WeepingWisteria

Alex's face never left the tablet, xer jaw never unclenched. When the lights splayed across the screen, drawing stark shadows across their rigid face, they reacted with lightning speed. Even ...

No you.

Bless you.

105

"In, too." Alex wasn't even doing it for the money anymore; there was simply a strange feral urge that awakened whenever pain was on the table. Perhaps it was decades ...

Alex fumbled too, xer speed leading to a misclick. The shock was worse, way worse, but they barely reacted, save for a facial twitch.

"I'm in." Alex rolled their shoulders, staring Meyer down with a challenging glare.

"You okay?" Alex went to set a gentle hand on her arm but hesitated. "Mine was pretty intense, so I can only imagine yours."

That's because I made an actual picrew and used the completion link as my cover.

I'm sorry. But, @Omni dared me to do it. Here's the actual picrew:

Alex shook their head. "I'm in." Xer eyes were steely, hands clenched into fists. The pain seemed to wake a new side of them, all courage and bite.

105.

Alex faltered with two squares left; they guessed correctly for the first one then ran out of time. The shock that came made xem flinch, their teeth clenched in surprise, ...

Hey, Shady! I made Alex in picrew.

"I'm in." $100 or some slight shock? Of course, they were taking that chance.