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[raisedinabox]

Does anyone on board play chess, by any chance?

[Brief pause.]

Or... sorry, no, forget that.

[Longer pause.]

[Much longer.]

[God does he even want to have to have any interactions with anyone on board right now? Or does he want to sit in his room listening to sad music?]

Actually, is there anyone who could lend me a tape player?

[Okay, this

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[raisedinabox]

[SHUT UP HE'S A PICTURE OF GOOD COPING MECHANISMS.]

[stopthat_destro]

I don't think anyone on the Barge has a tape player.

[LOLOLOL YOU'RE OLD.]

[raisedinabox]

But I'm sure that at least most people on the Barge have the capacity to figure out what it is I'm asking for despite the rapid pace of the technological era.

Still, allow me to accommodate your obvious personal difficulties in accomplishing this:

Do you, Rex Lewis, have a CD player which I could borrow?

[stopthat_destro]

Still outdated. Try again.

[raisedinabox]

Anything more advanced than CD's wouldn't be able to play anything I own anyway, so I'm afraid if your equipment isn't backward comparable then I don't need it anyway.

[strangehstorian]

I like the library...

[raisedinabox]

[SILENCE.]

[WHILE HE WAITS FOR THERE TO BE MORE.]

[OH I'M SORRY, WAS THAT YOUR ENTIRE COMMENT THERE, CHROMIE? THANK YOU FOR BEING SO USEFUL A CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS POST.]

[But he's not going to say that, because you're not really a deserving target of his horrible mood. Unlike Rex.]

The Library. Really. I take it you're a big reader then?

[strangehstorian]

Yep!

The library here can be very fascinating if you study it in depth; we have an infinite number of worlds and cultures represented, in theory.

[raisedinabox]

Hm. [That's actually a pretty good suggestion, Chromie. Jim considers his mental bitching retracted.] Is there anywhere in particular you'd recommend I start?

[failedcreator]

I play chess, good sir.

[raisedinabox]

You do? Victor Frankenstein, isn't it?

[Lol, he's read your canon, you dick.]

I enjoyed your recent experiment. I hope the cleaning wasn't too much work for you.

[failedcreator]

It is I.

No, it was rather simple. The chemical known as bleach was of great assistance.

[raisedinabox]

Well, I'm glad to hear it. The thought of your talents being wasted on scrubbing at dehydrated meat really isn't one I want to dwell on.

So, chess? Would you like a game?

[fivestepsahead]

I frequently beat Nygma at chess.

[ Otherwise known as hi :3 I know what you did last summer, I know why you might be mopey, I am a stalker. ]

[fivestepsahead]

Really.