Pokerby Sheryl Martin
Scene: ScullyÕs apartment; Saturday night...
ÒAlright... special Mulder rules; King, Queen wild; no maximum ante...Ó
ÒAnd lots of Yankee bragging, I notice... IÕll take two.Ó
ÒOne.Ó
ÒOne? Scully?Ó
ÒHey, Mulder, no helping her - sheÕs doing fine on her own, in case you havenÕt noticed.Ó
ÒOne, please.Ó
ÒOne it is... and dealer takes three.Ó
ÒThree? And I thought I was in trouble...Ó
ÒMore than usual? IÕll start it at five cents...Ó
ÒOoohh... live dangerously, Scully... IÕll see it, raise you five...Ó
ÒYou folks take Canadian money? Raise it five more...Ó
ÒNot at par, Jackie... raise it ten more...Ó
ÒYouÕre bluffing...Ó
ÒNow whoÕs living dangerously... IÕm outta this...Ó
ÒMulder, you canÕt ante a sunflower seed - put some real money in - not Canadian, either...Ó
ÒOh, sorry... ah... five more...Ó
ÒI like seeing you sweat, Mulder - it brings out the best in you.Ó
ÒSays Poker-Face St. George - you start to twirl your hair in your fingers whenever you get a good hand...Ó
ÒIs that what she does?Ó
ÒI do not... do I?Ó
ÒPut up or shut up, Mulder... five more...Ó
ÒThis is my pension money, you know...Ó
ÒI knew they were overpaying both of you... Baby-Face Mulder..Ó
ÒHeÕs nervous - his handÕs twitching...Ó
ÒOnly to wring two womenÕs necks...Ó
ÒOoohh... IÕm terrified... me first, Dana... please? IÕll leave something for you...Ó
ÒMulder...Ó
ÒOkay, I call.Ó
ÒI love seeing a grown man cry...Ó
ÒFull house - aces high.Ó
ÒAh... two pairs...Ó
ÒYou tried to bluff Dana on that? Sheesh... and you wanna save the world?Ó
ÒInto the cookie jar...Ó
ÒOut of my wallet...Ó
ÒOne less iced tea, you wimp...Ó
ÒSo, another hand?Ó
ÒWhy not, I love the pain...Ó
ÒGiven the company you keep, Mulder, IÕm not surprised...Ó
ÒRight... my deal...Ó
ÒLook whoÕs talking, St. George of the hit-me-beat-me school...Ó
ÒHey, behave yourself, or else...Ó
ÒMind if we play now? Hey, you two...Ó
ÒOr else what?Ó
ÒI know where the cuffs are...Ó
ÒAh, right... aces, deuces wild, here you go, Mulder...Ó
ÒScully...Ó
******************************"If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats."Richard Bach -- "Illusions"