Dayshift 31: Game Room (Fourth Shift)

[uruz_vii]

"Games are a perfect way to meet new friends, Akihiro!" Sousuke's nurse gushed after dragging him away from Hinasaki and into the Game Room. He didn't quite understand her fascination with making him do these ridiculous activities that seemingly had no point, but for now he'd follow her lead. He didn't want to be sedated again, not when he had a

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[for_marian]

[free]

Leon had no desire to play games--he wasn't sure he even knew how to play any games, as they certainly had not been part of his upbringing--but he'd hoped the game room would be at least a little less crowded than the Sun Room. He'd been right, but it was indeed only a very little bit less crowded.

Well, he'd take what he could get.

[robin_fox]

Robin had done a quick round of the game room and picked up some loose money from Monopoly and a couple of strange discs, unaware that none of it was real currency.

Once he'd walked the room completely, he sat down with a game called 'Scrabble'. It has little squares with letters and numbers and a board with lines and a few colourful marks. It didn't make much sense to him so he began to read the the instructions in the lid. Whoever had written it had even less of a grasp on the Englishe Language than Robin. They'd missed out a whole load of silent Es!

He leaned towards another fellow and smiled.
"Are you familiar with this game?"

[for_marian]

Leon managed to hold back a sigh, but only just barely. So much for some quiet time alone.

"No, I've never played any games." He didn't even have to look at the game, though, to know that he was not familiar with it--he wasn't familiar with any games, though he'd seen other soldiers sometimes playing things that involved dice or cards. This didn't seem to involve either, when he actually bothered to look at it.

[robin_fox]

"Oh, but everybody plays games! Perhaps not games as peculiar as this. But as a child life's just one big game, is it not?"
Even the King played games. It was just another part of life, and one that you rely mustn't deny.

[his_singer]

[ taken by the usual. ]The game room. Not really a place where she wanted to be, but it was either that or the Sun Room, and she had already been in that room. A change of scenery always did the mind good

[her_lion]

New batches. New victims. It was terribly depressing to think about - not to mention how helpless it probably made the better half of the institute feel. At least a few still cared. That was somewhat promising, wasn't it?

In the long run, maybe. For now, it was just a reminder of their futility. As if that wasn't a constant reminder in the first place.

Somewhat annoyed with the lack of choice the place had so far presented him (the Sun Room, nearly every shift! He wasn't going to risk that,) he was sufficiently quelled when he spotted the familiar brown head, smoothly gliding through the room to sit quietly in front of her. He chanced that she was still annoyed, if the way her body was held was any indicator.

Or disinterested. Either way.

"Not the most enthralling game, is it?" he asked with a grin. Solitaire wasn't particularly a favorite of his either, even if he did prefer the theme. "Would you be interested in anything else?"

[his_singer]

“Anything that’s not chess.” Came Bella’s amused reply, her heart once again speeding up when Edward took a seat across from her. Her eyes flickered to his as she pulled her hand away from her mouth, revealing a grin similar to her fiancé’s. (it was nowhere near as blinding, of course.)

Leaning back in her chair, Bella quickly scooped up the cards and piled them up, shoving the cards back into the box they had come from. Setting the box in one corner of the table, she smiled, leaning forward as so she could rest her chin against her palm once again, her eyes watching the vampire in front of her. “What do you have in mind? We could always play something like old maid or something. You wouldn’t be able to cheat, anyway.”

A pause, and Bella continued.

“And still no chess. I want to play something I at least have a minuscule chance of winning at. Chess would be a complete and total loss.”

[her_lion]

"Cheat? Me?" He rolled his eyes, all the while looking nonplussed at her good humor. The vampire wasn't going to complain, however.

He moved towards the table between them, positioning himself in a parody of her own, propping his head to look right back at her. "Hmm." He drummed his fingers against his lips, frow creases in thought. No chess was easy enough; playing it with Alice had spoiled him for the game a bit.

Edward's eyes moved past her, scanning the racks aligned against the walls. Something quick... Ah. That was chess-like. He looked back to Bella, eyebrows raised. "How about checkers?"

