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[resnipstance]

Who: Ahsoka + you
Broadcast: Video (fleetwide)
Action: Common area of the Marsiva
When: Afternoon? Evening??

Has... anyone else been having weird dreams lately, or just me?

Also, what do people do for fun around here? This is the longest I've ever been cooped up in one place. At least if there was something to do...

Anyway, I'm sick of meditating. If anyone wants to come chat or keep me company, I'm sitting in the living area. Does anyone know if they have a dejarik board around here? I'm not much good at it, but it's a good time waster at least.

Oh-- right. I'm always up for a spar, too... if you think you can keep up.

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[feathery]

What the fuck is a dejarik board.

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[resnipstance]

You don't have dejarik in your system?

It's a... strategy game, of sorts. The board is circular, and you have little holographic pieces you can move around on it, that can move in different dimensions.

[feathery]

Oh. Yeah, we had a version of that. Or have; I wouldn't be surprised if someone's got a chessboard. It's just rectangular instead, and tech never made it to the point we had holo pieces. The rules are probably different, too, I mean it would be kind of ridiculous if they were identical.

[resnipstance]

Oh! We have chess, too. They are similar, but not identical.

Spoilers: I'm even worse at chess.

[feathery]

For real. Well, I guess that's more shit I can chalk up as a bizarre universal constant.

But hey, you are among like company, because my sister kicked my ass whenever she made me play. I don't think she even liked chess; she just liked obliterating what little board game dignity I had.

[resnipstance]

[Pffft.]

I'm sensing some sibling rivalry.

[feathery]

I prefer to think of it as part of an ongoing campaign in one-upmanship. One day all of these points will count for something.

[Too bad he usually lost most of these encounters.]

[resnipstance]

Hey, why can't they count for something now?

Nothing wrong with a little friendly competition. It drives you to be better at stuff!

[feathery]

Nah, I can't rightfully cash them in if she's not around. She'd probably concoct some horrendous story about how I cheated my way to victory. Or accuse me of not being able to do math.

Probably both.

[resnipstance]

Sure you can. Maybe not with her.

But the experience you gained in that moment of competition has to count for something, right? Now you're better at those things than you were before.

[feathery]

That was unexpectedly deep. This conversation about chess went places.

[It's amused, though.]

If you find a board, I'll try playing you. The trip through Earth media post-2009 has been an experience, but I'm open to alternative means of staving off boredom.

[resnipstance]

[Consider it a byproduct of growing up a Jedi.]

There's gotta be some kinda board game around here. Unless the Atroma plan to let us all die from boredom.

[feathery]

That would be the most anticlimactic game over ever. Oh well, if the reality show hogwash is true, it means they've got to make our demises at least a little more entertaining.

[How reassuring???]

[resnipstance]

I agree.

In the meantime... maybe we could play a different game. One that doesn't require a game board.

[feathery]

Sure. Do you have one in mind.

Though if you happen to stumble over a Monopoly board, maybe I should put in an anti-recommendation.

[resnipstance]

... I don't know what that is, but I'll keep that in mind.

Did you have the lying game growing up? We used to play it in the Temple as younglings all the time. You either make up or tell a random fact about yourself or something that happened in your vicinity, and the other person has to work out whether you're lying or not.

[feathery]

Oh, yeah, I've played that before. Or at least a game predicated on the same idea. Been a while, though.

[He thinks it over for a moment.]

You wanna start or play this in person or rope in extra victims.

[resnipstance]

Hmmm. It's probably better if we stick to digital communication. I have... something of an unfair advantage in person.

[feathery]

Do you have telepathy or something. 'Cause I'm just saying, if you're secretly a robot monitoring all of my vital signs, I'm not sure I've actually got those.

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[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka laughs.]

No, nothing like that. But I can sense emotions, as well as the occasional lie.

[resnipstance]

... Wait, why don't you have vital signs?

[feathery]

Long story. Being a semi-tangible ghostbird will do that to you, though.

[A beat.]

Man, that would have made excellent subject matter for this game. Like how many people are gonna believe that in a first encounter. Space is weird, but it's not that weird.

[resnipstance]

No, wait, forget about the game for a moment. I want to hear this story. What in the universe is a "semi-tangible... ghost bird"?

[feathery]

Ok, first, are you absolutely sure this is a path you want to go down. Because I guarantee, once you venture into this unmitigated clusterfuck of overlong bullshit, you just don't come out the other side the same.

[Do you really want him to tell you about Homestuck.]

[resnipstance]

... I think I can handle it.