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The Shark House - Chapter 37 - Cerulean Wizard

The name Giro Morgan can be seen in two different lights, the first is a gamer who along with his team reached the top of the world of pro gaming, the second as the face of the Shark House; many would ask why such talent would consider a pointless endeavour of trying to help people out of spiralling debt, something Razzmatazz would constantly remind Giro of.
But there was a clear indication that the man known as Cerulean Wizard not only never left, but has gotten a lot more dangerous to battle.
His next opponent Trinity, the Irish Terminator was about to find out the hard way; in the Smash Zone arena stood a woman with white hair channelling the grungy style of diesel punk vs Giro who stood as a masked wizard with more wands than perhaps needed.
"Sure you got enough wood there?" Trinity jested.
Giro laid out all his wands stuck in the ground ready for battle.
"You have 90 seconds" Giro said without context.
Slightly annoyed by Giro ignoring her joke, Trinity went all in and set off several miniguns and micro missiles only to be met with a barrier created by magic, despite running round Giro shooting, there was a constant block in the way ranging from bullets freezing, melting and disintegrating through thunder.
Rather than waste any more bullets, Trinity sliced up the wands with a hunting knife and then blasted Giro away with an arm cannon.
Giro barely took damage and dusted himself down. "60 seconds" he said.
Trinity tried attacking with a knife but Giro was just dodging, the rare attacks she did land barely managed a scratch on the wizard.
Razzmatazz was disgusted that Giro wasn't even trying to fight.
After moving around the arena dodging enough times, Giro drew one more wand. "30 seconds" was all he said.
Trinity now pissed off, summoned a huge plasma cannon and fired a huge laser blast, Giro split the blast with his wand so using the opening Trinity jumped over and elbowed Giro in the back triggering an explosion from explosives in her large gauntlets.
Giro noticeably damaged, coughed up some blood from the impact as well as spilling more on the ground. "Time's up" Giro clapped his hands together and the ground glowed with a high intensity. Giro's eyes glowed with a thundery intensity as the light erupted and engulfed the entire arena and Trinity, the light further erupting with a loud roar of sheer thunder.
The light cleared and after a few seconds, Trinity slammed hard on the ground, completely burned out and out cold from the pillar of light.
"Damage limit exceeded, the winner by knockout is Cerulean Wizard!" The referee announced.
Giro exited the VR coughing up some more blood as the medics extract Trinity from hers.
Razzmatazz still didn't look impressed but he couldn't hide the fact that Giro was making him nervous.

The Shark House - Chapter 36 - Silent Jealousy

In the ladies locker area, Hellcat and Alice were getting ready for their matches when Hellcat's mother arrived, Alice who is normally comfortable around everyone tried not to be noticed.
"Oh my god is that Alice?" Hellcat's mother called out Alice.
"Hey Ramonaaaaa" Alice took a huge motherly hug from Hellcat's mother called Ramona, the blonde girl stuffed in her enormous cleavage.
"I thought I was going to die" Alice used her adult voice, "I've got something to do" Alice quickly left the mother and daughter to it.
Hellcat had to ask. "You know Alice?"
"Her toy store is next to my photo studio, I've known her for her whole life" Ramona acting all motherly.
Hellcat went onto to explain how she came to meet Alice.
"Dave is one lucky boy, she's a keeper" Ramona happily stated, Hellcat wasn't so convinced.
"Talking to Alice sometimes feels like I'm talking to Britney Lincoln again" Hellcat feeling down; Ramona put down her tea cup.
"Alice is not jealous of your body, she's jealous of your relationship with Dave as well as your brothers as well as me and your father. She's one of the grandchildren of mayor Gracia, her upbringing wasn't easy" Ramona explained.
Hellcat wasn't so sure, but it's obvious how much of Alice's day to day demeanour was an act, Alice wasn't far off 30 years old and it was noticeable how much makeup was covering up her burn out marks, despite how much shit Alice gave her, Hellcat at least felt a bit more ready for her match, not to mention how much better she got with her driving.
The talk was interrupted by an argument outside the changing area.
"No means no Nero, the toy store is not for sale!" Alice was arguing with Razzmatazz.
"Get with the times, the future is VR, your store is failing, just sell up already" Razzmatazz arrogantly stated.
The argument was interrupted by Giro on his way to the arena.
"Not enough to ruin your own teams, so you try and ruin businesses as well Nero" Giro sternly replied.
"Well if it isn't the waste of talent, like you're one to talk, Shark House will be dead and demolished next year, the future is Razzmatazz, even Gracies understands that, once I win this tournament, I'll establish myself as the new technological force in Bayside" Razzmatazz pointed at Giro.
"Is that why you payed off all my teammates not to compete in your tournament, manipulated the bracket to match us up against our weaknesses and hired Hidden Ace to train you? Karma is going to be your undoing, in fact I'm already betting that Dawn Shriners will defeat you in the next round" Giro walks away.
"Dumb ass, Firestorm has never defeated me and she won't today" Razzmatazz walks away.
Alice not wanting to talk to anyone walks to the breakroom, Hellcat stops her by hugging her the same way as Ramona.
"I don't need your sympathy Hellcat!" Alice putting on a brave face but couldn't hide her tears.
"You piss me off, but we're still friends, so stop the acting already" Hellcat sat down with Alice to let her cry as long as she needs to.
This moment made Ramona a very proud mother.

