Board Thread:Off-topic/@comment-26840812-20151129140611/@comment-26566521-20151129183521

Doublet's at a small convention for gem celebrities, and ATM he's on the stage speaking.

"And the thing was...that kid took the..breath..out of me, y'know what'I'm saying eh?"

The crowd laughs. It was a brick joke.

(basically a joke with no punchline is said earlier and then a while later the punchline from that old joke comes out of nowhere. More info)

"Soso...that reminds of the one time. I was with a lady friend-honhon- in my ship. She was a Star Ruby, but one of the uh..finer ones, y'know? Most of 'em are mechanics but this one was the CEO of a tech corp. Real classy lady. We were playing poker. She got shattered by a stray laser." He says that last bit grimly.

End of joke. No laughs. Doublet bites his lip.

After a long pause....

"Okay okay. So I was in my ship flyin' to the Gigas Major orbital station. So there was a guy at the station. Real nice guy. Just a "forgetabouddit" attitude. He didn't get enough credit for all 'is work, and I felt bad for him. Heheh. So I offered to give 'em some of my credits, but I didn't have any on me. All in my bank....

DON'T YOU DARE THINK ABOUT IT!"

Crowd laughs.

"Yeah yeah.  So I go flying to the Gigas Minus bank..then WHAM!" He punches himself in the face and does an overexaggerated stumbling/flinching thing.

"Some fragments of a red gem forced together!" His face goes blank, and he gets real close to the mic.

........

"I sold'it." He says with a grim tone.

BOOM! Theater's roaring with laughter!