The Pub of Chaos

Another day, another pint of beer. The morning was being relaxing, the only customers that accompanied me at the bar were Filthy Rich having a coffee while reading the newspaper and Zephyr Breeze who was looking at a girl at a table as if he were stripping her with his eyes. On second thought, I think that was exactly what he was doing...

Suddenly, a man with a briefcase came through the door, I thought he was a beer supplier, but I was wrong.

"Morning gentleman, what do you need?" I asked kindly.

"I'm looking for a man named Filthy Rich, they say he used to stop around here." Without me noticing, Filthy Rich had hidden with me behind the bar; when and how he got there, I have no idea...

"Well..." Rich motioned me not to say anything. "Well, I don’t know, I haven’t seen him here today..."

"Okay, if you see him, please tell him the gas company is looking for him." As soon as the man left, Rich got up and with a sigh returned to his stool.

"Alright Rich, can you explain me what the hell was that?" I asked confused.

"Those guys from the gas company, they’re pressuring me to pay them." Said Filthy Rich.

"Wait a minute, Filthy Rich with debts? Am I in a parallel universe or something?" Zephyr asked laughing.

"It's not that imbecile. It turns out that I ordered them to fix the boiler in my mother's house and they didn’t arrive on time; my mother spent a week washing herself with pots of water that she heated in the kitchen. I don’t feel like paying them." Although what Filthy Rich was doing it wasn’t right, I couldn’t help but thinking that he had good reasons…

After finishing his coffee and leaving some tips, the rich man left.

"I love this man's tips." I said as I rang the bell.

The morning continued and I gradually filled the bar, with Discord, and also Big Mac, who took a break in the store. Shortly after, Berry Punch appeared too.

"Well Mac, and how are you doing?" I asked.

"Not so bad, I suppose."

"And you, Berry? Lots of work?"

"The usual stuff, I suppose a beer in the morning helps cope with stress." Berry Punch replied.

"You’re kinda depressing... you with your heartache and you, the one who drowns her sorrows in miles, and miles of booze." Discord said mocking.

"Look who’s talking! The one who can’t stop messing with others." Said Berry indignantly.

"It's true, you're always insulting people; like when you keep calling me a scrounger or useless." Zephyr said complaining.

"Well excuse me, but I don’t insult, I describe people; and if I tell you that, it is because you are." Discord said, and immediately began to imitate Zephyr. "Bourbon invite me to a beer, Fluttershy sis, let me stay at your house because our parents are sick tired of me and I haven't any place to live..."

We all started to laugh, we had to admit that Discord was right.

"Dude, don’t be that cruel with poor Big Mac." Zephyr said without knowing anything.

"He was imitating you Zephyr, sometimes you’re so fool." Big Mac said.

"I’m a fool, huh? Maybe I prefer don’t get lost in my inner world and just drop monosyllables like you." Zephyr said and began to imitate Big Mac." Eeyup ... Nope ... Eeyup ... I know more words, but don’t want to talk more."

Berry Punch laughed enough to get the attention of my fellow farmer.

"Don’t look at me like that, Big Mac, maybe if you saw yourself from our perspective you would laugh; or how would you do: ' hehehe Eeyup '."

"Oh yeah? Let's see if ya find this funny: 'Bourbon! I already drank a pint of beer, two bottles of wine and three glasses of rum, but I'm still tipsy, bring me some cider." Big Mac imitated a drunken accent as he pretended to stagger.

The arguing began to heat up and those four were already yelling all together. I decided to intervene so they wouldn’t scare the customers.

"Alright guys, stop." Nothing. "Guys, stop!" Nothing, and I was getting tired. "Silence!" Well, it was time to try to cheat them. "Happy hour, one pint for free!" Finally, everyone fell silent and looked at me expectantly. "Everybody get out! Go argue to the fucking street!"

They started to leave in a procession towards the door...

"Fuck, now that there was happy hour..." Zephyr complained, apparently not realizing that I lied to them.

After leaving, I snorted and went back to the bar. Sunset looked at me strangely, holding a tray.

"Really, with friends like that, it makes me want to go back to Lyreland." I said opening a bottle of beer.

That same afternoon Discord arrived and barely said a word, he only asked for a beer and I served him. He really had a nasty face, he looked like a vegetarian in a slaughterhouse.

I put the beer with a loud "clack" on the bar, then he left the money giving a blow, and I picked it up with another blow. You could certainly cut the tension with a knife.

