Steve

One night out at the Irish Pub in Tenjin we meet a man named Steve.  He tells us that he’s from the UK but that he works in 5 countries every year and he has chosen to spend his 2 weeks of vacation in Fukuoka.  He’s lived 6 years in Fukuoka and many years in various places.  He works as a tour guide for a small private company in Japan, Spain, Italy and Cuba yearly.  He speaks all the languages fluently and tells us the best places to go in Japan (most of which were not written down and forgotten).  He complains to us that the worst part of his job is that he can never really have a serious relationship because he’s always adrift.  It’s strange that most people’s goal is to travel the world and for this guy it’s his job and he can actually have something to complain about.  There is never a perfect job or situation.  No matter what, you can always see greener grass.  Anyways, we have a good chat with him and he’s quite interested in Elena, Hilde and me.  After a bit, we move the group onto Fubar.  It’s a janky bar/club that is small dark and grimy.  He seems very out of place and suddenly very old.  Adam is attacked immediately upon entering the club by some Japanese girl that seems to be his good friend.  Most of us just dance into the night.  After a bit, I lose sight of Steve and assume he’s left.  Hilde tells me that he had come onto her and things got really weird.  That was the last I heard of Steve.