Target: Point Zero
“It was hard for him to avoid making a grand entrance. Even though he came in through a side door, he was immediately mobbed by a legion of admiring, well-dressed drunks. They quickly swept him towards the same poker table that had been the center of the action the night before.
A crowd four times as large was on hand for the sequel. The two spacemen were there, too. They were sitting in the same seats, the same confused scowls etched across their faces. It was almost like they’d never left, lik...e they’d been waiting here all day, guarding what was left of their money, anticipating Hunter’s return.
He nodded in their direction then dramatically dropped his own heavy bag of coins on the table. The large felt-lined platform nearly buckled, the $1.5 million weighed that much.
The travelers’ eyes went wide; a gasp went through the crowd. The tuxedoed pit boss snapped his fingers and a gigantic scotch-and-ginger miraculously appeared in front of Hunter. He drank it in two gulps.
“So what’s the game, boys?”MoreLess
A crowd four times as large was on hand for the sequel. The two spacemen were there, too. They were sitting in the same seats, the same confused scowls etched across their faces. It was almost like they’d never left, lik...e they’d been waiting here all day, guarding what was left of their money, anticipating Hunter’s return.
He nodded in their direction then dramatically dropped his own heavy bag of coins on the table. The large felt-lined platform nearly buckled, the $1.5 million weighed that much.
The travelers’ eyes went wide; a gasp went through the crowd. The tuxedoed pit boss snapped his fingers and a gigantic scotch-and-ginger miraculously appeared in front of Hunter. He drank it in two gulps.
“So what’s the game, boys?”MoreLess
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