The Shark House - Chapter 35 - Blood Raven

Luke was finding it tough to even lay a finger on Warhammer, the destructive force the armoured demon was unleashing made it impossible to come close to strike.
Luke like his name sake the Blood Raven was extremely clever, an all rounder with a strategy to topple impossible odds, Warhammer was just another of those juggernauts to defeat.
"Okay, Warhammer's style is primitive but fast for a heavy weapon user, none of my magic attacks work, there's no way Warhammer can get away with perfect stats, I've got a theory, lets try it" Luke tried a binding attack which did manage to grab Warhammer.
"Time to unmask you Warhammer" Luke charged at the titan but Warhammer broke free by freezing the binds and shattering them, Warhammer went into a frenzied attack, Luke took some damage from shrapnel.
"Christ, what a temper, now I'm more certain about who Warhammer is" Luke's eyes glowed and he sent out hundreds of Ravens to attack Warhammer.
Warhammer got frustrated by the birds and was starting to panic, steam was coming out from the armour as Warhammer slammed the ground with the hammer turning the entire arena into a new ice age.
Luke had no chance to avoid and took several impalements from ice shards.
"They weren't kidding about the force feedback, that really hurt, Shit!" Luke removes the ice shards and stumbles in front of Warhammer who was ready to finish him off.
"You know, for a murderous juggernaut you have really soft hands" The comment from Luke made Warhammer miss a strike allowing Luke to punch Warhammer, the force knocking them back cracking the black armour and dropping the hammer.
Luke followed by striking Warhammer with the large iron hammer, launching the armoured demon into the arena boundary.
"Damage limit exceeded, the winner by knockout is Blood Raven!" The referee announced.
The dust started to clear where Warhammer landed, among the pieces of broken armour revealed a woman, looking badly hurt and struggling to stay conscious.
"How did you know I was a woman?" she asked Luke.
"Five reasons, 1. When we shook hands it felt too small and soft to be a male hand, 2. It looked like you no showed at the party but that meant you were out of costume, 3. I saw someone in a suit deliberately avoiding Hellcat that must have been you, 4. You were getting desperate to finish me off when I threatened to unmask you and 5. Your armour looks tough but it's an illusion it's actually about as effective as tissue paper so you looked quick with a heavy weapon" Luke was in a different league to Warhammer.
With one failed attempt to stand, Warhammer fell unconscious, medics helped extract her from the VR arena as Luke logged out as well before stumbling from his own injuries.
Giro was next, a few drops of sweat indicating that he wasn't fully comfortable with his match up.