Big Mac arrived after a while and didn’t say a word either. It seemed that it was going to be a silent evening until Berry Punch arrived...

"Bourbon, please give me five pints of beer, three glasses of wine and a glass of whiskey," she said and looked at Mac and Discord. "Is it too much? I don’t know, because I'm a drunker and I don’t have self-control... "

"Prepare yourself Bourbon, your toilet is going to smell like a distillery all day long." said Discord carelessly. "Don’t look at me like that, didn’t you say that I only insult people?"

As if out of nowhere, the missing one appeared. "Bourbon, come on, invite me to a beer." Said Zephyr Breeze without paying attention to his surroundings.

"Awright, does anyone else join to sarcasm?" I asked rhetorically, but Zephyr looked at me strangely. "It wasn’t sarcasm, was it?" Zephyr grimaced as if he didn’t know what I was talking about. "Come on guys, you can’t go on like this; we're all supposed to be friends, despite everything..."

Disguisedly Zephyr tried to grab Discord's beer, but Discord was smarter and swipe him with his hand.

"Get out of there! For fuck’s sake, can anyone explain to this imbecile that a sponger is not someone who loves sponges a lot?" Discord said.

"As I was saying, you have to change your attitude, at this rate you would be able to let you flay before recognizing your faults." I said, trying to bring harmony.

"Yes Bourbon, but this is what we are, Big Mac will always be the monosyllabic brother of Applejack, Zephyr is a twenty-year-old who lives off rents, Discord a chaotic troll and I'm the secret mistress of Mr. Jack Daniel." Berry Punch said resignedly.

"Well, I think yer right, Bourbon." Big Mac said. "I think that from now on I'm going to let go more of the world, be more assertive and impulsive."

"Very well Big Mac, that's the spirit," I said. "Come on guys, if Big Mac proposes to change, why don’t you?"

"Okay, I'm not going to be less; I know it's going to be hard, and maybe I’ll get some enemies... but I'm going to stop drinking at least until my daughters come home over the weekend." We were all surprised by Berry's words. His daughters were out with some friends and would not return until Sunday, that basically was four days without drinking. A record for Berry Punch.

"You? Stop drinking? What do you want? Take Bourbon to bankruptcy?" Discord laughed but we all looked at him disapprovingly. "Okay, fine, I promise not to mess with people."

After that, our eyes went to the same point, towards Zephyr Breeze.

“But... not me, what Discord is trying is easy, not mess with people, but how do I get money for my stuff?" He asked.

"Well, you can search for a job, like everyone else," I said. "Come Zephyr, do it to improve as a person, to get ahead, for..."

"What if we bet 50 bucks?" Discord interrupted me, surprisingly everyone accepted.

"Very well, if you want it that way, so be it; I will act as treasurer, and remember that this is not a single minute a day thing, it has to be constant." I said, making a point in the bet.

"Well, come on, let's start soon, the sooner we start, the sooner I win the bet. Not being a sponger is going to be super easy." Zephyr said as he urged into his trouser pockets. "Who can lend me the 50 bucks?" We look at Zephyr disappointed.

After collecting money and putting it in a box, I retreated for a second to where Sunset Shimmer was.

"Now they even bet on this?" She asked.

"If that motivates them to change, who am I to prevent it? Psychology Sunset, you have to use psychology." Suddenly, a revelation crossed my mind. "I bet 50 bucks they all fail."

"My, my, look at the psychologist... You indeed have confidence in your 'patients'." She said putting the quotation marks to 'patients'.

"Do you really think that in four days these four will change?" I said sure of my victory.

"I don’t know, but at least I trust Big Mac, so I bet my 50 bucks for him."

I accepted Sunset's bet and we both went back to work. The rest of the day did not seem too complicated.

The next day, I was in the Big Mac store to buy cider for the pub. He was placing products on the shelves when Discord suddenly entered.

"Good morning gentlemen."

"Morning Discord, how's everything going?" I asked wanting to know how he was doing with his purpose.

"Fuck, why would I accept the bet? Only in the faculty it's impossible not to laugh, the nerds, the SJWs crying for everything, those who thought that Plato was a planet... " Discord said enumerating characters from the university. "And the stutterer with that tic, he’s awful at speaking, but the bastard loves it... I don’t know what I don’t know what will be next..."

After saying this, Big Mac caught his attention by touching his shoulder, and when Discord looked at him, he stuck out his tongue to show a piercing that had been done on his tongue.

