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heartslogos · 3 years

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mafia rewrite - the prince 2

“A shit, you brought the little prince.” The Black Mask visibly deflates. “Damn. I’d say that makes things harder, but what’s one more fucked up challenge on top of another? Don’t draw on me. I’m here to negotiate.”

“The little prince,” Jason repeats mockingly. “Jesus, you’re spoiled.”

Damian ignores Jason in favor of waving an imperious hand around the empty building lobby they’re in. “Warren.”

“Right. Any good businessman would want to see the goods before entering talks.” Mask waves his hand lazily and two of his goons peel off to fetch Warren from wherever they’ve hidden him. "I want to say it now. I didn’t have fuck all shit to do with this. Warren approached me for a loan and I gave it to him. He’s been paying the installments with the interest — steep, mind you. I gave him a steep rate. The two bit slipshod upstart piece of shit’s always been an embarrassment. Now, would I be lying if I said that I gave him the loan hoping he’d somehow piss you off and get you to whack the bastard for me? Yeah. But fuck. Didn’t think he’d have the balls to do a hit on Tim Drake. I mean. After the last guy who pulled it? You’d have to be a Luthor to think you could get away with that. And with this complexion? I’d look like a swollen grape.”

Damian’s face remains impassive and neutral as he stares ahead, waiting for Warren to be dragged out.

“Sionis, you rotten piece of garbage,” Jason says, “Of all the people to somehow survive being shot point blank it had to be you. The goddamned devil didn’t want any of your bullshit and he sent you back for the rest of us to deal with.”

“Death’s a condition that gets better with time, oh wonderful kettle,” Black Mask retorts. “Besides, what’s worse punishment than having to come back to crawl on my hands and knees to pay my dues to the Wayne family of Gotham? Fuck, I should’ve packed and left for easier pickings. I’m too attached to this shit hole.”

Jason puts his hands up, "Yeah. Fair’s fair. But there’s a difference between you puling a miracle recovery and me pulling it.”

“Yeah, what’s that Hood?”

“I’m a goddamn Wayne.”

Everyone’s heads turn as the sounds of muffled squirming starts to echo from the other side of the lobby.

Warren, the Great White Shark, himself is bound onto a utility dolly by several thick leather straps around his chest, elbows, thighs, shins, ankles, and neck.

“See the fucker chew his way outta that,” Mask muses as his men wheel Warren into the cavernous space between himself and the Waynes. “I’ve even had him muzzled for ease of handling. I could have him sedated if you want.”

“Being awful generous tonight, aren’t you?”

“I’ll admit that Warren is my fuck up,” Mask says, hands raised. “And you’d have found that out easy. Mea culpa. I’m owning up to my fuck up like a responsible adult. So. Can we talk terms?”

“You want to talk terms after you gave Warren enough money to organized that kind of blow out gunfight across a third of Gotham in broad daylight?” Jason rolls his shoulders, restless as he cracks his neck. “I’m going to rip that thing off of your face and beat you to your second death with it. The devil won’t even think about sending you back when I send you to him as pulp.”

“We’re taking Warren and I’m going to send you a renegotiated contract,” Damian says, checking his watch. “I’m increasing the cut we’re taking, you’re going to increase the amount you pay for the lease on your properties, and your warehouse space at the port is going to be reduced by a third until I say so.” Damian pauses. “I’ll also be replacing your CFO and all the lawyers you have on retainer with my own people.”

Mask gapes. “You’re gutting Janus?”

“You can keep Janus,” Damian’s eyebrows raise as Jason bursts out laughing, clutching his sides as he throws his head back. “It’s a pittance at best. What would we do with it? No, I’m talking about your real businesses. Also I’ll be taking the original records of all of your books of business. You will not be getting them back. Your funds are now ours until I see fit to return them. If you’re going to be giving out such irresponsible loans I don’t think you quite deserve them.”

“That’s too far, Wayne,” Mask says. “I’m offering you Warren. I’ve fessed up. I’ll help you find all the other guys. I can concede the warehouse space and the pay cuts and the increased lease. But you getting your hands into my businesses and replacing my people is too far. I don’t agree to those terms.”

Damian reaches into his coat and pulls out a slender rod. With a flick of his wrist it extends about another foot and crackles to life.

Jason whistles. “That’s a new one. Did your birthday come early? Shit. Missed it again.”

