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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]

[mischiefbreeder]

[

Gold discards two cards and draws.]

[endgames]

[Sweet, Joker's wild. He turns over his hand.]

Three of a kind.

[mischiefbreeder]

[Nice try, Shikamaru. Gold reveals his hand.]



Straight.

[endgames]

[...] Lucky. Go again?

[AND SEVERAL ROUNDS LATER.]

[realityanchor.livejournal.com]

If you say so. Well, look, I should probably get going, but how about one more game for the road? Poker this time, poker!

[mischiefbreeder]

[SEVERAL ROUNDS LATER!]

Well, you played a good game, but it looks like I win again! [Shikamaru why are you so willing to part with your money.]

[endgames]

[It was for a good cause besides the percentage that went into Gold's pocket.]

Don't look so sympathetic. [He turns out a now empty pocket. Good thing he still has more money at home.] There goes all my spending money for the festival. How troublesome.

[Whatever will he do, now that he can't afford to do the things his friends would have surely dragged him around to do with them. Instead of walking around half-bored for several hours, he'll have to - gasp - go home early and do something else.

Oh the tragedy.]

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[bullet-dance.livejournal.com]

[...what number was this.]

...o-okay. You can have your turn now.

[nextgen-hokage.livejournal.com]

Wait-- Really? [That's a weird way of saying "give me another", but whatever. That could almost be taken literally.] Okay! Hit me!

[mischiefbreeder]

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[mischiefbreeder]

[He gives her a questioning look, as if to say, "You sure about that, brosis?"]

[mischiefbreeder]

Poor thing. Well, you knew what you were gettin' yourself into. [Stashing all the money he gained from Shikamaru in his jar. This'll do nicely for the festival.]

[endgames]

True enough. It was fun though. That was some winning streak you had there.

[Remind him to never play seriously.]

[falenandawn]

Thank you. [Frey looks at the money, though, not picking it up.] But wasn't the game free?

[mischiefbreeder]

Call it an incentive! This is the sort of thing that can happen when you play for real. Win, and big money awaits you!

[mischiefbreeder]

Poker, huh? Alright, but don't think I'm givin' you this one for free, Sis! [Shuffle shuffle.]

[realityanchor.livejournal.com]

Of course not. Look, I'll even bet tenfold!!

[mischiefbreeder]

Oh, so you were holdin' out on me, huh? [Eying that coin.]

[realityanchor.livejournal.com]

That's a nice way to talk to a benefactor.

[mischiefbreeder]

Oh, now you're all gung-ho about this now that you know it's for the orphanage, huh? You know that makes you an accomplice if I get busted by Shizuo, right?

[realityanchor.livejournal.com]

I'm already an accomplice by not busting you out to him myself, aren't I?

[mischiefbreeder]

It better stay that way, too.

[Cards!

]

[realityanchor.livejournal.com]

Hey, you think I'm a snitch? Besides, I wouldn't wish Shizuo's wrath on anybody.

[mischiefbreeder]

If Shizuo gets ticked, everyone loses.

[

He discards two cards of his own, drawing two more.]