SPACE OLYMPICS DAY 2

[theyear3022]

SPACE OLYMPICS
DAY 2
You're the best in the world!

Hope you all slept well. This morning, you're woken up bright and early to board the shuttle out to the orbital station where the Space Olympics will actually take place. Brace yourself, 'cause there's no gravity! ... At least, on the shuttle. Parts of the station do have artificial gravity, just not the parts where you're actually supposed to play.

Once your stomach settles down, you'll be free to use the facilities as you like. Now's the perfect time to try and figure out how to actually play your space sport. But is it just you, or does the station look a little run-down...?

Those of you who failed to keep your asses off the minibar last night: you'll be finding a bill in your new "room," to the tune of 400,000 space credits or so. If you're wondering what that is in Paradisan caisos, well... so am I.

SPACE SPORTS FACILITIES
QUARTERS
OBSERVATION DECK
OOC: Info Post | Roster | Day 1

((ooc: sorry this post went up late! the folks got home from new york sooner than anticipated @_@))

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SPACE SPORTS FACILITIES

[theyear3022]

[Looking for a place to do sports? Look no further! This station has all the rooms and equipment you could possibly need. It does not, however, have gravity. Or instructions on how to play your sport. And if your sport involves animals, well... they're probably a little different from the ones you'd see on Earth!]

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[pint_sized_carnivore]

Space Karate? But I do kung-fu!

Sheesh, this is like the new Karate Kid movie.

[wizard_redfive]

Tell me about it. I'm stuck in Space Jujitsu, and no one else is in my division.

[She scowls.]

How are you supposed to do a jujitsu competition with only one person?

[truestsciences]

[This is probably one of the most ridiculous things Eridan has had to deal with, as well as the most miserable. Which says a lot, because this is Eridan. He blows most everything out of proportion.

But being human is horrible. Absolutely horrible. He has no idea how he's supposed to swim when he's still not really sure how this stupid new body works, being far too used to having horns that now that he no longer has to compensate for them his movements are awkward and jerky, and, y'know. Having a completely different set of respiratory and cardiac systems is pretty weird.

But then he actually gets to the pool, or what passes for a pool in space, and...]

This is fuckin' ridiculous.

[How do you swim without gravity? The water is just. Floating there. In the air. You can't fucking swim in floating water when you're just floating around too.]

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[the_effect_she_has]

[Well, after the first few moments of non-gravity, Katniss remembered the journal entry from York and the other ... interesting soldier types, and put the lessons to good use. So she was fine, moving around. The problem was of course, doing archery in no gravity. The arrows kept on going...]

GET DOWN! [Was something Katniss was screaming a lot today.]

[originalcopy]

Hey watch it!

[Have one of those "interesting soldier types" careening around the arena on rocket skis. Just missing getting impaled as he flails about trying to learn how to steer or even manage a strait line.]

I swear to God if you fuckin' shoot me, I'll be pissed!

[originalcopy]

[Church is looking at the equipment he's been left with. A pair of "rocket skis" and something labeled a "space rife". He holds up the rocket skis clearly unimpressed.]

What the fuck am I supposed to do with these?

Why am I the only one with "rocket skis" anyway?

[delincuente]

[You may want to watch where you're going, to keep from running into the hard plastic balls that seem to be floating around this corner of the facility. Clearly, skee-ball wasn't meant to be played sans gravity. But then, that's what makes it Space Skee-Ball!]

Congrats, I think they just found a way to make this whole thing even more stupid.

[She tries to roll another ball, but of course it just floats right up over her head - and starts to travel backwards. Wincing, she turns around and calls to the general vicinity - ]

Hey, if anyone gets a concussion? Totally not my fault!

[last_rat_standing]

[Bond takes his time checking over the weapon to make sure it's in proper working condition.]

If anyone really expects me to fire a gun in a space station with no gravity they're bloody idiots.

[deductiongeek]

[Conan watches the disasters happening all around him for a few moments, then looks down at the soccerball that had been issued to him. Honestly, was it really so hard to adapt for the gravity? It was only basic physics.

He looks around the room and does some basic calculations. Then he backs up against a wall to brace himself and releases the ball. He waits for it to float in front of him, then he gives it a single precisely calculated kick. The ball instantly rises to the ceiling and rebounds of it, then continues to rebound off different surfaces of the room at different angles, picking up speed as it goes. Finally it passes neatly through the goal.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ So Duke has a sword. He is holding it like he knows how to use it, but he's also holding onto it like its the only solid thing in the world because of that thing called no gravity.

Its incredibly disorienting to those who can't see- ]

Castle I hate you.

