a fourth miracle

[mirakill.livejournal.com]

[ A girl is sitting... mid air, legs crossed, as if seated amongst the stars. She's pretty devotedly shuffling a deck of cards, every which way she can. ]

I've decided I'm bored with chess. It has its elegance, certainly holds to the test of time, but I'm not above holding appreciation for newer games.

[ After all, she'll be playing it with more modern people. ]

You.

--Yes, you. Do I look like I'm speaking to anyone else?

Play a game with me, won't you? A simple game of drawing a card.

[ Mid air, she spins, holding the deck away, wrist downward, palm facing her. In a circle, around her, the cards float mid-air. The cards shuffle themselves in a circle around her-- no matter what you do, you can't see the face of the cards, just the backs. Illusion magic. ]

This is a game of luck. Draw a card jack or higher, and you win.

Draw lower, and you lose. The loss condition is that I ask a question and you answer.

[ By the way she talks about it, it feels more like a game of Russian roulette, deceptively safer-sounding. ]

And if you draw the joker, that's a loss upon loss. But the odds are against that, isn't it? I promise, magic aside, the odds are as fair as if they were laid out on a table.

Well? Will you play, and feed my boredom momentarily?

Comments

[mirakill.livejournal.com]

The same question back at you.

[collector]

[He smiles. It's an easy answer to give if given carefully.] Yes, and I love still. In my way. [He selects the five of diamonds.] Ah, and I was hoping for my turn again.

[mirakill.livejournal.com]

Who holds your attention the most, here?

[collector]

Aside from protecting my own, I'm interested in the hosts. It takes something of a priority with what they are capable of.

[mirakill.livejournal.com]

... I agree. I'm very interested in the hosts of the game as well.

[collector]

An interesting group, aren't they? And divided enough to make for challenging reads. I rather like it.

[mirakill.livejournal.com]

It's certainly a gameboard I won't abandon any time soon.

[collector]

I wish you luck on it. Boards like this always provide interesting dimensions to a game.

[mirakill.livejournal.com]

I've already found as much.