The Cobra and the Cougar
((Note from the Author: Luxord is truly way under appreciated. He's smart, he's suave, he uses big words, and he has a neato beard. He's also a gambling man, so I figured, why not pair him with another gambler? Cobra and Cougar is a card game me and my friends made up, so if it doesn't sound familiar that's why))
I sighed heavily, nothing to do. I had beaten the other twelve members more times than my ego could recollect. I continued to shuffle my deck of cards, something to do to keep my hands busy.
"I'm going out" I declared to nothing or no one in particular. Saïx looked up at me and Xaldin shrugged, but that's all I got in a way of response from anyone. Saïx, Xaldin, Lexaeus, Roxas, and Axel were all sitting around the common room, doing their own respective activities. Vexen and Zexion were both down in the lab, doing only God knows what. Larxene would have he face shoved in a book and Marluxia would be in his garden. Demyx was playing sitar in his room and the superior was doing…well superior stuff. This left me with nothing to do.
I sighed again and opened a corridor of darkness that would lead to some random place. I stepped through and instantly felt the stinging of my body being ripped through space via the darkness. I was ejected out at an utterly random place with no idea what so ever where I was.
I brushed myself off and looked around. This world was entirely unfamiliar to me. I looked around at the inhabitants, noticing their malevolent disposition. Then looking down at myself I realized I had changed clothing articles when I had stumbled into this world. I figured it was for the best, I didn't want to stick out to awfully much. I just wanted someone to play cards with.
My garments had become tattered and unsightly, as if they belonged to a long dead corpse, which was what my over all demeanor was like in this world. A world full of monsters, zombies, and such, I think I fixed in pretty well.
I wondered about till I bumped into a squat gentleman with a hat taller than he. I looked into his triangular grinning face only to see it completely turn around! Now I was starring at a more sullen and frowning face. " I'm so sorry sir" the man said. He extended his hand to me " please forgive me, I'm the mayor oh Halloween town. Welcome I don't belive I've met you." and suddenly his head had turned and his face was once again smilling brightly.
"My name is Luxord sir. I'm just a gambling man. Do you by chance know where I can find an adversary?"
Everyone in the town square fell silent and stared at me most curiously. The mayor switched faces again. " Well…there is Oogie Boogie, but I don't recommend you play with him sir. Oh no, not Oogie."
"Is he any good?" I queried. There was an air about the town's folk's sudden silence that led me to assume he was a real character, much like myself. At heart all gamblers are identical.
"he is the best sir. And he plays with the highest of stakes…maybe you'd much rather…"
"What stakes?" I asked, cutting the mayor off.
He looked at me sullenly and said "Life or Death."
((Note from the Author: Yay new story -claps- I've always wanted to do a Luxord fic. I actually used a thesaurus while writing this because I noticed Luxord used big words sometimes, so I tried to. I was watching the Nightmare Before Christmas about an hour or so ago when it hit me ' Hey Oogie Boogie is a gambler too. ITS PERFECT! So here it is, a pathetic attempt at a humor fic staring Luxord. Enjoy it, and the next chapter
Chapter 2: I'm Sorry I Can't Play Strip Poker (I don't were clothes)
Till next chapter, ta ta loves – Jak))