A Tyrant's End (For jasmac)

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"Nope. Ain't saying shit. You girls can't do it." He says, making a perfect poker face.
"Ooookay I'll just go ahead and-" Korel says, before he's suddenly muffled by Jack's furry paw.
"Don't you fucking dare, fox bastard!" Jack growls, looking panicked.
"Yep. He got buttfucked. Only question is... Who?" Amara muses.
 

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"But isn't it obvious? Fox bastard." Sadie's hardly interested in outing him at this point, weaving a farfetched story to get the focus off of Jack and shared with Korel. "You two are old loves, reunited in the bunks of a training camp as cadets. Kiss up and fess up lovebirds, kiss up and fess up."
 

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This time, both of them gag. "What!? No! He got fu-" Korel says, before Jack suddenly slams his paws over his mouth again.
"Shuuuuuut the fuck up." He says with a bad poker face.
"He got fucked by a... Dude? Herm? What do you think, Sade?" Amara says, grinning.
 

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"He's the dickgirl type. I can tell." Sadie says, smirking. Their sexual dissatisfaction with each other only reaffirms one thing in her mind: she wants to see them drunkenly fuck and love it.
 

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"Alright, alright! Fine! I got fucked by a herm!" Jack groans, faceplanting onto the table as Korel laughs his head off.
"Well... We saw that coming." Amara says, shaking her head, her curls bouncing around.
 

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"Yes, we definitely did." Sadie agrees, with nothing more to provoke him on the subject.
 

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Korel looks like he's about to say something, but he's interrupted by a loud clanging.
Up on a raised platform, they see a large table where the masters had been eating. Right now, a human male is standing up and clanging a dagger on a small metal replica of a shield. A hush slowly falls over the room.
"Welcome, new students, and greetings to the old. For those of you who don't know or don't remember or just don't care, my name is Augustus. Battlemaster Augustus to you." He says, looking at the cadets.
"What you have come to join, is a noble profession. One that has been carried on for generations and generations past. We, the Guard, protect the poor, the needy, and defend those who cannot defend themselves. I expect you all to uphold what we stand for. Or, at least, what's left of it... On that note, you're dismissed. You may do with the rest of the day what you wish." He says, sitting down.

"Well... That was odd..." Korel mutters.

"Yeah. What did he mean by "what's left of it?" You reckon something happened?" Jack asks.

"Obviously... There are always cartons of rotten eggs everywhere..." Amara mutters.
 

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"Ringmaster Augustus, more like it. This whole spiel feels way too noble for someone running a show around here. Who would've thought? Here's someone who cares about the needy over the nobles, and is willing to hold onto the lost cause of charity in times like these without a war to do it." Sadie mulls about.
 

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"Oookay... Who wants to bet on him dying by the end of the year?" Korel asks bluntly as he gets up.
"Huh? How would he die? He's pretty young! Maybe thirties or so. No way a guy who looks that strong is gonna die that fast!" Amara says, frowning.
"Amara... Good people generally don't last long around here..." Jack mutters.
"Oh. You meant in that way... Um... I don't know. He's been alive this long. Let's not jinx it..." Amara murmurs.
"He's good looking, though. For an older guy. Must be a native. Black hair, tanned skin, dark green eyes, that angular facial structure... He's gotta be a descendant of the original settlers." Jack muses.
"Well hello Mr. Gay Know it All!" Korel says, laughing.
"Oh shut up! I pay attention to things! Unlike the guy who fell asleep in class today!" Jack retorts, punching Korel in the shoulder.
"Five minutes. It was FIVE. MINUTES." Korel says, holding up a splayed hand.
"Might have felt like that to you, maybe, but you were asleep for fifteen minutes!" Jack says, blowing him a raspberry.
 

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"Longer, if I remember correctly." Sadie adds, before backtracking to talk about Augustus as she sneaks a look at his table again. "Someone with a title like that doesn't just die. He's a battlemaster. Not pretty Mr. Fox bastard or false dom wolf."
 

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"Oiii. Watch you mouth, flopear. The two of us together are still enough to take you down and fuck you silly!" Jack says, blowing her a raspberry.

"Not if we're together!" Amara says, grinning and moving to stand next to Sadie with a confident grin.

"..... We'll just fuck both of you, then." Korel says, chuckling.

