CALHOUN HOUR - REINTRODUCTION

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Back on the morning of Day 90, the original group has been given access to a new location, The Library, only after seeing this note: library is open go use it or whatever don't trash it or else!!!!! (♯｀∧´) i got my eye on you!!! brb later ~ ᘛᕐᐷ An Ambidex Round was planned for this day, but instead, Calhoun was nowhere to be seen. He completely disappeared and left the test subjects to do whatever they pleased. It's not until the early afternoon that his lovely voice rings throughout the speakers: "Ahem, aaaaahem!! Okay, so! I'm sure that you illiterate bunch have seen my note on the floor earlier today, which tells you to all go to the library. If you're not there already, then get in there, because I'm going to tell you about a seeeeecret ennnnntranceeee, ohhhhhhh." There's a few more seconds of 'ohhh's and 'ahhhh's before Calhoun moves on. "Normally, I'd have you play Moonlight Sonata on the piano to open up the hidden doorway, but that's too much work, so just get over to the furthest bookshelf in the back and give it a biiiiig pull. I've unlocked it for you already, so it'll just swing right open like a door! Go through it and I'll see you losers soon." The intercom goes silent, but true to his word, should someone pull back the extremely heavy bookcase, a long and dark hallway is presented to them. It certainly hasn't seen much use, as evidenced by the dust and cobwebs, but once everyone reaches the end of the hall, an identical first floor lobby greets them. Every single window bolted shut, and only florescent lights illuminate the room. The security cameras line up in the exact same locations, a row of Ambidex Rooms lined up against the wall, and there's even an identical Number 9 door. It's an exact replica, asides from a "few" details... A large blinking sign hangs up high on the centre of the back wall. It reads "CALHOUN'S PLEASURE PARADISE" and features a large photo of Calhoun with a large wad of flaming cash in one hand, which he holds underneath a cigar super glued to his gas mask. It's unique, to say the least, and there are rows and rows of slot machines line up in the centre. Tables with games such as blackjack and poker take up the sides, and there's even a pool table nearby. One end has a small mini-bar, with all the crab legs you can eat, and loud music blares throughout the entire room. Unfortunately(?), a good number of the machines and tables are being run by your favourite robotic friends, complete with damaged synthetic skin. They don't answer or seem responsive, other than playing on the slots or dishing out cards, and they each have a cigar or two stuck in their mouths, which Calhoun must have shoved in there. Speaking of the rodent, Calhoun sits at a large table with a deck of cards, dressed in a long white dress shirt and a red vest. The cigar glued to his mask, as shown in the sign, still remains, and he adjusts his bow tie at the sight of everyone. "Happy anniversary, test subjects! What's a better way to celebrate this disgustingly heart crushing moment but to go all out with a taste of Las Vegas!" He shouts, but then places a paw to his chin. "Or was it Los Plagas... It was Las or Los something. It's way too hard to keep track of the million places." He looks back up and waves it off. "Whatever, anyway! Go ahead and gamble, drink to your heart's content, I don't care, just do something useful while you're here, all right? And because I know that some of you don't have any coins because you're bad with money management or just really dumb or something, and also because I'm such a kind mouse, I left you all a little baggie gift at the bar." "I better see you gambling those off though! What fun would it be if you don't try to test your luck?"

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BASIC INFO

[vivariummods]

✖ This Calhoun Hour will go towards AC as usual. You do not have to complete this event, but you do need to have a minimum of 10 comments from you.

✖ Every single door and Ambidex Room in this new lobby is locked, preventing access to it.

✖ Everyone is given 25 coins and a ticket that reads 'ONE (1) MEMORY' at the beginning of the event.

✖ Characters are able to bet coins or even their own memories in hopes of winning more prizes. You may be able to read what kind of games they will play here.

✖ Most games are linked to a site that has an online version of the game. Players are more than free to base their character's winnings through that online version in threads, or actually tag out a game. Feel more than free to use a different version of the game if needed.

✖ The ticket that characters receive will be to receive one memory. They may win/buy a maximum of three additional tickets, for a total of four in this event.

✖ The coins may be exchanged for prizes in the usual Calhoun's Corner or the special one-time Casino Shop.

✖ This event will last for 4 OOC days and 1 IC day. It ends on August 11th at 11:59PM EST.

✖ Turn-ins are due at the end of the event on August 11th. There are no threads to turn in, but we do require a log of all things that are won/redeemed.

✖ If you have any questions? Ask and we will try to get back to you asap.

✖ Have a nice trick!

EVENTS

[vivariummods]

【 BAR 】

Come by the bar and let the robot serve you a drink. There's plenty of room and an unlimited amount of crab legs and peanuts. Take a breather, sit down, talk about your problems, and how you lost all of your coins. Sit right up at the bar or at one of the two small tables nearby.

