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 Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:13 pm
Richard looks at the card on the table. He grins. "You know jacks come after sevens in this game. Its your trick." Richard make no move to help Tommy to collect his cards.
"I'll be 68 in a wink. I'm old." His smile seemed to say he didn't really believe that.
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:18 pm
Oy, this is why I'm no good at card games...too many chances for brainfarts...
"Heh...damnit," he says while shaking his head, "Gimmie time, I'll get the hang of this yet." He reaches over with a wing and drags the two cards closer, once they're in range of his foot though, he picks them both up with his right. He does this carefully, still not used to the feeling of thumbs. "Heh, I dunno. You look like the type that'll outlast the majority of the people here."
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:33 pm
"God I hope not. I just take one day at a time." An absolute lie, Richard knew he would scheme and plan til he was in a grave. The countless hours he had spend tracking down people who had known Dr. Moreau and then ambushing them in situations that they would be comfortable in were just one example of how sneaky Richard had gotten since his wife's death.
"This island is going to give me that heart attack my doctor's always warning me about."
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:43 pm
"Actually...funny thing 'bout this place is...well, they won't let you die. Don't get me wrong, if you piss 'em off they'll do everything in their power to make your life a living hell, but they won't let you die," he says with an almost vacant look on his face.
"I um...when I tried to take out Moreau...he banished me from the village. I lived out there for about a month or so. The entire time I had no shelter and no food. I may have eaten...what...three or four times the entire time I was out there. But I didn't die. Only explanation I can think of is that they must have knocked me out at whenever I got so bad that I may die and given me sustinance or something...but the entire time...goddamn, the entire time I was starving..." he shakes his head at the memory.
"Sorry...um...your move."
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:50 pm
"Won't let you die?" Richard sighed as he tossed out the king of clubs. Then he though about that. How do they stop people from commiting sucide? Richard wasn't about to resort to that but surely some one had tried. "No one here has died? How do they prevent that? I haven't seen any cameras except a couple in the cafe and on the pathways around the village." Richard was fairly near sighted and the glasses didn't exactly give him 20/20 vision.
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:02 pm
"I haven't been here long enough to know for sure...but yeah, they'll do damn near anything to protect their...investments..." he looks down at the card and tosses out a six of spades.
"But don't let the lack of cameras fool you. They're everywhere. And I'm sure the good doctor has spared no expense in keeping his subjects in constant surveilance."
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:44 pm
The game continues more or less the same. The two make chatter, talking a bit about home and things they had done. Tommy gets better with his feet and Richard soundly trounces him at the game. After two hours Richard stomach begins to grumble audably.
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:47 pm
Tommy chuckles as he loses yet again, "And I'm spent." He grins and looks to Richard, "I bet you're murder at the poker table."
His large ears pick up the audible rumbling, "And it sounds like you should go get something to eat. You're wasting away."
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:52 pm
"Your just lucky this island has no currency. A military boy and his money are soon parted."
Richard looks down at his huge stomach. "Not that I couldn't deal with a bit of wasting." Chuckling Richard began to gather up the cards. "But I think I'll let the doctors worry about my weight."
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:54 pm
"Hah! I dunno, we could always play for coconuts, Giligan's island style," he says jovially.
"That's the spirit, I think I'm just going to hang around here and watch a movie or something."
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:15 pm
"Thats an idea." Richard got up. "Well I did better go find something to eat before the cafe closes. You take care Tommy. I'll be around."
With that and a smile, Richard exits the enterianment room.
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:06 pm
"Yeah, seeya man," he says to the older guy. Now...I need a good horror movie. He gets up to peruse the selection.
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