dappledleaves | THE WORLD: PSL LIFE

She really would. Especially this kind of high stakes gambling...

[ Maybe too easy...that woman clearly doesn't mean James Bond well, even if she says she's also an agent for the British government...the femme fatale vibes are all over her]

[ Oria thinks Bond should get pegged once for being so easy. Wisdom right here. ]

Some kind of people just flourish when they have adrenaline in their veins.

[ He'd know. He went to talk about gambling that one time. ]

[ But that doesn't fulfill the wish fulfillment fantasy??]

They're really not thinking of the possibilities of losing, huh?

[Sighh]

[ shhh you don't know that

Oria shrugs. ]

The moment they lose is when their adrenaline fades and they regret everything. I think I can understand that a bit.

[Hmmm.]

I guess that makes sense. Still...this seems like a really roundabout way of foiling a terrorist plot.

[Seriously. Gambling?? Without stacking the deck? Somehow Bond manages to get a straight flush at the final round and the villain looks like he's about to have a connipton]

Honestly though? If you can cheat and thinn you're good enough to get away with it, you should cheat.

[ No morality against that. ]

Casinos make bank off of 99% of the failed players, so you should get some moolah when you can. If you start earning too much and they can't catch you, they take you to the back room and cut you a deal before they lose more money.

[ heh ]

[ Sinclair doesn't disagree but]

But what if they catch you cheating?

Then you get kicked out and forfeit all your winnings. Don't give them a reason to do that. Easy!

[ He fought for gambling regulations, but this is what he really supports. Yeah. ]

Maybe in another world, you would have been fine as one of those world class poker players.

[Easy huh... Also somehow James Bond gets captured and he is now getting tortured quite violently!!!]

Oh, I actually played at a casino before. Not as myself, obviously.

[ flashback to oria's disguise back at kayser corp... it was not the first time

Well. The Torture scene is somehow something Oria can stomach right now. So he seems fine, at least. ]

How was it?

[Sinclair just leans against Oria a little more. He doesn't like these sorts of scenes. The interrogator is literally just trying to bust James Bond's balls when suddenly gunshots begin to fire.

And that is...the actual villain? What?]

[ Oria hugs Sinclair a little tighter. Not because of the movie, but becaise he wants him close. ]

That's-- ... wait, is that the actual mastermind? Huh?

I guess...it's kinda following the novels?

[Help, Sinclair is so lost. And the reason Bond was saved is because...the Femme Fatale fell in love with him after all. WHAT. He'll just. Squish closer to Oria.]

You read them?

[ Oria, who doesn't read these things:

also what the fuck. oria squints at the screen, hello???? ]

Mm, a couple...they weren't as fun on paper though.

[Sinclair can admit sometimes film versions -> the novels.]

...I don't remember this being part of it though...

[James Bond is taken to recover and the Femme Fatale visits him in his hotel room and.

Clothes are sure coming off faster this time huh]

[ He covers Sinclair's eyes again with a hand. ]

Anyway, the casinos were fun because I got to turn the tables around on a lot of people. Their expressions were great.

Why is it always me and not you...?

[But Sinclair is just happy to snuggle into Oria so. He'll do that instead]

You really do like causing trouble. Is that how you know casinos will cut you a deal if you win too much?

[ Oria doesn't react for a moment. Was he paying attention to the sex scene? Was it something Sinclair said? Either way, he doesn't say anything for a while before turning his gaze over to Sinclair and smiling, taking his hand away from his eyes. ]

It was just seeing it for myself. Anyone who wants to adjust the rules and laws should see how it's like as a customer too. It gives valuable insight on how the rules should affect the relationship between them and the consumers.

But it's also a little fun to have on the side.

[Sinclair looks up at Oria for a moment, and then winds his arms around him. Casinos are terrible places, so causing trouble there is always something Sinclair thinks is fine (secretly). He reaches up to cup Oria's cheek, considering the kinds of disguises Oria might have had to come up with.

(If the sex scene is still ongoing, Sinclair doesn't pay attention to it)]

But only in disguise, huh...? [But he turns over Oria's words in his head and nods] Businesses are pretty complicated...but I hope what you pushed for worked out. [except Oria got shot, and that makes Sinclair unhappy. He's sure there were news articles on the regulations but Things Happened shortly after so he never got around to reading them back then]

[ Did it? Honestly, Oria wasn't thinking about it at all when he returned from Fragment. He thought about it every now and then as "one of the things he needed to get done" but other than that, it was so low on the priority list despite how he got shot for it. ]

I'm pretty good at disguises if I have a lot of time to prepare myself for it, aren't I?

[ Honestly, he felt pretty proud of the fact that Sinclair couldn't tell it was him. He worked real hard on that one. ]

[Sinclair rubs his thumb over Oria's cheek, trying to recall how he looked back then]

Honestly, it kept throwing me every time I heard your voice come from a face that wasn't yours.

[It was so weird??]

It was just that good, huh?

[ He considers the movie just as over since Bond had that second sex scene with the women post mastermind fight. He still enjoys the thumb over his cheek though, smiling. ]

It took me a while, especially the green contacts. I don't want to wear contacts again if I can help it.

Are they that uncomfortable?

[ There's probably more violence and action happening, but Sinclair doesn't pay much attention to the film, more interested in how Oria even managed to do it. Make up is magic...]

I don't like stuff in my eyes. Glasses are forever. It was the closest prescription they had of mine, but it still takes time to get used to them.

[ So Oria was pretty much partially handicapped for Kayser Corp despite the dangers. ]

What contributed to most of my changes were the face lift tapes. It made my face structure look different than normal, so that's most likely why people can't recognize me. It's as if something is off, but you can't really pinpoint why. It's a very subtle change.

Edited 2024-01-14 02:16 (UTC)

I don't think I'd like poking myself in the eye every day either. [Glasses suit Oria anyway so. Also now that Sinclair is aware...honestly, Oria. That was scary. He kisses Oria's cheek] Mm. It was definitely weird.

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