[agodr] A Game of High Card

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"Aces high?! Got it!" Liliana replied with a nod, not actually remembering that aces could be high too. She had forgotten about that. Though it wasn't surprising since she didn't really play cards all that much.

Deciding to let Amber play too, Liliana encouraged her to take a card this time. The regalia then smiled widely and pulled out a card from near the end of the deck. It was the three of Spades. Not the best card ever. Liliana shrugged, it was a bad hand, but they still had another round to go.

Thinking they had lost, Liliana asked Jackal what card he got?
 

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Jackal flipped his card with a wince. Realistically speaking, unless she also got a two, that was a bust. Considering the deck, that meant it was... what, a 48 out of 51 chance of beating him?

And just because lady luck wanted to rub it in his face, she got... a three.

"Ah fuck," Jackal said, straightening up and giving a stretch. "Well, that's it. Two outta three, and you got the two. So you've got the win."

He paused to consider, counting the days back.

"So if we all met the pactmaster yesterday, and met our regalia in the afternoon or evening, you think this is one of the first matches?"
 

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Liliana was so surprised by Jackal's reveal, that she let out a rather excited, "yes" and hugged her regalia´s arm to her. He had a two! What were the odds that a three would beat anything? Amazing!

Considering his question, still hanging onto her regalia's arm, Liliana nodded, "It's possible. I didn't see anybody else talking about challenges when I left..." she told him honestly. "Except maybe this tall weird looking guy," referring to Gulliver, "and a girl, Rory that I know from school..." she said mentioning her classmate. "But I don´t know if they actually set up anything."
 

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"I figure everyone'll be adjusting," Jackal said. "Like, lots of people probably want to get to know their regalia first."

"Please," May protested in a quiet voice from atop Jackal's head. "Can we go home now? The match is over."

"We'll go home in a minute," Jackal said in a particularly offhanded manner, very much like a father telling a child they'd need patience. "I figure lots of people are focusing on Regalia first, and the tournament second. I kind of expected to be the opposite of that, but hanging out with her's fun even if she keeps insisting she's hating every minute of it."
 

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"You two are so cute together..." Liliana said, blurted out really, as she looked at May, and then back to Jackal, they were oddly paired, and not. They were like a father, big brother and daughter, young sister duo.

"Yeah, I figured the same thing," she said with a shrug, "I thought everybody would be scrambling to do challenges. But it seems like not, like people are happy with their regalia and want to get to know them, so crazy actually..." she said leaning against Amber, who just smiled and nodded. Just happy that Liliana and her were seemingly a good fit.
 

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Jackal grinned at her.

"Cute? Nah, that's just her," he said, patting May on the foot as she pouted, burying her face in his hair to hide her embarrassment.

"That said, was a fun match," he continued. "We should probably get going. I'm going to grab her some food, and then I think we're going to watch Tangled."

May briefly popped her head up to vigorously nod at the mention of Tangled.

"You guys got plans?"
 

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Liliana rocked a little on her heels, "It was very fun, quick too," she said as she pulled Amber with her a little. "Tangled, huh? You should also watch Frozen.."

"The Powerpuff Girls movie. I like that one. A lot." Amber suddenly said with a grin after having not said anything for the whole challenge.

Looking at her in surprise, Lilianna laughed, "Maybe we will go watch Powerpuff Girls..." she said to Jackal and May.

"Thanks again, Jackal, May..." here she looked at the young girl,"Who knows? Maybe we will meet for another challenge?" she said with some uncertainty, thinking that her first challenge had been really nice, Jackal was a whole lot nicer than she had expected, and that gave her hope that the rest of the challenges would be similar.
 

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"Sure," Jackal said. "Give it a few days, and I'll see if I can't rematch you," Jackal said, earning himself a glare. "Quick and easy, and it'll get me a chance to redeem my lost honor."

Like he'd ever had any honor in the first place, that was.

"But I'll go look at the Powerpuff Girls thing. Never watched the show, but sounds nice enough. Gotta keep it kid appropriate. No slasher films."

"I'm not a kid," May mumbled from above.

Jackal shot Liliana a grin, knowing May wouldn't be able to see it.
 

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"I'd like that," Liliana said with a nod at Jackal's words, "Hopefully, we will see you too another time. And May, ask him for ice cream and popcorn. The best ever movie combo," Liliana told the regalia with a grin as she then hooked her arm through Amber's and started off, giving a little wave to Jackal and May. It had been fun. She hoped they'd meet again.
 

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May gave Liliana a sneaky grin at her suggestion, giving a small wave to her and Liliana as they finally set off.

"Ice cream and popcorn," she mumbled to Jackal.

"We've got both at home," Jackal said. "You'll have to settle for vanilla."

May opened her mouth to protest, and then seemed to relent, sagging back down and nudging at Jackal's head with her hand.

"Alright alright," he protested in mock outrage. "We'll go home."

With that, Jackal headed off back to home.
 
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