Deuces are Wild (Olesya/Open)

[Matrim Gallagher]

Matrim was in the lunchroom during his free period, not many people were there considering all that was going on. Most everybody studied on their free time or were held up in class. Matrim however found himself with loads of spare time, and one of the things he did with Spare time was... ok so this was new. But hey, when you got bored you tried new things right?

So Matrim was at a lunch table shuffling a few decks of cards and playing several different solitaire games. He was winning them almost as quickly as he was setting them up. Maybe it was all the smarts he had, or maybe it was that certain gift Solaris left him with. Either way he was going through the games like nothing else, so he started shuffling as students came in for lunch.

"Alright, anyone up for a poker game with the Student Captain? Come on, anyone at all? We can bet money, or food, hell we can bet our immortal souls I don't care. I'm bored and I really want something to do, so come one come all and play me! Challengers name the stakes!"

Well, at least this should be interesting....

[Olesya]

Another day in the cafeteria. Olesya made her way through the lunch line, filling her tray with whatever appeared edible on today's menu. She grabbed some chicken nuggets and BBQ sauce, french fries, and apple, and a carton of whole milk. She slid her id card to pay for her lunch and turned to find a place to sit.

Luckily, the place seemed to find her.

"Alright, anyone up for a poker game with the Student Captain? Come on, anyone at all? We can bet money, or food, hell we can bet our immortal souls I don't care. I'm bored and I really want something to do, so come one come all and play me! Challengers name the stakes!"

"I'm a little partial to the immortal souls myself."

A voice spoke up, humor in her tone as she stepped up to the new school captain. Well, if Matrim wasn't working his way up the pyramid or what? And it all started when he stripped her of her VC title. Not that she was bitter over it, she had had a good run, and she didn't mind passing up the throne to a deserving opponent.

Olesya set her lunch tray down across from Matrim and sat down, grabbing her apple from her tray and biting into it. her hazel eyes were glinting, she loved challenges, anything from fights to mere card games.

[Matrim Gallagher]

"I'm a little partial to the immortal souls myself."

"Alright then," Matrim said to Olesya after seeing her walk up. It seemed she was here for a bit of lunch, and a bit of fun. And judging by her sentence she was down for the whole devils deal when it came to a hand of 5 card stud. So Matrim began shuffling the deck, "5 card stud, deuces are wild, you can trade in twice, no more than 3 cards unless you have an Ace than it's four. The winner between me and you has the others immortal soul. If anyone else wants in on this game, you'll have to wait till next turn. But no worries, I'm sure I'll have plenty of time for Cards once I own this young ladies soul."

Matrim winked at Olesya as he dealt each of them five cards and set the deck down. She would be first to be allowed to trade cards and such, but Matrim took a look at his hand. Which once he did, he wanted to scream. He had a pair of 3's, but that was the best thing he had going for him. The rest of his cards? A Jack, a 9, and a 5. Yeah, his hand was shitty, he'd have to trade in some stuff this turn.

Shit.....

Matrim quickly took a seat rather then remaining standing. He had already gathered a crowd of kids to watch him and Olesya play cards.

[Olesya]

"Alright then,"

A smirk grew on the junior's face, one that the school captain would recognize. He had seen it before their epic fight. It was her game face, a look of pure excitement sizzling beneath the surface. Olesya loved games, and fighting was like a game to her too, so it was only natural she would bring the same zest to the table. Literally.

"5 card stud, deuces are wild, you can trade in twice, no more than 3 cards unless you have an Ace than it's four. The winner between me and you has the others immortal soul. If anyone else wants in on this game, you'll have to wait till next turn. But no worries, I'm sure I'll have plenty of time for Cards once I own this young ladies soul."

She listened to the instructions, though burst out laughing at his last line. Her head tilted back, a couple hearty 'hah!'s before looking back to him with a glint in her eye.

"Don't be so sure of yourself, Captain. Put your money where your mouth is."

She picked up her cards and took a look at them. Ace of hearts, 2 of spades, 3 of hearts, 5 of clubs, and a 2 of hearts. Eh, it was alright. There were two possible routes she could go about this, with the Ace, 2, 3, or the pair of 2s and try to do something with it. 2 was a pretty low card but if she got 4 of a kind or a full house, that'd be helpful..

"I'll take 3."

She set the three cards down on the table between them, watching Matrim's face closely while keeping her smirk carefully in place. After all, it wasn't called a poker face for nothing.

[Matrim Gallagher]

"Don't be so sure of yourself, Captain. Put your money where your mouth is. I'll take 3."

Matrim smiled, the fact that she needed three must have meant her hand wasn't all that good. He smiled and gave her three cards off the top of the deck before looking down at his own and realizing something.

Fuck I need three as well.....

Matrim set down the jack, the nine, and the five in hopes of picking up a couple of aces. He drew three cards, but no such luck as he stared at the 7, the 5, and the 6. Which gave Matrim a very very interesting position. If he turned in one of his 3's he'd chance getting a 4 and therefore he might get a full straight. So he would once again wait for her draw before he made his own.

