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Cass' critical eye lingers a moment longer on the blanket fort that they constructed together, but eventually, she plops down next to Knight with a satisfied smile. "And it'll be more cosy once we get more blankets!" she smiles. She wants to stay lying for a moment longer, but gets up as Knight does, but for different reasons. She walks over to her belongings - a ridiculously big bag for one night, and with no games in it, either - and pulls out Jon's little bed. Jon immediately waddles over as he sees Cass working, jumping inside it contently. "Hey, do you think it's warm enough to sleep with an open window?" she wonders, debating where to put Jon.

Eira comes back from fetching the blankets with Thea, trailing behind her and balancing a pile of pillows carefully on her back. Cass grins as she sees it, and gestures for Martin to help with easing up the load - he'd be able to get a pillow down without sending the tower tumbling. "Can always get more cosy!" Cass tells Thea, just gesturing around the place. There's never too many pillows and blankets, especially when it's like this - chilly, but not too cold.

She'd let Knight answer the game question while helping with arranging the new additions to the perfect blanket pillwo fort.

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Cass is really glad that Martin doesn't have to pull double duty with more aromatherapy during the night, too, and places Jon next to the window then. Dermot, the Grafaiai, is also sitting there, and actually offers his fellow poison type mon one of the snacks, too. (The second to last, in fact. He'd have to get a new plate soon.) Jon gets cosy in the rustle of old plastic bags as well, and takes the snack, starting to chat casually with Dermot about the stars outside.

"Thanks guys!" Cass grins, looking quite pleased with herself at the fond looks that she thinks are directed towards Jon. "He's a bit worried about beeing too stinky, so I got a bed for him." However, he also does know that she's literally unbothered by carrying around sentient garbage, but he does know her mom ... and how they've yet had to come face to face, actually.

"I'll grab ... yellow then!" She hovers over purple, but thinks it's better to have clearly distinguished colours. "Walk me through the rules." She gets cosy while the explanation's going on, being near the window next to Jon who's also allowed Martin to rest at the edge of his little bed, making the Fairy type quite happy. Eira's also gathering around the window for the cool breeze that occasionally comes into the room.

Cass laughs at Knight and Gominha exchanging affectionate gestures and Thea's comment, "Well, at least we'll be third-wheeling together." She wiggles her eyebrows too, almost wanting to suggest cheating in Knight's moments of inattention ... but she knows Thea doesn't like it.

(Doesn't mean Cass won't try on her own, though.)

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Jon seems to be very touched and embarrassed by those words, and gives Thea a wave with his arm. She could also take it, if she wanted to move closer. Cass lets out a laugh at Thea's words about Gominha, and could only agree with a nod, shaken by laughter. "Yeah, honestly, me too. But hey, he seems happy," they chuckle, slowly calming down again.

Cass does not mean the thirdwheeling together that way, but she grins nonetheless, and returns the blown kiss with heartshaped fingers, acting a bit cutesy like she's seen some idols do it. She's genuinely cosy and warmed up by this display of affection, but there's also a part of her grinning deviously. It seems like distracting Thea for her evil deeds should not be a problem either ...

...

She does play the first round fairly straight, with only a few nudges, but nothing too extreme to tip the odds in her favour. Just seeing what she might get away with, and what she's already called out for in terms of "being clumsy" while playing. "I think I got it now. Jolteon, carry me to victory!" they grin.

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rolls o3o making it vaguely complicated if u want but also. we can just take the first roll and just decide if you catch cass cheating the game or not haha XDD
ACTUAL GAME ROLL mQ0BwWek
CHEATING STEALTH
CHEATING BONUS IF SUCCESS

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Cass seems to be doing much better in the actual game, having played it once now before. But also, her cheating has become more subtle, too, since she now figured out what she might do. It does feel a bit weird to do it here, with friends who she just knows are the worst-best goody two shoes she knows, but hey.

Given her initial set-up, she needed that little bit of manipulated luck.

It's insane, however, how much the tables turn in the latter half, where Knight just gets incredibly lucky. And no matter the little cheating Cass's doing, Thea is really good at the game. At the end, they're tallying ... "Seems like I lost. Knight, you gotta tell how you've allied with Lady Luck herself," she grins, but also vaguely ... ugh, she hates losing, even if it's just a game.

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AND THE SCORES AT THE END OF THE GAME ...
cass 62
thea 79
knight 99

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"He really will ... let's hope he'll share with us when he does," Cass grins, feeling a bit better now, but Thea's words brighten up the last bit. "Gotta play the game to know it, that practice round was very helpful." (To learn the rules in practice, which, actually, works better for the think-she's-booksmart-but-actually-is-more-bookwise, and ... finding cracks.)

Cass would give a standing ovation at Knight's formidable speech, but this would require her to uncosy herself, so she simply gives an enthusiastic applause while half-laying. As the question comes up what to do next, Cass agrees with the other two that another round might be a bit too much for their tired brains.

"What movies are you thinking about? I don't really mind any type of movie!" With others, she might have added "no children's movie" to keep a certain image, but she doesn't feel the need here, so she's just curious what the others could think of. "I think what I recently heard of is this one Fantasy movie based on that board game ..."

(Gladly, Gominha's snoring a bit quiet for now.)

Jon and the others welcome Gideon's approach with welcoming noises. Jon is a bit hesitant about making space in his bed, not wanting to accidentally squish the Karrablast, but Dermot actually moves over quickly, and even offers a snack from his current plate. He's, in fact, slowly seeming to be full, and now has started to hand out snacks to others because he still couldn't just let food be.

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