The Three Demons

[shiivster]

Jeckle continues to build to specs. she pauses from time to time to rub at her temples or to sip on some juice. this is just like another all-nighter for her, but this is one job she doesn't have to drive the truck as well

[hmm .. looks like all failures accoriding to the memo sent]

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[dakota]

" Allright, you're the one dressed like a high roller, brain boy." Khris said as he flagged down a waitress. " Two glasses of champagne, my dear." He said, handing a sizable tip before their order even arrived. Once she walked away. " Which table looks like the best place to flash some cash and get us into the big games?"

[shiivster]

*sits up and rubs the back of the neck and groans as she fails yet again.

*she leans back in the chair and then stands up and moves to the nearest wall and rests her forehead on the wall.

'yeah right Tiger. just whip a couple more up huh? it would be better if you did. i'm not making any kind of headway here. boy i feel helpful. i'ld be better off making new armour than this .... '

*she says nothing else as she studies the wall up close. she's certainly showed how useful she's been lately. unable to do anything to help the group so far. in fact, she's more like dead weight than help.

'well time to let my brain relax from that then. lets work on that toy of his ... '
*she returns to the workbench and settles down with a rifle and studies it well before touching any tool to it.

[dice=100] General Repair/Maintenance
[dice=100] Weapons Engineer

*is currently attempting to do some fine tuning to a rifle left in her care. she notices she's messed up. she will attempt to correct the damage done.

[man i hate this roller - uses the standby from before]

Rolling "1d100" times
1: 58 = 58 /61 General Maintenance and Repair
2: 3 = 3 /61 Weapons Engineer
3: 22 = 22 /51 Recognize Weapon Quality

'there. i did one thing right. its a lot better than before. hmm, guess i can prepare for Ground Zero then. didn't want to, but i guess its possible. it's the right time ... '

*she sets the rifle down on some clean cloth. it shines and is better balanced than before [+1 strike] as the workmanship is extraordinary. 'too bad they never knew this was my forte. maybe they did and didn't want me building for others? we'll have to see how it goes when we reach homebase .. '[rand=7844120352907826868745896649703554012161952493098164974584975371]

[sasqaricious]

Akane still monitors off the top of the roof.

[albatross]

A cute little waitress brings out a couple glasses of nice champagne which costs about $100 a glass, she smiles sweetly, but barely makes eye contact.

[dakota]

Khris paid well, and took his glass. " Drink up bud. Come on, this is what that big brain of yours is for. What table can we cheat without anyone realizing." He looked at Dante as he took a sip. " That's right, you're going to use every advantage we have to get us into the high roller tables. That's where the mark will be."

[Dome]

"Here's the problem with that. If I probe someone with abilities, and they pick up on it, we'll be out of here faster than you can swallow a shot. So you tell me who in here has abilities, and I'll check out everyone else."

[dakota]

" You've got no sense of adventure." Khris replied, tipping his glass as he closed his eyes and reached out with his abilities. If there were any other metas in the building, he'd soon know.

[albatross]

There is no one of power in the basement, but Kris can sense someone above them, a blazing beacon of power. Not just a meta, but one of those unique ones that seem to possess more than their share of powers. The VIP area must be upstairs.

[dakota]

" We're okay for now, but there's someone upstairs we definitely have to meet." Khris announced. " Now come on, let's get to work already."

[Dome]

Dante looks around the room. With his abilities they need to sit at a poker game or other game where playing the players and not the deck is the way to win. He says into Kris head, 'pick a game, poker or something similar. We could even try roulette, but the house is probably got it rigged, and if I start overriding their cheats they'll know something is up.'

Dante looks around the room and tries to find a game of 5 card draw, that would be the ideal way to get started.

[dakota]

Khris didn't know how much Dante could read,so he tried not to think about it and motioned towards a Hold'Em table with open spots. " Just keep doing that and you'll win lots."

[Dome]

Dante shakes his head, "lets see if we can play 5 card for now." He send to Kris' 'we'll probably have to play hold em to get really high stakes, but we should build up with a game where its us against the players more. There's still alot of chance in hold em.'

[albatross]

By mentally communicating each other's hands, Dante and Kris are able to make good hands at hold'em. One of the players is clearly a plant by the house, but telepathy neutralizes this advantage.

The cards aren't strictly random, or maybe they are and Dante and Kris' luck is sporadic, so sometimes they have to fold out of hands.

As they win, a string of cocktail waitresses stop by bringing drink after drink and flirting with the two. They may have been signaled out somehow, or maybe the house just ties to get all the good players drunk as a matter of policy.

[dakota]

Khris was careful to monitor his intake, giving a few away to the ladies at the table as he kept playing, hoping Dante was reading his thoughts, Gotta watch it or I'm going to end up drunk, then Tiger will kill the both of us. Me for doing it and you for not stopping me.

He smirked as he looked at his cards.