"Holy Mother, Big Mac, please tell me you ate an oyster and it had a pearl." Discord said putting his hand on his forehead and averting his eyes.

"Nope." Big Mac replied.

"For the love of... but, how do you come up with a pisces of those?" Discord asked.

"Piedcing... Pied... a baddel damn it." I tried to hold my laughter, but worse was happening Discord who was suppressing a huge desire to laugh his ass off right there. "And you zay I wazn’t impulzive... Yezterday I zpent half an hour on the buz talking about politicz with a ztranger, and I have no idea of politicz."

"Oh my gosh.” said Discord, still holding his laugh.

"Hey, yer making fun of me..." Big Mac said pointing.

"Me? No, I said it's good that you're more assertive, well azzertive, as you would say..."

"Well, be cadeful, becauze if you loze your bet you will loze 50 buckz, and without them ya won’t be able to buy... azpadagus." Big Mac was being a bit of a dick, but at that moment I didn’t know what made me more funny, the way my roomie was speaking or Discord holding the urge to laugh. "Do you find it funny how I zay azpadagus?" Discord pursed his lips and shook his head. "Did you know that they are also called spaddowgrazz? I uzually pick 'em up in my wheelbaddow..."

Suddenly the attention was diverted to Zephyr who had entered the store and was drinking from a bottle of apple juice as well, by the face.

"Hey! What ade you doin’ Zeph? "Big Mac shouted without being able to pronounce well, to which Zephyr was surprised.

"Hey, have you changed your accent?" He asked without knowing. "Hey, look how I make a pirate accent. Arrrr, ye scalliwags, let's drink some grog! Come Discord, try it."

"No Zephyr, Big Mac has put on a piercing." He nodded at Big Mac, to which Zephyr looked confused.

Big Mac then stuck out his tongue showing the bar that was stuck in it.

"Ahahahahah, you have put a piercing on your tongue. It ain’t enough for you to have two decorative balls that you have to put on another one?" Big Mac looked indignant as Discord tried not to laugh. "Don’t you get it Discord? The balls, of ornament..." He said pointing at his genitals. "Fuck man, the testicles! I have to explain everything to you."

"I do get it, but I don’t find it funny." Discord was really having a hard time not being able to laugh. I personally watched the scene as a mere spectator. "Hey Zephyr, didn’t you have to look for a job?"

"Uhm... yes, but it's not easy..."

It was there when I decided to get into the conversation. "Seriously, Zephyr will stop being a fool before being a sponger."

"Oh yeah? Alright, this is it, I'm going to get a job so good, that the first thing I'll do with my first salary will be buying your pub to rename it 'Fuck you Bourbon I got a job." After that Zephyr left and Discord put his hand in the mouth to not laugh.

"Okay, that’s enough, I'm going home." He said between light laughter. "Although with the luck that I have for sure, I’ll concur in the elevator with the fourth-floor midget."

Once they left, I told Big Mac to take a couple of barrels of cider to the pub when I could. After that, I went to my job so that Sunset would not miss me.

Berry Punch entered the pub and ordered a black coffee. That was a milestone, Berry asking for coffee and without adding whiskey, rum or brandy. Big Mac entered the pub carrying some barrels and a small box with bottles.

"Hi Beddy." It was funny how Mac could not pronounce Berry's name correctly. "Look, I brought you a box of alcohol-free zider; I know it's not the zame, but maybe it helps you."

"Thanks Mac, it's a detail."

"Oh, by the way, I thought a diztraction would come in handy, zo I took this book for you at a garage zale." Said Big Mac, pulling out a small book from his jacket pocket. "I think you might like it. I'm leaving, Boudbon don’t fodget pay me at home." While Mac was leaving, Berry stared at the book.

"Hey, look at this, he dedicated it to me..." She murmured and began to read the dedication for herself. Maybe it was my impression, but I would swear that Berry had a few tears.

"Hey Berry, what do you think about the book?" I asked, drawing her attention.

"Uh? I… well, I think it's fine." She said, wiping a tear away covertly. "The truth is that I couldn’t imagine that it would have such beautiful things written... I think… I think I can give him a chance..." I looked at her, surprised by that comment. "To it, to the book I mean..."

In a while Filthy Rich came to the bar and ordered a vermouth, which I served him without problems. Later Zephyr arrived Breeze with a sports bag under his arm.

"Zephyr, aren’t you suppose to be looking for a job?" I asked.

"Yes, and I've found it." He said proudly.

