When first arriving at the Mountlake Terrace gym, I had space to set up my laptop with a plugin. I asked around for a janitor and was pointed in the direction of a burly biker in wire-framed glasses with a USMC tattoo on his left biceps and a jean jacket that reads "Hard Rock Cafe, Lake Tahoe."
The name is "Animal."
Animal stroked his beard and held his hands on his hips as he listened to my predicament and reappeared from a nearby supply closet moments later with an extension cord.
The Shorewood JV team won its game and with the varsity teams on the floor, just eight minutes before the game, Animal experienced something like a sulfur or eggs type of smell.
The fire department came and went and now we're rolling, back in the gym for warmups.
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