIVE.\u00a0 I DON’T NEED THE MONEY.\u00a0\u00a0 I WON’T DO OR SAY ANY- \u201c<\/p>\n Cassandro snaps off of him immediately and forces himself back into character,<\/p>\n \u201cSHUT THE FK UP CODFISH!\u00a0\u00a0 Just…<\/p>\n \u2026Relax…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …we have the answers we need…”<\/p>\n Cassandro looks at Mosa, then back to Bander. \n Cassandro shakes his head speaking down on Bander, “…it’s always a huge mindfck when people money themselves right?\u2026 “<\/p>\n Cassandro takes a big breath of air, ready to de-escalate further, Look at this Bander, Cassandro loads his revolver up with different 12 gauge shell colors and types from his pocket, spins and locks it up with finesse and points it at Bander’s chest and starts clicking away at it again. *CLICK**CLICK**CLICK* Bander feels his soul splash the floor again and cries some more.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n Cassandro looks away annoyed, “Its alright, let it all out there asshole.\u00a0 Cassandro sadly returns his hand-cannon back to his ass-crack while still standing over Bander,<\/p>\n “…I should be the one upset right now…\u00a0 \u00a0 my sharktank pitch is going nowhere… Cassandro takes out a small bag from his pocket and prepares a joint over the table.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n “Did you want a hit mate?\u00a0 Goes good with that baklava that’s still waiting on ya;<\/p>\n Don’t let it go to waste now.\u00a0 Small things like that matter”<\/p>\n Bander shakes his head no as he tries and struggles to calm down from his crying, making ugly frog face with injuries around his mouth and a nose bleed. Cassandro lights up and adjusts himself back into the chair next to Bander, relaxing best he can, nurses his lame foot, starts giving Bander a different kind of attention,<\/p>\n \u201c…a fkn billionaire.\u00a0 there’s only like, 2 to 3 thousand of you chameleon fks out there…\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026needles in haystacks of over 7 billion people\u2026\u00a0 …the math and probabilities behind that are beyond me\u2026.\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026never thought i would meet one in person…\u00a0\u00a0 …there\u2019s new openings here…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …shts gone next level\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Cassandro drinks some more water and puffs a few more hits,\u00a0thoughts heavy.<\/p>\n Nobody says anything, only person not paying attention is Pepe sitting at the monitor taking princess bites off his trophy snack.<\/p>\n Bander blows his nose on the shimagh.\u00a0 Feels ashamed.\u00a0 Vulnerable.\u00a0 He recalls his last sky jump, and settles with a background thought that it was his last.<\/p>\n Cassandro brings his own thoughts up,<\/p>\n “…I have so many questions.\u00a0 You have to understand Bander, you\u2019re not my target.\u00a0 We were born in this world, we didn\u2019t make it.\u00a0 Those things that shape us, that\u2019s my target.\u00a0<\/p>\n You and I, come from opposite ends in this power trip.\u00a0<\/p>\n You\u2019ve been riding the waves while I\u2019ve been trying to keep my head above water\u2026<\/p>\n \u2026So this is contrast, that’s art, this is a big moment for us.\u00a0 Here we are\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 Bander cautiously places le\u2019 Nafta on the table.\u00a0 “I, I don’t know sir.\u00a0 I don’t know what to say right now…\u00a0 …umm.\u00a0 Did.\u00a0 Does your revolver have a name?”<\/p>\n Cassandro nods at the question and replies,<\/p>\n “Chekhov”<\/p>\n silence.<\/p>\n radio noises in the background.<\/p>\n Low beeping noises.<\/p>\n \n Cassandro follows up awkwardly, \u201c …Hey Bander, were you really born in Canada like the docs suggest?\u201d<\/p>\n “yes sir”<\/p>\n \u201cyou changed your name to Bander at some point?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes sir\u201d<\/p>\n “Right on\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026You know that canadian show, hey Arthur?\u00a0\u00a0 goofy little aardvark, lives in some weird make believe society and everyone gets along so long as they play a role?”<\/p>\n “yes.\u00a0 yes sir.\u00a0 it’s a good show sir.”<\/p>\n Cassandro nods his head and drifts off a bit, “word…\u00a0\u00a0 word.\u00a0 It’s a good fkn show…”.<\/p>\n {Do something, say something, show him something, anything. Keep this talk going.\u00a0 Don’t fkn lie to him.\u00a0 Show interest.\u00a0 He\u2019s chill right now.\u00a0 He likes Arthur and battle rhymes and sht.\u00a0 Use that.\u00a0 Keep him cool, try to see where this goes, they might negotiate with you on splitting money and let you walk away.\u00a0 He would have killed you by now if he wanted you dead}<\/em><\/p>\n Bander presents, “\u2026do you know\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026chance the rapper sir?”<\/p>\n “I’ve heard of him!”, Cassandro sits up and smiles amused, “he…\u00a0\u00a0 …he did a hey arthur cover with a night show host, can’t rem…”<\/p>\n Cassandro passes Bander his phone with a quickness, “Look it up for us.\u00a0 I mean, please.\u00a0 Please show this clip for us.”<\/p>\n {Sht sht what’s that guy called.\u00a0 fck are you doing, just type arthur and chance and that should do it.\u00a0 These fkn ads.\u00a0 There it is!<\/em><\/p>\n Is he going to take the phone back?\u00a0 Hold the phone while you show him, play dumb}<\/em><\/p>\n “This is it sir.”, Bander holds the phone up so they both can see.<\/p>\n Cassandro is entertained, “well would you look at that, you weren’t kidding”.<\/p>\n Cassandro takes the phone back and watches the music video, allowing Bander to view as well.<\/p>\n \u201chaha!\u00a0 look at ’em go.\u00a0 Looks like they having a good time in that cute world they created for themselves…”<\/p>\n Everyone could hear the song.<\/p>\n Cassandro replayed it several times before concluding, “\u2026that’s a gangsta move he did.\u00a0 That’s how you pass on the message, good one Bander”<\/p>\n Bander follows up, “…message\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026sir?\u201d<\/p>\n Cassandro breaks it down for him, “Game recognize game son, and this here is warrior art through a music medium, a popular choice much like painting.\u00a0 Only thing keeping psychos like you at bay are messages like this one and the characters that come from it.<\/p>\n Good messages are like seeds, once they are in place your perspectives start to change, and you start seeing things differently and for what they are. The stronger the artist, the stronger the message delivery and impact.\u00a0 Cassandro looks up, inspired, takes another tote from his joint, If you haven\u2019t gathered yet, i’m something of an artist myself.\u201d<\/p>\n \n Cassandro smirks, gives Bander a friendly nudge and looks over to Mosa before getting back to the topic,<\/p>\n \n \u201cThis whole song is an instruction on how to live a good life.\u00a0 It’s perfect directions.\u00a0 Chance saw that, his message is;”<\/p>\n Cassandro makes eye contact with Bander,\u00a0<\/p>\n “best to die on your feet, than live on your knees.<\/p>\n sounds familiar there mate?”<\/p>\n “Yes sir, the message is familiar sir.\u00a0 I get it”<\/p>\n \n Cassandro checks the time on his pikachu egg, gets back up and asks Pepe to secure Bander’s phone in the backpack.<\/p>\n Cassandro gets close, reaches out and touches Banders face.\u00a0 \n “You almost got shrugged off today as another whatever moment…<\/p>\n Can you even imagine that lame ass headstone, your legacy? [Cassandro chills as if he felt something coming in the air]<\/p>\n Cassandro gives Bander some space and an order, “Put your weapon away kid.\u201d<\/p>\n \n Bander does as told and put\u2019s the shooter and rounds in his pocket where his phone used to be.<\/p>\n \n \n radio noise.<\/p>\n << Leoa Leoa >><\/p>\n Mosa looks over to Cassandro who is already on the radio.<\/p>\n < envie isso ><\/p>\n << Conseguimos recuperar apenas tr\u00eas meses de informa\u00e7\u00f5es. Mosa lets out a small yelp and backs up and paces herself , trying to hold back the pain she is feeling.\u00a0 \n Cassandro answers to the radio, Vovo and pepe get up and go to console Mosa.\u00a0 Mosa held their hands, they hug and support her.\u00a0\u00a0 Mosa looks to Cassandro, eyes watery and red.\u00a0 \n \u201cBander buddy, i hope someday to hear great things about you. Anything I can do Bander can do better right? \u00a0 The video you shared, thanks man, I didn’t even know that I needed that pick-me-upper.\u00a0<\/p>\n If you\u2019ll excuse me, I gotta go get back to this fight.\u00a0 Stay frosty out here, aiight?\u00a0 We cool? \u00a0Cool then, I\u2019m out”<\/p>\n \n Cassandro gave Bander a few pats, squeezed his shoulder and let go.<\/p>\n He was stepping away from him but stopped himself abruptly,<\/p>\n “oh, yeah.\u00a0 Sorry mate.\u00a0 Can’t stand liars and seeing things go to waste.\u00a0 I have a feeling you’re not going to be enjoying this after all.\u201d<\/p>\n Cassandro napkins the other half of the baklava and stuffs it into his now empty holster.<\/p>\n \n He limps into the room entrance space and connects with Mosa, who quickly asks,<\/p>\n “\u00c9 sobre bilh\u00f5es? Isso muda algo?”<\/p>\n Cassandro fills her in on the significance, ”\u00a0\u00a0 …oh si…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …muito.\u00a0 muito muito.\u00a0 Muito mas poder…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …muito mas riesgo…\u00a0 …. mas \u00e9 mais prov\u00e1vel encontr\u00e1-lo…\u00a0 \u00a0…muito mas valioso este tolo porra vivo y supervisado….\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 …y mas quei nunca, voce necessita La Pulpa pra resolver eise rompe cabesas…\u201d<\/p>\n “Voc\u00ea tem certeza de que n\u00e3o pode me ajudar mais?”<\/p>\n Cassandro assures, Este e o limite de mis talentos.<\/p>\n Eu tenho f\u00e9 no seu amor e na sua resolu\u00e7\u00e3o.”<\/p>\n \n Mosa hugs Cassandro and thanks him,\u00a0<\/p>\n “muito muito muito obrigada”<\/p>\n [she squeezes his hands and 8 fingers]<\/p>\n Cassandro reciprocates,<\/p>\n “I only wish I could do more”.<\/p>\n \n Cassandro lets go and looks at her.<\/p>\n Mosa looks right back.<\/p>\n \n She forces a small smile over her void and despair, “lo quieres ver eh?”<\/p>\n Cassandro humbly smiles back,\u00a0 “por favore?”<\/p>\n Mosa mutters and shakes her head, “homens n\u00e9scios\u2026” as she opens up her purse.\u00a0 Cassandro looks into the purse\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and stays looking…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …admiring…<\/p>\n He whispers, \u201c\u2026it\u2019s Fkn art…<\/p>\n \n \u2026Can I, I mean, May I?…”<\/p>\n Mosa rolls her eyes and gives him the grey pestle from her purse.<\/p>\n Cassandro holds it.\u00a0 Touches it.\u00a0 Feels it’s weight.\u00a0 hit’s his knuckle with it and winces.<\/p>\n “Heavy granite ole…\u00a0\u00a0 unpolished, heavy is good, heavy is quality…\u00a0 …amazing…\u201d<\/p>\n Cassandro stays admiring.<\/p>\n Mosa snaps twice and brings him back, “Tempo \u00e9 luxo, temos coisas a fazer.”<\/p>\n Cassandro snapped back to reality and agrees, “time is luxury, we gots sht to do”<\/p>\n Cassandro hands the pestle back, offers vovo his good arm to escort her out and vovo wraps around him lightly like a bigfeather, with a holstered machete.<\/p>\n Mosa keeps the pestle in hand and puts her gun back in the clutch and to the side.<\/p>\n Pepe runs around, picks up his radio and new action camera, backpacks the laptop, stuffs the rest of the choco-bar in his mouth, took Bander\u2019s travel and food delivery bags, and closed the door on his way out.<\/p>\n Mosa and Bander are left alone in the room.<\/p>\n Bander sits anxiously in his chair.<\/p>\n \n silence.<\/p>\n Radio noises.<\/p>\n Muffled beeps.<\/p>\n {THIS IS IT!\u00a0 if you can load the gun you can shoot her and run out.\u00a0 should have loaded it while they were hugging and talking and sht, and will the gun even work?\u00a0 is this even a real gun. Forget about the fkn gun.\u00a0 Club her with it, it feels heavy enough. They don’t know how fast you can run.\u00a0 It’s just her, stall for a moment, hit her or something and run the fck out.\u00a0 Gotta get the fck out here. No way she\u2019ll risk shooting in the hallways or outside. \u00a0Just gotta get past that damn doorknob.\u00a0 Get ready for it. Time it just right.\u00a0 She\u2019s just standing there thinking about sht.\u00a0 It\u2019s now or never}<\/em><\/p>\n Bander stands up slowly and non-threateningly.<\/p>\n \n He puts his hands up and begins to speak.<\/p>\n \n “look, i’m so sorry.\u00a0 If i can just-*#%*\u201c<\/p>\n Mosa stepped into him fast and delivered a pestle liver shot that knocked the gun, rounds, and pocket lint off him.<\/p>\n He dropped to the floor like a curled up hedgehog, couldn’t breathe, he was locked up from the worst pain he had ever experienced.<\/p>\n She dug her stiletto heel onto bander’s ribs as she calmly separated him from his shooter, then stepped off while commanding him,<\/p>\n “Pick up rounds.\u00a0 Get up.\u00a0 Give them to me.”<\/p>\n “I can’t….\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Breathe…\u00a0 I….”, Bander is flush red and stuck in the fetal position.<\/p>\n “Take deep breathes, it helps with deep pain.\u00a0 hurry up.\u00a0 get up.\u00a0 If you don’t get up, i make you get up.\u00a0 Bander takes deep breathes.\u00a0 Dazed.\u00a0 Does all he can to get up.<\/p>\n {GET THE FK UP. not the fkn hard way.\u00a0 NOT THE FKN HARD WAY, GET THE FK UP!}<\/em><\/p>\n He makes it to his knees.\u00a0 Picks up the rounds.\u00a0 Finds himself somewhat on his feet. Mosa continues to order him around,<\/p>\n “Now grab its legs.\u00a0 Hold them!”<\/p>\n Bander obediently holds Martha’s wrinkled legs down.<\/p>\n Mosa straddles over the woman’s arm and chest on the bed, holds the monster’s chin up in a death grip, and gets to business,<\/p>\n \u00a0“Look at me!\u00a0 look here psycho!\u00a0 LOOK AT ME NOW!”\u00a0 \u00a0Mosa is pulling chunks of the woman’s hair out, waking her up from her anesthesia nap.<\/p>\n The woman looks at her, one eye wide open.\u00a0 Struggled moaning sounds coming out.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mosa is crushing the woman’s in her grip and stare, trying to hold back her own tears.\u00a0 \n “You see me!?\u00a0 I just want a life for my baby!\u00a0 my baby boy!\u00a0\u00a0 he’s out there!\u00a0 All alone! nobody else coming\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I HAVE TO SAVE HIM!\u00a0 Mosa is already working the target’s face and yells back, “BANDER! ARE YOU HEAR ME!!!???”<\/p>\n Bander cries out YES M’AM in terror and helplessness, taking kicks while holding the creature\u2019s legs as Mosa takes the granite pestle around it’s mouth; lightly tapping and smashing the lips and teeth and gums in together.\u00a0 It gags and started choking on it\u2019s own blood and tooth-chippings while it\u2019s arm in a bandaged stub helplessly flails about.<\/p>\n Mosa kept going, focused, holding the jaw like a bowl firmly in place as she worked, blood geysers spouting in the air from the bed horror\u2019s desperate attempts to breathe.<\/p>\n Bander keeps holding on and getting kicked while doing it.\u00a0 Too petrified to let go without permission.<\/p>\n The half alive thing is making labored zombie wailing noises on the bed…<\/p>\n …Mosa gets off the body.<\/p>\n She offers Bander the bloody pestle and stares him down, daring him to try something outside of her immediate expectations, \u201cTHREE\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTWO\u201d<\/p>\n Bander grabbed the pestle immediately and started clubbing at Martha’s leg-shins, crying, terrified, disgusted; kicked, splashed, confused. he could feel his mind shutting down. His logic and reason now skips to Mosa\u2019s lou as he\u2019s fully indoctrinated into the world of ultra violence.<\/p>\n {Everything will be fine if you do as told.\u00a0 Do as your told, and you won’t be hurt.\u00a0 Do as your told, and you won’t be hurt.\u00a0 If you do something that is not what you are told you will get hurt. I can’t believe what i’m…\u00a0 …this is so wrong. \u00a0So wrong.\u00a0 Do it. DO IT! Just do it. don’t think about it!<\/em><\/p>\n [The legs are now looking like bloody marshmallows hanging on thin-sticks, with bits of bone poking out and every whack sending blood paste flying every which way.\u00a0 The legs aren\u2019t moving anymore]\u00a0<\/p>\n this is hurting her.\u00a0 This is hurting me. This isn’t right. This isn’t you.. You don’t have to do this…\u00a0 stop give it back.\u00a0 can’t stop. have to do this.\u00a0 It’s either Martha or you.\u00a0 Survive this.\u00a0 This is what it takes to survive.\u00a0 Do as your told.