Well... THAT'S a new one. 😒

@LindQ Well, no... as the circumstance was entirely unanticipated; whereupon, as you know, the immediate and irreversible obfuscation of the board is triggered as it were a funereal pall lest the player obtain insight into the extent of hi(r) plight and thus perchance be at liberty to make an informed decision as to whether or not it would behoove them to try their luck with a meager 5 additional rounds chambered up (if that indeed were an available option, that is)... no, I'm afraid that would have been quite impossible. 🤷‍♀️

I can only provide what remained to be seen after dusting myself off and wondering where that rascal of a rug I'd sworn had so recently been underfoot had made off to;

Voila:

Incidentally, "extremely unlikely" happens to be quite par for the course in the bizarre urban legend/cautionary tale also known as my life... (my memoirs would read like science fiction).

Oh, who am I kidding? They'd more accurately resemble some tawdry dime store novel of the lowest order interspersed with interludes that call to mind the sensationalist rags with the monosyllabic title commonly found loitering impish just beyond the purview of the check out girl who can never quite make direct eye contact with you for fear that last night's indiscretions might inadvertently seep through the cups of her eyes to be discerned with the unflattering clarity of......