People always spoke about the local bar or dive in their own town.  A place with cheap chairs and cheap dart boards where the beer sloshed onto the floor without anyone caring was what people remembered.  For New Orleans, such bars were more than just a local watering hole but were a way of life.  The more seedy the bar, the better the beer and food inside.  Many tourists neglected this tradition as they went after the infamous Bourbon Street bars or found themselves going for the high ranking restaurants.  Locals went for the hole-in-the-wall bars because they knew the people would be like them and the bar food would rival almost anywhere else.<br/><br/>The Captain was no exception.  A cross between an oyster bar, a real bar and a laundry matt the bar served as a corner stone for the local community.  Positioned near Bourbon Street, the bar served as a resting hole for street performers along as a last stop for the weary patron on their way home.  The night was young for the New Orleans party goes, settling in at an even midnight on a Thursday night.  The worn wood flooring creaked and groaned to the dirty boots stomping down on its fibers for the millionth time in its history.  Beers strains were added where old ones still existed.  Worn pool balls clattered together while middle aged men, dressed in their finest t-shirt and jeans, discussed days gone by.  Across the air hung the stench of smoke, liquor and grease from the line of fryers.  Behind even those were giant, industrial sized washers that looked as if they were transported from the 1950s to present day.<br/><br/>Nobody challenged a new comer to the bar.  Just as nobody raised an eyebrow at the man coming into the bar dressed as Pippie Longstocking,, there were no second looks at people trying to remain quiet.  Such had been the idea of Miranda Cole when she told each of her new fighters to gather here and meet their New Orleans connection.  While she might be their manager, she had no interest in the day-to-day dealings of the circuit.  Such were the things for hirelings to do.<br/>