Charlie sat at a small table, he was quietly drowning his sorrows in the rum that could've stood on it's own. He had his one too many ten drinks ago and now it was just shameful. He was currently humiliating some scumbag inbred who thought he could beat Charlie in a game of chess. It could've been checkmate three moves ago but Charlie liked toying with the man. 

Nito was having great fun drunkenly arm wrestling anyone who challenged him. Pounding back various alcohols, he raked in the money. Various challengers were placing bets against him, but he had yet to find a worthy opponent. One of the only people he had yet to arm wrestle was a man playing chess at small table. Feeling brave and strong, Nito walked to the man's table. 
"Care to arm wrestle? That is, if you think you're man enough."

Charlie looked up at the man and grinned, he took a swig of his rum and returned to his chess game. He moved one of his pieces quickly and said "Checkmate." with rum filling his breath. He then proceeded to ignore the man and walked to the bar to put his empty mug on it.

Nito was not pleased with the man ignoring him. As the man walked past him Nito grabbed another man's drink, and chugged it. He then approached the man who was now at the counter. He sat on the stool directly next to the man, and looked at him. "I don't like being ignored mate." Nito said in a slightly aggravated tone. He could already feel his temper start to flare.

"And I don't like being hustled." Charlie said with a mild tone to his voice. "How stupid do you think I am? Why don't I just give you my money and you can go buy a whore with it. Leave me be."

"Who is it you think you're talking to?" Nito said with even more venom in his voice than last time. "I don't need your money, bum." With that last remark Nito bought another drink and slammed it down in front of the man as if to challenge him.

Charlie retaliated by cool and collectively ordering two shots with a wave. He then slid the man the shot and said "Okay fine, but first we drink." He raised a glass in the air with his non-dominant hand and locked fists with the man ready to arm wrestle with the other. 

Nito picked up the shot, and locked hands with the man. Also raising his glass he tensed his arm, ready to arm wrestle. He quickly slammed the shot and nodded to the man showing his readiness.

Charlie smiled and drank his shot then slammed it back on the bar. "The winner gets my lucky dagger." Charlie said as he held a shined dagger up high with the hand he had free.

"Alright the loser also has to buy the winner as many drinks as he..."

Quickly Charlie slammed the man's hand on the bar and raised his hands both in victory. He smiled at the man and grabbed his hand shaking it. "Name's Charlie my good friend, you owe me quite a few drinks."

If Nito was angry before, now he was downright furious. "I wasn't ready." Nito said shaking with rage. "We go again. On my go. I'm not buying you anything unless you actually win." Nito placed his arm on the table waiting for Charlie.

Charlie laughed a drunk laugh. "Once a champ always a champ my friend. I actually did actually win! My good friend Edwin the bartender can attest to that." Charlie said pointing to the bartender who was cleaning glasses. 

"I've never seen or spoken to you before." He said in a grizzly tone and continued his work.

Charlie laughed and turned back to the man. "Oh shut up Kane or whatever the hell your name actually is!" Charlie sheathed his dagger and locked hands with the man. "Fine if you're such a sore loser I'll beat you again." Charlie had no intent on winning. He decided to let the man break his hand against the wood of the bar rather than his whole arm fighting the brute strength.

"Glad you came around." Nito said smiling. As soon as he was done talking he pushed with all his strength. The smaller man flew over the bar counter, slamming into the rack of bottles. With a great crash Charlie fell to the ground and Nito stood up taking a bow, to mock him. "The name is Nito by the way." He said in an arrogant tone.

Charlie sprung back up and immediately threw a bottle from behind the bar at the man's head. It shattered over the side of his skull and Charlie then dove back over the bar and tackled the man. "Nice to meet you." he managed to gasp out as they crashed to the floor.

Just outside of town, Drolock, Nito's pact beast and companion felt a twitch of pain. He could sense that Nito was in trouble. Not wanting to interfere and cause more trouble for him in the city, Drolock sent his pact partner a burst of his own energy.

Nito could feel Drolock in his head. Thankful for the new burst of power the brutish man grabbed Charlie around the neck with both hands as he kicked him, flipping them both. Nito sent punches flying into his opponent, and threw him off of him. "Likewise." Nito choked out as he gasped for air.

Charlie rolled on the ground and the whole bar roared. Everyone was yelling and cheering around them and it was more attention than was appropriate during a time of martial law. Charlie held his ribs and rolled himself quickly over to a table, he then stood using a chair as leverage. Then he grabbed the same chair tightly with both hands and "took a breather".

Nito could hear and see guards rushing into the bar to stop the fight. Nito was no friend the empire, and from what he could tell neither was Charlie. However they were still fighting and so Nito rushed at Charlie, tackling him through the window into a market place. He realized that quite a crowd had been drawn. Guards surrounded the pair, and Nito cursed under his breath. 

Charlie stood slowly brushing himself off and ripping a piece of glass out of his arm. The splinters would have to come out later, he then sighed. Turning to his hopefully circumstantial ally he said. "How much do you hate guards?" 

"I hate the empire quite a bit." Nito said to his enemy turned ally. "What do you say we give a little bit of resistance to the tyranny?"

"Go for the throat." Charlie said and then readied his dagger.

"I have a better idea." Nito said thinking his plan through. "Stay behind me." A split second later Nito charged the guards breaking through their barrier that had surrounded them. Then both of them went dashing for the outskirts of town. Nito just wanted to get to Drolock, and get to safety.