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[pagekaren]

Hate to tell you that tonight won't be the night either. I don't actually own Yahtzee. I do have a deck of cards, though.

[She finishes cleaning the wound and sets the towel and bowl aside, then gets the steri strips out of the first aid kit so she can carefully line them up across the gash.]

I get that. Do you want to talk about any of it?

[flippin_peachy]

Cards could be fun.

[He holds still while she finishes patching him up with the steri-strip.]

Nah, nothing really worth talking about. They tried to hurt us so I hurt them.

[pagekaren]

What's your card game of choice?

[Karen leans back enough to get a look at her work and gives a nod. It looks like it'll hold. She lets her hand drop to his shoulder and gives it a gentle squeeze, watching him thoughtfully as she listens. There's a knowing sort of half smile on her lips.]

Simple as that.

[It's never simple. But she's pretty sure pretending it is is part of getting through it.]

[flippin_peachy]

I'm good with either blackjack or poker. Or cribbage.

[He smiles back at her, knowing full well that he's over simplifying it but silence is part of his job.]

Thank you for the patch up, you've got a light touch.

[pagekaren]

Poker it is. I'm terrible at cribbage.

[Karen pats his arm before she gets up, bringing everything from that makeshift first aid station with her.]

You're welcome.

[When she returns, she's got the two mugs of tea that have been steeping, a deck of cards, and a bag of individually wrapped Reese's peanut butter cups.]

For the ante.

[She sounds amused, handing him over one of the mugs as she gets settled back in on the couch. There's a glimmer of mischievous humor in her eyes.]

I'd suggest strip poker but I'm clearly at a disadvantage already.

[flippin_peachy]

[The sight of the tea and treats makes him smile, as does her comment about strip poker.]

Maybe we'll save that for another night, when I give you more of a heads up. That way you can wear several layers.

[He takes a sip of tea and sighs, sinking into the couch.]

Oh I needed that.

[pagekaren]

I can easily get five shirts on without it looking suspicious.

[She's grinning a little as she says it, scooting back enough to make space on the center cushion for their game. She shakes out half the treats for both of them, then shuffles the cards and deals them out.

Glancing up at him as he sinks into the couch, there's a look of fond amusement on her face.]

You Brits and your tea. You can start us off.

ooc: I have no idea how to play poker so I'm going to gloss over stuff

[flippin_peachy]

Can't help it, even when I was in the army we found a way to have tea.

[He says as he studies his cards and then puts in two treats.]

neither do i lol so we can fully just handwave

[pagekaren]

What was the most creative way you got your tea fix?

[Karen wrinkles her nose as she looks at her own cards. Absolutely zero poker face on this one, especially at 2 AM. She matches his ante.]

Phew ;)

[flippin_peachy]

Well there were many times where we made it in spare tin cans, but the most creative was probably when we used a coconut.

[pagekaren]

A coconut?

[She repeats with evident amusement, grinning even as they both show their cards and she loses spectacularly. With a groan, she cedes her ante over to him along with the cards so he can deal their next hand.]

Did it make the tea taste like coconut?

[flippin_peachy]

[He smiles as he wins the first hand and collects his prize before taking the cards and shuffling them thoroughly.]

It did, which wasn't exactly unpleasant but the texture of the furry outside left a little to be desired.

[pagekaren]

Ew.

[It's a succinct response to the idea of drinking out of something furry. She watches as he shuffles the deck.]

It seems like coconuts are hard to get open. Don't you need something wildly sharp?

[flippin_peachy]

[Since she's watching he does a little fancy move, cutting the cards with one hand before going back to shuffling.]

Correct, luckily we all had combat knives so that wasn't a probably. The key is to pierce through it enough and then bash it open so it cracks.

[pagekaren]

Show off.

[The comment is delivered teasingly, a playful lilt to it, smiling despite herself as she watches that one hand deck cut.]

When you put it like that, getting a coconut open sounds like it might be weirdly therapeutic. Did anyone try to shave off the fuzzy parts?

[flippin_peachy]

[He chuckles and tips her a wink before dealing the cards.]

Nah, we only had so many razors and we were all saving them for our faces. Well, those of us who like being clean shaven.

[pagekaren]

Honestly that's fair.

[Karen gives him a contemplative look before even looking at her cards. Puts in her ante of a single peanut butter cup.]

I can't picture you with a beard. Maybe a goatee.

[flippin_peachy]

[He considers her ante and matches it but then raises one extra.]

Honestly both look a bit rubbish on me.

[pagekaren]

[Karen considers her cards again and then meets his ante.]

It would kind of counter the boyish charm thing you've got going on.

[flippin_peachy]

You think I have boyish charm?

[pagekaren]

Yeah.

[There's a pause as she looks up from her cards to grin at him.]

Maybe a little cheekier than the average boyish charm, though.

[flippin_peachy]

[He chuckles because yes, he knows he can be very cheeky.]

Cheers. Also I call.

[pagekaren]

Really? If you win two hands in a row, I'm going to accuse you of cheating.

[Honestly, he could probably win the next four hands in a row. Regardless, Karen adds another two peanut butter cups to the ante.]

[flippin_peachy]

Me? Cheat? And here I thought you trusted me.

[He says as he matches her bid.]

[pagekaren]

I didn't say I believed you were cheating, I said I was going to accuse you of it.

[Karen makes the point with a grin as she goes ahead and matches his bid once again.]