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[12stepstoohigh]

[Mason is sitting at a small card table outside the mess hall. He has three walnut shells and a dried pea, and is hiding the pea under a shell and shuffling the shells around in typical subway-station-shyster fashion. Except too slow and in no discernable pattern. He is basically failing

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[art_crow]

[hands you a dollar] Okay, Mason, I'll play your little game.

[12stepstoohigh]

Hey friend! Step on in, watch the magic happen!

[shuffle shuffle]

[art_crow]

Your rhyming is disturbing me!

[12stepstoohigh]

I didn't mean to.

[art_crow]

Yeah, yeah, have you finished shuffling yet?

[12stepstoohigh]

No. [shuffle shuffle]

[art_crow]

How about now?

[12stepstoohigh]

Alright, now.

[lifts his hands] Which shell?

[art_crow]

Um... [points to the left shell] This one!

[12stepstoohigh]

[you got it!]

....lucky.

[art_crow]

Heh heh, looks like you owe me two dollars.

[12stepstoohigh]

Oh come on, that was a test run, let's try again.

[art_crow]

Okay, but it's your loss.

[12stepstoohigh]

[shuffle shuffle shuffle]

[art_crow]

[wait wait wait]

[12stepstoohigh]

[stops!]