It seemed as if the place that Arctic didn't venture too often would start to become more of a frequently visited location, though for the most part it wasn't for fun or entertainment. While he'd enjoy the odd drink here while awaiting others to meet him for information or to get assignments, he primarily came for information. It may have been a very public spot but it was loud and provided enough distraction to safely discuss private topics at certain areas of the Casino, it was a good place to avoid suspicions and gather very important information from those Arctic had hired or convinced to do some research. Once again, he was he strictly on business. You see, one of the last times he had met up with his associate Daru, she had brought up a problem that she wanted solved and this issue was an individual named Hocu. This Hocu person was the bottom of the barrel, plague of the Frost type scum who had to be dealt with accordingly and that was to remove them from the planet.  Daru had told Arctic about the multiple soldiers that Hocu had protecting him and that's exactly what tonight was about, solving that issue and removing them from the situation one at a time.

Currently, their target was Wasab. The blunt, ticking time bomb. Daru had made it sound like he would be one of the more difficult ones to deal with but if they played this accurately and carefully, there was a good chance that he wouldn't be too difficult at all. Though instead of taking point on his own and making his own decisions on how to execute this, he was following Daru's lead on this. After all, his word was given and he wasn't going to back down on it, especially not with her. She was the most trusted person on this planet, the only person he truly had faith in. A perfect second in command for the Order of Frost. According to her intelligence, Wasab was a frequent gambler and often spend time around the slot machines, now they'd simply just have to hope he was here and locate him.

"I shall follow your lead my dear, after all.. this is your operation. " Arctic paused for a moment, only to speak up one more. Though his tone was serious, there was a bit of sarcasm behind it. "I wouldn't want to sabotage your efforts." Of course, she had known how he felt best to deal with these certain individuals and it was much more to the point that her plan. While it was true that neither plan was necessarily the wrong one, he did think he could do it quicker though that was primarily his superiority complex dictating those thoughts. He couldn't help but think that a simple hit and run situation would get them out of there in no time at all.

Arctic would follow Daru throughout the smoke filled room, the noises and sounds loud as plenty of people kept trying their luck at winning on the slots. He couldn't understand what was so entertaining about this, what was it that had people hooked? Nothing about sitting in a room in front of a machine for hours appealed to the changeling and it didn't make sense to waste ones time trying to make a fortune when there was more concrete ways to do it with proper time investment.  With Daru's luck making locating him quick, it didn't take long for them to approach the person whom they were looking for. He was happy, ecstatic about his current winnings, he had thought he was the king of the castle simply because he was adding numbers to his bank account, pitiful.

Her plan was quite simple and she made Arctic aware of her intentions before approaching and as Arctic were to approach, he would try to make himself seem even smaller than he currently stood. He placed his hands behind his back and almost walked with a sense of grace throughout the smoke filled environment and now there hadn't been much to do except for listen, he was curious on how Daru had planned to get him outside, but he had faith in her that she would make it somewhat simple. First, they had to get his attention so Arctic would stand beside his ally and listen to the conversation.

Wasab was truly quite the cocky individual who over-valued himself to an extreme extent. Just the way he was talking about himself was more than enough to annoy Arctic but the Changeling kept his cool and remained rather quiet through the whole thing. Daru knew how to handle this situation calmly and she was already doing far better than Arctic would have.  Arctic had already wanted to shut this fool up, he thought he was valuable because he could win at a game, meanwhile he had no value, brought no value to the table. He was a waste of space and nothing more. Though, to get his attention Daru made a wager against him and this is where it began to get very interesting.

It was in this moment that Wasab made a very fatal error, he would insult Arctic and try to get him to pick the game. It was lucky that Arctic was involved in a current mission and he really didn't wish to blow their cover or make this execution public. If there was time enough for word to get back that Wasab was executed, it was very likely that the news would put the other five guards on high alert and make them more difficult to deal with and given Daru's plan, that wasn't the route to go. They needed to be rather cautious how the proceeded and Arctic wanted to support Daru's decisions completely, they were a team after all. Wasab had now wanted Arctic to pick the game in which they made their wager but Arctic wouldn't want to waste any time at all.

Arctic couldn't help but chuckle playfully, though he was rather annoyed and wanted this man dead, he couldn't help but be amused at the thought of what was about to happen. Wasab was in his last few moments of life and there wasn't going to be anything he could do to prevent that. He could talk all he wanted to now but his words were declining and fast. Arctic's red eyes glared coldly at Wasab as he stated in his very flat tone. "If you're so confident that you don't need luck, why don't we proceed with a little game of skill instead?" Arctic would bring his right hand to his chin as he cupped it with a finger and thumb. "Hmm." He proceed to pretend to think for a moment to act as if he didn't already have a plan in mind.

"A show of marksmanship, perhaps?"  Arctic paused as he tried to run with this and make it reasonable, setting up a location and 'game' for them to play. "We'll set up one bottle out in the alley and on her word we turn and fire, whomever hits the target first wins." He couldn't help but chuckle. "If you do win, I'll even throw in my ship." Now, his play was a little on the risky side. It wasn't often this kind of wager would come around and the fact that it was an excluded alleyway? If somebody had brains, they'd know this was too good to be true. Arctic was counting on the fact that Daru was a woman and the fact that he was small to encourage this Wasab to take the bait. After all, he had the build of a fighter and appeared to be physically superior. Surely, he might lean into it.

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