On Fri, 26 May 2000, Jason Liao wrote:
Yay! More.
Yes, the C&C is a little late again. Blame my recent Ultima 9 addiction.
Well, I was offline all this week, so it didn't matter.
On Sat, 20 May 2000, Rhea Seraph wrote:
Konatsu began reading off the computer screen. "Kuonji-san
and Kurenai-san in room 301. Yamada-san and Hino-san in
302. Kikubi-san and Saotome-san in 303. Tenou-san with
Kaiou-san in 304. Chiba-san and Kunou-san have already
checked into 305. Urawa-san and Mizuno-san in 306.
Shampoo-san and Tsukino-san in 307. Meiou-san and Osaka-
san in room 308. Gosunkugi-san, you have 309 to yourself."
Were these assignments prearranged by someone, or were they supposed to be
random? They seem designed to cause conflict. Either someone was gunning
for trouble, or it's just Ranma's luck again. ^_^
They were arranged by someone :)
Konatsu looked them up and down. "You're hiding a
character on your forehead, I bet."
'Cept he wwas wrong in the woman's case; she was hiding a third eye.
Yes, that was my first thought.
Heh.
"Do you take coffee makers or karaoke machines as
payment?" Arthur asked.
I'm *so* tempted to make a Karaohki joke here, but I just can't figure out
how to fit it in.
Heh!
Gosunkugi pulled the lever. Five unicorn horns came
up, and a loud bell sounded. Chips began pouring out in a
torrent. "Wow! It worked!"
Ryo stared in double shock. Firstly, Gosunkugi had
gotten the maximum payoff.
Wait, wait, wait. 10^8:1 odds, and he wins. Just how rich is he now?
VERY.
He bowed to Setsuna. "A pleasure to meet you. I am
Mr. Tom Clancy. Merely an humble dealer in fine goods and
antiquities."
Er, um. Tom Clancy?
Distant relative of Mr. Maxfield Stanton
Ranma-chan frowned. She'd lost half chips in under an
hour.
How? You said in earlier chapters that Ranma was very good at cards, due
to his powers.
In his past life...but only by cheating with his powers; he hasn't
mastered them that far yet.
"You explained that one day you'd marry the Queen of
the Earth and rule the entire planet, so I let you go ahead
and start putting up places as part of your bets."
Precognition? Or just wishful thinking?
That would be telling.
"But you don't need him with me here, lovely one,"
Tsubasa said. He had gotten a ten down and a nine up.
"Match and raise two."
Everyone slid out two more to match Tsubasa's bet,
although they looked nervous.
Since when does everyone play against one another in Blackjack? Usually,
it's each player against the dealer. And bets are placed before the cards
are dealt. One doesn't bid after the cards are dealt. So, this scene
doesn't make sense. If you changed the game to poker, it's be different.
Since I haven't been in a casino in years, I goofed up.
"I said, STOP IT!" Mamoru said, speeding up as he came
around. "Someone's going to get hurt!"
Er...he suggested it himself. What did he expect, thumb-wrestling? I
mean, this line is just silly.
Everyone makes mistakes. :)
Usagi ran over to Kodachi, who was trying to get up.
"Are you okay?"
Doesn't check on 'Big Sister' Shampoo first?
Of course Big Sister is okay. No way a rose sniffing fool could seriously
hurt her.
"Honesty is the best policy when it isn't a good idea to
lie."
"Ahh, Amazon wisdom?"
"That's what Great-Grandmother always says," Usagi
replied.
"Then she say 'Put it in a bowl', but we never
understand what she's talking about," Shampoo said
Neither do I, unfortunately. I get the feeling that a joke has passed
right over my head.
Excessively in-joke, but I had to do it, after listening to 2000 ads for a
KC area Chinese restaraunt with that motto.
First, as soon as the Gambling King said "I'm afraid you've goine over.",
that was it. They know he was cheating, because the only cards that he
should be able to see are the eight and the six. So, A through 5 could be
safe. That's a pretty decent range, and in fact, considering that she
asked for a hit with only an eight showing, it's a pretty good bet that
her hole card is very low. As someone who's a good con man, he shouldn't
be shouting out his knowledge like that before she flips her cards, as
that'd give the whole game away.
Actually, he's a bad con man, as the manga makes clear; he usually can
only beat children and really bad card players--Kasumi and Nabiki can both
thrash him at will, even when he cheats.
Secondly, dealer always wins in case of a tie.
DOOOH!!!!!
"!snamuh ot kcab stac eseht nruT" Still no luck.
Bless you.
Hehe,.
The umbrella was now a scythe of black metal with a bamboo hilt.
Hilt? Does that word apply to a scythe's pole?
Not sure what else to call it.
"PLUTO POWER, MAKE UP!" Setsuna shouted. She
transformed, leaving Gosunkugi staring in shock. The power
of her transformation deflected the green energy from
immediately around herself, shielding Gosunkugi and two of
the band members.
Only two? ^_^
And whatever happened to secrecy?
Desperation calling. :)
It shone
now with a faint green nimbus, and he could smell the scent
of pine coming from it.
The lost treasure from the Kingdom of Lysoal? ^_^
Of course.
"Don't mind me," Emerald said. "I'll just be running
away now." There was a flash of light, and then she was
gone.
I thought you just said s/he couldn't teleport.
Urgle...will work on.
He turned back to the game, then tired of it after
winning a few more rounds.
?! Never knew someone who got tired of gaining money. Then again, I
suppose that it's been proven that men don't get tired of losing money to
rigged games of chance, provided the setup is good, and people have to
stop at SOME time...
Heh.
John Biles
Emperor of all He Surveys
http://www.tass.org/~rhea/falcon.html
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