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Life Outside the Big City Issue 3
By [[Kid Bang]]

So, I was in the Golden Giza casino in St. Martial a few days ago. I was heading to the big rollers room, and I heard one of the slot machines talking to me. Now, I just figured it was Dr. Infinite and one of his ridiculous pranks but, nope. Turns out this Slot Machine actually had some hot tips for me. Only on Rogue Isles…

The first bunch went down great and brought the Bone Snappers some major scores. Snatched up some artifacts and a list of people who owed money to the Tsoo, both of which brought in some nice ransoms let me tell you. Then I paid the Freakshow a visit. Not only did I score some sweet bank account access codes, but also a pretty…unique…DVD! You've never seen anything ‘til you've seen some Freakshow on CoS action! And just to round things off, I went after the Carnival of Shadows and racked up some Bearer Bonds. I think this was all tied together by a twisted tale of blackmail, but I was too busy counting pictures of Ben Franklin to keep track.

After being able to finally pay off that Plasma screen that Kral Raiden smashed when Dawson's Creek was cancelled, I got Kral to come back to the Giza with me to get some more tips from the wise and powerful Slot Machine. And that is when things got a little wonky. First it sent me and Kral to steal some weapons from the Council. The weapons were worthless, but we ran across some joker in trouble called High Roller. Roller turned out to be a former villain who was trying to rack up a big score of his own.

The Slot Machine hadn't let me down before, so I figured this was just a fluke. But, I have to tell you, Kral was getting a little annoyed. I think he was ready to put me through the Slot Machine for wasting his time. So then the Slot Machine told us where we could find some massive gemstones guarded by Devouring Earth. Plants and rocks guarding gemstones? We had to check that out!

This job. didn't go so well. Not only did Kral and I both got knocked out at one point, but also no gemstones. What we did find was High Roller in over his head again!

After escaping from the sticks and stones (and yes, they really can break your bones. Really glad we finally got that Medical Bay up and running), we returned to the Giza and were ready to commit some property damage, when the Slot Machine started saying some strange things. It begged us to help High Roller before the Circle of Thorns got him. Kral thinks I'm nuts, but how could I say no to a poor innocent Slot Machine. Plus, I still owe the CoT.

Once High Roller was free and clear, we were able to piece together the whole story. He had built that Slot Machine as part of a plan to rob the Casino, and it was loyal to him. Thankfully, High Roller decided to retire for good. I got a letter from him yesterday, he's now a shop teacher in Poughkeepsie, NY.

As for the Slot Machine, it was so happy that we saved High Roller, it gave me and Kral a huge payout, so all in all, it was well worth the bruises. Oh, don't look at me like that Green Meanie, you had fun, too.

[[Category:Champion Universe Fiction]]