You know, a lot of cowboys and blue collar types just getting off shift. Like I say, it ain't the Ritz, but it's loud and fun." Whatever," she said, n...ot knowing what else she could say. A taxi pulled up to the curb."I called it," I said. "It's too far to walk."She shrugged. On the ride over I could see she was thinking. This had to be a first for her. I had the feeling she'd never even met anybody from the working class before let alone dated any such."Feel okay?" I asked."Truthfully, a little. Allen gained a conditional membership in just four days. Mine took six. We were told that conditional memberships lasted for eight weeks and at the end of that time, we needed to have achieved full membership or we would lose all membership altogether. Of course, we wanted to know how to gain full membership and that is why Allen scheduled a day for his second test and within hours, I scheduled my day.With our conditional memberships, we went to A.J.'s nd those small rooms and the Skunk. It was starting to feel OK again, but the idea of finding another woman to share my life was as scary as hell. There were plenty of young women in the bar mostly in groups looking at all the much younger men than me. I didn’t need a young twenty something woman, even for one night. I left the bar around 1am and jumped into my car to drive back to Mario’s for the last night when my phone rang.“Hello?” “Shit, shit, shit its Mario”“Hey what’s happened” I replied. He was wound up but sounded. He could feel the usual adrenaline coursing through his veins. He lashed his armor, a shield, arm guard, shin guards and helmet on. It left his chest bare, but no one had ever been able to scratch him and it made for a better show. He favored the light weight style of fighting. His biggest strengths were his speed and technique, and being able to move was a great advantage. He chose a short sword again for speed, but also because he liked to get in close. When he was dressed, he walked.