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Baccano- Russian Roulette

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Haha, I seriously tried on this (....no duh....*dies*). I know there are tons to improve in this picture, such as the lighting and tonal values, but hey, I'm actually HAPPY how it came out, for once.

This picture was influenced by a scene in the Baccano! The Rolling Bootlegs novel (too bad it wasn't in the anime), featuring the Gandor brothers terrorizing the truth of a conspiracy out of a member's mouth LOL. Below is a self-translation from the Chinese version (yes I read the official Chinese translations because Taiwanese book companies are cool like that).

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summary: George, the treasurer of the Gandors' mafia organization, was called over by Luck and was forced to play poker with the three brothers. Even though George is a good cheater in poker, he didn't dare win against the Gandors, for he knew bad things would happen, so he intentionally kept a bad hand the entire time. However, Berga suddenly exclaimed that whoever lost should play the deadly game of Russian Roulette. Terrified, George attempted to switch his cards in secret but was cunningly stopped by Luck.

"I reviewed your cheque book, and noticed that the flow of money seemed perhaps...a little too rhythmic. So in the end, I ran a thorough investigation regarding this matter and...you must know how things turned out in the end, right, George? Seeing as you do have a sharp mind and all..."

Yet George made no move to indicate that he heard. Dread was seen in his hallow eyes as he stared, unfocused, into the distance.

(skip)
[Thinking that further interrogation would be pointless, Luck flipped over his cards, and so did Keith and Berga. Keith won (no shit lol), and of course George came last.]

"So George, you still remember the rules of this game, don't you?" Berga said, and threw a revolver in front the man. Ironically, it was fully loaded.

"Okay---!!! Let the game begin!! You have 100% chance of getting the bullet, which means you don't even have to guess now!"

When the realization struck him that he was going to die no matter what, George, for some reason, became very calm.

Why the hell do I have to die? All I did...was help spend the salary of those idiots who waste their time fighting like thugs on the streets. I actually HELPED to make the world a better place, didn't I? But then I have to die...in the hands of those who don't even know how to handle money?...There's got to be a way to escape this.

The thought that swam into his mind was neither the feeling of seld-reflection nor regret, but hatred towards the fate he had earned as a result of his stupidity.

His eyes darted from the revolver to the observers around him. Not even one person had his hand on the hilt of his gun or knife.

Looking at this opportunity, he couldn't help but smirk inwardly-- that's why this bunch of people are such idiots!

George slowly extended his hand to grasp the revolver in front of him, aimed it against his temple, and--
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LOL I won't reveal anything beyond this point because it has passed the scene in my picture already ;p Though you can always ask if you REALLY want to know what happens next...
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There's now a manga of this whole scene and it's my favorite thing because, in my head cannon, Keith helped his bros cheat by feeding them cards as they had a total of seven jokers between them all. Guess who had the hand of five jokers? XD