Posted Jan. 10, 2019, 7:41 p.m. by Crewman Jasper Jarvis (Cardiology and Surgery) (Iain Foggarty)
Posted by Civilian Cai Taylor (Captain’s Brother) in Lounge: side sim
Posted by Civilian Sadee Brooks (Executive Officer’s Daughter) in Lounge: side sim
<snip>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
Cai glanced up at the new voice and took in the girl, She had been in class and set off the PaDD. Interesting he had wracked his brain for weeks before he had gotten that one, he looked at the pieces. “I tried that, It’s perfect and very clever but…” he made the move as she suggested and then made the counter move that blocked it ended up in a checkmate as she said but in 4 moves. “See?” He asked
Doctor Jarvis scowled at the newcomer. It was not due to her intrusion, although it had seemed a little unplanned, but they way she had just blurted out a solution. It appeared that she did not share his oppinions on lifes challenges. He took another mouthful of steak, this time with some of the mash and green veg; it had been over done. He would ignore her for now for it had not been her who had perked hos interest.
He reset the pieces and raised his eyebrow, the bar through it pulling slightly as he considered Jasper. “Cai.” He said and frowned at the man’s choice of lunch, “you? Haven’t seen you before. You I have seen” he added turning to the girl. “I oooked up your records your the new XOs daughter right?” He asked her.
Cai
“I am Dr Jarvis,” he replied to the boy’s question. “I only recently came aboard.” He looked a the chess board. If the boy wished he would explain the logic to the first move, the possible counter moves and then the one the opposing player eventually responded with. “May I?” He raised a hand and indicated the board.
Dr J. Jarvis M.D
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