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[castrationfist]

Who: Everyone
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Iskaulit
When:

[So we've been stuck on the poison moon for a couple months now, so a lot of people probably want to get away from that.

Unfortunately, the only place you really can get away from it besides your own ship is the Iskaulit. So, here's a June Iskaulit mingle!]

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JIM KIRK - OTA

[universal_charm]

Gym or Obstacle Course
<sub>[ He liked his set up on his own Tourist well enough, but sometimes one just needed a change of scenery. Not to mention it was a good place to come and find sparring partners when he was in the mood. Anyone who wanted to go he was more than happy to take a round with.

And of course there's that obstacle course. Can never have to much practice, or fun, on that! ]</sub>

Library
<sub>[ For all that Kirk enjoy his exercise, and needed to tinker, he loved reading just as much. He was constantly in and out of the library, borrowing and returning books, or even adding to it when he found some interesting volumes planet side. As for himself, he liked to take non-fiction books about people or places, but if those were in short supply he could take a mystery or two. He might even be there very late at night - for his own reasons, of course.

Sorry if in his eagerness for a volume he accidentally drops others on you. ]</sub>

Gardens
<sub>[ He recalled Beverly working in the gardens here, trying to start a place to grow herbs and other plants. On a whim he would go to check the progress, but also to enjoy the plants. As much as he did enjoy space and space-ships, he loved a sense of 'earth' too. The garden was a nice place to get a break from metal and systems, to breath something that felt natural even if it was in an unnatural space.

It was also, he found, a good place to meditate when he needed it. He could be found in a modified Lotus-style position, breathing in and out... except when he broke from it it was with a groan and to flop backwards. Clearly, it was not his forte - boredom was ever the enemy for James T. Kirk. ]</sub>

Bar
_{[ He might be a Captain again, but that didn't mean he kept himself locked away on his ship and never had any fun. Where was the best place to mingle - a bar of course! Naturally he showed up there, usually either at the bar itself or at an open table, welcoming any and all who wanted to chat, or play a few bar games. ]}

Make Your Own Adventure
_{[ Like it says. Have at! ]}

Bar

[takingkarabusiness]

[ Kara takes the liberty of taking the seat next to him at a table, drink in hand ]

Howdy, captain.

Re: Bar

[universal_charm]

_{[ Kirk looks up from his communicator and he grins when he sees Kara, tipping his drink to her in greeting. ]}

Howdy. Come to celebrate our successful mutiny?

[takingkarabusiness]

Having talked to the deposed captain, I'm not sure it's that much of a feat. More a celebration of your assuming the role.

[universal_charm]

Hey, I had to fill out a lot of paperwork for this job. I deserve some credit.

[takingkarabusiness]

Paperwork: the true enemy.

So, how's it going?

[universal_charm]

Yes, thank you, that is what I have always said.

_{[ He shrugged. ]}

It's going well as it can be. I think I've finally figured out the trick to the coffee machine, which is actually faster than I expected. What about you?

[takingkarabusiness]

Okay. Kitty and Winn did some testing with me on the moon, but I'm not sure it yielded much.

[universal_charm]

Oh, yeah, Winn mentioned that. He said it went well - even if it's only a little yield. That's good! Has it made you feel better?

_{[ He seems genuinely pleased, even if he was slightly concerned with the storage still. But Winn had agreed to provide alerts to everyone who lived on the ship, so he felt better about it. ]}

Gardens

[wolfehawke]

[With all the useful technology of the modern age that Adalwolfe has landed in, it's incredibly nice to get away from it and wander among some foliage, perhaps find some seeds for Tyrion's onboard garden project. Not that it's entirely 'away' considering everything is in pots and some of the plants he's never seen before in his life, but still it's better than the perpetually sterile and enclosed atmosphere on the First Breath. It's a little less claustrophobic here.

And a little more lively, if the sudden groan from behind a row of odd purple flowers is any indication. A soft 'thud' follows and has Hawke peering around the edge of the plants to see who might be injured or just might need time alone; the groan wasn't entirely specific.

The man on the other side is sprawled out in the limbs-akimbo style of the very bored. Hawke recognizes it because Carver had become the master of the very same pose when he'd hit puberty and Adalwolfe had been entirely unimpressed with it then, too. Here at least he could start up a conversation without risk of his brother telling him to go away and stop ruining his life simply by existing.

Carver was always very big on his existential angsting.]

Are you alright over there? That was a rather loud groan.

