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- Rien ne va plus
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- When the heroes of these adventures (such as Jeemi Bilisdo, Jyssa Nirdam, Jirme
- Ihegis, Merlin and Norlam) want to relax (?) they come to play the Ludicusian
- wrestling roulette. It is an entertaining and cunning game, in which the
- players bet money on beasts, who fight each other in bloody wrestling matches.
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- Jeemi Bilisdo began by betting 20 buckazoids on Pair. Merlin bet 7 buckazoids
- on Rouge and 7 on Impair. The Gorzans, who are the only human creatures on
- Junglion, each bet 3 buckazoids on numbers 5, 18 and 21 respectively. After the
- first betting had been completed the Ludicusian game host said the strange
- words which mean "Rien ne va plus", French for "No more bets" in Ignimusian,
- which is the tongue spoken by most alien races in the quadrant of the galaxy
- where Ludicus is situated.
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- The wrestling section began. The players settled comfortably on their chairs.
- They watched how the baboon from Firgoz shred the giant insect from Omikron
- Centauri III to a bloody mess. Jeemi Bilisdo won 175 buckazoids. They watched,
- how the humanoid from Alpha Pavonis VI used its raygun to vaporise the sabre-
- tooth tiger from Pyros. The Gorzans each lost 27 buckazoids. They watched, how
- the shapeless blob from Hydranus Explus crushed the elephant ant from Epi-
- metheus beneath itself. Merlin won 204 buckazoids.
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- Jeemi Bilisdo, Merlin and the Gorzans moved aside victorious (the Gorzans had
- actually lost, but they were used to lying, since clever disguise can be the
- only way to escape the teeth of a Gigantosaurus in Junglion). Jyssa Nirdam,
- Jirme Ihegis and Norlam stepped to the table.
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- Jyssa Nirdam boldly bet 52 buckazoids on Impair. Jirme Ihegis followed by
- betting 33 divided evenly among the numbers 3, 12 and 23. Norlam bet on Verde.
- After the game host had said the familiar sounds a new wrestling section began.
- It was partly among the survivors from the previous section and partly among
- new beasts.
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- The baboon favoured by Jeemi Bilisdo perished when nitrous acid melted its head
- away, while a plant-being from Ttohh jumped from joy. Jyssa Nirdam lost 156
- buckazoids. The shapeless blob from Hydranus Explus wasn't a disappointment,
- it made mincemeat of a lump of ribbons from Sirius III. Jirme Ihegis won 198
- buckazoids. A water elemental from Athena literally went to pieces between the
- teeth of a giant fish from Beta Borealii IV. Norlam lost 70 buckazoids.
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- So another Ludicuisan wrestling roulette had ended. The players each went to
- their home planets, victorious or otherwise while the grotesque beasts behind
- the armoured glass either jumped victoriously or lay in a bloody mess. To some
- the day was a great success, but not to everyone. But when Ludicusian wrestling
- roulette is concerned, one cannot always win.
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