《Binary Progression》Volume 4 - Chapter 23: Mindgames
Advertisement
"Here we are!" JohnWillStab exclaimed standing before the entrance to a massive cave.
Arachnophobia now returned to John's sleeve to warm up.
"Somehow..." Jerry exclaimed as they both charged into the cave.
Attached to one of the pillars, they saw the frozen over frog part.
They both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank god..." Jerry said turning to John.
They both stood there awkwardly.
"Alright, snap if off and we can leave..." Jerry instructed.
"Why me?! You're the guys on a mission to save the future!" John replied.
"What?! No! You're the one we got to save the world!"
"No, no, besides I know Foxly, so you should be the one to grab his dick!" John argued.
"No! You're XxFoxlyxX's friend, you should be the one to do it!" he argued.
"That's exactly why you should be the one, keep it personal, man, would you like a stranger grabbing your dick!?" Jerry demanded crossing his arms.
"AT THIS POINT, IF IT MEANT I GET MY DICK BACK, I'D BE WILLING TO CONSIDER IT!" John replied.
"WELL, I WOULDN'T, PEROID!" Jerry replied.
"So what?!" John demanded.
"I mean I'm straighter, thus you should do it since you'd feel less mental trauma!" Jerry explained.
"Nah, I'm waaaay straighter, I'm even playing a woman so I have to see fewer men, it all makes sense!" John replied hesitantly.
"You just said you wanted your dick back... so you want a dick? Wanting dick isn't very straight if you ask me..." Jerry replied smugly.
"Oh really?! Well... what about your party?" asked John.
"What about it?" asked Jerry.
"I mean, your group is just three men, my one has at least three women at this time!" John exclaimed.
"My one has some women back in the future!" Jerry argued.
"Care to show me some proof?" asked John.
"..."
"Just grab it!" Jerry exclaimed.
"No, you do it!" John replied.
"THE FAITH OF THE WORLD DEPENDS ON THIS!" Jerry shouted.
"THE FAITH OF MY MANHOOD DEPENDS ON THIS!" John cried.
"BESIDES! You have the body of a woman and the soul of a man, meaning there is a man in your female body, that's NOT VERY STRAIGHT!"
Advertisement
"LIES! SINCE THE BODY IS FEMALE IT'S AS STRAIGHT AS IT COULD BE!" John replied.
"IN FACT, YOU CAN'T ASK FOR ANY FURTHER PROOF!" John exclaimed.
"JUST GRAB XXFOXLYXX'S DICK!"
"YOU GRAB IT!"
The argument continued for about ten more minutes until John started feeling stiff from the cold climate, his flesh and muscles were slowly freezing.
"Alright, let's settle this with rock, paper scissors!" John suggested.
"Fine!"
"Rock, paper, scissors!" they both exclaimed.
JohnWillStab looked down and saw they both played rock.
"Great minds think alike..." John remarked.
"Rock, paper, scissors!" they both exclaimed.
John looked down and saw that they both played rock again.
They both looked at each other with a cold, analytical stare.
"Best of four, right?" asked John.
"Of course," Jerry nodded.
"In that case, I will play paper," John replied.
"I'll see how he reacts... I might be able to play him into an early loss..."
Jerry's face looked puzzled.
"Looks like he didn't catch onto my plan!" John though hiding his grin.
"Alright..." Jerry replied squinting in suspicion.
"Rock, paper, scissors!"
JohnWillStab played rock while Jerry played scissors.
As Jerry was about to comment on John's betrayal, JohnWillStab spoke up.
"I told you I'd play scissors!" John remarked.
Jerry's face contorted into a confused look.
"Oh, sorry, I thought you said you'd play rock." Jerry sighed.
"Maybe it's the echo, I definitely said "cut" like scissors," John replied.
"Alright, this time I'll play rock" John added.
"Rock, paper, scissors!"
JohnWillStab played rock while Jerry played paper.
"Damn, you got me!" John exclaimed.
"Didn't think you'd take the bait!" he laughed.
"Hmmm..." Jerry scratched his chin.
"I see..." he said.
"Guess I'll go with scissors!" Jerry exclaimed.
"Is he copying me?" thought John.
"He said he'd play scissors, meaning if I pick rock I'll be fine!" John thought.
