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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guilt Puppy" data-source="post: 729436" data-attributes="member: 6521">Oren will get his own room, trying to seem unconnected to the rest of the party -- part of the plan, he makes it clear.Once they have some privacy, Oren will pull aside Kerith and Foran -- and anyone else who's interested -- to lay out his plan in a hushed whisper."Okay, Kerith: What I'm thinking, your job is to play the hustler, but the hustler trying to play the naive kid. You go in there, maybe with Foran, find a good table to sit at, somewhere open, where we can run if we need to, and somewhere it won't be strange for Foran to be playing his pipes."You seem to have lost your stutter, well, if you can, get it back. It's okay if it's fake 'cause they're going to think it's fake anyway: You can afford to be suspicious, because you're going in there to lose. Don't try to play that up or anything, just let them suspect you a little, not so much they don't let you play, just enough that they keep an eye on you. And if you go there seeming totally out-of-place, with someone no less, oh, they'll have their eye on you for sure."Now, a normal hustler will begin by losing a few hands, so it's perfect for you to be losing. Nothing big, just enough to keep up the image. They'll think you're trying to get their guard down, so they'll keep it up against you. Which is where I come in."I'm suave, I'm quick, I'm cocky: Just another gambler. I won't stand out at all from anyone else from the table, except in one way: I'll be winning. And I'll be winning because Foran isn't tipping off you like they think, he's tipping off me. If the atmosphere is right and we can do this musically, it'll be perfect, because then I don't even have to look at him -- just at the faces around the table. Which would probably be enough anyway, so Foran, don't trouble yourself too much trying to read things that you get caught, just try to pick up on things here and there. Just an edge."So I come in, start slow but just for a while, then hit a big lucky streak and take off while my luck's going strong. Maybe near the end I can lose to you big, then you guy's take off like you finally pulled off the big hustle, but since I'm the one who lost and I don't protest it's no big thing. Then I stick around, make a little more... Or whatever. We can work out the specifics, but first, are you in? Any suggestions?"</blockquote>

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