catchall rupert

[skyagain]

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[agleam]

Okay. Then... Point me in the right direction, I guess? At least you know what they are.

[they learned nothing from trying to be stealthy on cyoa]

[skyagain]

You don't need a lot of instructions for these. C'mon.

[ it's time to make rupert into a gambling addict and go over to the slot machines!! i'll make them fail at roulette later. ]

You just put coins in and try to get three matches in the middle row by pulling the lever. It's basically random luck.

[agleam]

[after a pause:]

Well, okay, I guess we have no actual money to waste so it's fine...?

[skyagain]

If these cost tickets, I wouldn't be caught dead trying.

[ deadpan. ]

[agleam]

Okay. So...

[spins the wheel and immediately fails]

Like that? But - hopefully more successful.

[skyagain]

Yeah. Everything with these things is luck or rigged, so don't get discouraged. We don't need that much to see what those booster packs are.

[ this is truly only for curiosity. also he could go to his own machine but it's funner to do it together! and fail together. ]

[agleam]

How do we know if it's rigged...? But, sure, I won't get discouraged.

[but i rolled a one so dice maiden has dictated it's going to take them a small eternity to win.]

[skyagain]

... Probably if we keep losing? I told you, I haven't actually ever used these. Don't have enough money to waste gambling it away.

[ no one pays him!!!! ]

[agleam]

You don't have money?

[fucking rich people

but he's mostly surprised since he imagines a dangerous job like cloud's would pay well, because he is stupid. he's also pulling the lever again and failing again.]

[skyagain]

[ FUCKING RICH PEOPLE ]

I got enough to get us through to the next town, at least. Kind of hard to get paid on the run.

[agleam]

That stinks... I'm sorry.

[eloquent. he pulls the lever again and fails again.]

[skyagain]

... Maybe we try another game.

[ rupert how is your luck this bad. ]

[agleam]

Do you want to try?

[natural one babyyy]

[skyagain]

I think we've established my luck's something. C'mon. If you're losing so much, it's probably rigged.

[ "something". he does not want to test his luck and also it's very funny to drag rupert to roulette instead ]

[agleam]

[nodding...]

Okay. Where are we headed next?

[skyagain]

Roulette. You pick a number or a color and if it lands on that, you win.

[ he gestures at it. there's also like, rows or whatever. pretend they can explain roulette. i want rupert to continue to have terrible luck ]

This one's a little harder to rig.

[agleam]

[unfortunately i rolled a sixteen for this one so he'll probably get it on the second or third try.]

How about ten?

[skyagain]

Sure, why not? [ he's truly making rupert gamble so he doesn't have to. he's being terrible. he makes up for it by clasping his shoulder ] Not like we're actually losing anything.

[agleam]

[it's fine he feels cool while doing this even though he will never be cool at all]

So now we just wait to see where it goes?

[skyagain]

Yep. It's all wait and see games. S'why people drink so much here. That, and to forget about how much money they're losing.

[ he has never been to a casino. this is just what he assumes.

he thinks rupert looks 2% cool does that help ]

[agleam]

[2% is generous so yeah sure]

That's... depressing, but okay!

[waiting... waiting... and they once again lose during this first round.

[skyagain]

[ life is depressing? case in point: losing again ]

No go. Got a lucky number you haven't used?

[agleam]

Uh... Eighteen?

[that's just his age]

[skyagain]

[ i hate you ]

... You just picked your age? [ he sounds amused ]

[agleam]

[understandable have a nice day]

What, do you want to pick something else?