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Xiara tucked in his questionable-looking ship within the station landing storage. Apart from a cowl, there wasn't much to disguise him from his grizzly and enigmatic armor. Making sure that the only bystanders around the area were simple cleaning droids, Xiara jumped out of ship, covering himself with his cowl, as well as a hood to keep the skull helmet somewhat hidden.

He made his way into the cantina, whilst trying not to draw any attention to himself. Then again, this place was probably full of miscreants and scum, and while his intentions may be more honorable, there wasn't much to differentiate him appearance-wise from the decadent rabble that engaged in their thoughtless hobbies of drink. Xiara sat and waited by the corner of the lounge, hidden by lack of light by the corner. With a hologram of the newspaper article relating to his brothers' deaths within his hand, Xiara waited, whilst surveying for a suspicious individual, more so that related to the gang that committed this unforgivable crime.

Gunnery Sargent Buck was walking around on the UNSC SAY MY NAME, No really that's the ships name. It is a MARATHON Class heavy cruiser. it saw the Gambling ship, Hell is it was REALLY hard not to with all the neon ads. They thought "Eh what the hell" And decided to have some shore leave on this vessel. The captain of this ship, James Gregory decided to hail the ship to ask if it was allowed to land a few dropships full of people for shore leave, Not all at once but only a few they had money, Lots of it too since they were fighting on the main lines they get a lot of money due to the dangers. Buck? He was just happy to get some R&R, At least he hopped so if the ship allowed them to go aboard

It was approximately fifteen minutes until they'd be leaving the port and the crew had been replaced with a new along with the previous captain who should be settled on the harboring planet for the time being until this voyage was finished. In total it would take two months to complete, no more and no less. It was up to the captain to make that statement true, however, she had already proven to be.. lacking in the skill of time due to this morning.

As quick as she had gone in, Iveth emerged from the lower deck, a holographic map held out in her hand as her eyes followed the white line that pulsed, navigating between planets that they'd be stopping by in order to ship supplies. Still scanning thoroughly through the map, she cantered up the steps to the helm where one of the crewmembers stood waiting. With her time on the planet she had gotten to know them though not to a personal extent. Names and personalities were known to her.

"Here it is," she leaned over the siding as she held out the map to Christiansen, the one who'd be maneuvering the ship though Iveth had wished to, but she wasn't exactly in charge of who was assigned to who.

Jacob bent his head down, avoiding looking through his glasses such a artifact nowadays as he took in the map as well, "Oh, it'll be a long journey.."

The ships reply was instant, an AI with a cartoon black and white cowboy head was in the message. "Howdy! Anyone is welcome! Just keep your guns holstered and you'll be fine! Any assistance can be acquired from robots with screens that look like me." The message ended.

The captain nodded then gave the all clear for shore leave, the Marines and ODST shouted "ORA!" Then jumped into the dropships, they then took off, there was three drop ships and twenty people each, so that was sixty people each with a huge amount of money, hell if they all survived through the war they could buy a planet! so they did keep a side arm on them in case someone tried to take their money, but they would keep them holstered at all times. BUCK was the only ODST with his helmet on for some reason.

The Dropships then landed and everyone jumped out with speeds and started gambling and socializing, Only BUCK did not jump out right away He wanted to study his surroundings first. He then noticed the cowboy robot and he walked over to it "Hay MR tin cowboy what kind of games are here?"

The robot turned, it's lower body on a wheel, attached to a a larger metal squarish piece with a screen in the center, where the cowboy face was, two arms with three blocky fingers on its hands. "We've got slots, caravan, roulette, hell, if you can bet on it and it's legal, we have it!"

Buck smirked "Alright thank you" He then walked to a poker game and bought a ton of chips "Don't worry guys this is only 0.2% of my savings" He said dropping the tons of chips on his spot and sat down and looked at the other person "Deal" he said motioning to the deck "I feel lucky tonight"

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It was a hit, Buck won! Chips were moved towards Buck by a young attractive lady in western attire. Players win and winners play.

Buck smirked and chuckled "Why thank you" He said taking his winnings and looking around "Bet the boys are not doing as good, I always did beat them in poker" he then saw a roulette table and walked over "So you guys using fake or real bullets?" He asked looking at the person with the gun to his head while pushing through the crowd

"Depends on which part the barrel lands on." One of the men laughed. The ship was packed with people. One of the robots was dragging away a man using fake chips. Cheerful music from the fifties played.

Mokoena sat at one of the larger dining tables, two of the robots behind him.

Buck decided to watch this game, He liked the idea of idiots risking their lives for some money. "So whats the increment of money? How much do you win per bullet in their?" he asked folding his arms

"Truthfully, not real bullets. Darts with knock out poison. Winners get what they can grab first." One of the men said. "I personally prefer normal roulette, but I felt like taking a chance tonight." He said, pointing towards the roll-a-ball version tables.

Buck smirked "ya, I don't think this game would get much action if they were real bullets, But the cleaners would get paid more" He chuckled and decided to look around "Mind directing me to bar or restaurant?"

One of the information bots rolled over. "Restaurants are over there, I'd recommend the Sunset Sasperella bar." It said, pointing to the right.

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Mokoena sat back in his chair. The song changed to something from the 2000's. 'How you like me now' by a band called The Heavy. He watched the bots roll by, the sound of money being made as people placed bets and bought chips and exchanged them for money.

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Buck nodded to the robot "Thanks" He then walked over to the Sasperella bar and sat down and looked at the waiter, "What do you have exactly? Maybe a menu on alien drinks perhaps?" Buck asked cracking his knuckles, They had been tensed up since the Poker game.