\u00a0 Survival.\u00a0 Survive.\u00a0 survive.\u00a0 Obey.\u00a0 submit. survive.\u00a0 SURV-}<\/em><\/p>\n Bander received a downward slap so hard he thought the deck gave him an uppercut. \n Mosa is above him infuriated, “I say STOP-GIVE-BACK!\u00a0 I do not like repeat myself.\u00a0 She dug her stilettos into a squirmy wormy Bander for a second time as she took her pestle back, wiping off the excess blood and bone bits on his face cheeks and rico suave shirt.<\/p>\n She then grabs Banders arm.\u00a0 Hard.\u00a0 “Disgusting covarde psycho porco!”<\/p>\n Mosa orders him to use the inside of his shirt and he wipes himself right away.<\/p>\n She radios in.<\/p>\n <\u00a0 Lar doce lar, luzes acesas.\u00a0 Lar doce lar, luzes acesas ><\/p>\n On the hill by the cell signal tower, from the pavela in the distance, there’s three flashes.<\/p>\n Mosa instructs him, “That place is your new place now.<\/p>\n You stay alive.\u00a0 You stay alive in districto nueve, understand?<\/p>\n You understand!?”<\/p>\n It hurts Bander to sob and speak, his voice comes through high-pitched squeeks “yes… .Yes m’am.\u00a0 yes m’am.\u00a0 i won’t leave it.\u00a0 I won\u2019t leave the district. please don’t hit me anymore please\u2026”<\/p>\n Mosa threatens, “i have to go.\u00a0 I do not know when coming back.\u00a0 Mosa tries to hold back her rage and tears and stay collected and keep herself from destroying him with her bare hands.<\/p>\n \u201c…I don’t care about you.\u00a0 You are nobody.\u00a0 I only care about my baby. I have to, have to find my baby…\u201d<\/p>\n Mosa checks the radio to see if it’s clear to use the north wing exit.<\/p>\n Mosa gets the all clear.\u00a0 She then radios into team D that the product in her room is ready for organ extraction and clean up.\u00a0 While moving she vents and stiffles her desperate tears,<\/p>\n “N\u00e3o sei o que fazer, n\u00e3o sei o que fazer.\u00a0 Onde. Onde devo procurar!?”<\/p>\n Mosa escorts bander down the stairwell, out the door and into a light tropical evening rain.<\/p>\n \n Outside, she throws him onto the streets and yells him away,<\/p>\n “You go now.\u00a0 Go now! \u00a0I hate you psychos!\u00a0 YOU GO AWAY NOW! \n Bander does his outmost.\u00a0 He feels broken glass everywhere inside of him.\u00a0 \n {FKN RUN!\u00a0 YOU ARE FINALLY OUT!\u00a0 Get some distance from her.<\/em><\/p>\n Get the hell away from here!\u00a0 <\/em>Hurry the fk up.\u00a0 You did it, you are outside.\u00a0 No way will she shoot you out here, there\u2019s people-}<\/em><\/p>\n \n Two gun blasts rang out and blew a chunk out the stop sign in front of him as he dashed past it.<\/p>\n He swore he felt a bullet whiz cut his ear.<\/p>\n The few people outside in umbrellas scattered out immediately.<\/p>\n Bander shits himself as he runs as fast as he can under the rain and into the Brasilia Favela.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ARCH 3 “…all I wanna do is…\u00a0 \u00a0#! #! #! #!\u00a0 …and a, \ud83d\udc13\ud83d\udd2b\u00ae\ud83e\udd11\u00a0 \u00a0 …and take your money…” 10 April 2019, noon. O Hotel Exclusivo Peregrino Brasilia, Brazil Bander. Free, white and 21. Trust fund baby, affluent life, does affluent things. Ivy educated. Business savvy.\u00a0 Knows his hendiatris. Enjoys art, extreme sports, unlimited power […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n ARCH 3 CHPT 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...so you wanna play with magic...\"<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 April 2019, noon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n O Hotel Exclusivo Peregrino<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brazilia, Brazil<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Free, white and 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trust fund baby, affluent life, does affluent things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivy educated. Business savvy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Enjoys art, extreme sports, unlimited power and influence over others, und being single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recognizes his high place of privilege and isn't afraid to use it as an ends to his means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander is finishing another influencer selfie blog-life video to a few hundred thousand worldwide subscribers in his ultra plush hotel room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Alllllriiiiight, yeaaaaahhh! okay, so yesterday was another wild wild WILD one y'all. Some fresh action BANDER short clips coming your way today and I've got to say, I finally caught some killer views on my new gopro i357 loaded lux edition and i'm really impressed with this one. I, I think I found a new favorite. It's got the tried and true impact shock resis-tech internals. seal-skin glass. oh, i'm really digging this limited edition bronze-white color; and under that hood we got the latest and greatest beta v2 intel cointra pro 501st chip putting out some sweet af virtual over reality views; defs more on that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the meantime, just know, that fo' sho' fo' sho',<\/p>\n\n\n\n its got BALLZ WAZAAAAAaaaaa! !<\/p>\n\n\n\n aiigh't, aiigh't, i know what you're gonna to ask in the comments, i'll just go ahead and say it, yes, Brazilia is my top choice for wing-suiting, and yes, I would choose it over Poland eeeaaaaANyday. This is my second time and I just gotta say, Brazil it's where its aaaat yo! Thinking of taking a break for a few weeks, really take up the local sights and eats and let you guys miss me. maybeeeee,- check out another museum, get some more inspiration for another painting, the uzhe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What's next?! Maybe go deep sea fishing in the Ambergris Caye, or Sicily... ...San Diego?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scratching my head on that one; hit me up in the comments on what y'all think would be bumpin' for some good-time fishin'. Y'all can vote on it or whatever, help me out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And speaking of bumpin', SMASH that like button and check out those links below and buy my merch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And remember simps! anything you can do BANDER can do better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n blahhhhhhhhhhh out \ud83d\ude1c\ud83d\udd95\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander made some creative edits and uploaded his content, then got freshened up for an afternoon of exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the lobby he patrons the indoor Cheesecake factory themed restaurant and grille for a late lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A big screen by the bar shows silent local news coverage of mudsides in the mountain areas, lives devastated, stock market percentages and green\/red arrows scroll by at the bottom. On the other big screen next to it, football channel and Ronaldo career stats and nike sponserships going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There's a small crowd of wealthy folks scattered around having a classy time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minority workers zooming by here and there, moving stuff around looking busy, serving the clientele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {This place is the sht, what a good find. Heard they opened a Tim Hortons nearby a few blocks up, should pass by tomorrow, see if their chocolate chunk cookies are the same. Chocolate grows well here and is high quality. Brazilian sugar is tops now, like what, 19% of the global market, sugar is always stable and in demand, labor here is dirt cheap, it's got all the low-risk high-gains attributes. Can imagine coming here more often. Should talk to the owner. Get yourself a whole floor of rooms here, fk it. The sheets here feel amazing, location convenient and close to airports. Killer views of the favela lights. They understand innovation here. Adding value and convenience to the customer. Even in the littlest things. They would have to share their security access though, can\u2019t have any blindspots.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n If not, oh well, just buy a a few acres nearby and set up another low-key villa near an expat community. It's Whatever. Vibes are good here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Location is convenient, the meat is banging, and the plebs are extra docile.}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander made himself comfortable in an outskirt table and was soon attended to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Sim, obriguydoh. i'll have the oysters with finger lime, paohdey... eh, cheesy bread, aaaand ooh, i can say this one, chewraskeira. Had that yesterday, blown away. Chef 'berto knows his craft i'll say that right now, he's back there today right hun?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nice nice, good. in that case I would like a butter tart - no no, let\u2019s make that two, three if you would like to help yourself to one. As for the specifics, however he wants to do it. That guy's an artist, I trust him to surprise me.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander smiles and winks at the waitress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Gorgeous, but not my type.}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \"And eh, glass of the oldest Chilean wine in house if you would please\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Sim senhor, imediatamente\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander got to looking up more exclusive high-end clubs in the area to plan on while he waited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He relishes his prep-time. Reads re-views. Attentive to key words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He had that jungle fever, and was going to be extra picky with his meat tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He felt he deserved it, winging it yesterday had left him too exhausted to hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Light flash then Loud thunder clap close by outside, small privileged gasps throughout the massive lobby as the lights dimmed a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {That was a scary one. exciting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Siri says rain should clear out in a few hours. Tonight should still- oh well hellOOoOoOoOwww there.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is pleasant and unexpected. Would ya look at that.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yeah, that's spicy. That's very fkn spicy. That\u2019s all triple plus spicy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s MAH TYPE!}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A fit, curvy, provocatively dressed woman graced her way to the bar to pick up an order, everybody noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Love this place. I FKN LOVE THIS PLACE.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n She's gotta be part of the amenities}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander couldn't resist a lip-bite reaction and sat up a little straighter in his chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Forget about going out tonight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Better plan, stay here, pay double whatever she asks, you only live once.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This experience is definitely going to the collection. Treat yourself, you deserve it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n let's go get it. let's go get it get it. get in there and BANDER it!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n right, be cool, let's see what we got.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ...This place has that Sting background theme goin' on, never thought that would come in handy someday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fkn ace.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This song will do perfect, gotta hurry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n give it a moment, time it just right...<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ...okay now. go go go!}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander grooves his way up to the bar. He's got rhythm, he's got swag, his charm's top notch and he's dressed for the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He rolled up with grace to the background music, some people noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander smoothly angled up to her on the bar, armed with playful, dramatic, lyric matching antics up in her space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"\u266a0h caaaaaant you seeeeeee. you beloong to meeeee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n how my poor heaart achesss!.... With every step you take!\u266a ...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n She smile-gasps in surprise and amusement, quickly grooved with him as he was performing, then jumped in and kept the game going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...\u266aEvery mooove you make\u2026 \u2026and every vow you break\u2026 every smile you fake, every claim you stake, i'll be watching you\u266a...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n She acted her own part in the song and gave him the v-point eyes in cute fun mock as they laughed and the song returned to the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander was dumb-struck and laughed a little longer than prudent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He wasn't expecting her quip and this derailed his initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She expertly made it easy on him, lightly gave him a tap with the back of her hand to his.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Obrigada gustoso, vocem muito divertida.... ...y romantica persona eo veo?<\/p>\n\n\n\n {She's so dope, her accent hits just right. fkn BANGIN'.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This cinammon girl is all me. She's gotta speak English, they prolly wouldn't've let her in here if she didn't.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Or it's whatever, just find a way to let her know you got the pockets for her and you'll be good. Damn she\u2019s spicy as fk.}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Oh, eo muto pokeytoh falda. eh, i was hoping you knew how to spea... ...?<\/p>\n\n\n\n She leaned in closer to him, doe eyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n she points close to his upper chest, he feels himself levitating backwards from the shoulders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He looks down tickled and a little confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She smoothly points upwards and teases \"got your nose\" while lightly brushing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander toes curled up in his socks at the smell of her wrist shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Awwwwwwwww snap that felt good. What a rush.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n What the fck was that. da fck waas thaaaaaat. That was different. Who is she?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Who gives a fck. Doesn\u2019t matter. Bander first, questions later yo!}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \"can i be nice and offer you something? Any drinks you like?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"obrigada, i have a nice drink comin' already\", [curls her hair]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Can I get you a hello-nice-to-meet-you cheesecake? Strawberry flavor maybe? My treat?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bartender hands her a pretty pastry box and a mango-raspberry smoothie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I have my own treat, muito obrigada ole.\" [flirtingy winks at him]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander tries to keep up in this subtextual cat and mouse game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Alright alright, you got this. Sht, never had this happen to me before. i'm supposed to be leading right now but she isn't letting me buy her stuff. why is she closing those openings. Is she open for business? Does she want to get together or not. fck, what do i say, what do i do. gotta bring her in. find something in common or something. stop trying to buy her sht. focus on buying her. Everyone has a price, even hard to get bitches}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \"You like treats eh? Chef \u2018Berto is the best\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n She forgives his blunder and rolls with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Oh? You know Chef 'Berto!? Jyess! Treats are nice. i like treats and sweet things just like any other good girl \ud83d\ude0b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You like sweet things also?