Unit 6 - Where in the Hotel gains access to a pool table. No need for a bar.

[namedforcat]

[Early one evening, if one happens to walk through the hotel lobby, they may notice something that hadn't been there when they had left through those doors.

A pool table.

Thanks to that odd offer of the powers that be to give them back something from home, Gaignun (somewhat jokingly) asked for the pool table from his office, and got it much to his surprise. It's a well loved pool table, well made with a few nicks and scratches in the wood work that speaks to the fact that it actually got used.

So there it sits, in the side of the hotel lobby, fully decked out with a sign posted saying "Free to play, just take good care of it."

It's owner, a face familiar to mosmt is right now just happily noodling around on it, making random shots. Feel free to join him, he's always up for a game.]


[[ooc: So the hotel now has a pool table, which is free for anyone to use. It's now a fixture there until he finds somewhere else to put it so feel free to appropriate it for other threads and what not.]]

Comments

[namedforcat]

At the core of it, yes. While you want to hit specific balls, all of them must be hit with the white one.

[monohoshizao]

Ah, I see. Very simple.

[Nope, totally not cocky, nope.]

[namedforcat]

Now for the practical bits. [Here. Have a pool cue. Time to show off Assassin?]

[monohoshizao]

[HAH Sure you aren't ready to lose, Gaignun? Because you will, by Assassin nonetheless. He's an insta-pro whenever he already learn things.









So, how does the game rules works, by the way?]

[crouching_sin]

Exactly. There's not too much I had in my world that I can't really get here, in any case.

[namedforcat]

There are some things that I can not get in this world, but to be honest I don't really need them as they have equivalents here.

[He misses his easy on the eyes holo-computer screens.]

[namedforcat]

[Hey, he doesn't mind loosing, he just likes having fun with it.]

[crouching_sin]

[He lines up another shot.]

Out of curiosity, what's the ate when you're from?

[namedforcat]

About 4000 or so years in the future of this time period, give or take a century or two.

April 9th

[truthsnomiracle]

[Now that the paperwork from the native trial of Ryuunosuke is dying down and the serial killer is politely staying behind bars for the moment, Edgeworth needs a break from this particularly stressful case. It may not be truly over yet, but the circumstances surrounding it have already gotten under his skin at least once -- he can't allow himself to break down again.

As such, Edgeworth's simply practicing knocking the cue ball around an otherwise empty table. It's been a very long time since he's played, after all, and even then it wasn't very much. Not to mention how he always got nitpicked about his ability to form a proper bridge.]

[namedforcat]

[[ooc: *wave*]]

[Gaignun comes down to check on the table from time to time, he's pleased that mostly people are being gentle with it but he's still in the slightly paranoid stages of it.]

Ah, hello there. [Edgeworth is definitely one of those people he doesn't worry about using it so happiness there.]

I didn't know you played.

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth looks up and over at the voice.]

Ah, Mr. Kukai. I typically don't, although I was introduced to it in my adolescence and have my reasons for choosing to pursue it further here.

[namedforcat]

I found it a good way to relax after stressful business meetings, so I bought this one for my office on the Durandal. [He pats the wood affectionately.]

It's something simple to concentrate one.

[truthsnomiracle]

You had this on a ship of some sort? Is it designed to stay level regardless of the motion of the floor in some way?

[namedforcat]

No, the gravity systems on the Durandal were top of the line. [He may...have forgotten to mention to Edgeworth that he owned a spaceship.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[Well, some things he's heard from Allen do suggest that the two of them come from someplace futuristic, so it's not that difficult to piece together or surprising once he does.]

Ah, I believe I understand. My own world is mere years in the future relative to this one, so that sort of ship wasn't the first to cross my mind.

[namedforcat]

If you're guessing the Durandal was a starship, you would be correct. And don't worry about it. I keep forgetting things aren't that advanced here so what's common place for me isn't so much for others.

I had another table at my other office on the Foundation, but this one I think is my favorite.

At any rate, I hope I'm not interrupting anything.

[truthsnomiracle]

You aren't alone in that. I've encountered the same tendency in Mr. Ridgeley.

Not at all. I'm merely devoting extra time to relaxation, given recent events.

[namedforcat]

Even back home he had that tendency, he's an engineer and thus thinks light years ahead of the rest of us anyways. [There is however, a distinct tone of fondness in his voice when speaking about Allen.]

Ah yes...I can see why you would want a little down time. You've been working on something very difficult.

[truthsnomiracle]

Two difficult things, in fact -- one of which has been made far more so by Wright's disappearance.

[namedforcat]

Wright? Was that a friend of yours? [He'd never managed to meet the man himself.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth has to stop and think about this for a second, for the opposite reason from his usual...]

...I suppose "friend" will have to do for the interpersonal aspects. More importantly, however, he is a colleague of mine -- a defense attorney with few peers, and the man I would most wish to stand across from in court.

[namedforcat]

Ah...[He wouldn't comment on the seemingly complicated relationship that Edgeworth was implying.]

And now he's gone so you're on your own. That would certainly complicate matters.

[truthsnomiracle]

Particularly as the role he would have filled is arguably the most difficult job of all. Given that a significant number of kidnappees fail to grasp the importance of justice that's distinguishable from vengeance, that makes it all the more difficult to find someone both willing and able to defend those accused of crimes.

[namedforcat]

That's true, defense must be ironclad, but the prosecution must only poke a tiny hole in the armor.

Also, it's not that they can't or don't grasp that concept I think. Many of them come from a very different social structure, or even time frame from us. Justice is a very...mutable thing depending on circumstance. Not to mention that extreme stress and discomfort make it an emotionally charged atmosphere.

Please don't misunderstand me, I agree with you that they must be separate in a place like this and with the facilities that we have. I just wanted to point out another side to the issue.