<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Tomoe%20Mami%20Avatars/Mami_avatar_27_zps3a35393e.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>Leolt city streets -> some bar.<br/><strong>With:</strong>alone, then a bunch of good players.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>When Alice thought that she was without any luck that day, she heard some guys talking about a really really good poker player. A formidable opponent for her! Never mind the shadow crow for now, Alice had to meet this fella and play against him. She couldn't simply walk away from that challenge.<br/><br/>The blonde put her most cute and innocent face and asked the men about where she could find such a wonderful player. The two guys gave her directions to a bar nearby and almost took her by hands to make sure the girl would reach the place unscathed. Alice had some trouble to get hid of those men, apologizing and thanking for the information. Honestly, she needed to stop using her flirting mode to gather even a single piece of information from people.<br/><br/>Once in the bar, it wasn't difficult to spot the poker table. Some players were already gathered but only one of them caught Alice's attention. A handsome, red haired man was sitting in the middle, almost hidden by a pile of jewels and  tokens.<em>Oh, it must be him</em>, the girl thought. Shyly, she approached the table and before Alice let them know that she wanted to join the game, an avalanche of complaints kept her at bay. The girl noticed how much the men were angry at the mysterious red haired player.<br/><br/><em>Wow, he must be really, really good!</em><br/><br/>The other players just tried to shoo Alice away, but the red man (it seemed to be a good nickname for him, Alice thought) said simply the he would cover her buy in. He heard, unperturbed, more protests from his fellow players and tossed Alice a small handful of jewels.<strong><em>"The table gets boring when it's filled with people who are too angry to think straight, it gets too easy to read them... And besides,"</em></strong>Alice saw his smirk and, mainly, that glint in his eyes,<em><strong>"this could turn out pretty fun... And I'll win that money back by the time she leaves anyway... You in, little lady?"</strong></em><br/><br/><strong>"You bet!"</strong>said Alice, returning him the confident smile. There was no use to flirt with him here, she already knew, so there was no reason to pretend she was a shy, innocent girl playing poker for the first time in her life. She would need to cheat, but that would be her last resource. And, of course, she needed to be extra, extra careful with that (literally) last ace in her sleeve . Fortunately, Alice knew how to play poker to win, even without cheating.<br/><br/>She bought her tokens and joined the game. Her first cards weren't so good, but she placed a bet anyway. At least she could read her opponent in that first move. Her eyes didn't moved from the red man's face.