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Nice, she\u2019s engaging. Bring something up like, I melt in your hands not in your mouth or something}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I don\u2019t know him personally, i'm just sayin\u2019 I\u2019m better than 'Berto treats. \ud83d\ude0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n Matter of fact, i'd say i'm the sweetest guy you've ever known, so much so, i've been called maple-licious yo\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n She glides her manicure over her Gucci clutch, her other fingertips pinches her lower lip before she get's back to speaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Me thinks i know what you mean?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n she fixes her hair over her ear invitingly,<\/p>\n\n\n\n She playfully flicked banders lower rico suave shirt button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Yeah yeah, means i got the golden ticket all season passes for two to the wanka factory if you catch my drift hun?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...I understand you. maple-licious. Wanka factoria. golden passports. lots of sweet talking.\" The pretty woman sing song lists to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"But I also like others things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I like ah- a lot of prada, alize and candlelights, ambition, curiosity and to be treated nice;<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lucky number is slevin figures for three days\u2026 [sly smile] \u2026grace\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n She give's him the this is your last-chance-look, lifts her leg up slightly as she indicates she is getting bored of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was hoping it would be my lucky today, to meet a somebody\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n She baits Bander with a teasing smirk as she goes to pick up the order, Bander beats her to it and helps her with her items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Guuuurl. I'm that somebody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I can be that somebody all day for days. treat me right back and we can get a whole week of gracing going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I mean, this sweet-ass somebody of yours is a gentle-MAN there mah lady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check it out, let me help ya with this box and drink here, no big deal\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Yes! That was good. good one! Real smooth. She\u2019s gonna give it up! Bander time!}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \"oooooh, Muito gentil obrigadissima\". [reaches over to his extended elbow and arm]<\/p>\n\n\n\n She wraps up on him like a littlefeather, leads him out, up and away. Bander awkwardly floating next to her while trying to stay grounded from the contact<\/p>\n\n\n\n She keeps him entertained with snapple talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Did you know, before name this place peregrino, it was name campous de oro?\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Yeah whatever slut. The owner already told me, something about that sting singer and these guys obsession with him in the area. Jungle rights, good one sting. WAZZAAAA! Hit the jack-pot tonight. Can't wait to smash. Btch is so fkn spicy. How far will she go to show me a good time. How far can she be pushed. She's got that extra vibe in spades, she's going to take me places. yeah I could handle this all week. never tried that before. that's what i'm talking about! Pushin\u2019 cushions! Pushin\u2019 limits! go further. go big, go bander or go home! HMMMMMMVVVFFFFF GONNA SMASH UP ON THAT POON SOON!!!!!}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Wow, i had no idea, that means gold something right?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander is escorted into the room, she closes the door behind him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A few steps in and things are totally off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He looks back at her confused and worried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She is not the same person of a few seconds ago. She takes the box and drink and puts it to the side entryway table as she commands and pushes him further into the bedroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"mova-se, saia do caminho\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander stumbled into a bad scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {i fkd up, i fkd up, i'm going to get killed. fk is this.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This wasn't supposed to happen to me. nobody knows i'm here. this was supposed to be a safe place.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a safe place! I've always been carefull. what the fk is happening}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n An elderly native woman is sitting in a corner with a large leather scabbard on her lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An older child is on the other side squatting on the floor, minding a small laptop with split screens and a radio next to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the bed is the Hotel owner's wife, her face and one eye staring into nothingness in his direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bathroom door is open and there\u2019s a flush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander is scared shtless. All of his senses zoned onto the bathroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {oh sht oh sht oh sht. this is some hostel sht wtf}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n lighter flicks a few times before catching. Smell of smoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hand washing noises. Coughs and grunts and movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metal on ceramic and more washing noises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A mature man in a black wife-beater and shoulder hoster walks out of the bathroom with some kind of cigarette in his mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He's finishing wiping off a machete with the unbloodied side of the hotel towel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He looks over to Bander and the lady of the afternoon then nods unamused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Well salaam there to ya mate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n little early for a nightcall wouldn't ya think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n {what the fck is this? he's going to kill me! Bander felt disconnected and distant. You fkd up. you fkd up! This psycho is going to rape and kill you. Or kill you and rape you. Or both. what the sht man! This is supposed to happen to other people. not me! i shldn't have come here. I shouldv'e gone to fkn Poland!}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hey now, wake up nemo\" [snaps loudly twice].<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I presume you speak english, am I being overtly presumptuous?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander nods quickly, but then panics and shakes his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lady shows Cassandro a room card as she is standing from behind Bander's back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The machetero gets the floor kid's attention \"Pepe, lleva e esto a equipo A. tambein, porefavore, los papeles deste tolo porra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The boy got up with his radio, takes the ziplock bag with ice and body parts, and received from the lady the key card on his way out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pepe peeks out and looks both ways down the hallway before running out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"You'll have to forgive me if I seem a bit upset, I wasn't expecting unexpected visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The place is a mess right now, how embarrassing. Afford me a moment to set things up for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We can have a seat, relax for a moment, talk things out... you know? See if we can get your dumb-ass out of here and on your way. Standby\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n He picks up his radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n < Equipo D pendiente demora, equipo D pendiente demora, confirme ><\/p>\n\n\n\n Low radio static.<\/p>\n\n\n\n << Equipo D em espera equipo D em espera, fin >><\/p>\n\n\n\n Clips radio back on and takes another drag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Machete dude limps politely closer, his smoke following him as he went about re-arranging the furniture a bit, making a sitting space for Bander and himself with a small table in-between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"You must be all kinds of perturbed right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your expectation's were going one way and then, well, now it's going another direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blew up in your face in a way eh there guy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I bet you have all kinds of questions and worries...<\/p>\n\n\n\n of course you would, i mean, look at this place. It's a mess.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Done with arrangements, the man squares up akimbo in front of Bander and looks around over the heads in the room before getting back even closer to Bander, completely up in his breathing space. Bander felt tiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Walking into a scene like this must not be a common occurrence in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sht like this is usually enjoyed from a safe distance for people like you, like a movie or news report or a book or something ammaright?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you're thinking to; maybe, start screaming or running or start swinging or something risky like that...<\/p>\n\n\n\n That would be, extremely, ill advised to do. Look around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You are in an environment you have no control over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you feel like you can take any one of us on? Is there anybody that\u2019s going to come running in to save you against all odds?<\/p>\n\n\n\n You one of those people who thinks they can outfight a bear or something?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"n, no sir, no sir. no problems sir, i-\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Then I highly encourage you to stay chill there boo boo. As you are doing right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n you're doing great. I'm sure you're a good guy and nothing bad happens to good people right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHey, we all humble folks here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So let's be civil. Let's be suave about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Relax a little. Participate. Collaborate. Be open and honest. And I think we will all be doing just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keep that in mind mate, we all want to live to fight another day.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander notices the machete at ease in his left hand, his last two digits were missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He dreads over the thought of he himself being mutilated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wife beater guy gently accommodates Bander to sit down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stays towering over him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"You're a guest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I'll be your host for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I've got all kinds of names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I invite you to call me Cassandro if you'd like, or refer to me in any way you feel comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And you; how\u2019d ya like to be addressed as...?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Ban- My name is Bander sir, please sir don't hurt me sir. I don't-\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Bander! that's! ...a cool fkn name there buddy...<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander mah bud! Would you like a bidi?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro offers a bidi from a small cigarrette case, open palmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander shakes his head declining meekly, trying to keep himself from crying from the fear meltdown waves he was having.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wishing he could disappear from there and be anywhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sniffling, afraid to move or speak at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Here, use my Shemagh, it's okay. Don't worry about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Go ahead and blow your nose on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Can't do anything with snot between your eyes right?...<\/p>\n\n\n\n ...that can be hella distracting\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The woman give's Cassandro the pretty box and drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"ah! Obrigado! Muito amable\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n He sets the box on the table next to Bander, then walks the drink over to the elderly woman. He turns his back on her as he steps away. She snaps her fingers, he pauses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Mas Vovo Tuira! porfavor \ud83d\ude4f, solo umos pocos minuitos mais! no saveimos a om este muchacho . eo hasta loa afil-\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n She snapped twice. Cassandro winds back down immediately and nods respectfully. Gets a fresh towel off the bed, spits on the machete and buffs it out admiringly one last time, removing a small smidge off the blade before handing it back to it's owner without immediately letting go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vovo tugged once, felt him resist, then slapped and pushed him across the arm, yanking her machete back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She then shooed him away from her immediately with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All without getting up nor spilling her drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro almost tripped up and fell down as he limp-dodged away in time. A second slower and he would have caught a bad gash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He apologizes to her as he moves respectfully away, and appreciates her multiple times for letting him use her tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Ta beim ta beim, vovo, disculpa disculpa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n that machete is precious is all. Thank you for letting me take it for a spin. If you ever-<\/p>\n\n\n\n ta bom ta bom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Disculpaaa olee. okay okay\u2026 ...You sure you would not like some baklava there vovo de los machetes? muito gostoso pastel dulce pra nos ole?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n She shook her head angrily, no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Well alrighty then, more for me and Bander here\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vovo Tuira put herself back at ease. Sipping her fruit cocktail while looking down on Bander from her corner chair, attentive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro opened the pretty box unceremoniously, took out the baklava and plate, cut it in half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Slid the slightly larger slice with plate included towards Bander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"You are welcome to enjoy your share at any time\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro stayed standing and ate his half out of a napkin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"hmf... ...that's got; uuf, that's some good rapadura, this is different, whatever he did it really brings out a different shade to this recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That field sugar ain't no joke, *hmf*. Yup, yeah, Mosa, thank you so much for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You were right, that Chef 'Berto knows his fkn treats.