W2 🛸 PLAYER CYOA: HIGH ROLLERS (LOWE) 🚀 CHARLES, LOVELACE, SHOMA

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[riverbeans]

[GETTING REALLY TIRED OF THESE TINGTANGERS!!]

C'mon, really? All right, fine... How do I clean a car, though...

[but he will. wander over to this car? help.]

[solesuccess]

[ oh. oops. he just kind of seamlessly swaps to a little easygoing grin, a "bygones be bygones" kind of expression as he shrugs. sorry. no harm no foul my dude? just keep focusing on him and ignore isabel, though he's watching charles out of the corner of his eye like he's surveying the entire area. ]

Deal me in next time and we'll call it even.

[inequals]

[ Isabel... yeah, go on. You can enter the casino. Though security at the front gate will gruffly ask her who she's with or what's her business. Just checking her credentials or something.

Jimmibob just cries and nods. Yeah man. You're totally invited next time. Even though he is absolutely going to tear your babyhands up at the next gang-sanctioned game of UNO.

The car... it's dirty. It's dusty. There is probably blood on the hood. Welcome to your first close-up of a modern death machine. You don't actually have to commit to cleaning a car, and yet you are here. ]

[thematics]

Oh, I'm meeting some friends here in a minute. Don't mind me, I'll just wait for them out front.

[ she is loitering just outside. trying to keep an eye on shoma and charles! ]

[riverbeans]

[makes some attempt at cleaning this car but is also definitely on the lookout to see if the tingtangers stop paying attention to him so he can sneak away]

[solesuccess]

[ cool. he's just gonna clap jimmibob on the arm before turning to walk toward where isabel is, trying to also collect charles. good work, man, let's go back to what we were doing.

where the FUCK are saude and effie, actually? he's back to looking for them as he goes. ]

[inequals]

[ Someone from inside the casino exits -- you hear the loud sound of fun music from within, and the beautiful and almost gaudy interior of the first floor of the casino, fully lined with slot machines and more. Briefly... if you squint hard enough... you can see Saude anxiously at a table dealing cards, glancing towards the door, brows rising as she sees Isabel.

The security guard just huffs meanwhile, and waves Isabel away. No loitering at the entrance, it's a nuisance. Go play cards with the Tingtang Gang if you really want to waste time outside, etc.

Charles. The Tingtanger that went to annoy you has returned back to fucking around and is not paying attention to you in particular. You can sneak away from the job with Shoma in tow if you'd like, though I'm not sure where you wish to go from here.

Shoma. You are now also looking at a car that someone definitely died on. Saude and Effie are not outside it seems, they moved in for their shifts while Charles was dying. ]

[thematics]

[ she makes eye contact with saude but then looks away so as to not be suspicious. and will continue to loiter. ]

I'll be heading inside in just a second.

[riverbeans]

[well okay. charles will just confidently walk up to the casino and gesture at isabel.]

She's with me. Got business inside.

[inequals]

[ Just to keep this rolling since it's pretty minor development;

The security guard will look Charles (and presumably, Shoma) up and down with a little bit of disdain, but will gesture them inside. ]

Name

Tingtang Gang. Access allowed up to the third floor; guest only allowed past the first floor with a gang member present.

[ And so, you can enter the casino. The music, of course, goes hard, and so does the interior. Whaddya wanna do, play some slots? Just walk around? You can practically hear Saude's voice echoing in your head, telling you to not be suspicious, etc. but honestly? The world is your oyster. ]

[thematics]

[ once they're inside, lovelace will wander over to saude's table and sit down! ]

You're working tonight, too? [ spoken like a person who comes here a lot and knows the regular workers... in theory... ]

[riverbeans]

[charles did say isabel was with him, so for now he will follow her over to saude, though he'll remain standing by her chair.]

Hey.

[solesuccess]

[ also following! he will just trot along behind the other two as normally as possible and stand on the other side of isabel's chair. he doesn't say anything though because he's busy looking around the casino itself. didn't the documents say there was a lot of security? how are things looking right now? ]

[inequals]

[ She's smiling. Saude is most definitely smiling, but you feel a rather thick tension in the air coming specifically off of her. She tilts her head ever-so subtly towards Isabel. ]

Saude

Of course~, if it pays the bills!
Interested in a round of poker today, ma'am, dear guest, dear regular guest???