“Did you think you were the only one with a monopoly on testing out Drake’s latest instruments?” Damian asks wryly.

“And here I thought you said instruments of blunt impact were for the lesser persons,” Jason teases.

“Don’t be ridiculous. Any tool can be suitably noble enough in the right hands,” Damian lifts his chin as he advances across the lobby space. “Even something as crude as a stick.”

“Call Drake’s shit a stick to his face as soon as he’s lucid again, I dare you,” Jason says, cracking his knuckles as he follows after his younger brother.

“Ah, fuck, fuck,” Mask curses under his breath and then waves at Warren. “Look at what you’ve fucking done now, you pathetic — fine! Take him! I’ll sign the goddam contract. I’ll give you the books. Fuck! The building’s new, I just had the lobby fixed after the last time you lot came in here and decided to throw hands.”

Damian doesn’t smile as he flicks the stun baton off and collapses it again.

“Doing business with you is always an annoyance, Roman,” Damian says, “And the next time I have to come here I’m not going to be as understanding as I am now. I’ll be sending the Queen after you. She’s wanted to add you back to her collection for years.”

Mask stiffens, for once unable to come back with a witty rejoinder. He just glares at Damian, eyes burning out of the depths of their shadowed recesses.

Damian gestures for his people to take Warren. “Send Warren to the Queen. We’ll deal with him later. Let her know she can do as she pleases as long as he retains enough faculties to talk when we send for him.”

“You don’t want to keep him in house?” Jason asks, hands in his pockets as he stalks back towards the exit. “We’ll owe her a favor.”

“No. Quinzel has a soft spot for Drake, she’ll do this one free,” Damian replies. “Besides, she’s never liked Roman or any of the ones who’ve used the Black Mask monicker over the years. And I’m sure that Warren’s made enough enemies with those under her care that most would appreciate a chance at him.”

Jason turns towards the car that’s being prepped to take Warren.

“Tell Quinzel that we don’t want Crane going near him,” Jason says. “We don’t need Warren hopped up on psychedelics or in the middle of a crash. We’re not going to be giving her enough time to play with him like that.” Jason turns to his own people. “Alright, call it in for the night. I’m not satisfied, but I gotta head back in or the old man’s gonna brood so hard over Drake’s unconscious body the man might just croak from the pressure of it.”

“Colorful,” Damian muses, “The rest of the night is Cain’s and Grayson’s, then.”

“You’re calling it quits already? I was joking about the curfew.”

Damian shakes his head. “As Drake is out of commission I’ll be taking up his duties. I need to go back to his house to collect the materials necessary and get a grasp on his operations.”

“I’ll go with you,” Jason says immediately, slinging an arm around Damian’s shoulder, “With our luck as soon as he peeled outta the garage he armed the entire place to explode. We’ve got enough Wayne’s in the hospital for one night.”

“And you think you being there will solve that somehow, Todd?”

Jason taps his helmet where his temple would be. “I know how that twisted up nerd thinks. If he’s put up traps I’ll know what to look for.”

“Or maybe you won’t, because he’d have anticipated that and trapped it specifically against you.”

Jason gasps, mock hurt as he puts a hand to his chest. “Against me? His favorite guinea pig? Not a chance.”

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pugotheday-blog · 5 years

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Our family weekends were punctuated by board games when I was (much) younger. Great fan already at the time of Hotels, the mysteries of Peking Scotland Yard (my favorite), Monopoly, good pay, Trivial Pursuit, Cluedo, The game of life and so on.

These good times came back to me when I played Zombies! with my sister last week (even at 2 we had a blast, finally ELLE exploded) So I wanted to go further to see what became of the board games. Graphics, equipment and game mechanics had to be improved and that's indeed my feeling.

We regret one thing on the other hand: the difficulty to find these little jewels. The board game seems to be synonymous with childhood, since in store we will find mainstream games. It will go to specialized store for a game dedicated to the most passionate. Fortunately, the Internet can break the barrier but when you need advice, nothing like a specialty store.

So already for me, beginner but still warrior, I retained several games following the rules, videos and graphics that I could see. I spent nearly 3 evenings watching the Tric Trac TV (must-see site with a huge community and very nice!). [Pour ceux qui se posent la question indiscrète : oui, je n’ai que ça à faire car ma moitié rentre à 22h30]. Here are the games that caught my attention:

Pandemic (2-4 players, 45 min / part, + 10 years, 30 €) Collaborative game (hoooo) whose players must ally to prevent the spread of 4 diseases. Board game highly recommended by the community because the cooperative seems to revive the board games and here, to win, it will be necessary to get up early. The must is obviously the very catchy theme. So much so that pandemic is no longer available in stores or at the publisher (total break?), So do not hang around!

