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Xiu jumped as she felt someone's hand close around her own. Jerking her head around, her tail drooped slightly as she realized that she had been captured. "N-no, b-but I..." Was this what is was called to "crash a party"? Either way, she meekly allowed the fire demoness to lead her to the table, politely dipping her head in greeting.

It could have been worse, right? At least she knew everyone who was present. "If...if it's really alright..." Her gaze flickered to Danny, then to Roch (...that visor), and finally to each of the boils who were seated around the table. "...I-I'll be quiet." She promised nervously. Maybe she should take a seat instead of standing around awkwardly.

Xiu politely pulled a chair out for Danny where there was a free spot, and then dragged one out for her herself. Sitting down stiffly, she clasped her hands in the lap. It wasn't until she looked at Roch again, with his silly visor, did the she crack a smile and a small laugh.

Really, of all things to wear...

Roch whimpered, having trouble breathing from that punch. "Son of a candle," he snarled once he had enough air. "Jackdammit, Danny! That HURT." Evil, evil witch. Why was he friends with her again? He straightened, still grimacing in pain as he made his way over to the table.

"We're playing poker. Just old fashioned poker," Roch said. "Mot over there's probably played more types than I have, so I wouldn't trust him to pick the game even if he offered." He grabbed one of the packs of cards and handed it over. "Now everyone check and see I haven't opened the deck, got it?"

Nyyrikki grinned at Danny and Roch, always amused by their antics. "Suck it up, Roch. Can't let a girl get you down. Sit by me and ignore Roch's whining, Danny." He patted the seat next to him to invite Danny over to sit, and rocked the chair on it's back legs. He hadn't known who all was going to be here, but he couldn't say he was displeased with the result. This would certainly be interesting.

He inspected the pack of cards from afar and shrugged, taking a handful of goodies from the center of the table. There were three reapers here, so it didn't really matter if they'd opened the pack previously or not, did it? He didn't know any good tricks, but he didn't know if they did or not.

Danny took Roch very seriously.

She reached over the table (practically climbing on it in the process) and nabbed the deck from his hand. She flipped the box over very carefully, examining each of the corners and crevasses. She looked at it with squinting eyes. When she was finally satisfied, she handed the deck back to Roch with confidence.

Very sternly she said, "Guys, don't worry. The deck is definitely not open." She nodded like a sage, as if she had just saved the world by checking that deck. She was very serious.

Riri was inviting her to sit with him? Danny looked over at the reaper with wide eyes, then back to Roch. She felt bad about ditching Roch, but she had been invited to sit. This was a big deal! The spot was even still next to Xiu, thanks to the seat she had chosen!

Carefully, she got up from her chair and sat next to the crappy metal chair Roch had set up. "Roch you need nicer chairs," she said absentmindedly, her spoiled demon brain taking over, "I'll bring you some squishy ones next time!"

Danny leaned over and quietly said to Xiu, "I don't know how to play poker ... can you help?" She didn't want to ask Roch or one of the boils for help. They would undoubtedly make fun of her (as if they weren't already ...).

"We've got a flagpole?" Roch asked curiously as he took the card pack back, opening it and sliding out the cards. He tossed out the jokers and the instruction card and started shuffling them. He did decently, but not great. "Poker's a game where you try to get a good hand," he said as he shoved out the chips. "Everyone will start with, let's say, twentyfive seeds worth of chips. That's one of the red or two blues and an orange, or five oranges," he explained. ((I am TOTALLY BS'ing this right now, sorry.))

"But hell, we're just goofin' off, right?" he said, starting to deal the cards. "So look at your cards, if you wanna fold you can fold now, or if you wanna bet, discard up to three, and toss in your bet and I'll deal out the next cards." He looked at the ghouls. "You guys at least played at prom, right? So you should know the good hands?"

Demi slid his cards a little closer to his edge of the table and gave them a careful sniff and a peek, just in case they were marked by scent. "I got no problem with a warm up round." he replied back to the gunslinger.

"Way to kill the joke dude" he grinned back to Roch, "I'm sure there are other structures we can hang him off of Mot, a nice cliff or even off the top of a house." he added sarcastically.

The idea of the guitar playing reaper getting left on top of the mayor's house did give the hellhound the giggles.

"A-ahaha, D-danny..." The ghoul laughed weakly at the fire demoness' bluff, though she wasn't entirely sure why she was so against asking Roch. He was nice! He wouldn't make fun of Danny--

--...Okay, she had to admit that he did enjoy teasing a lot.

Hoping that Danny wouldn't mind, Xiu leaned over to take a peek at her cards, frowning slightly as she took them in. She couldn't claim to know much about poker, but from her previous experience playing during prom...

"I...um, I think getting two or more cards of the same number is good?" She whispered, motioning towards the ghoul's cards, "Or...if you have cards that are all the same suit? I think cards that go in chronological order are good too, like...2, 3, 4, 5, and 6." That was about as much as she learned from the two games she had played during prom, though she wasn't aware of which hands beat what. She was sure that Danny would learn quickly though.