Cigarettes mostly. Can't get enough of those around here.
[Some lucky prisoners do get care packages from family members. Others manage to bum cigarettes off of guards. Still others have a smuggling ring. Given how frequently cigarettes pop up in the prison- always the same paper and same quality of tobacco too, mysteriously enough- the guards have given up on confiscating all of them. And with a lack of money in the prison, any kind of vice becomes a valuable trading tool. It looks like Brad and the three others present are throwing a few cigarettes around for this game.]
If ya don't got anything to offer I can loan you a couple to get started.
[This, however, is absolutely a trap. Those lucky enough to win back what Brad offers get off easily, but those that are unlucky? They end up owing Brad favors, and that's never a good position to be in. 'Friendly' is an accurate term for Brad, but 'benevolent' isn't.
The three other men sitting around the open spot look much bigger and more imposing than Brad, who is only 182 centimeters tall and doesn't look nearly as strong as most prisoners here, but even they stop and listen when Brad speaks. If Brad is inviting someone to play, then they'll let the newbie play. Whether the offer can be refused or not remains to be seen.]
[ Realistically speaking, did he really have the option to refuse? Even if he knew that a 'loan' in a place such as this was always some sort of trap, offending the man running the prison behind the walls would be an even bigger misstep. Those huge, burly men were listening to him like obedient lapdogs. He had to be so dangerous on his own, or remarkably charismatic, to earn this level of respect. Zahid didn't want to find out if it was the former or latter.
He wonders how much Brad knew about his luck magic. Zahid cannot exactly control it, so it might kick in during the game and turn the dice in his favour. Is that going to piss the other man off, leading to bad consequences? Or maybe his luck magic might actually cause him to lose the game, if only because that might be the more favourable outcome compared to being cornered in the shower later on and beat up. Honestly, even he can't predict what his own magic will do. Luck was a fickle thing like that.
There's nothing he can do but join Brad at the table, sieving past the much larger and scarier-looking men and taking his seat. ]
I don't really have anything on me, so I'm gonna need the help. [ He knows it puts him in this man's debt and he's accepted that now. Actually, he's starting to think this might be fun, being a gambler at his core. ]
What are we playing? [ There were several dice games and he knows most of them. ]
[Brad passes the newbie three cigarettes to get him started. The poor guy look scared at being in prison and Brad can't help but wonder what he could have possibly done to end up in a place like this. Brad silently resolves to go easy on him when he inevitably loses the dice game and end up in Brad's debt. He doesn't normally cut people slack, but this guy doesn't seem like the type to take advantage of a tiny bit of kindness.
Brad leans in to pick up two dice, both six-sided. He then holds them up for Zahid to see.]
You put your bet on any number 2 through 12, excluding 7. Then everyone takes turns rolling the dice. If anyone rolls your number, you get everyone's bet. But if anyone rolls a 7, then their bet gets added to the pot. If ya roll a number nobody has and it's not a 7, then the next person rolls. The only way to claim the pot is to bet on 2 or 12 and get that in a roll.
[Currently the pot has 12 cigarettes in it, while everyone else has their own small pile to bet with. Brad has the most out of everyone there, but not by much.]
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Date: 2026-03-31 06:15 pm (UTC)[Some lucky prisoners do get care packages from family members. Others manage to bum cigarettes off of guards. Still others have a smuggling ring. Given how frequently cigarettes pop up in the prison- always the same paper and same quality of tobacco too, mysteriously enough- the guards have given up on confiscating all of them. And with a lack of money in the prison, any kind of vice becomes a valuable trading tool. It looks like Brad and the three others present are throwing a few cigarettes around for this game.]
If ya don't got anything to offer I can loan you a couple to get started.
[This, however, is absolutely a trap. Those lucky enough to win back what Brad offers get off easily, but those that are unlucky? They end up owing Brad favors, and that's never a good position to be in. 'Friendly' is an accurate term for Brad, but 'benevolent' isn't.
The three other men sitting around the open spot look much bigger and more imposing than Brad, who is only 182 centimeters tall and doesn't look nearly as strong as most prisoners here, but even they stop and listen when Brad speaks. If Brad is inviting someone to play, then they'll let the newbie play. Whether the offer can be refused or not remains to be seen.]
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Date: 2026-04-02 11:12 pm (UTC)He wonders how much Brad knew about his luck magic. Zahid cannot exactly control it, so it might kick in during the game and turn the dice in his favour. Is that going to piss the other man off, leading to bad consequences? Or maybe his luck magic might actually cause him to lose the game, if only because that might be the more favourable outcome compared to being cornered in the shower later on and beat up. Honestly, even he can't predict what his own magic will do. Luck was a fickle thing like that.
There's nothing he can do but join Brad at the table, sieving past the much larger and scarier-looking men and taking his seat. ]
I don't really have anything on me, so I'm gonna need the help. [ He knows it puts him in this man's debt and he's accepted that now. Actually, he's starting to think this might be fun, being a gambler at his core. ]
What are we playing? [ There were several dice games and he knows most of them. ]
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Date: 2026-04-03 02:32 am (UTC)Brad leans in to pick up two dice, both six-sided. He then holds them up for Zahid to see.]
You put your bet on any number 2 through 12, excluding 7. Then everyone takes turns rolling the dice. If anyone rolls your number, you get everyone's bet. But if anyone rolls a 7, then their bet gets added to the pot. If ya roll a number nobody has and it's not a 7, then the next person rolls. The only way to claim the pot is to bet on 2 or 12 and get that in a roll.
[Currently the pot has 12 cigarettes in it, while everyone else has their own small pile to bet with. Brad has the most out of everyone there, but not by much.]
Does that make sense to ya?