Session 11: 10 Days of Hyperspace

(ishwar sprints to haileys room but clumsily bumping into the wall)"lm coming!!!!".

Hailey, hearing that Ishwarr is now awake, not knowing his intentions, and yearning to eat her breakfast in peace, decides to lock her door.

Ishwarr bumps into Jowmum in his haste to leave the cockpit.

Hey, hey, hey, slow... Ugh, and I just got my voice box repaired. Oh well, Recalibrating...

(ishwarr gets around the corner from haileys room he sprints to the door expecting it to be open he runs into the door bam!!)

"Everything ok out there?" Hailey sits on the bed to eat her finely buttered toast.

OOC: Found a pic (after some color adjustments) for my jacket from the amnesia gas incident.

I join Hailey at the table.
I'd normally try to find the bright side to this, but a broken rib is no laughing matter. Seriously, don't laugh... it hurts like hell. I broke mine a few years ago on an agility course.

Jowmum compares the status of the cockpit readouts to a time when they were normal. After a sufficient match, Jowmum waits for something more to happen.

Meanwhile Boris takes the Wookie's blood for analysis.

OOC: Miniature Time Warp!

*Before Hailey goes to her room...*

"What, you think this is the first bo-bo I've ever had?" Hailey starts serving herself a to-go plate. "When I was thirteen, I'd stolen the precious stone bust of a Senator did not have any sense of humor. My first ship, which I hadn't exactly asked my dad if I could borrow for a few weeks, was a clunky old rust bucket if you ever saw one that was still space worthy; but not after a single shot. I later learned that it was supposed to be a warning shot, as that's the only reason a Senator's battle ship carries flares." She sighs with nostalgia. "My ship went down with a very cinematic engine fire and a suitably dramatic cloud of smoke when it crashed. Broke my arm too, and much worse than this cracked rib. Moments after I clambered out of the wreck, the whole mess erupted into flames and set the local shrubbery on fire, so I was forced to wait it out in a nearby pond. Ask me the rest of the story later, I'm going to my room."

I suppose it's time to break out the new sabak deck.
Anyone up for a friendly wager?
Anyone with a view to the rec room could see me shuffle and bridge the cards like an old pro.

If you want to play, join me online tonight.

After she finishes her breakfast, Hailey joins Tali for a game of cards.

Jowmum uses the newly repaired droid lift to join Hailey for a few practice rounds while they wait for the main event. They aren't using any real money, so all bets are for fun.

"Real, that it'll take me less time." Hailey checks the door. "Obviously he's not here yet, so if we do it that way I don't exactly get a real head start. How do you play?"

the cards are labeled 2-10,J,Q,K,A (standard poker deck)in four colors. there are several combinations such as pairs, flushes, straights and so on... conitues rules of five card draw poker.

(ishwarr walks to the rec room to see how much credits he can take away from the crew)

After a minute of looking at the cards, a dawning look of recognition spreads across Hailey's face. "I remember this! My cousin Martin is a card shark, and when I was a kid he'd practice on me and Sasha and... Paytang. Man! That was years ago! I was almost getting good at it until that jerk quit playing with me. You'll have to teach me your rules, though. Knowing him he probably made up new rules every day just to beat me..." Hailey tries to shuffle some cards, but stops before she fails miserably. "Does the 3 of diamonds by itself still beat the 2 of clubs?"

If nobody has any sets a three certainly beats a two, but, uh, i don't think there are enough cards for that situation to occur...
Starts thinking to her self how the winning hand amongst five players with five cards each is a three over a two.
Maybe if there were only four players and all other cards were of identical value...

"Well, that was assuming that the 2 of clubs beats anything except a straight, even a flush which also beats a straight, but I was told that the 2 of clubs still beats it. Except the second time I ever had a 2 of clubs when Martin didn't have a straight, he had the 3 and he told me it's the only thing that beats a 2 of clubs and a straight."

Hailey sighs. "Oh, the good old days; when I was practically innocent, as well as gullible."

Oh, boy. I think Martin may have been having fun at your expense. While it may have been all fun as kids, he should have corrected you as an adult! I hope you never got caught in foolish bets over his made up rules.
I start looking up official rules online.
See look, while yes a three would beat a two, they are both very low cards that would have trouble winning a hand on their own. Suit doesn't matter in this game.

"Oh I figured that out years ago. And no, I didn't loose too much over those stupid rules. I just wasn't sure about that one until now, but only because I've never bothered to ask." Hailey puts 15 credits on the table. "The first round is to learn the game, in my case all over again. Everyone in?"

I suppose.

15 credits in coins are gracefully launched and land in a perfect pile in the middle of the table.

Jowmum mentally keeps track of all he sees and makes his bets appropriately. The shuffled deck is sacred as are anyone else's hands, but if they bleed, they are fair game.

OOC: Bleeding in cards is accidentally showing someone else your cards.