Peter left the black jack table for a quiet spot where he could chat with the rest of the university faction's members, keeping his voice low but loud enough for the rest who joined him to hear.
“I'm not sure if you've noticed, but there seems to be a way we can exploit the poker tables,” he scratched the area around the collar of his neck uncomfortably.
“The payout for the winning hand is 25, and for the losers it's a loss of 5. But we only need three of us to make a table.” He paused to make sure none of the casino attendants were listening in. “It's a net gain of 15, or 5 per player a round if we pool our coins together.”
“It would work for a table of four too, but take longer. Either way, we have to prevent it from becoming a table of five... and most importantly, avoid suspicion from the casino.” Peter furrowed his brow and sighed. “I'm sure we all know what is going on here,” he spoke grimly.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 12:56 pm
Cecil had followed Peter away from the blackjack tables hoping to give his mind time to settle. He was stressed and the way he kept worrying over his lower lip to the point it was an angry red with teeth marks was proof of that. Maybe it was because of that stressed that he hadn't been looking at this situation the right way. As he leaned down to listen to Peter he was amazed by the idea the man had come up with.
"That's quite brilliant actually. That way no one loses." He nodded in his agreement. "We will have to be careful though. There are attendants everywhere."
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 1:03 pm
Anya, as she walked by, overheard their conversation. The jerseys let her know these were semi trustables.
"I'm down for helping out." She said as she sidled up. "Never tried gambling before so not sure I can help win.... but if I lose twice that means one of you wins twice right?"
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 1:06 pm
Rorrow walked over and sat down in time to hear what the Professor was saying. He kept a watch on the attendants around them...if they were going to do this. They needed to know patterns. He looked back to the others, should he risk his notebook out to take notes? Nah. He could remember this well enough. He listened closely.
"There has to be a pattern to them though. There is always a pattern to how places like this run their workers. I think...we should get another team in on this. Maybe a small group in another faction? That way they don't suspect that its just one faction coming up with this..." Rorrow said softly to the others. It was a good idea in his head...though as he talked the youth sorta felt there were some big holes in it...he leaned forward. Folding his arms as he thought...
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Anya had joined them and Cecil offered her a smile. "If it works the way Peter says none of us really lose. We all play and the winner splits what they get to the other two players." He let his voice soften to nothing as an attendant walked by.
"There is a safety in numbers," Cecil agreed looking to Rorrow. "If they agree. It might be too risky for them."
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 1:46 pm
Anya wrinkled her nose. Add in more people? If they did that sure maybe more people would be blamed… but it’d just be more obvious that they were trying to cheat the system! Would the casino people just mass slaughter them for cheaters? For that matter… what did they do for cheaters? And was this even considered cheating? She wasn’t sure... but it seemed like this house was out to win and wasn’t afraid to dirty their hands. I bet its bad for us to cheat but okay for them to cheat; she thought with a scowl.
“Can we trust the other factions to not spill the beans though?” She asked. “I’ve not really met any of them… are they the types to turn on other factions or help?” The few she had met didn’t exactly fill her with confidence.
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Rorrow stared at the newcomer. She was right, he knew but... "I trust my brother." those four words were said with a adamant tone, underlined by a hint of tension. Tension because he dared her to question that. He looked at the table as he went on. "My brother is in this casino...I have to believe that. He's here...he's waiting...he's trustworthy. Neither of us can stand injustice of this level. He may be a jerk...but he's got a code he works by."
Rorrow tapped the table for impact. "This place goes against that code. He'll put a stop to it. Or...at least he'll try. If any of you see a guy with my face but a orange streaked mohawk...that's him. Just tap him on the shoulder. He'll be discreet about it...I think..."
He sighed as he lowered his head into his folded arms. This was way too much stress...
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 2:07 pm
“But your brother is just one person.” Anya said to the taller boy. “Do you trust the people he’s with?” She shrugged, she didn’t! She could trust those she’d gotten to know, could (mostly) trust the people in the university. Everyone else was subject to doubt until proven otherwise!
She sighed. “I don’t know. It feels better to keep this small so its less likely to be discovered. And if we do get caught if there is something bad to happen only a few get hurt. I’d rather not have more deaths on my hands.” She whispered softly as she saw the young boy gunned down again in her mind.
