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Alex' fruitless delf-reflection was rudely interrupted by the announcement that the guestrooms were now ready. Alex briefly considered just calling it a day but decided against it. He was here to mingle and have fun, not to mope about and go to bed early. He scanned the crowd, looking for someone that seemed fun to chat with. In the end, however, he was drawn to some people going deeper inside the mansion. Taking a look around seemed fun enough, so he made his way over too. 

After passing by the over formal dressing rooms, he delightedly entered the games room. Some relaxed gaming ought to ease things up a bit. He was looking around wondering what he was going to play (and with whom, not like he was just gonna sit down and play solitaire), when a man in a rather boring beige suit approached him. 

[color=fff79a]"Hey, we were just about to sit down and pay some cards, care to join us?"[/color], 

Alex glanced at the two people behind him, a finely dressed lady, and a man in a tux, then shurgged [color=f26522]"Sure. What are we playing."[/color]

[color=fff79a]"We hadn't decided yet, but I was thinking either Skat or Hearts."[/color]

[color=f26522]"Well, of the two, I only know of Hearts."[/color]

[color=c4df9b]"Same, " [/color] said the in the tux [color=c4df9b]"I figgured we'd play bridge, but hearts is fine."[/color]

[color=f26522]"Bridge could work too."[/color]

[color=aba000]"Don't know Bridge, I'm afraid. Hearts and Skat are fine though. Could also go for Mattis."[/color] the lady interjected.

[color=fff79a]"Mattis could be fun."[/color]

[color=f26522]"Don't know that one."[/color]

[color=c4df9b]"Me neither."[/color]

[color=fff79a]"Hearts it is then?"[/color]

They sat down around one of the card tables, and the man in the beige suit started shuffling. 

[color=f26522]"Want to do a rundown of the rules, just so we're extra sure we're all on the same page?"[/color] 

[color=aba000]"Sure, would be a shame if it turned out we were playing Queen of Clubs, instead."[/color]

[color=fff79a]"What?"[/color]

[color=aba000]"You know, because it's called 'hearts'? So Queen of clubs instead, would put the penalty on a different card?"[/color]

[color=f26522]"What?"[/color]

[color=aba000]"Spades"[/color] the lady said, very clearly enpounciated, [color=aba000]"Lady"[/color], reading her lips, she seemed to repeat what she just said, but faster.[color=aba000]"Queen of Spades."[/color] she did the same again [color=aba000]"Hearts."[/color] The lady looked rather exasperbated.

[color=c4df9b]"Translators messing with us. Was bound to happen eventually."[/color] Said the tux man, causing a  look of apprehension to flash across the faces of Alex, the lady, and the man in the beige suit.

[color=aba000]"Sorry, should have realised that was what's going on. Stupid of me to try to make a pun in the first place."[/color]

[color=f26522]"Nah, I get you, hard to forget you're communicating across cultures and languages when the translator is this good. Made a few blunders like that myself already."[/color] well, only the one, really. Oh well. 

[color=fff79a]"Yea, it's fine. The rules then?"[/color] After getting nods from everyone, the beige man started dealing, as he explained the rules. Luckily it seemed the rules were the same as everyone was familiar with, and everything seemed to go smoothly from there.