Siera sits awaiting the next trial in her dark cold room wondering what had happened to her friend peanut.  She was hoping that after the trial and once the cheers had finally died down that he would appear back in the room safe and sound; but before she could finish that thought the door creaked open blinding her with the light coming through the door.  She stepped through the other side of the door to find her self standing in another room and a very bright spotlight hitting her in the face.  she could hear the crowd roaring from the stadium but she couldn't see them.  There were cameras hung up everywhere on the walls and the a large table in the center of the room with a tall skinny man dressed in formal wear standing on the other side of the table.  

	She looked at the man with a judgmental face because he was very creepy looking with his white dress shirt, black vest, and black tie on with a black over coat like he was prepared to go to a funeral. The man him self must have been 6'ft tall and yet probably only weighed 100 pounds because he looked like nothing but skin and bones.  He had a big smile on his face showing his long yellow and black colored teeth which just gave Siera the chills.  

"come on over little girl the game is about to begin"  the man said in a slow and cringing sounding voice.  She looked around and didn't see any other contestants yet so she was puzzled at the type of game the GM has set up for her this time.  She walked over to the table and sat down in the middle chair noticing the 2 other stools on her right and to her left side wondering when the other contestants would be showing up.  Then all of the sudden instead of them coming in through the door of there rooms they somehow just materialized out of thin air.  She almost jumped back out of her seat but she held her cool and gazed around the room looking at the contestants.  

	They were all men this time the 2 to her right looked like older men maybe in there 40's but dressed nicely so they couldn't have been pirates and if they were then they were the best dressed pirates she has ever seen before.  The guy sitting next to her on her left looked like he was a little younger then the other two men but he was wearing the classic pirate uniform with the long brown pants, the white t-shirt with the center of the shirt open down to his stomach showing a broad hairy chest that disgusted Siera when she saw it.

	The man at the end of the table on her left looked like he was around her age and he was staring at her from the second he materialized in the room.  He had a brown hat on with a wide rim circling the hat and tilted downward on the mans head so you could just see his eyes underneath it.  The man wasn't wearing a shirt and his body was covered in muscles and tattoo's.  His hair cam down to his shoulders and was black as night.  He shot Siera a grin as if he was trying to get under her skin before the games began but she paid no mind to the mans antics.

	"Let the games begin!!!" the GM yelled.  Siera looked around because it sound like he was in the room with her but it must have been coming from the speakers in the corners of the room because she couldn't see him anywhere.  

	"Today we are going to be playing a special game but instead of me telling you all how this is going to go down I'd like to introduce you to the Dealer Mr. Reaper!"  The old creepy looking guy Standing in front of her grinned as the lights light up and focused on him. " Today's game will be an interesting one"  the old man said in a slow deep voice making him seem even more creepy.  

	"the rules are simple, we will be playing 5 card poker today, except with a little twist you see"  then all of the sudden chips started to materialize in front of them only everyone had different amount of chips appear in front of them.  the two men to her right had the same amount of chips as each other but only half of what Siera had.  the man sitting next to her on he left had a little less then her and the shirtless man had exactly the same amount of chips as she did.  she looked puzzled as to why the amount of chips were different. 

	"You may have noticed that not everyone at the table has the same amount of chips though, that's because instead of betting money they were to bet there lives.  Yes each chip that they lose will take away years of there life.  Last person alive or at least able to play will win." 

	"Well then lets see who is the first to turn to dust HAHAHA" the Gm laughed and the crowd cheered him on as he shouted
	"alright reaper let the game of life begin" the dealer starts to hand out cards starting on his left until everyone has 5 cards laid out in front of them.  Siera looked at her hand and noticed that she had a pair of 8's and a king queen and jack.  She never like to take the easy route so she looks and the dealer and puts her pair of 8's down and say's "ill take two".  the rest of the people at the table took their time deciding what cards they wanted to sub out or even if they wanted too.  The man to her left let out a big laugh when he got his three cards he switched and looked at the dealer with a big smile on his face.  clearly the man never knew that deception was a key part in the game of poker.

