by Bob Barton on October 9th, 2011, 6:47 pm
Those were the words that Bob was looking for and the game was his choice. He will start with something simple then since he did not want to waste so much time explaining to this girl what to do. She did not seem patient at all especially seeing what she did to her father. Bob would have liked to have dice of his own, it will make it a lot easier to...put the game in his favor. But the sailor's dice would have to do and a little bit of his own ingenuity.
"Its very simple princess" Bob said as he held out the dice in front of her. "Just say if the dice turns out odd or even" an equal chance for both and all about luck, except it was not "when I roll it we will know" throwing it on the table to show her an example. Yes Mortemor, its a very simple game even you could understand and its determined by a "best two out of three as I said earlier." Once Bob gets his two wins, he will get "something nice for my prize" as they have agreed and on the unlikely chance that she won, "I'll help you if you win" Well, Bob could not do anything to a little girl if she did skip out on him but "those bullies might come back for you and I won't be able to protect you next time if you can't protect your own promise right?" Just a little something to pressure her into fulfilling her end of the bargain. The best part was that she had nothing on Bob to do the same.
They started out with an even chance. Always even, which was why that was the only thing Bob would be calling throughout this game. No point in Bob pulling every trick he had on a little girl from the start but he did set the base for it first. Holding on to the die firmly, Bob took his time in choosing a cup to make a grab at which was "the one you can't see through. You'll know why soon..." The res had an easy time coming out and getting itself all over the die which was pressing on to his skin. As much as possible until he had to throw the die into the cup. Then with all he had he kept thinking of how the res would stick to it while he shook it around. When he revealed it, Mortemor would see a three. Her win...first...
If she did notice the glimmering liquid on the dice, Bob would just say "you know those sailors. Get them a little bit drunk and everything gets wet." Bob himself did not know what he meant but he hoped that Mortemor would not care much enough to question it. For the second time, Bob did the same. While most of his res came out already from all that shaking about, a lot of them were able to stick on like he wanted. All the same he added to it after squeezing it in his hands. "You know what I am going to call, what about you?" The evenly spread out res did not interfere with the die, thank Ovek because it came out with a four. "Didn't I tell you princess?"
Now it was time for Bob to win this and he knew what he wanted. An even and why not the most greatest one. There was enough res on the die for Bob to do what he wanted. Shaking his finger tauntingly, Bob told Mortemor "I'll give you a chance. Mine will be even, and it will be a six." what it meant for her after Bob counted it right was that the "games results would be three chances for you to win, two chances for it to be a draw and one chance for me to win." Sounded good. The odds were in her favor since it was a "five out of six chance for you to get what you want" and a three out of six chance for Bob to get something. What did she think? "A draw won't get us anything?"
"Here goes..." he said as he prepared to put in the die. Before he did he started changing the form of the res on all faces except the six which was changed from liquid to a heavy solid into air and fly away. Magically loaded dice, a trick only those crazy enough to think of and get an initiation in reimancy would do. Then he gave it one last roll to reveal a six. "What did I tell you princess? It looks like I win!" and with that one victory it was time for Bob to destroy the evidence. In his excitement, the res, part of him picked up on it and transmuted into water leaving a little trail on the table. Something Bob would admit as "sweat. The game really had me worked up for a moment there."