Nidget looked ragged, he just exited his room, grumbled something about me not stealing his soul and then rushed out of the suite and towards the game. I didn't rally chase after him,but I knew where he was going (contrary to my previous everything I can remember paths in cities, its just in underground caves while being chased by the damned of the damned I have problems). He signed into his little gaming table and I went to where the body guards were hanging out.
None of the other big mean idiots seemed to notice the difference in my face, but that could be because they didn't notice I was the same person from the day before (most of the time I get confused for a child of mine "Oh are you Trezlan's kid?" I never correct these people because again don't want to answer awkward questions). So I sat and watched the most boring game played by boring people (notice how I didn't ever explain the rules, be glad for this, BE SO GLAD FOR THIS). I'll admit I wasn't really watching Nidget (it was an enclosed space where nasty old men watched over people to make sure they weren't cheating, no one was going to get killed, well literally killed), I was looking for a guy I saw in the mind of one our poor attackers. I spotted him early on and focussed my attention on him.
He was an older guy, looked to have some magical talent (I can't sense it from a far, but you can generally see the signs, magical people tend to wear their abilities on their sleeves, sometimes literally). Dressed in a clean black suit and with manicured facial hair, he took pride in his appearence (which made him stand out from the rest of the mud dwellers that existed in the game, Nidget included). I also saw his bodyguard, a rather large man who felt shirts were not for him (so many bodyguards do this, I know that cloth won't stop a bullet, but come on guys shirts are nice). He was also brown skinned and bald so we had that in common (though again I shave my head, his looked to be the natural result of poor breeding). So I knew who to look out for, and started a plan in my head to at least acknowledge that I knew something they probably didn't want anyone knowing (because the best way to avoid getting killed is to inform the people doing it that you are aware of them... right this works I swear).
Nidget finished his game early and I thought it meant he was done for the whole thing and my planning was for naught. But no he stood up triumphantly got chastised for the spectacle and told me he was done for the day. We walked back to the hotel in silence, he went to go to sleep, I stuck around in the casino area to try and make money (because like the saying goes a sucker is born every hundred years and I've lived long enough to be a double sucker!) I was also killing time hoping to see the well dressed man and his shirtless bodyguard, and wouldn't you know it... I did just that. But that's tomorrow! I have a big shipment coming in today, and I have to make sure Captain Therod doesn't get up in my face about it, or if she does she doesn't actually find out whats in it!
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