Posted by Civilian T’Pris (Psychobiologist/Scientist) in Lounge: side sim

Posted by Civilian Sadee Brooks (Executive Officer’s Daughter) in Lounge: side sim

Posted by Captain Willow Taylor (Commanding Officer) in Lounge: side sim
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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.

The man’s scowl didn’t phase Sadee in the slightest. If she let it bother her every time an adult scowled at her, she would always be in a bad mood. Not that she was ever in a good mood, but still. She might have found it irritating that the pompous man didn’t bother to acknowledge her at all had she actually given a damn.

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 looked up your records your the new XOs daughter right?” He asked her.

Cai

A rare smile lit up Sadee’s face as she nodded. She was about to respond to the dreamy boy’s question when…

Cai blinked as though the smile took him aback and suddenly he was smiling too. A charming sort of smile that both see,Ed to light up his silvery coloured eyes and make his black lip ring stand out more in comparison with his teeth. “You’ve some wicked computer skill Red.”

Saddee, thought her heart might leap from her chest. “Thanks,” she managed before her throat closed up on her completely. He had called her, Red. That’s it. I’m keeping the hair, it’s never changing. She thought to herself.

“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.

Turning Cai frowned back at the man. “Yeah hence the never seen you before. Why not, be my guest.” He watched to see what the man would do.

Sadee’s blood began to boil. Not only had Cai been way ahead of her when it came to the chess play, but this arrogant jerk across from him first ignores her, then butts in before she had a chance to answer. She could feel her heart began to race as the anger brewed in her gut.

But wait, did he say his name was…

The doors opened again as Adrian Sorel entered, hungry and wanting a late lunch. He spotted Cai and Sadee immediately and wandered over to see what was up.

Adrian Sorel

Sadee looked up just in time to see Adrian. She waved to him. “Over here, Pointy. You don’t want to interrupt those two, trust me.” She gestured to an empty seat at her table that was just across from the one Cai and that man occupied. But he wasn’t just that man, she knew of him, somehow. “Hey Sorel, do you know that guy sitting with Cai,” she asked softly as he sat down.

-Sadee

“My name is Adrian Sorel,” Adrian Sorel said as he took the seat beside her as he shook his head.”No, I do not know him. Are they playing a game of chess?” He asked as he studied the other two. It did not quite appear they were, more like the older man was trying to instruct Cai in it perhaps. If that was so, Adrian Sorel doubted it would go over well.

Adrian Sorel

“I’m sorry, Adrian Sorel, it’s called a nick name. Friends give them to each other all the time. Get over it,” she replied. “No, they’re not playing a game. It’s a logic problem. The pieces are set up in a particular pattern and the object is to checkmate the opponent in three moves. I thought I had it , I could have sworn it.” She wanted to study the board, to figure it out and impress Cai. Why hadn’t that worked? What was she missing?

Adrian Sorel blinked at Sadee’s tone and was a bit taken aback at her stating they were friends. It took him a moment to turn his thoughts back to the game the other two were playing.

Cai lifted his middle and index fingers in greeting and nodded at Adrian as he watched Jasper. “You think you can stay awake long enough to make the move?” He asked with a small smirk. “Your old person food and wine won’t distract you right?”

Cai

Dr Jarvis groaned internally as the number of anklebiters increased. He had not anticipated the chess playing loaner to attract either friend or fan. Perhaps children on Federation starships had a different social culture from the one he recalled from his own youth. Raising a hand he made an identical first move to the one the boy had done. He then stopped to explain, “your first move is correct. However, you are making the wrong assumption when it comes to the response from Klepton’s opponent.”

He moved one of the opposing Bishops. “At this stage, Klepton’s opponent was still pushing for checkmate. Therefore his response was aimed towards that goal, not to try and counter Klepton’s.”

Jasper left the board for the boy to ponder and returned to his dinner.

Dr J. Jarvis M.D

Sadee, giggled. “Hey Adrian Sorel, how well do you know Cai? Is he dating anyone?” She spoke with Adrian but kept her eyes on Cai, silently rooting him on as he worked to figure out the problem without the man’s help.

-Sadee

“Uh…I don’t think so.”Adrian Sorel said uncertainly. Cai had certainly never spoken about any girls with him. He wasn’t even sure Cai would be interested in girl’s like that. Though with humans it was hard to tell, he had noted that they seemed to have an obsession with such things.

Adrian Sorel