driftfleet | [Open] Watch each card you play, and play it slow

Who: Adalwolfe Hawke
Broadcast: Video!
Action: Sure; Malum
When: Now

[It's not long into drift week before Adalwolfe Hawke gets bored. And when a Hawke gets board, then ridiculous things happen. Luckily, thanks to some seeds already planted in his brain before, Adalwolfe has been working on a pet project so not too much destruction has occurred. (This time, anyway.)

Wolfe pops onto the network with a video with an eager smile.]

Hey fleet! So there's this card game from Thedas called Wicked Grace and since we haven't had any proper cards that I've found, I decided to make my own.

[He holds up a few card. One labeled Angel of Death and a few others from various suits, all labeled and with crude drawings.]

I found a deck of very plain cards in Malum, so if those belonged to anyone sorry about that, but you really shouldn't leave your stuff around. Anyway, I made them playable for Wicked Grace. If anyone wants to play, you should know that if we're using my cards, then we go by Ferelden rules. See? The Swords are Dogs instead and they're high instead of Angels. Also I made the Drakes into Dragons instead because I can.

[He pauses in his excitement for a moment, then sits back a bit sheepishly as it occurs to him that anyone not from Thedas probably has no idea what he's talking about.]

So, the rules are everyone is dealt 5 cards. Each player takes turns drawing one card from either the deck or the discard pile and then discarding a card face up into the discard. You can't take a card you've previously discarded. When the Angel of Death card is drawn and discarded, then the game is over and everyone scores their hands. You're supposed to discard the Angel of Death right away, but cheating is also part of the game so almost no one ever does unless they have a good hand. But if you get caught cheating, then you lose right away.

[Wolfe grins again and leans into the video, holding up cards as examples as he talks.]

There's four suits - Dogs, Angels, Songs, and Dragons. Some other countries use other suits, like in Orlais they have Masks for Songs and everywhere but Ferelden Angels are highest. Though I actually think in Tevinter Dragons are high but they call them Serpents...

[A pause to mull that over, then Wolfe continues.]

In any case, Dogs always beat Angels, Angels beat Songs, etc. Also more of a suit will beat less of a suit. So say you have three Dragons. That'll beat two Angels. Pretty simple. Where it gets sort of complicated is with themes. You can beat four Songs, for example, if you have the Song, Dog, Angel, and Dragon all of Roses. There's other things too, but it's a lot to just explain like this.

[Wolfe puts the cards he'd been showing off back on top of the deck and leans back.]

If you have any questions, ask away! Or I can show you in person, since it's pretty slow in Malum today. But if you do come to learn you've got to order a drink. 'Sonly fair.

[He shuffles the cards between his hands, nothing fancy but he's at least got a bit of deftness there. For a moment, a dog nose is visible at the bottom corner of the shot, over the counter on which Wolfe's device is sitting, then it moves back out of view with a loud snuffle.]

Oh, and fellow Thedosians, we should set up a night to play now that we've got cards. Let me know what works for everyone. I'm good for any time.

[He waves at the video, dropping about half the deck in the process. The video ends with a yelp and Wolfe diving under the bar to save his precious cards.]

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[Vash considers his cards once more before taking a card from the top of the deck.

He looks them over again before discarding a seven of masks.]

And then I believe that it would be your turn now.

[They go back and forth for a little while, Adalwolfe not attempting to cheat seeing as its Vash's first game, but also not looking out for his captain to try and put one over on him either. After a few rounds, Adalwolfe has managed a hand full of Dogs, but there's no real theme to it.]

Remember, if you draw the Angel of Death you have to play it right away.

Oooooh. Like immediately right away? Hahaha... well. [He take the Angel of Death and lays it down.]

Ahhh, I actually drew that about five rounds ago. Sorry. I was trying to remember how it fit with the other angels.

[He chuckles at himself and it is an honest mistake. He forgot about that rule and it's clear by his hand he had been close to getting a run of angles. With a couple pairs he had started on collecting then abandoned for the run.] Sorry about that.

[Adalwolfe laughs at the mistake.]

Well that ends the round at any rate. Show of hands?

[Once they've both revealed he looks them over.]

Hmm... you're just one short of a run. That would have beaten me if you'd held onto Death for a few more turns. Sadly, without a full run, All Dogs beats Angels.

[He can't help but smirk a little.]

Nice cheat though, Captain. You got the hang of this quicker than I thought.

It would have been an even better cheat if I knew I had been cheating.

If there was one thing people on my planet were passionate about as a hobby and a way to pass the time it was card games. We had one similar to this so made it a bit easier.

Want to play again?

For credits this time?

[Adalwolfe pops a peanut from one of the little bowls set out on the bar into his mouth casually.]

[Vash hums and considers it for a moment. Then he shrugs with a lopsided smile.] Sure, why not. [He has enough credits stashed away and he's hoping Wolfe doesn't really expect him to bet too much while he's still learning.]

Let's see how much you can clean your captain out!

If you cheat like that on purpose, than probably not much.

[He smirks but deals again. Of course luck would have it that he deals himself a terrible hand to start, but he tries not to show it.]

We'll start at two credits, if that's alright with you.

[Vash peers at his hand. It's not an amazing start, but it's certainly not bad either. He doesn't give anything away as he nods with a smile.] Yeah, sounds like a good amount to begin with. Shall I start, or would you like to have the first draw?

I won last time, so you draw first.

[Makes a show of examining his cards. Dogs of Truth and Summer, Song of Avarice, Dragon of Winter, and Angel of Decay. He could go for the seasons but he's more likely to get more Dogs and at least have a flush. Four of a kind is so much more though...]

Alright! Let's go! [Vash reaches forward to pick up a card. Making a show of sitting and considering his options.

With a pair of songs and a pair of dogs he's trying to go with a full house of sorts. He considers the angel already in his hand and the dragon he just drew. He puts the Dragon into his hand and considers his options. Moving the cards around each other here and there before finally laying the dragon he originally drew back down. Trying to not make it look too obvious he didn't need that card.]

Your turn.

[Adalwolfe nods absently and draws, then tries very hard to keep his face impassive as he pulls the Song of Autumn. If he can manage to get the Angel of Spring before the game ends, he'd have one of the highest hands in the game, but trying to find one card...

Oh why the hell not, he has credits to burn.]

I'm going to raise the pot by five credits. Call or raise?

[He casually discards the Song of Avarice, keeping his three seasons in hand with the extra dog and angel.]

I'll call. [Not ready to raise while still getting use to the rules. He takes another card. Considers it before putting it in his hand and discarding one of his angels in his hand.]

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