"Well boy, congratulations, and what is the job?" Asked Filthy Rich.

"Well, it's in a company and it's related to money, let's handle money, and a lot of money, uh... I keep accounts, bills, invoices..." He said trying to explain his new job.

"What are you? Accountant? " Discord asked, sipping his beer.

"Something like that ..." Zephyr suddenly looked at his watch. "Oh, how late, thank goodness I’m near of it, I put on my uniform and I'm with you right away." Then he went to the bathroom, and soon came out wearing a suitcase and carrying a briefcase.

"Zephyr, how elegant." I said.

"Pretty good, huh? It feels good to have a job."

"Yes, that's all very nice, but you didn’t tell us what’s your job." Pointed Discord.

"I'm a debt collector. I chase the defaulters and urge them to pay."

"You’re a debt collector?" Filthy asked Rich with a laugh. "Oh, poor man who has to put up with you all day."

"Yes, you can’t imagine." Then Zephyr approached Rich and placed the palm of his hand facing up. "Filthy Rich, pay what you owe to the gas company."

We were stunned by this revelation. Rich simply finished the vermouth and left grumbling with Zephyr following close behind ...

"Shit... and I cannot make fun of Rich. Life isn’t fair." Discord complained. "Bourbon, bring me a coffee, please."

I called Sunset to prepare the coffee, while I removed the empty glasses and cleaned the bar a little.

Suddenly Big Mac came in wearing a brown fringed jacket that looked like it was taken from an Indian reservation.

"Big Mac is wearing a fringed jacket," said Discord, drawing my attention. "With fringes... a fringed jacket! Aren't you going to say nothing to him?" He said that question almost begging, the truth is that for once I liked to see Discord like that. Although at times it was a bit cruel.

"Yes, it's cool. By the way, Big Mac, they called from the 60s, they asked if you can give back the jacket to Denis Hopper." I said laughing and Discord accompanied me both of us won a disapproving look from the eldest Apple.

"Hey, don’t look at me like that, I'm laughing with Bourbon. You see? There's no laughing anymore..." Well, that was not quite true, since Discord still laughed; which became more visible when Mac started talking...

"Look, I don’t cade if you laugh, I caught thiz jacket in a countdy concert years ago and I neved dared to wear it, but that waz the old Big Mac, the new one iz launched and daring." He said as he retired to the toilet.

Discord took the coffee and prepared to go to a table, but to his disgrace he collided with Berry Punch who was reading...

"Discord! Are you a moron? Look at my book!" She screamed complaining and pointing to her stained coffee book.

"Alright, don’t worry, give me a second..." Discord then ripped one of the pages stained before Berry’s look of stupefaction.

"Discord, you rip one more page and you're going to shit phrases until new year." She said, pushing the book away.

"Holy shit, don’t you think you’re overreacting Berryshine? This kind of cheap novels are all the same bullshit. Read one read all."

"Oh Discord... that’s because you're not in love." Berry said with a sigh. Discord just made a weird expression after hearing that. "It's... I’m talking about the main character... who is in love with a tough farmer, and suffers because she knows that Big Mac feels the same for her... I mean...!" Berry stammered, but the words did not come out.

"Yeah, and which chapter are you reading? 'I have a crush on Big Mac part 1'?" Discord asked sarcastically.

"What are you talking about Discord? Me? Having a crush on Big Mac? Don’t be ridiculous..." Both Discord and I looked at her strangely. "Well… maybe I like Big Mac a little... well who says a little says a lot, I would say that my heart is a sea raging with passion..."

"Oh my gosh, I think that was the cheesiest thing I've ever heard in my whole life." I said.

"Don’t look at me like that, it's a phrase from the book."

"Aha..." Discord took out a notebook and started writing.

"What are you doing?" Berry asked.

"Nothing, write down the things that I would have told you before and now I can’t." Berry only looked menacingly at Discord, who kept his notebook and pen. "Ok, sorry, let's see, what happened?"

"He declared to me." Berry said excitedly. "And with such a beautiful dedication in the book... I know it by heart, I like it so much that I even fear to erase it when I read it with my finger."

Discord laughed a little at the reverie of our friend. "Oh my, you women are strange, you hear some compliments in the street and nothing, instead they write it to you, they change four words, and you are already letting go of the tears." Before that comment Berry simply left the book to Discord for the first page, the one in which the dedication was. Discord read carefully and I could see how his expression changed and even looked like he was going to cry. The chaotic philosopher glanced briefly at Berry, who seemed to have a triumphant expression. "Eh... the paper in this book must be onion paper..." He quickly returned the book and rubbed his eye.

