Diabolical Plots and Cold Beers (Kero)

[KARP KARP!]

"Yer just jealous because I can get more than you without even trying," he whispered, so as not to be bonked on the head again.

Drawing his five cards, he smirked, not taking any. The man put his hand on the table. A pair of black eights, a pair of red twos, and a six of diamonds.

"Ya can't hang with me, boy." Kel said with a laugh, shuffling the deck. However, in his drunkenness...that only lead to cards flying all over the tent.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Honestly, Sen had no idea how many people Kel was able to real in but he did know the man always got a date when ever they went out together. “Yah you just keep telling yourself that.” Sen laughed looking down at the cards. “Looks like you’re losing your touch pops, Drink up.” Sen had a dreadful feeling that was going to about the only time he could say that. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[KARP KARP!]

Kel laughed, but that faded quickly when he saw the cards. "First time for everything," he muttered, taking a sip. It wasn't a small sip, though he didn't take a large swig like Sen either, so it was about average.

Shuffling the cards--rather awkwardly--Kel dealt out five more to the both of them. He stared at his hand. Jack of Spades, 9 and 10 of diamonds, 8 of hearts, and Jack of clubs. One pair wouldn't do crap. So...he put one of the Jacks back, drawing one more card.

Ha...Queen of Spades. He showed Sen his hand.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Sen grinned as he watched Kel take a sip of his drink and then hand out more cards. That grin soon vanished as he looked down at his hand the cards not really doing him much good at all. At least he had a pare to work with but nothing else at all. So, he put down two cards after Kel did and picked up two more. The next set of cards he picked up gave him at least another pair but as Kel threw down his hand Sen just sighed and tossed his down. Once again he took another sip of his drink. He had gotten a king of hearts, a king of spades, a queen of clubs, a queen of spades and a jack of spades. “You just let me win the last one, didn’t you?” Sen teased after taking the swig of his drink. His voice was becoming a calmer than normal, his words slurred slightly as he spoke. It was clear the drinks were starting to take effect on him pretty well now. It was just sometimes hard to tell when Sen was actually drunk or not. “Here’s the lucky hand.” he claimed as he dealt out five cards again. And… yah his hand had absolutely nothing to be considered even close to lucky. So he put down his two lowest cards in hoping for at least a pair. But, no. He got two more cards that really did him no good at all. It looked like he was just playing on his high card. Which was the Ace of hearts. He was almost ready to take another swig of drink as he waited to see Kel’s hand. ((Jc Ah 10h 3d 7c)) [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[KARP KARP!]

"Nah, I don't let people win. Not even you." He sighed, looking at his hand, then put back three cards. "I think you got our luck mixed up," Kel joked as he showed his hand. Ace of clubs, Ace of Spades, Ace of Diamonds, and the two and three of hearts.

Picking up the cards again, he shuffled the deck. Well, he tried to. Instead, what Kel ended up doing was make the cards fly everywhere.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] “I seem to get that confused a lot.” Sen commented as took another drink, almost finishing his bottle. At this rate he was going to pass out long before Kel ever would. He had just set the bottle down when Kel had flung the cards up into the air, causing them to go all over the place. “You loosen con- control of your hands with that old age of yours, pops?” Sen asked teasingly, stumbling and slurring his words slightly. He then leaned over onto his knees, picking up each card he could find. It was actually proving to be a harder task than it should have normally been. "You know, fifty two pick up wasn't part of the deal." He half laughed again, looking up at Kel for a moment. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[KARP KARP!]

"I ain't old," Kel spat, not really bothering to pick up the cards. The man sort of lay back on his sleeping bag, tossing back the remains of bottle number...seven? Eight?

Reaching into the cooler next to him, he pulled out another, taking a swig, as he lay down, staring at the tent's ceiling. Lil' Bit perched on his forehead while Leah snuggled up to him.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] “Your kid is old enough to give you grand babies” Sen stated with a devilish grin as he continued to pick up the cards. “That means your old. He finished picking up the cards, or at least most of them. Some had been missed but he didn’t seem to notice them. Setting them in one hand, he picked up his almost empty bottle and finished it before grabbing another and turning back to Kel. “Yah know,” He began, using the bottle to force the black bird off Kel’s forehead, “If you pass out on me now, It counts as me winning.” he set the cards he had picked up onto Kel’s forehead where Lil’Bit had been sitting, his own body leaning over Kel’s as he grinned down at the older man, slightly wobbly. He was drunk, there was nothing more to it. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[KARP KARP!]

"OhGod...me...a grandfather." Kel shook his head.

Lil Bit glared at the cards, knocking them onto the floor as if to say 'That's my spot!'

"I ain't passin' out, I'm just tired." Dropping his last empty bottle, Kel raised an eyebrow as Sen leaved over him. "Yeah, well, if you pass out on me, now...I'm gonna kick your ass."

