One More Game [Invite]

Casinos. Casinos were not to Jackie's liking. There were a lot of shady types usually filling the seats and business itself. From rich sycophants, to extortionists, to misguided thrill-seekers. All looking to blow their money on the chance to get more. Fooling themselves with the literal fallacy of gambling in a house rigged world. The sun monk wanted to try each and every avenue she could to see if anything would 'click' for her, outside fighting. Which would involve some of the unsavory habits. Like Gambling. Not the best idea for someone impulsive. So, consider her as the latter thrill seeker. She'd even let loose and wear her hair our for it.

She was sat up at one of the many slots scattered around the place. Being the largest Casino Central had to offer, the crowd around these evenings was at a peak. Being a stickler with money typically, she sat and stared for a while. Those crimson scanning over the prize lists and colorful pictures of various Arcose-inspired images on the slot wheels themselves. It's such a surprise stuff like this was so heavily mechanical in design when much of Earthling design had caught up with the times. Most prefer the tactile feel of a heavy lever one would suppose. And the theming was there too.

Well, except this one guy nearby. She could overhear him getting testy with he machine and eventually smash the play pad. At this point, jackie had not even tried using the machine. Just easing herself in. So seeing someone so frustrated with the prospect was a certain dampener. THe massive lad tried standing up to this man in pink. A hair color and attitude that equally stood out like her own. She'd watch with cation as he managed to not only tell the demon straight off and take a punch to the face, but flipped the script into paying for the damages caused to the machine.

CEO, huh? Wonder what such strong guy was doing playing CEO and just waltzing around the place. There was a lot there, but it wasn't like she could just walk up and greet. That'd be a bit weird, specially during his little fued with the demon. Before Derry would really get to notice she was staring, she'd turn in her seat and go back to mindlessly staring at this slot machine in front of her. To him, right now, she'd feel like nothing more than a blip in terms of strength.

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WC: 421
Thread PL: 23,000 (Suppressed, 5)

Ahh. Alright. She wasn't going to keep herself distracted real long with the CEO just knocking a guy completely out. The lady jumps up in her seat and away from the body of this demon. Leaned over in the seat with her palms down on it for support. Just... staring wide-eyed for a moment. It was over with just one quick exchange, and this pink lad told others to get him hauled away and searched. She would resume just blinking forwards at the screen as the man did the usual spiel with apologizing to other customers.

There was a certain moment of pause between that and Derry arriving at her. The darker lady leaning back out of her trance-like state the moment she was called upon and looked up at the CEO. Those crimson scanning between him and the bag with a sudden and quick shake of her head. Putting a hand up to deny the coin bag. She was perhaps too kind a person to by around a swindler's den.

"Oh! No. No, I was just... not sure. I've never really been to this place before, or any like it. I've had it on good assessment from a friend that I should be trying new things. So, here I am!"
What sort of friend tells another to go gamble? Maybe it wasn't that specific, maybe this lady was just extrapolating to some extremes to see what stuck. Regardless, the woman gives a warm smile and just looks the man over. It was amazing how not tacky the pink came off, like that whole look just worked.

"Don't get to hear much about company heads being able to knock skulls around, pardon my comment."

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WC: 288
TWC: 706

Well, if she was being honest, Jackie getting to witness the guy completely destroy a demon before her very eyes was the most fun she's been having at the place here. Before she had sat down at the Arcose styled slots, she eyeballed a few other attractions. Roulette, Blackjack, the whole gambit. Slots were some of the last things she tried bracing for. It being the Arcosian ones was just a mere coincidence. Not that she got to play it thought.

"Hah. They have a way with words. I'll say. But in terms of 'fun', I dunno. This is about the fifth thing I sort of went blank on. Like, I wasn't sure if I wanted to try it."
Gamble, that is. She had her reservations far before she ever took a step around here. She had to be polite and not really mention how she found the practice distasteful though. Not in front of the CEO and not in front of any stranger, really. She wasn't that kind of customer.

"Ahh, it's Jackie. I don't think I caught your name too well, mister. Daniel, was it?"
She only heard it a little over all the commotion from before, and not fully. She made a good guess at it with what she remembers of the voice before the face. She wasn't exactly faced towards him to read lips as he called for that 'backup'. She waved a hand at him.

"Go ahead, just don't go puffin' it in my face."
Cheeky.

