applebough | w2 curfew in the rec room

It's working out pretty well for you. Why hide a cute face under all that tinted glass?

[ Oh you NPCs and your Mysteries. ]

[ she's just like this she's just LIKE THIS.

a very quiet laugh. ]

My contract normally, but we've decided largely to see just how much of it we can bend.

[ we goin rogue...... ]

[ Maybe everyone should just be flirtier and cooler on main. Get on her level. ]

Getting a little rebellious, huh? I love that for us.

[ Fuck big Corp!! ]

C'mon, play some games with us 'til we pass out.

[ could never be me. but they will get up with a slightly unpleasant metallic sound before hobbling over to a chair to sit right down i guess we are playing connect 3 or cards or anything really. ]

Missed the fresh air... I couldn't lose my chance.

So what's the name of the game?

The easiest one would be poker. Everyone knows the rules to poker.

Feeling lucky?

[ She says, on a Thursday. It's fine. ]

[ we're never lucky on thursdays and i don't know poker, but - ]

Such a loaded question. [ joke. ]

Poker sounds good.

There's only one answer to it, Io babe. And the answer is yes.

[ She can pass out cards for both of them and they can simply Play. Shoves rules out the window. ]

What do you do in your time off, other than sit a little broodily at counters?

[ fuck you rules it's two russians playing poker now!!!!! ]

Sitting broodily at counters -

[ pfft ]

Drink a little vodka when I get a couple hours off duty... read... I like to study, or if hydroponics were open, I'd spend my time there with the plants.

What do you prefer to do in your own... time off. Downtime.

Oof. I've had enough of reading, personally. Used to do a lot of that until it felt like my brain was melting out of my ears.

I like to play things by ears these days. A lot of time is wasted planning stuff that doesn't always work out.

I like drinking too, obviously! And playing games. At the LCB, it's always either way too much downtime or I'm up to my neck in crazy stuff. At this point, I've played every single possible hand in backgammon, so I think I'll lay off of that for a while.

[ whistles... ]

You have to find a new game, clearly. Question is, what'll it be? If you had to pick one to learn inside and out?

Ooh. If I had to get to the point where I knew everything about it...

Baccarat and poker are both really popular, they're basically a given at any casino. If I learned how to card-count and everything, I could probably sweep the place for all it's worth, huh?

Huh, I like it.

[ picasso. become pokccarat king. ]

Should see if there are any casinos en route... guess you could always try and simulate one...

Would you play with me if I did?

I promise I'll make it fair even if it's my simulation. A game's not fun if you go in knowing you'll win it.

[ :weary: ]

Don't see why I wouldn't. Something about practice making perfect?

I'd like that, even if you'll wipe the floor with me.

[ no doubt about that. ]

I'm not psychic, you know. And like I said, I'm still working on the counting cards bit.

It'll just be your luck against mine. That's about as fair as it goes, don't you think?

[ The unquantifiable stat... but she certainly has enough confidence to make you think she's lucky. ]

[ she really does, it's impressive. ]

I don't have a very big lucky streak, I'm keeping my expectations realistic. But it sounds like fun, so I'm in.

[ this poker hand isn't going well for them. but they seem pretty content. ]

You ever think you might be holding yourself back by being too realistic?

[ Everyone should be a little more delusional. As a treat. ]

Even when things are looking bad...

[ She says, as she looks at her hand with a contemplative expression. And then she decides to discard all of it for a new hand of cards entirely, giving it one look and flashing Io a grin. ]

You never know what might come next.

It's true.

[ watching her, tapping their own cards gently on the table in thought. ]

Taking the leap and all is the hardest part. Whatever choice you will for yourself...

[ She just lays down her 12. Which is a significant up from her first hand which was a 6. ]

Just have a little less fear, that's all. Not that I think being reckless is the answer, but something something about balance.

Hah.

Think I've taken a fair share of leaps... no... It's not so much fear.

I meant it pretty generally, but I think it still applies. I'm not unreasonable though. I'm not gonna tell you to just jump off a cliff and hope for the best or anything like that.

Just gotta keep morale up when we're stuck in a tin can for the next six weeks.

[ leaning back for a moment with a nod. ]

'Least not all of it's inside said tin can - we should be ready to open up the next gate over soon as well.

[ thoughtfully: ]

Next planet's got a big mercantile population... it should prove interesting for the week. I'll pick up another pod there as well, considering all the work today...

Pods? Oh, like, the medbay things?

You can just grab a new one?

[ ... ]

The last time you installed them was after some kind of coke ring incident, wasn't it?

Some medical equipment tends to pass through there from the reports we have... Buy it myself if I have to.

[ i will be paying for this out of my own fuckin' pocket you all will GET A THIRD POD. ]

The other have face duty next week. So it gives me time to work on it... get it ready...

[ but when she mentions that incident, they give pause, like they're trying to search for something. there's a little, a twitch to the temple and eyes closing briefly. they will just toss their hand away... ]

It was... some time ago, I think when we got them... I don't remember much at all about a ring...? [ they do kind of give her a mildly miserable post-migraine look. ]

[ Io... our saviour... and our limited pods. ]

Was a while ago, huh?

[ Just watching his reaction. Maybe Io should rest in the medpods a while. ]

You guys seriously get up to a lot of stuff, sounds like.

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