Luxiem!!!!

mafia mayhem

the year is 2034, lucy kaneshiro had defeated luca kaneshiro in the battle of "mafia mayhem" (a board game taht got out of hand) and succeeded as an empress, her accomplishments marked on a rotating globe.

luca kaneshiro was infuriated with his loss.

he only had one thing on his mind, he needed to get even with lucy kaneshiro. he told lucy to meet up with him in a public place, he knew it would be deserted at night so there would be no encounters with strangers. he was prepared to battle it out again, 12 years later. he had ultimate confidence that he would win this time. he hoped that the kid wouldnt show up this time though. he knew he couldnt beat the kid, despite his raging confidence. the kid was a prodigy when it came to games even though he was six.

luca waited for a while untill he saw her, lucy. she was wearing a tight dress shirt with a mid-thigh length white skirt with gray stripes. she had black shiny heels and an oversized fluffy cream colored jacket that was draped over her shoulders. her hair was let down and curled to perfection, signalling she meant business.

her heels clicked on the pavement as she approached luca.

"fancy seeing you here." luca said in a confident tone.

"no shit, you invited me to this dingy place." lucy responded while looking around the small setting.

it was a resting area in the middle of four buildings. each building provided an alleyway that made it easy to escape in case there was trouble. there were four benches that were perfectly placed in a square in the middle of the buildings. there were exactly three trashcans beside each bench because the fourth one was stolen. despite the excessive about of trashcans, there was a surprising amount of trash surrounding the benches.

"eh, its not that bad." luca said as a dead bird fell from the sky and landed on one of the benches.

"let just ignore that and get on with the game." luca said quickly as he pulled out a large piece of flimsy cardboard.

he laid the cardboard down on the pavement in the middle of the four benches and took out some stray pieces of cardboard from jacket pocket. upon closer inspection, the flimsy cardboard appeared to have funky drawings on it that resembled a town of some sort. the smaller pieces of cardboard resembled luca, lucy, and augustus.

the last time the duo played the game, lucas favorite stuffed animal, augustus, was the host. when lucy won she took augustus from luca, this was lucas chance to win him back!

"alright ladies and gentlemen!" a muffled voice shouted.

"what was that?" luca asked, he was sure this place would be deserted at a time like this.

"im not sure. it sounded like it came from that trashcan though." lucy answered the best she could as she pointed to the trashcan next to luca.

suddenly augustus's head popped out of the trashcan. he had a black top hat on and a microphone in his right paw.

"its showtime!!!" he shouted.

"hes real!?" luca shouted while looking confused.

"yep. after out last game i decided it would be more fun if he was alive, so i asked shu to enchant him." lucy said, seeming pretty proud of herself.

"thank you lucy!" luca shouted as he starred at augustus in awe.

"thats right folks! im real! i will be the host for tonight's game of 'mafia mayhem' which is not an off-brand version of 'monopoly' haha, dont sue me. this will be the biggest show-down between the two since 2022! thats right ladies and gentlemen, its been 12 whole years since their last battle! isnt that crazy? anyways, enough chatter. lets start the game! may the best win!" augustus said in a game-show-host type voice.

luca and lucy sat down on their desired end of the cardboard and picked up their player pieces.

"youre going down this time." luca said while looking into lucy's eyes.

"not if im here!" a voice all too familiar to luca shouted from one of the alleyways.

the kid approached the two and sat next to lucy. lucy's serious face slowly rose to a smirk as luca realized there was no hope in winning.

despite the fact that it had been 12 years since this battle was first begun, the kid still looked and sounded like he was six years old. luca didnt understand how that was possible.

"ladies and gentlemen! it seems a new contestant has entered the game, we must prepare a cardboard piece for him immediately!" augustus shouted.

"theres no need for that." lucy said with a smirk.

"why not, hes a new player?" augustus questioned.

"hes on my side and will be playing for me." lucy said as she clasped her hands together.

"but you are the second contestant. you are the one that is supposed to play against luca. otherwise this isnt a fair game." augustus said in a low voice.

"i did it in the first game, so theres no sense in changing it now." lucy said with absolute confidence.

"that is considered cheating."

"says who?"

"the rules."

"what rules?"

"these rules." augustus responded as he pulled a long list of paper from behind his back.

"whoa whoa whoa, there was no long list of rules last time we played." lucy said as she stood up.

"im the host now, so i make the rules, and the rules say," he squinted at the list, "rule 113 states, 'if a player forfeits the game we must beat them and- oops. wrong rule, haha," augustus fumbles with the list,"here it is! rule number 173,'if a player is caught cheating, we have to disqualify them immediately.' im sorry lucy, but we have to disqualify you."

lucy walked over to the small lion plush and grabbed him by his chest fur, knocking his top hat off.

"if i had known you would be this unpog when you were real, i would have never asked shu to enchant you." she said through gritted teeth.

she walked away swaying her hips side to side as her heels clicked on the pavement. she retraced her steps into the alleyway, never to be seen again.