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_{[ 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.

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.

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?

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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.

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. ]}

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.

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. ]}

[It's a bit early in the day for drinks, but]

An obstacle course, you say?

[Nothing like a little friendly competition to get to know someone. Let the games begin!]

Hmmm-mm, that's right. You want to go a couple rounds? It's more fun when you have someone to run against.

Let's do it. Lead the way, Captain Kirk.

[Adalwolfe gives a mock salute to punctuate the moniker.]

_{[ He laughed and motioned for him to follow, heading out of the
gardens out into the halls of the Iskaulit. ]}

Are you a betting man, Adalwolfe?

I am when I have things to bet with.

[Adalwolfe sticks his hands in the pockets of his charcoal grey standard issue jumpsuit as they walk, rummaging just a bit.]

I have a few coins on me. What's the bet?

Haha, a drink? Nothing much, just a little something to make things interesting.

So long as they take sovereigns, I'm game. It shouldn't be much of an issue though as you're going to end up paying.

[He grins, making it clear it's just banter.]

Heh, well, you might have to work that out with the owner, but I'ms sure an arrangement can be made for special circumstances.

_{[ He grinned back, enjoying the banter too. ]}

Alright, you're on then. If I beat you, you owe me two mugs of whatever's top shelf. And if you win...

[He waits expectantly for Kirk's end of the wager.]

Hah, the same. Drinks are always the best wager.

_{[ He opened the door and led Adalwolfe into the obstacle course,
motioning to it. ]}

Two times around, first to the finish line?

Is that all?

[Of course he's a bit taken aback by the scale of the thing. He'd been picturing some ropes to climb, maybe a long trench of water meant to be vaulted, wire to be crawled under, the usual sorts of things. Instead, he's faced with a wicked assortment of moving parts that he's fairly certain could easily injure someone, including a row of huge metal wheels that roll back and forth across a track, a lineup of tennis-ball shooting mini cannons at the far end, and all kinds of strangely shaped blocks and walls meant to, he assumes, be used to propel one's self beyond these dangers.

It's a lot more involved that he'd imagined and he adores it.]

It's perfect!

_{[ It's kind of cute, that look of awe and delight on the other man's face, and Kirk just lets the other soak it up with his arms crossed, as if he had built the thing himself. But he was at least introducing him to it, which was something, so he would take it. It was kind of overwhelming if you weren't used to this sort of thing, but let's be honest - Kirk has done all of these things at least once in actual, real-life situations. So it was good for him.

He laughed at the other's exuberance, though and went to a set of side mats. ]}

All right then. Stretch up and do what prep you feel you need to, and then the race is on ~

Who needs to stretch?

[Adalwolfe tosses Kirk a wink and takes off like a shot, bounding headfirst into the course. As he clears the first obstacle, it's readily apparent that Kirk is not the only one who faces things like this in actual, real-life situations. If anything this is easier than facing Tal-Vashoth or Carta thugs. At least here he doesn't need to be wary of flanking or tactical placement or anything of the sort, just aware of his own body and how far he needs to twist to avoid this wheel or how low he needs to slide to be out of range of the tennis ball guns. It's exhilarating, and he whoops with delight as he pounces over a hurdle not so much with gymnast's grace as the unbridled physicality of a small child.]

Hey!

_{[ He let out a breath, darting off after the other. He can see from the go that Adalwolfe has, if not seen this particular set up before, at least been through things like it. He finds himself impressed as he races to catch up, and does a far good job of it, aided by knowing what to expect on the course. He can feel the oxygen burning in his muscles as he jumps, leaps, and tumbles, drawing up even with Adalwolfe and letting out his own whoop in response. ]}

Come on, you didn't think this was gonna be that easy!

_{[ He grinned and pulled away with a somersault dodge. ]}

[It's a friendly game for friendly stakes which is why Adalwolfe hadn't waited for Kirk to line up before taking off. Turns out it doesn't matter that he cheated just a little, though, as Kirk pulls ahead of him with a cheeky grin and vanishes with a slide under some sort of swinging pendulum. Adalwolfe almost runs smack into it, his attention divided between the course and his opponent as it is, but instead manages to kick himself up and over it instead, tumbling into a graceless scramble to catch up for the next hurdle and laughing from his gut about it the entire way.

That pendulum though, it gives him an idea.

There's a line of them around the corner, just three but close enough together and at such different speeds that the safe way would be to move through them one at a time and wait carefully between each for a chance to go. Which of course is totally not what Hawke does. Instead, he takes a leap and snags onto the pole suspending the swinging thing from the ceiling and proceeds to monkey-jump from that one to the next two with glee.

What, there aren't rules about staying on the ground, are there?]

_{[ No, no there weren't, and he's a little jealous he didn't see such a work around before - even if he thought it was the easier way out. Not one to give up so easily, he threw himself down and arm crawled beneath the pendulums. It was quite a bit slower than Hawke's method, but he got out from beneath them and took to his feet to make up the lost ground.

They were coming up to a section that required a lot of upper arm strength - swinging across bars and ropes. He had been on the course enough to know his stride and speed necessary to get the proper momentum to take him through. He huffed and surged forward, leaping off the edge (there was a foam pit beneath), grasping the first bar and beginning to swing, glancing around to see where Hawke was briefly. ]}

[Hawke is hot on Kirk's heels, though he leaps for the bars almost a half-minute behind the captain. Once he's got hold though, instead of going hand over hand as you'd expect on long row of parallel bars over uncertain depths (what is that spongy looking stuff?), he uses his momentum to swing far forward, than even farther back, whirling up on top of those bars just as he did the pendulums.

Hey, it worked once, why not again?

After a pause to make sure his balance is intact, Adalwolfe tries again to gain an advantage over Kirk from above. Though this time he has to balance past Kirk where he'll be in easy reach...]

_{[ Kirk doesn't worry to much about Hawke's antics. He kept on at his own pace, throwing himself past the last rung and down, rolling before surging back to his feet and heading for the next challenge - which was a set of balance beams - lower, higher, lower again, and higher once more. He looked over to Hawke, grinning widely and veered just a bit to bump shoulders with him. ]}

Come on, don't give up on me yet!