[ WP ] After the Dark Lord conquered the realm everything turns out really damn good .

*'' Hahaha-haha-haaaa! `` * 
 
 The sound of the laughter still echoes in my mind many years later, and a shiver went down my spine. 
 
 Nothing will ever take that chill of the memory away, even as I am sipping this orange juice spiked with coconut rum and vodka, with chunks of pineapple, finished off with a little pink umbrella off to the side in my cup. 
 
 *Slurp! * 
 
 `` Mm, very good, thanks for making it, Bryce,'' I said, giving him a fiver. 
 
 `` Anytime!'' he said with a grin. `` Still chasing that girl?'' 
 
 `` Yeah, she's deciding between either me or this jerk. I would n't be surprised if our Evil Overlord will pick him up suddenly one day because of how much of a creep he is.'' 
 
 `` Careful there,'' the bartender said, looking around the tiki hut by the poolside. They were the only two out there. `` You do n't want to be picked up instead, do you?'' 
 
 `` Right,'' I said as my cheeks warmed, and not due to the drink. `` I love this life now.'' 
 
 `` We all do, until the day our Evil Overlord picks us up to do his bidding...'' 
 
 `` Hard to imagine that, only five years ago...'' my voice then drops to a whisper, `` Only five years ago, we were all hiding from him.... people were dying by the millions. Did you know that I actually met him seven years ago? That laugh of his... *still causes me nightmares. *'' 
 
 `` Me too, buddy, me too...'' 
 