There is a third table but it's currently occupied by two robots, with a large puddle of beer on the floor. One in a blue vest sits there, one hand holding an entire pitcher while the other grasps onto a photo of another robot, but this one with long flowing brown hair (that is obviously a wig glued on). The other in a blue jumpsuit, hand also wrapped around a pitcher and holding a photo, but just of a cat. They both just sit there in a puddle of their own shame and refuse to interact with anyone.

【 BLACKJACK 】

Your typical blackjack. You may only bet coins for this game.

【 HIGH OR LOW 】

This is a game run by Calhoun and is the only game in the entire event that you must play with a mod. Characters must interact with Calhoun to partake in this game, which only consists of guessing whether or not the face down card is high or low. A card numbered 2 to 7 is low, while a card numbered from 8 to King is high, and an ace will always result in a loss.

This game only uses memories as bargaining chips, and characters may be able to win up to three extra memories in this game. If they lose their memory ticket that they've received at the beginning of the event, or refuse to use it, they are allowed to bet any previously gained memories instead.

There are three rounds to the game.

1) You must bet one memory (the "original") to play. If characters win, they will gain one extra memory. If they lose, they will lose the original.

2) Characters can have the choice to go double-or-nothing. If characters win, they will win a second extra memory. If they lose, they will lose the memory that they won in the first round, but be able to keep their original one.

3) The last round of the game. If characters decide to go for one more and win, they will get a third extra memory. If they lose, they will both memories they have won in round one and two, but be able to keep their original one.

【 POKER 】

A good old round of Texas Hold 'Em or any other type of poker you'd like to play. You may only bet coins for this game.

【 POOL 】

A single pool table with everything needed for a nice game of hitting balls with sticks.

【 ROULETTE 】

Play a simple game of roulette with yourself or with others! You may only bet coins for this game.

【 SLOT MACHINE 】

Your typical slot machine. Match up the Akiko heads and get something special! (Spoilers: you just get disappointment and shame confetti). You may only bet coins for this game.

GET TO PLAYING

[vivariummods]

[ Play some of the games, or just sit around and drink yourself silly at the bar. Do whatever you want, no one cares. To thread with Calhoun, however, please make sure to contact a mod so we can get to you ASAP! ]

[fairsfair]

[ Okay, so, it's not really a big surprise that casinos aren't really Jake's thing. He's more about earning money, not losing it. He may be a solider of fortune, but luck has little to do here when things are so rigged here (especially if Calhoun is running it). Of course, this doesn't mean that he's probably not going to goad someone into trying out a slot machine or something. Just who do you think he is? He's not Jake if he's not trying to get a reaction from someone. ]

[ Asides from that, you'll find him mostly around the bar, helping himself to the drinks there, and most likely by the pool table, which he looks ridiculously cocky at (like ten times more than usual). ]

[puzzlinglad]

[Shockingly Hershel isn't really big on the horrible sin of gambling or whatever do british people think gambling is ungentlemanly?? Probably right? I don't know he's 17 give him a break.

The point is he looks pretty lost on how to even deal with this event, and decides that bugging Jake is an age old pasttime that needs to be upheld. Just heading up to the Jake pool scene.] You're not gambling? [He sounds a little surprised because he could somehow imagine Jake going nuts for this sort of unwholesome thing. What a friend.] ... why do you have that look on your face?

[Where's the trust Hershel.]

Play some pool?

[blind_badass]

*The casino atmosphere prevents Snake from recognizing anyone by footsteps. He can still sense that someone is near the pool table. It strikes Snake at that moment he could still attempt to play the game, provided his opponent didn't lie about the numbers on the balls. Why not, really?* You mind playing with me?

[detectiveofthewest]

Heiji, for his part, was taking the opportunity to sample some crab legs. Sure, it could be drugged. But how long had it been since he'd gotten to eat some seafood?

Maybe he could be convinced to play a (probably rigged) game. He did know how to count cards...

[puzzlinglad]

The last time was octopus adventure let's be real. Have Hershel walking over, looking a little surprised there's food and Heiji hasn't passed out or something similar from eating it.

"You're a brave soul, Heiji Hattori."

[blind_badass]

Well hello there, stranger. *Snake sauntered over, looking remarkably...relaxed about everything going on.* What looks good?

[puzzlinglad]

[You can find Hershel one of two places- firstly hanging around the bar, looking awkward and a little skeptical about all this. Gambling is unwholesome okay he's pretty sure he's not even old enough to be in a casino but since when did Calhoun care about that? What an asshole. He might spend some time lining up peanuts in what looks like some weird puzzle to entertain himself just don't even get involved it's probably better for everyone.

Secondly, eventually, he'll head over to the slots curiously. Will he try them?? Who knows. It's not like there's anything upsetting like Akiko's dead face on them so truly, what's the harm.]

