Sage hummed in response to her comment, nodding along. "I dunno, you have t done much to surprise me that much recently," he mused, clearly messing around. Three rounds before breakfast had certainly been a surprise to wake up to. But he definitely hadn't minded that. He had no doubt she could surprise him, and get him good, but he didn't really care. It was worth it.

He hummed as she spoke up again, snorting softly and placing his own card down after a moment of quiet thinking. "I suppose we'll find out," he hummed in a neutral tone, carefully picked.

He raised an eyebrow when she told him to just let her win, shaking his head with a grin. "Nope, of you do win it'll be because you deserved it not because I went easy on you," he chirped. Then he snickered. "You wouldn't let me keep the smug grin anyhow," he pointed out lightly to her.

Sage couldn't help but grin over at her when she spoke up again. "Oh, you definitely like making me squirm," he noted, a fond sort of amusement in his tone. He didn't need to keep a poker face or anything for that. "Though, I suppose we'll just have to wait and see what happens," he added with a hum.

He placed his own card down slowly, chuckling in response to her comment about his luck. "Oh lucky has nothing to do with it. I have terrible luck," he noted with an amused head shake. "Its all a brain game," he mused lightly, sticking his tongue out at her when she teased him about being a sportsman. "Just wait until you have to do something for me," he teased. "Then we'll see who's teasing who."

Sage snickered softly as she mentioned that he liked it, and he hummed as if thinking. "I suppose I do like it here and there," he mused, a quick shrug moving his shoulders. He liked it more than he'd ever really admit, of course, though she probably knew that without him admitting it. That didn't matter much though, he supposed. He just enjoyed their light hearted banter back and forth.

He agreed with her lighlty when she repeated his brain game comment, grinning over at her as she kept challenging him. "I suppose we will," he mused, placing another card down on the deck and then settling down in his spot again.

It continued like that for a while...maybe an hour or so. They were both pretty good at what they were doing, but now things were narrowing down as they ran out of cards and such. He had a decent hand....though if she had the one card he needed it would mean she'd beat him. But if she didn't...then he'd beat her. It would down to the one card, he supposed. Evertually he just huffed out a breath and set it down, laying the plan out. Now she just had to respond. Hopefully, it was in his favor, though it very well could go either way.

(idc who wins lol)

Sage watched Jora's face carefully as he placed the card down and she glanced over her deck to try and beat him. When she didn't, he felt the grin on his face growing. He couldn't help but let out a light yell of victory when she sighed, eye glittering. They'd had a fun time, annd he could admit it felt nice to know he was actually capable of playing the game without the crew just letting him win. This had been a fun challenge...he'd certainly enjoyed his time.

He moved to gather all the cards up once she'd set down the rest of her hand, chuckling softly. "I'm sure you will," he mused as she spoke up, glad to know they'd had enough fun to play games like this more often. She'd enjoyed herself too, which made him glad he'd suggested they play.

"For now though, I suppose you should start thinking about how you're gonna pay up," he added, a mischevious grin crossing his face as he glanced up at her. "I am rather curious as to how you're gonna surprise me," he cooed, really just teasing her. Really, as scary as the bet soudned, it could be something as simple as her favorite dog breed or something. She hadn't told him that, so it would theoretically count. But she could take it a bit deeper, and play around with him with it all, and he figured that's where she'd go with it.

Sage humemd softly as Jora spoke, shrugging when she mentioned he'd want to be surprised. "Well, it would make things more interesting I suppose," he replied nonchalantly, but he really was curious. He did try to make it seem like he wasn't quite so curious about it, but he definitely was.

Of course, when she mentioned it would coat him more than just the game, he groaned and flopped down on the side of the couch she wasn't perched on. "I should've picked the dogs," he half grumbled. They both knew it was phrased as a challenge, and he'd accept a challenge no matter what. So there was that. He was probably screwed...though he'd sort of known he'd be screwed whether he won or not a while ago. It was amusing really....getting the upper hand against her was rather hard. "Fine," he huffed after a moment or so. "What else do I need to do then," he added, still grumbly but not in an upset way