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[ryuji]

Anybody have some credits I could borrow?

Or know how to make some out here?

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[jailbirds]

so
what's the truth then?
i'm not a loanshark man but you're still asking for money
just tell me what it was

[ryuji]

I lost all my credits at the arcade

[jailbirds]

????
huh?????
what'd you do, put 500 credits in to play again???

[ryuji]

Kinda? More like 1000





Also, it was kinda like a betting... sort of thing

[Sae's palace all over again.]

[jailbirds]

ohhhhh
you gambled it away like some pathetic old man at pachinko



ok i know i just said that but actually hear me out:
arenas are starting right?
i could give you my money, you bet it on me, we rake in cash

[ryuji]

Pathetic doesn't even begin to describe it

I mean

Isn't that kinda like money laundering?

Well... it's probably not against the law here

If you wanna.

Yeah sure, what the heck. Count me in!

[jailbirds]

[ ... oh she didn't expect that to be so easy. kind of touched that he believes in her??? ]

that's the spirit!!
you'll see, i'll kick spider ass out there ヽ( ･∀･)ﾉ┌┛Σ(ノ `Д´)ノ

[ryuji]

Yo... though




Don't get yourself hurt. Okay?

[jailbirds]

uh

it's not
really a big deal?
i've had way worse than anything they can dish out lol

[ryuji]

Huh?

Just because you've been through shit that's bad doesn't mean you gotta keep going through equally worse shit. That's like taking a dump on top of a dump

So be careful out there? I guess is what I'm tryin to say

And also kick some spider ass.

Kick it hard

[jailbirds]

you're a weird guy
but the ass kicking i can do

[ryuji]

Nah, I'm totally normal. Everyone else around here on the other hand... lol

So how does this work out? You gimme 300cc and then I bet it on you, and if you win, it becomes 600?

Then we do it again, and it becomes 1200?

[jailbirds]

not bad, i could do that
think they have a betting pool going??
yknow, get rich off of odds against me?

[ryuji]

I don't really get how odds work

[Surprise.... that might've stopped him from betting against an Aranean in a video game if he knew better]

But hell, I'll take a look around and see what the going rate is for COST members

[jailbirds]

isn't it like...
they say it's 2:1 against me
so if you bet on me, you get double the money when i win?
idk for sure
but if those spider bitches do a betting pool like that, we'd make money way faster
10:1 odds against hanamira kougousabi and we'd be rich

[ryuji]

Wait

WAIT

So if it's 10:1 that means... you'd get 10 times the payout? 3000 credits!?

[jailbirds]

yep
betting like that is all about high risk high reward
my brother used to like those kinds of payouts

[ryuji]

Your bro?

Did he bet on you?

[jailbirds]

lololol no this is back when i was in middle school
my bro's always been a pickpocket and a lying bastard
he used to like gambles & now he's into the fucking stock exchange, i guess he doesn't change lol

[ryuji]

Dude he sounds really messed up

Kinda funny if you think about it. People trading stocks on other peoples' money is just a glorified form of consented thievery

[jailbirds]

nah he's a good bro
he was just doing what he had to yknow?
to survive how shitty the world was

lolol right??
but you can get away with anything if it's for "adults"

[ryuji]

[Wow... he really likes her line of thinking. It resonates so damn well with him, all things considered.]

Yeah man

Like, adults can do shitty things but if teens were to do the same thing, we'd be branded as troubled. They're just the same delinquents who grew up and found more creative ways to screw people over.