Imeeji Day 54

[awakenerd]

[There will be some cw rape stuff or mentions in threads my dudes.]

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[sonof]

[ he’s very well-versed in reading faces. ]

You’re quite calm, actually.

[motorcycle_noises]

I find poker pretty soothing.

[sonof]

Are you a gambling man?

[motorcycle_noises]

[ A smile flickers on his face. ]

A little, yeah. It's a lot of fun.

[sonof]

Then, shall we make a wager?

[motorcycle_noises]

You have my attention. Got any terms in mind?

[sonof]

I thought I’d let you make the first bid. I tend towards weightier bets, if left unchecked.

[motorcycle_noises]

[ He considers that for a moment. ]

How does fifty points sound to you?

[sonof]

[ my first bet against Intensity I went for 700 ]

Fifty sounds reasonable. Then, an ante of five points per deal, we bet as we like on each hand, and the first to clean the other of their fifty wagered wins?

[motorcycle_noises]

[ ....It's a good thing he let Sanguine pick the terms. ]

Sounds fair to me. Let's do it!

[sonof]

Deal away.

[ anyway he might be an amateur at cards but he is definitely not an amateur at betting. now that there are actual bids and antes involved it becomes quickly apparent that he knows how to lose some battles to win the war. a lot of his hands he folds early so Sanguine mostly wins pots of 5s and 10s off of him at a time, but the others he pendulums wildly between betting obviously aggressively or passively going along with the bids Sanguine sets to bait him up to higher amounts. lose 5, lose 5, win 30 back. if Sanguine risks it he might get cleaned out on the whole 50 in one pot. ]

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Sanguine isn't an amateur to betting, either-- even if he doesn't remember it just yet. On the one hand, he won't play it entirely safe all the time himself. On the other hand, he's not going to risk going hard on Yasuragi's passivity unless he's fairly confident in the hand he's got-- a pretty good one, if not perfect. ]

[sonof]

[ eventually he starts leaning harder on betting aggressively - so it might end up reversed from the very start, with Yasuragi winning small pots of 10, 10, 10, if Sanguine doesn't challenge them ]

[motorcycle_noises]

[ He is, at that point, going to start betting more aggressively himself. There's a point where safety isn't actually... safe. ]

[sonof]

[ at one point when Sanguine calls him on a pot that he’d goaded built up particularly high, he laughs aloud at the end of it and flips over a hand with absolutely nothing ]

Worth the shot. Well done. I’ll have to claw my advantage back again.

[motorcycle_noises]

[ A grin flickers on his face. ]

You're really good already. It's a fun challenge.

[sonof]

The game may be new, but gambling is a well-worn practice for me.

[motorcycle_noises]

I can tell. It's exciting, honestly.

[sonof]

You’re rather decent yourself. Mind if I try dealing the next hand?

[motorcycle_noises]

Thanks. And go ahead.

[sonof]

Appreciated.

[ takes the cards to deal, more to get a better feel for the game than anything. didn’t cheat! this time ]

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Not cheating is good! He's going to try a few risky bets himself, trying to see if he can catch Yasuragi off-guard. None of it's enough to lose it all, but he's definitely not playing safe anymore. ]

[sonof]

[ if he has any tells in his expression or fidgeting betting risky is not gonna go well for him ]

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Although he's actively working to suppress the tells he's aware of, he's almost certainly got one or two very minor facial tics that Yasuragi can pick up on. When he inevitably loses, he laughs. ]

Well, we can't say I didn't try. Looks like you're getting that advantage back after all.

[sonof]

And thank you very much for instructing me.