poker night

[deadthenred]

WHO: Bucky + OPEN
WHERE: Bucky's actually surprisingly nice apartment.
WHEN: Wednesday evening.
WARNINGS: The promise of manpanties.
SUMMARY: Bucky decided to have a poker game and invite… whoever wanted to show up. THIS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN VERY SMART.
FORMAT: Tagger's choice.

Bucky wound up solving his food problem by ordering three bags of something or other stacked high with white take-out boxes from the Chinese place his neighbors were always going on about. He also made sure his apartment was spic and span. It was a remarkably tidy space: nothing interesting on the walls, no television, and now a couple orders of cashew chicken placed on a big card table in the center.

He'd bought a few decks of cards from the corner store and unwrapped one of them, flipping the cardstock between his fingers. Yeah, he was ready to play poker.

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[submersing.livejournal.com]

[ it was really becoming a thing with Namora just being riculously out of place wherever she went. but when shes walking around in a bathing suit during the middle of winter, heads turn. shes seen Ken play poker back when she was with the Agents, so thats enough, right?

well regardless shes a quick learner.

she doesnt bother to knock when she gest to Buckys apartment, just opens the door and steps inside. ]

It's surprisingly clean.

[ because who actually says hello. and she also brought with her the revenge of kelp juice. ]

[deadthenred]

[Bucky was surprised at the no-knocking thing, 'cause he was the type to open doors for ladies, but recovered smoothly enough.]

What kinda operation d'you think I'm running?

[And then he noticed the KELP JUICE.]

Oh, you didn't need to bring drinks. [...] I'll… just put it with the other food.

[gevurah]

[ Heads turning? You can bet on it. Although, this lady merely looks curious rather than judgmental towards her. ]

[submariner]

[Oh hey what up cuz, Namor is just gonna float on over also in his swimwear, because that's how the cool kids do.] Namora.

THIS TAG WAS DELAYED BY THE SUDDEN NEED TO POLYVORE

[bests]

[ ALSO THIS IS NOW AN OPEN THREAD FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BOTHER CAROL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT? because that's how i roll??

she shows up wearing sunglasses even though it's probably already dark out because she is a dork sometimes. she's pretty boss at poker, so there's that, and carol's also pretty good at that whole talking/ribbing/taunting people in the spirit of competitiveness while playing, so.

also she brought five layer taco dip. ]

SURE WHY NOT

[submersing.livejournal.com]

[ I GUESS THIS IS SOMETIME DURING A POKER BREAK because uh lmfao idk timeline

anyways Namoras like chilling on a couch and glancing over at the dip that Carol brought ]

What is that supposed to be?

[nottheanswers]

[Yeah well some people used to make a living off this game. Vic comes up pointing to his eyes.]

Think that'll serve well enough to keep things hidden? Or maybe you're trying to distract attention from your real tell?

[hellionated]

[ Julian had said he'd show. It took him a while to actually locate where the hell Bucky's apartment was, but he finds it and knocks.

He's pretty sure he isn't gonna know a single other person here, but whatever. He's still planning on winning this thing. ]

[deadthenred]

[It is Bucky's house so he opens the door.]

Aces, you made it. I guess everyone's got computers to point them where they need to go these days, huh?

[submariner]

[OH UH NEVERMIND BUCKY GOT IT Namor just kinda glances sideways at Julian once he's inside milling about, casually sipping a glass of saltwater. Hey it's one of those X-Kids he has talked to before.] Keller, was it?

DELAYED BY WANTING TO EDIT POLYVORE welp

[gevurah]

[ What's red and black and white all over? It's Kate, showing up on time and with a small pack of beer. Of course she brought beer, but minors should be aware they are not allowed to drink or she will not be pleased.

She's probably decent at poker, but idk how card games work so Kate's totally not winning tonight. Not that it bothers her -- it's going to charity.

