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A pile of cards lie on a table. Each shows a natural element: lightning, moon, and so forth. On each line, the named card is tossed into view. The first one covers a tree.
Raven: Fire beats Wood.
Cyborg: But Water beats Fire.
Beast Boy: Sun dries up Water.
Devan: And Thunderstorm blocks out the Sun!
Pull back on the end of this line to frame the original five Titans; playing this game around the coffee table in the operations center of Titans Tower. While everyone appears in their usual attire, Dev has donned a clear green brim, as if they were gambling.
Raven: I'm out.
Beast Boy: Me too...
Starfire: I wish to...go The Fish?
Raven and Beast Boy lean over to check her cards.
Beast Boy: Uh, you want to fold, Starfire.
Starfire: Fold? That is good? I am victorious?
The two kibitzers shake their heads; Beast Boy's ears droop as well. As they lean away, a small drop of sweat pops out on Starfire's temple and a very uneasy look comes over her face. Finally, she lays her cards face down on the table and hangs her head in defeat.
Devan: Sorry, Star. (He stands and reaches to sweep up the cards.) I guess I'm just...invincible!
Cyborg reaches into view and stops him.
Cyborg: Ah, ah, ah. How can you be invincible if I've still got one card?
He holds up said card as Morgan glares at it.
Cyborg: Come on, Dev. You know you want to play me for it. One last round, winner takes all!
Devan: Oh, you're on, Cyborg, and you're going down!
He sits and picks up his cards, scrutinizing them as if he were playing five-card draw with his life savings in the pot. One eyebrow pops up and down behind the hand; he glares across the table at Cyborg, who flicks that single card teasingly back and forth. The two stare each other down for a few seconds before Morgan makes his play. The card he throws down shows a funnel cloud; he leans back confidently in his chair.
Devan: Tornado! Beat that!
Beast Boy, Raven and Starfire: (All together.) Ooooh!
Cyborg has his best poker face firmly established, but he breaks the stoicism with a casual shrug.
Cyborg: Well, okay...
Now he has one foot propped on the table, and he slaps down his final card.
Cyborg: Boo-yah!
When he removes his hand, the card's face is revealed as a flaming meteor. Starfire and Raven gasp, their eyes popping even wider, and Dev leans over the table, ripping the brim off as he got a closer look.
Devan: M-Meteor?!?
Beast Boy: (His eyes shine and tear up.) The one-in-a-million wild card that beats all others! (He wipes his eye.) Ohhh...it's too beautiful for words...
Cyborg: Aw, yeah, baby! (Rakes in his cards.) Who's invincible now?
Devan: Aw, you just got lucky...!
Tennyson is positively steaming at this super-trump play; little black flames shoot from his hair as Starfire tries to console him.
Starfire: Be proud and cheerful, Devan. You competed well.
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