Dansen's House of Cards

Dansen struggled as he tried to focus his mind in what seemingly was not his room; this was not a normal place that was for sure the atmosphere seemingly gave off an overpowering sickly feeling that made it hard for Dansen to get to a vertical basis. Upon gathering enough willpower to get to a basis the young man would see the strange surroundings that would now be his location. Jacks, kings, aces of all variety were scattered among both the walls and the floor and ceiling, the strange thing was it could not really be seen if there was a floor beneath the cards it seemed that the cards were gathered as if they themselves were the 'floor'. "What is this? A dream?" Dansen at first thought as such but the feelings of sickness as well as the seemingly bizarre geography of the area he was in made it unlikely that such an environment could be a dream, still it was a environment so unlike anything that could be seen in the natural world that Dansen was confused about the situation he now found himself in. "My imagination... I wouldn't think that I could make up such an 'interesting' place, still I gotta look for a way out or at least another person." Dansen thought to himself as he managed to gain some control of his otherwise aching head as he continued inwards to the center of the strange room.

As he continued on Dansen was unaware of the swirling shadows coalescing in the middle of the room as he looked to make efforts to find an exit, he was on guard but still would probably not be prepared for the threats he would face within the strange and supernatural world he had ended up falling into...

A shadowy figure who make themselves known to Dansen as he looked into the center of the room and found there a young boy not more than 7 or 8 but still seemingly undeterred by the current predicament he found himself in, the child had n unnatural aura of calmness around him that Dansen could only shuddered at the sight of the rather ease that this child was having while his body was seemingly suffering from the area around him. "Wait who are you?" Dansen was unclear how the boy ended up in the seemingly strange architecture that was this room but was sure that the child could not have gone unnoticed had he been here with Dansen the entire time, it was here that the child had asked Dansen to play a game. "You want... to play?" Dansen could see nothing of the boy's face but his amber eyes that had an unnatural glow to them, the young child wished to play a game and Dansen was at first a bit nervous at the declaration. The child had appeared in this seemingly unnatural space and had claimed he wished to play, Dansen had played enough games and watched enough television to know that this set up was more than just suspicious for a child to ask him if he wanted to play with him screamed all sorts of things the biggest being 'Trap' Dansen had no sense of malice from the boy but the strange surroundings and the way the boy was talking made Dansen sure that playing would be dangerous.

"If I'm gonna play you gotta tell me a few things first." Dansen was not one to stray away from the path he had set out this boy could know where he was and what was going on here so Dansen had hoped that he would have some information for him. "Firstly where are we? Secondly how did I get here? And lastly what is the game your looking to play?" Dansen had given the boy three questions the last being focused on the game the boy was looking to play, Dansen would not hear of any game if he did not know what it was about, he never took on a challenge that he did not have all the answers for. If the child was to get anything out of him Dansen would have to be sated with he knowledge it perhaps had, he was not aware of perhaps the horrors that were to come yet he held strongly even while being under the negative effects to his health from the strange landscape he found himself in.

Dansen at first sighed at the logic displayed by the boy, he could not really claim it was lacking as he had given 5 questions, it seemed the boy was plenty smart enough to use Dansen's own words against him. "Your right about that I guess really should be sure to choose my words more carefully in creepy and impossible places like this..." The boy continued to now answer Dansen's questions. The first was obvious but it seemed that the boy made all efforts to give Dansen any concrete information of the place they were both standing in. "Your desire to play was kind of obvious if you had given me our location I would probably be more grateful." Dansen had hoped not to sound rude as he was still unnerved by the situation he found himself in but he had hoped this strange child could give him more than just his wish to play. Then the bomb dropped...

