Tasuki shrugged and buried his hands in his pockets. “My folks told me that I needed to find my own apartment. A friend told me about this place,” he lied as he looked around and wrinkled his nose a bit. “Not exactly what I’m used to but it’ll do.” The bouncer turned to his partner, “Hey Virgil… takin’ the kid upstairs to talk with His Lordship. I’ll be right back.” Virgil waved his hand in the air, “Whatever.” “Come on kid,” he gave him the once over. Tasuki followed the bouncer across the room to a locked door with a ‘No Entry’ sign on it and watched as the man punched in a code. The door opened and Tasuki followed the bouncer past it and up a steep flight of stairs. They made it all the way to the top floor and stopped at the first door they came to. The man pounded on the wood with