[not_that_sasuke]

[Why would there be Akiko heads on it, that would be in terribly poor taste and we all know Calhoun is only the classiest of rats.]

Are you thinking of playing?

[If any of the games have low odds, he'd figure it would be the slots...]

[blind_badass]

*It's a little noisy so Snake can't use his usual trick of figuring out who is who by footsteps alone. He just knows someone is sitting at the bar and why not join them? He'll get a drink though. Just one. He'd learned his lesson.* Taking a break or contemplating what to play?

[skyentificmethod]

[if hershel is just going to sit there and stare at the slot machines, then he really can't blame anyone but himself if other people decide to creep up behind him, now can he?]

...Pullll the leeeeverrrr...

HI MODS / otherwise open!

[not_that_sasuke]

[Bar]

[First things first, he'll go ahead and eat, because someone might as well see if the food's trustworthy or not. The fact that he hasn't passed out or felt sick from the first crab leg is a good sign, so he'll go ahead and stick with that. Come chat up the quiet ninja kid?]

[Black Jack]

[Well, he has twenty five extra coins, and there are some interesting prizes, so... He'll just play and see how long it lasts him.

He starts off setting down five of his twenty five coins... and immediately gets an ace and a ten. That was surprisingly easy.]

[HIGH OR LOW]

[With the memories he's gotten so far, he doesn't actually have any strong opinions on whether or not he gets a memory from this. So with that in mind, clearly there's no reason to hold back from recklessly betting it.]

This is where we use our memory tickets, right?

Black Jack

[detectiveofthewest]

"I think they call that beginner's luck," said Heiji cheerfully, watching Sasuke play. He'd started with the 25 coins he'd been given and somehow won over three times that, because he was some kind of monster. He had a king and an 8, and watched as the robot dealer pulled a 4, 7, 5... and 6. Busted, robot bro.

"You good at card games, d'you think?"

ew it's a dani

[formicarium]

You got it! Bet your memory ticket or any of your prior memories, and win back more!

[ He snickers then leans forward. ]

Willing to test your luck, test subject?

ew again i guess

[fairsfair]

[ Seriously, Jake is just hanging out around the bar because you know, free booze and food. What's not to like? Though he hasn't tried the crab legs yet because hm, suspicious, so he'll just see what Sasuke thinks (yeah, let the kid try it first, you jerk). ]

So, what do you think? Feel like kneeling over yet?

[blind_badass]

*One would think that Snake would be annoyed at the noise level interfering with him trying to get around. He does not look annoyed. He looks rather...mellow. Perhaps something good had happened recently? He takes a seat at the bar. He knows someone is near him but not know it is.*

Is the food any good?

bar

[skyentificmethod]

All the games weren't enough of a game of chance for you?

[says the woman with a heaping plate of crab legs herself, though it's hard to tell if any have yet been consumed]

[skyentificmethod]

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[As exciting as the tinkle of slots and the Trump-like glitz of the table games are, Ema just grabs a plate of crab legs before parking herself at the bar, figuring that, scientifically speaking, she'll get more bang for her buck taking the gamble on food poisoning first of all. Still, if her luck holds for that, some more game-like wagers could be in order! Or, if anyone needs a drink...she makes a pretty mean Shirley Temple?]

[fairsfair]

[ Hope Ema wants a drinking buddy because Jake just kind of sits himself down next to her and her impressive plate of crab legs. ]

Trying to ready yourself for hibernation or something?

High or Low

[blind_badass]

*Betting a memory? It was a 50/50 shot and he'd either lose the chance or get something new. Or perhaps even lose an undesirable memory and he could certainly lose one of those.*

Oh Calhoun? Are you ready to play?

TURN-IN

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<font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>CHARACTER:</font></b> Character Name (<user name="character journal">) <font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>WINNINGS/LOSINGS:</font></b> How many coins did your character win/lose? This number should be before buying anything at the stores and should include the 25 coins that your character has started off with at the beginning of this event. <font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>MEMORIES:</font></b> How many total memories do they have at the end? Include the one memory they start with. <font face="georgia" color="#44657b"><b>PRIZES:</font></b> What did they redeem at Calhoun's Corner or the Casino Shop?

Re: TURN-IN

[detectiveofthewest]

CHARACTER: Heiji (detectiveofthewest)
WINNINGS/LOSINGS: +100
MEMORIES: 1
PRIZES: A hot meal for Snake ♥

Re: TURN-IN

[blind_badass]

CHARACTER: Snake(blind_badass)
WINNINGS/LOSINGS: I forgot to log in my fun playing times with the blackjack game so...25 coins
MEMORIES: Either 1 or 3, thread is ongoing
PRIZES: Snake might opt for another shower in the future since he didn't get enough for a hot meal