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.

Comments

[bests]

Is it possible to have fun without being adventurous?

[gevurah]

For people who like golf?

[bests]

I will never understand people who like golf.

[gevurah]

I could never get into it either. Professionals like Tiger Woods are amazing but I'll look at the highlights at most. Not an avid sports fan in general.

[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.]

[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.

[bests]

I'm mostly a football fan. Occasionally I'll watch basketball, but most of the time I'm too busy to sit and watch the games. Thank god for TiVo.

[deadthenred]

Nah, I understand. [He is friends with Namor!! Not that Namor would admit it…] Glad no one got chucked through a roof, 'cause I'd sue.

[deadthenred]

That depends on how I do at poker.

[deadthenred]

The idea's to get the right combination of cards, not the most of 'em.

That's Beggar-My-Beighbor. This's poker.

[bests]

Something tells me I would've ended up paying all the damages with that one. [ since, haha, good luck suing atlantean royalty ] You certainly keep some interesting company, Bucky.

[deadthenred]

The company keeps me.

[bests]

Might want to be careful who you say that around. You never know who may take it a little too literally. [ but enough digs at namora. ] So I did know you and Hawkeye were friends.

[incywincyhero]

[He chews, swallows.]

Sure thing.

[Passing the box to her with his free hand:]

Kate, right? We met when Q was away.

[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?

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.]

[gevurah]

I prefer soccer, since I used to play as a kid.

[gevurah]

That's me.

[ She takes the box, nodding in thanks. ]

So, you know Bucky, too?

[nottheanswers]

[Vic sneaks up from behind and eyes their chicken.]

Now, you two know what they say about speaking of the devil. I'm sure our host's ears will be burning at this point.

[bests]

[ carol just smirks a little and moves her glasses to rest on top of her head. ]

The shades were always meant to be taken off. Unfortunately for you though, I don't have a tell.

[bests]

I never could get into soccer... My family were big baseball fans, though. Red Sox.

[deadthenred]

Hawkeye?

[...]

Oh, y'mean Kate.

[bests]

Yes, I mean Kate. I'm more used to using her codename.

She's a good kid.

[submariner]

[UGH UM SPIDEY
DON'T YOU KNOW NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO POINT OUT HOW DUMB NAMOR LOOKS
GOD]

Do not test me, boy.

[So much squinting, Peter. So much squinting.]

[submariner]

[Slowly... crossing arms...]

I could say the same of you.

[Oh good this probably isn't totally awkward to witness for the other people in the room, right? B'D]