Repersussion – Games Room

[James Calmara]

1346
Games Room
Akrotiri

Still stood down and unable to go off -world, Calmara tried to make the best off it and had been helping out with the various engineering and scientific projects that were going on around the base and playing a lot of pool. Yesterday he had managed to get off the base even if it was with a geological survey team and only about a days journey away.

Today he was back lending a hand on base, with a gap in the work schedule Calmara had made his way to the games room in search of company and a game of pool. Luckily the table had only two spots, one stripe and the eight ball left and looked as if the current game was about to end when he arrived.

Coffee cup in hand he stepped over to the cue rack and selected one then went back to watching the game, taking occasional mouthfuls of drink. Which was over fairly quickly, as the airman playing stripes came off a cushion to pot the last stripe in the left middle pocket. Leaving him with a straight forward shot on the eight ball into the right bottom pocket.

“I call next game” Calmara said quickly unfortunatly both airmen had to get back to there duty’s, so Calmara would have to find another opponent, he lent the cue against the table and putting the triangle in place said “Anyone else want a game? ” While beginning to rack up the balls. To finish off he gave the eight ball a spin and the lifted the triangle and put it under the table, then eyed his opponent “Do you want to brake? Or shall we toss for it?”

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[Atalya]

1346
Games Room
Akrotiri

Atalya walked into an unknown room. There were a few people there, and there were also some weird 'games' that were there. She didn't know what exactly the games in the room were, but maybe she would find them interesting. She got out of the way of two airmen, and then then she went to a table and started to kind of circle it. "Sorry to distract you, but what exactly is all of this? she asked James as she carefully examined the table and was very confused by it. She then decided to sit down on a near by couch, but she still turned herself towards the mysterious table. She was slowly learning everything that these Tau'ri people did in their spare time.

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[James Calmara]

1346
Games Room
Akrotiri

Calmara hadn’t failed to notice Atalya enter and take a look around, particularly the pool table which she seemed bemused by. Her question caused a grin to spread across Calmara’s face. “Distraction is why we’re all here, miss. It’s a games room, a place some of us come too relax when we’re not workin’, sleepin’ or fightin’ for our lives.” He explained to the now seated women, who’s face he seemed to remember but not a name to go with it. “I know your face but can’t put a name to it?” Now with her name he could have proper conversation. “This is pool a personal favourite of mine. I can run through the rules if you like?” Calmara offered hoping to get a new opponent out of this.

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[Atalya]

1346
Games Room
Akrotiri

"Yes, could you please run through the rules of this......pool game? she then asked James as she rested her head on her arms and still studied the pool table very closely. It took some time for her to actually realize that he had said something else because she studied the room and the game very closely. There wasn't really anyone else in the room to distract her immensely, so she turned back to James and then realized that he was still wanting an answer to something. "Oh, and I'm Atalya. I usually don't go....'hang' out with a bunch of others. I guess that I'm still a bit shy."she said with a small nervous smile and chuckle.

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[James Calmara]

1347
Games Room
Akrotiri

“Well Atalya coming down here having a game with some of the folks around here it’s a great way to counter that shyness. Let’s get you sorted with the rules shall we.”He said with a grin while thinking how to try how to explain it simply, after all it was a game best not make it complicated.

“Right you’ve got four different types of balls on the table. In the triangle you’ve got the spots and the stripes, six of each, and also the black eight ball.” he pointed to each one in turn. “The objective is you sink all of one type of ball and then the eight ball in any one of the pockets using this and this.” He picked up the cue ball with one hand and a cue with the other. “With me so far?” He placed the cue ball in the ‘D’ and lined up a shot.

Atalya

[Kimberly "Kim" McKinnon]

1348
Games Room
Akrotiri

Kim walked in with can of soft drink and chicken roll she grabbed on the run from the mess hall. Since her return she had been in and out of Vanessa and Troy's offices more times than she could remember. All this running like a insane human was going to drive her nutty fully. She barely at times could tell the time let along, where right to the left was. Too much had changed and needed catching up. where the heck was she to start. She was after all busy keeping Jerry company since Collins had warned her that leaving him along for a long period wasn't abright idea. So for now she had left him sleeping, since the man had falled asleep.

Looking up at two people blankly she thought the place was little empty. Wasn't it the time for the people to be working away or plan other missions or something. Shaking her head at herself she knew she was more out of tune with the situation on Delta than she thought. Beside the man who spoke, his voice was familiar, but she couldn't pin-point where she had heard it. Baffled she walked up to the duo, seeing what they were playing, she smirked, "Just started, Clamara?" she asked as his name was dropping her into her brain, but she still could not in the life of her remember how she knew his name.

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((I'm rusty with her...haha!!))

[Atalya]

1348
Games Room
Akrotiri

"Yeah, I think I'm with you." she said to James as she picked up one of the sticks that James had and still looked on as he showed her what everything on the table was. She was still looking at the table when someone else interrupted. "Well actually, he was showing me how to play this....game" she then gestured towards the table, "called pool. It looks like a fun game, but I really don't know how to play it." she then finished explaining to the girl before she turned back to James and said, "But yeah, please continue." as she looked at the table and then at him as he was getting ready to do something to the balls with the stick.

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[James Calmara]

1348
Games Room
Akrotiri


Having drawn back the cue for a brake shot, on hearing his name he left off, straightened up and looked round. “That’s me and I was just about to break.” He replied, with only a vague memory of who was speaking, fairly certain she was air force and an officer he asked.. “I got your face but can’t remember your name, ma’am?”