"You see? He is a romantic fella, because that's what I like, romanticism... "

"Yes, of course, like when you said to that biker: 'When you finish riding on the motorcycle, I'll show you something else to ride.' " I said while Berry blushed.

"Or like when you said that what you were looking for in a man was to buck like a brave bull and have the stamina of a lion." Discord added.

"Ok, ok, but with Big Mac things can be different..." Berry Punch said blushing.

While Discord was asking me for another coffee, I saw Mac leave the service and go to Berry.

"Hi Beddy, I zee you're readin' the book," Mac said. "According to Twilight, it's not so much the content as the message. But I don’t know if that means zo much to ya. Well, we'll talk about it tomoddow night when the bet iz oved. "

Big Mac left before Berry's watchful eye, which seemed to be scanning him as if X-rays were coming out of her eyes.

"Well, get ready, because I'm going to tear your clothes off with my teeth. Let's see if you're lucky and you're wearing that tacky jacket on." She thought out loud.

Just as Big Mac came out, Filthy Rich came in again followed closely by Zephyr.

"Bourbon, sorry I forgot to pay." He said taking out his wallet.

"There’s more people you forgot to pay too." Zephyr said putting the palm of her hand a few inches from Rich's face.

"Look Zephyr, for me you're doing the same as always: bumping around asking for money. But I assure you that nothing you do will make me pay, it's a personal matter." After saying that, the rich guy left with his collector behind him.

I had the feeling that all this thing was going to end bad...

That same afternoon, Sunset asked me to leave sooner for personal issues. As she had been working very well lately, I agreed.

Big Mac appeared wearing a yellow Hawaiian shirt with flowers. I saved the comment and simply served my friend a beer. A short time later Discord appeared, but he almost left when he saw Big Mac.

"Holy crap Big Mac, first the piercing, then the jacket, now this shirt ... if tomorrow you're going to wear a leopard thong, tell me not to come, your purpose is fucking mine’s." Discord complained.

"Dizcord don’t be stupid, this ain’t because of the bet, this waz the only clean shirt I got." Big Mac took a drink of his beer and noticed a very pretty girl who came to the bar to pay." Bezides, it doesn’t matter what I wear, since I have thiz rebel look, women are going crazy for me."

"Keep dreaming pal..." Said the girl leaving and leaving Big Mac with an idiot expression.

"You zee...?" He said trying to hide. "I make them nervous."

"Yes... and not only them..." Discord commented. "Well, be careful, with a hot chick like that I don’t think a book would be enough, you’ll have to convince Twilight to give her the VIP card of the library." Discord laughed at his own comment.

"What do you imply?" Big Mac soon had a revelation. "Are ya talkin’ bout the book I gave Berry Punch?" Discord simply nodded. "Pleaze, Dizcord, I'm not tryin’ to hook up with Berry, bezides, if I wanted to seduce her, I wouldn’t do it with a cheap second-hand book, with a dedication, the cover worn..."

Discord's expression changed suddenly, like if he suddenly discovered the Sense of Life.

"Wait a minute... So that was all about... Big Mac, listen, I have to tell you something before you and Berry make a fool of yourselves; you're going to laugh the shit out of you..." He said trying not to laugh out loud.

"Here we go again..." interrupted Big Mac. "I already imagined that you couldn’t spend a week without insultin’ people. Berry Punch and I make a fool of ourselves? Come on, zay somethin’ of yer own, 'Big Mac only understands plows, and the liver of Berry Punch should be declared a catastrophic area."

Discord could not help laughing at Mac's comment, and the truth is that I also laughed. "That’s a good one Big Mac!" Automatically Discord stopped laughing. "Sorry, I didn’t mean that, it's something much worse..."

"You see it? The Discord of Always came out ... and I thought you could change, but yer just a clown who needs to mess with others to hide how pathetic his life is." Those words surprised even me, but it seems that it hurt Discord.

"Pathetic me?!" He yelled.

"Eeyup!" It seemed like he'd have to leave the bar at any time to stop those two.

"Look, you're a... Very good friend for helping me not to screw up." Maybe it was the tone in which he said that, but you don’t need to be a psychologist to realize that Discord didn't want to say that. "Don’t worry Big Mac, from now on, Discord will only have good words for you."

