o2; sportsball!

[frigidaire]

Who: Isaac Lahey
Broadcast: Fleet Wide
Action: Wonderduck, if you want to bug him
When: now!

[ The feed flickers on and it's a bit jarring at first, not focused, like he's forgotten he's turned it on. After a few seconds of shuffling around, Isaac's face appears on the screen. ]

So, does anyone play any sports here? Doesn't really matter what it is, I guess. I played lacrosse. They're just a good way to kill time. And we got a lot of that sometimes, so. Yeah. [ A shrug, and though he might seem uncomfortable, he's not. He's just a little awkward, don't mind him. ]

Thinking it might be good to get people together to do stuff like that sometimes. Sitting around on the Wonderduck can get a little old, at least for me. Space ships are cool and all, but. Uh. Maybe kickball or something easy, if people want to.

[ Isaac, no. Whiny teenager problems. ] Or we can like... spar. Beating each other up is kind of the same thing. Is there anything else to do after you've been here a while? I'm bored.

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[robitussin]

how are you going to set up a kickball square in a spaceship

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[frigidaire]

there are waystations and stuff
and i bet theres empty space in the iskaulit
gotta be better than sitting around though

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[robitussin]

isn't 95% of the appeal of kickball running around in the dirt

idk i haven't done it in like ten years since i got out of elementary school

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[frigidaire]

and i havent done it in a year because ive been trapped in a space tv show.
dirt and being outside would be pretty fun though.

but i think it will be easier to find a kickball instead of other sports stuff.

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[robitussin]

i guess

i was going to sarcastically ask if you had nothing better to do than draw a square in the dirt and run around it but then i realized none of us really do

god that's depressing

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[noprophecies]

What sort of sports? I do not know what lacrosse or kickball are, though.

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[feathery]

[While literally sitting in the same room as him. Possibly next to him. Sorry.]

youre always bored

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[aigue]

Any sports that get organized would need an audience
Some of us want to stave off boredom without playing

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[flawless_precision]

Sparring. Cargo hold.

[Let's see what else he's capable of. She'll be waiting, warmed up, and ready to go, her cloak and jacket folded and set aside on a crate.]

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[ladybro]

I like sports.

[ so helpful. ]

[frigidaire]

it beats playing hangman or asteroids.
seriously.

this place is pretty depressing but it could be worse i guess.
so. you in?

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[frigidaire]

[ Isaac just stares at first. ] Uh, how do you not know what kickball is? You literally just... kick a ball. Run around some bases and hit people with a ball.

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[frigidaire]

[ Gonna get a dirty sock thrown at you, Davesprite. ]

yeah im bored. i dont want to play games on this thing or watch any more movies.
we've probably watched them all by now.

[frigidaire]

playing is more fun
but i guess people watching makes it more fun too
like a competition. you all can keep score.

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[noprophecies]

[she stares back because why would you run around a base, those can be dangerous because of traps set up by soldiers and so forth??]

Because it is not a sport played where I am from? Why do you hit people with the ball? Would that not hurt?

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[frigidaire]

right because this is a good idea
last time we met you were psycho about guns
pretty sure i dont wanna spar with someone who has guns thanks.

[frigidaire]

They're okay. Gives you something to do, I guess. I'm tired of sitting around.

[ Isaac's life is hard, living in a luxury ship that travels the universe. No big deal. ] What sports do you like?

[flawless_precision]

No guns.

Sparring regulations. No unnecessary violence.

[She will stay true to her word, here.]

[aigue]

To cheer and jeer as well
Can't have a good sport without those
If you're keeping score, what about having a referee or two?

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[stefanged]

I used to play football.

[Not that Stefan particularly looks it; he would've been much more at home with a good book.]

Have you thought about setting up a space on the Iskaulit? There's plenty of room for some kind of field.

[frigidaire]

Uh, wow. Okay. It's sort of soft, I guess. The ball is. It's rubber and you want to get people on the other team out, so you tag them with the ball when they're running around the bases. Like baseball kind of.

[ Wow, the mechanics of kickball are awkwardly hard. ] There are teams and you want to make it around the bases to the home plate as many times to get points and stuff.

[frigidaire]

i guess referees would be good.
i dont know a lot of people on the fleet and we dont want fights i guess.
you wanna ref? know people who want to ref?
people will cheat anyway though thats he fun part.

[noprophecies]

I . . . think I understand? [she says after another moment of blank staring. Modern sports were so complicated]

I do not know what baseball is, but it is the - same concept, you said?

[frigidaire]

so what are sparring regulations
do they entail people stealing your food and shoving you around just cause?
kind of seems like unnecessary violence to me
but who knows.

[aigue]

[Isaac no she'd be a terrible referee. She'd encourage cheating.]

I suppose I could, if I have nothing better to do when a game is going on
It might be fun