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WC: 254
TWC: 960

Jackie would stare up at the man for a few more seconds as she's offered the bag. Scratching at her head with one hand and eventually taking the bag of tokens with the other. Not quite sure on the efficacy of that, but she now had little worries about developing a bad habit with her own money. She sat the pouch in her lap while Derrick corrected her and lit up a cigarette. Jackie wasn't one to put such a scrupulous eye on people so quickly, so she figured it was a standard light he held in his hands.

"Derrick Ottoy. Gotcha. Well, hey. Thanks for the tokens anyways."
Jackie thumbs one of the tokens out in her hand and gives it a look over. She waits to ever spend one of these bad boys on a game though. Still facing up at the man as she seemed more interested in conversation than the little toy in front of her.

"Is this your only establishment? Kinda big and centralized."
Was menial small talk at the moment. Gauging the man's attitude around her and actual attentiveness. She didn't want to be that one girl that just talks an employee's ears off while they had to get off to work. Even a CEO, as much as she thought about it.

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WC: 221
TWC: 1181

It really did show her how much she didn't know about such luxuries as gambling. Or even less savory establishments. She was actually a little embarrassed she didn't know it was a well-known chain, of all things. A slight tint of red across her cheeks as she scratched at her face. All made a little too much sense.

"Eheh. Right, I shoulda assumed that. Sorry. That explains why this one is so big too. Found myself a little lost here, actually. Feel like it's one of those bad habits to develop."
She wanted some kind of relief though. And, faced away from Derry as she spoke, she wouldn't feel his presence close in until he was almost talking in her ear. She blinks and laughs a bit, rolling that token in her fingers again.

"Oh! No, sorry. I'm just still a bit anxious. Suppose I should give it a shot now."
Steeling herself, the woman straightened in her seat and pinched the token on the last pass of her trick there. Holding it in place before leaning forwards to deposit it into the slots here. Arcose slots, as it were. She took an awful anxious amount of time looking over the game's screen before reaching up to pull that lever.

A few fun noises and flashes of light later, and Jackie comes out empty on her first go. To no one's surprise.

"Oh, shoot."

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WC: 237
TWC: 1418

Yeah, Jackie wasn't expecting much from this. Just blinking at the loss result of random mismatched images with a little frown before shrugging. leaning back in her seat at the slots and glancing back at the man in pink with a jingle of her bag. She didn't exactly need to be told how gambling worked in a big establishment like this, but the suggestion was probably warranted. As she's still really not getting anything from this. It's probably because she hasn't hit a high with it yet.

"Cards, eh? Like Blackjack?"
She stood up and ruffled a bit of her loose hair. Having only really played cards casually, this prospect wasn't exactly out of the left-field of her interests. She was at least familiar. Her own eyes trail of towards that tables too and she was already off.

"Sure. Cards. I don't mind the company either if ya want. I'd definitely suggest some sorta map in the future, cause if they weren't just right there I'd be askin' for directions. The place is bigger than some malls, and those have very precise maps and condensed layouts. Still confusin' as hell."
Whether or not a CEO needed to hear her suggestions was up for Derry to pick up on. Jackie was already ready to grab a seat at one of the open tables alongside a few others, waving at the other players before leaning forwards and asking the dealer something she found important.

"How do ya bet on this?"
No doubt to the laughs of the others.

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WC: 259
TWC: 1677

Jackie was expecting the dealer to just give it straight to her. Seeing as it's their job. But Derry had actually kept by her side and interrupted the dealer's very first words. Just before getting them out. Her eyes shoot up to Derry, flat out ignoring the jives of the participants around her. It was straight forwards, just like the game itself. And she knew how that played at least. The young lady went ahead and paid up for her two cards, shooting a quick smirk and thumbs up to Derry as she looked them over and put the face down one back.

"Hit me."
She declared, gaining another card just like the Earthling across the table. She eyed the other two who just stayed with their big cards. One of which was an Ace. Could very well already have a blackjack. She scratched her chin some while looking at her own third card. This was a bit of a breaking hand at this point, coming up on around 15 in total. Nowhere near winning, but it was so easy to go over. With the other Earthling staying now, she had to make up for a lose.

"Hit."
She repeated. This dealer giving her a fourth card that surely makes up for her slots loss. She only gave it one look over before smirking and nodding now. She didn't exactly have a poker face, so it was quite obvious she was pleased with her numbers here. On the reveal, it seems she and the demon to her right got some very lucky blackjacks. One made of an Ace and face card, and her own with a confusing and lucky mess of number cards.

"Woooo! uh, do we split the pot then?"
Of course. She looked at Derry for the confirmation rather than the dealer, seeing as he seemed adamant in answering himself before.

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WC: 317
TWC: 1994