[kid_apocalypse]

[Evan was actually pretty used to moving in no gravity. It was one of the things he'd learned to do in school, oddly enough. What he didn't know how to do was play baseball with no gravity, particularly since he was the only one in the event as far as he knew. Improvising, he'll be tossing a rather ostentatious silver baseball in the air, thwacking it after it floats near him, and then pushing off the nearest flat surface to catch the ball. He apologizes in advance for any black eyes, broken windows, or broken bones that may result from him swinging a baseball bat at a slow-moving target, or the inevitable rapidly moving baseball that will undoubtedly careen everywhere in the event that he misses a catch.]

Sorry! That was totally my fault! I'm not used to not being able to stretch myself out for a catch!

QUARTERS

[theyear3022]

[Your quarters on the station are a biiiit less luxurious than the suites in the Athletes' Village. Actually, it's more like one of those Japanese capsule hotels. Space is at a premium out here! Needless to say, the bathrooms are shared.

On the plus side, there is gravity here, so you don't have to strap yourself down or anything. I mean, unless you really want to.]

[deductiongeek]

[You know what the worst part of this was? Even in a capsule hotel in outer space, the sink in the bathroom was STILL too high for Conan to reach. He glares at it for a moment, then turns, intending to go back to his room and find something he could use as a stool.]

[originalcopy]

[No... just no. Hell fuckin' no. He's not sleeping in something only marginally larger than a coffin. Church grabs his pillow, blanket and if he can get it out of the cramped space, the mattress and hauls it all out to the observation deck.

Problem solved.]

OBSERVATION DECK

[theyear3022]

[At the front of the ship is a room with a large window looking out into space. Planet Zargon looms overhead, and for the rest, well... it's pretty much just stars. If you've never been into space before, this is a great place to get a feel for it.

(There is gravity here.)]

[thehangedrose]

[When he's not doing awkward somersaults with knitting needles in mid air or screaming like a little girl as a contestant comes near close to poking his eyes out or generally looking like he's going to hurl on someone, Garry can be found here, leaning near the window and just staring out into the void.]

[He looks shaken, but overall he looks a bit calmer- maybe the view is helping him somewhat.]

I-it's pretty, but...ugh, I just want to be anywhere but here, really...

[encryptedlock]

[After having Delta discreetly wipe out his outstanding credit balance, York finds himself on the observation deck during his tour of the facilities and promptly spends the next few hours looking out. Delta is projected next to him, a little eight-inch hologram of a man in armor (or perhaps a robot, depending on your point of view), and they stand there looking out at the stars silently for a long time.

Never gets old, huh? Nope. Never does.]

[ex_garroter234]

[Okay thank God there is gravity and it's not a tiny box. Micheletto is just going to stand here forever, all of you can go die.

The look on his face translates this murderous intent pretty well, actually. He looks like he has entered an Angry Contest and is winning.]

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[pint_sized_carnivore]

[Chie walked in the observation deck, and gasped in awe. It's friggin' space!]

Whoa! [She pressed her face on the glass] I really am in space!

[waterproofed]

[Percy is by the observation deck checking out the view. It's an impressive one, and it's cool to see the stars spread out like that. So far he is really enjoying this trip in space]

[last_rat_standing]

[Well doesn't this just beat all?

Bond keeps his poker face intact as he stares out the window at the planet below. It doesn't look like Earth and if it's some sort of a hologram or projection it's a damn good one. Although he's beginning to believe that there may be truth in the fact that they're in space. The lack of gravity does that.

At Tue very least he's taking comfort in the fact that with "Space Sharp Shooting" as his supposed event he'd been issued a handgun. He's currently wearing it in a holster under his... silver track jacket... There's a bit of a bulge but it's better than nothing.]

[deductiongeek]

The view may have been spectacular, but Conan was in no mood to appreciate it. He was all too aware of how vulnerable he was.

When they had been all dressed in these jumpsuits he had lost the majority of his gadgets. All he had left was his watch and his shoes. It wasn't much of an inventory to prepare against what might be coming.

He hadn't let go of the soccerball since it had been handed to him.

Now he was taking a break from cringing at the activities in the main room. The observation room made an excellent place to plot.

[heliotroping]

[He has been in space before, but never had the time to enjoy it with the looming final boss thing and all.

So he's taking his chance now]

Ah...

[wizard_redfive]

[This is hardly Dairine's first time in space. Heck, with the number of off-planet jobs she took, she practically lived out there. However, Dairine still takes the time to pause and sightsee. It's been so long since she's been off Paradisa. Plus, the view is very different from the other places she's been.

Dairine stands in front of the window, Spot held in her arms. Both of them stand quietly as they watch the planet slowly move.]