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Alex grimaced at the high card that Yin flipped over first. The odds were against Alex already, it seemed, and he reached out to flip over his own card.

A two. Seriously? "Well, I guess that means you win the first round." He said, as cheerfully as he could manage, sliding both cards towards Yin. He didn't intend on taking off his own clothes for this, not really bothered too much about getting soaked down since it wouldn't make him cold and really, come to think of it, this room was so warm that a nice cold dose of water might be welcome at this point.

Still. Losing kind of sucked.

"Yes, just do it." He grinned, though he squinted his eyes shut and gritted his teeth when the water hit him. It was cold, but that didn't bother him in the slightest, and in fact, was a rather nice relief from the warmth in the room. The water soaked down his hair, ran down his face and soaked through his white shirt, making it slightly see through. Maybe he should have just taken it off as well.

When he felt the cascade of water subside, he peeked an eye open, then closing it again reached up to wipe the water off of his face before flicking his hands to the floor. He probably should have grabbed some towels before they began, as the floor was going to get very wet. Oh well, no time to worry about that now! He shook his head rapidly, sending his hair flying in all directions and droplets of water splattering about, some of which would likely spray against the weremantis.

"This water...is really cold." He laughed. "Maybe we should bring the heater closer to you and put my water bottles in front of it to warm them up. That way they hopefully won't be too cold when I get you back." He grinned, before reaching out to turn over another card.

"Oh, sorry, no, that's a Jack. It's actually an eleven, so one higher then my card." He frowned a little.

This was so far not going very well at all, for the zomboil at least.

"Theres a queen that's a twelve and a King that counts as a thirteen. If you turn over a one, or an 'ace' as it's known, that's actually the highest card and beats all of the others."

He let out a mock sigh. "So, you win again! And I still think you should bring the heater closer, even if not to warm up the water...it'll at least keep you warm and we don't want a repeat of Christmas."

Yes, ok, he was getting soaked for a second time. And if he wasn't mistaken, it seemed like Yin was moving the bottle around to make sure he got more of Alex wet then just his head this time. He had to laugh at that, though all that accomplished was a mouth full of water as well. His hair was plastered to his head, a lot of it hanging in his eyes. His shirt was soaked through completely and clinging to his skin in an uncomfortable manner. He really should have just taken the damned thing off.

Oh well, not much point now!

He could feel the water from his shirt starting to soak into his pants as well, but he was still smiling, though intead of shaking out his hair he tilted his head back and used a hand to push the hair out of his face and back, pressing down to squeeze the water out until it spilled down to the floor. It didn't do much to halt the steady trickle of water that was running down his neck and back, however.

"You can't win forever." He joked, reaching out with a wet hand to flip over yet another card.

A two again? Ok, maybe Yin could win forever.

Ok so maybe Alex was getting a little bit fed up with being soaked with water, though one wouldn't know it by the way he was still happily smiling away. The water was keeping him cool in an otherwise very hot bedroom, and he was having a good time, and Yin seemed to be enjoying himself as well.

But then Yin was just kneeling in front of him, dumping another bottle of water over his head, his completely dry body just there, within easy grabbing distance.

It was so hard to refrain from reaching out with open arms and pulling that body down for a big soaking wet hug. Was Yin purposefully making this bottle last? It sort of felt like it was taking longer to finish washing over him then the other two did. He was getting quite a puddle of water forming beneath and around him now, as he shook his hair out again, this time doing it while Yin was still pouring and still nice and close for him to splash with the water,

Let that be a lesson to the weremantis who took his sweet time pouring the bottle.

"I'll just be happy if I win once at this point." He spluttered as he turned another card over.

Alex knew as soon as he turned over a four that he was doomed again. There was no way Yin was going to turn over a three or a two. No way. Alex just didn't have the luck for it. So it was no surprise to him even the slightest when Yin turned over a seven.

Had he seriously pissed off some higher being to deserve this?

"Can't I just be a happy but somewhat resentful loser instead?" he replied, chuckling to himself before looking down at his friend who would very soon be dumping another bottle of water over his head.

"A...special prize?" Alex asked, bemused. "Is there some kind of prize I can give you that you would want?" He eyed the open bottle of water, watching Yin take a sip out of it. What was this?? Was he being tormented now?

Soaked again, not that it made any difference considering how wet he already was at this point. As he shifted in his seat the floor beneath him squelched and he winced, thinking about how his mom was going to react if she saw the mess they were making.

His shirt was so incredibly soaked, and was just...too uncomfortable. Continuing to wear it at this point was just plain ridiculous. He began fumbling at the wet knot of his tie, pulling on it and loosening it and slowly managing to slide it free as he slipped the tie over his head. He hoped the water hadn't destroyed it, thinking that he really should have perhaps had the forward thinking to take it off first. He flung that to the side, and then began attempting to unbutton his shirt as well, fingers slipping over the buttons as he slowly managed to get each one undone, stripping off the wet shirt, balling it up, and throwing it at Yin with a grin. He'd been shirtless in front of the other boil before, so it was less embarrassing for him then it might have been otherwise. He knew his body was..well, scrawny to say the least, not in the least bit as muscular or attractive as Yin's body was.

He just laughed at Yin's comment. He could think of several ways of replying but none of them were quite appropriate for one friend to say to another, so he kept them to himself as he flipped over yet another card.

Alex was fully prepared to have Yin turn up another card higher then his own right now. Really, there were only three cards that could be lower, so it stood to reason that Yin would win again. And so, when Yin turned over a two, Alex actually blinked a couple of times down at the cards before his face split into a giant grin even as he reached over for the bottle of water and unscrewed the lid.

He moved to his knees, his pants soaking wet and making it difficult to maneuver as he made his way closer to the other boil. He held the bottle up over above Yin's head and began to tilt it forward, then stopped. looking down at the weremantis with some concern. "Are you sure you'll be ok with this?"