"Today has been a great day for business!" I mutter under my breath as another tourist wanders off, 500 Lien lighter.
I smirk, it's only fair, they came here, they thought they saw through the cards, and then they flopped,although I do feel a little bad...
"OOH! I'll be right back team!" ah another customer, poor thing she doesn't sound that ol-
"Excuse me Miss. Could I try?" a girl, not much taller than me, adorned in a Red cloak and a tight black corset dress with red accents, man how can people be comfortable in that, like seriously? that's-
"Miss?" Right! Customer!
"Sorry 'bout that! Just reminiscing!" I chirp,
"The rules are simple, you pay any amount you like!" I flip over the 3 cards in front of me, showing 3 aces, diamonds, clovers, and spades.
"I shuffle these guys up! And your goal is to pick the one red ace!" I say, keep up the smiles...
"You win, you gain double what you paid! You lose, I keep it!" I end with a challenging smile...
"Now are you up for this challenge?"
Next thing I know, 50 lien has been placed in the booth's slot as I flip the 3 cards over, placing 2 in one hand and 1 in the other.
"Now pay clooooose attention" I drawl as I set down the aces in one of my best money making moves... "and you'll find it..."
The young girl looks at the 3 cards in front of her, a cocky grin across her face as she points at the card on the right.
"Let's see if you were right." I sigh out as the Girl smirks towards me, and I flip the card over.
Her face immediately falls as the ace of clubs stares back at her.
"OOHHH" I wince out as I flip over the other 2 to show the Ace of diamonds in the middle. "Looks like I get to keep that fif-"
"Again!" Huh?
"I placed in another 50, I want to go again" the girl says a smile across her face.
Oh boy, This is gonna make me some good money, isn't it?
15 times...
This girl went 15 times before getting dragged away by a young woman named Yang.
Doing the math... that's 750 Lien...
How much money did that girl have?
Whatever... lets just wait for the nex-
"That's the Stand that's got the magic tricks!"
Ah shit... here we go again.
Man, today was a good haul! On top of the 1,250 Lien from those 2, there's also a bunch of small amounts... let's see here...
Add those, carry the one... I think it's about 6,000 give or take a couple hundred?
That's some good money... but I'll need more, especially if Blue decides to pop over again... and If I want those parts...
Well, I better head over there again... so many unchecked buildings...
I just hope the ground doesn't rupture again, getting out last time was a nightmare...
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I step into the defunct SDC warehouse that I've called home for... How many years? Whatever.
I shed my bag into a chair and slot the lien into a small box on a table, and with a *Vrrrrrrrr* it shrinks into the small table, sorting and counting the Lien that I have made. I make my way out of the self-made mudroom and into the (again, self-made)living room where I collapse into my favorite(and maybe a little too big) moon chair, Sighing. Man people are-
"Rough day?"
I yelp and almost tip the moon chair at the sudden presence of one of my only allies in the world, the legendary thief that is wanted across every continent, every Kingdom... The legendary Phantom...
I just call her Blue.
"Ah, your reaction never ceases to make me laugh!" She wheezes out
"Fuck off." I mutter, she hasn't been here for months, what's she up to?
"Well, word from the Fang says that there's a place to steal from nearby." She states...
"You in?" hmmm.....
"What do they got for parts in there?" I ask, that's the only reason i do these kinds of dumbass heists
"A fully functioning train and whatever else you can find." Ooooooookayyyyy then...
"I'm in," I jump in. parts like that are impossible to find cheap so if we can neuter the Fang WHILE getting needed parts! That's a Win-Win!
"We'll be going in like a week, soooo can I-" Offfff course
"You know the drill."
"Sleep on the couch, Get my own food, and pretend like I don't exist?"
"That's the long and short of it" I mutter
"K!" She replies, before flopping on the couch.
"Well... this'll be an interesting week"
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"ALERT, ALERT BULLHEAD INBOUND"
"FUCK" I yelp stumbling out of bed towards my dresser as I blindly get my combat suit on in the dark. Before quickly rushing out of my home. The sounds of explosions. Once at the scene of the crime I see a monkey holding off the fang while... no
no.
nononONONONONONONO
"Sewena?" Right! Battle! Is happening!
Torchwick seems to be combatting a Boy with gunchucks(Neat design,) as they seem to be coming out even I beckon a card to my hand as a 7 of spades, razor sharp and glowing purple is added to my hand. As they disengage, I toss the card, nailing that damned cane I regret ever existing. As a girl slams some kind of black object in Roman's chest, sending him flying with Melodic Cudgel flying at a 90 degree angle from him. Making him basically fully disarmed, and before long, those damned Fang members and that bastard withdraw... I turn towards Blue
"Home, I'm sleepy"
"Understandable," We both make it back home before I collapse in bed and the blackness of sleep consumes me.
Editor's note: So to the beginning of something new... this is a pet project me and a friend are working on together, I hope you all enjoy the ride...
I know I will :)
Fun fact: Serena has a total of 3 different decks of cards for daily use.
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The Scammer of Vale
AksiSerena was well know in the day market, that was sure, between her joyous attitude and addictive tricks, she was iconic and life was going well for her, other than that one time that she was brought in for questioning concerning a Blue-haired thief...
