fbradshaw ‖ 001

[jinking]

So board games are all well and good — I ain't got a thing against 'em — but what this ship really needs is a way to play some honest to God competitive sports. And when I say competitive sports, I mean baseball. I'd settle for basketball in a pinch, but baseball's the great American pastime for a reason.

Might just be I’m getting to that stage where I'm starting to climb the walls from not being able to do much of anything. Not that Saldanha Bay was exactly a thrill ride, but at least you could stretch your legs without bumping into bulkheads.

Anyway. If any of y'all can figure out a way to play baseball in space, I'll owe you one so big it'll have interest on it.

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[jinking]

I'd settle for softball?

[jaxsons]

That would be softer, yeah. As a former baseball player, though, how dare you settle for a lesser form, Bradshaw?

[jinking]

A man's gotta take what he can get when he's floating around in a big tin can. No disrespect meant to the Mnemo, of course.

[jaxsons]

I can respect that. Baseball's too ingrained in my past to agree, though I'll play.

[jinking]

Listen, one of my earliest memories with my da is going to a Durham Bulls game. I get it. But sometimes, sacrifices must be made.

[jaxsons]

Yeah, sometimes.

If we get enough interest, maybe Verin'll be more amenable to reconsidering.

[jinking]

Do you think puppy eyes work on Verin? I'm not afraid to whip 'em out.

[jaxsons]

If they did, I would've swayed her by now, and I'm adorable.

[jinking]

Sir. Respectfully. I feel like there's an age cap on "adorable."

[jaxsons]

I haven't even had my coffee yet and I'm being disrespected already? Damn, Bradford.

[delilahs]

Sorry, dad, the man has a point

[jaxsons]

I can't believe I'm being double teamed before coffee.

[jinking]

I’d at least wait until the evening for that kind of activity.

[jinking]

It’s not disrespectful if you add “respectfully” to it! Everyone knows that.

[jaxsons]

And yet I feel disrespected. I'm going to go dramatically cry into my paperwork.

[jinking]

What can I do to make it up to you? I was going to make a batch of something akin to sweet tea. (It won’t be sweet enough, but it’ll come close.)

[loculus]

Please do not have a crisis.

[jaxsons]

I'm not Niko.

[loculus]

And we're all lucky for that because no base is big enough for two Novaks.

[jaxsons]

My ego's not even close to matching his, and we're all the better for it.

[jinking]

Why would he have a crisis?

[jaxsons]

It's a midlife thing. Look away, sweet youth.

[jinking]

I’m not that young. I’m real close to being 30.

[loculus]

It's unwise to insinuate anyone over the age of 40 isn't attractive. We become fragile.

[jinking]

Hold on, I didn’t say unattractive. But adorable is for the young and the really, really old. Plenty of older people are still really fucking h real good looking.