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Big Dipper Bowling is a ten-pin bowling alley with numerous lanes. Bowling balls have been adapted so they go beyond the weight of what a Human could lift, as other species are far stronger. It took a lot of trial and error to make sure that the heavier bowling balls wouldn't break the floor.
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 07-Jun-24 07:25 PM
Well, this was it! Program number two. Each of the lanes that Amanda had reserved for her community builders were completely empty, with freshly set pins that practically sparkled under the pinsetter light. The lights on the sides of the lanes glowed red, denoting that they were reserved, and reserved by Amanda for the community builder. Back behind the ball retrievals were a few tables and multiple chairs, with one of the tables devoted only to food and drink - that being cheese and pepperoni pizzas, finger foods such as chicken fingers and french fries, grilled cheese sandwich quarters, mini burger sliders, cheesy garlic bread, and mozzarella sticks. Sodas lined the back of the table, as well as water, lemonade, and tea. It was fortunate that Amanda chose to reserve the lanes closest to the entrance of the alley so that whoever was attending the community builder wouldn't have to go far. Amanda herself was in uniform, and laced up the bowling shoes she had just put on. She had already chosen a bowling ball - seven pounds. Not too heavy, not too light, but just right for Amanda. Now was just the time for the others to file in, tell the staff they were with Amanda to retrieve their bowling shoes and bowling balls, and begin the community builder! (edited)
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Lt. Zaru Teno | SCI BOT 07-Jun-24 09:58 PM
Teno had been scrolling through his PADD when a notification about a community building event popped up in the Starbase's chatroom. He had just ended his shift and changed into comfortable clothes, and decided to go check it out. He walked into the room and looked around for folks, wondering how many people had shown up and what bowling was exactly. He'd heard people talk about Terran sports before and vaguely knew it involved a ball but wasn't sure of anything else. "Um, hello?" He called in the direction of a woman standing near the door with a bowling ball in her hands.
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 07-Jun-24 10:01 PM
Amanda turned to see the guest who was joining her for the bowling program, and with a kind smile she gestured for him to join her. "Welcome, friend! Welcome, welcome! Go right up to the counter, tell them you're with me. They'll give you the proper shoes, then join me over here, the bowling ball rack is right over that way! Then you can join me in snacking before we allow more friends to join us!" Amanda used her signature kind and encouraging yet assertive tone of voice, one that she was sure to be a help as this was a slightly louder environment than the pizza party was.
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Lt. JG. Essen | TAC BOT 07-Jun-24 10:07 PM
Essen wasn't far behind Zaru, actually. So she was the next one to head in. "Hey! You here for Amanda's program too, I assume," Essen said to Zaru. "Should be simple enough to set up." Before she headed over to the counter. "Hi, I'm with Amanda's group? I'm a size 11, women's," Essen said to the counter staff before they handed her a pair of bowling shoes. "Thanks!" Before she headed over to the bowling ball rack, picking up a six pound bowling ball and heading over to Amanda. "Hey Amanda!" Essen greeted Amanda, giving her a gentle hug before she sat down in a nearby chair to slip off her boots and replace them with the bowling shoes she began to lace up. "Thanks for putting this together, Amanda. I needed this today. Just a lot of work to do, this is sure to be a stress relief." Before Essen finally finished lacing up her bowling shoes, and noticed the food. Mmmm! She snatched a mozzarella stick, before she tossed it into the air and caught it with her mouth! One end of the mozzarella stick stuck out of her mouth until she chewed it, and brought the whole thing into her mouth. "This is quite the operation," Essen commented, her eyes scanning the smorgasbord of food for such a simple program! (edited)
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 07-Jun-24 10:10 PM
Amanda, having already known Essen enough to hug her previously, eagerly accepted the hug from Essen now before she looked down at Essen while she laced up her bowling shoes. "Of course, Essen!" Amanda replied. "What better way to let off some steam than to go and play some fun rounds of bowling? It's simple, low stress, doesn't require a ton of physical activity, and is a social gathering. All green flags for the perfect community builder. And I brought the food because I saw how much attention the pizza party attracted, heh. Thought I might try it again this time to see if it held up." (edited)
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Lt. Zaru Teno | SCI BOT 07-Jun-24 10:17 PM
"Oh, hi! I'm Lt. Zaru Teno. But you can call me Zaru, or Teno either's okay!" He looked back and forth between Amanda and Essen and smiled. "Yes, I'm here for Lt. Riley's community building event. Bowling, I think?" He sounded curious and slightly confused about the shoes. "I need special shoes? Okay, well, I'll be right back." Teno walked quickly over to the counter and stared at the wall of red and blue bowling shoes and cocked his head to the side. "Um, hi, I wear a men's 12." He nodded and thanked the clerk who gave him his shoes and walked back over to where Lt. Riley was, sat on a bench, and put on his shoes carefully, listening as Essen and Amanda spoke.
