The two locals by the fireplace lean in close to hear Bags, and then alternately lean out as his voice modulates.Bags Truckmeet is a god damned sicko. He never quite learned how one dressed for polite company; nor did he have any idea how to fit into impolite company. Bags wore an oversized trenchcoat stuffed with whatever clothing or rags he happened to come across. Sometimes a sock would fall out as he shifted; sometimes he'd trail a moth eaten cashemere sweater for miles on one of his infamous Sicko Lurches.
He opens the bar door and pushes right past his colleague Mauve to reach the locals.
i smelled your pipe
i wanted to ask about it
do you only use it when you check these hinkeys
or other times too...
Bags stars at the checker game, not making eye contact
They cordially pass the long-stemmed pipe to Bags and invite him to join their smoking circle.
The one-eyed one chuckles and winks as the one-legged one bends down under the table to rummage around in his bag. He produces a long rectangular wooden case and sits it down on the table. A corner hinge allows the lid to open up on the diagonal, revealing a neat row of three compact meerschaum pipes with large bowls. All are already packed tightly with tobacco, and each one has a fine face carved into the bowl: a ram, a stag, and a whale.
One-leg thrusts the case at Bags, offering him a choice of the pipes.
One-eye flutters his hands indecisively over the checker board. Hinkey Checkers, as it is known on Natockete, is played on a board of three concentric rings connected by radial spokes in each cardinal direction. Both players have at this point already placed all of their men on the board, and are in the process of sliding their pieces around the board trying to capture their opponent's pieces.
You can see that One-eye is able to make a formation on this turn, and capture one of One-leg's pieces.
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