Jack of All Trade

Chapter 1: Deck Building

"You enter the dungeon and see piles of gold all around. The entire party rejoices as they see the treasure lying around, unprotected. "

"Rosenberg swims in the gold."

"Kornm looks around, scoping the area."

"ParetyI sings a song of happiness in celebration."

"Okay, okay. Kornm was looking around, right? As he walks around the dungeon, he comes across a giant sleeping dragon."

"Dragon, you say." A person wearing circular glasses and a light blue polo says with a giant smirk pasted on their face.

"Rez, no." Said the person directly on their right. He holds a book and a pen, writing all the details the others are saying down on the book.

"Rence, come on. Just let me seduce the dragon."

"You literally seduce all the dragons in every game. Just because you're a bard doesn't mean you have to fit into the stereotype of being a bard."

"Fine." The light blue polo says in defeat, slumping over his chair, and the one holding the book continues with the game.

This is a phenomenon that usually happens every week in Cafe BoardLand. The main storyteller, Lawrence Bansagi, is the one who usually makes the game for his friends and also his staff members. These people are; Laz, who controls Rosenberg, the Barbarian; Hoster, who controls Kornm, the Archer; and Rez, who controls Paretyl, the Bard.

This night is the same as always, Laz and Hoster taking the game very seriously and Rez and Lawrence bickering about the dragon situation. As the sound of laughs and bickering fills the air, a man in a hoodie is staring outside the window. He looks into a dark hallway outside, seeming as if someone is right outside.

"Sauren, come on. Let's have dinner." Lawrence says to the man in the hoodie. Sauren glares at the hallway one more time before breaking his sight on the hallway, joining Lawrence and the group for their dinnertime.

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"Younger Sauren always had a very sharp eye even though it may be dark. I wonder if he saw me?" I move out of the dark hallway, adjusting my eyesight. Closing the folder where the details about this day. I stretch a bit before making a run. I launch myself up in the side of the building, jumping wall to wall to reach the roof of the building.

"Baron, please switch to the video transmission," I say to Baron as I sit down on the ledge of the roof, getting a good look at the window of the cafe.

"Yes, sir." Baron brings out a tiny box. He opens the box, and out comes a tiny hologram. I signal Baron to sit beside me, and he complies. Both of us begin watching the transmission.

Transmission Start:

"In today's menu is Kaldereta, and for dessert is some Leche flan, fresh from the refrigerator. " Hoster says with a smile on his face. Hoster places the dishes down, and the four look at the food in excitement. The smell of Kaldereta flows around the cafe; the delectable-looking vegetables and the soft meat in the dish makes the four people salivate.

"Let's eat!" Lawrence says as he rushes in to grab a piece of meat. Hoster grabs Lawrence's hand and hits it repeatedly with a spoon. Lawrence screams in agony while the others watch in laughter. Lawrence retracts his hand and starts to rub it to decrease some pain from the hitting. "Okay, okay, that hurts." Lawrence whines.

Sauren pats Lawrence on the head while trying to seal in his laughter from earlier. Lawrence notice and begins hitting Sauren in a joking way. Because of the hitting, Sauren can't help but blurt out his laughter. Rez, Hoster, and Laz look at each other, shocked. Lawrence continues hitting Sauren. "Stop it! I got hurt, and it hurts so bad. You're not going to do anything?"