"Alura"....Jaden said hesitantly. "May I sit down with you?" He wasn't one for much crazy partying, but enjoyed watching on the side and chatting one-on-one with people. While Jaden was still wary of Alura's skills, he enjoyed her company and her unique beauty.

"Of course you can, Jaden." she replied warmly.

They chatted for awhile, Jaden's mind locking out the rest of the world so that he was in a little bubble of quiet background noise where he was just talking with Alura. Eventually, they discovered they had a common area of enjoyment - playing cards.

"Do you know how to play Uno?" he asked her, Uno being one of his favorite games of all time. Jaden was suprised when Alura shook her head 'no'. He thought everyone knew how to play Uno. Most of his friends usually beat him at the game, so he was overjoyed to find a newbie he coule beat, for once.

Jaden ran off to get the cards from his luggage in his room, and after a bit of frantic digging, found the pack of cards. He raced back to Alura, nearly running over Amy in the process and sat down in a chair."This is Uno." he said, fanning the cards out on the table. "And I'm going to kick your butt."

Alura raised her left eyebrow. "Is that a challenge, Jaden? Because if it is, you're about to lose your shirt."

Jaden laughed, thinking "It certainly wouldn't be the first time..." and began to teach Alura how to play. The game was quite simple, and she was a quick learner (much to his dismay). Eventually, WB, Ruby and Amy joined in the game as well, and the games were going quickly. Some of the players were beginning to lose interest, and were creating new rules to the game.

"I'll trade you three of those..." WB said, pointing at Amy's hand, which held 4 reverse cards, "....for 5 of any of these." She indicated her own hand, which held a variety of choice cards as well.

"I've got a better idea." Amy announced. "Let's trade "favors" for cards, instead.'

"No fair!" Jaden cried in mock irritation. "I'm outnumbered!"

"True.." Alura conceded. "So why don't we play....STRIP Uno?"

"STRIP Uno?" asked Jaden with a wide grin on his face, "Let's go!"

He played well for the first few rounds, happily watching as each of the lovely ladies began to lose their clothing. But as the fickle Lady Luck changes sides, he began to lose as well, his shirt disappeared, the first of many more items of clothing to go.

A few hours later, laughed silly and clothingless, the Uno-players retired to their rooms for the night.