#slapjacks

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[psiotechniqa]

hehe

[turochamp]

thoughts? falin loves pocket frogs.

[haveyouplayedthisirlgame-poll]

Slapjack is a card game where the deck is divided face-down between players, and players then take turns placing cards in the discard pile. When a jack is placed, the player who is first to slap the deck and yell "slapjack" shuffles the discard pile and adds it to their stack. The player who is first to acquire all the cards wins.

[childhoodgrave]

they play lots of card games bc a deck of cards is easy to carry around whetever and he cheats for no reason AND is a terrible winner and after every game anise is like im never playing with you again -_- and then 2 minutes later theyre back in the slapjack mines

[thebirdandhersong]

I realise that I have harmless girl in a hat vibes and was about to get comically affronted about it however I also remembered that I've actually never been able to even properly argue (i.e. the kind with shouting) with anyone like ever (even the people whose words/actions I've worked myself into a towering rage about) without giving up halfway and wanting to cry because I hate conflict confrontation with a passion and would much rather live and let live, even if the person is horribly Wrong. so everyone saying that they'd win in a fight against me is in fact.... very correct

[johnbly]

five characters meme: edelgard. hubert. dorothea. ferdinand. linhardt. bonus points if u choose a game for the remaining beagles to play in your absence

Me: :D yay black eagles!

Me, realizing I have to punch one of them: D:

Go to a sporting event with: edelgard and i will get very invested in the outcome of this game

Make out with: ferdinand via process of elimination

Date: dorothea but platonically

Marry: hubert von vestra my beloved

Punch: linhardt because he would annoy me by not doing work or something but i would feel bad and immediately apologize. this is mostly bc it's between him and ferdinand and i think i would rather kiss ferdinand even tho i would. also rather punch ferdinand

bernadetta, caspar, and petra are having a nice game of uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh slapjack. bernadetta is terrified but caspar and petra are getting into it

send me five characters and i will do the thing!

[dudeshusband]

trying to write a fic about my s/i playing poker with ricco's friends but i don't really know much about poker

[wow-its-me]

OMG

CASEY JONES

[idkaguyorsomething]

Cleric death here! What game would you choose?

that game where you and another person tell a story by taking turns coming up with one word at a time. i wanna know what kind of stories death would tell :P

[soft-bugs]

I miss board games. :(

Not the super complicated ones everyone plays now, I miss Mouse Trap, Life, Monopoly, Checkers, Bargain Hunter, Trouble, Sorry!, Scene It, Battleship, Connect Four, Hungry Hippos, Thin Ice/Don't Break the Ice/Ice Breaker, Guess Who, Chutes & Ladders, even Perfection despite it giving me anxiety as a kid 😂

I miss mancala too that was so fun 🥺 and this Vampire board game we had!

Just uuuugghhh someone play fun & easy board games with me. 🥺 I'll also take UNO or like Go fish or Slapjack or Old Maid! Card games like that were so fun too.

[phoenshire]

I wanna play board and card games

[blueonwrestling]

he said the line he said slapjack and retribution!

[qhiq]

ooo this picture makes me happy, it may seem cruid and disgusting for other, but this image tickles my dopamine section in my brain i think that exists, if you had asked me to describe this i would probably just say,,,,,,,,, pankak

the glass crystal things i forgot what called by the sink, ohhh they are slightly naturally brown, and i liiiiike, wowee how many DRIPS of where honey is, the puddle it makes, how the butter is standing, how the paper on the butter folds, it is just... perfect... the honey tube just IN MOTION..... where is this located..... i dont know what slapjack means...

[thoughtsandmusingsandideas]

Dehya + Arlecchino Forgotten!Creator AU

A proper response to @ninjacomix sorry for the wait!

Dehya

You woke up in the deserts of Sumeru when you first arrived in Teyvat, so it’s no surprise that the first people you met were Eremites 

Unlike the Traveler, you are not immediately attacked- half because of your divinity subtly making them more docile, and half because you’re covered in sand and dressed in foreign clothes and practically melting under the sun- and yeah, you look too pathetic to rob

They end up taking you back to Aaru Village, and that’s where you end up meeting Dehya.

Well, technically you meet Dehya the day after you arrive, when you rush outside during a sandstorm and spot her fighting monsters

It’s a bit surreal, watching an actual fight like this, and you’re frozen in awe

At least until you notice the Rifthound sneaking up on her

You’re panicking as you lunge forward, feeling something begin to expand inside you, and-

Everything is still

Both the storm and the Rifthounds are frozen in place, and Dehya is looking at you, extremely confused

“What is this?!?” “HOW SHOULD I KNOW?!?!” “YOU’RE THE ONE DOING IT!!!!”

