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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[nottheanswers]

[He finishes chewing a mouthful, then takes a sip of his beer before leaning in he's just telling them any regular story.]

Let me start from the top, to bring Spidey up to speed. Most of the big criminals in town had a meet last night, and I managed to wrangle a disguise that net me an in.

Turns out The Major was the brain behind this shindig.

[nottheanswers]

Depends on who's counting.

[bests]

I'm fairly certain three is always more than two.

[recurve]

I ought to be used to it by now. I've been here over a year now.

[recurve]

Oh yeah, you know, when he complains about how everything nowadays is too expensive.

[hellionated]

[ Eyeing her. ]

Yeah? I didn't think any of them had been around that long. Been by yourself?

[nottheanswers]

Sure, but it maintains a kind of symmetrical rhythm.

(gym)

[submersing.livejournal.com]

[ a beat ]

Who are you?

(bringit)

[nottheanswers]

[He tilts his head and crosses his arms.]

Courtesy would usually call for offering your own name before demanding someone else's.

Especially when he's given you a beer already.

i cant think of any other plurk icons

[submersing.livejournal.com]

[ she kind of just narrows her eyes and then gets into ~*royalty~* mode ]

Namora, second princess of Atlantis.

(okok)

[nottheanswers]

[He smiles and holds out his hand.]

Nice to meet you, your highness. Vic Sage, private detective.

(pif)????

[submersing.livejournal.com]

[ oh look at that

she likes him already

taking his hand and shaking it ]

It's a pleasure, Vic Sage.

[recurve]

Mostly. I was alone when I got here. Then Tommy and Teddy showed up. Then they both left. Then Billy and Teddy showed up. Then they both left. And now Tommy's here, but he's busy running to Timbuktu and back or some such.

I AM SO SORRY

[incywincyhero]

Oh goody, here we go again. So what plan does he have stashed up his sleeves this time?

[hellionated]

I guess it goes that way sometimes. People told me I’d been here before too. [ He shrugs. ]

How do you know these guys?

<3

[gevurah]

[ Kate leans in as well, eyes narrowed. She'd heard a bit about the Major. ]

I'd been told a while back he'd been quiet.

(nottalking)

[nottheanswers]

[General rule of thumb, when someone says they're royalty, treat them like it if you want to stay on their good side.]

Likewise. You a veteran of the game?

/chinhands

[nottheanswers]

[Vic takes another bite and chews it a bit before continuing.]

Funny I'd be mentioning that to you here. Bucky and I were actually the ones to put him away back in March.

Doesn't seem like he had much planned for the event beyond the very idea of setting up this kind of criminal network, but there were a few who seemed to have bigger ideas for him. Heard there was an assassination attempt. Don't know the details, but apparently it went sour.

[recurve]

You mean Bucky and Big Kate?

[hellionated]

Yeah. [ wait what. ] 'Big Kate'?

[recurve]

[She gestures to the tall redhead.]

Big Kate. Bucky's friend. I know Bucky back home. Except he's older. And he's Captain America.

(tears)

[submersing.livejournal.com]

Ah, no. I have never played it before.

[ DOES NOT... LOOK HAPPY TO ADMIT IT LMFDSM ]

[hellionated]

[ Julian looks over at Bucky again. Seriously, this guy is the new Captain America? He can't even picture it.

There was a time when he'd have been more impressed by that than he was now. He mostly just finds it weird, like he always does when timelines screw themselves around here. ]

You're kidding. That's who he is? That's a hell of a future, does he know?

(cozy)

[nottheanswers]

[He cocks his head a little. She's probably not someone you'd want to clean out too quickly.]

We could ease you into it, but you probably shouldn't expect to win very often the first time. Tends to be more skill than luck.

[recurve]

Yeah. He kind of forced me to tell him. He wasn't too happy about it either.