ROCK 4: A Dustland Fairytale

"'I saw The Devil wrapping up his hands; he's getting ready for the showdown.' -A Dustland Fairytale, by The Killers"

Summary
Stranded on a highway not far outside Las Vegas in the middle of the desert, the Alta Drive Jawbreakers take stock of where they're at. They still have the briefcase of |Eidolon, and have managed to pick up four guns over the course of the last day. Cecilia Citadel takes one of the vials of Eidolon and injects it into her neck, citing the need for self-defense if more assassins come their way.

Emerges from her back is Fortune Teller, an old-fashioned large fortune telling machine with an animatronic Cecilia puppet. Cecilia tries to move it with her mind and it fails to move. It seems the only way Fortune Teller can be moved is physically. As Cecilia pokes around at it, Fortune Teller produces a fortune: A STARVING MAN WON'T NOTICE A DIRTY PLATE. To test the machine, Harvey asks it if he will ever find true love. Fortune Teller produces ASK AGAIN LATER.

Cecilia Citadel attempts to leave without Fortune Teller, but she can't get more than six feet without having to pull its weight behind her. Harvey D. Godlove suggests calling a tow truck to hijack and take it with them, but Cecilia reminds him that they need to be keeping a low profile. Chris Masters attempts to lift Fortune Teller with Ironspy, and concludes it can be lifted safely with two people. Harvey asks if non-Eidolon users are able to see Fortune Teller. Virginia Valentine reminds him that they were unable to see Jack Flash's energy sword until they got Eidolons of their own. On the other hand, Jack Stern was able to see Here It Goes Again, Harvey's pinball. However it seems unlikely that Fortune Teller is animating a real fortune-telling machine.

Stepping out of the narrative momentarily, Luke Varner asks Lexi Waltner her opinions on the fact that the Beast playbook, at this time, can only be understood by those the character has a tie with. Lexi Waltner says its been making it challenging to communicate with the other players, and Maxie Knightley suggests it be expanded. From this point onward, anyone with an Eidolon can understand Chili when she speaks.

Virginia deals in as the Inhuman and suddenly only exists as Only The Good Die Young, a stained glass shadow but now with a faint outline of wings. Her Inhuman power is to refract light into beams. Everyone expresses confusion over where Virginia has gone, with Chili sniffing the shadow and announcing its still Virginia. As is the first time everyone other than Chris has heard Chili speak, it causes a few moments of confusion.

Cecilia refocuses the group on moving forward. Their only option is to wait for a car to come by to hijack it. While they wait, Luke Varner mentions that in this form, the clock on Virginia's chest is visible in her shadow. As it ticks to 70 hours, it dings and lights up. This draws the attention of Cecilia, who asks if anyone still has their phone on. Harvey admits that it may have been a notification from Granblue, so Cecilia and Chris badger him into turning it off. Harvey only pretends to.

After some time,