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[mischiefbreeder]

[Near House 15, the Orphanage, a card table has been set up. Seated at one end of the table is Gold, shuffling a standard deck of playing cards. When someone comes near the table, Gold shouts out, in order to grab their attention:]

Come one, come all! Take a seat and play a game! Bet as much or as little as you want, you just might strike it big today! We got Blackjack and Poker here, so it's your choice! You might just become Luceti's next millionaire today!

[Is that person you today? Be warned, for Gold is a skilled gambler with far too much luck on his side for a kid.

Of course, the other residents of the orphanage might just have to wonder what the hell Gold's up to today.]

((ooc: Okay, so here's how it'll work. I found a random card generator, so I'll be using that to deal out hands fairly. Games will proceed according to standard rules for that game.Feel free to threadjack and have games with more than two players if you want!))

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[mischiefbreeder]

[Gold reveals his hand!

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And that's Blackjack! This game goes to me!

[mischiefbreeder]

What can ya do, huh? Bro's just a hyperactive knucklehead.

And, who, me? There's no robbing involved here! I can't be helped responsible for people gambling their money away against me!

[realityanchor.livejournal.com]

What's that supposed to mean?!

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[bullet-dance.livejournal.com]

[...FFFFFFFF.

There it goes.] Wow... you didn't even need to get another card.

[nextgen-hokage.livejournal.com]

[He can almost taste the italics!]

Uh huh. Let's just do this so I can buy something to eat. [Now, don't mind Naruto rummaging through his pockets to fetch his mighty toad/frog/wallet to get some of his money.]

[endgames]

[True that.]

You're the one who created the opportunity, aren't you? Not that it matters much, I guess, since they went along with it.

[mischiefbreeder]

[He holds up the tenpiece.]

I'm sittin' here, offering games of chance to people in an opportunity to raise money for the Orphanage, the place that used to be your home, and this is all you can give? Cheapskate.

[mischiefbreeder]

[Gold almost feels bad taking money from one of his brothers, but hey. He tried to talk him out of it. If Naruto doesn't know what he's getting into by playing cards against Gold, then he needs to pay better attention.

Gold impatiently taps his fingers on the table, waiting. Come on, man, hurry it up.]

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[mischiefbreeder]

Sorry, that's just the way the cards fall sometimes!

[mischiefbreeder]

Yeah, so I can't really be held responsible. They chose to do it, after all.

[endgames]

Uh-huh. So how big's the pot now?

[mischiefbreeder]

Check it out! [He holds up the jar of cash, which contains an indiscernible-but-clearly-a-lot amount of money in it by now.]

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[bullet-dance.livejournal.com]

[Blah. Oh, well. That moment of greatness was fun while it lasted.] I guess this is it, then. It was fun playing with you.

[She starts to stand.]

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[mischiefbreeder]

Hey hey, you're stopping so soon?

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[bullet-dance.livejournal.com]

[Huh?] I actually don't have that much money on me right now. Wouldn't I have to pay to play again?

[endgames]

[Huh. That is impressive. Well if there's one thing to say about Gold it's that when he schemes, at least he does it right.]

Heh. Looks like you've made a killing.

[realityanchor.livejournal.com]

Don't try to guilt trip me! When did you ever say this was a fund-raiser?!

[mischiefbreeder]

When did you ever ask?! Come on, I'm sittin' outside the place!

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[mischiefbreeder]

Oh... I understand... Well, if you really can't play anymore...

[realityanchor.livejournal.com]

People don't generally think of gambling as a charity, you know.

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[bullet-dance.livejournal.com]

[Gold.

That's not even--]

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[bullet-dance.livejournal.com]

Ah... w-well-- [hdjkhfkfs CURSES.]

M-Maybe just one more game.

[nextgen-hokage.livejournal.com]

[Okay. He's got it. It's not a lot, but money is money, right? BAM.]

Told you I had it!

[mischiefbreeder]

Yep. What can I say? What I do, I do well.

[He reaches into the jar and pulls out a bit of change, tossing it to Shikamaru.]

If you run into the knucklehead somewhere, give that back to him and tell him maybe next time, he'll learn not to challenge his bro at cards.

[mischiefbreeder]

[He eyes the cash Naruto's slapped on the table. That really is a pitiful amount. ...Maybe he'll refund Naruto later, after he's learned his lesson.

...Maybe.]

Blackjack or Poker?