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Monty nodded. "It's practice but I also want to see if my right arm still works at throwing little objects. I had an accident that impaired it for some time." He said and moved around with the knife with that arm. "Lead the way, Oh Great Master of the Bow." He said, his eyes hid the teasing behind an arrogant look.

Joker frowned. "But you must!" He said to Rave. Gambler raised a brow in question and Kyoshi explained to her what was going on. "Huh. There is no love from anyone these days and so you know Joker....The only kind of poker I want to play with Rave is Stripe Poker." She said with a smirk and Kyoshi laughed.

The Twins showed him the game consoles and pointed for him to choose which ever he wanted to use. "Mother brought all the good games!" They said with excitement. "Pick one brother!"

Gambler grinned. "That's the whole point Rave. But you never know. It is poker and there is no cheating in poker, especially strip poker." Joker sighed and went to a table and Gambler followed. She took out her deck of cards, rolled up the sleeves of the coat and started shuffling like a pro.

Kyoshi went over to look at them and maybe he would join the game if he could join without money. The Twin's looked at Eldin and nodded. "Good choice. You play first okay?" They said.

Monty rolled his eyes. It didn't bother him that Kalore winked at him or made a few teases. Maybe what happened in the elevator made him see this elf in a different light. That must of been it. Maybe. "We came here to see who is the better archer, no? Then by all means, elf, after you." He said with an elegant bow.

Gambler shuffled like a professional without looking at them and started to deal the cards. Kyoshi wanted to join so she let him saying that whatever amount he said he betted was going to get deducted from his pay. If she was in the mood to do that but really, she never took from her guys or others. In her mind that was wrong. Kyoshi smirked looking at his pretty good hand while Joker sat there with a nervous gaze at Kyoshi and Gambler. The boss however looked at her good hand and just had her perfected poker face. "I bet a thousand." Joker said. "A thousand five." Kyoshi said. "A thousand six." Joker looked hopeful and went higher than that. So did Kyoshi but little did they know that Gambler was going to take home all of their money. It was good to be the boss.

Monty took the knife he had in his hand and flung it straight ahead of them, very far from view. He nodded with approval at how far that one went and it was pretty far. "I guess it healed up really good. Where that knife is at, it where the arrow has to hit. Long distance shoots." The knife was imbedded in a tree far from where they stood. You could see it shine slightly from the hilt. Monty took up his position and a arrow, remembering the stance of an archer and focusing intently on the tree. He drew the arrow back and let it go hitting on top of where the knife was. He shrugged that one off. "That was pretty good for a first try. Now you Kalore. Hit that tree." He said and stepped away so he could see Kalore in action.

Monty rolled his eyes. "I never said anything about hitting the hilt of the thing but that is very impressive, elf. Trying it again. This time hit through the arrow." He said standing next to Kalore to see his view point. But what he really want to do was make Kalore miss and how he was going to do that....He was going to pull some dirty tricks on him but this was to help Kalore out. The demon didn't want his comrade to be depressed at all.

Kyoshi went first and had a three pair. Joker shook his his head and smiled having a four of a kind. Gambler on the other hand sighed and layed down a straight. "So that's how much you both owe me?" She said sweetly. Both men grumbles and she let Kyoshi shuffle the deck and deal the cards. Gambler looked up at Rave. "Want to join Rave? You don't have to bet anything." She said. "How come he doesn't?!" Kyoshi grumbled. "Because I like him more than you Kyoshi. You do know he's my boyfriend and well.....I want to get back at him for what he did to me in Go Fish." Joker started laughing at the memory. "It wasn't cheating..." "It was stratgey." Kyoshi finished with a nod showing that he does the samething.

Both men grinned as Gambler played along with Rave and glowered after him, but liking the view from where she was. "Damn....I wish I had a room to take him in." She sighed and looked at her hand. Kyoshi had a straight this time of low number where as Joker had a straight of one suit. Gambler put down her hand and smiled sweetly at them both. Kyoshi looked on with wide eyes and paled at losing alot of money. Joker on the other hand..."WHAT?! HOW DID YOU WIN!?! I JUST LOST MY APARTMENT!!!! WHERE AM I GOING TO LIVE?! MY WIFE AND KIDS!!! WHAT AM I GOING TO SAY TO THEM?!?! AND MY DOG!!!" Joker slummed down and started to weep. Gambler rolled her eyes. "Calm down you insane man. First off, you don't have a wife and kids or a dog and you know you can keep your apartment and your house and your money. Except for your jewels. I already gave one to Kalore and Eldin and I'm not getting it back for them." She said and picked up all the cards to shuffle. "Did Rave get one?" Kyoshi asked. "No. He got coal." The other seraph laughed.

Monty leaned close to Kalore and blew softly at his face, keeping his eyes on the target. If that didn't work then tickling him with the arrow feathers on his sensitive ear was going to do the trick.

Monty shrugged innocently. "It was a nice try. You are a very good archer. Try one more time." He said, handing Kalore another arrow and holding on to another one so he can use the feathers on the sensitive ear's.

Gambler grinned. "If you keep being a naught boy this year then your going to get more than coal but if your a good boy this year then you might get a jewel." She shuffled the cards and dealed them out. "How about we just play for fun since I'm cleaning you both out?" She said to Kyoshi and Joker who nodded with vigorous agreement.

Gambler chuckled softly. "Of course you have Rave. You have been very good. You really have." And she meant that. He has been good to her and she wanted to do more for him but she didn't know what. She yawned big time and covered her mouth as she did so and shook her head, exhaustion setting in. Her two playmates where busy trying not to lose but that seemed impossible.

Monty stood closer to Kalore and let the feathers of his arrow touch Kalore's other ear softly. Then he looked at the target and nodded at how dead on he was. Again he touched the feathers to his opposite ear to distract him.