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[shipmaster]

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[dendarii]

[ Flourish's eyes light up with glee. ]

... You want to bet something, then?

[shipmaster]

I would. But there's a trouble with it. What can be the wager? The only thing I've seen of value here is light and food.

[dendarii]

What about a kiss?

[shipmaster]

[ There's a blink, a delighted laugh... and then a dangerous smirk. ]

Ah, so you'll have to wait until you can prove it? Deal.

[dendarii]

[ Hell, that backfired. Flourish makes a face as he realizes his mistake. ]

I'll prove it quickly then. In our very first game.

[shipmaster]

Ah, all or nothing? That DOES make it quite a bit more exciting.

[dendarii]

[ Hey. Two can play at that game. ]

So you're agreeing to more than just a kiss? I accept.

1/3

[shipmaster]

[ What did you... ]

[shipmaster]

[ u lil shit ]

[shipmaster]

Good lord, we really should have gone with Cheat.

[dendarii]

[ Flourish just grins innocently. ]

You were the one who got all cunning first.

[shipmaster]

[ They COULD protest that, but they also like the sound as much as the physical compliments. Perhaps they are a vain creature, they muse, but they can't find it in themselves to care. ]

Me? I'm just a curious newcomer making sure everything is clear.

[dendarii]

Of course. Not calculating in the slightest.

Shall we call you Curious, then?

[shipmaster]

[ They duck their head... a self, here where there was none. As far as definitions go... ]

That doesn't seem bad at all. [ The smile is quite genuine, at least. ]

[dendarii]

Then it's settled. Flourish and Curious of Lacerta.

[shipmaster]

[ There's a good sound to that. Curious nods with a smile. ]

Well then, I will live up to my name. Should you lose, I want to know the first memory you get. A simple enough wager in return.

[dendarii]

... All right, deal. I can handle that.

[shipmaster]

Good. I think I'm nearly as at ends to figure out who you are as I am about myself.

It seems rare that people arrive at the same time.

[ They seem about to go into that a bit more when the torches flicker noticably, the warning of the night cycle about to begin. ]

[dendarii]

I'm much the same. Maybe we'll recognize each other.

[ Flourish lifts his head at the torches, though... ]

Aren't we supposed to be inside?

[shipmaster]

... I believe that was a warning we'd gotten. [ They get up, rather hurriedly. ]

I think we might wish to run.

[dendarii]

[ He'll hurry, of course, but - ]

Or we were warned away because there's something they don't want us to have access to at night.

[shipmaster]

[They pause, midstep.]

... Do you think so?

[Be it information from these unknown Judges or other Blanks... The idea of self enriching treachery didn't seem that impossible in these black circumstances.]

[dendarii]

I think it's possible. What's the worst that could happen?

[ He did tell himself to cheat, didn't he? ]

[shipmaster]

A night without the comfort of a bed. [ It's reasonably said, but there is that thrum of excitement again. ]

[dendarii]

Exactly. Let's find out what it is we're all missing.