"Yes, y-you're right, Sa-Sadie. H- He's very s-strong, but he has a lot of p-powerful enemies..." Reava murmurs.
 

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Sadie links arms with Amara while smiling cockily as well. "Try it, dom wolf. I bet you'd just love getting fucked by a herm a second time anyways. All I'm saying is a guy like that up there can't just die without stirring the pot."
 

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Reava nods. "That is... True..." She murmurs.
"Soooo... What the fuck are we gonna do? We have the rest of the day to ourselves. I, for one, am going to take a good long nap. After going to the doc for some painkillers for the cramps I know I'm going to wake up with." Korel says, grinning.
"I think I'll do the same. About a couple of hours or so later. I wanna practice my claymore strokes." Jack says.
"I... Have no idea. Sadie?" Amara says, looking at her.
 

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"I'd be surprised if a place like this had a bar or recreation patch, but I'd try you at any old bar game if they do." Sadie says, still invigorated by the soreness of the exhilarating day.
 

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"Dude. It's a fucking guard training academy. You think it has a freaking bar!?" Jack groans.
 

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"Course not, dumbass. I said if they did." Sadie retorts, unable to recall precisely what she actually said. "Trainees carry around decks of cards though sometimes, right? Look at that shark fellow over there. He looks like the kind of guy who knows a guy who carries around a deck of cards." Her eyes point at Poggle, secretly hoping to make up for her bitterness when they first met by finding a way to get chummy. If their world's on the brink of a war, Sadie wants a lots of allies, no doubt about it.
 

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"Heh. A shark playing cards. He's a card shark!" Jack jokes, elbowing Korel.
"He should be giving out loans. Then he'd be a loan shark!" Korel laughs.
"He's single, so he's currently a LONE shark!" Jack says, laughing again.
The pair continue to poke fun at Poggle as they walk out of the room.

"Boys... Such idiots..." Amara murmurs, shaking her head. "Yeah. He looks like a card guy let's go say hi!" Amara says, grabbing Sadie and Reava by the hand and striding to Poggle.
 

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"Hey Poggle. Long time no see." Sadie calls out to him, trying to be smooth, but probably failing.
 

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He blinks. "..... It's been like... An hour, girl." He says, chuckling and standing. "You guys heading out somewhere?" He asks, stretching as he walks to the door.
 

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"Not really. We're scrounging up a crew to play cards, and were wondering if you, as a familiar face, want to join. Of course, that means finding a deck of cards first. You know anyone who could help us out there? And we're not picky either. A fourway game of checkers would slake off some of that after training boredom just fine if that's what you're packing."
 

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"Uhhh well... I have a pack of cards, yes. Just... Brought them along. I don't know any card games save one." He says, chuckling sheepishly.
 

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Sadie smiles after calling it. "Yeah? What's the one? If it's Ratscrew I'm gonna have to sock you."
 

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He blinks at her. "The fuck is Ratscrew? Is it a game about screwing rats? Because it doesn't sound fun." He says, walking out of the mess hall and going off in a random direction, the others starting to follow.
 

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"It's trash, that's what it is." Sadie mutters, before following the others.
 

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"I only remember the rules of poker once I'm shitfaced drunk, and I'm probably most learned in a bitch game like Go Fish. Hey, you guys ever played BS? It's a bluffing game. That's how you know it's fun."
 

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"The name says it all." Amara says, chuckling.
"Hmm... I think I know that one... Is that the one where you make teams and try to collect four cards of the same kind without alerting the other team?" Poggle asks.
 

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"Oh that is a good one. BS is different, but Spoons is even better. Just be prepared to hate each other by the end of the game. Trust me, it's great. Once you or your teammate gets the four, you have to signal them somehow without drawing attention from the other team. Your teammate has to notice, and then call it out for the win, but if they don't and the other team catches on, they can shout and steal it. By the way, this here's Reava and Amara. This guy's name is Poggle." Sadie nudges towards each one as she introduces them.
 

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[That's the game I had in mind. Camp, it's called. I think. You get a penalty if you get the guess wrong.]

Poggle nods to Amara and Reava. "Nice to meet ya." He says.
"You too." The say, Reava stuttering as usual.
"Sooo... Should we go to my dorm room and play there or what?" He asks.
 

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"Yeah. We'll be following. Got any crazy roommates you should warn me about beforehand?"