After looking at him strangely, Mac finished the beer, paid and went to his store. I was about to ask Discord what I had meant in all of that, but the entry of two other clients prevented me.

"No, Zephyr! I’m not going to pay you a penny!" Filthy Rich yelled to Zephyr who seemed to have been stuck to his ass all day. "I only hope that you have an indefinite contract, because nothing you do will make me pay you..."

Suddenly another man entered, middle-aged, maybe sixty, with a garment bag in his hand. I guessed he was Rich's butler.

"Sir, here's your dry-cleaning suit." Yes, it was his butler. "It will be great for your appointment tomorrow with the bank director."

Filthy Rich looked shocked after hearing that, mainly because Zephyr was at his side.

"Hey... wait a minute, I've got it, it's a great plan." Zephyr said more to himself than to the rest.

"Zephyr, please, don’t; how am I going to ask the banker for financing to make a golf course with you behind being a pain in the ass?" Begged Filthy Rich. I never imagined that a man of his class would end up pleading, and even less to someone like Zephyr.

"What? No, I was talking about to go to the movie theatre because tomorrow you will be busy, but hey! Your idea is better. I’ll see you tomorrow Rich, and don’t worry, I'll go with my suit." Zephyr retired leaving Filthy Rich blue of fear.

"Have you seen?" Rich asked me. "This guy is going to ruin me."

"Relax man, it's Zephyr we're talking about. Wait until I get you a drink to calm your nerves." I said trying to calm him down.

"Whiskey, double, no ice..." I accepted Rich's command and put a glass of double whiskey without ice.

"I'll accompany you." I said while I also poured myself a drink.

"What's the matter? Since Sunset is not here you take the liberty of drinking whatever you want?" Discord asked.

"Something like that…"

The next day there was not much news. We all prepare for the afternoon, because that would decide who had won the bet. He had to admit that everyone had been doing well and, apparently all had served their purpose.

"Allright fellas, I invite this round." Said Zephyr taking out some bills. I admit that for a moment I kept looking at them in case they were false.

"Thanks Zephyr, it's a nice touch on yer part." Said Big Mac raising his cider jar towards him. "I think thiz has been good, motivating us to change for the best, I think it could be the beginning of zomething great."

"You can’t imagine how much, Big Mac." Berry Punch said looking at Mac with dreamy eyes. I had the feeling that tragedy was chewing there. "But it could get even better, right Big Mac?"

I could see how Discord couldn’t hold his laughter.

"Eeyup." Mac replied.

"I have changed too." said Discord. "Because, the old Discord would now be here messing with all of you, but the new one is not, because the new Discord likes to speak well of people. For example, Big Mac is a hardworking, honest guy... and now that he's impulsive, I’m sure that you ask him anything and he answers 'Eeyup'." He said that last thing looking at Berry Punch.

"Thanks Discord, excuse me, I'm going to the toilet."

Meanwhile, I went to have another beer. I was hitting the first drink when someone interrupted me.

"How many beers did you drink today?" Sunset asked me in a tone of reproach.

"I don’t know, five maybe?" I answered without giving much more importance.

"Bourbon, you should stop drinking while you work."

"Come on Sunset, don’t be like that; Go on and have a drink on me." I picked up a longneck, opened it and handed it to Sunset. Although she didn’t seem happy, she resigned herself, grabbed the bottle and offered me a smile.

After toasting with her, I returned with Discord and Berry. It seemed that they were having a pleasant conversation.

"...I think you are right Discord, we are made for each other, I also want to know if it's true what Ruby says about piercings in tongue..." Berry Punch smiled mischievously. "Wish me luck."

"Good luck." Said Discord, hiding his eyes and laughing as Berry made his way to Big Mac, who had already left the bathroom.

"Discord, what's this all about?" I asked without knowing anything. He just told me to shut up and watch.

Berry stood in front of Big Mac and I could hear a little of what they were saying.

"Big Mac, I want to thank you once again for the book, the truth is that I had no idea how good it would be to read something so beautiful."

"You're welcome Beddy, the truth is that it zeemed appropriate." Big Mac said.

"Then I think it's about time I gave you my answer for real." Big Mac was confused, but more so when Berry grabbed him by the cheeks and planted a kiss on his lips. Big Mac did not even close his eyes from surprise.

When Berry walked away, Big Mac's face was a poem. "Eh ... Beddy, I..."

