Starting a New Game [complete]

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Character(s): Setzer
Content: Setzer's looking for a place to start a casino. Which means looking for unoccupied buildings to take over.
Setting: Not too far from Ceu de Mouraria
Time: early afternoon
Warnings: none

To be perfectly fair, even Setzer had to admit that having a casino too close to the local opera house would tarnish the images of both buildings. But he never had found the time to take a look at what passed for an opera house out here, and had figured he might as well make use of the trip to see what he could see.

But he couldn't well put his casino inside it, impressive though it might have been. What he had in mind was a good deal more low-key. Small and simple. Just like it should be.

And for that, he'd happily wander across the entirety of city. Besides, who knew who he'd run across in the course of his search? Maybe he'd luck out and find someone who knew of a place, even.

But if not, that was fine as well.

Comments

Hope its okay to toss Rhyme in here ^^

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Rhyme looked around the city, a bit in awe by being in a new area. She pulled down her hat, to go over the tips of her ears. She was a bit nervous being out on her own and without Beat. But she wanted to explore a little bit, and didn't want to bother her big brother.

She'd make sure to not wander off for too long...she didn't want Beat to have a panic attack at her being gone for so long.

Perfectly alright~

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Ah, and here came a temporary partner for this round of the game. Certainly faster than he'd expected, even if he rather doubted he'd get anything related to his search from this hand. But he wasn't one to let any sort of hand go entirely to waste.

After all, maybe he'd find a hidden ace.

"Looking for something in particular?"

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Rhyme turned when she heard someone speak to her. It was a taller man, whom she was sure was older than her. She smiled up at him, her innocence shining through. "No, I was just taking a look around," she replied.

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If Setzer had known that Rhyme considered him 'old' he would have been quick to mention that he wasn't all that old, silver hair aside. As it was, he merely smiled and nodded.

"Seeing what things of interest you can find in the hand you've been dealt?"

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He seemed to talk in riddles, and Rhyme found that a bit amusing. Her smile widened a bit. "Yes...I haven't been here long so I wanted to take a look around. What are you looking for?" she asked curiously, tilting her head in interest to Setzer.

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What was he looking for? There was more than one answer to that. For now though, he'd settle for the more immediate answer.

"A place to start up a little venture I have in mind."

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"A venture?" she asked curiously. That sounded interesting. She wondered what exactly that venture entailed, and politely waited for him to answer. He seemed like a nice man, and didn't seem suspicious at all. Although her parents told her never talk to strangers, he seemed harmless.

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"Oh, just a little something to make the place a bit less monotonous. But I need to find a building to set up in first."

He still half-wondered how he hadn't thought of it until Terra'd mentioned it.

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"Oh?" she replied, her curiosity rising. "Do you want some help?" she offered. She wouldn't mind helping him trying to find the right building. It would give her something productive to do here, and she could make a new friend at the same time.

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"Provided it wouldn't be too much trouble." While the offer was most definitely appreciated, he'd much rather not keep anyone if they had more important things to do.

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"No, no trouble at all!" she chirped. "So what exactly are we looking for?" She was probably a bit more excited then a normal person would be to help look for something that she had no idea about.

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"Something big enough to hold a few card tables and the people to go with." No need to have it be a horribly big place after all. Not when he wasn't entirely sure how many'd start coming to visit.

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Rhyme nodded, "Okay. What is it going to be for? A game room?" she questioned him.

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"In a manner of speaking." A casino could technically be called a game room, after all.

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"That sounds like fun," said Rhyme cheerfully. She thought about telling Beat and then taking him to it. It might be something that he would enjoy.

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"That's certainly the intention, at least." Something interesting to counter the boredom of not being able to fly; something to let people temporarily forget that they were stuck in this place for the time being.

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"Mm," she said, pulling her hat down slightly. "Did you manage a game room back home?"

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"I had one that flew, if you can believe that. I called her the Blackjack."

And she'd been a fine ship while she still flew, but he wasn't going to think to much about that.

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Rhyme looked up at him in awe. "You had one that flew?" she questioned, amazed. That must've been cool to see. It was then that Rhyme wished she was lucky enough to see a game room like that.

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"I did," he answered, smiling to hide the pang of sorrow at remembering the unfortunate fate of the Blackjack. Wishing wouldn't bring her back, after all.

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"I wish I could've seen it," she said, her tone a bit sad. She wished that they had something like that back in Shibuya, but she knew it'd be impossible to see. That kind of things would only happen in video games or cartoons. Never in real life. Although...considering her recent run-in with Reapers, maybe it was possible? She never thought she would die and end up in a game to come back to life. Maybe more things were possible than she thought.

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"I'd show you, but even if it weren't for these domes I wouldn't be able to."

This time, not even his smile could hide the sorrow in his eyes. His Blackjack was gone, and while the Falcon was nice it wasn't quite the same.

Yet.

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"Oh? How come?" she asked curiously. Rhyme looked closer at Setzer, trying to read his expression. Even though there was a smile on his face, she could tell that something was off. She hoped that she didn't touch a sensitive subject.

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"The simple answer is that she was destroyed." The long answer was something he didn't really feel like getting into at the moment. No need to bring up the world (mostly) ending after all, much less the events that had followed.

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A frown came across Rhyme's lips. She didn't meant to bring up any tragic memories for the man. "I'm sorry," she apologized immediately. But even then, it seemed like that wasn't enough.

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"It's quite alright," Setzer answered. It wasn't entirely the truth, but it was at least vaguely close to the truth. It still hurt to remember but he'd gotten over it for the most part.

"You didn't know, after all."

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Rhyme half nodded, almost in thought. "Maybe we can make this one like your previous one?" she suggested with a smile.

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"I rather doubt we can," he answered. There wasn't nearly enough room for a proper ship after all, and he didn't want to see if an entire building could be made to fly.

"But perhaps we can get close."

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"Yes, we can get it very close!" she said enthusiastically. She was excited to be able to do something for someone.

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"Then we'll have to see what we can make of the hand we've got," Setzer answered with a smile. "Shall we see what there is to find?"

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Rhyme nodded, "Yes!" she replied enthusiastically. "Where shall we go first?"

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Where? As far as he was concerned the entire city was a possibility. Nowhere was necessarily better than anywhere else after all.

"Well, I doubt we'll find anything here," he answered. "So why don't we try that way."

The direction he indicated had been chosen largely at random, but it would probably work well enough.

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"Okay!" chirped Rhyme as she went in the direction that he indicated. She hoped that they would be able to find something suitable for her. If not, they could always try again another day. Rhyme was determined to say the least.