Double drabble: Quantum Leap - "A Very Enjoyable Game"
Title: A Very Enjoyable Game
Fandom: Quantum Leap
Characters: Gooshie, Ziggy, Al
Rating: G
Words: 200 (double drabble)
Disclaimer: Based on the television show created by Donald Bellisario.
Notes: For writers_choice , challenge #367, "computer".
Summary: Gooshie and Ziggy play chess.
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Gooshie started playing chess with Ziggy because he'd watched 2001 a lot in his youth, and had the impression that was simply what one did with a sentient computer. He kept at it, though, because Ziggy kept him interested. She liked having something to occupy even this tiny portion of her processing power. It was her own game: she kept her own skill level just out of reach as Gooshie rapidly improved. She let him win occasionally, when he earned it. And she was a talkative opponent--occasionally helpful, often smug, and always an irresistible challenge.
It sure beat Minesweeper.
When the Admiral appeared behind Gooshie during one of their games (even out here in the real world, he had a way of sneaking up on you), he half-expected to be chewed out for slacking off. Instead, the Admiral started kibitzing. In two minutes he was giving moves to Ziggy directly, answering her plays as coolly and quickly as if he had the game memorized. In ten minutes he had checkmated the computer.
"Jeez, Ziggy," said the Admiral softly, smiling like Gooshie hadn't seen him smile in a long time. "Why didn't you tell me you play chess like Sam?"
Fandom: Quantum Leap
Characters: Gooshie, Ziggy, Al
Rating: G
Words: 200 (double drabble)
Disclaimer: Based on the television show created by Donald Bellisario.
Notes: For writers_choice , challenge #367, "computer".
Summary: Gooshie and Ziggy play chess.
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Gooshie started playing chess with Ziggy because he'd watched 2001 a lot in his youth, and had the impression that was simply what one did with a sentient computer. He kept at it, though, because Ziggy kept him interested. She liked having something to occupy even this tiny portion of her processing power. It was her own game: she kept her own skill level just out of reach as Gooshie rapidly improved. She let him win occasionally, when he earned it. And she was a talkative opponent--occasionally helpful, often smug, and always an irresistible challenge.
It sure beat Minesweeper.
When the Admiral appeared behind Gooshie during one of their games (even out here in the real world, he had a way of sneaking up on you), he half-expected to be chewed out for slacking off. Instead, the Admiral started kibitzing. In two minutes he was giving moves to Ziggy directly, answering her plays as coolly and quickly as if he had the game memorized. In ten minutes he had checkmated the computer.
"Jeez, Ziggy," said the Admiral softly, smiling like Gooshie hadn't seen him smile in a long time. "Why didn't you tell me you play chess like Sam?"