river_meimei: (you know you think i'm adorable)
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Moon Base Station is, apart from certain restricted-access sectors, built for tourism. Some tourists, like Duo, are just killing time during a layover; others come here, to the cheap hotels or the expensive ones with a real-time video view of Earth, to spend their whole vacation within the base's walls.

There's a casino area somewhere not too far away, but River and Duo have opted for one of the more family-friendly bits instead. It's a shopping area, full of glittering storefronts and small food-court nooks, with an intricately tiled floor and fountains every few dozen meters. Tiny potted trees show off the station's opulence -- this is space, after all, where trees are hard to come by.

River's already found herself cotton candy somewhere.

Date: 2010-06-15 03:06 am (UTC)
maxwellsdemon02: (Annoyed)
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Duo shoots them a glare. "C'mon," he says. "We can come back later if we want." Pretty scenery is not improved by rowdy drunks.

And even if you find watching drunk people amusing, it's not best done in front of pretty scenery anyway!

Date: 2010-06-15 03:39 am (UTC)
maxwellsdemon02: (Is that so?)
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"Lucky for us, then, huh?"

He glances around as they walk out again.

"Ever been in a casino?" Do they have casinos out where River's crew wanders around? They must.

Date: 2010-06-15 04:12 am (UTC)
maxwellsdemon02: (*beeeeams*)
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Duo's eyebrows vanish behind his bangs. "Do you really? Of course you do. I just cheat."

He beams.

"We should play sometime!"

Date: 2010-06-15 04:58 am (UTC)
maxwellsdemon02: (Wasn't me)
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"Actually-" Duo says, with the air of someone who has just remembered something awesome "-some of the casinos here offer use tables to people who want to practice before placing bets against the house. They'd probably get mad at us if we sat there all night and didn't lose any money to them, but we'll probably get bored of cheating each other first. Wanna go?"

Date: 2010-06-16 03:27 am (UTC)
maxwellsdemon02: (Black hat)
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"Let's roll." They head towards a nice upscale casino in another part of the complex. 'MARE NUBIUM', this sign reads, and the metal walls and ceiling start to be covered by gauzy curtains, softening the angles of everything around them.

Date: 2010-06-16 03:45 am (UTC)
maxwellsdemon02: (Wasn't me)
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Seems she's in the right place! Metaphorically, at least.

"You know, there's actually some new kind of depressive hallucinogenic they're calling 'Clouds'. I hope no one tries to go for dramatic irony and uses it tonight where I can see them. I just got off duty."

Date: 2010-06-16 04:10 am (UTC)
maxwellsdemon02: (Facepalm)
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"Hey, don't look at me. I don't volunteer for-" Uh. Well, there was that one time with the thing and the guy and the place.

And way back in training when-

Okay, FINE. He sighs.

"Nah, I agree. Not really all that much fun in the end, is it?"

Date: 2010-06-16 04:51 am (UTC)
maxwellsdemon02: (Contemplative)
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"Poor choice of topic," Duo says, remembering exactly who he's talking to, here. "Come on, maybe I'll let you beat me, first game."

Date: 2010-06-16 05:15 am (UTC)
maxwellsdemon02: (*beeeeams*)
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He is getting better at this! Duo beams at her and offers her an unopened deck of cards, with the plastic wrap still on and all.

(These decks are, of course, of a different mark and color than the official house cards.)

Date: 2010-06-16 05:24 am (UTC)
maxwellsdemon02: (*beeeeams*)
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Well, since they're still playing at being proper young ladies and gentlemen, Duo pulls out her chair for her! With a flourish, even.

Date: 2010-06-16 05:54 am (UTC)
maxwellsdemon02: (Wasn't me)
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"Hey! I would never accuse a lovely young lady of having a bustle!" Whatever that may be. (Duo is not up on his pre-colony fashion.)

He settles in the seat opposite her, so as not to encourage cheating by peering at his cards.

Date: 2010-06-17 02:57 am (UTC)
maxwellsdemon02: (Doubtful)
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She's got an excellent fancy shuffler sitting right across from her!

"...wait a sec. We have to deal with another one of those cross-universe dealies, now. What game are we playing? And do we both know the same set of rules?"

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