Isn’t this a little too tacky? In fact, due to his status, Pierre seemed out of place in such a tacky venue. “You don’t seem too happy about it.” Contrary to Selena, Pierre seemed elated.
“That’s not true.” Smiling dryly, she suggested, “Let’s go check on the list of movies.” “Sure.”
She walked up to the screen that displayed the movies that were on show. It had been a while since she last watched a movie. The last time she watched one was during Jude Knight’s new movie premiere, which happened two years ago. Memories of Jude reminded Selena that the woman had come to Astoria. However, they didn’t contact each other, so she wasn’t sure what Jude was up to.
“Which movie would you like to watch?” she asked. However, upon turning around, she saw that Pierre was no longer beside her. After scanning her surroundings, she found him engrossed in a game of claw machine.
He had a few coins in his hand while trying with all his might to grab a doll. With every doll he grabbed, he would jump with joy like a child. The sight of it gave Selena conflicted feelings, as she realized that Pierre perhaps never had a go at claw machines. While observing him from afar, he looked like a big boy, which elicited a smile from her.
“Pipsqueak, come on over! This is fun!” He waved at her, so she walked up to her. Within a short span of time, he obtained another four more dolls which he tucked into her arms. “These are for you.” Checking out the dolls she had in her hands, she smiled happily. “Which one would you like? I’ll get it for you.” He rubbed her head lovingly.
Upon checking out the dolls, she pointed at a small dinosaur. “I want that small dinosaur.” Pierre put a coin into the machine and made quick work of grabbing the dino. After that, every doll that she pointed at he was able to grab for her.
“Why does this look so easy? Let me try.” While she’d played with claw machines before, she never once succeeded. It wasn’t until later she found out about the secret behind the mechanisms that she knew the machines could be manually tampered with. The owners already predetermined the winning percentage for each machine, which was always set to a slim margin. In the end, Selena couldn’t get any of the dolls even after multiple attempts. “Pierre, how did you manage to do that?”
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