[ WP ] Write a story about a board game .

They call me the Black King. It's not racial. It's the suit, or at least that's how it started. When you wear the same funeral-black suit to every occasion, big or small, people take notice. But I disappeared from the public eye long ago, and the name seems to have lost its original meaning. Now, whenever I humor one of these lowlifes it always starts the same way. 
 
 `` You?!'' he muffled, his eyebrows barely raised. It was always difficult to tell what expressions they were pulling after the beatings. But hey, at least they left the tongue this time. Try having a conversation with a woman who can only pronounce vowels. In any case, I was n't going to address it, I reminded him he had bigger things to worry about. 
 
 “ You know why you ’ re here. You owe me. ” I pressed my cane into the wound on his knee. He grimaced, then replied with a rising desperation. 
 
 “ I-I don ’ t have that kind of money! ” 
 
 “ Well, If you have nothing to offer me, then we are done here. ” if he was holding something back, I just needed to turn up the heat a little bit. 
 
 I snapped my fingers and she strode towards him, her heels clicked against the checkered marble. She pressed the barrel to his neck. 
 
 “ Thank you Ms. Terrier. ” I paused to smile at her, there was something enchanting about these moments. She had barely moved, but even her simplest performances were regal. 
 
 “ Please! I knew it was a risk but I did n't have any other choice! ” he pleaded again. At this point, I knew he must have really been bone dry. We ’ d been in this situation before, although never in person, rarely do I get so close but this time I happened to be in the neighborhood. There was no point in keeping him. 
 
 I nodded. She pulled the trigger. 
 
 A dull thud. I took a second to admire her work before crouching to watch the life drain from his swollen face. I felt that I owed him a polite farewell. Moving through this neighborhood must have taken some real guts. After all: I'm the top gun in this town, The top dog. The top hat. 
 
 “ Thank you for staying at the Boardwalk hotel. Admiral. ” 
 
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 I've been lurking for a while, but this is my first ever comment in WritingPrompts, hope it was n't too obvious! I have n't written anything in about 5 years so feedback is welcome.