Big Mac could not answer, partly because the words didn’t come out, and because Discord interrupted him…

"Big Mac doesn’t love you, the dedication was not his." He said, laughing as if there were no tomorrow. "You should read things that are more appropriate for you, like the labels on whiskey bottles. And you Big Mac, since you took a book, you could have read one that explained the difference between impulsive and circus clown."

Then Discord came to the bar, where Zephyr was. “You know what Zephyr? I was going to say many things to you, but you’ve got enough misfortune being yourself already." Discord took a bill out of his wallet and put it on the bar. "Take it, these are the best invested 50 bucks in my entire life."

Then he left the pub laughing his ass off.

Berry was static, until an uncomfortable giggle came out of her mouth. "Hehe, what a dumb mistake, right?"

"Eeyup ... I'm soddy, I'm better off." Big Mac left without saying anything as fast as lightning.

Berry then approached the bar like an automaton.

"Bourbon, can you serve me a tequila?" He asked.

"Are you sure Berry?"

"Do you want me to skip the bar and serve it myself?" I did not say anything again, so I took out a small glass and poured the tequila in it. "Leave the bottle here if you don’t mind, we'll do accounts..."

Indeed, Berry kept drinking as if there were no tomorrow. It was clear that she needed to forget that she had made a fool of herself in front of Big Mac, so I didn’t protest. Honestly if I were in her place, I would have done the same.

The next day I did the usual, had breakfast, went down to open the bar and waited for the customers, who came in this order: Discord, then Zephyr Breeze, Big Mac next and finally Berry Punch. Berry arrived wearing sunglasses, and as soon as she took them off, we all could see those dark circles that made her look like a panda bear.

"Oh boy, Berry, you look like shit." I said.

"Thank you, Bourbon... you're such a gentleman..." She replied sarcastically.

"Listen Berry, I'm sorry if I offended ya yesterday..." Big Mac said, embarrassed.

"No Big Mac it's not your fault, I was the one who made a mistake, anyway, in the end I lost the bet because I peppered the whole bottle of tequila." Berry explained, rubbing his head. The poor woman had a hell of hangover...

"If it helps, I had to remove the piercing, and now I can’t eat spaghetti in a while; I think I'm not made to be impulsive... "Big Mac said.

"Oh man... You speak correctly now? That’s a shame, I had brought you a series of tongue twisters so you could recite them to me... " Discord said laughing and pulling out a piece of paper from his pocket.

"Does it mean, you all have failed but me?" Zephyr Breeze laughed as we all looked at him. "Now I'm proud to be Zephyr Breeze, because I'm sure now you're asking 'why I didn’t born like Zephyr?'"

"Look friend, you were born Zephyr by chance, because if you were a little more dumb you weren’t born." Discord said and sighed. "Ah... how nice it feels to insult just because..."

"I’m the fool? Well this fool is going to ask a question to the smart Discord, if I'm so stupid how do you explain I'm the only one who has fulfilled his purpose and won the bet?"

"ZEPHYR BREEZE!" A person bellowed from the doorway. It was Filthy Rich and by the look of his face he looked like a Rottweiler who had not eaten for days.

"Oh shit!" Zephyr ran out and locked himself in the bathroom. Filthy Rich followed him and began pounding on the door.

"Get out now, you wretch!" Fearing he could break the door down, I left the bar and grabbed the enraged Rich. Almost simultaneously Sunset entered in the pub, who looked at us with concern and confusion.

"Can you explain me what the hell is going on here? Boss, what's wrong with Filthy Rich? "She asked.

"I'd like to know that too." I said still holding Rich, who was slowly calming down.

I let go of the rich man, his breathing was agitated, but he could still speak.

“Rich, what happened?" I asked.

"What happened? That motherfucker has cheated me 3000 dollars." My eyes widened, and the others looked at us intently.

"What did you say?"

Then, Rich told us what happened ...

Filthy Rich was with the bankers to discuss the golf course.

"The truth is that it can be a good investment, Mr. Rich, but do you have a feasibility plan?" The banker asked.

"Of course sir, the doubt offends," Rich said confidently. "If they offer me financing I will answer for every penny, because I am an honest, responsible businessman, and above all because I am a..."

"Defaulter, Filthy Rich, you're a defaulter!" Suddenly a group of what seemed to be homeless and/or junkies began to sing in chorus accusing Filthy Rich. The surprise was that they were led by nothing more and nothing less than Zephyr Breeze, who hit his briefcase setting the pace.

Rich was paralyzed. Without knowing exactly what to do, he responded with the first thing that came up in his head.

