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                         |-| Lucky Find?

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The Planet Grobelaar hangs in space, like a giant two year old, in the 
middle of the biggest sulk ever!
    .                    . .         .    .       .
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.        .,-''# '-'.,     .     Yes I know it's the most        ~   
      .'-       ### '' ,        double-dealing and corrupt    ~  
    ,'           #####  ',      place in the galaxy, now     ~
   /          ### #####   \     will you open the friggin'   ~      .
  ;           ######       ;    pod bay doors HAL!            ~  
 :           #########      :           \            __       ~
 ;            #########      ;       __________/\___/_()     ~     .
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.  .  .    -.._, .-''                *
                                     
Grobelaar has this entirely justified reputation as the place where 
dodginess is celebrated, goods are sold in an under the counter fashion, 
and we won't go into their thriving 'Warez' scene at all!


spacepus.img here!

  
    /\                    
   / _                               Let's take a look then!  
   \_/ R E Y Y Y Y ' S     :                                \ 
   Sex, Drugs, or gamble   :   
 yourself into the ground! :                                \\\\||/       
    <><><><><><><><><>     :                                |.   .|       
     |#############|       :                                :@   @:                    
     ;##.##########;       :                    \\\\\\      {  V  }            
     |##..#########|       :  Ayup, this        a)    )      [\_/]             
     |##...########|       :  looks promising! c      )    __\___/__            
     ;##,,,,#######;       :                   (__/   )   /  \   /  |        
     |##;;;;;######|       :                    '....'    | | \ / | |          
     |##::::::#####|       :                    / / \ |   | |  |  | |
Our two heroes, who should really know better, spot an interesting
looking establishment.

   ;   /     \     /
   |  /    /  \   /      Good eveninggg gentlemen, I am Greyyyy, the 
   |  \   /__  \ .^----^. / owner of this fine gentlemen's club. May I
   ;   \  \     /        \   interest you in a little card game, where 
   |   /   \   /_   ~   _ \  the winner takes all!?     
   |  /       //-\     /-\ \         ,    .          .............. 
   ;          |\__\   /__/ |        //\~   \ /\~    (Wow! These    )
   |          |\   <v>    /|        \\/     \\/     (Boogaloo Babes)
   |          ||\        /||        {{\     {{\     (are cooking   )
   |          |||\ .__. /|||        / /.    / /.    (tonight!      ) 
   ;           \| '.__.' |/        /\      /\        ''''''''''''''
   |....           |  |            \ \     \ \
  /                |  |            /..\    /..\
 /                          /^/^/^/^/^/^/^/^/^/^/^/^/^/^/^/^/ 
/                          / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
They go inside, where they meet with the proprieter Greyyyy, an Alien
who specialises in being illegal! He has a little proposition for them!

    ................................................... 
   (We are playing today, for this mysterious, but very)
   (valuable lever-like object, which clearly has royal)
   (origins!)''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
    ''''''''
             .;  
     .;  /$              
         \ \     .;      G L E A M !  (etc)     
     .;   {}.$  
       .;  \ \   .;  
           {}.$ 
       .;    \ \   .;      .;        .;       .;
          .; {}.$      .;       .;       .;        .;
               \ \__*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*______  ,;
           .;   {}. {}. {}. {}. {}. {}. {}. P-O   /.../\
                  -<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>-----\___\/    ,;
               ,;         ,;        ,;        ,;
                     ,;       ,;        ,;           ,;

It's a prize, not like any other. But I'm sure you're already making
connections between this, and the tragic events described in the previous
chapter!              


                           .^----^.   And may the Best Sentient
  Prepare to lose         /        \    being win! 
  human!                 /_   ~   _ \   /
      ___O      __      //-\     /-\ \
      \        /  \     |\__\   /__/ |        \\\\||/ 
      :--'""'--:   O    |\   <v>    /|         |.   |
   .-'   ____   -.      | \        / |         @    | - Hear hear!
  (,.  ((_[]_))  ,)     |||\ .(). /|||        /_   }
   \_.   --*-  ._/       \| '.__.' |/          |_   |
      \,_____,/              |  |              \__/ |
     ____) (____          ___|  |___             :__. 
    /     .     \       (    $$$$    )          /| || 
    \     .     /        \\ ::::::::||          || ||
     \ \  .  / /         |\\;;;;;;;;||          |/ /|
______\ \___/ /__________|_\\_______||__________/_/_|__ _ _  _
      CCC   CCC             \\      ||         ///\           /
    |""|"|||                /-\     /-\      |""||||          \
    |__|_|||               ______    ______  |__||||         _/
                          |  | |||  |||||  |                \   
                          |__|_|||  |||||__|                /
                                                            \
Soon, the players are locked in an engrossing match of skill and chance,
but against the holder of the 'Rogueish Smile of the Year' award, there
can only be one outcome!

      ___O      __  Damn human!
      \        /  \   You got lucky!          \\\\||/       Nice one
      :--'""'--:   O                          |.   .|       Ham!
   .-'   ____   -.                        /   :@   @:
  (,.  ((_[]_))  ,)            I think it     {  V  }      \\\\\\ 
   \_.   -<>-  ._/             has more to     [<_>]       a)    )
      \,_____,/                do with skill __\___/__    c      )
     ____) (____               Havuck!      /  \   /  \   (_/    )
    /           \                          |  | \ /  | |   '....'

Ham is triumphant, his rogueish smile winning over the inhuman skill and 
great cunning of the other players. Soon, our crew has to leave, in 
order to quickly dispose of the very valuable, somewhat mysterious, and 
undoubtedly ill-gotten bejewelled lever of royal origin!


                                 Never mind he's going to go
  That smug bugger Ham Yumyum                 to Wevl to get
  really hacks me off!                    .^----^.    rid of that     
          ___O                           /        \   lever. Then     
          \        __o                  /_   ~   _ \  he'll get       
           \      /                    //-\     /-\ \  what's coming    
          :--'""'--:                   |\__\   /__/ |  to him!           
       .-'  \___/   '-.                |\   <v>    /|                 
      (,.  ((_*_))   ,.)               ||\        /||                 
       \_.   ^^^^   ._/                |||\ .<>. /|||                 
          \,______,/                    \| '.__.' |/                  
          ___) (___                         |  |                      
         /         \                        |  |                      

But they little suspect that they are about to go into a situation of 
even greater disaster, and Swedish meatball related peril! Meanwhile,
we close this chapter, and head back to the Boogaloo planet, to catch
up with the rather alarming developments just breaking there!

                         
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