	the man put his hands around all of his chips and pushed them to the center of the table.  Once his hands left the last chip she noticed that the mans skin on his face started to droop off of the muscle and before she knew it he was grabbing his chest and let out a weak cry before he turned to a pile of dust.  The dealer laughed and said " be careful now when you put all of your years up into the pot that means that you've got nothing left to hold onto HAHAHAHA" Siera sneered at the man as she watched him dust off the mans remains from the table removed his chips and moved onto the man sitting to his left.
	"So whats its gonna be fella you want to go all in too"  
	"I think ill raise you ten years" the man said putting the chips in the center of the table.  The man barely changed at all accept for maybe some wrinkles starting to form around his eyes.  the man after him called his bet of tens years and the aging was definitely more noticeable because his started to get dots on his hands and face like when your skin was starting to turn because its past it's expiration date. the man to her right folded but Siera figured he was gonna do that due to his depressing look on his face when he got his 2 new cards from the dealer.
	Siera took the bet and put her chips into the pile in the center of the table.  She didn't see any noticeable changes to her body but she could definitely feel them.  it was like someone had put a 20lbs. weight on her chest and she started to feel tired just from sitting there.  Everyone started to reveal there hands.  The man on the far right side of the table showed his hand first.  He had two pairs of 5's and King's and he looked proud of them.  Then Siera dropped her hand on the table and revealed that she had a straight of all high cards.  The man with the pairs bellowed out angry that he lost to a girl but Siera just sat there calmly with a grin on her face.  Then the man with the hat looked at her and said 
	"sorry little girl but it looks like this hand is gonna be mine" and he dropped a flush onto the table and she tossed her cards at the dealer awaiting her next hand. When she did a rush of cold air washed over the table and the temperature in the room dropped 10 degree's.  The game went on for a while since the man to her right was betting lite trying to conserve his chips and stay in the game as long as possible.  The man at the right end of the table only last 5 rounds before he was forced to put his last chip in and turned to dust crying and cursing at the gm before he turned to dust.  
Eventually the man on Siera's right also came to lose too because his fears of committing to a hand got to him over time and eventually he also was forced to put in his last chip crying as well but this time the man told his family if they were watching that he loved them and then poof he turned to dust leaving a weird old person smell lingering over the table.  Over time the room was getting colder and colder to the point were the dealer was even chattering his teeth. 

	"can someone check the thermostat in this place and close any damn windows in here it is freezing" the dealer said with his teeth still chattering.  The man with the hat looked calm and like the cold didn't even phase him.  Siera was concerned by this but she knew she had no other option then to keep on playing and the man with the hat held most of the chips.  The dealer starts to deal another hand out to the players trying not to drop the cards because his hands were so cold.  Siera looked at her hand and noticed that she had a 5,6,7,8 of clubs and a jack of spades.  The man with the hat showed no emotions when he got his cards and calmly set one card onto the table.  

	Siera also set her jack of spades on the table and picked up her new card to find out that she got a 9 of clubs giving her a straight flush.  She held back the smile she had on her face and knew that if she was gonna make a comeback she was gonna have to go big with this one.  It was the man with the hats turn to bet first on this one and to Siera's surprise the man put in enough chips in the pot so that Siera would have to go all in to match him.  She looked at the man with a rude glare and thought about what she was gonna do since her hand was so good she thought there would be no chance that the man could beat her.
	 After a couple minutes the dealer looked and her and said "Well are you gonna just sit there or are you gonna make up your mind" Siera looked at the man with fire in her eyes letting him know that she doesn't like to be rushed and then all the sudden the temperature drastically dropped in the room and she pushed all of her chips into the center of the table.  The moment that her hands left the chips she froze her body into ice negating the aging effect and stood there frozen with here eyes still able to move ever so slightly and left a smirk on her face frozen in place.
	"what a nifty little trick, that might just save you, i hope you can hold out until the end of this turn." the dealer said smiling at her.  The dealer grabbed her hand still holding eye contact with Siera and squinting at her.  "so your the reason its so damn cold in here, i should melt that ice with a torch for making me stand in the cold all day, but i don't make the rules so you lucked out this time little girl"
	he turned her cards over to reveal that she indeed had a straight flush.  The dealer laughed out loud "So this is why you risked it for the biscuit,  That's quite the hand i can see why you would resort to such a dirty trick; well lets see what you've got and i hope its good enough to beat her because she looks like she needs to be taught a lesson" The creepy old man grinned looking at the man with the hat as he waited for him to reveal his hand.  The man turned over his cards and said " sorry girl but it's not my time to go yet it looks like your gonna have to take the L on this one."  
	The man reveals that he had a Royal Flush in his hand.  "HAHAHAHA Great" the creepy dealer shouted as he pushed all of the chips in the center on the table over to him.  "Well it looks like we have a winner!!" The GM said with a big smile on his face as Siera stood there frozen solid Awaiting what would happen to her next.  "Can i have for my office!, I could use her for ice cubes until the death sentence is carried out"  The dealer said looking hopefully at the GM that was on the TV in the background. 
	"As much as i would love to i'm afraid she is going to have to wait for her sentencing instead with the rest of her crew, But if you want you can have a front row seat to her execution"  The dealer clapped in agreement and Siera was teleported to the room with big head and the rest of the crew were she was able to break out of the ice and find chains wrapped around her arms. Still being thankful for the fact that she didn't have to go threw what the other men in the room had to.  "That was a close one" she thought to her self as she sat there awaiting the next set of games.