Alex Le DomasI don't know. Maybe one night when I was chanting and slicing the throat of a goat, it occurred to me that that wasn't a completely normal thing to do. But, and this is what scared me the most... it felt normal. It did. And I realized that you'll do pretty much anything... if your family says it's okay.
Grace[chuckles] Um, I guess it depends on what we're playing.
Tony Le DomasWell, we'll know in a moment. I gather you've noticed our family is big on tradition. And now, well, now the time has come for you to join us in those traditions.
Tony Le DomasAs you may know, my great-grandfather, Victor, set up a modest printing shop during the Civil War, manufacturing playing cards. A generation later, my grandfather expanded into sporting goods and board games. Under my leadership, Le Domas Family Games acquired four professional sports teams and reached, well, even greater heights. Some may call it luck, but, well, It's a little more than that. You know, it's almost as if someone's watching over us. It all began with a very generous benefactor. And this box. You see, originally, Great-Grandfather was a merchant seaman. It was a hard life. And, like so many, he wanted more. On one of his many excursions abroad, Great-Grandfather came to meet a Mr. Le Bail. He was a... He was a passenger aboard the ship. A collector, of sorts. Purchasing exotic antiquities to resell to wealthy Americans. After discovering a mutual passion for games of chance, they passed a great many hours playing cards. And among Mr. Le Bail's possessions was... that box. And one evening, after indulging in more than their fair ration of rum... Mr. Le Bail proposed a wager. If Great-Grandfather could solve the mystery of the box before arriving at port, Mr. Le Bail would finance any endeavor of Grandfather's choosing. Well .. Great-Grandfather whiled away The long hours at sea studying the box. Until finally... And since that time... whenever the Le Domases are presented with a new addition to the family... We place a blank playing card into the box. Our initiate then has the privilege of drawing the card, and Mr. Le Bail will tell us which game to play.
Aunt Helene[praying to Le Bail in a second attempt at the sacrifice] Deliver us, O Mighty One, from all past error and delusion: that having set our foot upon the path of darkness, we may not weaken in our resolve, but with thy assistance, grow in wisdom and strength! Shemhamforash!