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 07-Jun-24 10:43 PM
Amanda gave another warm and welcoming smile to Zaru as he made his way over after snatching his bowling shoes. "Welcome, friend! How are you?" Amanda said, addressing Zaru. "Happy for you to join us for this community builder! Not every starbase I've visited has ever had a bowling alley, this is certainly something new and different and I'm honored you could join us. I believe I heard you say your name was Zaru? Well, welcome, Zaru! Are you excited for this fun program?"
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 08-Jun-24 12:19 AM
Haru was here! For bowling! He anticipated it being loud so he was wearing his earbuds that had printed warbird designs on them. They were set to block out ambient noise and amplify noise of voices so he'd better be able to tell if someone was talking to him. Haru walked into the room, PADD in hand and immediately identified the food table and headed there.
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Lt. Zaru Teno | SCI BOT 08-Jun-24 12:23 AM
“Yeah, my name’s Zaru. Or well, that’s my surname. You can call me by it or by Teno. I’m not always so formal.” The Bajoran smiled and chuckled. “Thank you for putting this together,” he said as he laced his shoes tightly. “I’m new to this Starbase, so it’ll be nice to meet people. And also I’ve never played bowling before! It definitely sounds exciting and I’m so ready to be so bad at it.” Teno looked up as another person joined the fray, and watched as they beelined to the food table. He waved and offered a shy but enthusiastic, “Hello!”
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 08-Jun-24 12:34 AM
Amanda nodded as she listened further to Zaru, and giving him a polite half-bow in response to his thanking her for putting on the event. "Of course! I love that my job has me doing this, it's so fun to be able to make fun events that people can smile at, to make experiences that encourage people to talk to each other and form meaningful relationships. It's the most fun I've ever had in my entire life and it doesn't really feel like work. And no worries! Bowling isn't as popular as it used to be - here's hoping we can do it justice." Before she noticed Haru entering and moving right to the food table. "Welcome, friend! Welcome, welcome!" Amanda said. "I see you've found the food already. Whenever you're ready, go ahead and see the clerk for your bowling shoes and the rack to the side for your bowling ball!"
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 08-Jun-24 12:40 AM
"Jolan tru," Haru waved to the nice stranger who said hello to him first and then to the woman who said hi. "Yeah, I came for the," Haru paused and pointed his PADD at the food on the table, quickly getting a little analysis on it by swiping his hand over the tactile screen to read what was on display. "Grilled cheese! I like that! Is all this food replicated or is it fresh? I don't eat meat, which is why I'm asking. Replicated meat is fine," Haru explained, hoping that there was some replicated meat! "And.. do you have any Romulan food? Just curious!"
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 08-Jun-24 12:59 AM
With a giggle, Amanda confirmed what Haru had asked. "All of this food is replicated, don't worry! No real meat here, just the replicated stuff. Hold on one second - I'll replicate you an osol twist!" Before she did just that, scurrying to the replicator, inputting the prompt for an osol twist, and then bringing the freshly replicated osol twist back to Haru. "Here you go!" Amanda said with another smile. "One osol twist!"
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 08-Jun-24 01:34 AM
"Oh! Thanks!" It was a good thing Haru had a sweet tooth! He put his PADD in his pocket so he could take the food from Amanda and eat it. Not only was an osol twist a familiar snack, but he also knew the shape of it and where to get the most optimal bites. Haru's eyes crossed as he ate, a sign of him relaxing! It looked odd but he was fine, just a guy munching his favourite snack.
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Lt. Zaru Teno | SCI BOT 08-Jun-24 01:35 AM
Teno smiled and nodded at Amanda. She was so nice! It was lovely to be around upbeat people and Teno thought he’d have to come to all of her events. If her attitude was anything to say for it, he assumed they’d all be pretty merry. “That’s really nice! I look forward to attending more of your events. And now I think I’m going to pick one of these bowling balls,” and he pointed at the rack nearest him. He beelined to a green one - green was his favorite color - and picked it up. It had an 11 on it, he guessed for the weight measurement. It didn’t feel too heavy or too light so he just held it in his hands in front of him. “So what do I do with this ball exactly?” He laughed and made a sheepish face.
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 08-Jun-24 01:40 AM
Amanda giggled again as she noticed Haru's eyes crossing in repsonse to the osol twist. The replicators did a damn good job at making an authentic osol twist, she supposed. "Hehe, of course, you're welcome!" Amanda replied to Haru before she turned to Zaru. "Thank you thank you!" Amanda replied to Zaru before she picked up her own bowling ball. "Well, all you have to do to play in a bowling game is just roll the ball across the ground, and hit as many pins as possible. Like this." Amanda squared her shoulders up, and reared up to send the ball across the floor, crashing into 🎲5 pins.
