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“I wonder how many losses in a row was that..” Norton thought out loud as he took another swig from the bottle, the liquid leaving a pleasant burn in his throat and a faint blush on his cheeks.
He'd stopped counting after five. There wasn't much point.
Every match blurred into the next until all he remembered were the injuries. The sting of blades carving through flesh. The bruises left by rocket chairs. The ringing in his ears after every elimination. The disappointment waiting back at the manor when another "Victory" slipped through their fingers because of a simple mistake. The proud look on the Hunters’ faces.
He took another gulp of alcohol. His stomach disagreed but he ignored it, a pleasant smile growing on his face. Though the alcohol never made the memories disappear, it clouded them enough so that he could pretend they belonged to someone else.Or:
Norton Campbell loses for the millionth time and resorts to drowning his sorrows in alcohol, but meets the Gardner instead.