Ash team story translated....
HeartlessNinny said:
Credits to cyberfanatix and Ayako Yajima.
Enjoy.
Ash team story (main character team story)
DUBLIN, the capital of Ireland.
It is an old and new city of most remarkable economic development in the recent years of Europe.
This land was covered with glacier more than 10,000 years ago,
however, the cold of
winter would be not that severe thanks to the ocean current.
"......Shen, you are liar."
"I said it was not SO cold, Ash."
Ash was wrapped in a coat and his small body was still shaking. This city is almost the same temperature
as Moscow and
Hokkaido in the cold days. Now it's only a fresh temperature.
They went into alley from Grafton Street.
There are a lot of pubs in Ireland. Also inside the alley.
Along several pubs which hang
small signboards, they chose THE one, and opened the door.
This is the typical Irish pub, there were ten table seats and bar stools. The place looked a bit empty though there were some regular guests in the pub, they might be
neighbours as they are well-known and the mood was quite relaxed.
In one of the tables, there was a middle-aged gentleman who was playing cards.
"Ash, is that our man?"
"Maybe"
"Hey, you ...... well, ermm... 'Have Shamrock flowers bloomed?' "
The gentleman stopped moving and looked at Shen.
"... You seem to wait for someone"
The old gentleman made a suspicious expression.
"DAMN, it's not him! Go on, Old man"
Ash has already sat on the bar.
"Well. I'd like a stout (dark beer), but do you have something warm to drink?"
The bartender, whom didn’t seem to know what was doing, served him a drink with a pleasant smile.
"Irish coffee is the best drink when it's so cold. Are you a traveler? Welcome to
Dublin."
"Yeah. gimme an Irish coffee too, please." Shen asked to the pubkeeper.
Irish Coffee: Hot cocktail made with Irish whisky, sugar, whipped cream and
coffee.
The delicious aroma went around the whole place.
"Hey guys, if you have a time, how about a game?"
The mid-aged man invited them while he was shuffling the cards.
It is a man who has considerable stature. His arms and
legs are slender but
nevertheless weak. There was some weight of power on him but his
manners were exquisite.
"He,he,he, it is good. OK, come'on!"
"Shen, really you have a weakness for gaming, eh?"
"What about poker? Woops, forgot, bridge it's more played locally, right?"
"That in England. wanna play poker? Okay then..."
The suited gentleman distributed 5 cards each, dealing one card per turn.
"Though you may bet whenever one card is distributed, anyway... Open
the game, please."
"......"
Shen's expression started to change gradually, grinning more and more, with an air of
confidence. Ash was grinning too, but that was his usual smile. By the other hand, the mid-aged gentleman was wearing the typical expressionless poker face.
"Of course I bet!" Shen exclaimed.
"... I quit" Ash said
" Why? No way."
Shen showed his hand. King, 5, King, 5, 5.
"I'm sorry. Then, next hand."
The suited gentleman collected the cards soundlessly and vividly.
"Well, Shen."
"Ah?"
"Do you know what's a poker face?" The man asked.
"Don't make a fool of me, I know it."
"Okay, just asked"
The gentleman's shuffling of card was wizard-like, afterwards he let Ash
to shuffle them.
The dry sound of the cards was musical.
"you shuffle the cards very well. It is worth to pay money to see your shuffle
skill."
"I appreciate it" The man replied with a smile.
The gentleman began to deal the cards again.
"By the way, 'Have Shamrock flowers bloomed?'"
"Hey Ash, you have asked it already."
"'If you wait to spring, it will bloom'" The suited man replied without moving his eyes from the cards.
"What?!... hey you! Why you didn't answer"
"Open the game." he said coldly.
Shen ranted in low voice, and, as he checked his hand, his expression looked discontented more
and more.
"DAMN!"
"Well, Shen."
"Yes, poker face? I know, dammit! By the way, it was.."
"First things first, now let's play the game. Ah, I will bet."
"Shit, it's not fun! I will quit."
"Double" Ash said with his typical smile.
The youngish aged gentleman nodded. However, he didn't put bills or money on the table. It was not possible to watch the movement
of his eyes by
his red tinted glasses reflecting from the lighting of the pub. Or he might
calculate the angle
on purpose.
"Hm. Then, double to me too."
"I like it, once again."
"Oh more? Well, raise once more"
The gentleman and Ash continued raising their bets, but they didn't place any money on the
table.
The black-suited gentleman took a zip of his whiskey.
"Ash, what do you bet?" Shen said confused.
"That he will join us to fight in the KOF tournament. I told you already, didn't I?"
"Never! Well, if you lose, what will you do?"
"Just I pay for the drinks and pay money, of course. But if I win, I will still pay the drinks but
he must take part
in KOF with us."
"Either way, it suffers a total loss!"
"I try to return which it has retired the Carnefel already, I must do it."
Carnefel? Shen tried to ask what was that as he never heard such word but he got cut
because the progress of the game was quick.
"Are you done? Then... show me your hand."
Shen hung out to look at the card of Ash.
Jack, Queen, 7, 7, 7. A triple set.
"Ummm seems you defeat me."
The mid-aged gentleman first changed his expression with his cards
turned down, and then
he drunk the whisky up the bottom of glass.
"My name is Oswald. I accept this work."
Oswald offered his hand to them. Ash and Shen shook hands with
Oswald, and the deal was closed.
"Well, we need to talk in detail... Let's change the place."
The three men stood up, the bartender approached to the table to pick up the empty glasses.
Ash left several bills on the table.
"Master, it was tasty! Merci"
Oswald's hand remained turned down on the table.
He put on his coat at the entrance, and left the place.
After the three men went out, the tension environment in the pub dissapeared and returned
to the usual normal mood.
The pubkeeper turned up the cards of Oswald. Spade, club, and heart. Three Aces.
The bartender wondered why he let the foreign boy win, and suddenly he turned
around to see that Oswald showed up again.
"Excuse me, I forget my hat here."
Oswald took the hat from the coat hanger, put it on, pushed up glasses by
the middle finger, and then he watched the pubkeeper. A cold shiver roamed the bartender's back while looking at Oswald's expression.
"See you again." He said with a smile as he turned around and leave.
) end of story 
My summarised version sounds pretty dry but the actual story, lol, is really funny. 
