Bloody Knuckles Coin Game Novels & Stories

Worried, Vivi tried to see what he was looking at, but couldn’t find it. “What’s wrong?” she asked. He pulled her hand and walked over to a shooting game booth. “Mister, how much for a few shots?” he asked. “It’s five dollars for three corks,” the man replied. Leo handed him a five-dollar bill, and the man gave him a small bowl of corks. “You have three tries to shoot the prize you want off the rack,” the man said. “You don’t win if it doesn’t fall over.” “So you like these kinds of games?” Vivi asked as Leo made his first shot.

Having said this, the man took out another two bags of coins and tossed them on the floor next to the one Kirou had placed earlier. Kirou only glanced at the two extra bags of coin before turning his head back to face this mysterious man before speaking, "And if I lose?" The man let out a hollow chuckle before tossing a knife that stuck itself into the ground before Kirou blade first and spoke, "If you lose, you die. Do we have a deal?" Kirou glanced at the blade before turning his eyes back to the man and spoke, "What's the deal?"

They cheered for him and he handed it to the person by his right–the person happened to be Lola. She flipped the coin in the air and yelled, "Heads!" She caught it on the back of her palm and she showed the crowd. It was truly head so she passed it to the right. The next person threw it in the air and yelled heads, but unfortunately he was wrong because it stopped on tails. Rules of the game–if you guessed wrong then you'd have to strip or drink. Meaning you'd have to take off a piece of clothing or take a shot and you cannot choose more than one thing two times in a row.

> _*]:min-w-0 gap-3"> Nearly two hours later Gunner was slamming the button home, taking Khyle out with head shot after head shot in the fiercest first person shooter game they'd played yet. _*]:min-w-0 gap-3" They had started out on the same team, playing against the computer, but oddly it had quickly devolved into a mutual massacre. So they'd switched to opposite teams. A while ago. The game ended, and Gunner didn't even ask before he shoved more plastic coins into the slot. It was a good thing he was loaded because this was costing him a mint. But who cared. It was worth it to see Khyle's head explode. _*]:min-w-0 gap-3">

"I have placed Christopher, Clay, and Shine right behind Adis, Kattie, and Thorn… our second dumb rescue team. They each hold a syringe. Two of them have saline, while the last one is filled with the poison that Tjeck had the honor of sampling this morning. The first part of this game requires the two of you to do exactly as I tell you. If not, your friends will feel a little prick, and one of them will soon be writhing in pain and cramps. And this time, there won’t be any antidote to buy." I glance at Amber. The horror is painted on her face, mirroring the intense fear that eats me up from the inside. "Of course, the three in there don’t know about the game. That would be cheating. Alec wil

"Don't… let him…" The stranger moved closer to me, their words nearly a whisper. "Keep one. No matter what." Roman's voice pierced the tension. "Seventy seconds." The noise of rushing water grew teeth—scraping, hungry. Slender streams of water began flooding the grated floor, crawling towards my boots like they were stalking me. Roman's gaze never wavered. "Fifty seconds." I drew the coin from my pocket slowly. The engraved name caught the dim light, and I could feel its heaviness like a promise and threat rolled into one.

He continued, “You’ll clock in every day at 8 AM, and the game instance wraps up around 5 PM. However, you’ll need to spend two hours afterward inspecting the rooms and tidying up, so you’ll finish at 7 PM. Does that work for you?” My eyes sparkled. This job paid insanely well and wasn’t even that exhausting. It was practically a dream come true. But there was one concern: “Does your haunted game currency work in the real world? There is no risk of devaluation, right?” The man nodded. “Don’t worry. Our system is connected to Universal Banking. Shadow Coins have a one-to-one exchange rate with regular currency, and transfers are instant.” I asked, “If this job is so good, why isn’t there a li

'INSERT COIN' Willow glared at me, signaling for tokens as I rolled my eyes; it's like I'm her walking credit card. I exchanged a $20 bill for 30 tokens and handed them to Willow, who safely stowed them in her purse before passing it back to me. She pushed the tokens into the slot, and the game started. I watched her attempt to dance or play the game, failing miserably. Now I know what she's terrible at—games and, in an unrelated note, dancing.

"Dear Claude, sorry we couldn't stay until you woke up, Astral Quests tend to take a while for first timers. Anyway, you did a great job out there in the redwoods..amazing even, I'm sure your team is grateful and just as astonished as the rest of the class. Also since I'm sure that display against the snake was your official Rebirth don't be surprised if your a few levels ahead of your classmates..most kids don't slay monster snakes upon their Rebirth...don't let it get to your head, and check the bedside table." Claude finished the letter and checked the bedside table. A light smile formed on his face as he saw the two silvers shining on the brown wooden surface of the table. He picked up o

I coughed and pulled myself away from him. “Are you crazy, Alaric?” “Yes. For you.” He turned toward the teddy booth and searched for the slot. “We need coins for this.” He said, turning toward the guards. One of them quickly walked away and returned with a large pouch filled with coins. My eyes widened. “Are these all for me?” He nodded. “Yes. Play as long as you wish.” I jumped in excitement. I quickly slotted a coin into the claw machine. A white wolf teddy had caught my eye. It was small, and I could hardly see it among the pile.