Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-34263048-20191026173030/@comment-36855838-20191031140419

Let's play some cards! ---

I look at my hand, an 8 and a 10 of hearts, nothing special yet, but then I see the flop.

A 9 of spades, a queen of hearts, and a jack of hearts, this could become something. ..

I catch a fleeting smirk as it crosses the face of the bunyip across the table.

The decidedly dapper Kakuen dealer adjusts her crimson bowtie, and flashes her sparkling, yellowed teeth as she says:

"Alright, little Blind is five, put in or fold, Human."

I stack twenty quarters from my meager pile of thirty-six, and the bedraggled, black-haired, green-eyed fellow to my left slides twenty four of his own coins forward.

"Alright, your turn, Maribelle."

The mousy, freckled, pale, red-headed, caped woman puts in a meager stack of eight.

"Two."

The Chocolate-skinned bunyip tugs at the bottom of her floral-print blouse, and fiddles with her black, pleated skirt for about ten seconds.

"Edith, this is getting ridiculous, just put something in or fold."

"I-I swear it's not on purpose, Jess. My clothes just won't cover me properly!"

The dealer has no sympathy, it seems. She merely points to the cloaked woman's bet.

"Alright, I'll raise. . . Three!"

She shoves in a pile of twelve quarters.

"Okay. Human?"

Jess looks to me expectantly.

Only four dollars left. ..

"Call."

My pile is all but spent, seems this is the last game for me.

"And you, Josef?"

He scowls, an ugly look for such a handsome face, and pushes in his last four coins.

"All in."

Jess the kakuen smiles, and addresses the sharp-soothed shorty.

"Maribelle?"

She quietly places a stack of four more coins beside her eight.

"Call."

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The turn follows suit (heh).

An Ace of hearts.

Josef the Hobo huffs in quiet satisfaction.

Maribelle, who I'm now sure is a vampire, considering she set down her cards and practically tore out the hobo's throat while the dealer, Jess, was burning a card, appears indifferent to this development in the game.

"Josef has nothing, any bets, Maribelle?"

Two sturdy knocks upon the table.

"Edith?"

No knocks, a pet peeve of mine.

"Check."

"Human?"

"Ethan. One."

I slide my last four coins into the pile, a big grin on my face.

Josef blushes, and rolls his eyes, Jess flashes him a reassuring look.

"Maribelle?"

Four more coins join the pot.

"Call."

"Edith?"

"Raise!"

Eight coins clatter into the center, and one goes rollong off the table.

Jess catches it before it hits the floor, and restacks the pot neatly in the center of the table.

Maribelle scowls as Jess gives her a knowing look.

"Call."

---

The river comes at last, a king of hearts.

"Show 'em."

"Pair of queens," the bunyip says,

"Anybody have better?"

Josef smiles sweetly.

"Pair aces."

Not to be outdone, Maribelle proclaims "Three queens!"

I chortle for a moment.

"What do you have, Ethan?"

"A Royal Flush."

---

The Kakuen takes a dollar for herself, and the other twenty five go to me.

"I'll be retiring, goodnight everybody."

Josef stands, and Maribelle follows him towards the checkin counter, a cloying grin stretching her face.

Edith sighs and leans on the table, and Jess reshuffles the cards before stowing them in a suitcase and bulling out a fresh deck.

Before long, a blue oni in a hoodie and sweatpants has taken Josef's seat, and a decidedly chilly looking fellow has seated himself almost on top of Edith.

"You're too close to Edith, sir, I don't want any cheating at my table."

The unusually gaunt man shoves his face into Edith's shoulder.

"I'm not looking to play, I'm just very cold."

Edith is loving the attention, and puts an arm around hmthe shivering man.

"C'mon Jess, let him stay!"

Alright, alright, he can stay, but if he touches any cards he's out!"

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Let me know if the math or spelling was off, I've fixed everything I noticed so far.