<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Tomoe%20Mami%20Avatars/Mami_avatar_43_zps70c82e1e.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Alice Deschain (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=176393.msg8367695#msg8367695)</strong></span><br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Some bar.<br/><strong>With:</strong>A bunch of poker players (Gaius and Lyuk among them).<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"Pleasure to meet you, Alice."<br/><br/>She nodded with a sweet smile towards him. When he gave his answer to her question, she found it pretty strange. First, he came up with a interesting way to know about each other, then, in the next moment, he wanted only to play. Alice was even more puzzled when he just changed the rules of his 'game'. On the next hands he adopted the strategy of an average poker player. Alice tried to read his emotions, but it was impossible, the young man just kept his cool while winning some pots and folding in others. Strange, very strange. Nevertheless, Alice was doing her job pretty well. Red's money was only growing on her hands. Slowly, it was true, but it was worth to note that she wasn't resorting to her usual tricks to win.<br/><br/>And while she was catching all the chips of another pot she had won, someone asked to join in the game. Alice looked at him and recognized Lyuk instantly, even when he was trying to hide his identity. But she didn't make a fuss about it, neither tried to speak to him. Lyuk's presence there made the girl raise her guard again. If he was there, disguised, that only meant enemies were nearby. And Alice coudn't help to think about Red as the number one suspect.<em>Oh, that's a pity. I hope I'm wrong...</em><br/><br/><em><strong>"I don't see why not. With money like that, I'm going to have a fairy hard time turning you down."</strong></em><br/><br/><em>Fairy hard time... could it be?</em>Everything made sense, it would be a huge coincidence for Alice to be mistaken. Red was one of their enemies. That could explain, for instance, the strange and alluring behavior Gaius had towards her. For a second, she got fearful about her other guild mates, but the girl kept her coolness. First, she had to speak with Lyuk, she needed to know what's going on. Without raising any suspicions from Red, of course.<br/><br/><em>Well, let's see if Lyuk will catch this one...</em><br/><br/><strong>"I dunno about him joining us,"</strong>she said, after Red,<strong>"he could be hiding an ace or two under his sleeves. I heard there is a lot of cheaters around this town."</strong>