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Who wants to play a Game?

Kaito is, as often happens in between stops, bored. He's also exhausted, but with his existing issues, all this does is make him insomniac.

So.

Here he is, in the game carriage, being his usual self. He's managed to get back into juggling now, even if the things he juggles are... wait is that a lindusi claw!?! Let's just say he's been picking up souvenirs, shall we?

Sometimes he's playing cards, shuffling the decks in impossible patterns.

Or he'll turn and smile, and offer - "Wanna play a game?"

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Mako definitely looks curious as he glances over at the cards, though that expression fades to disappointment when he sees that as far as he can tell it's just a normal deck. Still, it might be a nice way to pass the time.

"What kind of game?" he asks, sitting down across from Kaito.

Miles' attention is caught by the way that the other is shuffling the deck, curious. He raises a brow at the question and then his face relaxes into a grin.

"Sure, why not?"

It's as normal a deck as any magician's deck is~

He grins and finishes the shuffle with a flourish, setting the deck down neatly in between them.

"Depends. You up for poker or maybe 500?"

He pulls an ace out of his sleeve and sets it on the pack with a wry grin.

"I promise not to cheat."

Kaito grins back and finishes his shuffle with a flourish, setting the pack down neatly.

"What are you down for? I'm fond of poker, but being a magician I know some people don't feel like watching if I'm counting cards! There's UNO in the boxes or we could drag out one of the other games if you want."

Promising not to cheat right after pulling an ace out of his sleeve definitely makes Mako suspicious about how true that actually is. Still, he hasn't had a chance to play poker for a while. A friendly game might not be too bad, at least.

"Poker sounds good, as long as you're not asking me to actually bet anything." Because he doesn't actually have that many possessions on him, anyways.

"Nah!" Kaito grins at him and offers him the deck to shuffle.

"I only play for stakes with the Detectives, usually. And it's not like we've got anything to bet, on the train!"

Mako's still got those shuffling skills from playing Duel Monsters. Though he doesn't do anything particularly fancy with his shuffling, simply doing his best to make sure the cards are mixed as thoroughly as possible.

"Nothing but things too precious to lose," notes Mako. "The Detectives are a specific group here?"

They're HIS detectives, specifically, two of the three who chase him. But Kaito can't really say that...

"Yeah. Well, they are to me? They're from my world, the Teen Detectives of the East and West - Tokyo and Kyoto, that is. They're kinda famous, in my world? Or at least, in my Japan. Also, I think they're the only detectives on board, but don't quote me on that."

He notes Mako's shuffling skills with pleasure - someone who knows how to play, then.

"I'm Kaito, by the way. Kuroba Kaito, or Kaito Kuroba if you prefer western order. Don't think I've met you before?"

"Hmm, I'm not familiar with those titles myself. Most of the famous teens I know about are famous due to their gaming abilities." Though some of them aren't even teens anymore, now. "So I suppose they must be unique to your Japan."

Mako sets the deck of cards down. "Mako, Mako Tsunami. Which of us should deal?"

"Well, most people our age would be gamers, right? Those two are odd, like that." He says almost fondly. Dead bodies falling from the sky and all.

"My world seems to have a thing about young detectives though. There's a few of them, although they're the most famous." If only because Hakuba shuns the limelight.

"Why don't you do it this round, Mako-san?"

"I mean, the most famous ones are the ones who can compete in tournaments against adults. And win, most of the time." Admittedly some of them probably because of bullshit Egyptian luck magic, but still.

Mako nods, picking up the deck and starting to deal out the cards. He does keep a casual eye on them as he does so, looking to see if he can spot any particular marks on any of the backs.

"What sort of games are popular in your world?" He asks curiously. "E-sports is gaining a big following these days, but outside of that, age restrictions are usually enforced for most sports in my world."

The cards are clean - of anything that can be easily spotted, anyway. Besides, Kaito's being good, this round, especially since he's only just met Mako.

He wonders, briefly, if all the recent hologram advances make Duel Monsters count as an e-sport now...well, probably not until they're good enough to allow people from across the world to duel each other.

