Case #53: Video

[19centconstable]

[George is in the infirmary. He looks slightly green around the gills (not that he has gills), but otherwise well.]

That was quite unpleasant. I don't believe I like myself when I am angry.

And I hope I didn't put anyone out too much, particularly you, Captain Angua. And Dick: I do of course trust you completely with any of my bodily fluids.

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[scentbombed]

[Let her have her cynicism, George. It makes her life easier.]

Because they add up, you see? If it had been an ace and a ten, that would be a two-card Onion, and so forth. Groups of any three numbers are good, as are groups of suits. You know, ten terrapins, say.

[She's moving her hands a great deal, now, keeping them busy on the cards, even though it's not really necessary.]

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[19centconstable]

[Let him have his optimism, Angua. It's adorable.]

So why does one cripple him?

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[scentbombed]

Because that's how you win. I suppose it's a slightly mean-spirited game, at that.

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[19centconstable]

I do sometimes wonder about the things come up with by or for children...

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[scentbombed]

I've seen the sort of things they come up with on their own. [And that could not be said more darkly.] This is Where's My Cow? compared to some of the stuff that goes on in the Shades.

Right, so what have you got? Really, you're supposed to look for yourself and figure it out, but this is the tutorial round, so... just turn them over, I suppose.

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[19centconstable]

[George spreads his cards obediantly to her, and looks at her hopefully.]

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[scentbombed]

All right, so you've got... that three-card Onion and a four-card flush, with the 3-4-6-7 of coins, there.

[She turns over her own cards, showing them to him.] And I've got a Royal -- these three sevens -- and a Double Onion with these two aces and the Jack and the King. So I win this round, George, I'm sorry to say. What are you going to give me? We forgot to bet.

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[19centconstable]

[He grins crookedly.]

Well, what would you like?

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[scentbombed]

[Damn you, Crabtree.]

... I'll think on that.

[And she's just going to deal again quickly la la la.]

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[19centconstable]

Perhaps you'll win again, and you can request two of whatever you've won.

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[scentbombed]

Perhaps you'll win, and I can cede the decisionmaking to you.

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[19centconstable]

But you'll still have won the once, in that case.

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[scentbombed]

Yes, George, but I would cede it. To you. In trade, perhaps.

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[19centconstable]

That doesn't seem terribly sporting of me.

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[scentbombed]

[At that, she does smirk, peering finally at her cards.] Maybe I want to see what you look like when you're not being sporting.

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[19centconstable]

I blike to think you'll need to wait for a flood to see that.

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[scentbombed]

That's cheating, Constable.

What do you think? [She nods to the cards.] Discards?

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[19centconstable]

Perhaps it is.

I'll let go of these two.