7th Hat Flip [Voice/Action]

[immamartillo]

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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.]

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[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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[immamartillo]

Exactly. You keep doin' that until you've got each suite in its pile, face up.

There's another game called "clock solitaire," that works a little differently. It's not as popular because it relies more on how the cards fall than skill.

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[tomodachi]

Is that one harder to play? [Honestly why do these card games seem unnecessarily complicated, but at least he seems to be getting an idea for them as he's moving some cards around now while the other talks.]

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[immamartillo]

No. The nature of the game makes it so that you can only make one move at any given time. You're basically just movin' the cards around. This kind you at least get to make some decisions.

[He cranes his neck to watch Crow move the cards.]

Aside from that one, I don't know too many other one-player games. Too bad Keith's not here.

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[tomodachi]

"Keith"? [Crow still hasn't looked up from the game, but he does at least seem to be vaguely listening as well as moving the cards correctly. Though he does pause momentarily when it looks like he's moved all the cards on the field that can be moved for the time being without drawing a new card from that one pile of cards at the top...now what...]

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[immamartillo]

My friend back home.

[No, no, why would you ask that? Now he'll never shut up!]

He's great at cards--he pretty much always wins at any game, even against me or his brothers or Claire. Of course, he cheats a lot, too. One time he-

[He notices that Crow's stalled, and so his rambling comes to a premature halt. He reaches over and points to the leftover cards at the top.]

Once you get stuck you can start drawin' cards from this deck. You can draw 'em one at a time, but most people go by threes to make it a bit harder.

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[tomodachi]

[He doesn't make any indication if he was actually listening to Firo rambling about his friends, though he does look at where Firo's pointing.]

...Oh. [He draws a card, looks at it, but it looks like he can't use this one yet so he's drawing another card or two, moving the third card drawn where it seems to be able to go.]

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[immamartillo]

[Firo doesn't mind too much, now focused on Crow's game.]

Yeah. You can keep cyclin' around the deck if you still need cards. If you're still stuck, then you gotta give up and start over.

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[tomodachi]

So getting stuck means you've lost the game?

[Okay, then we'll just have to make sure we don't get stuck...]

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[immamartillo]

Yeah. Unless you wanna cheat to get un-stuck, but that's basically a forfeit anyway.

How're you doin with this game?

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[tomodachi]

Fine--no big deal, I'll totally find a way to win this game too.

[That may or may not involve cheating anyway, but so far he seems to not have to cheat or anything like that yet as he flips over a card, finding an ace of spades...these are supposed to be moved up to the top, right?]

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[immamartillo]

What makes you so confident?

[Firo's leaning over the table now to better his backseat card-playing abilities.]

You remember where that goes, right?

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[tomodachi]

Well I'm never wrong about these things, that's how.

[Crow what are you talking about you're wrong all the time. And of course we know where this card goes, it goes...uh, right here at the top. Yeah.]

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[immamartillo]

[Firo watches Crow's move and nods, pleased to see that he was lsitening. Maybe this kid isn't so bad.]

What makes you think that? I thought you didn't play much.

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[tomodachi]

Hey, I may not have played this until now, but I've played some games before, and I was the best at those kinds of things too.

[...Crow you were the only one who was playing any kinds of games back in your world, of course you'd think you were the best...]

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[immamartillo]

Oh, really? What kinda games did you play, go fish?

[...Why Firo thinks he has any sort of ability in trash talking is a mystery.]

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[tomodachi]

[Crow gives a less-than impressed look.]

No way--besides, they aren't all that interesting once you actually catch them sometimes. [Wait just now did he think you meant literally fishing--] I meant stuff like running and climbing games, or hiding and seeking kind of games where you have to make sure you don't get caught first.

[And that might have been a butchered description of hide and go seek, or tag...]

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[immamartillo]

...You "catch" 'em..?

[It takes him a little while to realize that Crow's moved past card games.]

Oh, you mean other kinds a' games. Like kid games.

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[tomodachi]

They're not just kid games--they're some of the funnest games to play!

[Sure Crow, sure....]

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[immamartillo]

You only say that 'cause you haven't played enough other games. Though I guess that stuff's fine when you're still a kid...

[It'd still be fun now, probably, but Firo has to at least pretend to be an adult.]

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[tomodachi]

[pfft] You say that like as if you're not a kid too.

[Granted, you are taller than us, maybe even older, but you don't seem like that old of an "adult" to us...]

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[immamartillo]

[Taken aback, he straightens indignantly and raises his voice.]

Because I'm not!

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[tomodachi]

[Wow because that doesn't make you sound like a kid Firo...then again we don't have any right to talk.]

You totally are!

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[immamartillo]

I am not! I'm way older than you!

[Just being older doesn't mean more mature, which Firo is proving right now.]

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[tomodachi]

Oh yeah? Just how old are you anyway?

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[immamartillo]

[He sits up as straight as he can. Considering he's not that tall, it doesn't do much to make him look older.]

I'm 22.