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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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audio;

[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.]

[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?

audio;

[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.]

[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.

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.]

[VOICE]

[straightouttacarbonite]

[If anyone cheats then he's just gonna cheat too, simple. But they could just as easily have an honest game if they all wanted, just for kicks.]

They've probably got time to learn.

audio;

[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.

[VOICE]

[whatawaste]

So you've said.

[She sighs softly.]

I don't have a deck.

video

[straightouttacarbonite]

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

[VOICE]

[straightouttacarbonite]

We're good, someone else does.

[Han is biding his time, he might as well stay busy until better opportunities show up.]

No clue what we're gonna bet.

[VOICE]

[whatawaste]

[Dryly:]

Articles of clothing?

[VOICE]

[straightouttacarbonite]

[That gets a laugh.]

It's been a while since I played that way.

[VOICE]

[whatawaste]

[Oh-so-innocently:]

There's another way?

[VOICE]

[straightouttacarbonite]

I guess it depends who you're playing with.

[VOICE]

[whatawaste]

Again, I...work in a bar.

[A very special kind of bar. But no matter.]

Get a game going. Don't care what we're betting, I'm in.

[VOICE]

[straightouttacarbonite]

Probably not clothes.

[Han has a feeling there'd be objections if they went that route. Not that he's above joking, clearly.]

But we'll figure it out, I'll let you know. We're up to four who know how, which is a good start.

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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.

video;

[redshitlord]

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

[vengeance_driven]

I put a dartboard up in the cargo bay.

And you are not wrong. It gets boring.

[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.]

audio;

[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?]

video;

[straightouttacarbonite]

Some people like cards. I like cards.

What're you trying to set up?

[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.