"As if, that's what he expects I'll do, then he'll switch to paper, meaning there is a two in three chance of me winning or reaching a draw, plus he's obviously plotting something, so the chance of him going for scissors himself is low!"
Advertisement
John grinned.
"Rock, paper, scissors!"
John played paper, Jerry didn't play anything, he just tossed him towards the pillar-dick, with his outstretched hand, his palm open and ready to grab something.
"No way! He outsmarted my outsmarting!" John thought.
John shadow stepped onto the ground and turned to face Jerry who was now grinning ear to ear.
"That's right, I predicted you'd go for the easy win..." he replied.
JohnWillStab looked at him, "Whoever this Jerry is... he's a pretty smart guy... too bad he ran into me!"
John cracked his knuckles.
"I'll spare your feeble mind if you agree to just remove the dick from the pillar!" Jerry offered.
JohnWillStab grinned.
"What do you mean, we still have a game of rock paper scissors to finish!" he replied.
"My arm's practically frozen anyway, so we should hurry up!" John added, he pulled his hand back into its sleeve.
"If he's hiding his hand, it means he already decided on what he'll play... or the frost decided for him.. wait! His hand must be stuck as paper!" Jerry thought faking confusion as he pulled his hand back.
"Rock, paper, scissors!"
John played rock while Jerry played scissors.
"Look who bought into my bluff!" John laughed.
"You sneaky..."
"Who did you say has a feeble mind?" John asked smugly.
Jerry looked down and saw his hands were already frozen solid in the shape of paper.
"You better hurry up!" John said, his hand was frozen solid in the shape of scissors.
They both placed their rock-solid hands behind their backs.
"I know you'll play paper!" John taunted.
"And I know you'll play scissors," Jerry replied.
"Means I'm destined to win!" John laughed.
"Rock, paper, scissors!"
John played rock, while Jerry played scissors.
John played rock by breaking off all his frozen-solid fingers and Jerry played scissors by breaking off every finger except his index and middle finger.
"Looks like it's three-one!" John laughed.
"And I'm willing to bet this will be my final round!" John laughed.
"What?! No... he's trying to trick you, Jerry!" Jerry thought.
"I know what he's planning... he'll use the cold to stick two or more fingers to his finger-less hand... I wouldn't put it past him... meaning playing scissors is the safest option!"
JohnWillStab saw Jerry smile as he himself held back laughter.
"Oh, by the way, you can have these!" he added tossing all five his fingers to Jerry's feet.
"WHAT!? Now he's definitely going to go rock... unless..." he glanced over to John's other hand.
John followed his eyes.
"Oh, right!" John Snapped the other fingers cleanly off, unlike the other hand, these leaked a bit of blood, JohnWillStab placed them in the snow before him, though he fumbled around because of... well... his lack of fingers.
It took him a while to sever some, so he had to break them against the snow floor, effectively making it look like the was just playing in the snow.
"What are you doing!? Are you mad?!" Jerry demanded.
JohnWillStab let out a sigh.
"Quit complaining and let's play already!" John demanded.
"Fine!"
"Rock, paper, scissors!"
Jerry played paper.
He looked over to John and saw that he played scissors.
"Check, mate," John said smugly.
"But how?!" Jerry demanded.
"When I broke off my last five fingers, remember seeing me fumble around in the snow, well, I used that time to reattach my middle and index finger, the cold bound them together... although backwards."
Jerry glanced down to the five fingers before him and the five fingers before John.
"Lier! I can see your fingers there!" he pointed at the bloody fingers before John.
"Look again!" John grinned as he used his (completely numb) middle and index finger to pick up two cylindrical bits of snow completely coated in his finger blood.
"I was is a bit of a rush when I made these, but they still fooled you!" he laughed.
Jerry lost.
Advertisement
- In Serial27 Chapters
LimeLight: The Galaxy's Deadliest Gladiator Gameshow
Puck Mallory has devoted his life to the thrill of gambling. When a round of poker with members of a planet-dominating crime syndicate goes wrong, he finds himself forced into a new kind of game - LimeLight. Puck thought he was going to be forced to fight to the death for the viewers' sick amusement. He was wrong. Something far more sinister was lurking beneath the competition's surface. Genetic alterations and cybernetic augmentations are commonplace in the galaxy, but rumor has it LimeLight takes them to a whole new level - using failed competitors as their test subjects. Will Puck bite the dust on live broadcast for the entertainment of millions and end up a lab experiment, or score the jackpot of his life?