[universal_charm]

_{[ He doesn't recognize Hawke, but that hardly made him wary. Kirk was always happy to meet new people, and it wasn't like he knew everyone on the Fleet either. He looks towards him and pushes himself up, flashing the other a sheepish grin that was charming at the same time. It was almost his trademark. ]}

Oh yeah, I'm fine. It turns out I'm not as good at traditional meditation as I thought I was, is all.

[wolfehawke]

I hate meditation. If people were meant to be that still, they would be made of stone instead.

[Hawke flashes a grin back and offers his hand for a shake.]

Adalwolfe Hawke, from the First Breath most recently.

[universal_charm]

Haha, I'll have to remember that argument the next time I try this - or am asked to.

_{[ He sits up and reaches out to grasp his hand at the same time, giving it a firm shake. ]}

Jim Kirk, captain of the Tourist. Welcome to the Fleet most recently, Adalwolfe I'm guessing you didn't come out here for the peace and quiet?

[wolfehawke]

I didn't exactly come here intentionally so I suppose I came for entertainment and stardom.

[He seems more amused by it than anything. Honestly compared to the life and death struggles he's had to deal with in Thedas, this is a pleasure cruise so far.]

More I'm on this ship in particular to explore. And possibly find out where I can obtain some seedlings. One of my crewmates is planning on starting a garden.

[universal_charm]

Hmmm, I don't know about the seedlings part. I recall Beverly Crusher working here and starting a garden of her own, so you could ask her where she got the seeds for that, but it was probably on a station or a planet we came to.

But, some of the current plants might have some seeds you could use. I would ask before taking any though - I'm not to sure who's overall in charge of this or who's in charge of what particular plants.

The entertainment, though, I can help with.

_{[ He grinned broadly at him and pushed himself to his feet. ]}

[wolfehawke]

I'll make a note to ask this Beverly later.

[Hawke hurriedly offers his hand to help Kirk up.]

Can you? So far most places have been interesting but sedate insofar as excitement is concerned. Apparently I'm missing where all the action is.

[universal_charm]

Well, we're a bit low on it per say - no new planet right now. But there's a bar with good drinks and some games, and there's an obstacle course if you're up for a challenge.

_{[ He takes the hand gratefully, brushing off his pants and giving Adalwolfe a challenging little grin. ]}

[lord_wizard]

[Felix doesn't come to the garden to work - he leaves the tending of the space to people more qualified than he - but limits his time in there to wandering and occasionally smelling the flowers when no one else is there to criticize him for it.

Seeing someone there doing none of those things is perplexing enough, especially when it appears that Kirk isn't very good at at it]

What is it that you're attempting to do, precisely?

[He says as he stands above the prone form of the captain]

[universal_charm]

<sub>[ What's wrong with coming to smell the flowers? Isn't that was a garden was for? Kirk certainly wouldn't have made fun of him for, least because he was already there enjoying the earthy scents.

He turns his head when Felix approaches and grins sheepishly (charmingly) up at him. ]</sub>

Trying to meditate in the more orthodox manner. I thought it might be a good thing to change it up from running on the treadmill, but it's not going quite as planned.

[lord_wizard]

[Admiring flora was one of interests that Malkar openly sneered at and attempted to suppress in his student, so that even today it feels like something he will always be judged for.

Felix crosses his arms]

I'm not sure what the orthodoxy for the practice is in your world, but personally I think your first mistake is trying to twist yourself up like that. I'm not sure how that would help you concentrate at all.

[universal_charm]

_{[ Kirk laughed and shrugged. ]}

You might be right. To be honest, I achieve a meditative state when I'm doing something like running instead of just sitting still, but I thought it might be a good idea to try a change-up. But I'm happy to take any other tips you can give me.

What brings you around here, Felix?

[lord_wizard]

Much the same as you, I imagine...looking for something to fill the time.

You do know they have a room here set up precisely for the activity you're attempting?

[universal_charm]

Yes, I know, but it's just metal walls. I like it out here better, where I can smell the earth.

_{[ He liked space ships well enough, but he did like getting down on a planet now and then. The gardens were a nice break from monotonous metal. ]}

And clearly I run into far more interesting people.

[lord_wizard]

[Felix shrugged lazily. There might be plants here, but they were still on a ship, there was little they could ever do to disguise that fact. In fact, it seemed more obvious because there was no sky. No fresh air. At least in a closed room it felt natural to him.]

Implying people who meditate regularly aren't interesting?

[universal_charm]

You can't really talk to a meditating person, can you? Much more interesting out here.

Which, I suppose, defeats the purpose of meditating. But I did tell you I wasn't good at this.