Silent Pleas
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Haneul doesn't know of the classic games, let alone any of the more obscure party games that are going around. This new group decided to play some fun games to break the ice and get everyone happy and interacting with one another. And it was a good idea as well. It was just too bad Haneul knew nothing about playing any of these games.
He gets shuffled into a subgroup of students clustered around a pile of black and white cards. He doesn't have a clue as to what's in front of him, other than the fact that the cards have words on them, and people are laughing every so often. The words on the back of the cards say "Cards Against Humanity" but Haneul has no idea what that means either. So he stands near the edge of that group, looking on in confusion and curiosity, also hoping to make himself just scarce enough so that he doesn't get pulled in to join.
Things don't quite play out his way though, as he accidentally catches the group leader's eye, and he gets invited to be dealt a hand of white cards.
"N-No I'm fi-," the rest of his words get cut off as the group leader's hand gets dangerously close to his elbow, so he moves before contact can be made and sits down in the circle in front of his small pile of cards. Better embarrassment from being bad at a game then embarrassment at having a panic attack in front of his peers on the first day, right?
But there's a difference between being bad at a game and just not knowing how to play. One black card gets set down and snickers come from his left and right. Haneul looks at the words, slowly putting them together in his head. Reading has never been his strength. By the time he's processed the words, people have already offered one of their own white cards to the center. Haneul has in inkling that proper play of the game includes some sort of knowledge of references, but he doesn’t really know any of them...Â
He’s the only one left who has yet to play a card, so he braces himself for the worst and lays a random card face down in the pile like the other cards. The cards get shuffled a bit and then read out. A few of them get chuckles and even laughs. His gets read out, and Haneul tries his best to keep his face impassive. It garners a few pity chuckles, and Haneul tries his best not to betray the fact that he was the one who’s randomly picking cards. The next black card is put out and he blinks at the words, resigning himself to his unfortunate fate.Â
