Some Overdue Changes / EXTREME DICE ROLLING COMPETITION

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1. [Anyone passing by the hangar will notice the Tern looks different-specifically, it's been painted a vibrant shade of blue, with orange trim. The words on its forehad have been replaced, as well-no longer "Be Thou Afraid", they now read simply "Fear not". Eva is nearby, wearing some paint-splattered work clothes and looking over her work proudly.]

...Watch me, Ren.

2. Say-would you like to play a game?

[Eva's brought a deck of playing cards, dice, and three small cups to the cafeteria today.]

I want to try something.

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Limited emotional ranges make for wonderful poker players

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Try if you want, though I will be watching.

[Eva takes out a pot of...go pieces. White and black stones, all mixed up together in a bowl.]

The game is simple. We each draw a piece from the bottom of the bowl. We continue drawing until we draw a piece of a different color, at which point we pass to the other player. After each of us have three turns, whoever has the most pieces wins.

Are you ready?

Re: Limited emotional ranges make for wonderful poker players

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Don't say I didn't warn you! I don't really need your clothings, but maybe I'll hang it as a trophy, as proof of my conquest.

*Grace takes a piece. And another piece. And another piece. And another piece! Before she finally draw a different colour. She looks genuinely surprised herself... at first.

On contrary, extreme emotional range ALSO makes great poker play

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See what I mean? Did you see me cheat? I bet you don't...

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You didn't cheat. Though you did make my trick harder.

[Eva draws two white pieces, one after another. When she goes to draw her third piece, she concentrates really hard for some reason...and it's white, too. Her fourth draw is a black piece though, so she stops.]

...You're lucky.

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[totallyhonest]

*Grace picks again. This time it's white. He picks another one. Aand... it's black.

She then carefully and intensely stares at the piece.*

Okay, I'll be honest. I don't actually know how to cheat in this damn game. Why can't we just play poker or something.

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I want to get more practice with a specific method of cheating. In poker, it is more difficult for me to do something like-

[Eva reaches into the bowl again, pulling out a whole fistfull of stones. When she drops them on the table, every single one is white-though some of them sure looked black for a second there.]

-This.

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[totallyhonest]

Well, that's just cheating. More cheating than usual anyway. How did you do that? Do we still need to continue if you can just do that all the time? Might as well throw you my pants now.

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No, handing over your pants will...not...

[Eva holds her head for a moment. Her eye twitches slightly. A tiny bit of blood drips from her nose. She lets go, and about half of the huge pile of white pieces suddenly snap into being black.]

...be needed.

This is harder than I thought.