The plus side is that the cylinder is right there. They can see it in all its metallic glory, just waiting for them to take it. The carving's positioned next to it too--a large roly-poly animal, adorable in its own Earthian way.

The minus side is that both of these things are located in the middle of the Lucky Loot casino, floating in an antigrav display case. The holosign next to it explains the history of the objects--a mysterious cylinder found decades ago by the casino's owner with a carving of an unknown animal inside it, believed to have been his good-luck charm when he made his way from rags to riches.

"Okay," Flux says. "When we began this, I wasn't imagining that we'd have to steal something from a casino."

[Technically we don't have to take the item,] Rittenhouse offers. [We just have to view the coordinates on the base of the carving. It should only take a few seconds once we have physical access to the cylinder.]

"And how are we going to do that without robbing the casino," Yuri says. "That part seems kind of like a missing step."

[But is it really considered robbing if the item is returned almost immediately? I believe it would fall under borrowing.]

"I'm really not in the mood to argue definitions." Yuri sighs. "Okay. How would you borrow the thing, then?"

[First, we'll have to obtain the blueprints to the casino and figure out the loopholes in their security--of course, that won't be easy, but with Flux's expertise--]

"Okay," Flux interrupts, holding up one of her tentacles. "Just checking, the only thing we absolutely need right now is the coordinates--we don't need the actual object or the stuff engraved on the cylinder lid or anything, right? Those are just nice bonuses?"

[Yes, that's accurate.]

"Yuri," Flux asks. "Do your glasses have a 'record' function? How high-res can it go?"

"300 hypervoxels, I think."

"Good enough. Hand them over, I'm going to try something. You guys come grab me later, okay?"

[What do you mean?]

"You'll figure it out," Flux says, perching the large glasses on her nose, her skin slowly shading a deep blush-pink. "Just wait till then."

She starts pacing around the casino, her gait gradually altering as she goes, shifting from her normal stride to erratic bobbing and weaving.

After completing a full round, Flux stumbles into the middle of the casino, her legs suddenly faltering as she crashes straight onto the display case. The objects in the display case sway and teeter as the antigrav malfunctions, coming loose from their fixed positions to careen within the transparent shielding.

The security guards rush towards Flux, who has turned a peculiar shade of green. She wobbles semi-upright, and promptly vomits on one of them.

"Oh god." Yuri rubs her temples. "What if she gets arrested? How much does bail even cost on this planet?"

[I'll go talk to the staff,] Rittenhouse says. [I have experience in getting her out of trouble. Are you able to cry on cue?]

It takes a full-blown sobbing session about Yuri's "beloved friend, bless her, it's not her fault she can't control her drinking, you just don't understand what happened in her past" as well as a written agreement that none of them will ever return to Lucky Loot Casino, but they eventually retrieve the faux-drunk Flux from a backroom.

The instant they're a safe distance away the casino, Flux whips the glasses off her face and grins. "High-res, baby! All the angles, definitely got the coordinates, and we miiiiiight even have got a scan of the lid's interior, depending on how much we can enhance the footage! Admit it, this was way faster than a heist or whatever Rittenhouse had planned!"

Yuri sighs and takes her glasses back.

There are so, so many things she could say about today. She settles for saying "thanks".