Board game without a map (rare) in which players will have to save as many people as possible from an island that is sinking. The boats are few and sharks watch, but if it was just that? A game of atmosphere that seems to be unanimous in its accessibility and aesthetics. In addition, between low blows and secretiveness the game seems particularly fun. Very good game so to start, I bought today taking advantage of the 20% (only today) at Virgin. My half do not like cards, long to read / remember ... so it's perfect. A game obviously family but which remains nonetheless strategic. Little parenthesis, at Virgin, since we talk, I could see the adventurers of the rail (tirelessly exhausted!), Catania, Carcassonne, Civilization (the game is super heavy!), Mr Jack, Small World (exhausted, who bought the box in the window ...) a lot of mini card games, unavoidable (monopoly ...), the games of Witty Edition too. In short, Virgin is nice with us, it must be underlined!

Myrmes (the publisher pronounced Myrmesse) is a game still for enthusiasts since the management of an ant colony during the 4 seasons require a minimum of strategy or at least 2 good hours of reading rules and handling. Nevertheless the original theme will seduce the craziest of us. Frustrating at first, he reveals all his subtleties after a few games. So go your way if you want to relax and you do not know him at all, but give him a chance if you are motivated especially that the game is damn bluffing. A fix (on a board, not important for the game) will be released in April 2013. Small World a game of conquest region particularly successful because there is very little chance. Conquest, placement, strategy and fight are the watchwords. Rave reviews invade the net since it seems simple enough without being easy. In short, a big success. We can not talk board game without talking about the very famous atmosphere game Dobble. It's a round card game with different designs. Until then everything is fine but these cards have ONLY ONE drawing in common with the others. So we can play Dobble in different ways, including the hot potato that I enjoy: each player places his card face up on the palm of his hand, and the goal is to get rid of his card by putting it on another card where we found THE drawing in common. He who has in his hands all the pile of cards lost. Be careful not to damage the cards.

The adventurers of the rail is available on iOS that's how I knew him but his family board game is one of the best-selling games each year. We do not present it anymore. The goal is to reach the towns of the plateau by cars whose color depends on the railway you want to use. The Scandinavia and Europe version are the favorites of the players. I will opt for the Europe version, because there are stations and ports that have been introduced. The rules are learned very quickly and everyone is good at the concept. The game is quite addictive because the replayability is excellent. Waka Waka is a little crush for me: simple rules (perfect for first acquisition LOL), immersive graphics. What more ? The goal is to improve one's social position through offerings (in the form of resources recovered here and there). 2 small caveats: it is that there is too much chance and especially everyone is housed in the same sign: each social rank costs so much for anyone, there are no bonuses or penalties applicable, so I will not have 10 years as a minimum age. That said, it does not make less an affordable family game and fun (the shot of the fire is pretty) Another favorite is this descendants whose goal is to be the most prestigious family over several generations regardless of the field (political, economic, craft ...). Attention actions cost time and when we manage generations it can quickly degenerate [ok je sors]. But very nice game to put in all hands Game of investigation and deduction, is played only with 2: the one playing Mr Jack the ripper and the other the investigator. Success in couples. The parts are renewed well and the balance is well thought out. Small flat for the big place to luck in this game. I was a fan of Scotland Yard, it's a must have. So it will be next on my list with Pandemic.

I then selected 2 racing games:

jamaica (2-6 players, 50 min / game, +8 years, 40 €): win the race with as much money as possible Tokaido (2-5 players, 45 min / game, +8 years, $ 35): on the theme of the famous road that connects Kyoto to Edo it will win this game course with the most possible memories but be careful not to miss his meals and take his time. Fan of Japan, this last game will probably be in my basket soon with Takenoko (2-4 players, 45 min / Part, +8 years old, € 33): management of a bamboo plantation for a particularly greedy panda. Once well trained we will turn to games a little more complex as Dungeons Lords : dungeons to build, Lords to be satisfied, Trolls to pay and feed ... it is the difficult and laborious daily life of a Dungeon Master.

So sorry, but I'm not a fan of ambient games like jungle speed, time's up, etc ... because hard to play 2.

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