At the Lux Pub and Club in the upstairs section where there are special booths, a separate DJ from the rest of the club, and only bottle service. Esmeralda von Krauss and Sinclair Godfrey sit in a booth with a bottle of vodka at the table for them to sip in glasses, neat. The vodka is the Eye of the Dragon vodka and is valued at 5.5 million dollars a bottle.
Esmeralda sips at the drink and smiles at the loud music in the background.
Esmeralda von Krauss: This is nice. Unfortunate that they did not have the Billionaire Vodka, but this is fine.
Sinclair takes a sip and nods her head.
Sinclair Godfrey: This is the smoothest and richest vodka that I have ever tasted.
A couple of men walk by on their way to their own booth where several couples are partying, Esmeralda gives them a long once over as they pass. Sinclair laughs.
Sinclair Godfrey: Oh Esmeralda, you’re married! How could you look at them so hard that you practically taste them?
Esmeralda just shrugs.
Esmeralda von Krauss: Armand and I have an open relationship. I am open to other lovers and as long as he does not find out who they are, he does not murder them.
Sinclair takes another sip of the expensive vodka and watches as a hookah is being set down on the table. She takes an end and watches as Esmeralda loads the hookah with the tobacco and gets ready to light it.
Sinclair Godfrey: What flavor are we smoking?
Esmeralda von Krauss: Fumari Red Gummi Bear.
Sinclair nods and takes in a hit as Esmeralda lights it and takes a hit as well. There’s like four ends where one can smoke from the hookah at the same time.
Sinclair Godfrey: Not bad, not bad.
Esmeralda von Krauss: I know, dahling. It’s almost as sweet as the Egyptian cigarettes my husband and I import.
Sinclair takes on a serious look and begins to speak, but a blonde man who looks something like a bodybuilder under skin tight clothing interrupts them.
Blonde: Hey, babes. You looking for some action tonight? I fuck like a bronco and I can take a pill to be able to manage you both. How about it? You want a fuck ton of action tonight?
Sinclair Godfrey: You might want to move it along or my friend here will get pissed.
Esmeralda laughs, but the blonde man doesn’t look happy about that.
Blonde: Hey, this ain’t no laughing matter. You chicks wanna fuck or not?
Esmeralda sighs and sends an upholstery needle at the blonde man with a flick of her wrist. It pierces his right ear lobe. The blonde looks like he’s in pain and no small amount of shock.
Blonde: What the fuck, bitch? You fucking pierced my ear with that fucking needle? And my right ear? I ain’t into guys!
Esmeralda reaches out, faster than the guy can react, and grabs hold of his junk in a claw-like vise. The blonde squeals.
Esmeralda von Krauss: You’re going to only be able to take it if you don’t leave now, dahling. Leave my needle on the table. I have to clean it from your filth.
The blonde winces, crying, as he slowly pulls out the needle and sets it down on the table.
Blonde: Can you let me go now?
Esmeralda smirks, feeling him start to grow under her hand, but not by much.
Emeralda von Krauss: I think you like this, but I don’t feel the power of a bronco. Maybe a pony…
She releases him and he runs back to his own booth, blood running down the right side of his face from his ruined earlobe. Esmeralda picks up the bloody needle and sniffs it with a look of disgust before she uses a napkin to clean it.
Esmeralda von Krauss: No wonder his manhood was shriveled. He’s on steroids.
Sinclair Godfrey: I don’t want to put the brakes to this fun evening, but you know that you won’t be able to pry any secrets about Donzig out from me.
Esmeralda drains her glass of uber expensive vodka and refills it from the bottle.
Esmeralda von Krauss: Oh, dahling. I’m not here for info on Donzig. I already know how to defeat Donzig and have done it before. I am confident of my chances to take the rest of the plates and merge them for the title.
Sinclair drains her glass and refills it. She then takes a mighty toke on the hookah, holds it in for a bit before letting the smoke out.
Sinclair Godfrey: Then, why have you invited me out?
Esmeralda von Krauss: I’m here to help you, of course!
Sinclair looks bewildered as she looks at Esmeralda. How and why would she help her?
Sinclair Godfrey: Help me with what?
Esmeralda von Krauss: You should concern yourself with other men instead of harping after Donzig.
Sinclair Godfrey: But I don’t-
Esmeralda von Krauss: Please. It’s been obvious since the day I set eyes upon you both when we were in that KGB nonsense. You have your sights set on him for a long time now.
Sinclair looks down at the table and sniffs, drawing back the tears by force of will.
Sinclair Godfrey: He’s so fierce! He’s a little unhinged at times, but I see the untapped power within him.
Esmeralda von Krauss: He’s oblivious to the fact that you’re a woman. I think he might be oblivious to all women. If he’s not gay, he might be asexual. Too much of the Scourge within him.
Sinclair Godfrey: I don’t know what to do.
Esmeralda von Krauss: Move on, dahling. Find another man that will treat you like the Queen that you are. I’m going to break Donzig. I’m going to ruin him and he won’t have any of that fire left within him.
Sinclair Godfrey: What would I do? Where would I go? Donzig-gun is all I know.
Esmeralda von Krauss: You had a life before Donzig. You can have a life after him. Join my organization. We could use an assassin with your contacts. You are skilled in the way of the schwache Kämpfer. It won’t take as much training to get ready for fighting real targets.
Sinclair Godfrey: I don’t know. I will have to think about it.
Esmeralda von Krauss: You do that. Let’s enjoy our evening for now, dahling, and leave thoughts of men behind us.
Hours later, Sinclair Godfrey and Esmeralda von Krauss get into separate limos and head toward their hotels. Esmeralda von Krauss lights an Egyptian cigarette and blows smoke into the air after taking a drag.
Esmeralda von Krauss: See, dahling? I can turn your people against you without having to kidnap them. Maybe I should have destroyed your Oblivion Squad people like you tried to do with my clowns. Maybe I will set you on fire during our match for the title. Wouldn’t that be exciting, dahling?
Esmeralda flicks ashes onto the floor of the limo with a chuckle.
Esmeralda von Krauss: You have destroyed my precious possessions and last I heard, several of my people. I will take away your Donzig-gun and defeat you in the ring. You will be so humiliated and you will have no shoulders to cry on for your crushing defeat.
Accept that I will be the first champion of Reign. Accept it and maybe you escape from this match with a career left. If not…I can’t be held accountable for the actions that I will undertake to defeat you this time.