16 [Action]

[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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[endgames]

Sounds like more fun than walking around some more.

[If there's a chair, he's pulling it out to sit in now, dropping the backpack at his feet.]

[mischiefbreeder]

[Gold deals five cards out to Shikamaru.

]

[endgames]

[Shikamaru looks at them, then discards the five and ten of spades and the three of hearts.]

[mischiefbreeder]

[Three cards, huh... Gold deals three new cards to Shikamaru.



Gold, meanwhile, looks over his cards, and discards two, drawing two more.]

[endgames]

[Not that great of a hand. But oh well - he'll play it. There's worse, plus it makes him seem less cautious. He shows his cards.]

[mischiefbreeder]

[Gold reveals his hand.

]

Flush.

[endgames]

[He makes a show of looking disappointed.] Good hand. Go again?

[Already fishing more money out of his pocket.]

[mischiefbreeder]

You're really rarin' to go today, aren't you? [Whateva whateva, shuffling deck.]

[endgames]

The main draw of poker is winning, isn't it?

[mischiefbreeder]

You got that right.

[Dealing!

]

[endgames]

[He keeps the five and three and discards the rest.]

[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.]

[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.]

[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.]