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Rorrow's shoulders tensed with her words. He shifted to look at her from behind a folded arm. Blinked twice then rose his head high enough to rest his chin on said arm. Green eyes were cold as they focused on the poor girl. His voice was dangerously low as he began to speak. "If you've lost your ability to trust your fellows, then you've lost shreds of your humanity. I'm not going to stop trusting my own flesh and blood because of Hell opening upon us...I won't let that get in my way of having the simple kindness to give others a second chance..."
He slowly stood up, all 6 feet of him, then leaned on the table to keep going. He was keeping his tone low to avoid making a huge fuss. That didn't mean that others in their faction who knew the youth wouldn't of been staring at the complete 180 he had turned. "If your going to lack trust in others, how do you expect to get out of this alive?"
He turned his head to Cecil and the Professor. "If either of you need me for this task. Find me elsewhere. If I stay near her a second longer I'll lose my cool."
With that Rorrow straightened to walk away, his head turning as he searched for his twin. You really could only trust family after all.
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Anya shook her head at the boy’s silent offense and growled words. His cold words didn’t faze her: she was used to arguments. What she wished is that people listened and didn’t storm off after misinterpreting her words!
“Never said I didn’t trust everyone. Just not those in the same faction. Not when theres this air of us versus them about the place.” She muttered as she shrugged and leaned back, pushing aside her irritation.
“Lack of trust is not a lack of humanity. Just means I’m paranoid after all this has happened.” Was the last she’d say on that!
With a sigh she looked around at the others. “Are we going to do this? There’s three of us here right now right?” She was done with trying, better than standing about counting down to when she got auctioned off at the dinner creepy thing the weirdos mentioned. She needed to get coins so she didn’t have anything.. bad happen. And she needed coins to help others if they didn’t have their coins! Others as in her faction. People she knew had her back.. somewhat.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 3:19 pm
"I think everyone deserves a measure of trust. Besides, we're all in the same mess." But Cecil's mind wasn't completely on the conversation. It was on a thousand other things like where were the people he had yet to see? Were they safe back at the university, were they in the midst of the terrible introduction to this place, or had something worse happened.
He was only brought back to the here and now when Rorrow stood and spoke to the girl trying to raise his hands. "Easy now." He tried to sound soothing. "Alright, just...be careful. I will try to catch up with you later to check on how you are doing. I will do the best I can to get extra coins and it might be best for you all to do the same. In the end someone else might need them and it would be best to get as many people out of here as possible. Even if they aren't in our faction."
It was important to save their own but he wanted them all to survive.
Turning back to Anya Cecil eyed those at his table. "Perhaps in a bit, play something safe for now, maybe find out any information if you can and relay it to Corey, Charlie, or Caroline. I need to find a few people to make sure they are okay."
He stood back from the table watching Rorrow take his leave and turned to the crowd that filled the casino and wondered where he should start. He needed to find Hitsu, if she were here. If he was lucky she was back at the dorms. Rook was another concern and there was a sinking feeling in his gut that told him both were here. It was just a matter of finding them.
With his priorities in order Cecil took his leave to search for his friends and hopefully gain a few more coins along the way.
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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2015 8:28 am
“Hmm, I get what you mean. These jerseys stand out too much not to notice.” He tugged at his own briefly, before letting his hand fall. “Playing with members from other factions would help to take off some suspicion yes... if not, at least try to disguise yourselves.” I'm sure they would have already noticed the jerseys though, he thought to himself, but he supposed a few quick games at each table while rotating through different players would attract less suspicion.
There was a tiny dispute between the students on the issue of trust, and Peter could see both sides of the argument. The current relationship with the other factions was that of a clear rivalry, and although there have been no outright conflicts between them yet, the tensions were still tangible. Peter recalled the brief encounter he had with two from the prison and apartments faction back in Zone 1. They had been cordial enough with each other, considering that they were all sporting injuries at the time. But it was clear from their exchange that they were all mutually wary of each other, giving only the most cursory of responses without revealing too much.
And on the other side, there was family being involved. Peter sighed, deciding to stay out of it the conversation.
“Please go ahead,” he nodded at Rorrow before the young man took his leave. The others two already had a rough idea of what to do, and it was time they headed their own way.
“I'll keep that in mind,” he waved to Cecil, making a mental note to find Caroline for a chat eventually, hoping that she didn't have to go through the same trauma he had in the room.
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