Periodic Reactions Free preview

The house regulars

Wanted alive

Eleven faces. Each seat picks one and chooses English or Spanish.

Wanted

Doc

Doc

House chemist

Runs the chemistry

White coat over a gunbelt of test tubes. Doc drinks Water like coffee and lets Iron do the dangerous swallowing.

“Iron will drink your Water for you. Potassium will not.”

Wanted

Katlyss

Katlyss

Sodium smile

Banks the sharp seat

The sharpest seat at the table. She banks when the rest of the saloon is still drawing, unless the Sodium is singing.

“If I’m holding Sodium, Chlorine is a loaded gun.”

Wanted

Bartender

Bartender

House rules

Deals the round

Pours the deck, keeps the felt honest, and has seen every fool draw on a full Water.

“Hit if you must. The table remembers who busted.”

Wanted

Preacher

Preacher

Pair prophet

Warns reactive pairs

Lantern in one hand, sermon in the other. His tips keep a class from lighting Potassium on Water.

“Mind your reactive pairs, child.”

Wanted

Piano Playa

Piano Playa

Ragtime banker

Banks early

Plays the upright like a metronome for luck. Banks early, smiles late, never holds the acid.

“The song ends when you stay. The boom is when you don’t.”

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The Kid

The Kid

Alkali hothead

Hot draw

Draws like the deck owes him. Loves Potassium. Has exploded more rounds than anyone still standing.

“One more card. Always one more card.”

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Fizz

Fizz

Acid & base

Neutralize play

Hydrochloric in the bottle, hydroxide in the rumor mill. Neutralize her and you walk.

“HCl meets NaOH and the fight’s over. Salt and water. That’s peace.”

Wanted

Nugget

Nugget

Gold hunter

Chases the Au

Chases the one Au in the deck — twenty points, one copy, no partner.

“Gold don’t react. Gold just scores.”

Wanted

Cowpoke

Cowpoke

Regular

Honest bank

Quiet seat, honest cards, rusts Water when he can.

“I came to bank, not to boom.”

Wanted

Drifter

Drifter

Inert gas

Noble fill

Neon, Helium, Nitrogen — the peaceful fills.

“Nobles don’t fight. They just sit there looking expensive.”

Wanted

Wrangler

Wrangler

Containment

Shield up

Rides the containment field. One shield between a kid and a bust.

“Shield up. Then you can afford to be brave.”

Pick a face and sit

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