Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26130256-20150309221223

Location:  Unnamed casino, City of Vale

Azulius Cardamom looked across the battlefield, sizing up the only other man left. Three others, already vanquished, watched with baited breath, wondering who would come out on top. Between them, a genorous pile of Lien, sprinkled with Dust crystals, awaited them as spoils. At last, Azulius's opponent spoke, a grin on his face.

"Two pair, Queens over Treys," he said calmly, revealing his hole cards. Azulius smiled back, tipping over his cards with a smile you could see a mile away.

"Pocket Queens make three of a kind.  My game, dear sir,"  Azulius rose from the card table, gathered up his new winnings, and thanked the four for a thrilling game of poker. "Swell game, everyone, a real nail-biter.  We gotta do this again sometime.  Take care now!" He walked away from the table as the other players expressed their disbelief with their curses of choice.

Location: Streets of Vale, en route to Beacon

Recovering his jacket from the valet, a dour fellow in a charcoal gray suit, Azulius walked into the pleasantly cool Vale night, his wallet and pockets weighted with his winnings. All things considered, it's been a pretty good day, he thought, starting the walk back to Beacon. He had arrived a day early to Vale so he could scout out the town, and he quite liked what he saw. The streets were nice and clean, the Dust merchants didn't charge too much, the casino crowd had some skill, and he even found a decent magic shop to stock up at every blue moon. All he had to do was get through initation with his dignity intact, get a fine partner and team, and life would be smooth sailing. ''Of course, just by thinking that, something's automatically gonna flop. But what?'' 