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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Krizzel" data-source="post: 678521" data-attributes="member: 9062">Monday, 1:13pmDelano’s Pizza & Pub, South SideJoshua’s job hunt that morning hadn’t gone so well.  Most of the security firms weren’t too interested in a high school dropout without any work history, and the ones that didn’t care so much – mostly bars looking for bouncers – needed people at night.  There were more places elsewhere in the city, but they were all too far away.  The only things so far that looked like they were possible were a couple of janitorial shifts at a factory and a warehouse.  They only paid minimum wage, but at least it was something.Delano’s was a pretty decent place for lunch – their deep dish was pretty good, made Chicago style, although they also had burgers and sandwiches.  What was more, the people that owned the ‘gym’ where Joshua worked had some kind of connection here, and he always ate for free.  It had seemed like a good place to stop for lunch instead of heading all the way back home.That was until Slim walked in.  A skinny white guy with a shaved head – currently hidden under a knit black hat – ‘Slim’ Davis also worked for the ‘gym.’  He seemed to be fairly important, bringing in a lot of Joshua’s opponents in the ring, telling Joshua whether to win or lose.  Slim had his hands jammed in the pockets of his leather jacket, shivering as he walked in from the cold.  Right behind him was Rodney, who followed him everywhere.  There wasn’t a whole lot to know about Rodney other than that he was big, Hispanic, didn’t say so much, and had a bad attitude.  Both of them walked straight over to Joshua’s booth and slid in across from him.“Josh, my man, how you doin’?” Slim asked, leaning forward over the table.  “Good fight last night, J-man.  We got another guy for tonight we want you to do exactly the same, okay?”  Slim nodded as if answering his own question.  “That’s not why I’m here though – I got another offer for ya.  You wanna make some extra dough, right?  Buy some more drugs for your granny?”</blockquote>

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