The Shark House - Chapter 34 - The Fury of Warhammer

Bayside is usually peaceful but certain individuals call this peace into question.
Razzmatazz's attempt to take advantage of Bayside's lax rules on competition makes him the perfect villain in the eyes of the public in Bayside but more extreme examples such as Dawn and Quint, who are more terrifying, Dawn is unhinged and rage filled while Quint has a reputation for being completely heartless, then there's Warhammer.
A name feared in gaming and racing circles, Warhammer is the most terrifying human in all of Bayside, the lack of identity makes this ten times worse.
If Warhammer shows up in a game, all you can do is run! Warhammer makes Elden Ring look like a children's game; on the highways, Warhammer has sent more drivers to the hospital than any other Emperor ranked driver, this includes Hellcat whose career was nearly ended by the armoured driver.
Luke didn't seem to get the memo, a testament to his gaming prowess that's seen him become the face of Gaijin Trap Energy Drinks, he stared down the armoured titan as both combatants entered the arena for the Smash Zone battle.
The VR arena opened and Warhammer entered in black armour and an actual warhammer weapon, Luke entered with a deathscythe.
"Any idea who this titan is?" Luke asked Giro on his side of the ring.
"You had that brief press day, you managed to shake their hand, what are you thinking?" Giro enquired.
"All the voices I can hear are Darth Vader breaths, I have an idea but I pray I won't have to resort to it" Luke hoped he had a chance.
As the match began, Luke wasted no time in unleashing a dark storm followed by a heavy strike with his scythe but Warhammer was not only unaffected but caught the scythe, the speed of Warhammer's strike that followed Luke barely avoided as it wrecked the ground below them, Warhammer wasted no time in unleashing hammer strike after hammer strike as the level of power was plain to see.
Luke will have his work cut out for him.

The Shark House - Chapter 33 - Shark Hunter

Frequently sat at the bar in the coffee house is Quint, a 64 year old former bounty hunter; you can't really miss him, he still smokes, dresses like the 70s never stopped and drives a 70s Mustang.
Quint was one of the original ten occupants of Shark House, he got out of the Shark House when Giro offered him the so called Shark Hunter job.
One of the most important aspects of Shark House is that everyone still owes debt, miss too many payments and Quint hunts you down; an old lyric from Hotel California sums it up best "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" this rings true for all ten current tenants and even Hellcat who might not be a resident but still has to pay Shark House for her debts.
Nessa and Barry are considered permanent residents as their debt is way too big that they would likely die before paying back all of it, the others will likely get out more quickly with Popuri odds on favourite to be the next to leave.
Following the Casino Square party the previous night, Hellcat and her friends were going through the arrangements for the Smash Zone round that was happening later tonight, at the same time Hellcat was looking for a new job, her red carpet entrance gained so much attention that she received hundreds of job offers.
"My mom gave me that dress on purpose didn't she" Hellcat bemoaning her unwanted attention.
"Kinda difficult to ignore your best feature, you could probably pay off that debt in one go" Luke hinted.
"Most of these offers are for certain adult jobs, only problem with that is, I'm a virgin" the moment Hellcat said that, Alice choked on her milk tea as she burst out laughing, she had to leave for the bathroom just to calm down. Giro interrupted to keep some peace.
"Eliminating all the "adult" jobs, what are you left with?"
Hellcat laid out five jobs requests.
Job 1: Bait shop assistant for Fishing Season down at Bayside pier.
Job 2: Dancer for a segment on Children's tv show Sunflower Street, 12 week contract.
Job 3: Lingerie model for one off photo shoot for Silk and Velvet Photography.
Job 4: Night Club Singer for Club Sheer Heart Attack, for six nights over six weeks.
Job 5: Waitress job for Lakewood Diner, permanent position.
"Best chance I've got of keeping Quint off my back is to take all five jobs" Hellcat looks over at Quint who death stares back.
"He's an Emperor class Highway driver as well, so I have no escape" Hellcat stamping the job applications and hands them back to Giro.
"On to today's business, I believe Luke is first up in the Smash Zone arena against Warhammer" Giro evil smiles at Luke.
"I know that look, you've seen the tournament bracket, Razzmatazz vs Firestorm is just an appetizer, the main course comes later, Blood Raven vs Cerulean Wizard" Luke laughs.