Dehya dispatches the Rifthounds quickly, and the sandstorm resumes

And the next day, the both of you set out towards the Akademiya, wanting to figure out what your deal is

(You don’t realize that now the gods are remembering the creator, the Akademiya is Scrambling to find any and all information on you and why they forgot you)

During the journey the both of you grow close, and a few weeks in, the both of you wrapped in a blanket to protect from the chill of a desert night, you turn to her.

“Hey, let’s get married.”

And after choking on her water, she agrees to it

Congratulations! You have a wife!

The Creator, showing up hand in hand with an Eremite is not what an Akademiya scholar expected to see at four in the morning on a random day, but that is what he saw- and he thinks the subsequent panic is very understandable

Before you know it, you and your new wife are sitting in the acting grand sages office as Nahida uses some kind of Archon communication to page the other Archons

It takes about an hour for them to burst through the door

(In that time you’ve taught Alhaitham and Dehya how to play Rock Paper Scissors, Go Fish, Uno, and you’re in the middle of teaching them slapjack. Alhaithams hands are suspiciously red and Dehya is smirking)

They’re instantly fretting over you, apologizing for forgetting you and generally praising you, completely overwhelming until Dehya pulls you away

“Hey! Who are you supposed to be!” It’s Venti, disappointed that his god has been taken from him

“That’s my wife!” You state proudly.

And then everything clicks

“Wait, I’m a god?” 

The room explodes in noise, but Dehya’s hand never leaves yours

Arlecchino

When it comes to Arlecchino, instead of taking you to Aaru Village, you ask them to take you to the border of Fontaine

You’ve only made it to the end of Sumeru in the Archon Quests- maybe if you head to Fontaine now, you’ll get to see the Archon Quest in person!

It’s only once you’ve taken the Aquabus to the Court of Fontaine that you realize you do not have a single mora on your person. 

It’s after a day of exploring that you end up near the sea, and after being startled by a giant crab appearing from nowhere (It was Very Scary I promise) you end up tumbling into the water, you’re trapped under, and-

Wait… you can still breathe!

You light up with excitement, diving deeper, and that begins your life as a diver.

You end up becoming a collector, selling cool shells and oddities to anyone in the Court who’s willing to buy them (You’ve built up a pretty good rapport with the supply manager of Chiori’s Boutique)

It’s also underwater that you discover you’re the creator- finding an old abandoned temple with murals of a god that look just like you, helping you make sense of the power beneath your skin

But hey, if no one else was gonna bring it up, you wouldn’t either

And it’s underwater that you end up meeting your first Fatui member: Freminet

He was surprised when he first saw you swimming around- but now he’s grown pretty accustomed to you, and sometimes you guys even interact

Admittedly, sound doesn’t travel well underwater, so most of your communication is via charades, but the two of you end up growing close

Freminet shows you cool diving spots, you collect valuables from the ocean floor together, swim together in blissful silence, and play with all the friendly ocean animals you seem to attract

It only takes about a month for Freminet to begin mentally referring to you as mother (This boy is starved of a parental figure)

And after that it only takes a week before he slips up

He’s waiting in Father’s office, looking around as he waits for him to arrive

It’s pretty sparsely decorated- but there are a few ornaments still left around.

“Mother would like this…” Freminet muses, looking at a small model boat, delicate and intricately carved.

A flash of heat at his back. “… What did you just say?”

After a very long and frantic explanation, and a slightly shorter lecture on stranger danger, Arlecchino demands to meet you.

You first meet the harbinger after a day diving with Freminet, and he shoots you an apologetic look as you both surface to find a harbinger on the shore

And then you make eye contact

Your thoughts: That is a harbinger. From the Fatui. Huh. I’m going to pretend not to know that.

Arlecchino’s thoughts: That is the Creator that The Tsaritsa told me to look out for. They have the exact same appearance. I will pretend not to know that.

Arlecchino asks you to tea to get to know you better, and it devolves from there.

At your tea party, she introduces herself as a completely normal orphanage matron, and you’re polite enough to not point out that her brooch is a tiny Fatui emblem

You introduce yourself as a normal diver and she ignores the fact that your spoon has been stirring sugar into your tea without you even touching it

Your relationship continues in a similar fashion, with the both of you pretending to be a completely normal couple

After a few months, when both of you are getting married, you both ignore the oddities of your guests

“Ah, darling, the Fatui are here.” “Oh yes, they sponsor my orphanage, how polite of them to come.”

“Angel, Morax is here.” “Huh. Isn’t he supposed to be dead?” “Yes.” “Well, I’m glad he could make it.” 

The both of you continue with intense purposeful ignorance

Venti: Your grace, do you really want to marry the harbinger? Is she threatening you?

You: What harbinger? I’m marrying a completely normal and totally average orphanage owner. So kind and generous she is.

Arlecchino, in the background, kicking Childe for trying to start a fight at her wedding, pausing to turn and wave: Hello.

Also Freminet is the flower girl