The Topping Files
1. Rock Paper Scissors
"The contest is simple," Light stated. "A game of Rock Paper Scissors; best two out of three."
L put his thumb to his bottom lip. "Alright Light-kun, I agree."
"Then may the best man win," Light said, grinning widely.
"I plan to," L murmured, earning him a glare from Light.
Both men stared at each other in concentration, right hands poised to start.
L watched Light closely, calculating what his move may be.
"Rock." They both said, bringing down their hands once and raising them again.
If Light were less mentally astute, he would choose scissors because that is the last item in the chant. Which means I would have to choose rock. However, knowing that Light is close to par with my brilliance; he wouldn't choose such an easy loss. He would choose paper, thinking that I would go rock to smash his scissors.
"Paper." The men repeated their first motion.
However, with my knowing that he would choose paper, I would have to choose scissors to cut his paper. But he would think of this and thus choose rock, meaning my move should be paper. This would lead me into a trap because Light would indeed choose scissors, to throw off my first assumption of him not choosing scissors.
Therefore, my move should be rock.
"Scissors." And they brought out their choices.
L's hand was in the rock shape, and Light's was in the scissors shape.
"One for me," L said in his monotone voice.
A flicker of emotion crossed Light's face, but it was quickly suppressed.
"Again," Light muttered.
The two started again. "Rock."
Now that Light chose scissors, he won't do it again; he wouldn't choose a losing shape. Light doesn't like to lose, and will cast away anything that is of no use to him. Therefore he will choose either rock or paper.
"Paper."
Since I chose rock last time, that is what Light will choose this time. He knows that I like to take risks. He will assume that I will choose scissors, thinking that he will choose paper; which hasn't been used yet. Meaning my move should be paper, to cover the rock he will ultimately choose.
"Scissors."
Light's scissors, cut L's paper.
L hid his shock. He tricked me! He went against his personality; and now my chance of loosing has increased.
"One for me," Light mocked. "You'll make a great bottom tonight Ryuzaki." His sly grin spread across his features.
"Hmm," L hummed, getting ready for the last round.
"Rock."
Since Light has chosen scissors twice in a row now, he will not do it again because it's too predictable. However, he will believe that, due to the predictability of choosing scissors again, I will still choose rock thinking that he will go for the move that no one would normally do.
"Paper."
Therefore he will choose paper, making me choose the scissors instead. Light will believe that my conviction with this is solid and will then switch to rock to smash the scissors I have chosen. Therefore my move will be paper, to counteract this.
"Scissors," they both said, and laid out their moves.
L grinned in victory. "I win." Placing his paper hand over top of Light's rock. "My cute uke."
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[A/N] As much as I enjoyed this simple game, it was a bit too much of a close call for me. In the future I will have to think of better contests that give me a higher percentage of winning.
"That was interesting," Mello mused. "I'd never really realized there was so much thinking involved with that game."
"That's because you always just throw out whatever shape you feel like," Matt said.
Mello pinched Matt's arm. "Do not!"
"Wanna bet?" Matt asked, rubbing the sore spot on his arm and then holding out the starting rock.
Mello smirked. "You're on," he accepted, forgetting the fact that Matt was much smarter than him if he really wanted to apply himself.
And tonight, Matt had a reason to win.
Hehe, so what did you think? Maybe, too much round-about thinking, or too many run-on sentences? :P
Anyways, on a totally different topic. For anyone who's read L's Song, I have posted a video of me singing it at: http:/www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=EavMvJQZ2Kw
Sorry for the rough spot in the chorus, I couldn't seem to get it right, and the low notes, my voice sounds weird when I try to hit the note. :S Hope you like it though.