diff --git a/common/clients/multi-tcp-client/src/lib.rs b/common/clients/multi-tcp-client/src/lib.rs
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+use futures::task::{Context, Poll};
+use futures::{AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::io;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::str;
+use tokio::prelude::*;
+
+struct ConnectionWriter {
+    connection: tokio::net::TcpStream,
+}
+
+impl ConnectionWriter {
+    fn new(conn: tokio::net::TcpStream) -> Self {
+        ConnectionWriter { connection: conn }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for ConnectionWriter {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // try to cleanly shutdown connection on going out of scope
+        if let Err(e) = self.connection.shutdown(std::net::Shutdown::Both) {
+            eprintln!("Failed to cleanly shutdown the connection - {:?}", e);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsyncWrite for ConnectionWriter {
+    fn poll_write(
+        mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        buf: &[u8],
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
+        use tokio::io::AsyncWrite;
+
+        let mut read_buf = [0; 1];
+        match Pin::new(&mut self.connection).poll_read(cx, &mut read_buf) {
+            // at least try the obvious check if connection is definitely down
+            // can't do more than that
+            Poll::Ready(Ok(n)) if n == 0 => Poll::Ready(Err(io::Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
+                "trying to write to closed connection",
+            ))),
+            _ => Pin::new(&mut self.connection).poll_write(cx, buf),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn poll_flush(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
+        use tokio::io::AsyncWrite;
+        Pin::new(&mut self.connection).poll_flush(cx)
+    }
+
+    fn poll_close(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
+        use tokio::io::AsyncWrite;
+        Pin::new(&mut self.connection).poll_shutdown(cx)
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Client {
+    connections_writers: HashMap<SocketAddr, ConnectionWriter>,
+}
+
+impl Client {
+    pub async fn new(endpoints: Vec<SocketAddr>) -> Client {
+        let mut connections_writers = HashMap::new();
+        for endpoint in endpoints {
+            connections_writers.insert(
+                endpoint,
+                ConnectionWriter::new(tokio::net::TcpStream::connect(endpoint).await.unwrap()),
+            );
+        }
+
+        Client {
+            connections_writers,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn send(&mut self, address: SocketAddr, message: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
+        println!("sending {:?}", str::from_utf8(message));
+        if !self.connections_writers.contains_key(&address) {
+            return Err(io::Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::AddrNotAvailable,
+                "address not in the list",
+            ));
+        }
+
+        // to optimize later by using channels and separate tokio tasks for each connection handler
+        // because right now say we want to write to addresses A and B -
+        // We have to wait until we're done dealing with A before we can do anything with B
+        if let Err(e) = self
+            .connections_writers
+            .get_mut(&address)
+            .unwrap()
+            .write_all(&message)
+            .await
+        {
+            println!(
+                "Failed to write to socket - {:?}. Presumably we need to reconnect!",
+                e
+            );
+            // TODO: reconnection
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::time;
+
+    const CLOSE_MESSAGE: [u8; 3] = [0, 0, 0];
+
+    struct DummyServer {
+        received_buf: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    }
+
+    impl DummyServer {
+        fn new() -> Self {
+            DummyServer {
+                received_buf: Vec::new(),
+            }
+        }
+
+        fn get_received(&self) -> Vec<Vec<u8>> {
+            self.received_buf.clone()
+        }
+
+        async fn listen_until(mut self, addr: SocketAddr, close_message: &[u8]) -> Self {
+            let mut listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(addr).await.unwrap();
+            println!("started");
+
+            let (mut socket, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
+            println!("connected");
+            loop {
+                let mut buf = [0u8; 1024];
+                match socket.read(&mut buf).await {
+                    Ok(n) if n == 0 => {
+                        println!("Remote connection closed");
+                        return self;
+                    }
+                    Ok(n) => {
+                        println!("received ({}) - {:?}", n, str::from_utf8(buf[..n].as_ref()));
+
+                        if buf[..n].as_ref() == close_message {
+                            println!("closing...");
+                            socket.shutdown(std::net::Shutdown::Both).unwrap();
+                            return self;
+                        } else {
+                            self.received_buf.push(buf[..n].to_vec());
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        panic!("failed to read from socket; err = {:?}", e);
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn server_receives_all_sent_messages_when_up() {
+        let mut rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+        let addr = "127.0.0.1:5000".parse().unwrap();
+
+        let messages_to_send = vec![b"foomp1", b"foomp2"];
+        let finished_dummy_server_future =
+            rt.spawn(DummyServer::new().listen_until(addr, CLOSE_MESSAGE.as_ref()));
+
+        let mut c = rt.block_on(Client::new(vec![addr]));
+
+        for msg in &messages_to_send {
+            rt.block_on(c.send(addr, *msg)).unwrap();
+            rt.block_on(
+                async move { tokio::time::delay_for(time::Duration::from_millis(50)).await },
+            );
+        }
+
+        rt.block_on(c.send(addr, CLOSE_MESSAGE.as_ref())).unwrap();
+
+        // the server future should have already been resolved
+        let received_messages = rt
+            .block_on(finished_dummy_server_future)
+            .unwrap()
+            .get_received();
+
+        assert_eq!(received_messages, messages_to_send);
+    }
+}