Rolled: 1d10
[5] ➜ 5
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"See, so I knocked down five pins there," Amanda explained. "So I have one more try to knock down five more, and if I do, I get a spare." The ball retrieval gave her the ball back, and she rolled again, to knock down 🎲5 pins.
Rolled: 1d5
[5] ➜ 5
01:41
Turning to Zaru, she smiled. "And that's how you play the game!"
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 08-Jun-24 01:43 AM
Once the twist was consumed, Haru headed to get his bowling shoes. They had accessible shoes, of course. The ones he could just zip up because Haru could not tie laces. Maybe he could learn, but it was way too much trouble than it was worth, he thought. Once shoe'd up, Haru walked to bowling lanes where Teno and Amanda were to see what they were doing. Haru did not know how to bowl if it wasn't obvious enough by his empty stare down the lane. Or maybe he was just blind. He listened to the sounds of Amanda tossing the ball down the lane. He heard the crash of the pins, but had no idea what that meant (not to mention he was putting his shoes on for the first part of Amanda's explanation. "Oh! So.. what happens? Can you describe it to me?" He asked, thinking a verbal explanation would probably be best than 'showing' him. Haru only saw some colourful blobs blobbing about anyway.
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 08-Jun-24 01:45 AM
Turning to Haru, Amanda was more than happy to help. "Yes!" Amanda replied. "So the aim is to knock down as many pins as possible in as few rolls. All you have to do is roll the bowling ball across the floor, and stay behind that line there. Depending on how you roll the ball and at what speed or angle it will knock down any number of the ten pins that are set up. It's not a game too much of brute force, it's a game of strategy and focus. I'll have Essen go next to demonstrate. Essen?"
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Lt. JG. Essen | TAC BOT 08-Jun-24 01:46 AM
Essen was more than happy to help, nodding to Amanda, stepping up to the lane and sending her ball rolling down the lane into 🎲6 pins.
Rolled: 1d10
[6] ➜ 6
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 08-Jun-24 01:46 AM
With a close eye, Amanda looked and noticed how many pins were knocked down. "Alright, so ten pins to start, Essen knocked down six with her first bowl, so she has to hit the remaining four to get the full ten points on her second try."
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Lt. JG. Essen | TAC BOT 08-Jun-24 01:47 AM
Essen rolled again to hit 🎲2 pins.
Rolled: 1d4
[2] ➜ 2
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 08-Jun-24 01:47 AM
Amanda nodded at this. "So in this case, Essen gets 8 points for this first frame, or round of play."
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 08-Jun-24 01:50 AM
Haru should have looked up the game before coming because he had no idea it was going to be so visual. Well, most games were. Haru was gonna try his best so he stood back with Teno to watch Essen bowl. Haru pulled out his PADD so he could do his fancy little image to text to understand what was going on. "Oh! I see," Haru, in fact, did not 'see' 😂. "Is there like... some sort of tool for beginners? I don't know if i can aim a ball and... uh, well, would you trust a blind man with a 7 kg ball?"
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 08-Jun-24 01:52 AM
Amanda thought for a second, then remembered that there was a tool to help! "Yes, actually! You want to avoid the gutters or those lowered recesses in the floor, but for beginners there's this!" Amanda said, before she pressed a button on the retrieval system - and then, two long guide rails, the length of the floor, popped up from the sides of the floor along the lane, effectively making the gutters impossible to get into. "There you go!"
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 08-Jun-24 02:02 AM
Haru heard the sounds of something shifting about and looked towards the lane where the bumpers appeared! Haru was still a bit nervous aiming giant balls, but this wouldn't be the first time big balls gave him trouble. Haru pressed a few buttons on his PADD to switch the visual mode on his implants to increase the contrast of what he was seeing in hopes that it would allow him to see the pins better.
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Lt. Zaru Teno | SCI BOT 08-Jun-24 02:09 AM
Teno watched quizzically as the others demonstrated. He was honestly a bit lost but in general understood that he was to throw the ball down the aisle and aim for the 
pins? They were odd shapes. He watched as Amanda worked with Haru to make the game more accessible and held onto his bowling ball awkwardly. “Right. Okay, that seems
 easy enough I guess.” Before Haru stepped up to the aisle, Teno took a step toward the Romulan and spoke. “I’m Zaru Teno by the way! I don’t think I caught your name. It’s nice to meet you.” He would have offered a hand to shake but both of his were occupied by the heavy green ball.
