Re: Battle Royale! Round 5: Monte Casino
01-31-2010, 02:45 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by MyifanW.
Whit didn't see any other option- and even if one existed, he wouldn't have taken it. He pressed the accusation.
He drew the card from his sleeve. It was a 4 of spades. Whit realized that Itzal had moved a card in haste, taking a random one from the deck. He smiled. In the back of his mind, he realized how well things had fallen into place. The dealer began to speak, but Whit cut him off.
"Me, cheating? No, that would be impossible. First, logically, there would never be a reason for me to have a 4 of spades in my sleeve. What would I do with it? It's almost useless, and never worth substituting. Second, I could never have done this switch. Check the number of cards in this current deck."
The dealer wordlessly sifted through, interested. the count came up as 51.
"51 cards, right? If I had this card, or more cards, before hand, in order for me to lower the count of cards, I must have taken one more card then I put back in. "
Whit's words were rolling out easily now. His argument had already been created. The events of this game, events beyond the game, guided by fate, wove a bulletproof alibi for himself. All he needed to do was give it form.
"So, that means if I cheated, I must have taken from this deck. But, that's impossible, isn't it? I didn't cut this deck. The only cards I ever touched were the ones I was dealt. I couldn't have taken one without it being entirely obvious that I had only one card in my hand."
He turned to Itzal.
"So then, how did this card appear here? The same way you've been cheating. You can teleport objects. You've been ordering the deck to suit yourself. You've said so already, that you are capable of things beyond reality. But, it's true, I can't prove that you cheated here."
He turned back to the dealer.
"Still, it's enough, isn't it? The knowledge that it's impossible that I gained this card on my own, and the knowledge the Itzal here has the ability to cheat freely. It's enough to doubt Itzal's truthfulness."
Whit didn't see any other option- and even if one existed, he wouldn't have taken it. He pressed the accusation.
He drew the card from his sleeve. It was a 4 of spades. Whit realized that Itzal had moved a card in haste, taking a random one from the deck. He smiled. In the back of his mind, he realized how well things had fallen into place. The dealer began to speak, but Whit cut him off.
"Me, cheating? No, that would be impossible. First, logically, there would never be a reason for me to have a 4 of spades in my sleeve. What would I do with it? It's almost useless, and never worth substituting. Second, I could never have done this switch. Check the number of cards in this current deck."
The dealer wordlessly sifted through, interested. the count came up as 51.
"51 cards, right? If I had this card, or more cards, before hand, in order for me to lower the count of cards, I must have taken one more card then I put back in. "
Whit's words were rolling out easily now. His argument had already been created. The events of this game, events beyond the game, guided by fate, wove a bulletproof alibi for himself. All he needed to do was give it form.
"So, that means if I cheated, I must have taken from this deck. But, that's impossible, isn't it? I didn't cut this deck. The only cards I ever touched were the ones I was dealt. I couldn't have taken one without it being entirely obvious that I had only one card in my hand."
He turned to Itzal.
"So then, how did this card appear here? The same way you've been cheating. You can teleport objects. You've been ordering the deck to suit yourself. You've said so already, that you are capable of things beyond reality. But, it's true, I can't prove that you cheated here."
He turned back to the dealer.
"Still, it's enough, isn't it? The knowledge that it's impossible that I gained this card on my own, and the knowledge the Itzal here has the ability to cheat freely. It's enough to doubt Itzal's truthfulness."