Walking up the steps Lushy's bodyguards follow behind her carrying various tools and cleaning supplies. She had just purchased an old run down library that had been abandoned ages ago.

"boys knock down these boards so we can get in!" LushyLotus yelled as her bodyguards walked past her and used a couple of hammers to pry off the wood that had been hammered across the double solid wood doors.

They kicked open the doors due to never receiving a key as apparently it had been misplaced since it was built. one door came off the hinges. Lushy laughed as she helped her bodyguards pick up the door and kind of just leaned it against the hinges.

"well it's a good thing were not really going for looks here, if anything it gives it some character. I like it."

Lushy waltzed in coughing a bit from all of the dust that was kicked up from the doors being flung open.

It was a giant 2 story open room layout building, surprisingly the walls were still lined with a decent number of books, Lushy walked to one of the various tables and thumbed through an old childrens picture book flashing back to memories of her childhood.

"Mmmm lovely. Alright boys wipe down these tables and set up the alcohol and snacks on the check out table over there alongside the wall. I'll be over here setting up the meeting area."

Lushy walked around gathering chairs and pushing tables out of the way, she finally managed to get a circle of 20 chairs. She then managed to find a few random books on addiction and solving the problem which she placed on the chairs for people to grab when they sat down.

taking a few steps back to get a good look at what she'd done she notices a shine from the back office of the Library, skipping over she finds a pair of librarian glasses, she dust them off and wipes the lenses clean using her shirt and then puts them on.

"oh yeah, this is totally happening. I think were ready boys. this is just perfect." she flashes her winning smile at her bodyguards as one of them hands her a glass of wine.

"Gamblers Anonymous; If we can't solve your problem we'll give you a new problem!" Laughing she hopped up on a table and began sipping her wine and being nosey as to what secrets this building may be hiding.

Swaliny sat down on the chair. Not a lot of people had showed up yet even though there was a lot of people lushy had talked with. She was just sitting there quietly, hoping she wouldn't have to talk but then the alcohol kicked in.

hello, i'm swalinny and i'm an addiction addict. 

Everyone looked surprised at her. 

Since i was young, i have always had some kind of addiction. Right now those addictions are sex, alcohol and gambling. Most people think it is impossible to have three but i can tell you it is not. It is not always fun, but as i'm standing here i can tell you that i am willing to change my gambling addiction. The others i dont even mind that much. So all raise your glass and drink to a new way of living. 

She drinks her glass of wine and sits down smiling. No one could ever top that speech. 

The door to the library swings open as the notorious mobster/lover Romance stands in the doorway... the wind blowing through the mane of hair on his head... as well as the glorious soft hair of his bare chest.  He enters the hall...... still undressed from an intense session of passion.  He looks upon the crowd of fellow addicts and speaks.

"Hello.... my name is Romance and I am an addict.... I am addicted to the love of a woman.... the smell of her hair..... her scent from her areas of her body not meant to be kissed..... her delicate features...... and I fear that I have hit rock bottom.... for my heart has become overwhelmed with love.... and I am afraid I may overdose.... please help...... sometimes I think there is no hope for me.... that I may never break this addiction..... maybe I don't  truly want to.............."

Lushy hops off the counter as Swaliny enters and takes a seat, she hurries over to her beaming bright eyed at her story, constantly pushing up her overly sized librarian glasses she had found earlier.

"how do you handle the day to day struggles of just living then!"

Lushy sits on the edge of her chair scooting it closer and closer into Swaliny's space bubble as she listens to her closely opening up about herself. Just then the doors open up and the air suddenly smells aphrodisiac , so stagnant you can taste it on your tongue.

"umm...hi....I ...am...ahh excuse me, I'm Lushy, welcome to Gamblers Anonymous." Lushy stutters trying to keep her composure and somehow manages to have her blouse unbuttoned and blushing from her chest to her face. Lushy grabs her wine glass and takes a few big gulps and listens intently at Romance, trying not to squirm too much.

"well that was a very compelling life story, thank you for opening up to the group. We will definently want to hear more..in detail, you know to better understand and get to the root of your issue and maybe involve myself I mean solve your problem, yes solve, that's why we are here! We must support eachother in these trying times and be there for one another!" Lushy finishes off her wine and motions for one of her bodyguards to refill her glass and bring the others a drink as well.

As Lushy is fixing her shirt and finishing off another glass of wine, Harold waltzes in as if he owns the place, in a too cool for anyone attitude. He babbles on like he knows what he's doing, but Lushy knew better, he was her biggest cry for help, he needed her and she refused to give up on him.

"Harold the first step in recovery is admitting the problem, it's okay to have a fault. We have to come to terms though when our faults are taking over and hurting those around us! Think about what this is doing to your family, they count on you!" Lushy sheds a single tear that rolled down her pale white skin.

