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Trail #6 - [video]

Jan 17, 2011 16:47

[The feed flickers on, greeting you with the lovely colorful and sparkling scenery of a slot machine, along with the hustle and bustle and music that comes with the Goldenrod Game Corner. Aforementioned machine is being operated by an as-of-yet anonymous 'Gear holder.]

[There's a clutter-clink sound as a coin is dropped into an off-screen slot, and ( Read more... )

@tulio, !ic, *wang yao, gambling all your money away, *envy, this didn't exist in the 16th century, !video, *france, what do you mean it's addictive, this is fantastic, *tulio, *heather, herp derp, miguel the conman

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[action] greatbigrock January 17 2011, 18:37:27 UTC

[This is Tulio showing up ... admittedly some time after getting that text cause how does I technology, but here he is now. He finds Miguel after a quick search and pokes him in the shoulder, looking, actually, not very happy with the situation.]

Miguel, what are you doing?

[Words are hushed as if anyone would be eavesdropping. You never know.]

[action] thattrail January 17 2011, 20:05:40 UTC

Tulio, look! This machine-thing, it makes money! [and Miguel proceeds to pull the lever, making the slots spin again.]

[... and what do you know, the next second the slots have stopped, three cherries in a neat row. 75 Coins!]

Look! Sensible money! [He holds up a handful of glimmering coins in Tulio's face now, not at all subtle about it]

[action] greatbigrock January 17 2011, 21:32:56 UTC

[Rudely snatches one of those to weigh in hand and inspect carefully. He concludes that it's not REAL gold, but definitely better than that paper-crap everyone kept trying to pull here.]

There has to be a catch. Did you lose any money yet?

[Do not trust machines.]

[action] thattrail January 17 2011, 21:59:33 UTC

Well, uuh, naaah, not really. When the pictures lining up doesn't match then- [As the machine so kindly displayed now. Two bars and an arbok. No coins] Yeah, you see.

But, I've won a lot more than I lost! [And he proceeds to plop another coin into the slot, pulling the lever and here they go a-spinning again.]

[action] greatbigrock January 17 2011, 22:06:43 UTC

[...ffff. More frantic not-really-whispering and paranoid looks around.]

I don't like it, Miguel. You can't cheat things like this.

[Because obviously, the one and only way to survive was by cheating.]

[action] thattrail January 17 2011, 22:14:02 UTC

I know, but... just, look.

[Smiling, he holds up the Coin Case to Tulio...]
[It's half-full. Maybe even a little more than that.]

I don't think the machine is cheating back.

[action] greatbigrock January 17 2011, 22:26:35 UTC

[But but but there's always a catch! He stares at the machine suspiciously. He doesn't trust it. But still, it does have certain possibilities...]

Okay. [Nod to self.] Alright. How does it work?

[action] thattrail January 17 2011, 22:45:50 UTC

You put a coin in here [He pushes yet another coin into the slot] then you pull this lever [he does] and then you hope matching pictures will line up. If they d- oh look they did! [Clink clink clinckr as 5 Coins come falling down the hatch]

It's just pure luck. [He holds up the coins so Tulio can take a look at them before he deposits them in the Coin Case]

[action] greatbigrock January 17 2011, 22:55:22 UTC

I don't trust luck, Miguel.

[And you should know this. He's totally fiddling a bit with his pair of dice, because they are made luck. If only he could get behind the workings of this ... thing ... but he had no idea what it was at all, so there was no point in even trying.]

[action] thattrail January 17 2011, 23:24:52 UTC

I know you don't. [Repeats aforementioned process. No coins this time.]

[Repeats it once more. No coins]

[Once again. No coins]

[Aaand one more time. No coins.]

Uuuh, see this pictures of red lightning bolts? If you get all three of them in a row you can win something called 'the Jackpot' and... that's a lot of money. That's what I'm trying to get. Then I'll stop.

[action] greatbigrock January 17 2011, 23:30:12 UTC

God dammit Miguel, it's cheating!

[Jabs finger into shoulder. Then throws arm out.]

You better stop or you'll lose everything anyway. I don't trust it. I don't trust anything I can't cheat!

[action] thattrail January 17 2011, 23:43:28 UTC

Oh, come on! It's just bad luck. I've hundreds of coins here! I can win all of it back and then some!

[action] greatbigrock January 17 2011, 23:51:23 UTC

Or you lose it! Give them to me.

[Gonna keep them and make sure they're all safe because after that display of failing-at-machine, no. You are not to handle the moneys.]

[action] thattrail January 18 2011, 21:31:08 UTC

[Both you and I already know Miguel should never handle any bigger amount of money. Ever.]

But what if I get this 'jackpot'.. It's more than a thousand coins, you know. [Coaxing coaxing]

[action] greatbigrock January 18 2011, 23:00:11 UTC

[Nope, and that is exactly why Tulio's going to grab his shoulder to convince him further to stop this already it is not trustworthy.]

[..however, it should be noted that a thousand is- BUT NO.]

A thou- [NO NO NO] aughabdah no. No no no. Look, that's - that's a ton already!

[It's easier to distance self from these monies because they don't look like monies and are not real monies.]

[action] thattrail January 18 2011, 23:13:39 UTC

[At the hand-on-shoulder touch, Miguel tears his eyes away from the slots.]

More than a thousand, Tulio! Look, even if they're not real money we should be able to get at least something with them.

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