A Glimpse Into The CPF Lounge. Part 5

Day 992, 06:52 • Published in Canada Canada • by Devilcarrier

Eyes smoldering with rage, Wes_Lewis comes into the "drop in and have a pint" in the General Chat section of the CPF-Praetor forum. He moves to the bar, pulling at the brim of his hat.

Soon after, Devilcarrier comes in with another guest. His companion has dark hair and wears a dark trenchcoat. With a nod to Wes, Devilcarrier draws pints of CPF Lager for himself and his friend and they move to the corner that held DC's favourite chair.

"So, guests who are not in the CPF are welcome in this place?, Captain Kushskins asks.

"To be sure. Bienvenu mon ami."

"Salut," says Kushskins and takes a deep quaff of the cold brew.

"I've been trying to find time to get you in here for a while," says Devilcarrier. "I really appreciated your reading and commenting on my "A Summer Story" series before it was banned."

"It was excellent writing, DC, but I can't tell you I enjoyed it. Some of the scenes were very disturbing."

"Yes." Devilcarrier lowers his voice before he goes on, "and the most disturbing details in the last segment had been told to me, several years ago, as a true story. That might have been what gave the scene its power. I had two reasons for writing that segment the way I did. Firstly, I wanted to show the character Earl as a truly evil man who would be a foil for the hero, Tom Sawyer."

"And secondly?"

"The idea of a man being able to heal with just the touch of his hand is pretty unbelievable, so I wanted to put in lots of realistic details in the story to increase believability."

As he talks, Devilcarrier notices Kushskins' eyes tracking someone who has just entered the lounge. Checking over his shoulder, he sees it is Aeriala. The attractive blonde had perched on a stool next to Wes_Lewis and was saying something to him.

He turns back to see that Kushskins is still gazing at her. Kushskins' eyes drop as he sees Devilcarrier has noticed his interest in the young woman. A faint flush of embarrassment tints his face.

"Well, I hope you will not be discouraged," Kushskins tells his companion. "I hope you will continue writing. And thanks once again for inviting me here to:

http://praetorhq.forumotion.ca/general-chat-f1/drop-in-and-have-a-pint-t15.htm

"You are certainly more than welcome. I hope we can discuss writing some more in here. I value your opinion and I'd like to see some of your work too."

Someone from the middle of the room announces "I was just at the market and the price of CPF Lager is down four cents!" The crowd raises many mugs in salute to the good news. "What a happy place this world would be," Devilcarrier says to himself, "if we could all drink two or three pints of CPF Lager a day."