by Jak Snide » Sat Feb 07, 2004 1:36 am
The thug mulled over the proposal again for a minute, before taking Boreas up on his offer. The drow suggested they take their game behind the inn; nice and out of sight. Whoever cared followed them, and a few minutes later they arrived, and the game rules was set. Each man rolled a pair of dice, with the pairs being switched between players after each roll. Highest roll wins, with draws being re-rolled.
The first roll was made, with the dark elf scoring a 2 and 6. The thug, however, outdid this, with 6 and 4, giving him the first round. Shrugging at his turn of bad luck, Ree used this motion to disguise taking a different pair of dice from his pouch, and into hand. While undetected, he didn't use the dice in the next throw, which proved to be his undoing. The thug rolled a double 5, with Boreas' die swapping their scores from before; a 6 followed by a 2. Ree silently cursed the man's luck, and laughed.
"Well, what did I say? My luck got used up out there."
"Looks like it." the man replied, grinning and getting to his feet.
"Well earned, my friend." Ree counted out the money, glumly looking at what he had left; a mere shadow of his former wealth. "And when you get back to Doma, if you ever need another game, look me up."
The thug turned to leave, saying "I'll remember that. Thanks fer the game, friend." as he left.
Poorer, but free from fear of being maimed by the hired goon, Ree headed around the front of the inn, and entered. After all, win or loose, he still wanted to finish his nap.