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Lounge: side sim

Posted Jan. 10, 2019, 2:11 a.m. by Civilian Sadee Brooks (Executive Officer's Daughter) (H Levi Smiley)

Posted by Crewman Jasper Jarvis (Cardiology and Surgery) in Lounge: side sim

Posted by Civilian Cai Taylor (Captain’s Brother) in Lounge: side sim

Posted by Crewman Jasper Jarvis (Cardiology and Surgery) in Lounge: side sim
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1pm and Cai Taylor sat alone in the lounge eating a sandwich in front of a 3D chess set. He had the pieces set up in a puzzle that eluded him. It required solving in three moves but no matte what he did he could only do it in four. He pushed his hood bs k and ran his hands through his hair in frustration then reset the puzzle.

He chewed thoughtfully and considered it again.

Cai

Dr Jarvis entered the quiet lounge having not long completed his first day on the ‘job’. He used the term loosely as his day of physical examinations and equipment calibration had done little to excersize his brain. The novelty of freedom would soon wear off he realised and he would have to find some other form of stimuli, given the Captains inherent distrust of him would not likely see him weild a scalpel any time soon. Wandering over to the replicator he ordered a salisbury steak with mashed potatos and steamed green vegetables. To acompany it he ordered a glass of wine, however, was already well aware of that it was not real alcohol. Making his way to a table he could not help but notice the blue-haired fiugure sitting alone with a 3d chess set. He watched as they re-positioned the peices then sat and stared at them. He recognised the puzzle instantly, the infamous Kleptonite manouvour. Made famous by the player of the same name who had used it to escape check-mate and eventually win the match. It required the peices to reach certain positions in only three moves. His interest piqued he walked towards the table and its occupant.

“Having difficulty solving that puzzle?” he asked by way of a greeting. He waited for a response.

Dr J. Jarvis M.D.

Cai looked up at the source of the voice and looked the man it belonged to up and down. Something about him seemed off putting but he wasn’t sure what it was.

“Yes.” He said and turned back to scowl at it.

Cai

When he saw the boy’s face Jasper was slightly taken aback. The blue hair and lip ring screamed delinquint, but here he was sitting in front of a chess set. Come to think of it, a teenager sitting down to tax their brain on a chess puzzle? That was a surprise. Hadn’t the youth of today been lost to holosheds or some other such rubish? Was that even what they were called? Jasper did not care.

“May I sit down?” he asked without really thinking the request through. Had the day been that mind numbing that something of even the slightest intilectual interest beat dining alone. He waited for the boy to either say yes, no or, most likely, be completly indifferent.
Dr J. Jarvis M.D.

Cai sighed, he knew that look. It was the look of an adult who had already dipped the brush in tar. “By all means, it’s a free federation after all.” He indicated the chair opposite him with a nod of his head. Truth be told he didn’t like puzzles that eluded him and he preferred to have someone around to bounce ideas with in such instances. For years that someone had been willow until she had started working all the time. Then she was never around and he was alone, he would have preferred Adrian but the old geezer would do in a pinch.

He moved the first piece and considered before he let it go.

Cai

Jasper placed his tray on the table and sat down in the seat opposite. Pope had said he should try making friends after all. He smirked internally at what the portly man would think of him dining opposite a teenager. Cutting into his rare steak he watched the boy make the first of his three moves and waited to see if he would make the corrisponding move for the fictitious opponent.

He chewed silently. While the replicator on board the Ogawa was better than both that aboard the hippocrates and the ones back in New Zealand, it failed to give the dish the subtleties that a flesh and blood chef could. He picked up the glass of red wine and swirled the contents before giving it a sniff. It would have to do he thought and took a sip.

A look accross at his companion told him that the boy was becoming frustrated. While he could have simply given him the solution he elected to refrain. What was the point in a puzzle if someone else solved it for you. Like in life if you were robbed of the challenge you would never succeed. Instead he chose to ask the tried and tested first question, “tell me, what is your name?”

Dr J. Jarvis M.D

A young woman had been seated nearby and had been silently staring at the pair. She was young and attractive, cury, and very punk. Her fire engine hair was cropped very short. She longed to speak to the boy who had caught her attention in class, but she didn’t know what to say. Suddenly, she saw the answer. “Postion your pawn and then sacrifice your Rook,” she said softly unsure if they could hear. “That frees your queen to checkmate.”

-Sadee


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