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro sucks clean his three finger tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"fck yeah, that was satisfying. It's good stuff man. You should relax. Enjoy it.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro looks down to Bander. snaps twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander is completely dumb struck in fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's alright if you don\u2019t want it right now, don't worry about it. Be advised though, I'm trying to be as welcoming as possible here for you if you haven't noticed.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa placed two glasses of water on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro appreciates the gesture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Muito amable, obrigadisimo...<\/p>\n\n\n\n Silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Low beeping noises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ...Bander, please, nobody likes a rude guest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa did something nice for us just now and you failed to...<\/p>\n\n\n\n She chose to be considerate to us when she didn\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I insist you recognize and show appreciation to these kinds of moments when they present themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reciprocation, even a tiny bit, goes a long way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So how's the water?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander complies immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"thank you m'am. thank you so much m'am, i didn't, *sniffles*, i was just-um. Thank you i was thirsty\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander blew his nose on the cloth, nervously drank half of his water and thanks Cassandro and looked back to thank Mosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Thank you, it's really good. thank you sir, thank you m'am. And for the handkerchief, thank you sir.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro eases himself carefully into the chair over next of the table to sit down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Right. Now. Brass tacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First, let's get you situated, let's get you up to speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This place is another one of them disgusting Epstein islands out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That thing you see there on the bed found a niche selling and renting choice kids to exclusive guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She's been the brains behind this hotel for years now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Making herself extra rich and comfortable off of other's people's suffering. Behind the scenes, day in day out...<\/p>\n\n\n\n ...so many lives went through here\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026Her missing accessories there were necessary for a security system they set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don't think it's wise to match your body parts to systems, but hey, she\u2019s made one bad decision after another after another. Since consequences are unlikely for people like her, she never thought there would be a ketchup day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro stares and nods slowly and angrily at the woman on the bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mutters a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...she' lucky i'm the one who did the fkn work...\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n There's an anesthesia feed and a heart monitor with the beeps heavily muffled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Anyway, behind said system we expect to find the resources and leads we need to get serious about answering prayers. i'm sure you get it, it's not rocket surgery. This is about bad people doing really bad things, other bad folks looking away from the problem, and good guys intervening and not abandoning the victims. Hunting. Finding. Protecting\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026She's alive there Bander, by the way, she\u2019s heavily sedated... ...but alive if that makes you feel any better...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander doesn\u2019t move outside from his involuntary shaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...so many dead. So many unanswered prayers... ...nobody showing up...<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro mumbles off again before getting back on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"In this particular case, they touched a juggernaut's baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They fckd around and are finding out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So chillax there bud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You're not the target. As far as we know, you're just some silly rando with deep pockets; Nothing we haven't seen before. This juggernaut requires money; you have money, so we separate you from your money and off you go; you get to go fk off and do whatever it is opulent people do after they lose all their money, savvy?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander is immobile in his chair, he doesn't blink as he balances listening attentively while mind-racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He captures Cassandro's voice in the air next to him and holds onto everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He can't look away from the bedroom centerpiece of blood, bandages, and crude surgical tools surrounding the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro continues sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Do you know her name?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Ma.. Mrs. Martha sir\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Do you own or rent?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"rent. renting for 2. 2 weeks sir...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n low radio noises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Muffled beeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"That monster goes by Karla Homolka as one of her names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pyschologist. Vegetarian. entrepreneur. Former inmate. local trafficker. scumbag.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander cringes in temer. The view. Her entire face is blasting him in a frozen scream. The bloody bandaged stump hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One empty eye socket stuffed with cotton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Open mouth drooling all over the sferra giza sheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {let them know you like grown women, let him know you like grown women! say something, don't let him think you you're involved in this sht! fck! is he her dad or pimp?! wtf! just shut the fck up. don't say anything. don't wanna fkn die. don't wanna fkn die. He's not hurting you, this is good. He might let you go, he said stuff like that. Be ready to fight, if he touches you punch him in the face and keep that lady off of you when you go for the door. no locks, just turn the knob counterclockwise. COUNTERCLOCKWISE OPENS NO, IT\u2019S CLOCKWISE OPENS!!!}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Now I ain't no surgeon, but I do believe that was a quality-<\/p>\n\n\n\n <<< Beep Beep >>><\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Excuse me a moment.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro whipped out a little yellow digi-mon pikachu tamagotchi thing and fed it it's digital biscuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then shaked it for a few seconds to recharge it's battery before getting back into the convo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"So! That answers the question of who's that on the bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next question is, who is Bander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What kind of person is he?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I'd like you to help me figure that out\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander stiffens up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I see Mosa brought you in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You must'a made her feel some sort of way for her to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You must be some kind of somebody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n i be confident the two of you have never met before, am i right on that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander nods \"Yes sir\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Dude, She was gone for like, 15 minutes, 20 tops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What kind of a person follows a total stranger to their room like that?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Is it that hard to admit that you were thirsty af?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...I was thirsty sir. I was so thirsty. I thought she was... I thought she wanted...<\/p>\n\n\n\n I didn't know anything. I won't say anything. I-\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Gonna stop you there, need to point some sht out right quick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world is full of ignants and liars, and they tend to talk a lot, and ain't nobody got time for that, especially not me. I have zero reasons to expect honesty from you, as your whole life was based on the nice side of lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I care about truths. You in the real world now esse, lies here aren't cute, lies here can get you killed. I only care about your intentions, how you manage your relationships, what tools you use, and what your effect on others is. All this to say, your actions speak louder than your words, you capisce that mate?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander nods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo, I think we can all stand to reason you got money. Money makes you do dumb things. Ergo, here you are right now with your mouth open looking stupid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Money is the biggest ideology in the world, by far the largest parent religion and gambling game. A lifestyle, a tool, and you\u2019ve been winning all those bets\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026Imagine yourself being made up of jigsaw puzzles, you need the right pieces to complete yourself. There are real pieces and fake pieces out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The more money you have, the more fake pieces you had access to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These pieces are everything. Relationships. knowledge. happiness. Satisfaction\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026To help you out, we're going to have to bring up the real, and cut out the fake. You familiar with mammon?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"no sir\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Full sentences when speaking to me please\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"no sir, i, no sir i don't know what mammon is\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Ironically, it's you, and you caught up with you today.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro calls on radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n < revisos y confirme, revisos y confirme ><\/p>\n\n\n\n light radio static.<\/p>\n\n\n\n << ma\u00e7\u00e3s verdes, ma\u00e7\u00e3s verdes, fin >><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro lights up another smoke and continues to engage Bander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"What is your definition of intelligence? How do you measure how smart you are? \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I.. \/\/eh\/ ,,, ...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I expect answers to my questions. I don't enjoy one way conversations and I\u2019ve been patient with you\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartness and IQ scores... ...sir?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Is that a question or an answer?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"answer sir, that's my answer\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Right, and why is that your answer?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"So that's your best answer to a very important question... ...look, it's not rocket surgery. Intellige-<\/p>\n\n\n\n The door opens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pepe returns and hands Mosa back the key-card, goes to Cassandro and gives him a bag with a few papers and documents, then went back to squatting over the computer screen and radio traffic in his corner of the room. He set his new gopro neatly next to him. Mosa puts the card in .<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Sht, that's my wallet, they have my wallet. fck, did they also take my phone. Don't check, don't let them know. Just keep talking, be calm, nobody is hurting you, they want money, tell them 25 million is all you have and give them that from the Swiss account. They just want money and to find some kid or something. Be cool, be cool, we can get out of this. Test what happens if you talk more. be calm. Be calm and carry on}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro quickly sorts and organizes the paperwork on the table and in his hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"No worries mate, we can find out what's got you so fckd up together. So lets get this intervention going on for you\u2026 \u2026alright so what do we have here... ...Canadian passport also eh?... ...Early 20s. travel stamps all over the place here... ...receipts... ...licenses... ...business cards for different places... ...credit cards top trims... ...oh, looky that. Indications of private planes and yacht ownership under LLC's, you\u2019re past the airport problem\u2026 \u2026.I mean, of course you would, airports are for plebeians man I feel you on that one... ...different companies... \u2026Right. It's not obvious here but indication is that you have over 6 other passports, residencies, citizenships, etc... smart, the world is your oyster there... you can just up and go where you are treated best right?... ...hmmm, them quite the statements here but nothing outstanding... ....you have major ownership roles and virtually no tie ins and accountability... ...you are really good at this mate, you\u2019ve found ways to lower your liability even further than most folks... ...fkn smart, you must have a huge IQ or something\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"sorry sir, I. I don't understand. what is intelligence sir\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro stops what he is doing and gives off a small smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"intelligence means you can solve a problem. The smarter you are, the bigger the problems you can solve. That's pretty much it matey, its a simple thing to measure and test and tie your pride into. If a squirrel can solve the problem of preparing for bad times ahead, and you can't, than congrats, you don't stack up to a squirrel. But that's okay, we can learn and adapt, if you don't have the answer right away, just observe how the squirrel solves the problems and that get's you up to speed right? Squirrels prep their nuts for the future mate, that solves a huge problem. I encourage you to nut up as well and be smarter than squirrels in solving problems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro adjusts his bum leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo check it, right now, both of our intelligences are being tested. My problem is finding out what your value as a person is, where you came from and where you are going, and finding a positive outcome to this situation while being pressed for time. The problem you are trying to solve is finding your way back to that comfortable lifestyle you love so much, the one where you don\u2019t have to face consequences for your decisions right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We're both smart people. Natural born problem solvers. Lets see if we can solve our problems in a mutual way right? Bander, what does intelligence mean?