Week 8.

[trustfellows]

WEEK 8 Regardless of what you think of the most recent deaths, four more people have died this week. Milla Maxwell, Angel, Susan Ashworth, and Aligula are gone now, leaving you with about a quarter of your original number. Thirty-five down to twelve - this can't keep going for much longer, can it? Is there anything you can do? Saturday is given to regrouping and sleep; come Sunday morning, the clock chimes the hour at seven o'clock and there are no dead bodies to be found, so it can be assumed that all of you are safe for the time being. That said, you'll be feeling a little groggy when you wake up; it seems you've regained something that you didn't realize you'd lost... Unlike the previous weeks, however, it seems that either you've reached the end of the line or Jericho has decided to stop rewarding you for your effort; where there would usually be a stairwell to a new floor, you're met with nothing but solid wall. Perhaps it's distressing; perhaps it's a good sign. Only time will tell, and time isn't something you have a lot of around here. PARTICIPANTS REMAINING: 12

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[OOC: Welcome to week eight of Trustfell! Feel free to make as many top levels as you'd like and tag out to other characters! This post is for all of your interactions this week... at least until the weekend. Don't forget to save those threads for coins and the activity check!

If you'd like to get in contact with the Coordinators, you can do so through private meetings with Hilda!]

Comments

[hesperos]

Oh yeah?

[ Yuri just leans back in his seat because at some point he definitely sat his ass down. He probably shouldn't be so confident, but he is dialing up that competitive spirit, so of course he's going to say something challenging. ]

That sounds good. You actually sound like you're used to playing a game like this pretty often.

[notaccurate]

Variations on poker are quite common back home, especially when none of 'the guys' have money for betting. This is one of the tamer versions we came up with, as the owner of the bar got mad whenever we did strip poker.

[Yeah that's a thing from his past too.]

Of course, I always won, so it was never a problem for me.

[hesperos]

[ Wow, Luca. Well, he can't say none of that doesn't sound familiar, actually. Minus the 'strip poker' part. ]

...Always? You never lost?

[ Yuri will wait for Luca to stop finish shuffling the deck. ]

Guess I need to be the first person to make that happen if that's really the case here.

[notaccurate]

Never.

[Lies, he has lost a few times. But he has won much more often than he has lost.

And Luca is dealing out the first hand now, and he is grinning.]

You are welcome to try, but I will have to wish you luck in that endeavor.

[hesperos]

You're full of crap. You had to have lost at least once.

[ He smirks, he takes the cards given to him. ]

You'll find that I have pretty good luck in games like this.

[ That is a lie but like hell he's going to say otherwise. It's mostly his poker face that's saved his ass in these card games. ]

[notaccurate]

[Having a poker face is good, but can it beat Luca's? Because he regards his cards for a moment before setting them down on the table.]

Luck alone won't win this game. You need skill, and tenacity.

[hesperos]

Yeah?

[ Yuri has an amazing poker face and he's good at the game. But. His luck, though? It's abysmal.

Judging by this stupid hand of his right now which he inwardly curses from hell to back but his face doesn't so much as show his frustration. ]

Good thing I have a healthy amount of all three then, huh?

[notaccurate]

But do you?

[Luca's hand isn't that great, it's just a pair of jacks. But he's not going to betray that, not yet.]

Or the better question would be, do you outmatch me in those areas?

[hesperos]

'Course I do.

[ His is just like...all twos. Really, it sucks. ]

Why, you think you're better at it than I am?

[ He almost asked if he thought he was more experienced, but damnit he couldn't since Luca was older than him. ]

[notaccurate]

[Well, all twos would be a 4 of a kind, which would be a pretty great hand ngl]

Oh, I think so. The opening hand will prove it, too.

[He's not going to fold, though. He waits a moment to see if Yuri will fold before saying anything else.]

[hesperos]

[ ...WHOOPS. let us just. Pretend there's a three in there, then!! ]

Heh, then maybe you should save yourself the trouble and fold now.

[notaccurate]

[HAHA Yuri's hand is destined to lose then.]

Mmm, no, I think I will play. And I already have a question in mind too.

[And he lays down his hand. Pair of jacks, a queen, a seven, and a four.]

Can you beat that, hmm?

[hesperos]

[ Yuri doesn't say anything for a moment.

Just this face. ]

Whatever.

[ He shows his cards, still with this face.

All twos, except for one three. ]

[notaccurate]

[Luca just. Stares at the cards for a few moments.

Then he looks up at Yuri.]

You do realize you have a 'four of a kind', yes?

[hesperos]

Oh. I swore one of 'em was a second three or something.

[ Listen... ]

Guess this means I'm the one who won instead, huh?

[ Stop rubbing it in, Yuri. ]

[notaccurate]

[FROWN FROWN FROWN]

Ask your question, then.

[It's just one loss, he'll win in the long run.]

[hesperos]

[ Neener neener. ]

Alright. What's the silliest thing you've ever done?

[ Spill the beans, let him know the dealio!! ]

[notaccurate]

Painted flowers on a wall with an idiot.

[Y E P]

Honestly, that or that game of 'truth or dare' here are probably the silliest things I have done. I don't get much of a chance for foolishness back in my world.

[hesperos]

Wow, rude.

[ He sees what you did there. ]

You didn't, huh? That kind of sucks.

[notaccurate]

Why? It just meant that I had a lot of work to do, and the fun I found was in other, non-silly ways.

[hesperos]

Huh. Well alright.

[ He'll shrug. In that case... ]

Time to move on then.

[ Also for reference, to make it easier this is going to be just some handwaving here when they continue to play. ]

[notaccurate]

[DOOT DOOT handwaving ahoy, want to have them trade wins and losses?]

[hesperos]

[ Yes, Yuri will lose next time.

Speaking of which he lays down his admittedly poor hand after refusing to fold. Because of course he refuses to fold. ]

Alright, what do you wanna ask?