Moonlight
11-13-2019, 06:38 PM
Were they moving forward or backward... “Now that is a question I try not to think too deeply on without a whiskey in my hand,” he said wryly. Why had he left his glass behind, anyway. Ah well, nothing for it now.
“I know many card games, Leftennant,” he said, his smile broadening at the very proper use of his name. “Poker’s just my specialty. I used to run the faro tables a bit, too, but I lost my taste for it.” Truthfully, he just tended to stick to poker because he’d trained his mind to think in terms of poker for his magic, but he was hardly going to say that right now, was he? “And don’t worry, I can be completely harmless, if that’s what you want.” Truthfully, he didn’t really need to be winning anything, he was solvent without his poker winnings, they just let him spend a bit more extravagantly. Mostly he kept up the practice because it was good way to size up the people around him. “What’s your personal game of chance, then?”
@kel
“I know many card games, Leftennant,” he said, his smile broadening at the very proper use of his name. “Poker’s just my specialty. I used to run the faro tables a bit, too, but I lost my taste for it.” Truthfully, he just tended to stick to poker because he’d trained his mind to think in terms of poker for his magic, but he was hardly going to say that right now, was he? “And don’t worry, I can be completely harmless, if that’s what you want.” Truthfully, he didn’t really need to be winning anything, he was solvent without his poker winnings, they just let him spend a bit more extravagantly. Mostly he kept up the practice because it was good way to size up the people around him. “What’s your personal game of chance, then?”
@kel
