Medusa, C, and the Detective are in the school's casino with a Tennis Player and an Inventor who is sure she got false info about something. X stumbles in while C is toying with the Inventor's emotions. X claims he is totally not at the casino to gamble except C totally goaded him into some sort of gambling challenge. Because of course X is that gullible.
Somehow, everyone except the Inventor got roped into a slot machine competition. X lost miserably while the humble Tennis Player came out on top. C asks if there was some sort of trick to winning, but the Tennis Player insists it's luck. X dismisses it as superstition, but... Medusa begs to differ. He explains something about the concept of "kotodama", pauses to tell the Inventor to shut up after she interrupts with a dirty joke, and goes on to explain that words have the power to affect someone's confidence. Among other things. Words are powerful.
After that valuable lesson, X asks the Tennis Player about pre-game rituals... And come to think of it, the Tennis Player did have better luck when entering with his right foot. After Medusa has to shut up the lewd Inventor again, X decides to try this trick with the slots.
X loses miserably. Again. Medusa notes that luck alone does not produce the Tennis Player's win streak. X cries sour grapes as he swears off gambling.
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Medusa didn't learn anything about the outside world, but he did educate people here.
He also knows more about his former classmates, specifically C and X. Who knew X was so gullible?
Wow, that Inventor is annoying and loud. He kind of wishes she never shows up in Imeeji, but maybe that's a cruel thought to have?
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Day 231: The astronaut's gambling problem
Date: 2020-04-30 05:22 pm (UTC)Medusa, C, and the Detective are in the school's casino with a Tennis Player and an Inventor who is sure she got false info about something. X stumbles in while C is toying with the Inventor's emotions. X claims he is totally not at the casino to gamble except C totally goaded him into some sort of gambling challenge. Because of course X is that gullible.
Somehow, everyone except the Inventor got roped into a slot machine competition. X lost miserably while the humble Tennis Player came out on top. C asks if there was some sort of trick to winning, but the Tennis Player insists it's luck. X dismisses it as superstition, but... Medusa begs to differ. He explains something about the concept of "kotodama", pauses to tell the Inventor to shut up after she interrupts with a dirty joke, and goes on to explain that words have the power to affect someone's confidence. Among other things. Words are powerful.
After that valuable lesson, X asks the Tennis Player about pre-game rituals... And come to think of it, the Tennis Player did have better luck when entering with his right foot. After Medusa has to shut up the lewd Inventor again, X decides to try this trick with the slots.
X loses miserably. Again. Medusa notes that luck alone does not produce the Tennis Player's win streak. X cries sour grapes as he swears off gambling.
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