Matilda waded through the crowd, contemplating her next strategy for the Blackjack tables. She had managed to free herself, but the night wasn't over yet. There were still people milling about, some more relaxed than others. She wanted to do what she could to make sure as many survived as possible. Some lives weighted more on her mind than others.
As the thought crossed her mind, a familiar dark-haired man in a blue jersey could be seen through the crowd. Eyes wide, the woman eased herself through the crowd.
"Scott!"
As he turned towards her, relief washed over her to find a distinct lack of a collar. "Oh thank goodness you don't have a collar," she sighed, a smile creeping onto her face. One less person she would have to worry about at night's end.
Casino Coins: 104
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Character's name: Matilda Baer Character's faction: University Character's journal link:X Character's survival stats:View Jersey Number: 4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER 5"3', slim, short blonde curly hair, narrow green eyes, age 29, English Teacher. - Eloquent, hard-working, resourceful, and somewhat athletic. Also pessimistic, strict, emotional when stressed, and holds grudges.
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:50 pm
Scott felt a hell of a lot better with his neck free of the collar he'd been forced to wear that morning. His posture, of which for the majority of the day had been nothing more than a defeated slouch was now back to normal; the stress and tension of scurrying around the casino trying to win coins now nothing but a memory. His pocket, however, still sags with the weight of 100 coins- his winnings from the Roulette game- and he was keeping an eye on the LED numbers of those around him to see if it were possible for him to buy them out of their predicament. He didn't know most of the faces that passed him by, but he figures that the more of his faction members that make it out- the better.
It's as he's wading around, scanning the crowd, that he hears his name called by a familiar voice. He perks, turning around to see Matilda walking towards him. "Matilda." He greets, giving her his usual half-smile when he sees the obvious relief in her eyes as she realizes he'd bought himself out already. "You're free too," he says. "I'm glad." And, surprisingly enough for a loner like him, he means it. The woman was kind, if not a tad bit quirky, and he'd had an entertaining couple of hours spent with her during their little maintenance task back at the university. She'd also been the only one willing to work with him during his bout of blindness. Though he'd been thinking of nothing but himself while he'd still had his collar on, he would've been sad if he'd gotten back and realized she hadn't.
"What are you still doing here? Are you on your way out, or...?"
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Character's name: Scott Winfield-Kimura Character's faction: University Character's journal link:[X] Character's survival stats: [X] Character description: Dark-haired and of Japanese-Canadian descent, tall and lithe, wearing a plain white tank top and a pair of cut-off skinny jeans.
Myoukin
COINS: 100
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 4:11 pm
"No... not yet, at least. I still have plans to work through," she replied with a grimace as a 'player' with an LED collar passed by them. It was a number she couldn't afford at the moment and the owner looked downright terrified. Hopefully, fate would be kind to him if she couldn't manage to scrounge up more coins.
"The way this casino runs," she turned back to Scott, disgust plain on her face, "it's unforgivable. I want to try to save some of the people who still haven't met their own price tag. I can't stand the thought of them cannibalizing another human being who is just trying to survive in this whole mess. Life is already hard enough without adding death games to the mix."
The boy from the room earlier flashed through her mind. The look of fear, the escape attempt... the blood pooling around his corpse. She wouldn't let another life end that way, not if she could help it. Her face hardened and her fists clenched as she spoke, "I want to bring this place, and everything it stands for, down."
Casino Coins: 104
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Character's name: Matilda Baer Character's faction: University Character's journal link:X Character's survival stats:View Jersey Number: 4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER 5"3', slim, short blonde curly hair, narrow green eyes, age 29, English Teacher. - Eloquent, hard-working, resourceful, and somewhat athletic. Also pessimistic, strict, emotional when stressed, and holds grudges.
GhouIs
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 4:23 pm
"Plans, huh? What sort of plans?" Scott listens quietly as the woman rants, his eyes widening when she mentions something he'd yet to hear about the casino.
"Cannibalizing?" He asks. "They... they eat the people that can't afford to buy themselves out? I thought they were just killed... or enslaved or something... I didn't know they were eating them." Scott scans the casino then, looking around at the smiling faces of the attendants and feeling an immense amount of hatred broiling within his gut. He knows, then, why the young man had run. He knows, then, why the woman's screams had been so terrified as they'd rolled her into the adjoining room... to be butchered. The thought alone made Scott want to puke. "These- these sick freaks." He says under his breath, anger apparent in the way he scowls.
"Maybe we could convince Corey to do something about it... once we're out. Hell, maybe it'd be a reason for all of the factions to work together, for a change." Scott furrows his brow, then runs a hand through his hair irritably. "I can't believe a place like this exists. It's only been a month and they're already resorting to ******** eating people..." Scott, again, looks at the people still harboring a collar. "I've got a 100 coins, from winning that Roulette game... have you seen anyone with a score below that? Mine was 95, so it's possible..."
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Character's name: Scott Winfield-Kimura Character's faction: University Character's journal link:[X] Character's survival stats: [X] Character description: Dark-haired and of Japanese-Canadian descent, tall and lithe, wearing a plain white tank top and a pair of cut-off skinny jeans.
Myoukin
COINS: 100 +10 = 110
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 5:17 pm
"Earning more coins to stick it to whoever came up with this sick idea," Matilda spat. "You remember that part in their initial introduction, they mentioned that anyone not bought by the end of the night would be auctioned off for a 'dinner fundraiser'? That, the bingo game's spaces consisting of body parts rather than numbers, and the announcer constantly talking about being hungry from the parts being called out along with advertising the casino's restaurant. And how they pretty much treat us like livestock. I can't think of anything else it could be." She nodded grimly. They were indeed sick freaks that needed to be stopped.
"It would be nice if we could come together, but considering how they gathered us all up in the first place, I'm wondering how we could gain the upper hand against them." Realistically, going up against such a group would no doubt incur casualties from both sides. "In the end, if we can't come up with a strategy for bringing them down, we can at least spread the word to kill their business. No one would come if they knew what this place really was, and the restaurant portion wouldn't be able to profit without victims to serve. Of course, that may just drive them to outright kidnapping." she hugged her arms at the thought of people being snatched off the streets.
"I've seen a couple, but quite a few still roaming around have fairly high price tag," she murmured in dismay "Hence why I've been trying to earn more coins."
Casino Coins: 104+10 = 114
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Character's name: Matilda Baer Character's faction: University Character's journal link:X Character's survival stats:View Jersey Number: 4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER 5"3', slim, short blonde curly hair, narrow green eyes, age 29, English Teacher. - Eloquent, hard-working, resourceful, and somewhat athletic. Also pessimistic, strict, emotional when stressed, and holds grudges.
Character's name: Matilda Baer 