"You're.... Me?" Dansen was taken aback by the child's answer he had said the name Sukamada, Dansen his name, it was shocking to say the least but Dansen was less scared of this revelation and more wracked with thoughts on how this could possibly be. "This boy.... He claims he is me. That should be impossible but so is everything else that has happened in the space of these last few minutes." Dansen thought this to himself as he thought back to his 'entry' into this seemingly dream like space, the impossible room, the child who was not there before and the still constant weakening of his senses as he coughed and went to a knee feeling as sick as he did when he awoke. Then the boy explained the rules of the game it was a 50/50 game of life and death, Dansen was not shocked to hear the rules upon all else that had already happened he looked to the boy with a small smile pain still with him. "Well if your me, then you wouldn't rely on chance if you really wanted to win.... If that was the case then that coin would have no tails side..." Dansen had tried to rationalize the situation that he was in, it was a impossible scenario to say the least but he did his best to try to understand what the hell was going on but with the rabbit hole getting darker and darker Dansen felt that this could end badly. "I want to know what's going on and where I am, more than that I want to know how to get out of this situation with my life intact..." Dansen was seemingly getting closer to a resolution than he had wished as the coin landed in the mysterious boy's hand...

Dansen smirked at his supposed double, he was right in his assumption of the coin being nothing more than a ruse to make Dansen feel he had some hope left or at least a feeling he could get out of this situation. "If I was suppose to leave here you wouldn't put it up to chance." Dansen thought this to himself out loud when the dark child made his point to mention the fact that there did not have to be a tails side of the coin, it was funny at this point Dansen would have expected that if the tables were turned he would have done the same move. "If what you're saying is true.... This is strange meeting to say the least..." The shadowy child then went on to make his rather harrowing speech, it was stuff that would cause most people to claim that it was not true or that it was all lies and they would never be so cruel or unfair or terrible but Dansen simply stared in silence at the young figure as it made its cause to him then finishing off with the proclamation that they were one and the same.

".......You want me to deny any of that?" Dansen stood up and said this as the boy made his case, he brushed off his leg of which he was resting on till that point then continued to look at the child with a stare that was seemingly 1 share pity and 3 shares understanding. "We are both gamblers and so both of us understand that to be good at such a hobby you have to understand that you are not a saint, you can't be good and sometimes you have to eliminate chance from the equation." Dansen coughed still feeling ill from the surrounding area but continued. "Its a gut feeling that you cannot lose so you choose not to and make the game yours by default." Dansen looked to the ground and picked at one of the cards that made up the room "I've never denied that I have made mistakes and went back on my word but maybe that was because I was to afraid to take the change that could come with letting things out of my control." Dansen stared at the card he had managed to take up, the king of hearts... "I have to say that 'game' is something I would love to try out on someone but maybe that just my way I'd rather see myself as a winner than face the lessons of a loser..."

Dansen and the boy were interrupted by the appearance of someone seemingly out of place. He was clearly older than Dansen and was seemingly well even while Dansen was having difficulties breathing the man gave off some speech to both Dansen and the boy, he was telling Dansen that this was not a dream that they were in. "I'd guess that a few minutes ago, besides I've never met you in my life so why would I be dreaming about you?" Dansen was quick to hear the boy's retort to the new arrival, he was rather demeaning and seemingly still using his child like demeanor to make jokes. Then a dark miasma rose around him and seemingly looked to engulf him, the boy made a claim to Dansen's life as it smiled and pointed at the young gambler Dansen had to speak up. "Your right, as a gambler I have my pride to uphold..." Dansen shifted his head and pointed to the boy while smiling also. "But if you were me you'd know that a gambler can always go double or nothing what do you say?!" Dansen waited for the dark child's answer he was not backing away like the other man had said, if anyone should be dealing with this boy then it should be the one who the boy called to take action.

Dansen was pushed back by the shadow's gathering cards they knocked him back towards the opposing wall the sickness that came over Dansen was worsened and Dansen had no power to move or even stand. He looked to the mysterious guy who had entered. "You got..... Your wish..... Be sure to get it right... I'm counting on you man..." Dansen laying on the floor looked up as his would-be savior started his battle.
[Taking myself out until shadow defeated, Good luck Enigma!]