Honami/cards Novels & Stories

“Your turn.” I glance down at my cards again, then back at the table. My instincts want certainty. This game offers none. “I… call?” “That’s fine,” Morgan says easily. “You don’t have to be brave yet.” O’Hara flicks the top card off the deck and sets it aside without even glancing at it. I frown. “What was that?” Morgan smiles around her beer. “That’s a burn card.” “A what?” O’Hara doesn’t stop moving as he answers. “We throw one away before the shared cards come out. No one sees it. It’s dead.”

Once I’m seated, we all flip our cards. There are a few groans but one by one, each of the seven announces their cards. Evie is Wrath Veronica is Envy. Lazarus is Greed. Madison is Pride. Zephyra is Sloth. Simon is Gluttony. Which leaves only one card for me. “Lust,” I announce as I hold my card up for everyone to see. It is the ace of spades. Ace, just like my nickname. I almost want to laugh at my good luck. Playing the lust card against Liliana Adare will almost be too easy.

"Your bounty has been doubled. To bring you in for a bounty, they'd have to fight each other." Mira turned around and walked over to his desk, where he handed her the envelope. "Wicked." She smiled as she looked it over. Someone anonymous opened a contract for her head. Behind the contract was a golden card. A golden card gave Mira access to all the information she needed about the contract, including who opened it, who accepted it, and how the payment would be distributed to those who completed it. The presence of a golden card indicates that all information was accessible. The Black Market offered three different types of cards: golden, silver, and bronze. Silver indicated that there was j

Their patch was a set of four cards, two black eights (clubs and spades), and two black spades. In gambler's circles, it was known as the dead man's hand, and Aimee's brand was on the small of her back. Brax should know since he was the one who'd put it there, if she had stuck around she would've had a crown next to the mark by now, symbolizing her status as a queen, his queen, but she'd left before they could complete the bond. Aimee Carter had just announced her return in the bluntest way possible, and Brax couldn't help but be impressed.

For all I know, our landlady isn’t that easy to talk to. “Hey, Hugo, how did you get in?” I asked. A glint of mixed wary and serene is very conspicuous in his deep grey eyes. I saw him shift his body a little, like a little tense or something I cannot recall. “I just have this overwhelming urge to buy and give you these,” he said, extending his arm with a package I can completely recognize. What the hell? How could he thought of buying these just when I am craving for it?

"Let's just finish this game, okay? Afterward, we can all go back to doing our own things." "Fine," SpeedBlade says, looking at the cards in his hand. "Do you have this card? It's three red diamonds." "Who are you asking," I ask. "Anyone," SpeedBlade replies. "I want to go back to sleep. So do any of you have this card or not." "Here," JumpStart says, handing SpeedBlade the card. "Okay. I give SpeedBlade a card. Can I go now?" I shake my head again.

While she was puzzled, Thomas answered, “No problem, we bet $10,000,000. Open the cards.” Emma took a deep breath, and she prayed that she could get some big cards. After all, this round was worth $10,000,000. She could not lose! “God bless us.” Emma secretly prayed while opening her three cards, including Two of Clubs, Eight of Clubs, and Ten of Hearts. These three cards were not related at all! It was neither flush nor straight. It was not even three of a kind. The cards were single! The problem was that the largest card was Ten of Hearts, which was considered quite small in the single cards.

I point to Nicoli’s card. “Oh?” She blinks as if waking up from a nap. “Did I?” “You did, yes,” Am I the only one who paid attention? “You said no 7 of clubs.” “Heh, I guess if she says so.” Hidi shrugs before leaning back on a pillow. “You can’t use that card, then.” “Whose side are you on?” Nicoli turns on her. “Yours. Mostly.” Hidi smiles but then turns to wink at me. “But Ana is so cute-”

Shuffling the cards together, Vermillion extends them to Anna. Reserved as always, Anna selects her two cards carefully, holding them up. Queen of swords and the high priestess. Vermillion peers at her. “Draw two mo’.” She stares at the next pair of cards in Anna’s hand—the king of pentacles and the knight of cups. “Ya gonna tell ‘em? Or ya wan’ me to?” Concerned, Lili faces Anna. “Tell us what?” “Go ahead, Vermillion,” Anna sighs. Vermillion taps the first two cards with a long, manicured nail. “No mo’ babies.” She taps the second pair of cards, “Anna’s happy ‘bout dat, ain’cha, girl?”

I walked over to the table and sat down in the seat that she had told me too. I could see the cards that she was playing with clearer now. They looked like playing cards, only they had different pictures. They were bright colours with gold on a dark purple background. Caroline smiled as I looked at the cards with interest. “Oracle cards dear,” she said with a smile. “These are known as the weaver deck, and are very powerful.” “Oh,” I said. I wasn’t sure what else to say. “I didn’t know you played with these.” Caroline smiled and turned over a card.