"So, how many cards, or are you set?" He asked, using his very believable ways to try and fake it like he had a really good hand. His smile widened as he looked across the table at his opponent. Olesya, the former Varsity Captain of PHS 259.

What do you have.....

[Olesya]

She had decided to keep the pair of two's and aim for the full house- wait. Wait just a minute. Olesya wanted to palm herself in the forehead, but she had to keep her cool. Stupid girl, deuces were wild. A deuce is a two. Idiot. Luckily she had kept the two's instead of gambling them away.

Facepalm, facepalm, facepalm...

Get your head in the game girl, let's see what you got.

Jack, Queen, Five. OoOohhh...this looked like it could be good. The former pillar's heart rate increased, this was an unpredictable game. 30% Skill and 70% Luck...let's hope luck was on her side.

"Gimme one more, hot stuff, and your soul is mine."

She put on her game talk, tossing one car down in the growing discard pile.

[Matrim Gallagher]

"Gimme one more, hot stuff, and your soul is mine." Matrim gave her the last draw she'd have. He looked at his own hand and put down one card, drawing one for himself as he put it in his hand. He didn't look at the card right away, but instead he thought nervously about what losing his soul would probably mean. But he wouldn't do anything seriously bad like cheat on Reira or give up his title over a silly card game. But he would honor that bet to a certain extent, just as he would expect her to honor it.

He looked at the card and saw that it was a 8. Which gave him a small straight with 5, 6, 7, and 8. That was literally all he had, and he sighed and put down his hand, "That's all I got... " He said, "So... let's see how badly my ass got kicked shall we? Or perhaps you have a pair of four's or something."

Ahhh crap. I knew I should have cheated.....

[Olesya]

Olesya took the card, flipping it up and into her hand. Perrrrfect. Just perfect. The corners of her mouth twitched upward as she added the card to her hand, rearranging them so that they made sense to her, though the backs were all the same Bicycle red.

It was time to end this.

"That's all I got...So... let's see how badly my ass got kicked shall we? Or perhaps you have a pair of four's or something."

It started out as a suppressed snicker, hissing its way through her closed lips, but soon escalated to a full out, head tilting laugh, tossing her head back and laughing out loud. She laughed fora full 30 seconds before tossing her cards dramatically onto the table.

Ten, Jack, Queen, Two, Ace.

"Read 'em and weep, Gallagher. Your soul is mine."

To be honest, she was surprised and relieved. Olesya wasn't sure she could hack it losing her soul to him, but now? Now it looked like she hadthe upper hand, literally. let's see how he'll take this.

[Matrim Gallagher]

Her laughter felt like a punch to the face... every few seconds.... whilst wearing brass knuckles.... with the hands on fire.... yeah it didn't feel good at all. In any case her hand felt even worse. She had one of the nicest hands he could imagine, part of him regretted making 2's wild. He faceplanted forehead first into the table, hitting it a few times in defeat as he groaned, he knew this wasn't going to be good.

"Read 'em and weep, Gallagher. Your soul is mine."

"I've got to have the worst luck ever, I swear...." He said looking up at Olesya. He didn't want to know what kind of twisted things she'd have him do. Maybe she was one of the fangirl types who liked him? Part of him feared that, because the fact was that he did owe her his immortal soul and that would end up meaning a lot..... God he wished he had won the hand, then he wouldn't have to worry about this.

"So..... master...." He said, looking away from her with frustration crossing his mind, "What do you want me to do?" He said, a little bit of withheld anger in his voice.

Why did I agree to this?

[Olesya]

"I've got to have the worst luck ever, I swear...."

Olesya blinked as Matrim slammed his head into the table a few times, her mouth turned into a small 'o.' It was kind of funny, but she tried her best not to laugh. She didn't imagine he'd take it this hard, but then again, she did technically own his soul.

"So..... master....What do you want me to do?"

No, wait...he was serious?

"Hahaha...alright. Well we never agreed to a term of service. How long are you willing to work for me?"

Any maniacal bitch would just take him and have her way, the end, end of story. But no, Olesya was a amateur at this, asking her new...slave? How long he wanted to work for her. Probably mistake number one, but it was just a card game after all.

[Matrim Gallagher]

"Hahaha...alright. Well we never agreed to a term of service. How long are you willing to work for me?"

"I guess until you're done with me..." Matrim said with a look of anger turning into bitterness. He crossed his arms, refusing to look the girl in the eye. Instead he waited for her to tell him what to do or at least shove it in his face some more. After all it wasn't everyday you lost your immortal soul in a game of 5-card draw. He so should have won that, and for whatever reason he totally lost.

DAMNIT I should have cheated....

"So, what shall I do Olesya? Because I'm guessing you're going to cash in on this bet, don't think you can find it in your heart to let this slide, eh?"