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[straightouttacarbonite]

So I don't know how many of you are used to spending a lot of time on a ship between systems, but I've been doing this a long time back home. And I can pretty much promise you, once we get rid of the rest of these things trying to eat holes in the hull, we're all going to get very bored.

Well, that or something bigger is gonna start eating bigger holes in the ship. Sometimes you just can't catch a break.

Anyway, please tell me someone in this galaxy has a deck of cards. I didn't exactly have a chance to pack.

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[entrepreneurism]

Let me know if you find one.

[ Wryly, ]

I've got a cape I can wager.

audio;

[straightouttacarbonite]

Are you kidding? I know better than to let you in a game.

[JOKING, he's joking.]

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[entrepreneurism]

Of course I'm kidding. You could never pull one of these off.

[VOICE]

[whatawaste]

Settling in, are we?

[And here she thought she'd found a co-conspirator to steal a shuttle.

Still, Maya's tone is light and friendly.]

[VOICE]

[straightouttacarbonite]

Something like that.

[Be cool, kid, be cool. Part of a good card game is not showing your hand too early.]

Do you play?

[VOICE]

[whatawaste]

I work in a bar. Of course I play.

[She also cheats, but she kind of likes Han. She probably wouldn't cheat him.

Much.]

But I have a feeling a lot of our fellow inmates aren't going to know the game.

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[backsassin]

The captains sent me a sabacc deck as a rank reward a few weeks ago. The card names are all wrong, but it's not too hard to figure out.

You know how to play, right? [Rhetorical question. He's a smuggler. Of course he knows how to play.]

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Yeah, I'm okay at it.

[Yup. Just okay. Not terrible. He mostly knows the rules. That's his story.]

If we've got a deck, then we've got a game.

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[backsassin]

[Zam knows better than to take the smuggler at his word. She’ll judge his skills when she sees them.]

That we do. How many players should I be expecting?

video

[knaval]

... I mean, I won't be complaining when they stop trying to eat me alive. That'll be a nice break.

[he's a little salty.]

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Hey, I'm not saying it's not a problem.

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[knaval]

Uh huh.

Your solution to that is cards?

[as far as riptide is aware, cards involves math. which is dangerously close to learning.]

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[hatesimprovising]

Uh, a friend and I were thinking about trying to set up a poker game once things quiet down again.

As long as you don't mind using cookies as the chips and the cards having, uh, mostly naked muscular men on them... [ Dammit, he still flushes awkwardly and gets somewhat flustered just saying that. Why did you have to get such awkward cards, Tex? ] ...We, uh, we could have a game.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

I don't know poker. They don't play sabacc where you're from?

[The naked men probably aren't integral to the gameplay, right?]

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[hatesimprovising]

Nnnnot that I've ever heard of... Well, maybe we could play a game of each? We could teach each other our games, and that way we could probably have more players...?

[ No, no. They're just there to be stared at! ...Awkwardly. ]

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[redshitlord]

Why play cards? Once I get a video game system set up, we'll be golden for months.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Some people like cards. I like cards.

What're you trying to set up?

[vengeance_driven]

I put a dartboard up in the cargo bay.

And you are not wrong. It gets boring.

[straightouttacarbonite]

It's good to have options. You can only play so many games of holochess in a row before that makes you as crazy as doing nothing, right?

It's been a while since I had a good card game.

[cardboard_boss]

Have you tried the lounge? There's usually games in there you can play. As for the creatures my arm will benefit for not being chewed off.

[Because he has a prosthetic.]

[straightouttacarbonite]

I'll take a look, I'm just mostly a card player.

[People really need to start taking better care of their arms.]

Are there still that many around? I feel like I've been seeing less of 'em...

[imaginary_wife]

I was banned from playing cards back home. But hey, if you want some extra company.

[Literally banned from. The sassy walking organic computer lady is not to be trusted with random odds.]

[straightouttacarbonite]

Why were you banned?

[This is either a great idea or a terrible one.]

[devilofohara]

...I'll play, if you find some cards.

[ She'll also cheat, but with the people who seem interested in this game, it's not as if she'll be the only one.]

[straightouttacarbonite]

[At least Han knows better than to assume small kids are innocent?]

What games do you know?