Dat bird is fucking huge!

Why Dio decided to separate this group by hundreds of miles:
The Nine start playing poker. No idea how Anubis manages it, but he does. The D'Arbys start cheating, Petshop calls them out on it the only way he knows how (violence). Alessi runs away, tries to jump out a window but he only hits the frame. Mariah tries to break it up, but only ends up magnetizing Anubis to N'Doul, who dodges, leaving the sword to go into orbit around him. Oingo and Boingo fled the minute before, based on Boingo's premonition.