[ Security is teeming! They look immensely suspicious for some reason because the game said they're all dudes in suits and hats that make them look more like they came out of a film noir than anything. They're just roaming about, especially near the stairs leading up to the higher floors. They seem especially alert today -- might have to do with the whole Bough bet going on later. ]

[thematics]

[ hey? she's being a regular guest right now??? ]

I'll play one round. Just to get warmed up. [ mostly because it would be suspicious to come over here and then immediately walk away. ]

[riverbeans]

[keeps hanging around, but also, he bends down to whisper to shoma,]

So, how do you think we can get the Captain an outfit?

[solesuccess]

[ these dudes sure be suspicious. but it's okay, shoma is still observing and they're basically letting isabel work with saude. ]

Once we find a target we can steal from, best idea I've got is lead them somewhere isolated, knock 'em out like we did at the shop and then lead the Captain to like a bathroom or something to change. Security's tighter than I thought, so we can't cause too much of a scene.

[ actually, in looking, are there any people on this floor they can even try to steal an outfit from? or at they going to have to keep moving after this brief debriefing? ]

[inequals]

[ Saude... she smiles, but there's nothing there. ]

Saude

Mmhf. Mhm. Yes, of course.
A free round on me then, as a treat for my special regular.
I hope you aren't wasting any luck on this!

[ Saude will deal a hand for you! Watch her do these sick-ass Ben Wade shuffles, the training they've gone through to infiltrate as professional casino dealers. She'll give you your five cards. I'm not forcing you to learn how to play poker. Does Isabel even know how to play poker??? Well either way her hand sucks, she's got a winning chance of 27.8%. How many cards would you like to trade in?

There are probably miscellaneous people on this floor, but nobody stands out particularly Alpha Hawaiian to you (the Spirit of Ichiban Kasuga). If he looks around he can find Effie standing at another table dealing cards though ahd he also looks at the gang like wtf are you guys doing over there. ]

[thematics]

[ lovelace knows how to play poker but i don't. don't make me learn how to play poker. i don't know. 2 cards? sure. ]

Who would come to a casino with that little luck to spare?

[riverbeans]

[looks between isabel playing poker and effie. looks at shoma.









starts strolling over to effie?? casually? he is totally meant to be here and doing this.]

[solesuccess]

[ CHARLES WHERE ARE YOU.

WHAT.

WE SHOULD.

OKAY.

you know what fuck it, the guy at the door said guests just can't go past the first floor without a gang member so he figures isabel is fine by herself. she can play with saude, charles can go talk to effie, and shoma's going to fuck off to blend in and see if he can eavesdrop on any of the loitering members of the tingtang gang (or otherwise) for where they might find the boss. ]

[inequals]

[ Isabel flips her new cards!

.

..

... ]

Saude

Ah~, I'm sorry. No luck it seems!
Here, I'll give you a drink voucher as compensation.

[ Well, at least that's one consolation in this cruel gambling world. There is writing on the voucher though. It reads, 'Did you get the wishpower from the Tingtang Gang? Where's your outfit?' ]

CHARLES

ISABEL

SHOMA

[ Hi, Charles. Effie is dealing cards... and dealing drinks. He's got a wry smile on his face as he sleight-of-hands a customer and robs him of his coin. He fits right in. ]

Effie

Oya~, want to play some blackjack or are you just looking for a drink, mister?

[ Read: 'how goes the progress?'.

Shoma can go wander off on his own, little 12-year-old looking dude in a way too big luau shirt off in a big world. The place is absolutely loud, so eavesdropping will be a bit rough, but I'll just give it to you anyway. You can learn thaaat the Tingtang Gang boss is currently playing roulettes to crush time before he goes up for some big event. ]

[thematics]

The night is young. It would also be stupid to go to a casino if you're not prepared to lose once or twice.

But I'll take that voucher.

[ she shakes her head "no" to that question as she pockets the voucher... but acting like it's because she is amused at this loss! ah, so funny...! ]

[riverbeans]

Just looking for a drink. Got anything?

[............. progress is not going well, mayhaps, but he will not say that.]

[solesuccess]

[ oblivious to all of this, he is going to leave obtaining the wishpower to isabel and charles while he continues making his rounds. roulettes, huh? he will at least wander through the first floor checking for roulette wheels to see if this floor's clear or if they should be moving higher officially once they've gotten what they need.

he's also subtly checking his watch again to keep mind for the time. they really cannot be late for the actual bough bet.

it's occurred to me i have no idea if he has his headphones or if the sudden loudness is actually going to kill him. oh well. suffer and whatever.



also i guess he may just slip away and try to wander up to the next floor to scope out the area as best as he can if there are none results down here. ]