Why would anyone want to leave?

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

Stuck on a living space ship, entire universes away from home, and living with characters from Star Trek. Yeah, Loren definitely needed some down time. Which was why she was in the Sensoriums playing baseball.

Or rather just hitting a ball over and over. It was just creepy to play baseball with simulated people.

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[its-keeper.livejournal.com]

Will spends a lot of time in the Sensoriums, or checking them to see what other people are doing. And baseball looks fun! She walks in to take a closer look.

"Hey -" she waves to Loren, smiling shyly. "Um, are you the one who was talking about starting a baseball team? Hi, I'm Will."

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

"Oh, yeah. That's me." Loren lowered her back and walked over to Will, holding out a hand. "I'm Loren."

[its-keeper.livejournal.com]

"Hi." Will takes her hand and shakes it. "I don't play a lot of baseball normally, but it'd be great to have something to do . . . other than school, when that starts." She brushes her hair behind her ears, frowning.

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

Loren nodded. "It's never too late to start. I'm more used to playing softball, honestly. It's not too different but if you're just starting out it might be easier."

[its-keeper.livejournal.com]

"Sure. So . . . how do we start?"

Will smiled eagerly, looking around. She didn't want to imagine up more people either, but two people could at least throw a ball back and forth.

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

From what seems like a daily practice, Chris entered the sensorium though he was surprised at what the person was doing there.

"Not condemning it but... There are actual people who use this place for recreation and not training? Huh." Chris' voice was barely above a whisper but it got his point across rather quickly.

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

Loren turned to look at Chris, swinging her bat idly between her hands. "I'd be surprised if I'm the only one who uses it for fun. I got sick of training."

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

Chris got a slight chuckle at his own expense. "Well I guess it depends on the person and their background. Military types generally have trouble relaxing. Oh. I'm Chris."

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

"You're telling me." She smiled. "I'm Loren. Nice to meet you."

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

"You too, Loren." He shared a similar smile, but was much smaller. "So... how long have you been on the ship?"

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

"A while. Not the last podpop but the one before. How long for you?"

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

Chris nodded in understanding. "One podpop before you then."

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

"Is this your first time on a spaceship?"

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. First time in space, so yes." Not he's first time meeting an alien but he bit his tongue from say such a thing again.

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

"What do you think? Ignoring why you're here and how you got here. The ship is pretty creepy but when you look out at the stars... I think it's pretty cool."

[bored-admiral.livejournal.com]

Spaurh found herself on a planet when she walks in. It's not exactly her favorite place to be, but she'll be damned if she'll let it show. She settled her hands on her hips and just watched for a moment before speaking up, voice smooth, "What exactly are you doing?"

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

THWOK!

And another ball soared through the sky.

"Baseball. They don't have it where you're from?" Now that should be a crime.

[bored-admiral.livejournal.com]

Spaurh's eyes follow the ball for a moment, before she shifts her glance back to Loren and stifles a yawn, "No. No we don't."

She brushes her bride with one hand, "My people live in space for their entire lives..."

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

"Oh." A life without baseball was just a shame. "Well, what kind of games do you have? Nothing similar?"

[tobiasf.livejournal.com]

Tobias noticed his mom, checked to make sure he was unseen for the most part, then he morphed human. It was safer to be on the ground if balls were flying through the air. He felt a bit of sadness though that he'd probably stink too badly to be able to play with her, since he was so not used to human eyes as to feel half blind when he morphed.

It made him wonder though how things would have been different if he'd grown up in a normal life.

"Hi" he said to her.

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

"Tobias! Hi!" Loren said, smiling widely. "It's good to see you."

[tobiasf.livejournal.com]

"Hi" he replied. He didn't show it, but he was beginning by now to understand why Ax played with words sometimes. It was wierd after using thought-speech so much. "I came in this way so I wouldn't have a midair collision" he said. "What's going on?"

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

"I was just loosening up. It's been tense around here and there's not much else to do. Do you- uh, did you play baseball?"

[tobiasf.livejournal.com]

"I've tried...I don't know how good I'd be at it now though. It's wierd...even though this is the body I was born in, it feels wierd now. I feel like I'm halfway blind when I have human eyes. I could give it a shot, but I might not be able to hit anything." He was trying not to squint, but it was hard, just like it was hard to remember to make facial expressions.

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

"Oh." That would explain the squinting.

Loren really wished she knew what she was supposed to say right now. "We don't have to if you don't want. We can just talk." About what she didn't know.

[tobiasf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess...what about?" It was hard not to be a little awkward talking to her. "I do understand trying to find things to do. I'm a little bored too. Plus trying so hard to think of a way to keep us all together after we finally leave here keeps giving me headaches."

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

"Oh that," Loren frowned. "I try not to think about it. I can't think of anything I can do to stop it. Maybe once we learn more about why we're here and how..."