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"I'm not totally sure how to explain this," She frowned slightly at Charlie, pointing at his card, "But in blackjack terms, an ace can be a 1 or an 11... Since we're looking at the single value here, 11 is the largest number in the deck, above king, queen and jack that are valued at 10." Honestly, she wasn't sure how it works either, but if they follow the rules of blackjack, that should be it, right?

She shot all the nearby students a curious look, wondering if they knew more.

"In my game, an Ace is a tricky b*****d, much like pirates," Hobknocker interjected, hobbling over to where he had left the mop and pail. Though he had only caught the tail end of the conversation, it was enough to get the gist of it. "It masquerades as a nobody, a nothing card. Your friend is right in that it usually stands for a one or an eleven, but that's Blackjack. In actuality, the card itself boasts no number. Instead there's a letter. In my game, the A stands for Assassin and when you least expect it, it comes out to make its move. Even a King may fall victim to its sharp blade. The odds of two Assassins being found in one game -- especially a small game like this -- raised alarms, I admit. However, it's apparent in your ignorance of the game, that you had not cheated. Fortune was smiling upon you but don't let it get to your head. Fortune is a backstabbing wench if I ever knew one."

Charlie listened to what Hobknocker had to say with very open ears. Usually he wasn't the greatest at paying attention but here was talk of his card being an assassin !! Charlie literally gasped and covered his mouth with his hands at the realization that his card was an utter bad a**.

"That means.. My card has killed other cards. " Slowly a wicked smile unraveled on the demons face. He was so shocked and so amused by this that he didn't have time to say icky for the picture Lizzy was taking of him to send to Mac and Lizzy.

Mac saying if he sunk the boat and then he'd never get to wear his jacket made Charlie frown.

"Hmph, how rude. He knows I would be best to wear that jacket," Charlie crossed his arms and pouted some.

She took the photo anyway as Charlie was busy with listening to the ToTer's explanation, saving the photo in her phone; it was cuter candid anyway! Her phone started to vibrate straight after, however, and she smiled as the 'new message' icon appeared on the screen. Quickly, she read it, feeling relieved at the fact that Tess was alright - well, as alright as one could be on a boat heading to who knows where.



Her reply sent, she turned her attention back to Charlie, raising an eye brow at his pouting; she can't imagine Charlie wearing Mac's jacket and pulling it off. Then again, it might just be her... Pocketing her phone, she shook her head, "I'm not too sure about that but uh, if we stay afloat and reach our destination in one piece, you can get that jacket and we shall see, yes?"

She had secretly kept a pillow from the pillow fight; having something other than moist, rotting wood to lay her head on for even a night was great. So great that she slept like a log through the night, using a jacket as a blanket to cover her upper body and keep heat in. Apart from the pillow, being worn out from the excitement of the pillow fight and having to clean up the feathers that was a result of the pillow fight also contributed to her sound sleep... That was, until she was thrown forward, almost hitting her head against the wall.

"Ugh..." She groaned, sitting up and quickly flipping her dress back down to cover her thighs as she sat up, rubbing her eyes; climbing up, she dragged herself onto the deck, bare-footed as she slipped into the jacket that had been covering her earlier. If the sudden lurch forward didn't wake her, the sight of the giant tentacle on the deck sure did. She stared at it for a whole 5 seconds before realizing that no, she was not dreaming.

"E-eaten?!" While glad and reassured that the Nurse appeared calm in the face of adversity, Lizzy couldn't help but flail internally as she grabbed a harpoon after muttering a soft 'thank you'. Then, wordlessly, she quickly made her way to the edge of the ship, looking into the water with a frown. She watched the water with bated breath, hoping and praying that the student who had been thrown overboard would make it back in one piece...

... Sadly, the tentacle never surfaced close enough for her to hit it.

Drats! The harpoon just splashed in the rolling waves. He had wanted to HIT a tentacle. Stab it! Pin it to the ship and teach that monster who was BOSS. Bringing back his spear, he tried to work with clipping the thing back in place and pulling back the line to get it to click. This was rather difficult when the entire ship was rocking back and forth. Wet floor. Hooves on deck. Did not really help with keeping your balance much and he flopped on his butt once and.. "AH!" The harpoon flew out and luckily headed OFF the ship. He rose up and looked to see where it went.

With the rowdy pillow fight still fresh in his mind, Jove had been in good spirits since. But that night he had been sound asleep on the hard floor with only one pillow, the fluffy one he had managed to save from the cleaning. He didn't so much use it like any normal student, instead of simply resting his head on it, the pup was curled up around it, mostly on it, ears and tail occasionally twitching as he dreamed of doggy things.

It had been a literal rude awakening, finding himself jolted out of sleep as his little body skidded across the pitted floor. Something was wrong with the boat. His eyes were wide and glowing in the dark hold as he blinked to try and get his bearings, fixing on the faint light from the stairs. Without waiting for Seiji or Alessa, or anyone else who might have wanted to protect him, the wisp stashed his pillow under those stairs and ran up onto the deck.

Where he was promptly handed a harpoon.

The weight of the thing was almost enough for him to drop it on the spot, and once he saw the giant purple tentacles flailing around the ship he did just that. So the doom Yaya had spoke of had finally arrived for their ship... The pup whined slightly before picking up the harpoon, and seeing Lizzy and Calder bravely attacking the creature he puffed up his chest in his most brave-looking manner and tried to give the squid a good stabbing.