[OPEN] Downtime

[governmentninja]

Most of the people who used the Sensoriums fell into two categories: They either wanted to use the place to find some new and creative way to break themselves in half, or they used it to replicate their home in some kind escapist fantasy. Leon didn't fall into either one of those groups, which may explain why he didn't use the sensoriums much, if at all. He figured whatever they would face in the rest of the ship would find new and creative ways to try to break him into pieces, and as much as he missed home, he'd rather deal with the reality of the situation than pretend this wasn't happening.

He did, however, visit the media library fairly frequently. He didn't bother looking up too much information on himself, particularly after he became aware of Resident Evil. Nor did he look up information on others unless he absolutely needed to. But listening to some music and browsing through books and articles did help him relax. So did the game of Tetris he was able to download to his phone, but flipping through stuff was a bit more productive. At least then he might learn more about this ship, its purpose, the Ohm, and the mysterious Third Party.

In between Tetris breaks, anyway.

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[unsc-rabbit.livejournal.com]

Kelly, though she fell neatly into the category of 'people trying to find new ways to break themselves in half' and 'people trying to recreate their home' (her home is just like that) did value the other information Stacy held as well. That being said, she'd taken herself down to the library after eating a generous portion of Stacy's slop.

She'd been steadily accumulation knowledge on the other inhabitants of the ship and was about to begin another foray into the information, when she heard the beeping sounds from what could be some sort of bomb? Comm device? Sticking her head around the corner she caught a glimpse of the man, he seemed to be playing with some sort of hand held gaming device.

"Looks like fun." She finally spoke up.

[governmentninja]

"It is." He glanced up for a moment see who he was addressing, then turned his attention back to the screen.

"It's also amazingly addictive," he observed.

[unsc-rabbit.livejournal.com]

She glanced over his shoulder at the game. "What's the objective?"

[governmentninja]

"To see how long you can hold out." And at this level, Leon was beginning to get overwhelmed a bit.

"Different shaped blocks fall, you try to line them up into rows. Each time you make a full row, it disappears, and more blocks fall in its place. The more rows you clear, the faster the blocks fall, and they keep coming until you finally lose the game."

Which was going to happen right... about...

"Dammit..."

[unsc-rabbit.livejournal.com]

She nodded at his explanation, watching lose and letting out a small chuckle. "I suppose the objective is to stay ahead of the flood, then?"

Yeah, you'll have to forgive her Leon, 26th Century isn't really good with ancient arcade games.

[governmentninja]

"For as long as you can."

He seemed to consider her for a moment, then held out the phone for her.

"Want to give it a try?"

Not like it was that big of a security risk. The few things he had on there that he didn't want people to see were already encrypted to hell and back.

[deputyjo.livejournal.com]

It hadn't actually taken her all that long to find the media library. In fact Jo had found it not long after she'd gotten there... Plus she had found some copies of Military Ma'am - which highly excited her. So every chance she got she found herself sneaking off to the library.

This time however, there was someone else there. Leon Kennedy. She recognizes him from around the ship- plus he's in charge of Team Echo.

Leaning against the wall, she watches him play playing a game. She hadn't used a hand held game in what seemed like forever. Eureka was way past that. It was all holographic now... Not as advanced as what Stacy provided, but it was still pretty darn impressive,

"What game are you playing?" She asks, pushing off the wall and taking a few steps closer trying to get a peek at the screen.

[governmentninja]

"Tetris," he responded, not looking up from the screen yet.

"A classic, but it never goes out of style."

[deputyjo.livejournal.com]

"Seriously?" Jo grins, remembering when she use to play that game. "I haven't played Tetris in... Wow, forever. Since I was a kid."

She's kinda surprised though, she hadn't thought to look for games on the ship. "You found that here?"

[governmentninja]

"Yeah. They have a few of them in here, but this was the only one that interested me."

Despite the fact that the blocks just hit the top of the screen. Again. But that was always how Tetris ended. His score still wasn't even close to Kelly's.

He finally looked up at her, now that his game was over, and offered her the phone.

"Feel like trying a round, Ms. Lupo?"

[deputyjo.livejournal.com]

"Really?" She grins again, takes the phone and sinks down beside him.

She focuses on playing the game for a few, and at first she pretty much sucks - but slowly starts to get the hang of it.

"Uh, you can call me Jo," she announces on an afterthought as she completes the first level of the game.

[governmentninja]

"Ok, Jo," he corrected himself.

"Where are you from?"

