Lizzie's Bar

The streets stretched like an endless maze of roads and side streets that swallowed you up and spit you out in an even more obscure place. Even after a few turns, the streets still looked filthy. There were broken bottles and garbage on the sidewalk. If you stumble here and get cut, you're sure to catch an infection.

You look at the picture again. Not much to see. In the background you notice the first skyscrapers. The bar is probably somewhere on the ghetto's outskirts, adjacent to the inner city part. You look up and sure enough, in the distance you can see the skyscrapers. How have you not actually seen them until now? They are significantly larger than the ones you know from home. The Empire State Building would have looked like a small dwarf next to these giants.

After you begin to move in the direction of the skyscrapers, you can find the bar after a ten minute walk. In front of the entrance, some people are lurking around. They stand in small groups and talk in a language you can't understand. It sounds a bit Eastern European, but it also has something Latin in it. You had Latin in school, but have already forgotten it by now. But even if you still knew it, you wouldn't have understood the people. You are on a completely different planet. Perhaps in a completely different galaxy. Maybe God even sent you to a completely different dimension. It is only understandable that the people here have another language.

A young woman was standing in front of the entrance. She was rather lightly dressed, wearing only a short skirt and a light blouse that generously revealed her cleavage. She had dyed her hair pink and... she is carrying a baseball bat. Must be the bouncer.

"Please don't beat me up," you say quietly in your mind as you walk towards her. She looked young, in your world she would probably be a freshman in college right now, not a bouncer. But her facial expression and posture made it clear that she was tougher than she looked and would use the bat in her hand if you made her do it.

"Hey, I'm new here and I was told to come to this place." You say this in the friendliest voice you can muster and a grin that would have made any TV moderator jealous. But the girl leans her head to the side and looks at you as if you've just insulted her mother. She swings the bat and you flinch, but she just lifts it and lowers it back onto her shoulder.

"Srát nán háje Jdí kommer helvetet." She spoke in a calm but icy voice. She doesn't bat an eyelash and looks you straight in the eye. You will end up in the hospital if you don't turn the situation around now. A heavy weight falls from your heart when you hear the voice of the system.

"Foreign language detected. Do you want to activate the Innate Skill Language Mastery?"

That was one of the skills you were given right at the beginning. "Yes," you say quietly, not wanting to provoke the bouncer further.

Author's Note:

I wrote a slightly longer note in the comments, but it's worth reading.