Serenity had docked at Persephone, allowing the crew a couple of days of much needed relaxation. Shepherd Book left early in search of people who needed encouragement, while Wash and Zoë made off for a room with clean sheets and a bath.

Inara had decided to take Kaylee and River out shopping in the market, leaving Mal, Simon and Jayne to see after Serenity.

Jayne having grown somewhat bored with sitting around guarding Serenity, began to babble on about there being nothing to do. Sick of listening to his rants, Mal and Simon formulated a plan to shut Jayne up, for good.

“Hey Jayne, how bout’ you, the captain and I play a game?”

“Game, fancy pants, unless it involves cards or guns, I ain’t interested in no game” Jayne pronounced.

“What if it includes alcohol?” Simon questioned, winking at the captain.

“Drinkin’ games?” Jayne replied stopping dead in his tracks. “You wouldn’t stand a chance, but if ya wanna be schooled doc, I’m for it. I could drink you both under the table”

The three made their way back to the dining room, where Simon pulled out a large bottle of the cheap rum, a shot glass, and a small platinum coin.

Simon filled the shot glass. “All you got to do Jayne, is bounce the coin into the glass, and then you get to choose who drinks. If you miss you drink”

“Sounds simple enough” Jayne replied with enthusiasm

“Why don’t you do the honors Jayne” Mal declared

“Watch this..” Kerplunk, the coin went into the shot glass with very little effort. “I choose the doc!” Jayne pointed at Simon.

Simon downed the shot and refilled the glass. “My turn” Simon easily put the coin into the glass and immediately pointed to Jayne to drink.

Kerplunk, Mal, bounced the coin into the glass and pointed to Jayne to drink. The more Jayne drank, the more he missed, and the more he missed, the more he had to drink.

Within two hours, the two on one game had produced a stone drunk Jayne and completely sober Mal and Simon. Of course Simon had made sure of this by slipping Mal a pi