“Kim of course, Illiad commissary about two in the morning. You play?” He snapped his finger as he recalled who she was and where he’d seen her last. It also brought back memories of being cooped up on that tub for months on end. With his attention pulled back to the game he re-lined up for the brake shot. “This is the brake shot, basically its to scatter the balls around the table, makes it a fair way to start and introduces a sense of randomness. Like so!” With that he gave the cue ball a good wack, sending it into the balls and scattering them around the table, but not sinking any in the holes. “It helps if you sink a ball or two, I didn’t so it’s your turn if you want. Just pick any ball and any pocket.” Calmara offered taking a step back to see if Atalya wanted a go and to give her room if she did.

Kim & Atalya

[Kimberly "Kim" McKinnon]

1348
Games Room
Akrotiri

Sh grinned at the woman's baffledment in regards to the game. The woman before her, Km knew was the galaxy's native, thus was new to the games that people of Earth played and even for them, some games Atalya knew would be puzzling . "Not many people are skilled at this game." she told the other woman, who seemed no older than herself.

She laughed as James did a comical confirm of his own name and listened. She was going say how the two had meet but he was faster at answering his own question. Chuckling she nodded in agreement at the location the two had met for the first time before she left for the Earth to give birth to her daughter. Taking a sip of her soda, "I haven't played in a while. Changing diapers, feeding and playing with a 4 month old takes all the attention and time. Not to mention sleepless nights added to the list." Kim couldn't even the last time she and Lance went out; that was an actual night for just two of them.

Drinking further of her drink, she watched as James explained the rules of the game to their member of the expedition, and saw him scattering the balls within the table. "I'll just entertain myself by watching the game being played out. I might be rusty with my skills for the game."

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[James Calmara]

1349
Games Room
Akrotiri

Looking on while Atalya figured out which ball to pot and how, Kim’s comment about looking after a baby made a certain amount of sense. “That would explain why I haven’t seen you around the base in 6 months or so.” Looking from the table to her then back to the table, checking on Atalya seeing what shot she was about to take.

“That said the last six moths have been hell.” Pauseing momentarily before qualifying that statement. “Ok not all hell, I had started calming down we were helping rebuild and then it hit the fan recently. Subsequently this is not the best place to be, and I’m winging now and talking about work of duty I’m going to shut up.” The truth was the events of the last few days were never far from his mind, and as much as he tried to keep a lid on his thoughts they came out every so often. He quickly turned his attention back to the game.

Hoping to gloss over his last statement, with more comments on the game after Atalya took her shot. “Nice shot, considering its your first I think your one to watch ma’am.” Calmara said with a grin.

Atlaya & Kim


OOC sorry if this across as a little to serious.

[Kimberly "Kim" McKinnon]

1349
Games Room
Akrotiri

She smiled and nodded, knowing how much had changed since the lat time she had spoke to James. "I was nearly 4 months pregnant back then. Been on missions and didn't even know I was expecting. Kinda tells you how well I know my own body." She shook her head at the fact she never even suspected it. Taking a bite of her meal she watched Atyala trying to figure how just how play the game.

"Had a daughter," she began, "if you were at Garcia's wedding you would have met her. if you haven't I'll bring out the photo's from my quarters and show." Talking about Jerry, hit home, it was a little odd to not to see Pooja running down the hallways and in the security complex where Jerry's office was. It was going to take time to sink in that Pooja was MIA.

"I hear that your Commanding Officer's that Cocky Oxford. How can you stand him?" The idea of tolerating the man was beyond her grasp.

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[James Calmara]

1349
Games Room
Akrotiri

In the past Calmara wouldn’t have entertained talk of family life. But recently talking about weddings and littlens and families and just ordinary life was strangely refreshing a break from current events. “No I couldn’t make it I had things to take care of. But yeah if you’ve got snaps I’ll take a look.”

He found himself grinning at Kim’s opinion of his CO. “confidence even if its overconfidence I can deal with, I tend to draw the line at people trying to tell me how to do my job. So far he’s let me get on with it on missions so I’ve not had an issue with him. Though the last one was the only one
So far and its outcome might have taken an edge of any cockiness.” Calmara replied giving an honest opinion of the man.

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[Kimberly "Kim" McKinnon]

1349
Games Room
Akrotiri

If he was thinking she had only a handful to show, James was in for a surprise. On he last count she had more than 200 photos of her daughter. Geri was all in all was spoiled by love and affection. Little girl was the apple of the eyes her parents and her godfather. "I'll warn you there are loads of them." Kim grinned, as her eyes twinkled, "and she almost out-shined the bride. Not that Pooja minded."

As the memory came, Kim fell silent, as the reminder that the bride wasn't here. Making an expression, she picked up her soda and drained the remianing of the cans contents. Her reasons for being here was to keep Jerry sane till Pooja was found. However long it took. Yet she prayed that finding her didn't take a lifetime. Since each passing day was more of a torture for him.

She laughed, "Not much of ordering type is he?" she asked, "He's too much of a pretty boy to bark out orders. Can't see him doing it or getting ticked. Both seem wrong somehow on the Major. Kinda makes you wonder how he ended up with such rank with the way he...is." Oh she suspected that the real Oxford hid behind the facade, the man usually had on. A hint of a real one she had seen a the wedding, from the way he behaved with his children and wife. It seemed that the real one wasn't an Army Officer, but a husband and a father first.

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