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Chapter 30 by Caesar25 Caesar25

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Draw a card

After a short inner debate, you decide to draw a new card. But before, as a sign of an olive branch, you offer her to just let go of the game and the bet and agree on a stalemate.

Lana: You know, we both could just walk away from this. We both did our best, even if one of us cheated...! But still, we could call it a day! No need for anything humiliating to happen today!

Barriss: What, are you afraid to lose now? I'm just at the peak of my winning streak! I certainly won't stop now!

Lana: Your overconfidence will be your downfall! Don't say I haven't warned you!

Barriss: I'll think on that, when I'll see you naked and crying! Come on, draw a card or play yours and stand! Not so brave now, are we? Drawing a card at 17 is really a gamble? I would expect you to be more clever than that!

Lana: Bravery and stupidity are not the same thing! There are times when it's worth taking the risk, and those when it's not!

Barriss: Is that what you are going to tell yourself after I humiliate you to your core, huh?

Lana: You wish you could do that, but if you are so brave, try drawing a few more cards after I'm almost at 21, hoping you won't get busted!

Barriss: Before I do so, let's see if you'll even stay under 21!

You draw a new card, it's a +8, so your score is now 25, meaning you have lost the game entirely. In disbelief, all you can do is stare at your last card and wonder how could she be so lucky.

Lana: I can't believe this! How?!

Barriss (jumping from her seat and dancing in her joy): Yeeees! I knew I had it in me! Hah, a total victory! Never play Pazaak against Barriss, ever, unless you are ready to lost all your clothes to me!

Ranvi (coming with Drek from a few tables away after the commotion): So, how did the game go? Did Barriss win?

Drek: By the look on their faces, I'd say that with a high level of certainty.

Lana (sighing): Yes...

Barriss: Wohou!

Ranvi: How much did you lose Lana? A few hundred or even a thousand?

Lana: Well... Not just credits...

Ranvi: "Not just credits"? What do you mean?

Barriss: Yes Lana, go on, tell her, what else you have lost!

Lana: I lost my armour and lightsabers for the day...

Ranvi (is disbelief): Your what?!

Drek: Oh my, that must have been quite the bet!

Barriss: It was! And it was totally worth it! My greatest victory yet!

Ranvi: Lana, how could you agree to a bet like that?! You should have been more responsible than that!

Lana: It was the heat of the game, alright...?! Besides, I have already regretted doing it...

Ranvi: If you are so careless, you deserve what comes for you! I had expected you to be more clear minded than that!

Lana: I messed it up, okay...?

Barriss: Oh, you'll be way more sorry for that later! As for now... Time for your lost bet!

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