Exploring Spirale was fun and all, but Crow was quickly realizing that the ‘walking around money’ he was given upon waking up wasn’t good for much besides buying food. He was definitely used to having significantly more cash at his disposal, so it didn’t take long for him to come up with the best get rich quick scheme he could muster at the moment.
Here he was -- at the Golden Dawn Casino -- using his extremely nerfed Anima program to count cards. She couldn’t connect to other technology, but she could access his camera -- that’s all he needed for the time being. He had picked up a pair of wireless earbuds and hooked them up to his cellphones bluetooth; Anima was good to go.
He was sitting at a poker table next to a man who may or may not have been cosplaying to his right, and another man dressed in a suit to his left. Crow’s phone was propped up in his lap with the camera peeking out over the table just enough for Anima to keep an eye on the cards. So far he had raked in quite a bit of dust -- it was making him a bit cheeky.
“This game is easy, huh?” He nudged the cosplayer next to him. As the dealer dealt the next set, Anima began running calculations. Of course, it was at this point that his earbuds died, the bluetooth disconnected, and Anima spoke aloud instead.
𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍; 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝟿𝟹.𝟼𝟽%.
Crow froze as the dealer and other players turned his way.
“E-Eh? What was that?” He attempted to appear clueless as he looked around.
𝚂𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢, 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍; 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝟿𝟹.𝟼𝟽%.
“Anima, shush.” Crow stage whispered at his phone. He shifted uncomfortably in his seat and addressed the man to his right again. “Some video must’ve been playing on my phone -- weird, right? Aha...” A weak laugh was all his could muster as the dealer stared him down.
