OPEN: get in the car we're going shopping

[initiatesnpc]

Date & Time: 8/21-8/23 daytime
Location: Outside a civilian residential apt building
Characters: BIG SPENDERS or anyone really just tag your butts in and go to town
Summary: Yard saaaale. In the street. Because what is a yard in the future.
Warnings: Blood spilled over ShamWow??


What had begun as the idea of two became the realization of at least seven — all landlord approved and with nods of approval from neighboring apartment buildings. It didn't even take up a full block, but it was full enough to attract attention of passers-by on the morning hustle to work, saddling them up with something worth spreading to others along the grapevine throughout the day.

Mostly clothes and household items easily given up, but here and there a few gems. A would-be Initiative member had no need for old board games or a guitar or two, and there would be no time to take care of a pet, even one so curious and darling as Blinky. Now and then, its soon-to-be-ex-owner cast a sorrowful glance its way, only to get a slow, out-of-synch blink in response.

Oh, Blinky.

Parting woes aside, business wasn't bad! With the shabby state of affairs in Exsilium, the chance for something new, even a hand-me-down, always sparked interest. And with so many strange, new recruits, there was bound to be someone curious enough to drop down the cash for the most absorbent fabric ever made (those Germans made good stuff)...

And so, after the work buses left the area, the tables went up and the wares were put out until the workday would come to a close and force the tables out of the street. Someone was bound to score something worthwhile in that time over those three days...!


REFERENCE: Stuff for sale

Comments

Yes, yes they did

[gamblinman]

"A little of both," Nick says with a smirk. "It definitely takes some skill, but having Lady Luck on your side never hurts." He continues shuffling the cards. "The game's Poker, if you're interested -- any way you want."

He eyes Alistair's Hawaiian shirts and rethinks his strategy. "Or there's always Find the Lady, if you're not up for strategy."

If you yell it out loud enough, Alistair will come running.

[woahwoahawkward]

Alistair knows Find the Lady, and he also knows that only con-men and mages play that game!

But ... well, it's a way to pass the time, and maybe he'll make a new friend. "I think I might be more suited to the latter, if it's all the same to you. I suppose there's coin to be won as well?"

Ooh, Alistair, ooh

[gamblinman]

Nick just gives him a flat look. "Of course there's coin to be won."

Well, coin to be won by Nick, but he won't mention that part. Instead, he pulls three cards out of the stack -- a two of clubs, an eight of diamonds, and a queen of hearts -- and curves each of them a little in his hand before placing them face-up onto the table.

"Alright, so five marques to you, if you can..." he taps on the queen of hearts, "find the lady." He flips the cards face-down and begins to switch them back and forth, hands moving quickly and easily with skill.

8D

[woahwoahawkward]

"Sounds simple enough, even for a gentleman of my limited understanding of 'the odds'." Alistair raises his eyebrow, and offers his hand to the other man for a shake first.

"I'm Alistair. I'd hate to lose my money to a complete stranger." He's pretty dexterous, it's true, but he isn't exactly confident this man will be completely honest.

[gamblinman]

Nick takes Alistair's hand and shakes it -- an honest, open, friendly... conman's handshake.

"I'm Nick, and you shouldn't be so hard on yourself; you might be smarter than you think."

[woahwoahawkward]

Alistair laughs, wondering whether he should say that being smart probably doesn't have too much to do with actually winning Nick's games. He's in this for fun and information, after all.

"Have you been around here for long, Nick? I can only guess you're a transport, since I haven't seen you around the city and we don't get many new arrivals from the locals."

[gamblinman]

Nick goes back to shuffling his cards. "Only been here a few days, actually. Still trying to feel my way around things."

[woahwoahawkward]

"...right, well. Have you been finding everything all right? Nobody's tried to pin you down and implant a tracking chip?"

It's funny, the way that he says that -- it doesn't sound like a joke...

[gamblinman]

Nick gives Alistair a strange look, not sure if they guy is joking or not.

"No, can't say anything like that's happened to me. I'm pretty sure I'd remember that."

[woahwoahawkward]

He furrows his brow.

"Well, be on the lookout for that. It was a problem when we first arrived here."

...yeah, he wasn't joking.