by A.L. Bridges
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Suddenly I’m sitting back in the booth with Jason, who has two different girls sitting with him this time. I assume they’re from his harem, but I don’t recognize either the redhead or the brunette. Were it anyone else but Jason, I would have said the word harem sarcastically, implying that I don’t think it really exists. However, Jason is one of the few guys that I believe could actually juggle a harem without losing his mind or dying.
“Wow! That was quick!” Jason exclaims while snapping his fingers and makes two flaming shots appear our hands.
“Bottoms up!” Jason says as we both extinguish the fire with our free hands and down the shots. “Well CT, it’s been real but try to stay alive a bit longer this time,” Jason snaps his fingers again.
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I wake up to find my right side sliced open and Cheza on my mouth.
“Okay, you can stop now, Rei. It re-inflated,” I hear Sara say.
I look over and see her holding a giant pair of tweezers in my chest. She pulls them out, taking a two inch rib fragment with them. I just close my eyes again and fall asleep.
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