Tony wasn't here to play cards. Tony was here to drink more than he probably should, laugh loudly, and have fun. The end.
Things in his own world were tense and getting tenser every day, and the one big advantage of this Nexus Hotel was that no one knew who he was. Sure it was a downer when he wanted to flash his celebrity status, but on the more important hand, it cut down to near zero the number of people who might take a pot shot at him on sight -- or as a part of their overreaching plot for world domination, can't forget that.
So if you looked at it the right way, having his night on the town lightyears from any town that knew his name was a totally responsible choice.
He'd had a few already -- you win some -- and he'd already completely exhausted the entertainment value of alternately praising and skewering anyone who looked interesting enough to have a conversation with -- you lose some. The deck of cards appearing at a nearby table caught his attention. Could be fun?
"What kind of stakes are you playing for?" he asked loudly, displaying the brash arrogance of a man who never bothered to play for anything but high stakes -- unless it could be made worth his interest in some other way.
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Things in his own world were tense and getting tenser every day, and the one big advantage of this Nexus Hotel was that no one knew who he was. Sure it was a downer when he wanted to flash his celebrity status, but on the more important hand, it cut down to near zero the number of people who might take a pot shot at him on sight -- or as a part of their overreaching plot for world domination, can't forget that.
So if you looked at it the right way, having his night on the town lightyears from any town that knew his name was a totally responsible choice.
He'd had a few already -- you win some -- and he'd already completely exhausted the entertainment value of alternately praising and skewering anyone who looked interesting enough to have a conversation with -- you lose some. The deck of cards appearing at a nearby table caught his attention. Could be fun?
"What kind of stakes are you playing for?" he asked loudly, displaying the brash arrogance of a man who never bothered to play for anything but high stakes -- unless it could be made worth his interest in some other way.