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[onlyoneof]

[DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN HITTING 100 COMMENTS WAS A LOT?]

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[skepticalities]

But that doesn't really involve you. I'd suggest a board game, but . . .

[onlyoneof]

If you feel like reading I'll take care of the laundry and take the dishes back to the mess hall.

[skepticalities]

I feel like actually spending time with you.

[onlyoneof]

... we could play cards.

[skepticalities]

We could do that.

[onlyoneof]

Or I can show you a few tricks.

[skepticalities]

— I like that idea.

[onlyoneof]

[gets a deck from a drawer]

[skepticalities]

[sets his tray aside, watching him.]

[onlyoneof]

[shuffling it, he's really good at it]

You know all the classics, right?

[skepticalities]

Go through them again with me?

[onlyoneof]

Pick a card.

[skepticalities]

[reaches over and takes one, looking at it.]

[onlyoneof]

[holds out the deck so he can put it back in]

[skepticalities]

[slips it back in!]

[onlyoneof]

[shuffling it as he speaks]

There's a lot of variations of this one. One of them involves tossing the deck up and then having you fetch your card from the ceiling.

[skepticalities]

— really?

[onlyoneof]

Yeah. It takes a bit more prep, though... and then it's a mess to clean up--

[points at the bedside table]

Can you pass me the glass?

[skepticalities]

Yeah, sure.

[reaches over to pass it to him.]

[onlyoneof]

[I WILL WAIT. SMUGLY]

[skepticalities]

[HUH, WHY IS THERE A CARD HERE?]

. . . nice.

[onlyoneof]

Not as impressive as the ceiling trick, but that one does require more prep.

[skepticalities]

I can imagine, yeah.

[onlyoneof]

... here.

[takes out the for queens from the deck]

[skepticalities]

[tilts his head to the side.]

What are you doing?