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

Brenda had issued a challenge (http://community.livejournal.com/trans_9/46255.html?thread=4636079#t4636079), and so Paco was going to be digging through the Media Library for future Jessica Alba movies. There was bound to be at least one that would sound interesting enough that Paco could stuff into the Movie Night queue.

"Hey man. 'Sup?" he said, waving at Leon before making a beeline for one of the consoles.

[governmentninja]

Leon glanced up from the notes he was currently looking over at the moment to see who had spoken to him. One of the kids he recognized.

"Mr. Guzmán," he returned.

He looked backed down at his notes, but paused for a moment. He was turning over a few ideas in his mind as a spark of creativity had hit him. After a brief bit of debating, Leon put his phone away.

"Mr. Guzmán," he stated with a bit more authority this time. "Come here for a moment. I need to have a word with you."

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

"Only if you promise to stop calling me Mr. Guzmán," Paco said, looking up from the screen. "I haven't done anything wrong yet today."

Now, what in the world made Leon think that speaking with authority at Paco would do any good? Still, Paco saved his search and headed over in Leon's direction.

[governmentninja]

Hey, the meathead listened to the instructions, didn't he? The cop-voice is usually good for that.

"Have a seat. I..." He paused, then decided to come at this from a different angle.

"Let me ask you a quick question. What do you think of the Master Chief?"

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

There wasn't an need to take Paco's natural friendliness for anything other than exactly what it was. He could chat with cops just as easily as anyone else.

"He's cool," Paco said with a shrug. "I got to see him use a plasma grenade on the mission, which is way more awesome in real life than it is when it's just a video game. Why?"

[governmentninja]

Good, he didn't seem to be afraid of the Chief at all. But, then again, from his brief observation of the kid, Leon wasn't sure if Paco was smart enough to fully understand fear.

"I have an assignment for you, Mr. Guzmán." Yes, he was going to continue to call him that. This was conversation was serious business.

"The Master Chief is a good guy, but he needs to learn how to relax and have fun. You're going to to teach him how to do that."

Serious. Business.

[is-gud-dog.livejournal.com]

Guess who's here to prevent you from playing Tetris, Leon?

There's a brief pressure against Leon's leg as Bandit nudges it with his nose. He sniffs excitedly at the friendly human, trying to see if he'd picked up any odd scents.

LEON-BOSS.

[governmentninja]

Well, it's not like he was going to beat Kelly's score any time soon. He shut off the game and put it away for now. Less Bandit eat his phone. He reached down to give the dog a few scritches under his chin.

"Hey, Bandit. What's up, boy?"

[is-gud-dog.livejournal.com]

BANDIT EXPLOR STACY-HOUSE-BOAT. Bandit explains, licking Leon's fingers happily. It's always good to see a familiar face. NOT FIND MANY. WANT BOSS. It's the best way he knows for explaining he'd gotten bored and lonely.

He curious snuffs at the side of the table, nose twitching softly. WHAT HAVE? ? HUMAN PLAY ?

PS. Bandit doesn't eat phones. Well maybe okay that's a lie he would if he was bored but you could tell him not to and he wouldn't.

[governmentninja]

"Yeah, human play." He showed Bandit the phone briefly, just to let him get a look at it. "I don't think you'd enjoy it much, too much sitting still." Not to mention its hard to play Tetris if you don't have opposable thumbs.

"Probably isn't too much for you to do on a ship like this by yourself, is there?" The fact that he was having this conversation with his dog a dog wasn't bothering him much at the moment. Funny the things you can get used to.

[is-gud-dog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, video games aren't really Bandit's style--he's more suited to a somewhat active lifestyle.

DON'T WORRY. BANDIT B 'RE-SOURCE-FUL' He claims, which is arguably not something most people would be comfortable with, coming from a dog. Now, in Bandit's case, he hasn't been beaten away with glowy tentacles for chewing on bits of Stacy, but it's likely that it will happen eventually. BANDIT FIND WARM SLEEP CAVE. TAKE LONG LONG REST. NO HAVE SLEEP LONG TIME, BE4 COM HERE.

[thexanwhosees.livejournal.com]

Xander was on the hunt. The hunt for movies! He felt in the mood for something cheery. Like oh say, Apocalypse Now?

(We never said he's normal)

He glanced over at the other user of the room, and recognized the sounds of the game.

"You gotta watch for those 4 blocks all in a straight line."

[governmentninja]

"Yeah, I do keep an eye out for 'em."

He hadn't bothered looking up from the screen, so he really had no idea how bad of a pun he he just made right then.