Iris

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[Talk about things here!]

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ROUND 1 CARDS

[fullhoused]

BYZANTIUM ♣ 10
CANARY ♦ A
CARDINAL ♣ A
CELESTE ♦ 2
COPPER ROSE ♥ 3
FAWN ♣ J
LILAC ♠ K
SAFFRON ♥ A
SAGE ♥ 5
SHELL ♣ K

[unexpressive]

[ jiiiiis at the cards ]

Re: ROUND 1 CARDS

[starrytear]

[that makes two of us]

This seems complicated...

[unexpressive]

. . . Mm, a bit. . .

But I'm sure we can do something.

What could we bet on. . . ?

[starrytear]

Hmm...

He said for us to "bet high," didn't he? So what if we try betting something "high"?

[unexpressive]

High. . .

[ thinking. . . ]

Our rooms are quite high. . .

[starrytear]

Betting one of our rooms...? That sounds like a high bet in a lot of senses... Maybe it could work!

[unexpressive]

Mm. . . ! Perhaps it will. Shall I, then. . . ?

[starrytear]

Yes, please do. It can be mine, I'll take responsibility for it.

[unexpressive]

[ nods ]

If we're to bluff. . . since we don't know our cards, we'll have to trick others into thinking their cards are lower than ours, mm?

[starrytear]

Yes, the problem is that everyone else knows what our card is, except for us, don't they?

[unexpressive]

But they don't know their cards, so. . .mm, as long as we don't have the lowest card, we should be alright.

[starrytear]

I think so too. And if effort is rewarded like it was in the other competition, we should bet as high as we can.

[unexpressive]

Yes. . . !

[starrytear]

And if we lose, we didn't bet our beds. So we can place them somewhere else.

[unexpressive]

And it will only be for a day.

[starrytear]

Let's hope for the best.

ROUND 2 CARDS

[fullhoused]

BYZANTIUM ♠8
CARDINAL ♣4
CELESTE ♣J
FAWN ♥8
SAFFRON ♠Q
SAGE ♣8
SHELL ♠J
TEAL ♥3

[unexpressive]

Mm. . . we shouldn't bet a room this time. . . .

[starrytear]

Yes, we already did that. And it didn't work... Well, we can still win at the end, probably.

[unexpressive]

Yes.

But. . . mm, I don't know what else to bet.

What is "fun" . . . ?

[starrytear]

Fun... Hmm, I guess we could go that way this round. But it should be fun for us too.

What kind of things do you enjoy doing, Rena?

[unexpressive]

I like. . . reading. . .

Kit and Fox like to play pranks, but I don't know if that's fun for me. . .

[starrytear]

Pranks?... Mm, no, that's only fun for those playing them.

Reading sounds like fun for me too, but it's not something everyone enjoys, so it's not a very safe bet...

[thinking v hard]

[unexpressive]

Mm. . . .

[ thinking. . . ]

A . . . date?

[starrytear]

A---A date?!

[unexpressive]

I don't know if it would be particularly fun, but. . .

The portrait said it is a viable option. . .

[starrytear]

[oh god]

B-But a date is...

[SOMETHING YOU SHOULD ONLY DO WITH SOMEONE YOU REALLY LIKE!!


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wait]


. . . Rena, do you like someone from here?

[unexpressive]

. . . ? [ what are you looking at me like that for ]

I like Iris. . . [ :|a ] Mm. . . and Hikaru.

But. . . I would do anything for Iris, so a date is a small price to pay. . .

[starrytear]

Hikaru...?

A-Ah... Well... T-That's true... but it's kind of... presumptuous...?

[unexpressive]

[ pretend I said Kaoru ]

He is Fox's brother.

. . . I don't understand. . . [ ALSO KAORU JUST BET A DATE SO HERE IS ME NOT UNDERSTANDING EVEN MORE ]

[starrytear]

[ o7! she still didn't know his name, so!]

The one who just bet a date?... A-And with his boyfriend? What is he thinking...?!

[competitiveness is on...]

Then we should bet a one-time date with the two of us together! And with homemade food!

[unexpressive]

Yes.

[ blinks a bit. . . ]

Mm, alright.

[starrytear]

The winning team last time bet food, so we should throw that in as an extra.

[unexpressive]

I hope it works. . .

[starrytear]

Me too. It's an even higher bet than the last time, in a way.

ROUND 3 CARDS

[fullhoused]

BYZANTIUM ♦ 6
CARDINAL ♥ K
CELESTE ♦ 7
FAWN ♣ 2
SHELL ♥ 9
TEAL ♦ Q

Re: ROUND 3 CARDS

[starrytear]

It should be FAWN or us this time.

[unexpressive]

What do you mean by that?

[starrytear]

The last two teams who won had black cards... And everyone has red cards this time, except for Fawn.

[unexpressive]

Mm. . . but I don't believe that's any indication of who will win. . . . It seems the red cards are more valuable, but in reality, it's the number that matters more, right?

In other words. . . Cardinal seems most likely to win.

[starrytear]

It's probably a matter of both... If we have a high "♣" card, we might win.

Either way, I think we should try to make a really big bet this time. It's our last chance to show how serious we are.

[unexpressive]

Mm. . . . alright.

Then, what should we . . . ?

[starrytear]

How about helping out the winner team next time you and I participate in a competition alone? Like if this was that game, we'd tell them what their card was... Hmm.

Or maybe something more trivial but big anyway, like getting as much ice cream for them as they want for a whole day...

[unexpressive]

Mm. . . ice cream . . . ? You can get that here. . . ?

[starrytear]

Yes! Apple knows how.

[unexpressive]

I see. . . mmm, well, that sounds like a good idea.

[starrytear]

...Okay. Let's do that.