Chapter XXXVII - Mazzic : Games :: Death : Life ~Mazzic

Mazzic slammed the cards on the table...again.

After finally having learned how to play, and losing somewhere around 200 times, he decided that he did not like poker. Despite the fact that he kept getting bad cards, and if they were playing with money he would be broke, Kaye somehow kept winning. Looking down at his cards, he labeled them off in his mind: Ace of Spades, Three of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Four of Clubs, and a Six of Spades. Nothing, nada, zippo, zilch...and any other assortment of synonyms for zero.

Kaye triumphantly laid her cards out on the table, royal flush...her third this evening.

Kyanosa smiled and laid out his cards, "High Card, I have you beat this time!"

Kaye beat Kyanosa over the head with a metal pole, which was handily lying around for such a situation...again for the third time this evening. Saph just laid out her cards and groaned: one pair.

Wishing that he didn't want to continue to play, Mazzic grumbled for Kaye to deal again. Kaye, with no hesitation, complied.

--An Hour Passes--

Mazzic: 400 losses and counting

Kaye: 400 Wins and counting

You can guess where the other two are...I will not insult your intelligence by telling you...

Looking up from the table, Mazzic glanced over where Jade had been. Thankful for the excuse to stop playing, he notified the other three of his discovery:

Mazzic: "Hey guys, Jade is gone..."

Saph: "Really? Brian, you see where she went?"

6400: "Nope, I was thinking."

Kyanosa: "I don't like her; she made fun of my marbles..."’

Kaye: "Let's keep playing; she will come back later."

Mazzic: "grumble grumble"

Kyanosa, Saph: "Yeah, let’s just deal again."

Mazzic returned to playing, locked into this eternal hell of losing, and not being able to stop!!

Oh well, if it just weren't so addictive...