Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in Side sim: How you spend your free time (OPEN)

Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in Side sim: How you spend your free time (OPEN)

Posted by Ensign E’usah (Navigator) in Side sim: How you spend your free time (OPEN)

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Murphy watched the game with baited breath, eager to see who won or lost. In her position she could see both boards and knew how close each was to winning. They were so close!!

NPCrewman Murphy

Rand listened as Scott called her last attempt, “Hit.” Rand stuck a red peg into her ship and examined her attack screen, possible places left and the pattern of placement. “E5.”

Rand and Carla

Rand glanced up at Murphy smiling shyly. “I think you’ll be playing Scott next.”

Rand and Carla

E’usah waited, watching the ball carefully, she had set up her next shot perfectly and Carla was out of position. She hit the ball with a chopping motion, almost as if she was trying to cut it in half, the resulting backspin on the ball caused it to hit the table then shoot to the side almost obliquely, if Carla managed to return the ball E’usah would be in the perfect position to slam the ball nearly crosswise to the far side of the table. She had promised to not use her tail to hit the ball, she never promised not to use it to help her balance, she threw her tail to the side bringing her into perfect position.

E’usah - NAV

Carla dived for the ball, and clipped it with her paddle, but it hit the net and rolled back towards her and off the side of the table. “Point for you,” Carla grinned and caught the ball on the bounce and tossed it back to E’usah. “Very nice.” Carla was no champion but she enjoyed the game and friendly competition. She would have to keep an eye on E’usah. She was nimble and a very good player.

“Soo,” said Scott, eenie-meenie-miney-moe-ing another place to put a peg. “You’ve been visiting the lab a lot lately,” she said. What she wanted to talk about was Alden, but she hoped Rand would think she wanted to talk about the animals. That way, she could bring Alden up slowly to get her inside scoop.

~ NE Scott

Rand nodded while she waited for Scott to call out her choice. “I was asked to assist with the Atariva Mouse. Apparently Lt Cmdr Alden needed someone not involved in the study and data collection to interact with it. I have some free time in my day, so I agreed to help. My understanding is the the mouse needed someone to bond with, and a good scientist would never do that. So I was asked and agreed.”

Rand and Carla