"Duel Monsters is the biggest one," he notes. "Do you have that, in your world?" It might not be as popular, but it's just weird to think about a world where no one in Japan knows about Duel Monsters.

He picks up the cards, frowning slightly at his own selection.

Kaito shakes his head, the cheerful grin on his face never twitching as he checks his own cards.

"Can't say I know that one, sorry. Card game?"

Ah, a good poker face, then. People sometimes forget such a face doesn't have to be stonily emotionless, as long as you can maintain one general demeanor. Still, Mako lights up at the chance to explain.

"It is, actually! Usually it's for two players only, where they play cards representing various monsters, with specific rules to summon stronger ones. There are also cards representing spells or traps that can be played to strengthen your own monster or weaken an opponent's. This guy called Kaiba's also invented ways to project the duels as holograms, so audiences can actually watch the monsters duke it out!"

"I don't know how to play poker," Miles says, raising a brow and he settles down to sit.

"I know how to play uno, though."

Kaito's not the only one in the insomnia club. Peter's been a member for several years now but don't ask how he got his membership because he'll probably skate around the issue and not tell you.

As per the norm for Peter, he sneaks out of his cabin when sleep just doesn't want to happen and makes his way to the game car after stopping by the kitchen to get some coffee he's drowned with milk and sugar. Mostly Sugar.

"Man, the most I can manage is like.. the bridge thing." Peter shakes his head as he watches the obscure shuffling. "Can't sleep, either?"

The best in the business, if he says so himself~

"A bit like Magic, then." He hums, nodding. "Interesting! Though I've not seen any holograms yet, so I assume that your world must be a bit further advanced in terms of technology than mine! On my side I've never been much into cardgames beyond what's necessary for a magic trick."

Kaito chuckles, drops a handkerchief over the deck on the table and when he pulls it away it has changed into UNO.

"UNO it is, then!"

"I can teach you, if you want." Kaito offers, the cards dropping into a neat deck in his hands.

"It's all just practice and hand-eye-co-ordination."

He shrugs. "Eh. I sleep odd hours at home, so I guess I've gotten used to it? Careful with the coffee. The little detective was here before, and he makes paint stripper."

Hmm... does he want to learn how to shuffle cards like a pro? It sounds fun but he's pretty sure the cards will just end up stuck on him when he gets stressed out.

"Sure." He decides against his better judgement. Maybe he can learn a shuffling trick and impress Gwen with it.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. I've been a member of club insomnia since I was like... eleven." He admits and then takes another sip of coffee. "Eh, I'm pretty sure I have enough sugar in here dampen even the strongest tasting coffee."

"We'll start with the easy things." Kaito grins and pushes the deck over towards him.

"I'm a pretty good teacher for this sort of thing, if I say so myself!"

He grimaces. "I like it strong, but man, Conan takes it to a whole new level."

Peter sets his coffee down and takes the deck cards, running his fingers over the ridges of the cards.

“...is Conan okay? I mean, I ran into him uh... the other night and he seemed to suggest he also has a premium membership to club insomnia and I know that kids uh... usually it’s because of trauma and I mean, I only know that ‘cause that’s actually-uh never mind.

He just uh... he doesn’t seem very happy.

Kaito sighs, a small ball appearing and rolling between his fingers.

"Well. He's worried about stuff at home, I guess? That's true for all of us, after all. And your life sucks, you know that right, Peter-kun? Like. The number of bad things that happen to you..."

Peter bites at his bottom lip and nods slightly because he can definitely understand being worried about things back home. But then, he doesn't like the idea of what Conan, a seven year old, could be worried about but that's not really his business.

"Yeah, you... don't even know the half of it. So now I kinda live off this idea that I don't want to see what happened to me... happen to someone else, you know?" He offers a shrug. "I mean, I went through it so why should anyone else have to, right?"

He lets out a sigh runs his fingers over sides of the cards again. "Sorry, I'm sure you don't want to play counselor-so uh.. the cards?"

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