"Boys! I told you that this had to be done tomorrow. " Rich went quickly to the banker and began to whisper in his ear. "It turns out that I also have a reintegration center... and I motivated them to make a choir, but it seems that they have messed with the dates. Would you excuse me for a second? "

Rich approached Zephyr and grabbed him by the arm and pulled him far enough away so the bankers could not hear what he was going to say.

"Alright Zephyr, how can I explain it to you so that you understand me, if you don’t leave now, they won't give me financing, if there is no funding, there is no golf course, and if there is no golf course I will have a lot of free time, and I swear I will use it all that free time to make your life impossible. Got it?"

"Yes... well, not exactly…" Zephyr said. "What did you say it was going to happen if they don’t give you financing?” Filthy Rich was going to talk but was interrupted. “It doesn’t matter, we won’t move from here until you pay what you owe to the gas company."

Zephyr and those who accompanied him returned to sing. Rich concealed the bankers as best he could but turned to Zephyr again.

"OK OK! I pay you already..." He said mumbling, taking some bills out of his pocket. "But I assure you that the next time you go through my store, whatever you buy will cost you $ 3000.

"Don’t be spiteful Rich, I’m just doing my job." Zephyr kept the money and said goodbye. "Don't forget, no debtor escapes from Zephyr Breeze. Bye."

Once he left, the bankers were stunned, but fortunately for Filthy Rich did not flee in fright.

"Well, forgive this interruption, having so many deals in hand sometimes they turn against you." he said with a fake laugh. "Where were we going?"

"Hey, you're Filthy Rich, right?" Said a man who recognized the tycoon.

"And who in the fuck are you now..." He said softly.

"I'm from the gas company, you haven't paid us yet."

"Excuse me, gentleman, but I just paid the money to your debt collector: Zephyr Breeze." Rich said, on the verge of losing his temper.

The guy scratched his head and looked at Rich, somewhat worried. "Eh... I don’t mean to insult your intelligence sir, but we haven’t sent any debt collector... and there’s no one called Zephyr Breeze on our staff."

"What do you mean? A while ago he was... " Rich then found himself face to face with the horrible truth... "Oh, that motherfucking swindler who comes here with his briefcase and his suit and that scruffy gang being a pain in the ass! Well, he's going to give me that money, even if I have to beat the shit out of him! " Rich burst out and to his dismay, the bankers were so scared they escaped without saying anything. "But, gentlemen, please, wait!" Rich was left alone. "Will you give me funding for the golf course?" He yelled, but got no response. "What about mini-golf? Horseshoes? " Filthy Rich collapsed on a nearby bench and ducked his head. For his part, the gas employee sat next to him and patted him on the back.

Discord couldn’t stop laughing with Rich's anecdote, and who could blame him? I was doing my best not to laugh too. Zephyr Breeze had cheated on him like a kid and had given him 3,000 bucks as if nothing...

"I think I'm starting to see Zephyr with different eyes. Actually, I take my hat off to him." Discord said.

"Shut the fuck up Discord." Rich replied angrily.

Thought that we were distracted, Zephyr came out of the bathroom and slipped away. However, Rich caught him and chased him again.

"Come back here, swindler!" Rich yelled as he left the pub chasing Zephyr.

I was still freaking out from what I had just seen, but I headed with Sunset to the bar. Berry, Big Mac and Discord had seen everything and while the latter was laughing the other two sighed.

"Well, then nobody seems to have won the bet." Berry said.

"I wouldn’t be so sure." I said gesturing to Sunset with my hand. Then she gave me 50 bucks and the three of them looked at me indignantly. "What? Let us be frank, I didn’t think you could do it, this kind of changes take months, even years; and you wanted to do it in just four days?"

"The sudden changes are a source of chaos, that has been more than proven." said Discord while drinking his coffee.

Big Mac's cell phone rang, and he picked it up while everyone else was talking.

"Let’s face it... we’re hopeless." Berry said. "Even when we try to be better people, I don’t know how we do it, but we screw it up even more."

"Don’t torture yourself Berry, the intention is what counts." said Sunset.

A couple of minutes later Big Mac hung up the phone. That was weird... he was pale, as if he had seen a ghost or something.

"Mac, are you okay? What happened?" I asked.

"It was a friend, he told me somethin’..." he replied.

"Well, spit it out, man, don’t leave us like this." Discord said.

"It's Sugar Belle... she’s getting married."