Mahjong for Dummies (or Bill)

Okay, we’re playing Mahjong here—I have no idea how to play. No, but we just won, right? We just won—I have no idea how we won. So.
One of my favorite parts of Mahjong is this.
“It’s L.V., L.V.” (Lester)
“Real L.V.” (Theresa)
This is top of the line Mahjong.
It’s called, um luxury.
Luxury. But you can see, my opponents are deadly serious—this is a serious game. So, alright, my partner is deadly serious about this too.
Okay, alright, I’m getting there.
Gotta grab these things, line ‘em all up, so, okay.
How much money did we win?
“We lose” (Brenda)
I thought we won!
“We still lose” (Brenda)
We won but we still lose?
Okay, I think we got it.
Alright, two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve, fourteen, sixteen . . . two more. Okay.
Alright, everything all lined up like this, nice and orderly. Okay, alright.
Okay, who’s next?
“You follow my mom” (Brenda)
Okay.

Key Words

Deadly serious-idiom-intense, very, very serious, no laughter.

Orderly-adj-everything where it should be, very straight.