[a_spider_can]

[ Free to be poked! ]

Peter was honestly surprised that he and Eddie had managed to have a conversation without getting near to biting each other's heads off, and he had to admit that it was a relief. He wasn't a very confrontational person when he wasn't taking out criminals or chasing after lunatics, but Eddie happened to toe the line between "bad guy" and "normal person," especially since he knew all the details of the double life Peter led.

Since he had missed out on spending time in the library earlier in the day, Peter figured he should head into the Game Room and see about setting up a game of chess, even if he ended up just playing against himself.

It took some searching to find one of those fold-up chess boards, but once he did Peter took it to an empty table and started to set it up, setting out the pieces in their spots, which he still somehow knew by heart.

[repolarization]

Ginji came into the room and noticed a guy setting up a game board by himself. He wheeled himself over there and smiled at him.

"Can I play too?" he asked, politely offering himself as a partner to the guy. He didn't know how to play chess, but it couldn't be that hard to figure out could it?

[a_spider_can]

It wasn't too unexpected for someone to come over and ask to join in, but what did surprise Peter was how there was nothing more to it. Usually someone recognized him in some way, or knew who he was somehow, or had heard of him - but this was a simple, friendly request with (hopefully) no further strings attached.

That being said, Peter was a little apprehensive about playing chess with strangers. He wasn't an arrogant person, but he knew that he was better than the average player, and he didn't want to stir any tempers by beating someone too badly.

"Sure," he said, knowing that downright refusing would be worse. "Have you played before?" He might as well get an idea of what the other patient's skill level was before they started.

[repolarization]

Ginji grinned and moved carefully into position across from Peter.

"Hmmm..." he said thoughtfully. "No. Not really."

[kaerutokoro]

[Free.]

Aside from the slight discrepancy at the beginning, Rena had rather enjoyed her lunch. Meeting new patients were nice, especially when they were either kind or...unique. Archer displayed both traits, which made the everyday routine of eating much more interesting.

Thinking she could carry on the pleasant feeling, the girl made her way to the Game Room. The room's occupants, however, caused her to pause shortly after passing through the threshold and stare. It was slightly more crowded than what she would have liked, and everyone was busy. There were several vacated seats scattered about the interior, as well as the shelves filled with knickknacks, but Rena did not know if she actually wanted to try a game or merely sit and watch everyone else.

She needed to decide soon, though. Standing around was not very conducive for a good mood.

[icy_pole]

Ami was deep in thought following the conversation with Falis, and when ushered into the Game Room by a nurse, didn't notice the girl standing almost in the door way and thus bumped into her.

"Oh!" she exclaimed, jolted out of her scientific world. "I am so sorry!" Ami blushed and bowed her apology to the red head, who looked to be in her mid teens. "Are you okay?"

[kaerutokoro]

Standing near the doorway had been a bad idea. A force from her backside had the girl stumbling forward. "Ah!" Luckily, she shifted her feet in time to regain her balance, preventing her from going farther than a couple of steps.

Rena turned to look at the cause, who happened to be a girl around her age. "It's all right," she assured, offering a meek smile. "I'm perfectly fine. I shouldn't have been standing here anyway."

[icy_pole]

Ami smiled shyly back at the girl. "I'm glad you're okay." She looked around the Games Room. Again, no one she knew. "My name is Mizuno Ami." Ami wondered how long the girl had been in Landel's for. "I don't think I've seen you around before, but there are a lot of people in here..." she trailed off.

[qui_gonjinn]

The Game Room was relatively uncrowded, Qui-Gon observed as he stepped inside. He'd been able to check his message on the bulletin board since then and he was pleased to find that he'd had some replies; some weren't of much help, some were. He was a little bit closer to understanding the Earthian CD player. Despite the fact he was fairly certain it was made of crude materials, the basic thought behind them was essentially the same - it would be a matter of tools and trying to see if those rough components could be retooled into workable commlinks.

Keeping in mind that he'd have to talk to Obi-Wan about his discovery, Qui-Gon wandered to the selection of Earthian games. They seemed to be housed in rectangular cartons, made of a material that was firm but somewhat flexible, and providing no threat at all to the patients except for the squared edges. Some of them looked like they were intended to teach what he'd sometimes called aggressive business ("Monopoly") and others...well, he couldn't really get the gist of the game without