The Shark House - Chapter 14 - Troll Hacks

"Explain to me why you've dragged me out of my apartment?" Freddy known online as the Intrepid Cave Troll was dragged to the cafe by an angry Dawn.
"You provoked Razzmatazz, so you fix it so I battle him before he ends up fighting Popuri, so get to it helpdesk!" Dawn was not messing around, the tournament starts at the weekend so Freddy was asked to manipulate the bracket, they gambled on Dawn's history with Razzmatazz to avoid him noticing the change.
"Hey Giro, anything you want to add?" Giro was just making a coffee and shook his head.
"What about you Dave? You want to change something?" Dave got up and walked over to Freddy, he handed over the black book and asked him to make it so his opponents were female.
"Say goodbye to that Audi Quattro you wanted, this is going to cost you" Freddy picked out a few random girls from the book, Dawn just stared at Dave with her intimidating yellow eyes, Dave just hid behind Freddy scared.
"Dawn ain't going to kill you" Freddy joked, Dawn just walked away muttering "simp" under her breath; Dave crawled out from hiding and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Freddy, you still have that troll statue you bought off Glenn?" Dave asked.
"Is he still complaining about that? My offer was fair and reasonable for that type of cave troll, if he wanted more money he should've had the limited release red shackles model troll. Take my advice for this tournament, you will not get to choose what type of game you'll play, it's where ever you find your opponent and whatever games are available at that location, for example Popuri's latest job is at the ice rink, if she finds her opponent there, her game will be ice related such as ice hockey or speed skating, so you can't always rely on driving for your game, this is what makes Bayside's tournament so fascinating; as for you Dave, your first opponent will be Sasha" Dave reacted to the mention of a girls name ignoring the rest of the explanation.
"Let's see what Luke wrote in here, Sasha is a theatre actress, she's fun and energetic but a little exhausting, she's easy to spot as she frequently quotes from her extensive list of roles shes played not to mention you can't miss her shocking pink hair and clothing that is a mixture of street wise and punk with a sprinkle of pirate thrown in. A quick look at the theatre programme and you'll find her in no time" Freddy throws back the black book, Dave bowed several times thanking Freddy and sets off.
Before Freddy could logoff, Barry slapped some dollars on the table.
"I want you to look up a particular incident" Barry shows a news clipping of "Hero school girl prevents school shooting", Freddy was uncomfortable looking up the story, he pushed the money back.
"Ask Popuri about it, I don't deal with this sort of thing. All I know is that whenever I try and bring it up, Hellcat immediately shuts it down, it's not worth risking my reputation over" Freddy packed away his laptop and returned to his apartment.

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