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Seeing as Luke had roped him into a journey across the universe in the middle of the night, Poe was dead on his feet.
He leaned back in his seat, yawning loudly as he eyed Chewbacca from across the board.
"Just give up already, we've got it in the bag." He muttered, turning to Finn before beginning to whisper a strategy in his ear.
The wookie growled, throwing his arms up.
"Hey," Poe rested his elbow on the table, finger pointing at him. "We're not cheating. You just can't handle losing."
Chewbacca began to shout, waving towards Din who stood beside them. The king's visor hadn't left the board since they began, analyzing the game pieces.
"Okay, now you're just being dramatic!" Poe crossed his arms, tilting his head towards Din. "He's never even played before, Chew."
The creature grumbled lowly before shutting the board off and leaning back in his seat, causing the mandalorian's head to reel back in amusement.
"Oh, come on!" Finn huffed, dropping a hasty fist onto the board lightly.
The three of them shouted over each other, the two humans gesturing at the board while the wookie stood with his arms raised. He nearly took off Finn's head before a familiar face showed up.
"Hey," Rey greeted as she entered the guest quarters from the cockpit.
"Don't say hi to this monster." Poe glared, nodding towards the wookie.
Rey rolled her eyes, giving up before turning towards the Mand'alor.
"We'll be in the Yavin system by morning. You and Poe can get some sleep if you'd like." She smiled politely, gesturing to the guest bunk in the room.
"Sleep is for the weak." The pilot snarked, a dirty look still focused on Chewbacca. "Besides, this guy might off me for calling his bluff."
And just like that, chaos ensued yet again.
Chaos that involved both Finn and Poe losing in an arm wrestle against the wookie.
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Poe woke up to a boot tossed at his face. It narrowly missed him, grazing his ear. But still, it was the action itself that counted.
"Chewbacca, I swear." He got up to lean on his elbow, pointing an angry finger at him to which the wookie howled with laughter.
Poe stood up, stretching while he willed his morning migraine away. He looked down at his wrinkled white button-up shirt, frowning before he noticed Din seated at the table alongside Chewie. They were playing Dejarik.
"Remind me why I forgot to pack any comfortable clothes?" He mused to himself quietly, making hasty work of the buttons as he yawned.
"Luke will be here in a moment to set up a plan." Rey announced as she and Finn walked into the room.
"I thought we were just looking for a couple pieces of paper." Poe muttered while rubbing his eyes before quickly throwing on an armor undershirt.
"Sleep well?" Finn teased, leaning towards the pilot with a witty smile plastered on his face.
"Wonderfully, thank you." Poe grinned mockingly, grabbing both of his pauldrons in his hand, and lightly smacking his friend upside the head with them as he walked.
"Kriffing hell," Finn chuckled with a wince, rubbing at his head.
Poe stopped beside the Dejarik table, placing the beskar in the middle of the board. Chewbacca quietly complained as it blocked his view.
"Woah, wait are you winning?" The pilot's eyes grew large as Din moved to stand. The Mand'alor confirmed his suspicions by nodding his head before grabbing at the left pauldron.
Poe began to laugh, loudly. He placed a hand over his chest, bending over as he wheezed.
"You're losing, Chewie." He spoke in between his laughter.
Din gently placed a hand on the pilot's shoulder, tugging slightly. Poe understood, standing straight as the mandalorian continued his work of fastening on the armor.
All the while, the wookie was protesting in anger.
"Sore loser," Poe muttered before turning around to allow Din access to his other shoulder.
Luke came in after that, shaking his head at Chewbacca's complaining before he spoke up.
"Seeing as the pages are in Kylo's hands, his next step, if he chooses to take it, would be to visit the force tree at the old academy." The jedi master explained with a grim expression. Poe was guessing the man hadn't been back at the ruins since the incident. Hell, he hadn't either.
"I was expecting something a lot more tame than this." Poe admitted, crossing his arms over his shoulders.
Din moved on from Poe's shoulder to run a hand down his spine. Poe looked to him, nodding his head in understanding before he left for the bunk to grab the rest of his armor.
"If all goes well, it will be tame." Luke chided Poe as if they had traveled back in time to when the pilot was just a child.
"Famous last words." Finn sighed, running a hand roughly through his hair.
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