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[felinguistic]

[ ask for the things you want, hizachan. ]

In a way. I work in law enforcement. It's not exactly a secret.

[ hmm hmm. well, they've got their bets on down and he can probably pull out a good hand out of what he's got so. ]

If you're really confident, you can up your bet you know. It's supposed to be a high stakes game, from what the rules say.

[leggymaru]

Oh. [Recognition flashes across his face.] Like... the Shinsengumi?

[He glances at the chips, at the cards, his cards. and then he shakes his head.]

I'll wait. I'm not sure I will be very good at the start.

[felinguistic]

Like the police.

[ but, yeah, okay. fair. swords will know sword boys. ] But if they were chasin gdown criminals, then certainly.

Alright. [ so, he just lays out his cards, revealing idek a middle of the road hand. a straight? ]

[leggymaru]

[Oh no. Will he be fucked by a sexy cop one day? Stay tuned.]

So you search for criminals? Who steal?

[He lays down his cards. Unfortunately, my work filter blocks the evil poker card site which is stupid. He has a full house.

He just doesn't realize it.]

[felinguistic]

[ there are outfits in the boutique for that. ]

No. I profile criminals. Forensics, rather than field work.

[ he stops, trailing off to squint at the cards in front of him. here comes the war of does he tell him that he won the round and got himself a lay or does he keep quiet and keeping playing. decisions, decisions. ]

[leggymaru]

Oh. I don't know what "forensics" is.

[hee hee

Hizamaru just peers at Shiraishi for a curious moment or two, and then he glances at their respective cards.] I just have these three and these two, Shiraishi-san. [He points at them.]

Which one of them wins?

[felinguistic]

Application of science to criminal and civil law. Less swords.

[ i hate this. don't make me do this. ]

...

[ .... sigh. ]

Your hand is higher. [ it'll be difficult to mess with an adaptation of the rules if he were to win with another hand with the one hiza has now. ]

[leggymaru]

That's okay, Shiraishi-san. You played very well. We can play again. Perhaps you will win this time.

[It's fine? He's already gathering up the cards to hand them back to Shiraishi.]

Please keep telling me more about what you do. It sounds interesting. We are from a clan of samurai, but I only know of the Shinsengumi.

[felinguistic]

[ there's a flicker of something behind his eyes - amused, but he accepts the cards and shuffles them up again, before laying out the 5-2-2 pattern again. ]

Maybe I will.

I'd be more interested in the whole "clan of samurai" thing than the job of a profiler. Japan's history is full of them but they're lost to history. How did you police the world -- and time, apparently -- without laws and carrying blades.

[ there's a slight raise of his eyebrow and a nod of his head. go on, you first. ]

[leggymaru]

[Unfortunately, he falls right into this trap. Because... he's a sword. But more important, Shiraishi mentioned something he's passionate about.]

They aren't lost, Shiraishi-san. They're still there--in history. [He takes up his cards and neatly organizes them even if he doesn't have a good god damn clue what most mean.] Protecting history isn't so difficult, not even with swords.

Changing history means changing the path the world will take. It could be dangerous. History shouldn't be changed, even if it's painful.

[After a moment, he sets out his cards, still not having betted much on himself despite the win. Sadly, all he has is three of a kind.]

[felinguistic]

Easy to say that from the present. [ he taps the edge of his own cards, before setting two down to make a straight flush. ] But it's easier not to think, consider, or worry when you're just following someone's orders.

[ After a moment, he just looks pleased. ]

One for me, one for you.

[leggymaru]

[Shiraishi isn't even discussing him, but Hizamaru feels offended anyway. He frowns a bit.] It isn't possible to protect history from the present. You have to travel to the past. [He is a FOOL. It's fine.] Our master's orders all have good intentions to protect the sanctity of history.

[Oh. He peers at the cards.]

See, I told you that you would win, Shiraishi-san. Do we leave it at a tie or play a third time?

[felinguistic]

[ the most sincere fool. ] We've had this conversation. One man's hero is another's villain. Remember?

[ hmm. ]

Are we claiming a tie renders the prizes invalid until one of us wins best two out of three, or do we both get something and play a last one for fun?

[leggymaru]

Master isn't a villain...

[Don't push it, Shiriashi. Hiza is trying his best not to get grouchy.]

What would you like to do Shiraishi-san? I'm okay with either.

[felinguistic]

I'm just saying, different opinions exist. What's good for one person might not be good for another.

[ grump away, hiza. shiraishi isn't fussed. but at least he's not directly calling hiza's master a villain now, nice, nice, nice. ]

In terms of benefits, we'd both get coins and you'd regain anything you lost buying me a gift if we say we've both won.