On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Bert Van Vliet wrote:

Panda: Be my guest Sir SkyKnight. You may cut the deck . . .

        "Of course," the silver-clad Knight Saber replied, a smirk evident
in the tone of his voice.  With a flickering, whip-quick snap of motion, the
silver hardsuit whipped one of his arm-swordblades throught the middle of
the deck, lengthwise, flipping the top half of the deck into midair, and
catching it deftly.  As everyone stared, the ailver-garbed gladiator picked
up the second half of the deck, and then riffled the cards in a blurring
whir of pasteboards. 

"Showoff."  ^_^

He paused partway through his shuffling, and extracted a greenish card that
didn't match the rest of the deck.
        "Hmmm," he mused.  "Looks like someone left home without their
American Express card."  SHrugging, the silver hardsuit flicked the card

"Maybe they got an Anime Express card."  ^_^

through the air, where it neatly sliced off a tree, vanishing into the
distance.  "I guess that was a cut-rate deal," he remarked.  Finishing
shuffling, he placed the deck back on the table, and then reached out and
properly cut the deck, manually dividing it in half.
        "Let the chips fall where they may."

*sigh* "I knew it.  The punsters are taking over."

^_^


Saf

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