Knife game (Earth-5875)



"Hey, Bishop, man. Do the thing with the knife."

- - Private William Hudson to Bishop

The knife game, also known as pinfinger, nerve, bishop, stabscotch, five finger fillet, or "stab between the fingers game", is a game wherein, placing the palm of one's hand down on a table with fingers apart, using a knife (such as a pocket or pen knife), or other sharp object, one attempts to stab back and forth between one's fingers, moving the object back and forth, trying to not hit one's fingers.

Overview
The order in which the spaces between the fingers are stabbed varies. In the following examples, the spaces are numbered 1 is in between the index finger and thumb. The most popular version is to simply stab all the spaces in order, starting from behind the thumb to after the little finger, and back again. A more complex order is also common in which each space is stabbed in sucession was mostly seen used in Europe. The synthetic Bishop performed a similar, albeit modified, version with Private William Hudson.

History
Bishop, the synthetic executive officer of the UNSC Sulaco, was well known by the Marines of the 2nd Battalion Bravo Team for his uncanny ability to play the knife game without ever missing, all the while at superhuman speeds. During the meal before the Marines were deployed to the colony Paraíso, Bishop was asked by Private William Hudson to perform the game with himself. While he was able to finish it without wounding Hudson, he accidentally nicked himself, exposing his white "blood", which revealed he was a synthetic to Ellen Ripley.