The power within each card

Tine and the cards

In a room there are many stacks of cards with many different types in them. What's interesting about these cards is that they can live and move when there are no humans. Tine, a 17 year old boy, entered his room carrying a deck of cards
"Ahh, I'm so tired of playing with them," said Tine, putting down the deck of cards he was carrying
"I'll take a shower first before going to bed." After that, Tine took her towel and went from her room to the bathroom which was outside the room.
"My body hurts, you're too heavy"
“Stand up you're so heavy, you fool! “
"Ouch, my body is folded, this really hurts" and many other screams came from the deck of cards that Tine had just brought, they were the Uno cards that Tine and his friends had just used to play.
"Why do they all have to double-cross me when playing, this is so painful," said a blue uno card with the number 6 on its body.
"They are very rude when they play!" said another card
“They always can't appreciate us, when we are a good combination they will bend us to hide in their hands. And if we are a bad combination for him then we will be thrown by those who lose," said the black card with the number +4 on its body.
"I really envy you, if the humans got you, you would be well looked after and made proud by them. "It's not like I'm a useless card," said the green card number 0 sadly
“I'm not as comfortable as you think. "I wasn't guarded but hidden and only used as a weapon when playing, they even hid me in a dirty place and that disgusted me," said +4 with a face that wanted to vomit.
"Come on, don't argue! We all have our own strengths and we all feel the same things in different ways." These words did not come from a set of Uno cards, but the voice came from behind.
"Wow, you are the legendary playing card," said one of the cards in awe. After that many cards started to rise and appear
"Wow, you guys are very cool, but why are you all covered in dust?" asked one of the cards
"We've been here for a long time, the humans have forgotten about us after getting bored of playing with us" Said one of the cards which got a nod of approval from the other cards
"Are we going to be forgotten too when they get bored?" Ask the Uno cards with sad faces
"Maybe, we are not the ones who always put it in the wallet," said the truth or dare card
"That's right... We are not the one who, if lost, people would really panic," said another card
"Who's he? Is he very special? “Ask the Uno card
"You don't know who he is?? "Uno Card answered with a shake of his head
“He is a credit card, he is very special because he can pay for all human needs. "He is a very special card, we are nothing compared to him," explained the playing cards
"I think you misunderstood me." All the cards looked at the study table where there was a card coming out of the wallet
“WAH HE'S SO COOL!!! " shouted one of the cards very excitedly
"Who's he?? “Ask the Uno cards
“He is such a cool credit card!! "Answer the other cards excitedly
“I guess I'm not that cool” Said the credit card awkwardly
"How can you not say, looking at your dashing black color makes you even more charming besides that you are very cool because you can be very useful for humans" Said one of the cards expressing his admiration
"It's true that my colors and uses look cool, but being me isn't easy," the credit card said a little sadly
"I'm always driven by a machine that makes my whole body ache and I definitely feel that every time a person goes shopping or wants to take money. Not to mention if I'm near a sharp object and someone casually pulls me without paying attention to my scratched body. Look at how many scratches there are on my skin! "Clearly a credit card, there was a little emotion in it when he told the story.
"I didn't know you were so tormented," explained the truth or dare card
"What if we teach them a lesson with our own strengths?"
"Good idea" All the cards nodded in agreement with smirks on their faces
They began to plan to teach humans a little lesson

