Poker chaton !
Une petite chose écrite d'une traite pou tamingthemuse, featuring le poker chaton, aka le truc du Whedon'verse qui m'a le plus interloquée. J'envisage d'intégrer cette petite chose dans un univers plus complet que je mets au point (très lentement) pour le prochain NaNo. Il finira peut-être par y avoir autre chose que des histoires pour tamingthemuse ici !
A little thing written at a stretch for tamingthemuse, featuring kitten pokern aka the thing in the Whedon'verse that stunned me the most. I'm thinking about putting this little thing in a more complete 'verse that I'm working on (very slowly) for the next NaNo. Maybe there will be something else than stories for tamingthemuse ici one day !
Title : On the consequences of a poker night
Fandom : Buffy-ish
Prompt : 338 - Double Down
Warnings : non
Rating : gen
Summary : sometimes, things don't go as expected.
A/N : this isn't really in the Buffyverse. There is no mention of any character from the shows beside some British vampire, but I can't tell it all came from my own imagination. I'm indebted to David Fury and Jane Espenson in here. The talking characters are just OC's I have imagined, but not really worked on for now.
"Ok, it so needs an explanation. I mean ... How the hell did you get yourself in such a situation ?"
"I don't know ! It just escalated so quickly ... I swear didn't want to misbehave, it's just ... I met this guy, some vampire, British I think. Anyway, he offered me a drink, we talked, and things going on, he asked me if I would fancy a poker night. He knew a place, they wouldn't be too annoying to a new gamer ... And you know how much I like a game of poker when I'm going out ..."
"Oh yes, I know too well ... And you do know how much trouble you tend to gain at new tables, don't you ?"
"Yeah ... I know ... But life is so much more interesting with a little challenge ..."
"A little challenge don't put you in jail, Rosalee. It looks like you took a little too much challenge."
"I guess, but you would never have found out back there. I mean, I was doing pretty well. Even better than that, actually. I won a few hand, and I suppose it got me all daredevil. It was getting late, the vampire and one of the other guys had given up. I had a good hand. So I doubled down. The other guy followed, and things went and went till I had laid everything I had, and more. I was so sure he was bluffing !"
"Let me guess : he wasn't."
"You bet it. And there I was, nothing left but debts. I didn't know what I was going to do, and the guy wanted a quick payment. I guess I shouldn't have told them it was in my car ..."
"You don't even own a car !"
"That makes me good at bluff, don't you think ?"
"Do you want an honest answer to that ?"
"No, I guess no. Anyway, the vampire saw I was in trouble, and he thought about a way to get me out of trouble ... he felt a little guilty, since he was the one to get me at the table in first place. It can seem foolish, but at the time, his solution didn't appear that stupid to me ..."
"A guy you barely know offer you to steal to pay poker debts, and you don't see a problem in it ? Please."
"I know ... Anyway, we broke in, everything was going perfectly well, we were about to take what we needed, and then the police came in. There had to be a hidden security system, or something ... And that's how we end up in jail."
"Ok, I think that's the most stupid story you ever told me. And I'm sure it's true, which is quite pathetic in itself ... Let me tell you something : next time you get caught stealing kittens in an animal shop, no need to call, I'm not taking you out of jail."
"That's what you say every time. And still you came."
"Don't push it. How are you gonna pay the guy, now ?"
"Don't know. And wouldn't know where I can find tree angora kittens, by any chance ?"
(Fin)
A little thing written at a stretch for tamingthemuse, featuring kitten pokern aka the thing in the Whedon'verse that stunned me the most. I'm thinking about putting this little thing in a more complete 'verse that I'm working on (very slowly) for the next NaNo. Maybe there will be something else than stories for tamingthemuse ici one day !
Title : On the consequences of a poker night
Fandom : Buffy-ish
Prompt : 338 - Double Down
Warnings : non
Rating : gen
Summary : sometimes, things don't go as expected.
A/N : this isn't really in the Buffyverse. There is no mention of any character from the shows beside some British vampire, but I can't tell it all came from my own imagination. I'm indebted to David Fury and Jane Espenson in here. The talking characters are just OC's I have imagined, but not really worked on for now.
"Ok, it so needs an explanation. I mean ... How the hell did you get yourself in such a situation ?"
"I don't know ! It just escalated so quickly ... I swear didn't want to misbehave, it's just ... I met this guy, some vampire, British I think. Anyway, he offered me a drink, we talked, and things going on, he asked me if I would fancy a poker night. He knew a place, they wouldn't be too annoying to a new gamer ... And you know how much I like a game of poker when I'm going out ..."
"Oh yes, I know too well ... And you do know how much trouble you tend to gain at new tables, don't you ?"
"Yeah ... I know ... But life is so much more interesting with a little challenge ..."
"A little challenge don't put you in jail, Rosalee. It looks like you took a little too much challenge."
"I guess, but you would never have found out back there. I mean, I was doing pretty well. Even better than that, actually. I won a few hand, and I suppose it got me all daredevil. It was getting late, the vampire and one of the other guys had given up. I had a good hand. So I doubled down. The other guy followed, and things went and went till I had laid everything I had, and more. I was so sure he was bluffing !"
"Let me guess : he wasn't."
"You bet it. And there I was, nothing left but debts. I didn't know what I was going to do, and the guy wanted a quick payment. I guess I shouldn't have told them it was in my car ..."
"You don't even own a car !"
"That makes me good at bluff, don't you think ?"
"Do you want an honest answer to that ?"
"No, I guess no. Anyway, the vampire saw I was in trouble, and he thought about a way to get me out of trouble ... he felt a little guilty, since he was the one to get me at the table in first place. It can seem foolish, but at the time, his solution didn't appear that stupid to me ..."
"A guy you barely know offer you to steal to pay poker debts, and you don't see a problem in it ? Please."
"I know ... Anyway, we broke in, everything was going perfectly well, we were about to take what we needed, and then the police came in. There had to be a hidden security system, or something ... And that's how we end up in jail."
"Ok, I think that's the most stupid story you ever told me. And I'm sure it's true, which is quite pathetic in itself ... Let me tell you something : next time you get caught stealing kittens in an animal shop, no need to call, I'm not taking you out of jail."
"That's what you say every time. And still you came."
"Don't push it. How are you gonna pay the guy, now ?"
"Don't know. And wouldn't know where I can find tree angora kittens, by any chance ?"
(Fin)