video. regrettably.

[chronicgambler]

[There's a guy who looks like he needs a shower or maybe a fresh change of clothes looking at the camera. Looking antsy. Holding a cigarette that's almost burned out.]

Okay, here's the deal. I don't have enough chroma saved up to go roll high at the gambling parlors, so I need some people to gamble with. I don't care what game, pick your own fuckin' poison, I got dice and I can probably scrounge up some cards next time I go diving. Bets gotta start low, though, 'cause like I said, I'm broke. I'm feeling a lucky streak coming and I gotta grab it before it passes me by!

If you've got standards or some shit, miss me with it. Serious offers only.

Also, if you wanna give me cigarettes, I ain't sayin' no.

Comments

[zunge]

and here I thought you might be banking on scamming people with loaded dice.

[chronicgambler]

what fucking idiot needs loaded dice? it's all about whether or not luck decides to throw you a bone.

you wanna play or what?

[zunge]

which would be why you're broke. you're not using your brain at all.

only if the game relies a good chunk on actual skill. luck and risk are worthwhile factors, anyone who plays video games knows that, but I find games that don't have a strong strategy element boring.

[chronicgambler]

cheating is shit. it's luck or nothin

if you got a game in mind, i'm all ears. i pick shit up pretty fast. as long as the stakes get high i'm good.

[zunge]

Hmm... This would be easier in the world I came from. I'd challenge you to however many Rhyme battles you could handle before you collapsed from the mental strain.

Some of the VR consoles here have decent battle or dungeon options that utilize a combination of strategy, luck, and procedurally generated elements.

[chronicgambler]

the fuck's rhyme? i rap, that's rhyming sometimes. so i could probably beat your ass.

i haven't tried those, but i'm in if it's dangerous.

[zunge]

it's nothing like rap. Rhyme is a VR battle game played in mental cyberspace fields. The damage you take from attacks feels like pain, and the sensations can carry over once you've logged off.

There's a couple. Full-sensory short-term dungeons. The gear and items you start with and find throughout are randomized. You feel the pain and any unpleasant status effects triggered by traps and enemies. Whoever has more points at the end wins.

[chronicgambler]

that shit sounds amazing sign me the fuck up!!!!! you cant do that shit here?? somebody oughta invent it or some shit.

alright bet. lets go. what do you wanna put down?

[zunge]

No one here uses Allmates which are required the run the game. Also Usui isn't here. Some of the fighting games have PvP options, at least. And that dungeon roguelike I mentioned is single-player or two-player.

Money works. Alternately, loser has to do one thing the winner says.

[chronicgambler]

man i want to go to your world. all i do is rap with hypnosis mics and fuck people up that way. it goes pretty hard. so i got what it takes. too bad i can't try your shit out!!!!

so bet a favor, or you want something riskier?

[zunge]

The hell is a hypnosis mic?

A favor, or a penalty. Like I could order you to wear a collar and beg some random person on the street to take you home as their pet.

[chronicgambler]

i'll show you when we meet up. they're weapons, kinda. you rap into them and they can fuck with people's heads and hurt them.

i'll do it. don't make me do weird shit with random people though.

[zunge]

Does it have to be rap? there's so much better music out there.

oh so the risk taker has some limits huh

[chronicgambler]

there's a billion styles of rap, asshole. some of it's fucking amazing

but yeah it's rap. we rap battle for territory and shit back home. it's all organized by the government technically but there's underground shit that goes on too.

only because you opened up with freaky pet play. i gotta be paid if i'm doing that.

[zunge]

I wouldn't know. I mostly listen to electronic music.

this rap battle stuff sounds weird... do people seriously go along with that? even the government? I'd sooner expect it to stay underground and kept thriving by people playing gangtime. At least that's better than Rib.

It was an example. :P

[chronicgambler]

yeah it's weird but it pays and it's fun as hell when you make it out alive. you get money and cred riding on it, and more, and it feels great.

the government fuckin started it btw

yeah it was a weirdly specific example... most people would be like "you have to carry my groceries" or some bland bs

[zunge]

wherever you're from is messed up.

well duh, carrying groceries is boring. making someone do or wear something embarrassing is funnier. it also inspires them to put effort into playing cos they don't wanna do shit like that.

[chronicgambler]

fuckin mood but who cares im gonna die someday why the fuck not enjoy life

idk man its not like im gonna wan wan at somebody like a dumbass but whatever ur on

[zunge]

meet me at [insert name of gaming center], they got a VR console with that game loaded. what time?

[chronicgambler]

right the fuck now if ur game

see you in fifteen