@Ome:  "Dammit!" The cat-eyed girl hops the ropes.  "Don't give me bunk about your good mood - I wasn't planning on being your opponent tonight.  But after this little turn of events I guess I've got no choice." She slips on some tight leather knuckle gloves.  "I'll be taking my girlfriend back by force if need be... and you're in no shape to fight, lacking mobility as you are." She points out.  "Suffice to say I hate to put you through the gauntlet twice in one night, it's very unsportsmanlike." Her eyes scan the crowd behind you.  She nods to the ref.  "The following is a separate impromptu match and thus by standard rules will NOT be for the title." There's a loudspeaker announcement, and a bell ring.<br/><br/>@Chiro:  "You're off you're block if you think I'm not scared, Baron." The professor grinds his teeth, peering into the dark carefully.  "But I'm too damn curious to let it go.  I wanna see if it means my life.  That's what it means to be in this line of work - you just focus more on all the other feelings you got, you do.  Ain't you the least bit curious?  Just think about that... and... can that sharp nose of yer's sniff out any gas fumes in here?" Indeed, the faintest bit of it amongst rust did creep from somewhere nearby.  Seeing the expression on your face, the professor puts an arm around your neck and shoulder.  "Don't sweat it, buddy, you'll get used to it and be more of a man when it's all over.  And you got Onyx and me here.  You know what they say, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen, drive over to S-mart, buy a couple of cheap box fans, come back and cool the place off."<br/><br/>@KavenBach:  To Tim's embarrassment, his stomach DID groan, though it had stretched and contracted a lot tonight.  He tried to ignore it, tried not to look at you, and seemed rather self-conscious of how uncomfortable he was probably making you.  The cabby wasn't grumpy, this seemed to be his normal shift.  It came up somewhere in conversation, at least.  Finally he asked, "New hotel, huh?  That one's a dump, so most clients I pick up there tell me.  Never that they wanted to switch in the middle of the night.  Sorry, none of my business, but this other place is not so bad.  Clean room and free breakfast in the lounge mornings, can't ask for more for the price.  Ask for one of our company coupons when you check in if they forget to offer it, you get ten percent off a fare of twenty plus, as much as ten dollars off." He mentions.  "And here we are.  That'll be fourteen even..." He hops out the side and pops the trunk, Sam paying the fare.  This new place was orange on the outside, faux-adobe walls and red shingled roof meant to give it a different sort of appeal.  The lights on in the lobby, Sam grabs his things and yours, and motions you on in.