[There were more than a dozen little Pai Sho parlors around the city. He was genuinely surprised that the game had survived ten thousand years, though he wasn't at all surprised it was popular. Even the poorest people (Yao, Jaya, and himself) had had a small pai sho set for when the hours stretched long and there wasn't much to be done with them.
Most of the parlors he'd been to had been either too busy or too slow to get a game going with anyone. Some of that partially due to the fact that a few of the 'higher end' places required 'joining' their location with a fee. Not something Wan could afford with his lack of any money whatsoever.
So when he finally came into the current parlor, he was more than a little surprised to find an empty table that might possibly want a player to join. For free. He cautiously approached and stood behind the other chair to catch the woman's attention.]
Pai Sho
Most of the parlors he'd been to had been either too busy or too slow to get a game going with anyone. Some of that partially due to the fact that a few of the 'higher end' places required 'joining' their location with a fee. Not something Wan could afford with his lack of any money whatsoever.
So when he finally came into the current parlor, he was more than a little surprised to find an empty table that might possibly want a player to join. For free. He cautiously approached and stood behind the other chair to catch the woman's attention.]
Are you waiting for anyone in particular?