puppysword

[felinguistic]

:)

Comments

WEEK ONE - tuesday

[felinguistic]

[ it's not the first time he's been in the grand casino since it was opened but it's the first time he's been here specifically to mess with the actual games. he's sat at one of the gaming tables with a pack of those fancy gold-leaf cards spread out in front of him.

it looks like he's flicking through some kind of booklet as well, but. eh. it's probably nothing. ]

[leggymaru]

[Luckily, Hizamaru is a sword, so he's relatively talkative. And he sort of likes Shiraishi, too. So he raises his arm and waves from across the casino. He hasn't been here yet.]

Shiraishi-san!

[He beelines for the man.]

[felinguistic]

[ Hearing his name called does get him to look up, but he just lifts a hand in acknowledgement before going back to whatever he's reading. Rules, it looks like. For some sort of game?

It sounds way too complicated for something recreational, but the whole part about playing into people's tells? He likes that. ]

Here to play a few games?

[leggymaru]

Are you playing a game?

[When he gets there, he looks over the table and the cards and then Shiraishi and the book.]

I don't know how to play... but I don't mind learning.

[felinguistic]

Eventually. There's a lot of things here to learn about, I'm trying to work out which is most fun.

[ he flips through a few of the cards before setting them down in front of him, gold colouring on the backs. ]

Pick one, and we'll play a game. Red coloured card, and we'll play the easy version. Black coloured card, and we'll play something more challenging.

[leggymaru]

[Oh no, a choice... He's a sword with a brother complex... Bad.

There's no hesitation to even consider it when he reaches out to touch the black colored card.]

I'm ready.

[felinguistic]

[ is he really ready. ]

Poker it is then!

[ rip hizamaru, you're a good boy but you sealed your fate. ]

[leggymaru]

[He thinks he's ready. Oh boy.]

Poker? Okay... Please teach me how to play.

[felinguistic]

Oh, it's fairly simple. [ but he's still glancing at the rules because lmao what're card games other than useless. but they have so much free time and nothing of his usual time-occupying activities to do so. here we are. ]

Two cards each, five cards on the table. You use the cards on the table and the two you have to make a set. Then you reveal your sets, and the best set wins.

[ he leans down under the table. when he pops back up he has a handful of casino chips, which he lets scatter over the table. ]

But you have to make bets on whether you'll win.

[leggymaru]

[His brows furrow gently, but he listens and, after, he nods.] I understand. [Listen. He's stupid, but he's not a moron? Sometimes.

His eyes follow the bouncing casino chips.]

Alright. We make our bets first?

[felinguistic]

Usually these represent money, which we don't have.

[ danger will robinson. ]

A shame. Games like this usually have some weight behind them.

[leggymaru]

[He 100% does not see any future ramifications of this encounter.]

Like a gambit? We can play by the rules, but add some of our own perhaps. I want it to be fair for you, too, Shiraishi-san.

[felinguistic]

[ he may not always be a moron but bless his heart he's naive. ]

Fair is fine to a point. You're supposed to have fun with games -- [ or so he's read? heard? figured out? ] -- so why not add in benefits to winning a hand?

I would say that's an acceptable starting rule.

[leggymaru]

[BAD]

I agree. Is there a condition you would like to add to our game before we begin?

[He's so damn puppy.]

[felinguistic]

[ ✨ ]

... [ you just keep handing him this power, hizamaru?? ] What will you give me if you lose?

[leggymaru]

[:weeps:

He looks thoughtful for a moment. Then, without reluctance:]

I will buy you something from the gift shop.

[felinguistic]

That'll get expensive if you keep losing.

[ but hey, he's shuffling and dealing out the cards let's pretend i know how to play poker and they end up with the five in the middle and two cards each. does hiza realise he hasn't asked what the sets are and which hands beat other hands? ]

But I'll take that offer.

[leggymaru]

Oh... We play more than one time?

[PLEASE HELP HIM also same @ playing hisoka it was stupid ganba

and yeah, he doesn't realize any of this he's learning?? as he goes??]

Thank you, Shiraishi-san. What do I get if you lose?

[felinguistic]

We play as many times as we want to.

[ watch as i aggressively handwave every game. ]

...

[ n o t h i n g. but, okay. hm. if he doesn't offer up anything then he might be down a player and back to being annoyed at being bored, so... ]

Maybe I'll get you something. Or you can ask me something. [ hm, hmmm. ]

[leggymaru]

[IT'S FINE

Hizamaru waits for Shiraishi to think about it. He doesn't reject the offers, but:]

If you lose, I want you to have sex with me.

[felinguistic]

[ well. ]

Pardon?

[ paRDON. ]

[leggymaru]

[he's adapting]

When you have sex, you get a token. So if you lose, I want you to have sex with me. I want to learn... how to be good at sex.

Do you fight, Shiraishi-san?

[felinguistic]

...

[ at least the world just clicked back into place again. ]

Ah, you’re token hunting. You could’ve led with that and it would have been more effective. They’re an obvious advantage here, after all.

[ he’s flipping over the cards in the centre now, revealing what they have to work with. ]

Like you do, with swords?

[leggymaru]

Yes, the tokens are important.

[It's fine? Sure.]

It doesn't have to be with swords. Do you fight in general?

[felinguistic]

[ it's an excuse to bang. ]

... [ hmmm. ] No, not literally. What would I have to fight? Metaphorically though, you could say I fight for justice in my own way.