Into the arena. -open-

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"Scared? You sure can talk, hun. But let's see if you can back it up. You're on," Jeremy said with a return wink.

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"So what's the wager?" I ask him, "what do you not mind losing to me? We could do money, I robbed Mr.D. blind in a game of poker (that is another story though), but that is boring. I was thinking we could make the wager more fun."

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"Sure, hun. The question is, what might you want instead?" Jeremy said. "Jerrod and I have modest financial conditions. We won't have anything really precious, unfortunately."

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"No nothing precious," I say, "we have to be able to bet the same thing. It doesn't have to be something you own. It can be something that you will do if you lose. As long as it would be possible for me to do it as well."

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Jeremy thought for a moment. "I've got no really good ideas at the moment. How about you think of something? Something within reason of course. This is our first bet."

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"Then perhaps a simple bet of 50 drachmas," I say, "taking other people's money always feels good." I grin at him, "the game will be tag. You're it," I say giggling, "the boundaries are the walls of the arena and anything goes. Time limit of 5 minutes."

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"Anything goes? Alright." Jeremy grinned. He was fast and agile, with the dexterity and flexibility of a professional gymnast.
Tag. Girl, you really walked into this one, he thought, rushing forward.

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I grin and roll the dice. I got a 7. I smile and watch as a nearby weapon rack falls over interposing many sharp pointy things between him and me. I giggle and run off.

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"Dice powers? Dude, why do I not get those?" Jeremy wondered aloud. Being ever confident though, he decided to take his chances with the weapon rack, using some amazing agility to weave through the fallen blades. His sneakers suffered a little, but soon Jeremy was back on Enita's tail and gaining.

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I roll the dice again. 10. I smile wider. 10 inflicted my opponent with bad luck but I couldn't control what happened. It would be fun to watch though.

OOC: just to make this clear I am using an online random dice simulator for these rolls so I am leaving things up to chance here. The powers have also already been set and they are on my character profile located here if you would like to see. https://camphalfblood.forummotion.com/t723p15-dyingbreath-xiii-s-character#96848

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As he was chasing Enita, Jeremy tripped and fell for apparently no reason. He got to one knee, glancing at the ground in surprise.
"What the heck? My shoelaces aren't untied or anything!"

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I continue running giggling. "Come on," I call back at him, "time is ticking."

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Jeremy got up, took a breath and began running again. He jumped over a row of inactive dummies and wall-ran for a bit to close the distance.
"You can run, you can't hide! I'll get you any second now."

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I throw down a card. King of hearts. The card stand up straight and creates a wall between him and me. I was having good luck today. I grin, "You can't beat the luck of the Irish," I call to him before taking off again.

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Jeremy didn't stop, instead jumping as he reached the wall. He stepped up with one foot and propelled himself high enough to grab the top of the wall, using some parkour instead of gymnastics. Pulling himself up, Jeremy jumped down the other side of the wall, landed like a cat and sprinted, closing a huge space dangerously.

OOC: Card powers too? Sure.

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OOC: Shes a gambling gal. Cards and dice. Technically she doesn't need them as they are only catalysts for her magic but she believes in a fair fight so she uses them. She has other powers too as you will see.
I stop turn around and grin at him. "How about a different game," I say, "ever play roulette?" I cast a spell and a giant roulette wheel appears. I hop on the black number seven and wink at him as the wheel whisks me off.

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"Both times I've played, I won!" Jeremy responded. He jumped onto the wheel as well.
Jerrod, taking a break from sparring, could only watch as his brother duked it out with some Irish girl in a battle of magic and chance. He kept shaking his head. Jeremy, you should stop this.

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OOC: think the roulette wheel is too much? I was partially inspired by the fight scene with Oogie in nightmare before christmas but it might be a little overboard. Feedback?

I giggle, "then prepare to place your bets cause the balls starting to roll." On cue the roullette ball starts to roll around the wheel as we are frozen in place on our chosen squares on he wheel. the roulette ball was massive and would serve to crush someone. Either him or me, fair odds on either.

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Jeremy tensed, watching the ball closely.
I'll dodge that thing. Then he realized he couldn't move his feet. "Okay, what is this?"

OOC: The roulette wheel should be on the high end of Enita's abilities and used sparingly.

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OOC: oh it is. Shes just pulling out all the stops. Its quite an honour actually.

I grin as the ball goes round and round before finally rolling straight towards my opponent. Just before it crushes him however it shrinks back to a regular size, stopping in his square. he is still stuck in place though while I hop off the wheel and head off. Time was almost up and that would ensure I had both a headstart and that he was delayed for a bit.

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OOC: Kay Dan just told you to revise your entire character (i.e. take out most of her magic talents) so we'll have to pretend the last little bit never happened as such.

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OOC: in light of that perhaps we had better just edit out the whole thing... I think I'm gonna scrap her.

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OOC: Alright. Everyone pretend that this whole gambling game with Jeremy and Enita never happened.

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