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by Ana Lacativa
 
 
 

As the sun sets, the prey and predators get ready to hunt. As the darkness surrounds them, predator and prey are easily mistaken for each other, in a way that after the first five minutes, sometimes seconds, no one knows which one they are anymore. 

Welcome to Chico: A city in the California north valley where the first minutes between prey and predator will set the rhythm of the night and how it is going to end. 

It is midnight, Saturday at the Madison Bear Garden. The bar is packed and it smells like beer, sweat, alcohol and a variety of perfumes. It is in this setting that the predators sees their prey and prepare to attack. 

As predator approaches the prey, the roles become reversed.  The prey will determine the course of action. If they don't like what they see, the prey runs as fast as it can. If they do like what they see, the hunt begins. 

"That first contact is crucial," says Brandon Moore, 22. "It is when you look for something you like and go after it. If that first physical impression is good, I'm game." 

Ruled by models and actors and actresses, the esthetical American culture set the norms that dictate the physical aspect of that first contact. In a city where most relationships start and end on a single night, making a first good impression is the decisive factor of how the night is going to end. Some will get lucky, some will get drunk, some will get lucky and drunk and some will face the coyote ugly in the morning. 
 

Next: the game...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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