Vista Heights Oracle

...for In a Wicked Age.

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1,Hearts - Ace:A public housing block where violent competition is rampant among drug dealers 1,Hearts - 2:The shades are pulled, foil is taped over the windows, towels jammed under the doors 1,Hearts - 3: He never wanted to make a copy of the key to the evidence room 1,Hearts - 4: Her car rides low due to something heavy in the trunk, and she obeys all traffic laws 1,Hearts - 5: The drop piece he's carrying is just a crummy revolver 1,Hearts - 6: A neglected child stood in the street wearing only a diaper when the policeman arrived 1,Hearts - 7: He waits for his ride, carrying everything he needs to make a meth lab in one suitcase 1,Hearts - 8: Thousands of dollars in cocaine, but nobody knows whether it's pure or poison 1,Hearts - 9: He dabs super glue on his fingertips so the gun will only have smeared prints, if she even finds it 1,Hearts - 10: False identification, but there's no way it'll get him over the border these days 1,Hearts - Jack: The money even smells new, still wrapped in the band from the bank 1,Hearts - Queen: He shredded and burned what he thought was the only copy of this report. 1,Hearts - King: He has more brutality complaints than anyone else in this whole precinct. 1,Diamonds - Ace: Why was the cop causing such a problem? He paid his "rent" on time like all the other dealers. 1,Diamonds - 2: If Department health care wasn't such a fucking joke, he wouldn't have to skim so much. Who else will take care of her? 1,Diamonds - 3: The reporter can be persuaded that there's no story here. For a price. 1,Diamonds - 4: Someone got to a juror. That's the only explanation for the "not guilty". 1,Diamonds - 5: He poses as a community leader but is using his old gang brothers to get back on top of the drug trade 1,Diamonds - 6: "Holy shit, he's wearing a fucking wire!" 1,Diamonds - 7: "You're asking me to rat on my partner?" "What, is the money not enough?" 1,Diamonds - 8: The redneck beat cop used to run this neighborhood but starting now, a well-connected black lawyer is the kingpin. 1,Diamonds - 9: The Department "fixer" is going to fix her problem no matter what the truth is. 1,Diamonds - 10: If he doesn't go to the Cocaine Anonymous meetings every week, his bitch parole officer will violate him 1,Diamonds - Jack: "It doesn't matter what you think or what I think. It matters what's on that tape." 1,Diamonds - Queen: The rookie IA cop thinks he can change things, while still resenting that he had to rat on a fellow cop to get in 1,Diamonds - King: The brass at Central Precinct must really hate you to give you this shit detail. 1,Spades - Ace: No one could have been in a position to take these photographs just by accident, it has to be a setup. 1,Spades - 2: She decided to quit the drug game as soon as she found out she was pregnant. It wasn't that easy. 1,Spades - 3: She has to work twice as hard to be accepted among the male officers, but everyone hates a busybody. 1,Spades - 4: She's a stubborn and proud detective, which is why she's on the DA's shit list. 1,Spades - 5: He's not an idiot, just the precinct punching bag. 1,Spades - 6: Tongue cut out with a straight razor - the message: "Don't talk." 1,Spades - 7: "I like the Russian for the shooter. Forensics don't match but it's his style." 1,Spades - 8: The drugs are wrapped with duct tape into a block and buried in a grocery bag full of children's clothes 1,Spades - 9: The only time he seems like a regular guy who loves his job is when he's working a serial murder/rape like this one. 1,Spades - 10: The security cameras didn't cover the whole jail yard and so nobody can say for sure exactly what happened in the northeast corner. 1,Spades - Jack: She can't bring herself to care about the scum they're using to flip a skinhead meth ring. 1,Spades - Queen: He's asked to be taken off this undercover detail 7 times with increasing urgency but it's been denied every time. 1,Spades - King: His fellow officers have run his son in more times than he wants to count, but this time he says he's innocent. 1,Clubs - Ace: An ambitious Latina City Councilwoman fears exposure - it would ruin her career. 1,Clubs - 2: He got thrown out of a military police unit in Afghanistan, and this crummy Department is his last stop before mall security. 1,Clubs - 3: The defense lawyer never even came close to falling in love with a client before. 1,Clubs - 4: They both know there's not enough evidence for a warrant, and not enough time to get more. 1,Clubs - 5: "I know you speak English, so I'm gonna fucking make you speak it." 1,Clubs - 6: A former cop outspoken about the problems in the Department, embarrassing his old friends. 1,Clubs - 7: He took a dime out of every single dollar they seized and never saw anything wrong with it until now. 1,Clubs - 8: The press wants to take her squad apart and she's for damn sure not going to let them. 1,Clubs - 9: He hasn't run after a suspect in ten years, he lets his hotshot rookie partner do that. 1,Clubs - 10: Up until now, the detective was just marking off days until retirement. 1,Clubs - Jack: She'll only rat on rival gangs, she still has loyalty to her crew. 1,Clubs - Queen: The lab test showed that this was no simple gang killing. 1,Clubs - King: He was assigned to investigate a murder he committed. His partner knew he did it.
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