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"problem solving sir.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"how do you measure it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"the more complex a problem you can solve, the smarter you are\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Well check out the brain on Bander. i don't have any doubt's that you are a very smart person. Matter of fact, you are part of a group that is so fkn smart...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro takes another drag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"... they found a way to just show up to any city, any town, take whatever they want and need, and leave scott free no matter what it is they consider fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Easy. carefree. The epitome of narcissistic effectiveness in systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just riding the mammon hierarchy of wants and needs, ammaright there Bander?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Fck sht. They are looking for all my the money, not a payout. Don't risk it. Be calm, talk little, play along. Everybody wants money. No fkn way, everybody needs money, just get the numbers right. It's all about getting the numbers right. They can\u2019t take everything if the don\u2019t know what everything is}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro extends his hand out. \"your phone\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n {damn it, damn it! don't! no no! Okay, it's okay, you've prepared for having your phone lost, it's all hidden. just give it up. It\u2019s a new phone, he probably doesn\u2019t know to work the the gui} [Bander reaches for the wrong pocket] there's a pen here, that's a weapon. You might need to use it. don't use it. Fkn pen to a machete fight fk and who knows what else. don't make them mad. people are unpredictable and more dangerous when they are mad}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander reaches to the other pocket and hands over his phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {he won't find anything. wrong password will lock it up. no, don't get him angry. Just be quiet, he will likely activate the auto-lock and give up or something}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander looks at his reflection on the black mirror and blows smoke on the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"That\u2019s a fancy tool, top trim like everything else right? Look over here if you would\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro brings the phone to Bander's face and the phone unlocks itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {sht sht!}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Alrighty then, lets check out the media... ...places and things and food... ...hugs and smiles... ...so many damn selfies.... ...diversity in scenery but not in people... .... museum visits... ...cultural artifacts... \u2026stereotypical top trims in cars as well, how unexpected\u2026\ud83d\ude44 \u2026. ah! You are an artists of sorts... ...or something?... ....some pictures and paintings of... ....fruits and expensive tableware, women posing?... ...not so subtle signature on the paintings and photographs... ...you even signed some sketches that don't even look complete...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro shakes his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Gotta take a moment and let you know your art is sht by the way mate. Objectively speaking of course. Art is communication, art has to have a message, art is supposed to speak to you and connect you to truths and get something going... ...and you're not doing any of that here, you think art is something that looks nice to share and mushroom stamp or something. You're lacking so much depth here homie... ...one sec; gotta verify this to see if anybody here thinks different. We are talking 'bout art after all, that sht needs discussion to work, communication is complex and I\u2019m only human you know, I could be wrong.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Pepe, que mensaje es este?\" pepe checks it out. shakes his head, points at bander and motions his hands that he is a jack-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"favore muestre a Vovo\" pepe takes the phone over to vovo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"mensaje vovo?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vovo shakes her head, gives Bander's art a thumbs down. Pepe shows Mosa. Mosa takes the phone, swipes and scrolls for a minute quietly, and gives it back to pepe to return to Cassandro before chipping in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"He pays choice women to ready themselves for him... \u2026Objects, like the fruits also on the table, choice selections and maturity, presentable, ready for consumption completely on his time. He even painted oysters with the fruits, and the fancy napkins with the gold decorations was folded up lingerie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He celebrates his power over nature... ...nothing maple-licious here\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro listens and nods as he gets the phone back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"That was... a good fkn read. Damn. Hey Bander, did you get that. Is she wrong? Did you have anything you wanted to say or add?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Are you able to better explain the message behind these things you dedicate so much time and energy to?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander shakes his head and remains quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Yeah, that's what happens when your communication is weak. It's hard to defend yourself under scrutiny. Maple-licious eh, sounds like a nickname someone would give themselves... ...alright, lets get back into this\u2026. \u2026check out these emails... ...multiple accounts and apps of course... ...you are doing commercials for money?... ...no, you are sharing your tools and using sales as a cover up, keeps you engaged and active\u2026. \u2026Good cover up so you don\u2019t appear like a total bum... ...now now here... ...you like extreme sports eh... ... huh? jumping out of airplanes, flying like a bird... ...that's crazy... ...risky and crazy, you got that adventure spark in you that can\u2019t be caged\u2026 \u2026.nice soundtrack you added there, impressive editing you did yourself... ...strong familiarity with augmented reality... fkn impressive\u2026. ...what's this now? a website? let's check it out... ...hmm\u2026 \u2026merch store... ..mugs and hats\u2026 \u2026bander t-shirts and you got Bander hoodies too bro? whoah, look at you go... ...stock accounts... ...plenty of diversification, plenty of dividends flowing in... ...these algorythm ads look to be extra niche with you... ...no, that storage space doesn't add up right... ...hmm... ...here we go... \u2026some kind of secret app... \u2026here\u2019s your vault\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Fkn phone, sht sht stupid fkn phone! How the fck he find it it!}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro passes Bander the phone. \"Unlock here if you would\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Sht sht sht. just do it. fck it, just fkn do it.}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Good, let's see here... ...Bander time folder, whatever could that... ...oh. of course... ...so you do value diversity... ...there's the power tripping Mosa was talking about... ....damn, even your fkn is weak... of course it would be.... ...the narrative here is that you are paying them to roleplay the relationships you want to experience but you will never fill it up because they are fundamentally fake... ...urgh... ...you even ranked them... ...yeah, your favorites are the ones that act the hardest\u2026 damn this is sad to watch... ...if this were real, you would be better at this... ...that's the kind of person you are... ...pepe was right about you also ya fkn tosser...<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa approaches closer and looks at what Cassandro is reviewing and shakes her head, and looks over to vovo and confirms it, they both thumbs down and shake their heads at Bander like he ain\u2019t sht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...hmmm. just when you think you've seen everything... ...you hid a business plan around here as well, what are you so ashamed of? I mean, after that... ...looks like you wanted to take on the Olympics in some kind of way... ...this is fascinating. It\u2019s crude, but it\u2019s got potential\u2026 \u2026and it\u2019s ballsy and grandiose af, why would you not... ...dated... ...was this some kind of school project?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"yes sir\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"did you submit this, or submit another one?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"another one\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"what was the other one about\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"3D printed sugar effects on market\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro lights himself another bidi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You work hard at being low-key. The way you third-partied, even fourth-partied yourself on these businesses while keeping substantial ownership shares shows incredible intelligence, shame you have no prosocial direction, it would fix all your problems you know\u2026 \u2026I see here you are tied to that Canadian Maple industry in some way... ...and potash... ...so fkn smart...<\/p>\n\n\n\n ...finishing up here... ...ah! Ha! Nice, you like battle rap also\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"problems with money be that, at a certain level it becomes more about control and ownership than actual numbers on paper, so it is harder, confusing, even controversial to quantify that sht wouldn\u2019t ya know?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"problems with money is that it warps the environment, and through that who you are as a person. It goes hard replacing trust as the most valuable currency, and you are starving for it just like everyone else... ...you've become dependent on it, weak, scared, abusive, domesticated... ...dangerous. If your survival is based on money, then you will compete to the death on that concept. That\u2019s a stupid contradiction to the entire concept of a society. I always run into this problem, it is hard to get integrity out of money puppets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I mean, watch this...<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hey Bander, how much money do you have?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"umm. 20. 25 million is my net-worth sir. You can have all of it. I can wire you the money anywhere you want, and then if you let me go I can-\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"is that so? all of it? You would give me everything you have in exchange for your life. Tha\u2019s mighty generous of you. You didn't hear anything i said just now did you.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I. I'm listening sir, more money more problems sir\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro nods and smiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"nice. you're paying attention. So big problem for us now is; i don't believe the numbers you just gave me. Feels like a lot is missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am experienced in your impulse to lie on this. At the same time, i absolutely hate being lied to; it's very manipulative and disrespectful to my time and goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I'm going to be a big person and let that slide in a show of good will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Money and value basing is a serious topic, very few of us out here know how to talk about it... ...you understand it well enough though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hey Bander, once upon a time there was a gun that went off in the late 20's called Black Thursday. It was so big it pushed suicides everywhere, I\u2019m talkin\u2019, global scale, people drank themselves to death and jumped out of buildings and all kinds of horror stories. Those that survived continued on being slaves to the mammon cult. Can you believe that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reality of putting a number on things as priceless as life itself; LIFE, the only REAL common denominator MIRACLE no one can deny\u2026 \u2026well, I just think it\u2019s a bad move is all, i beg you to take that to heart...<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro stands up. Does a small stretch, shakes his hands and adjusts his leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"You know what's good for life Bander my good friend? Protecting it. You know what helps protect it? Actual guns. You like guns Bander? I could have sworn i saw a thumbnail somewhere with you at a range testing out all kind of fire powah. You like-eh the powah experiences eh mate? The powah is good? Right right, you also like art... and business and lying and sht...<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, check it out. Bander, look alive. I got just the thing for you, set you up right, get you that full coverage we all so desperately need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You ever heard, the expression, best die on your feet than live on your knees?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Y-Yes sir\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat was a hard line. That other line, tierra o muerte was hard af as well mate. Quality knowledge like that can only be backed up with legit hardware. You can\u2019t just go out there alone, you need something for your travels as you go on your little journeys and sea-fares and sht, something accessible and close by that goes bang and comes with a kick-back against the hard knocks being thrown out there you know what i mean? \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander nods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro loosens up and then retightens his belt and adjusts his pants, then pulled his piece out from his shoulder strap and presents to Bander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"This sht right here is the epitome of art, a priceless peace of timeless communication. I mean, even a caveman gets it. Let's start with the basics here Bander, first things first, , when we talk about art, we go to the source; contrast, and there is no greater contrast to life than death. Death is art, like pain is love, you feel me there bro?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, this thing commands respect wherever it goes, period. it feels good in the hand, and when you hold it, you get that confidence and motivation at a primal level, and we get curious as too how far this tool can go. Yo, check out this little nipple here you fkn pervert, you push it forward and this cylinder pops out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The weapon opened up in front of Bander, showing a round row of casings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"look at all that ass Bander. That's six culos all buttoned up and ready for you to go buck wild for a cause out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro shakes it vertically and lets all the rounds drop in his hand and gives it to Bander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Here, take this, it's okay to get handsy with them, it helps with the sale. You like feeling up on cans right? Something wrong with these ones\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander holds the bullets in his hand, worried to make any moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rounds feel like marbles in a way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cQuick flick of the wrist and voila, cylinder is closed boo, and with style too. Look at the choice materials, the deliberation in design. The blend of wood on metal, that's called craftsmanship. Function and form is not compromised, and that's called having your priorities straight. And best believe it shoots straight and through anything like it ain't nothing. Cuz this sht right here, this sht right here mate? This sht right here is the truth. Just be careful, you hit it too much you'll go deaf\u2026 ...I\u2019m sure you\u2019re asking yourself right now, her name right? Get this mate, she\u2019s called; Le' Nafta Disagreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sexy right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This here is more than a tool, it\u2019s a relationship. Reliability and trust are key features here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro open Banders other hand and slaps the pistol on his palm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYeah, you feel that heft there Bander? It\u2019s heavy, heavy is good, heavy is quality. feels good right? Brings out the protector in you. What's that say right there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Zapata sir\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"That means this piece right here's got context, significance... while the whole thing is an embodiment of a timeless, simple and effective strategy, it\u2019s participation in a specific event makes it historically unique, like that machete vovo has over there. It represents a struggle, and a role in it. Some tools speak volumes just by existing. All that to say friend, she isn't like all the other girls out there in the market. You like it?