100 Words of Gambling - Perdita
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strange_natures"What did you estimate your chances at?" the stranger asked while rummaging through her pockets.
"Approximately eight hundred and seventy five trillion to one," Elef said. "With luck on our side..."
She made a disapproving noise. "With all due respect, fuck her ladyship, you're not going to pull off odds like that without sending the probability matrix into total freefall - no, what you need is a whole lot of uppers, and a chaos goddess who fancies going full-on Heart of Gold." She surfaced from her rummaging with a clear bag full of white powder, and flourished it theatrically. "Oh, and a very pretty lady who's willing to volunteer the small of her back for a bit. I'll buy her a drink afterwards."
"...Volunteer the small of her back for what?"
"Mate, I'm not gonna snort this lot off the back of a loo, am I? That's conduct unbe-fucking-coming of a Presence of my stature."
Elef blinked at her, hoping that somehow the words would suddenly click together and make sense, but he was still bewildered when she leaned forwards, and said, "Now, you've got to ask yourself one question: do you want to roll the dice on Lady Luck showing up and pulling off some astronomical odds, or-" She grinned savagely. "-would you rather lay them down on yours truly, the patron goddess of It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, and two pounds of pure, uncut Peruvian cocaine?"
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"Approximately eight hundred and seventy five trillion to one," Elef said. "With luck on our side..."
She made a disapproving noise. "With all due respect, fuck her ladyship, you're not going to pull off odds like that without sending the probability matrix into total freefall - no, what you need is a whole lot of uppers, and a chaos goddess who fancies going full-on Heart of Gold." She surfaced from her rummaging with a clear bag full of white powder, and flourished it theatrically. "Oh, and a very pretty lady who's willing to volunteer the small of her back for a bit. I'll buy her a drink afterwards."
"...Volunteer the small of her back for what?"
"Mate, I'm not gonna snort this lot off the back of a loo, am I? That's conduct unbe-fucking-coming of a Presence of my stature."
Elef blinked at her, hoping that somehow the words would suddenly click together and make sense, but he was still bewildered when she leaned forwards, and said, "Now, you've got to ask yourself one question: do you want to roll the dice on Lady Luck showing up and pulling off some astronomical odds, or-" She grinned savagely. "-would you rather lay them down on yours truly, the patron goddess of It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, and two pounds of pure, uncut Peruvian cocaine?"
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