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Sen seemed to be ignoring the cards and the bird now, his eyes focused on Kel as the older man spoke. “That counts as passing out.” He stated just before Kel claimed he would kick his ass if he passed out on him. “I can still handle lots more drinks before I pass out.” Yet his words were still slurred. Honestly he had lost track of how many he had. After stating what he had, he took a another huge swig of his drink before setting it down and removing the sleeve from his arm. “Common pops,” He raised the hand with his shoulder pointing out much like the arm wrestling position, “Lets see what you gots” Yup, now his grammar was a bit off too. On top of that, he was clearly challenging Kel to a arm wrestle only pure luck would let him win. It seemed the drinks had given him some guts. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[KARP KARP!]

Kel sat up, despite Leah's protests. To make a point, he downed another beer. What was that, ten? "I had more than you; sos unless you have more than ten, I still got ya."

The man chuckled. "Boy, my Taillow could out-armwrestle your ass. But I will humorsss you." Pulling up his own sleeve, he tried to take Sen's hand so they could armwrestle. After about five minutes, he finally found it. "Ready when you are, Princess."

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Sen simply rolled his eyes at Kel’s comment about the number of drinks they had. It was true, Sen hadn’t had ten yet, but damn it, it didn’t matter! “Sure sure.” He commented, both to the drink and Taillow comments, “Stop running your mouth and let your actions do the talking, gramps.” He grinned, his battle face on as Kel finally managed to lock hands with him. “Alright on three. One. Two. THREE!” He instantly began to push his arm, trying his best to put all his weight into it. Course with the drinks he had in his system he was slightly cheating. His body wasn’t quiet as straight as it should be and he was using a bit of the body weight to help him push. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[KARP KARP!]

Sen wasn't the only one cheating. When Sen said three, Kel threw his own body-weight into the match. Sen was more agile, and more athletic, but Kel had the man in strength. Or so he hoped.

Despite the fact that the world was practically spinning around him, Kel knew he had to win this. For his pride.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Sen was holding on well for about ten seconds or so. That’s when he started feeling his arm wanting to give out and he ended up pushing a bit more body weight into it. It didn’t seem to be at all helpful because in another few seconds his arm went down, and not the in direction that he wanted it to go. Not to mention the rest of his body as he lost balance and ended up toppling over. Somewhere along the way down he had managed to huff out a “Shit” Yet the entire time he didn’t once manage to let go of Kel’s hand. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[KARP KARP!]

Kel's hand also went down, but in the direction he wanted. However, his body soon followed his hand as he lost balance, toppling over. "Dammit..."

Soon, however, Kel's eyes drifted closed as the beer finally took its toll, knocking the bandit out cold. And he was still holding onto Sen's hand...

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Sen had managed to roll onto his back after Kel fell over. He wasn’t laying there for very long before he suggested, “Best two of three?” but received no reply. “Kel?” He slowly rolled back over onto his side, sitting up a little to look down at the man. Had he… fallen asleep. It seemed so. He kind of looked rather peaceful and less… threatening when asleep. Actually, with his eyes closed he looked a lot like that Cyn guy Sen had met in the bar a few days ago. Same tone of red hair. The skin tone was slightly different but still rather close. Not quite the same facial hair either but with the amount he had drank… eh it was close enough. Sen found himself in a bit of a daydream as he sat there thinking about Cyn. The man may have been quiet but damn, he almost everything he wanted in a man. Muscular, but not overly. Well shaped face and figure. Manly but not too manly. Pretty but not too pretty. Ah, and those lips. How kissable they would have been. Before Sen even realized what he was doing he had leaned down a bit, still in his fantasy of a perfect man as kissed Kel on the side of the forehead. It hadn’t been until he sat back up again that he realized what he had done and gone a brighter read than his hair. He had just… he had… he… He quickly laid back down, not even realizing that he STILL holding Kel’s hand. His eyes closed and tried his best just to fall asleep. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[KARP KARP!]

Luckily for Sen, Leah was curled up, already asleep, her head resting on her trainer's chest. If she'd been awake, Sen would have gotten the snot smacked out of him by a certain Floatzel.

Kel, however, was too out of it to notice.

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Kel's eyes slowly opened the next morning, his head throbbing. Looking over, he saw Sen, then noticed...they were holding hands. Kel jumped, letting go. "...What the blue fuck happened last night...?"

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Sen had still been passed out by the time Kel woke up in the morning. He hadn’t moved much from his spot, still laying on his back, his head facing opposite of Kel. It wasn’t until Kel let go of his hand and spoke that Sen somewhat woke up. His eyes were still closed as he rolled over, just laying there for another minute before finally opening them. It was almost like a jolt of energy ran through him as he sat up on his arms a bit as he looked down at the tent’s floor. “I… wasn’t suppose to sleep here…” Sen mumbled sleepily as he lifted a hand to rub his eyes before finally sitting up and looking over at Kel. “Sorry.” He curled his legs up to his chest and grinned. Sen had been hoping that he would forget what happened the night before. The kiss… it wouldn’t leave his mind but he couldn’t say anything. He was pretty sure Kel didn’t know about it and… he needed to just forget it ever happened but… shoot. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]