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I. I don't know sir\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I don't understand. Is there something wrong with it? Is 6 ass slots not enough? Is 7 inches too much? Or perhaps the color is not too your liking mate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"i'm scared sir. I don'-<\/p>\n\n\n\n Light knocks on door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa opens up, smiles wide and happily receives a tightly closed bag stacked with food in to-go plates. \u201cMuito obrigada \u2018Berto. Mua mua\u201d She closes the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOe! Mosa, spera! Tell him that the Baklava was bom bom muito bom bom for me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa opened back up and gave Chef \u2018Berto his quick shout-out and closed the door back up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhere were we\u2026 \u2026.right\u2026 You were talking about being scared and sht. Look, this is the right instrument for someone in your predicament. I mean, without plata, all that's left out there is plomo like the rest of us out there... ...this is me looking out for you brohan. With this on you, what\u2019s there to be afraid of?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa looks at Cassandro and gestures him. Cassandro nods and shuts off a bag line going into the bed patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI believe we were speaking about money, and values and worth, and how that's going to be a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We can solve this the easy way or the hard way, the choice is yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How much money did you just trade for le' Nafta? I already know what your life's like, what's your life's worth?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n fck fck fck. Don't fkn change your answer, keep it at 25 million tops. That has to be enough, they can't think you have more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"25 million sir.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c I see then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That's how you would've gone out, a liar and a sellout even to yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I hate it when i have to deal with this side of people, fkn money games and money arguments and sht like a worn down couple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro slips out a hand-cannon revolver from his butt-crack, opens the action to show a single large red slug in a chamber, roulettes the cylinder and snaps it back and jams it up to Banders mouth - CAN'T STAND YOUR FAKE VALUE BASING BULLSHT! THIS ISN'T A HARD QUESTION MF! YOU SHT! YOU ARE COMING INBETWEEN ME AND ANSWERING PRAYERS!!! YOU KNOW HOW THESE FK FK GAMES PLAY OUT MF! KEEP FKN AROUND! DO IT! I TEACH YOU. I PROTECT YOU. AND THIS IS THE THANKS I GET!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro cocks the gun and Bander hears it loud af.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander yells from the non-barrelled side of his mouth \"26 MILLION SIR!!!\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n I DON'T FKN BELIEVE YOU. RUN YOUR SHT! RUN YOUR SHIT RIGHT NOW!!! Cassandro holds Bander's face up from his hair, painfully. Bander sidways calls out \"800 million sir\". FUCK THAT! YOU'RE UNBELIEVABLE. YOU FKN DID IT AGAIN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro let's go of Bander's hair, slaps him across the face. Hard. then grabs him by the hair again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander clutches tight the gun and rounds in his hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTHERE IT IS!\u201d Cassandro shows him the red round coming up next in the boom line and jams the gun to his crotch. LAST CHANCE TO BE REAL BABY NUTS! *CLICK**CLICK**CLICK**CLICK* Bander shouts out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"BILLIONS SIR BILLIONS SIR, 7 BILLIONS sir. 7 BILLION! I SWEAR, I SWEAR, IT'S ALL I GOT. PLEASE DON'T KILL ME PLEASE DON'T HURT ME I JUST WANT TO LIVE. I DON'T NEED THE MONEY. I WON'T DO OR SAY ANY- \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n SHUT THE FK UP CODFISH! Just...<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"\u2026Relax... ...i have the answers I need...<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro looks at Mosa, then back to Bander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ...well, congratulations, you played yourself. its always a huge mindfck when people dollar value other people and themselves... ...that sht will wreck your mind... ...Anyway, this revolver is no Nafta, but still something worth talking about. Look at this Bander. Cassandro loads it up with different shell colors, spins and locks it up and then Cassandro points it at bander's chest and starts clicking away at it. *CLICK**CLICK**CLICK**CLICK* bander feels his soul splash on the floor again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yeah!!! this sweet invention of mine, mr. billionaire sir, is going to be the next best thing in our continued evolution of surviving a sick twisted dystopian society. As you can see right here, [points] this little nipple here puts up a block that keeps the firing pin from striking that culo, i call it the cock-blocker. I made it myself, put a lot of time and energy and thought into it. Just like yours, it's a versatile tool, functional, reliable. The difference is that you are stuck on one kind of caliber, this one on the other hands, is alittle more modular, more adaptable\u2026 \u2026She speaks the entire 12 gauge vocabulary so it's very flexible in problem solving. Oh! i'm particularly proud of this one, got me outta a few jams back in my younger days. You move this slot here and the cylinder cycle action disengages, couple that with an adapter i developed and this beast will spit them calibers also, you know, no big deal. Psycke, it is a big deal, it's got that POWAH we like so much Bander. I'm talking about, this gun so big it puts down big game, big engines, and big lies. When this sht fires, all them koopa troopas flip. So what\u2019d\u2019ya think, would you invest into this mate? Was that a good shark-tank pitch?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Please sir.\" Bander is crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"very well\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro puts the shooter away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I must've undersold the ROI side of my pitch, you're throwing me off as i should be the one crying right now... ....you okay there man??<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander keeps crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"its alright, let it all out there asshole. Do us all a favor and hurry it up though; you'll have to excuse me if I can't relate to whatever it is you are going through. You chose the hardway ya affluenza loving fck head\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro prepares a joint. \"Did you want a hit mate? Goes good with that treat that's still waiting for ya. Don't let it go to waste now. Small thinks like that matter\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander shakes his head no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro lights up and adjusts himself back into the chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c...a fkn billionaire. there's only like, 2 to 3 thousand of you slippery chameleon fks out there... the real needles in haystacks\u2026 ...Never thought i would meet one in person... ...millionaires are a dime a dozen but you guys, you guys are the top of the food chain... ...this whole operation just got blown... ...shts next level now...<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro drinks some water and takes a few more hits. You could see him thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...i have so many questions. You have to understand Bander, you and I, come from completely different backgrounds in the power spectrum. That's contrast, that's art, this is a big moment for us. here we are. So what do we say to each other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I never thought about it...<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander was holding Le' Nafta this whole time. He cautiously placed it on the table. He blew his nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I, I don't know sir. I don't know what to say right now... ...umm. Did. Does your shooter have a name?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro nods at the question. \"Chekhov\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n radio noises in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Low beeping noises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c ...Hey Bander, were you really born in Canada like the docs suggest?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"yes sir\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"you know that canadian show, hey Arthur? goofy little ardvark, lives in some weird make believe society and everyone gets along so long as they play their role?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"yes, yes sir. it's a good show sir.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro nods his head. \"word... word. It's a good fkn show...\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do something, say something, show him something, anything. keep him talking. Keep this talk going. Don't fkn lie to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"do you know chance the rapper sir?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"i've heard of him\" Cassandro sits up and smiles amused \"what's up!? tell me about him, what brought him up to mind there friend?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"he... ...he did a hey arthur cover with a nightshow host, can't rem...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro passes Bander his phone. \"Look it up for us. I mean, please. Please show me this clip for us\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sht sht what's that fkn guy called. fck are you doing, just type arthur and chance and that should do it. Fk! These fkn ads. There it is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is he going to give me my phone back. Hold the phone while you show him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"This is it sir.\" Bander holds the phone up so they both can see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"well would you look at that, you weren't kidding\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro takes the phone back and watches the music video, allowing Bander to view as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Mosa! Pepe, Vovo, you should check this out.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vovo shakes her head no and keeps her hands resting on the machete in its sheath. Pepe shakes his head no, he remains attentive to the screen and radio traffic. Mosa leans in a little closer behind Bander while it's playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201chaha! look at 'em go. having a good time and sht. Them some hard lines they spittin spittin. They got that spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everyone could hear the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro replayed it several times. \"Yeah yeah. that's a gangsta move he did there. he's passing on the message...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...message sir?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Game recognize game son, and this here is warrior art. It's all about communicating the right messages to keep humanity alive through all of this as we figure out the world peace problem. That\u2019s supposed to be our next step bu weak shts like you ruin it for everyone. Good messages are like seeds, once they are in place your perspectives start to change, and you start seeing things differently, and when you start seeing things different, you are better equipped to solve real problems, big problems. The stronger the message and delivery, the stronger the artist. We compete on this sht yo, in 7 billion different ways. Some of us be seeing which one of us is finally going to change the world for the better since we can\u2019t just meet up all willy nilly, not with all the hell-fire missiles out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don't know if you gathered yet, but i'm something of an artist myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNow, this whole song is an instruction on how to live a good life. Give it a good listen. It's perfect directions. Chance saw that, came in and added even more value to it, his message is;<\/p>\n\n\n\n best to die on your feet, than live on your knees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n sounds familiar?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Yes sir\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...i'll say this. I think I can top Chance on this. Hey Arthur's my sht, gonna be hard to one up that one but I think I got this\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro reached out and touched Banders face. Smells of soap, smoke and iron... Bander didn't move, didn't know what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"You could have died today, just another hidden life plucked out and gone from the food chain. [Cassandro removes his hand and enunciates in the air with his hands] Here lies Bander, his time ran out- Got wrecked chasing ass with his money and his art was shty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That's the legacy you want to leave behind? that's the great Bander story?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Put your weapon away. Pick up your rounds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander does as told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n radio noise<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Leoa Leoa... ...desculpa desculpa... ...evidencia minima y videos fueron destrosados\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa lets out a small yelp and backs up and paces herself away, trying to hold back her rage and frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro picks up the radio and replies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"mensaje recivido mensaje recivido. La busca continua. Ninguem fica pra tras.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vovo and pepe get up and go to console Mosa. Mosa took deep breaths and got back her bearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She looks at Cassandro eyes watery and red, her serious face back on. Cassandro nods and gets up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBander buddy, i hope someday to hear great things about you. Anything you can do Bander can do better right? I'm good at what I do boo. Try taking that on if you got nothing else to do. I gotta go get back into this fight, there's a lot of prayers out there that need real gods and monsters to show up for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hey, It was nice of you to share that video with me, didn't even know I needed that pick-me-upper. Thanks for that friend, stay frosty out there. Alright? We cool? I\u2019m out\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro gave Bander a few pats, squeezed his shoulder and let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was steppting out but stopped himself abruptly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"oh, yeah. Sorry mate. I don't like seeing things go to waste. I have a feeling you're not going to be enjoying this after all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro napkins the other half of the baklava and stuffs it into his empty holster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He approaches Mosa who quickly asks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"lo de billones cambia algo?