THIS IS A GENERAL OPEN THREAD TO BOTHER HER THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. ]

POLYVORE BUDDY high five

[bests]

[ MOSEYS ON OVER TO at some point before the game starts. ]

Looks like we've got more mutual friends and acquaintances than I realized.

[incywincyhero]

[A couple games later and Spidey is nomming his way through chicken. He gestures towards another box with his chopsticks, still chewing.]

Oh, 'ey. 'Ant some?

OPEN ALL NIGHT TO SASSY BLONDES (no I'm kidding, open to everybody)

[submariner]

[Yeah Namor is in his green undies (look, I tried to polyvore it but nothing was green enough), casually unrepentant about being mostly naked in the middle of December. Ladies.

Also he is losing all the money. All of it, sob. He's only being a (semi) gracious loser because honeys are present, otherwise he'd probably be /flipping the card table.]

/sneaks on in here

[bests]

[ SO HEY GUESS WHO GOT IN A BITCH FIGHT WITH YOUR REDNECK KISSING COUSIN, NAMOR? this blonde chick who is just trying to... skirt around him to find somewhere to sit and stew because namora is a bitch BC

ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS AVOID ATLANTEAN ROYALTY and bucky RN HER LIFE IS HARD ]

[incywincyhero]

[Spidey's got his head tilted, just ... looking on in awe. The sheer scope of the loss is impressive.]

Maybe next time you should order someone to play for you.

[gevurah]

[ Oh god, the manpanties. They're so green. Kate is just... averting her gaze for now. SHE CAME HERE FOR POKER NOT ATLANTEAN STRIP POKER. ]

[deadthenred]

[Throughout the night you might notice that Bucky is, actually, very very good at poker. He's clearly enjoying himself, and also repeatedly tries to remind people to clean up when they're done with whatever they're eating!!]

[So this is just a thread you can bother him in yep.]

[bests]

[ so sometime towards the end of the night, carol's just going to go and sit over by bucky with a small smile. and a... split lip... ]

This was fun. Thanks for the invite.

[gevurah]

[ SOMETIME AFTER THE GAME TOO because fuck if I know how to RP poker. Kate is coming over after tossing out her trash. There's a vaguely amused look on her face. ]

Quite a game.

[recurve]

[This was the first time (little!)Kate had ever been to Bucky's apartment, and she wasn't quite sure what to make of it. It was cleaner than she'd expected, so tidy and well kept. She hadn't been expecting a dive or something, but she was pleasantly surprised to be met with the neat and organized apartment.

Shortly after arriving, she finds a seat and makes herself comfortable, stomach growling softly once she caught the scent of the Chinese food.]

[deadthenred]

It's for eating, you know.

The food.

[He's happy that Kate came.]

[gevurah]

[ Since there's only one young girl here, Kate figures this has to be the girl she's spoken to on the Network before, as well as the same person who knows Bucky pretty well.

She'll make her way toward her, a small smile on her face. ]

You must be Kate.

[purmoncul.livejournal.com]

[(one of) The problem(s) with wizards is that they do not always think about how someone who is not used to random magic nonsense will react when they just throw random magic nonsense around. For example, there is a note just thwacking itself against Bucky's window. tink tink tink tink tink.

If Bucky should let it in, it will read as follows:]



[If he doesn't, the note will just plaster itself to the outside of the window, like some sort of pulp-based attention whore.]

OPEN

[nottheanswers]

[Vic actually made a living playing poker for a couple years after leaving Hub, so it's fair to say he's pretty decent at the game. All a matter of being good at reading others and keeping them from reading you, and that's pretty much his job.

He brought a twelve-pack, some chips, and his smirk, and arrived expecting a good time.]

UH

[submersing.livejournal.com]

[ woah look at this douchebag

im kidding.

ALSO I CAN TOTALLY READ

anyways shes pointing at the twelve pack because thats totally what i meant the first time ]

Do you think that is enough for everyone?