Chapter 10: The Deck
Jay: "So this is Nylsio..."
Jay had arrived at Nylsio's graveyard, just like Phiam.
Jay: "Looks like this war took a lot from everywhere."
Jay clenches his chest.
Jay: "I feel the lost far clearer."
Jay let's go.
Jay: "I need to find Jake and Jade so I can beat Drake."
In the Maknanian palace.
Drake: "It's a plan you can't beat Kros."
Lucifer: "I'll be sure to say thanks to Cryo for you."
Back with Jay...
Jay: "I'll book a room at the inn."
Jay stumbles through Nylsio until he comes up to the inn.
Jay: "How much is left?"
Jay finds 10 gold in his pockets.
Jay: "(sighing) Guess I need to earn some."
2 thugs surround Jay.
Thug 1: "Care to gamble your life away?"
Thug 2: "Winner takes all."
Jay: "(sighing) Why are you asking a fourteen year old kid to gamble?"
Thug 2: "To pick on the weak."
Jay thinks for a moment.
Jay: "Just don't blame me when you lose."
The thugs take Jay to a bar table in the next room with four more thugs in the wings.
Thug 3: "Looks like they brought some fresh meat."
Thug 2: "This kid thinks he's confident about victory."
Jay: "(sighing) Just note that you people have no idea of my capabilities."
Thug 4: "I hope you boys don't mind if I deal."
The thugs drag Jay to a poker table.
Jay: "(in head) These guys have no idea..."
One of the thugs deals the cards, landing Jay two kings, and three queens with everyone putting it all in with a total of 180 gold on the line with Jay's coat as well.
Jay: "(in head) A full house, and I got the kings and queens."
Jay keeps a calm look on his face.
Thug 5: "(in head) I've got four of a kind with the eight's. That kid has no chance!"
Thug 2: "My hand may be shit, but my buddies have this in the bag. I fold."
The thug leaves the chair out of sheer confidence in his allies.
Thug 1: "(in head) I've got a flush of hearts, piece of cake."
Thug 6: "I fold. Win guys."
The second thug leaves, leaving behind a useless hand as well.
Thug 3: "(in head) I-I have a flush as well, but..."
Jay keeps a calm look as the two make eye contact.
Thug 3: "(in head, sweating) That stare makes my think twice!"
The thug raises the pot to 195 gold.
Thug 3: "(in head) That'll scare him!"
Jay keeps the look.
Thug 3: "(in head) I CAN'T TAKE THIS!!!"
The thug crumbles under the pressure and folds.
Jay: "(calmly) Then there were two."
Thug 5: "That face won't get to me kid."
Thug 2: "(in head) He had a flush..."
Jay and the thug make eye contact.
Thug 2: "(in head) It's a fifty-fifty shot. He's either bluffing, or he's got the good shit..."
Jay: "(annoyed) If you want to fold then fold, otherwise get the fuck out of here like your friends."
Thug 2: "(shakily) I-I..."
The fourth thug slams his cards to the table.
Thug 2: "I FOLD!!!"
The thug joins the others at a bar stand.
Thug 2: "This isn't that kid's first tangle with poker."
Thug 3: "T-That poker face is perfect."
Back to the game...
Thug 5: "My boys may have fallen to that stare, but I won't let some kid get to me."
The last thug raises to pot to 210 gold.
Thug 5: "There's no way you-"
Jay places all of his weapons on the table.
Jay: "All in."
Thug 4: "T-This kid is going balls deep!"
Thug 5: "H-He's bluffing! Obviously!"
Jay: "(calmly) Am I?"
The thug begins to shake crazily.
Thug 5: "Do I lose no matter what?!"
Jay: "(calmly) Yes."
Thug 5: "I give up!"
The thug smacks his four of a kind down.
Jay: "(calmly) My weapons are named after the deck."
Jay unveils the symbols on playing cards on his four dagger sheaths.
Jay: "Clover, Spade, Heart, Diamond, plus my gun Joker and my nunchucks Ace. Gambling is almost as second nature as bloodshed."
The thug is in despair over the fact that he could've won.
Jay: "I'm going to get my room."
Jay grabs his winnings and goes up to his room.
Jay: "(exhausted) That was easy."
Jay begins to fall asleep.
Jay: "(drowsy) I'll do a search tomorrow."
Jay falls asleep.
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