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \" ...si... ...muito. muito muito. Muito mas poder... ...muito mas riesgo... ....pero muito mas probabilidad en encontrarlo... ...necessitas la pulpa...<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"de veirdad no puedes ayudarme mais?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Fue lo mejor que eo puedo ofrecer. vocei no esta solteira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Este es el limite de mis talentos. No soy la unica herramienta disponible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tengo fe en ti.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa waters up and hugs Cassandro<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"muito obrigada\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n [squeezes]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro reciprocates<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I only wish I could do more\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro lets go and looks at her .<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa looks right back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She smiles light. \"lo quieres ver eh?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro smiles back, \"porfavore?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"homens n\u00e9scios\u2026\" Mosa opens up her purse. Takes her 1911 out of it and asks pepe to hold it for a moment and to be careful about it, it's condition 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro continues looking into the purse\u2026 \u2026and stays looking... ...admiring...<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"...\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026it's Fkn art...<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026Can I?...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa rolls her eyes and gave him the pestle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro holds it. Touches it. Feels it's weight. hit's his knuckle with it and winces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Heavy granite ole... unpolished, heavy is good, heavy is quality... ...amazing...\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa snaps twice and brings him back<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"tiempo es lujo\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro snapped back to reality and agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"time is luxury\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassandro hands the pestle back, offers vovo his arm to escort her out and vovo wraps around him like a bigfeather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pepe runs around, picks up his radio and action camera, backpacks the laptop, took Bander\u2019s food order and closed the door on his way out behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa and Bander are left alone in the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Radio noises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Muffled beeps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {THIS IS IT! if you load the gun you can shoot her and run out. They don't know how fast you can run. will the gun even work? is this even a real gun. Forget about the fucking gun. Club her with it. It's just her, stall for a moment, hit her or something and run the fck out. Gotta get the fck out here. No way she\u2019ll risk shooting in the hallways or outside. Get ready for it. Time it just right}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander stands up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He puts his hands up and tries to speak to Mosa<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"look, i'm so sorry. If i can-<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa delivered a liver shot that knocked Bander to the floor immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He couldn't breathe, he was locked up from the worst pain he had ever experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She dug her stilletto onto bander as she calmly separated Bander from his shooter, then stepped off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Pick up the rounds. Get up. Give them to me.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I can't.... Breathe... I....\" Bander is flush red and stuck in the fetal position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Take deep breathes, it helps with deep pain. hurry up. get up. If you don't get up, i will kick you until you get up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n we can do this easyway or hardway, your choice\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander takes deep breathes. dazed. does all he can to get up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GET THE FK UP. not the fkn hard way. NOT THE FKN HARD WAY, GET THE FK UP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He makes it to his knees. Pics up the rounds. Gets up. Delivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa continues to order him around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Grab her legs. Hold them\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander holds the bed woman\u2019s legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa straddles over the woman's arm, holds the monster's chin \"Look at me. LOOK AT ME NOW! She starts pulling chunks of the woman's hair out, waking her up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The woman looks at her eyes watery. Mosa looks through her trying to hold back her own tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I just want a life for my baby! my baby boy! he's on out there on his own, nobody else coming\u2026 \u2026I HAVE TO SAVE HIM! his life, not going to be like my life. he WILL grow and have a good life. I'M GOING TO DO; WHAT I HAVE TO DO!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n BANDER! ARE YOU LISTENING!!!???<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander cries out YES M'AM in terror and helplessness while trying not to keep getting hit from the kicking feet as Mosa has taken to working the granite pestle around the woman's mouth; lightly tapping and smashing the lips and teeth in together. She gags and started choking on her own blood and tooth-chippings while her other arm helplessly flails about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa kept going, focused, holding her jaw firmly in place as she worked, blood geysers spounting in the air from the bed monster's desperate attempts to breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander keeps holding on and getting kicked while doing it. too petrified to let go without being allowed to by Mosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The moster is making loud zombie whailing noises on the bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa gets off the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She open palm offers him the bloody pestle and stares him down, daring him to try something. \"I will count down from 3. When I am down to one, either you break them, or I break yours\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Three\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Two\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander grabbed the pestle and started clubbing at the Martha's leg-shins, crying, terrified, disgusted, kicked, splashed, confused. he could feel his mind shutting down. His logic and reason now skips to Mosa\u2019s lou as he becames an extension of ultra violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {Do as your told, and you won't be hurt. Do as your told, and you won't be hurt. If you do something that is not what you are told you will get hurt. I can't believe I am doing this. This is so wrong. This feels so wrong. Do it. DO IT! Just do it. don't think about it. [The legs now look like bloody marshmallows on sticks, with bits of bone sticking out and every whack sending sht flying sideways] this is hurting me. This isn't right. This isn't who you are. You don't have to do this... Get over it. It's either her or you. Survive this. This is what it takes to survive. Survival. Survive. SURV-}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander received a downward slap so hard he thought the deck gave him an uppercut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I said stop and give it back. I do not like to repeat myself. When it doesn't listen, it get's the heel again.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n She dug her her stilettos into Bander as she took her pestle back, wiping it off on his suave silk felted shirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She then grabs Banders arm. Hard. And forces him up on his feet, he feels like his triceps being pinched and crushed as he is being directed through pain. he squeels as she brings him to the hotel window. He is starting to see stars and he throws up in the corner of the room. Mosa orders him to use the inside of his shirt to wipe right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Disgusting covarde psycho pig\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n She radios in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n < Hogar dulce hogar brillame, hogar dulce hogar brillame ><\/p>\n\n\n\n On the hill by the cell signal tower there's three flashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"That cell tower has a little room underneath it. That is your new home now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"You have one job, and that is too stay alive. You stay in districto nueve, understand?<\/p>\n\n\n\n You understand?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n It hurts Bander to sob and speak, his voice comes through high-pitched \"yes... .Yes m'am. yes m'am. i won't leave the district. please don't hit me anymore please\u2026\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"i have to go. I don't know when i come back. Maybe days, maybe years. you try to leave, I will know, I will come and break your face in, sell your parts one by one. Whatever is left alive, I will feed to the street dogs...<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa tries to hold back her rage and tears and stay collected and keep herself from destroying him with her bare hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c...I don't care about you. You are nobody. I only care about my baby. I will find my bay boy...\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa checks the radio to see if it's clear to use the north wing exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosa gets the all clear. She then radios in to team D that the room is ready. Mosa strong arms Bander out the room. Down the stairwell. out the door into the cool night rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While going out there she vents and keeps herself from crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"N\u00e3o sei o que fazer, n\u00e3o sei o que fazer. Donde, donde busco donde.\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n Outside, she throws him out and yells at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Go now. Go now because I hate you psychos! EVIL PSYCHOS! GO AWAY NOW!<\/p>\n\n\n\n GO FASTER!\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander in pain does his outmost to run. His body feels like hurt-mush trying to function upright. He has been working past his limits since she first hit him. Fear has kept him on his feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n {FKN RUN! YOU ARE OUT! Get some distance from her.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Get the hell away from here as fast as you can.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hurry the fk up before she shoots you in the back!}<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A gun blast rang out behind him and blew a chunk out the stop sign in front of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He swore he felt the bullet whiz hit him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bander shits himself as he panic runs faster under the rain and into the Brazilia Favela.<\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"795","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2625","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokitopia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokitopia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokitopia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokitopia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokitopia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1978,"href":"https:\/\/tokitopia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17362,"href":"https:\/\/tokitopia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2625\/revisions\/17362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokitopia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
It\u2019s got BALLZ WAZAAAAAaaaaa!!!<\/p>\n
Loud mini quake from the bang and thunder. \u00a0
Privileged gasps throughout the massive lobby as the mood lights dimmed back into place.<\/p>\n
Everybody noticed, some found themselves rudely staring.<\/p>\n
Get in there and get it get it.
Get it and BANDER it!<\/em><\/p>\n
He brought the playful lyric matching antics up in her space.<\/p>\n
he remains firmly in place while feeling himself levitating backwards from the shoulders.<\/p>\n
[flirtingy smiles at him]<\/p>\n
He tries to keep up in this substextual cat and mouse game.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m nice wit it, a real sugar daddy, extra rich hun.
Let’s just say, i know my way around quality snacks and i’ve been called maple-licious before…”<\/p>\n
…she then gets danger close to his ear, as if sharing a secret, “Being a maple-licious sugar daddy sounds expensive…”<\/p>\n
Bander splashes immediately into action, finding himself snatching her order as he bites on her offer,<\/p>\n
Check it out,\u00a0 get yourself some of this maple-licious chivalry as a warm up”<\/p>\n
Bander awkwardly floats beside her with nothing to break the silence, too busy impatiently thinking about how lucky this evening is turning out and how amazing it’s going to feel soon.<\/p>\n
GONNA BE SMASHING UP ON THAT FATTY AND POON REAL SOON!!!!!}<\/em><\/p>\n
There\u2019s a small blood pool where her hand should’ve been, her face and remaining eye are staring into the deathly hollows of nothingness in his direction…
…as if reaching for the escape door behind him.<\/p>\n
{You fkd up.\u00a0 you fkd up!\u00a0 This psycho is going to rape and kill you.\u00a0 Or kill you and rape you!\u00a0 Or both at the same time.\u00a0 what the sht man! This is supposed to happen to other people.\u00a0 not me!\u00a0\u00a0 i shldn’t have come here.\u00a0 I shouldv’e gone to fkn Poland!}<\/em><\/p>\n
“You’ll have to forgive me if I seem a bit upset, I wasn’t expecting unexpected visitors, so i gotta make some schedule adjustments for us.<\/p>\n
“You must be all kinds of perturbed right now.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, we all humble folks here.<\/p>\n
I think we will all be doing just fine if you relax a little.<\/p>\n
so let\u2019s not complicate things.”<\/p>\n
Cassandro lightly tosses the Shemagh on his lap, telling him he can keep it.<\/p>\n
When he turned his back on her, she snapped her fingers and he stopped dead in his tracks.<\/p>\n
He apologizes as he eases his way towards Bander and away from her,<\/p>\n
Behind the scenes, day in day out, for years…”<\/p>\n
\u00a0 The wretched mindset behind someone like that and the countless cowards that allow this kind of reality\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
So we gotta go god mode and do what we gotta do.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thing is though, nothing can protect people like that from people like us.
That makes us heroes right?
You ever considered being a hero mate?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
Scared that he would be judged like the hotel owner was.\u00a0 An abuser.<\/p>\n
He knew her as Ms. Martha.<\/p>\n
You don’t understand how trust, risk, and tricks work?…”<\/p>\n
…It’s unhealthy to be making these kinds of mistakes…<\/p>\n
Just like any junky, we can detox you.<\/p>\n
Fresh perspectives and what not.