The one who carried out their action first was the Uno card. Tine and her friends were sitting in a circle waiting for Dew who was shuffling the cards.
"Wow, my card is really good, it's really a blessing from a good boy," said Kavin
"It's too much of your style, you'll lose and cry..." Tine said with an indifferent look because she felt that the cards she had were the best.
Tine won two games with very good cards
"Aww, this really hurts," said several cards. Yep, even though Tine got a good card, he still doesn't appreciate the cards in his hand
"Let's carry out our mission" Whispered the cards
Tine and his friends continued their game, when the cards were dealt, all of Tine's friends got cards with good numbers but Tine got bad cards for three games.
"How come the card is so bad?" annoyed Tine
"Your hands smell bad, Kuta is fine," said Kavin
"Never mind, you guys just play, I'm too lazy" After Tine said that, he opened his cellphone and played with it.
"Just like that, sulk," Dew teased, accompanied by laughter from his other friends
“It really tastes good! Who told you not to respect us" These words came from the red +2 card which got nods and smiles from the other cards because they succeeded in getting their revenge.
Next, it's the turn of the truth or dare cards to carry out their mission
“Let's get back at him! !! “
Every time Tine gets a turn to take a truth or dare card, she will definitely get a dare card which contains difficult and slightly extreme challenges, such as getting a slap from her friends, pranking a stranger so that Tine gets a hit from that person, drinking water mixed with spices. inside, eating coffee bags, and many other things that Tine does.
As a result, his face had many red marks like hand cuts and purplish blue wounds all over his body.
"I don't want to play anymore, it's very painful," said Tine sadly
"Yeah, we better finish this game, look at your face, it's already very worrying. "We should treat these wounds," Kavin explained, feeling sorry for Tine's current condition
"Feel that, now you know the pain in your body because you folded or because you folded," there were proud smiles and happy laughter from the cards when they saw Tine's condition.
A week later, after that incident, Tine and her friends didn't play truth or dare cards anymore because they were afraid that what happened yesterday would happen to them again.
"Bored," said one of them
"Come on, play cards so it won't be boring like this." This invitation got nods from other friends but Tine looked sad because she was still afraid to play cards.
"I don't think it's necessary, look at Tine from yesterday being unlucky and playing cards and then the one who is injured is like yesterday again."
While discussing, Dew saw that on the table there were playing cards that looked a little dusty
"How about we just play poker, it's been a long time since we played and Tine doesn't have a problem with playing cards." These words came from Dew who gave the idea.
"Okay, your idea doesn't harm Tine either," Kavin said in agreement
"How come Tine comes to play or not? This is not a Uni card or a truth or dare card so it's safe if you play." Everyone looked at Tine waiting for her answer
"Okay, let's play playing cards, it's boring just playing on cellphones." After getting Tine's approval, they took playing cards and started playing.
"Game start" Said one of the playing cards with a smirk on his face. It looks like Tine's decision to play cards was a big mistake.
"You lost again Tine, here we will powder your face." Yep... Tine has lost again for the umpteenth time, now Tine's face is covered in baby powder as punishment.
"Never mind, Tine, your face is so full of powder, now you post a story on Instagram if you admit defeat." This was Tine's misfortune, her pride was at stake because she had to post her face full of powder and that was very embarrassing.
"Why do I have bad luck with these cards, I don't want to play anymore!" The more upset Tine gets, the more Tine's friends will explode.
"Hahaha feel that, you know if your face is covered in powder like that it will be very annoying. That's how we felt when you left it gathering dust!" all the playing cards laughed happily and mocked Tine who was very annoyed.

One month later Tine and her friends planned to go play and shop at Chulalongkorn mall
"How are you ready?" asked Dew who was sitting on his dashing black motorbike
"Already!! Let's go" After that they all went to the mall
When they arrived at Chulalongkorn mall, they went straight to the restaurant for lunch because they arrived just in time for lunch.
"Shall we eat at Gokana?" Invite Prim
"Okay, let's just go there," said Kavin, which the others agreed with.
When they finished eating it was time to pay
"I'll just pay for the food." The offer came from Tine who was taking out a credit card from her wallet.
When the cashier swipes the card into the EDC machine, the machine responds if the card cannot be used.
"Sorry, sir, this card cannot be used. Do you want to pay with another card or cash?" Asked the cashier politely
"How come you can't use it, sis?" Tine asked in astonishment
"Just use this, sis," Dew gave him his credit card. After paying, the two of them left the restaurant and went to their friends who were outside the restaurant
"It can't be damaged, just yesterday after I used it to shop at Indomaret," annoyed Tine
"Never mind, it's better if we go there, I want to buy shoes." Dew stopped the argument by inviting his friends to go to the Converse store before Tine got even more emotional.

While at the shop, Tine was attracted to a pair of cream colored shoes with red and blue stripes.
"You guys have finished choosing" asked Tine
"Yes, is that what you are going to buy?" asked Prim
“Yeah… It looks cool so I want to buy it”
"Let's pay." After that, Tine and her friends queued to pay for the shoes they chose, and the last one to pay was Tine. While paying, the credit card had problems again and this made Tine even more emotional. So that there would be no commotion, Dew returned to help Tine pay for the shoes that Tine chose.
“Why doesn't this credit card have anything in it? "Yesterday my father just sent me money," Tine was annoyed when the shop died. Tine lives alone at home, her parents are rarely at home because they have to go to work out of town or abroad. That's why Tine often spends time playing with her friends to relieve feelings of loneliness when she is at home.
"Let me see your card." Kavin took the card in Tine's hand and saw many scratches on the card
"How come there are so many scratches on this? Since it can't be used, there are too many scratches that make this card undetectable by Kavin class machines
“Will scratches really have an effect? " asked Tine
"These scratches will make the chips on the card undetectable by the machine. That's why if you have a card, take good care of it," Kavin hit Tine lightly on the body after explaining
"Luckily I went with you, otherwise I would have been really embarrassed. "Thank you for helping, especially you, Dew," said Tine, a little embarrassed
"Just relax, it's better if we go home and then you take care of your card so you can use it again. Next time, appreciate the things you have, if it's already like this, you can't blame the card, right? Cards are just inanimate objects.” Dew gave advice with a slight tap on his shoulder
Afterwards, because it was almost midday, they returned to their respective homes to rest after a day of activities.

"Finally he understands what it's like to be us"
“Taste it, it's really good if you digitize it”
"Hah... I hope he can appreciate us more"
The cards wake up again and celebrate the success of their mission. All the cards show happy faces and the relief they have been hiding for so long. They all hope that Tine can appreciate them more as the cards he has. Can Tine appreciate the cards more? We can all only hope that Tine changes

  ~End~