Junior cames back to the table, and Skye caught his slight nod to Dale. Dale promptly gestured for Sarah to take a seat.<br/><br/>"As our friend says, what's the situation?"<br/><br/>Sarah blinked, then took a seat carefully, staying as far from Junior as she could, and started talking.<br/><br/>"There's not a lot of money in the hobby,<em>unless</em>you're collecting vintage stuff. Even with the virtual monopoly we have since the local market isn't big enough for a second store.  And Kenny put his heart and soul into this business, but he's not the best at business. He's in this for the pure joy and love of the thing, you understand?"  She made a face. "Which, okay, guilty as charged, but I know my way around the numbers better, and my part-time gig is now full time. Which has been enough to keep us afloat in spite of some stupid bullshit."<br/><br/>Sadly true, as the Satanic Panic never quite died out around here and a place like the Lounge is an easy target for the bluenoses and naysayers.<br/><br/>"Right now our biggest source of income is the regular Wrath of the Warlocks collectable card game tournaments."  Skye spotted Anya suddenly peering around the screen of her laptop. "People pay an entrance fee, there's a prize for the winner, and it's kind of a big deal. We make a fair number of sales out of it, and mostly folks enjoy it. Only...there's this guy."<br/><br/>She took a moment to compose herself.<br/><br/>"A couple of months ago he shows up with this killer deck. Cleans the tournament out completely. He had some seriously rare cards in that stack...and hey, it happens. But then he was a bad winner, you know? And then he did it again the following month. And the one after that! Same result. Beats everyone, then acts like a complete asshole about it. So fewer people are bothering to come to the tournaments, which means a serious loss of business. Kenny is all bummed out, but thinks this is gonna blow over."<br/><br/>She leaned forward, a hint of anger in her voice.<br/><br/>"I think this guy's up to something. And I want something done about it while Kenny and I can still pull shit back together again."