Think of it as a fun reset, a new prestige mode.<\/p>\n
Mosa puts the card back in the carbon fiber wallet she was holding and hands it over to Cassandro next to Bander.<\/p>\n
He reads and reviews while muttering out loud, scanning over the data, making side by side contrasts here and there.<\/p>\n
If a squirrel has the foresight to solve the problem of preparing for bad times ahead, and you can’t, then that would be concerning that you can’t nut up to the IQ of a squirrel.”<\/p>\n
…what’s intelligence again?”<\/p>\n
I\u2019m confident we’ll be out this scene in no time.\u201d<\/p>\n
…selfies with high end cars\ud83d\ude44… \u00a0 \u2026. ah!\u00a0 You\u2019re an artists of sorts…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026paint and canvas as a medium\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 ….artist theme of…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
…fruits on tableware and women posing on furniture?…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 …not so subtle signatures…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026so basic\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0…is that really it?….\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0“<\/p>\n
…For all I know I\u2019m reading you wrong and that would be a bad look…”<\/p>\n
…Nothing maple-licious here.”<\/p>\n
Mosa brings up a good point about you though, feels like i’m missing something here\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
[Cassandro scratches his chin]\u00a0
\u2026Maple-licious eh, sounds like a made up name someone would give themselves, like Bander…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…alright, lets get back into this phone of yours here, see what else we can learn about you\u2026.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026check out these emails…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …multiple accounts and apps…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…now now, this is a little unexpected…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0…you like extreme sports eh…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 … well check you out\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026jumping out of airplanes, flying like a bird…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …that’s crazy… \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0…risky and crazy\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026.you clearly got that spark for it…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026.nice soundtrack you added there, scarface, nice touch.\u00a0 impressive editing…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …strong familiarity with pop culture and augmented reality…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 very fkn impressive\u2026.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …what’s this now?\u00a0 a website?…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …you got a\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026merch store…\u00a0\u00a0 ..mugs and hats\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026bander t-shirts and you got Bander time\u00ae<\/span> hoodies too bro?\u00a0 whoah, look at you go…\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 …you advertize the high end tools and hobbies you enjoy…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …sales money as a prima facie cover up..\u00a0 \u00a0….all this keeps you engaged, active, healthy, socially connected\u2026.\u00a0 \u00a0 …privacy and adventure super important for you…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026makes sense why you chose greyman option over armed guards and paid security\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0…more stock accounts…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …plenty of diversification; dividends flowing in from all over the place, we already know that…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …these ads look to be extra niche with you… \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0…hmmmm…\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0….nah, that storage space doesn’t add up right…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …what’s this…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …here we go…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026some kind of secret app out here\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.eenie meenie miney…\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026allrighty then\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026this bingo lingo app, makes sense for a globetrotter like you\u2026.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026.language lessons folder- between Croatian and Cuyonon\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.cunninglinguist ain\u2019t no language I ever heard of\u2026”<\/p>\n
Bander looks away in a moment of defiance.<\/p>\n
Personally, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good idea to put your body parts on the line like this.”<\/p>\n
Vovo Tuira nods at Cassandro and readies up the machete for another statement.<\/p>\n
There’s no question that Cassandro is serious about murdering him after seeing those videos, and his end is very much near.<\/p>\n
[Cassandro quickly reviews other parts of the phone and web history before wrapping up].\u00a0<\/p>\n
Don’t be like the many other smeagol’s before you.<\/p>\n
i just need you to tell me what your total economic worth is.<\/p>\n
You can have all of it.\u00a0 I can wire you the money anywhere you want, and then, if you let me go I can-“<\/p>\n
Imagine a bloody wash rinse repeat cycle but it\u2019s never clean.\u00a0 It stresses me out mate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
You like guns Bander?\u00a0 I could have sworn I saw a thumbnail with you shootin’ targets and stuff.\u00a0
You like-eh the powah eh mate?”<\/p>\n
“Y-Yes sir”<\/p>\n
“Tierra o muerte is another oldie and a goodie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You need something accessible and close by for your travels that you can count on to stand up for you, you know?
Something with a kick-back.\u00a0 You dig that?\u201c<\/p>\n
a priceless piece of timeless communication.\u00a0
You show up with this and even a caveman knows the lingo and will hear you out.\u00a0
So much to love here.\u00a0\u00a0
It feels good in the hand, [Cassandro does a cool cowboy twirl with it], it’s well balanced throughout, and when you hold it, it feels right.\u00a0 \u00a0
Art is connection Bander, it’s a heart to heart moment.\u00a0 And this kind of art helps bring out that full moon monkey sayan warrior in you.\u00a0
Can’t trust money dawg, so this piece right here is all about that loyalty over money.
She even has a girl’s name and no feelings to worry about, just like you like ’em right?”<\/p>\n
\u201cQuick flick of the wrist and voila, cylinder is closed”<\/p>\n
The screwed in wood grips on that solid block metal framing, that’s called craftsmanship.\u00a0
Function and form isn\u2019t compromised in the least, that’s called having your priorities straight.”<\/p>\n
[Cassandro smiles, self amused]\u00a0<\/p>\n
You feel it bringing out the real you in you yet?\u00a0 What’s that say right there?”<\/p>\n
That piece was married to a somebody out there, so that\u2019s no ordinary piece.\u00a0
She\u2019s got context, significance, purpose…\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026her role in the struggle timeline makes her historically unique, like that machete vovo has over there;
so suffice it to say friend, la Le’ Nafta ain’t like all them other girls out there\u2026”<\/p>\n
…then snaps back to business,\u00a0
“\u2026Sooooooo whatsup, you like it?”<\/p>\n
“I don’t understand.\u00a0
Is there something wrong with it?\u00a0
Is 6 slots not enough?\u00a0 Is 7 inches too much?\u00a0
Or perhaps the color or age is not to your liking mate?”<\/p>\n
Make it easy for them to rescue you and be safe!\u00a0 Come on, come on be somebody out there, help me! fkn save me!}<\/em><\/p>\n
“Thanks Mosa, almost forgot about that thing there”<\/p>\n
We can solve this the easy way or the hard way,
the choice is yours.<\/p>\n
How much money did you trade for le’ Nafta?”<\/p>\n
all this hosting and selling charades i did to keep you alive, all for nothing now…\u201d<\/p>\n
opens the action to show a conspicuous large red slug in a chamber, roulettes the cylinder and snaps it back with style and violently jams it inside Bander’s closed mouth while pinning him down with his knee and bodyweight, getting to yelling and spitting up in his face;
“CAN’T STAND YOUR KIND! THIS ISN’T A HARD QUESTION MF!\u00a0 YOU SHT!\u00a0 YOU ARE COMING BETWEEN ME AND PRAYERS THAT NEED US TO HURRY IT THE FK UP!!! \u00a0\u00a0YOU KNOW HOW THESE FK FK GAMES PLAY OUT MF!\u00a0 KEEP FKN AROUND!\u00a0 I PROTECT YOU FROM YOUR OWN FK UPS.\u00a0 AND THIS IS THE THANKS I GET YOU BIGOT SMEAGOL PSYCHO MF YOU!!!”<\/p>\n
RUN YOUR SHT! RUN YOUR SHT RIGHT THE FK NOW!!!
Bander’s lips, teeth and gums are getting tore up by the steel muzzle.<\/p>\n
Cassandro only gets angrier, “FK THAT!\u00a0 YOU DID IT AGAIN!!!<\/p>\n
Bander is crying in his chair.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 “…Anyway, check this out Bander.\u00a0 I’m a proud gun owner like you also.
Now, this revolver ain’t no Le’ Nafta, but still something worth talking about.\u00a0
I\u2019m excited to take this opportunity and bring this up.<\/p>\n
Do us all a favor and hurry it up though; you’ll have to excuse me if we can’t relate to whatever it is you are going through…”<\/p>\n
…Just wanted to show you how the cock-block plate on my sawed-off revolver worked…
…and the oobleck recoil absorbing chamber…
…go over that return on investment…
…Anyway, you chose the hardway ya affluenza loving fck head”<\/p>\n
He appreciates the pistol and rounds in his hands, reckoning a small level of comfort somehow.<\/p>\n
Relieved to still be alive after all that.\u00a0
Feels like whatever is going on, live or die, it will be over soon.\u00a0
His big secrets are out and over with.\u00a0 He\u2019s not trying to hide anything anymore.<\/p>\n
We were shaped by things bigger than us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So what do we say to each other?\u00a0 I never thought about it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
He blew his nose some more before working up the courage and clarity to speak up.<\/p>\n
“what’s up!?\u00a0 tell me about him, what brought him to mind there friend?”<\/p>\n
…And when you start seeing things for what they are, you get that boost in being able to solve real problems, big problems, global problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Big artists equals big legacies.<\/p>\n
“We compete on this sht yo.\u00a0
Warrior art is the real deal; the kind that alters moods and talks to you, may even load a gun for you and cock it too.\u00a0
And we be seeing who can push this the furthest.\u00a0 We be seeing which one of us is finally going to change the world for the better since we can\u2019t just meet up all willy nilly, not with all the predators and hell-fire missiles out there didn\u2019t you know?
It sucks having to be loud while tip-toeing around.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Smells of soap, smoke and iron…\u00a0 Bander didn’t move, didn’t know what to do.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Here lies Bander, woman abuser and his art was whack.
\u00a0Is that the great story you wanted to leave behind?”<\/p>\n
Sem nomes. Muito poucas fotos >><\/p>\n
Walking in place, clutching her fists, hard as river rocks.<\/p>\n
< mensaje recivido mensaje recivido.\u00a0 La busca continua.\u00a0 Ninguem fica pra tras ><\/p>\n
She took deep breaths and gets her bearings back.<\/p>\n
Cassandro nods and concludes with Bander,<\/p>\n
Try taking me on if you bored and got nothing else to do then chump; can\u2019t go wrong with that. \u00a0<\/p>\n
There’s still prayers out there.<\/p>\n
“Fue lo mejor que eo puedo ofrecer.<\/p>\n
Takes her 1911 out and asks pepe to hold it for a moment and to be careful about it as it’s condition 2.\u00a0
Pepe cautiously holds it properly, ready to give back.<\/p>\n
We do this easy way or hardway, you pick one.”<\/p>\n
Painstakingly delivers on her commands.<\/p>\n
All Mosa see\u2019s is red and her hatred paints the room.<\/p>\n
his life! Not going to be like that life.\u00a0 he WILL grow and have a good life!
I’M GOING TO DO; WHAT I HAVE TO DO!!!”<\/p>\n
“When I say one; you break them, or I break you!\u201d<\/p>\n
He found himself body planted on the floor again, writhing in pain.<\/p>\n
When it not listens, it get’s the heel!”<\/p>\n
Forces him up on his feet like a child, he feels his triceps being pinched and crippled as he is being walked around.\u00a0
He squeels as she brings him to the hotel window.\u00a0\u00a0 He is starting to see stars and he throws up away from her. \u00a0\u00a0
There was blood in it and he feels light headiness and shock creeping in, angering the Mosa.<\/p>\n
you try to leave, I will know, I will come and cut your face, and sell your body things.\u00a0 Extra kidney.\u00a0 Extra lung.\u00a0 Extra meat.\u00a0
Whatever left alive, cut up more and feed the street dogs…”<\/p>\n
Mosa gets her stuff and the shemagh Cassandro had left for Bander.\u00a0 She strong arms Bander out the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[she whips out the 1911 as bander scrambles up to run away with his severely damaged body]\u00a0
GO FASTER!”<\/p>\n
He has been working past his limits since she busted his liver.\u00a0
Fear, and the will to fight another day keeps him on his feet and somewhat conscious.<\/p>\n