General Fluff Meme

We all need a little love and fun now and then with the rise and fall of drama to remind us why we love/like someone. Kick back, find someone and have a little fun.

1. Lazy Day ♥ Why get up when you can laze around in bed with someone and cuddle?
2. Playground games ♥ Remember that fun you had as a child? That special other person brings it back. Tag or Hide and Seek, whatever playground games you want.
3. Firsts ♥ First kiss, first date, first time someone notices the doe eyes pointed their way?
4. Camping ♥ Spend a sweet night under the stars. Nature isn't very private, but who's out in the woods this late at night to see?
5. In the Rain ♥ Since it's not tears from your cheeks, why not go take a natural shower? Maybe you could talk someone into joining you.
6. Slow Dancing ♥ Nothing like music to sweep the rest of the world away, take a few minutes on the dance floor and shake that stress away.
7. WildCard ♥ ~~fuck the police~~ Make up your own!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Alright Spock, it's easy.

[In Devi's hand, a pair of small stones were rattled around as she gestured to the hopscotch board drawn out on the flagstones. Her smile was cheeky, at best.]

You toss the stone and hop up, stopping to pick up the stone and skipping the square it's in. One hop per single block, the pair you can stand out in. A foot per box, if that's easier. Call it an exercise in hand eye coordination and balance if you want.

Whatever this activity was, Spock was extremely wary of its usefulness.

"Is this a human tradition?"

It wasn't that he was stalling. Spock hadn't actually decided whether or not he would partake in the activity, given Devi's enthusiasm in teaching him. However, every part of the instructions she described baffled him. How did these rules come about? What preponderance did one need to be in to invent this set of instructions? Did humans find enjoyment in rock throwing, jumping and collecting rocks again?

"Kind of. Found in school yard's and on side walks. If you had tape, you could make one on the floor, linoleum or hardwood or something. The history doesn't matter. Here. Take the rock. Throw the rock." She held her hand out, rock cradled in her fingertips to drop into the palm that she fully expected to be turned over. Play.

Edited 2014-02-06 02:32 (UTC)

"Perhaps you would like to demonstrate?"

He gestured openly towards her and the chalk. How easily certain species amused themselves. It was however, also a rather creative talent the species had.

Devi squinted an eye at him, wary of the dance he was so well known for but she couldn't expect anything else with it being so foreign. One stone was slipped into her pocket and Devi moved to stand at the beginning, tossing the other out lightly.

It landed on the sixth block, so Devi hopped through the first three blocks on one foot and jumped to straddle the line between the fourth and fifth. The stone was retrieved and Devi hopped the rest of the grid, keeping to the one foot per block rule.

"Once you're at the end, it's the next players turn. When you come back, you start at the end you stopped on." She walked over and held the stone out again. "Simple enough even for an alien to complete."

Spock walked up to first set of boxes, eyeing it still with uncertainty. But he take the stone from Devi's hand.

Looking out across the board, he was about to throw the stone before he stopped and just stared at Devi. "You are insisting that I participate?" One was supposed to learn about the cultures of other species, but this game seemed so ... illogical. Where was the tactical thinking?

The best one could do was optimize for hitting a number that eliminated the necessity of imbalance.

So Spock dropped the stone right in front of him, onto the square marked "2."

Devi smiled and stood parallel to the outline. "Indeed I am. It's only a game, Spock. Plus, if you humor me with a few rounds, I'll leave you to your charts and numbers."

It wasn't about tactical thinking and Devi was easy to please at the moment. Yes, it was silly and utterly pointless, but that was half the fun. Granted, she wasn't surprised that he would take the easy route; she wondered if the Vulcan's knew about sportsmanship but figured this wasn't the best time to push her luck.

Slowly, and ever so cautiously, the Vulcan began the ritual.

One foot on 1. Then he balanced himself, leaning down to pick up the stone, and then landing both feet on 3 and 4. Then he stopped, turning his back to look at Devi.

"Do I continue to the end?"

"Yeah, to the end. Then it's my turn again." And perhaps after one more round, she'd let him go.

"I don't suppose Vulcan children have games? Maypoles or really space age Othello or something?"

Ohh~ Fluff Meme!

General Fluff Meme

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject