Grax Sets Up The Poker Game With Theo

After drying off and changing, do you go back to checking the monitors?

Theo does.

8:24 PM

At some point after this, the captain comes down.  His uniform's a bit more lax today.

Captain: "Professor.  Everything ship shape?"

Theo, 8:25 PM

My previous captain let me electrocute people who said that to me.

But the converters seem stable.

8:27 PM

Grax: "Your previous captain was a vicious pirate with a criminal record long as my arm.  Not sure how I feel about the comparison."

Theo, 8:27 PM

You don't let me electrocute anyone.  I don't think there's a comparison.

8:29 PM

Grax: "...maybe we can loosen that a bit.  ...but not now.  We'll talk."

Theo, 8:30 PM

Not saying I will.  I just like the option.

8:31 PM

Grax: "...this seems a pretty simple job.  Most of it seems to be automatic.  Any chance you can step away for a bit."

Theo, 8:32 PM

It looks simple because I designed it.  But I suppose a watched pot never implodes.  What do you need?

Theo reattaches his arm.

8:33 PM

Grax: "What'd people on your old crew do for fun?"

Theo, 8:34 PM

They were pirates.  Drinking, card games, general debauchery.

8:36 PM

Grax: "Games.  Games are good.  Duma's taken over the Illusion Chamber...I thought maybe I could get some of the senior staff for a friendly card game."

Theo, 8:37 PM

Pirate card games were friendly until the knives came out.  I assume you don't mean that.

8:39 PM

Grax: "Depends who's in them.  Although, both Xho and Duma seem preoccupied...so that does lower the chance of knives."

Theo, 8:41 PM

She was just down here.

8:41 PM

Grax: "She told me she had some people she wanted to check in with.  Guess you were on the list."

Theo, 8:42 PM

She was interested in the engines.

8:44 PM

Grax: "I believe she's interested in everything.  She wants to know how everything in the ship works."

Theo, 8:44 PM

Sensible.

8:46 PM

Grax: "Indeed.  So...what do you say?  Maybe we just set up for cards in here.  Ask the cadet to join us."

Theo, 8:48 PM

No, somewhere else.  I don't want to get blood all over the consoles.

8:49 PM

Grax: "Confident man."

Grax: "I think most people have been gathering in the cafeteria."

Theo nods.

8:52 PM

So, you head up and do see a number of people set up in the cafeteria.  Viktor's there.  As is Williamson, and a fair bit of the security team.

Viktor and Williamson join and you deal in a game.

Theo totally counts cards.

Theo doesn't even really do it on purpose.

Theo, 8:54 PM

(His brain is just wired that way.)

8:54 PM

Roll me just a straight intelligence check.

Theo, 8:56 PM

((7.  25 if I get advantage because of Keen Mind?  :p ))

8:56 PM

((I'll give adv.))

Theo, 8:56 PM

(Then that's a crit.)

8:57 PM

You are totally able to do so, no matter how Grax deals the cards.  But you do note that it's a very professional deal.  He knows how to handle cards.

You also can tell that Viktor's trying to subtly magic the cards.

Viktor slip a bad or good card one way or another.

Theo doesn't say anything!

9:09 PM

You and the other two magic users end up playing the captain under the table.

Theo is confused, as usually he's been threatened several times by this point in a card game.

9:11 PM

This group does not seem to be going that route.  Although the captain does mutter something about moving you all to latrine duty.