"I'm here because I am the victim of an addicted person, my dearest boss and his Gambling addiction has just torn the family apart, and I mean what can you do he's the boss, you can't tell him no when he's banging on your door at 3 am asking for money! Do you know what happens when you tell your leader no! Bob told him no, Bob is no longer with us anymore, rest in peace Bob." Lushy takes a deep breath in finishing off another glass of wine and accepting a refill from her men.

She stands up on the table staggering around a bit finding her balance.

"It's just ridiculous, here I am keeping things afloat and hiding his problems, making it seem like it's nothing, oh here you go boss here's my last 20 while I'm waiting on drugs to sell, go ahead blow it on dice!" Lushy finishes off the wine and throws the glass.

"I need vodka!" she plops down on the table top. looking around she realizes she's made a scene, pushing up her glasses she grabs the nearest book lying on the table 'Seven Reasons He's Bad For You: Run Away'

Lushy's eye starts to do a twitching thing. she downs her wine and stomps right up to her boss and stands on her tip toes because she was only 4ft 11 inches and even then she still didn't make it to his face so she had to tilt her face up a bit to look into his eyes.

breathing in and out and scrunching up her nose, fists clinching she moves her left hand on her gun.. moments pass as she stands like this and suddenly she releases the gun and unclenches her fists.

"You're a brat, you know that. youre driving me to insanity and I'm losing my mind." she snatches 20$ out of her back pocket and puts it in his open hand he had sticking out infront her the entire time.....

"by the way I got paperwork you needed done, it's all complete and on your desk. And we have a shipment coming in next week so I need you on your game, they still aren't comfortable with women, so mine and Nyx hand's are tied...we need you at that drop off!" she spins around to walk away grabbing a full glass of wine from her bodyguard, she had them trained well, they knew her needs.

Lushy stands there in the middle of the circle, jaw dropped,in a very confused state of mind.

"what in the hell just happened! Who was that? Where is Harold!?" Lushy walks over to the money inspecting it closely trying to figure out what just happened.

"This is a place of change! NOT SOME CHAOTIC CIRCUS OF HEATHENS!" screaming at the top of her lungs kicking the bag of money as hard as she can, making it rain dollars in the open room.

"I need a stronger drink and I need to play some dice to calm my nerves." she went to the checkout counter and poured herself a glass of scotch and begin thumbing through her Demonic's wallet she had swiped earlier in the day, he always had cash on him even though he claimed he never did, little did he know she would steal his oney and use that money to give to him when he was at her feet begging for more.

"Who is up for some poker? I got like.....uhhh...oh 500.00 it looks like, very nice." she drags a table to the center of the circle of chairs and pushes chairs up to the table for everyone to have a seat.

"How much are you guys in for?" Lushy downs her scotch and motions for a refill.

As Dolph moseys throughout the Detroit Business District, taking a breather from his financial duties, he inadvertently comes across a shabby looking library. Remembering that he heard that there may be a gamblers anonymous meeting held there, he stops briefly and begins observing the establishment. In the blink of an eye, even before Dolph could take one step toward the building, commotion that alerted him half of block away was suddenly thunderous. To his shock he sees demonic looking bird hauling it down the street. Moments before he reaches for the door-

*BOOM* as the door blast open a crazed faced man runs down the street with an unknown amount of bills in his arms.

Thinking to Himself

Yea, no way this can be a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, hmp I almost smell a set up

Dolph's eye tighten as he keens into his senses. Pondering making as fast escape himself, he rethinks his plans

Those two maniacs must be half way to the other side of detriot by now. Might as well see if there's any more free cash inside.

Dolph catches the door before it closes and precedes into the building

When Dolph enters the library he sees and old aqquaintance, LushyLotus, and remembers she is the one that told him about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting she had organized.

Gazing upon Lushy with utter bewilderment, he begins to question her

Lushy, What in tarnation in going on around here. I thought this was a place of Reform!

Lushy leaned back in her chair, propped her feet up on the table, lit a cigar after taking a swig of her wine. She looks over at Dolph nonchalantly.

"can't beat em', join em'." she put the cigar to the side of her mouth and dealt out the cards she had been shuffling.

"you boys in?" she put the cigar down and smiled her innocent smile she always did and blew a kiss.

"I'm Lushy by the way, who are you?" she waited on this new guy who walked behind Dolph to respond to her.

Lushy smiles at the young one, thinking to herself age was just a number and she wasn't all that old. smirking to herself she finished off her glass of wine.

"you know they're bad for you, but who am I to correct someone." She flashed a mischievous smile and tossed a pack of cigs at him that were laying on the table.

"So , care to join in on this game. I got you covered, doll." Lushy tossed cash into the center pot and pushed a stack of poker chips infront of the empty chair next to her.

Hello everybody. I am ShadowMoon, and I have a Gambling addiction. But since this is Gamblers Anonymous, I don't see why I am telling you my name. Anyway, hoping I can solve this issue.