( Good luck on deciding between amusing or annoying, it's a debate many have often struggled with over the years — thus far without a concrete conclusion.
He catches the pool stick like he was friggin' expecting it — with business to take care of over here. )
Alright, kiddos, take notes because there will be a quiz.
( The disturbed balls get plunked back into the slightly distorted triangle. )
This... is the sacred game we know as Pool. It can make or break friendships almost as much as it can make or break your coin purse.
( He plunks the cue ball down on the table. Lines up his stick, and breaks. Balls scatter, two solid colored balls immediately dropping into pockets. He migrates around the table, following the cue ball. )
Rules are simple. Somebody breaks. First ball that lands in a pocket, solid or stripes, that's their half. Other team gets the opposite. You hit the cue ball with the stick. Use it to knock yours in. You miss, your turn's over. You knock the wrong kind in on accident, your turn's over. You knock the cue ball into a pocket, your turn's over.
( He lines up another shot — by showing off. Bouncing the cue ball off one, two, three walls, to knock into a stripe, that in turn knocks into a solid that rolls neatly into a hole.
He straightens up again. )
Eight ball's the kicker. You only go for that one after all your other balls are off the table. Knock it in before that, you lose. Knock the cue ball in while you're trying to get it, you lose.
( He offers the stick over to Ciri. Let her give it a whack, instead of him just absolutely dominating this shit without either of them getting a chance. )
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He catches the pool stick like he was friggin' expecting it — with business to take care of over here. )
Alright, kiddos, take notes because there will be a quiz.
( The disturbed balls get plunked back into the slightly distorted triangle. )
This... is the sacred game we know as Pool. It can make or break friendships almost as much as it can make or break your coin purse.
( He plunks the cue ball down on the table. Lines up his stick, and breaks. Balls scatter, two solid colored balls immediately dropping into pockets. He migrates around the table, following the cue ball. )
Rules are simple. Somebody breaks. First ball that lands in a pocket, solid or stripes, that's their half. Other team gets the opposite. You hit the cue ball with the stick. Use it to knock yours in. You miss, your turn's over. You knock the wrong kind in on accident, your turn's over. You knock the cue ball into a pocket, your turn's over.
( He lines up another shot — by showing off. Bouncing the cue ball off one, two, three walls, to knock into a stripe, that in turn knocks into a solid that rolls neatly into a hole.
He straightens up again. )
Eight ball's the kicker. You only go for that one after all your other balls are off the table. Knock it in before that, you lose. Knock the cue ball in while you're trying to get it, you lose.
( He offers the stick over to Ciri. Let her give it a whack, instead of him just absolutely dominating this shit without either of them getting a chance. )
Questions?