8 193 - In Serial9 Chapters
The World of Erd and Gods
Welcome to the world of Erd and Gods.The great divine empire has ruled for three thousand years upon the world. With an eternal lineage of heroes and the incarnation of gods, they maintain a glorious kingdom upon the earth. Now the kingdom has been pushed to the precipice, forced to contend with rebellious mortal kingdoms, the great realms of the monstrous Profane Quintet, and demons incarnate in their populace. Bloumen is born into this world, into a family of smugglers. She is marked by the sign of great demon, one of the greatest evils upon the face of the world. Now she must survive the hunt of great heroes, the demon seeking to use her as a vessel to bring calamity, and the distrust of those about her. A dark fantasy story around the reincarnation of a new demon who shall not be defeated! Some amount of progression elements and a rather complicated magical system. ---------- Weekly updates, every Sunday.
8 118 - In Serial25 Chapters
Jacob's War
Meet Jacob Williams.A survivor of the First World War, forever changed by his experience.Now he’s facing down the terrors that conflict unleashed upon an unsuspecting world.Weak spots have always existed between our world and that of the Fae; stone circles help to keep the most dangerous sealed shut. But now Stonehenge is failing…It falls to the members of the Fae Defence Society to repair the ancient monument, protect humanity from the terrors it holds back and prevent another disastrous war.Jacob and his wartime comrade Harry are on the front lines in a supernatural battle which threatens everything.About the FDS seriesThis is a prequel novella for an upcoming series following the work of the Fae Defence Society, a secretive organisation tasked with protecting humanity from the creatures that would destroy us. Can't wait for the rest of it? Available now at https://www.royalroad.com/amazon/B07ZL24L6Q New chapters released every Monday!
8 74 - In Serial8 Chapters
City of Devils
The City of the Devils. A city plagued with crime and wide-spread corruption. Home to humans and the supernatural. Conspiracies and the dubious Covenant-- one murder wouldn't make a difference. Until the discovery of her, the Suite Girl. No one was prepared for the aftermath. ***Finally revised/rewritten. Some changes were made to the plot of Part One. Part Two has been changed as well. Apologies for the long hiatus.***
8 160 - In Serial149 Chapters
Exsanguinate
Have you ever of heard of vampires? What about werewolves? Orcs, Elves, Goblins, and so on? What if I told you they all lived among us, we just can't see them. We aren't all so different really. Sure, we all have different kinds of food, art, music, and even magic; but we all bleed when we get hurt. Exsanguinate is an anthology series made up of different stories from different parts of the world. Orcs locked in a blood feud, demons killing for power, amnesiac vampires, drug addicted werewolves. One thing connects all of these stories, all of us, blood. We all bleed. Pick a book, and dive in. Book 1 - Jason has been excommunicated and is lost in Detroit with no skills other than killing vampires, werewolves and everything that goes bump in the night. Kaiden has recently been freed from a vampire's blood bank and is looking for a hero. Unfortunately, a group of Orcs has plans that include making sure they're both dead before Christmas. Santa can't help them, but maybe they can help each other Book 2 - Sierra is a woman on a mission to revive her dead husband through Voodoo, dark magic or anything that gets results. Rythe is a journalist and a Dark Elf that can no longer use magic because of his drug addiction, he's searching for a serial killer that nobody else seems to believe in. The two cross paths in a blood stained alleyway and head towards confrontation but something sinister lurks just out of sight. Book 3 - We've got an amnesiac vampire who can only seem to remember the love of his life and his nerdy pastimes, and all the trouble she brought him. Thieving no good Wererats, sociopathic vampires, cults, gangs, torture and a whole list of things he may have been better off forgetting. Join him as he attempts to retrace his steps and figure out how ended up staked in a burning building with no memory and no girlfriend, which might be for the best.
8 77 - In Serial11 Chapters
Eye Of The Eclipse
Life is not pretty. The hero doesn't always win. The beings which hold the power to overturn devils and crush angels are not always magnanimous. Follow Rykar and Loki as they discover their own truths. Watch as the Eclipse begins to cover all under the hand of Sin.
8 117

