Duff & TamTam

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There was nothing unusual to see Duff drinking. Nothing unusual about him drinking straight out of the vodka bottle neither. A cigarette also looked comfortable in his hand. What was unusual was that he was alone in the ruin called Gat. He usually came here in the company of Slash and Steven who came there to consume drugs of which Duff was not really a fan of. Still Slash, Steven and some Gat's junkies were great company and even greater drinking buddies. On rare ocasions Duff came here even in the company of Izzy who would come to Gat only for strict buisness and nothing more. Something about Gat's junkies not being like Izzy's fellow junkies. To sum up Gat was a junkie hangout, one where Duff came to party but never alone. Till now.

There was a lot of things on Duff's mind: he had a fight with Slash, said some mean things to Stevie when he tried to separate the two, Axl was being his usual bitchy self, a gig of theirs was canceled so money is as tight as always, Sophie wanted to have a talk with him... Shit had hit fan and it was all over him.

TamTam was a grin with two legs tonight. This was the first time Nikki took her somwhere with himself and it was paying off. He knew more people than her, more junkies. They trusted him not to recomend shity dope and tonight he wanted all of them to try his friend's magical vials. TamTam's vials. She couldn't believe how thick the roll of bills in her bra was. Her imagination ran wild with all the things she could buy with it. But first stop after Gat - McDonald's. A full meal for both her and Nikki.

"Hey girl!," someone called.
A drunk was sitting on hall floor his long legs streached before him.
"Hey! Come on here girl," he slured.
TamTam hesitantly aproached him.
"Is that votka?"
"What?"
"The vials you're handing out, votka, my baby..."
"Nah dude, no vodka here."
The drunk made a sad face and looked brokenly at floor. TamTam almost felt sorry for him. Almost. Then she noticed an vodka bottle in his lap. It was dry empty.
"You need some water man."
"Huh?" he looked up confused.
"You need water, not vodka."
"Uh-hu, I got water. It's in my head but it keeps trying to pour out," he says waving his hand in front of his face and showing at his eyes.
TamTam didn't know what to say at that.

"I see you found Duff," suddenly Nikki appeared behind TamTam's back.
"How're you holding up?"
Duff just held out his fist with his thumb pointing up at which TamTam snorted.
"Do me a favour: give this to Stevie," Nikki offered Duff a vial, "and tell him it's instead of the money I own him."
"What is it?"
"Mount Rush. New shit. TamTam here is a chemical witch. Gonna take over LA."

Just as Nikki and TamTam were leaving she thought she heard the drunk, Duff comment: "Sure would like to mount that."

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