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7th Hat Flip [Voice/Action]

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[After having a close friend return home a few weeks ago, Firo's been largely keeping to himself. He was aware of the danger of losing friends in Luceti, but it always seemed abstract and alien until it actually happened.

It's boredom that finally prompts him to address the network. That and the concern that if he doesn't keep using his skills he'll be near useless when he gets back home. Why not kill two birds with one stone?]

Does anybody here wanna play cards? Any kinda game is fine, or even if you just wanna learn. Most of 'em aren't that hard to pick up and I don't mind teachin' anyone.

[His tone suddenly becomes less light and takes a turn for the grouchier.]

But if you're gonna cheat, save it. I'll know.

[He wasn't put in charge of a Family casino for nothing.]

[Action]

[Soon after he makes his message, Firo will be rummaging through the item shop for a few packs of cards, carefully going through each one he finds to make sure they're complete. Then he'll linger a little while by the art supplies to pick up some markers.

...No, he is not going to be using them to mark the cards.]

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Really? But everybody--

["Everybody knows those", is what he was about to say. But since it looks like he and Crow might actually be able to get along in this conversation, he holds his tongue.]

Well, they're two different games but you can use the same deck for both of 'em. Blackjack's a bit easier; all you gotta do is get cards that add up as close as possible to 21 but not over.

[Of course everybody knows those. Everybody except people from worlds were there were no other people to tell us about those things, like us.]

So...it's a game where you have to get 21 cards? [He doesn't quite get it...]

Well... No. It'd be impossible to win that way. Each card is worth a certain amount--a two's a two, a three's a three, and so on. The face cards are worth ten, except for the ace. It can be a one or a ten dependin' on what you need. You need to get all your cards to add up to 21; you'd go way over that if you had 21 cards.

[In the small window of the journal, Firo might be able to see that Crow still looks confused.]

...Face cards? Aces? [He vaguely remembers seeing cards before, cards that had been strewn and left on the ground in places. Some had numbers and shapes and what looked like people, but he doesn't know the actual names of what some cards are called...]

Ah. Right.

[It was silly of him to assume that Crow would know the terminology.]

The ace is a one, basically. The face cards are the Jack, the Queen, and the King. Here--

[He fumbles with the journal a bit as he switches it to video. In front of the camera he sifts through a deck of cards until he finds an example of each and holds them out to Crow can see.]

These.

...Oh. So you're supposed to get cards like these whose numbers add up to 21...

[Okay he's starting to get a slightly better idea of how this works now...]

Yeah. With poker you gotta get the best hand instead. There's a lotta combinations of cards you can get, and they're all ranked. A royal flush is the best.

And why's that? [What's a royal flush...]

That's just how it is, I think. A royal flush starts at an ace and goes straight down to a ten, all the same suit. A straight flush is just five in a row startin' from anywhere. So maybe a straight flush is worth less 'cause the cards it uses aren't the bigger ones.

[He shrugs. The "why" doesn't really interest him.]

...This game sounds more complicated than necessary.

[It was only a matter of time before annoyance started creeping back into his attitude. >_>]

What? It's really not that hard, you just gotta know the hands and try to get the best one.

So what are the hands then? The royal and straight flushes are the ones you want, right?

Those two are the best, yeah. In order from best to worst, the hands are:

[He starts listing them off on his fingers.]

...Royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pairs, and one pair.

[He finally pauses for a breath.]

If nobody's got a hand, then whoever's got the highest card wins. See?

[...Yeah, it's only simple to him because he grew up around this stuff.]

Edited (Typo, sorry!) 2012-11-17 15:03 (UTC)

[...Yeah he lost track around "full house"]

And that's supposed to be an easy game to figure out?

[Firo pauses; normally he's the one confused and complaining about things being complicated. It's odd being on the other side, and it is bit difficult to resist the urge to gloat.]

...Well, it's not as easy as blackjack but it's not that hard. Play a few times and you'll get used to it.

[It's probably in your best interest not to gloat if you want him to keep some air of civility here...]

Oh yeah? Then show me how to play it and I'll judge it for myself. [We're getting bored and we gotta have something to do around here...]

Okay, I will. Are you back at the house?

At the moment, yeah.

[Adjusts the book slightly--guess who was hanging out on the roof.]

...You be careful up there.

[Read: please don't fall and die and break Seto's heart.]

I'll be back in a bit. Sit tight, okay?

Yeah, sure, whatever...

[He waves a hand a bit dismissively, but fine, we'll try to patient enough to wait for you to get back here and not fall of roofs. The key word here being "try"...]

See you in a bit.

[He shuts the journal and starts walking. Fortunately the house is right up the road from the store, only about fifteen minutes or so away; but will Crow hold out that long?]

[Nope! By the time Firo gets back, it's pretty quiet and there seems to be no sign of Crow on the roof anymore...

But give it a minute and he'll be sure to pop out somewhere (a nearby tree, because what is normally just greeting somebody when they come back) with a--]

Hey! Took you long enough to get back!

Oh, c'mon...

[Firo starts grumbling to himself when he sees the empty roof, convinced Crow must have wandered off. Much to his embarrassment, Crow's sudden appearance startles Firo and he jumps. He regains his composure as he turns to look at Crow.]

Hey, I'm here now, aren't I? You still wanna learn to play?

[He laughs a little at Firo's startled reaction]

Yeah, duh--otherwise I wouldn't have bothered to keep sticking around here.

[He would have just moved on farther elsewhere to find something else to do.]

Edited 2012-11-19 02:15 (UTC)

...You wouldn't have given me a heads up?

[Not that Firo's ever been much better behaved. He shakes his head.]

Whatever. Let's get started.

[He takes a deck--still in its box--out of his jacket pocket and tosses it to Crow.]

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