open | with the sound of my heart

[sulahnan]

WHO: Athessa, Madi, Lucien, Skull, and YOU!!
WHAT: catch-all
WHEN: mostly Satinalia and later
WHERE: Kirkwall and The Gallows
NOTES: post-murderhaus h/c is gonna go here

Comments

[coquettish_trees]

[ Byerly's hand is given a last supportive squeeze before Alexandrie reclaims her own so that she can properly manage her skirts as she slides back into her seat with a nod at Athessa. ]

Which is to say, whatever one might conceivably get away with.

[ She'll hook her foot snugly around his ankle when he sits. ]

[bouchonne]

[ That's an incredible comfort. He relaxes a bit when she presses his ankle - enough to pour himself a healthy helping of the mead. ]

And a new rule. Every time you successfully fool someone, you take a drink.

[sulahnan]

Thus calling attention to your bluff?

[ She raises an eyebrow, but deals the cards anyway. ]

[coquettish_trees]

[ Alexandrie is picking her cards up as they're dealt her and watching the other two through her eyelashes while ostensibly looking at her growing hand. ]

Drink if you are caught out, then?

Or perhaps you must drink if you do the catching.

[bouchonne]

No, no no. After you've successfully bluffed, you drink. It's a way to even the playing field, since we are not all of the same skill level here. The more successful bluffs you make, the drunker you will become.

[sulahnan]

[ Athessa nods her understanding of the general concept, setting the deck of cards face-down in the center of the table. There's a follow-up question she really wants to ask, but perhaps she should just keep it to herself.

If someone merely thinks they've bluffed successfully, doesn't that then give an advantage to the other players? ]

Sounds good to me. Start us off if you please, Laird-Ambassador.

[coquettish_trees]

[ Alexandrie's question is whether or not Athessa had in fact stacked the deck as suggested and, if so, how, but that's tabled in favor of fanning her hand and examining it. ]

But first you must pour me a drink, [ she looks up from it with a bright beam of a smile, ] as my hand as dealt requires little bluffing, and I shall feel left out otherwise.

[bouchonne]

Of course, of course.

[ He flutters his eyelashes and pours some mead for Lexie. Then, the first play - a simple enough opening. ]

[sulahnan]

[ Athessa did not stack the deck as suggested, but to her discredit it isn't because she's going against suggestion to do the unexpected; it's just that she's not sure how to stack a deck at all.

She sits back and fans out her cards, looking at what she's working with. ]