> 𝘑𝘜𝘔𝘗 𝘐𝘕 𝘈𝘎𝘈𝘐𝘕

He would never make his head a target, unless Asher keeps calling him a coward, in which case he has to look out from behind his spot to yell back at them.

"I'm being strategic!"

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“ Yeah, and that strategy is being a coward ! ” Asher shouts back. When his head just barely dips out from behind the tree, they toss their snowball, the snow smacking against the trunk and sending ice splattering.

Crafting another snowball, they weigh it in their hand as they shift their own weight. Biding their time. They know he’ll leave hiding, eventually ! They just have to lure him out.

Mark's shoulders hunch in surprise at the sound of the snowball hitting the tree. "Knight of the realm...?" A role? "Well, perhaps this knight sees no opponent in someone who can't even name all his shampoos."

They have to bite back a laugh. “ And what does shampoo have to do with knights ? I didn’t think knights had shampoo. ”

A snowball comes haphazardly barreling at them, and Asher barely manages to slide out of the way. It almost sends them stumbling, but a couple stumbling steps farther away manage to keep them on their feet. Maybe if they can slowly move closer …

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@stageplayhero

Their teasing smile turns to an amused smirk. “ A game ? I’d be delighted. ” Taking their feet off of the table, they lean towards it, setting the full deck back down. The last card is needed before they can shuffle the deck properly, after all.

“ You must be eager to lose more money. ”

Mark steps forward to his doom, sliding the missing card across to them. “That’s not fair. William is a soldier!” He’s not easy to assault in his own home! He’s just… tired. Yes, that’s it.

“Not this time.” He smiles as he sits. His confidence may be foolish at this point, but it’s not as if he can’t afford to lose a game to Asher. So long as he doesn’t get too sucked in. “I could have come up with an ingenious new strategy, and you would have no idea.”

“ Mm, I can’t wait to see it in action, then, ” Asher says, a hint of sarcasm in their words. Taking the missing card back and adding it to the deck, they shuffle it between their hands, cards flipping masterfully with more flair than needed — but where else is Asher going to put their skills to use ?

asher would, tbh, make an excellent conman if that was where their career path had gone. the intelligence / quick thinking / knowledge analysis of a lawyer but without any of the morals, pff. plus i could definitely see them having been surrounded by con people where they grew up. if they hadn’t become a lawyer, who knows 🤷 maybe that’s where they would have gone.

if you don’t know the plot of the musical — conman goes between towns selling “ boys bands ” , collecting the money for instruments / uniforms / lessons and then skipping town without teaching them anything.