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 08-Jun-24 02:21 AM
"I'm Haru! Haru tr'Khæthætreh! Yes, real name," Haru laughed as he gave his nickname, not actually his real name. His real name was Ha'taurakh but fuck if anyone could say that. It's a good thing Teno did not offer a handshake, Haru was Vulcanoid. He was naturally a touchy person due to having to touch everything, but he still never got used to the concept of handshakes. "you can go next, uh, I'll watch," Haru told Teno with a smile and little giggle.
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 08-Jun-24 02:44 AM
Seeing Haru and Zaru have a brief bit of conversation was already exciting enough for Amanda, but then it was Zaru's turn. "Alright, Zaru, step right up! Whenever you're ready, just bring the ball back and then roll it onto the lane."
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Lt. Zaru Teno | SCI BOT 08-Jun-24 03:05 AM
Teno made a humming noise and nodded, then moved to take his place behind the line at the end of the lane. He checked around him to make sure everyone was far enough away that he wouldn’t bonk anyone with the bowling ball and then he adjusted his grip, sticking his fingers in the finger holes and then making the throwing motion. He lobbed the ball forward gently and felt it slip off his fingers and plop on to the bowing lane. It rolled forward slowly, and knocked over 🎲9 pins.
Rolled: 1d10
[9] ➜ 9
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He looked at the pins and then turned around and stared at Amanda, Essen, and Haru, baffled. His mouth was hanging open, confused. “So that’s good right?!” He exclaimed before going to retrieve his ball. When the machine spit it back out he grabbed it and rolled again, this time knocking over 🎲1 pins.
Rolled: 1d1
[1] ➜ 1
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 08-Jun-24 03:31 AM
Haru watched Teno bowl, but he still didn't understand why knocking more pins down was good or what the scoring system was. He clapped his hands for the Bajoran, just trying to be supportive. "Woooo!!!! Pins!" What was the appropriate cheer for bowling? Haru did not know.
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 08-Jun-24 03:33 AM
Amanda clapped lightly, not making too much noise, and keeping it quiet. "Hey yes!!! Great job! So you scored a total of ten points for this frame!" Amanda said. "You'll be able to keep track of the score on the little screen up here." On the screen were... let's just say, less-than-conventionally-animated winning screens based on how many pins were knocked down, and this one was of a Western sheriff-themed pin entering a saloon with the word "SPARE" on the saloon door. "Alright! Haru, are you ready to go next?"
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 08-Jun-24 04:38 AM
When Amanda mentioned keeping track of the score on a screen, Haru looked up even though, well, he obviously couldn't look. He didn't know why he would constantly look at things despite not being able to look at things. He held out his hands and had to do a lil feel for the balls in the lil tray. This was also not the first time Haru was feeling around for balls. With the ball in hand, Haru held it like a pregnant woman holding her belly. He didn't catch that there were holes in it. He waddled over to the bowling lane (completely forgetting about the line) and dropped the ball down. When he didn't hear it move, he gave it a lil kick. For that move he knocked down 🎲7 pin(s).
Rolled: 1d10
[7] ➜ 7
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 08-Jun-24 05:51 PM
With a slight clap to be able to showcase her pride in Haru, Amanda gave an encouraging smile. "Very well done, Haru! Very well done!" She encouraged him. "Now just roll again to see if you can hit the remaining three down and get a spare!"
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Lt. Zaru Teno | SCI BOT 08-Jun-24 08:21 PM
Teno made a delighted whooping sound and pumped a fist in the air. “Yeah Haru! Get those
pins? And stuff!” He sounded unsure of the game but definitely encouraging. He was having fun, at least.
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 09-Jun-24 02:36 AM
"Was that good?" Haru had turned up the contrast on his implants but it only helped a little. Haru felt around like a fool for the ball that returned back to him. He eventually grabbed the ball and walked back to the lane. He did his best to aim but his stupid eyes cramped up and he ended up just dropping the ball on the lane yet somehow managed to knock ovee 🎲3 pin(s).
Rolled: 1d3
[3] ➜ 3
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Lt. Zaru Teno | SCI BOT 09-Jun-24 02:50 AM
The Bajoran watched as the ball rolled slowly down the lane much like it had for him earlier. He had a sneaking suspicion that neither he nor Haru was particularly good at this game but if the math was mathing, they had the same score. And had both gotten a
spare? “I don’t know what a spare is, but I think you got one, Haru.” He said, and looked up at the screens above the lane as another silly SPARE animation flashed across them. “What exactly is a spare, again? Is there a manual? Oh, I could probably check my PADD huh?” Teno chuckled and ran a hand through his hair awkwardly.
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 09-Jun-24 02:57 AM
"Spare? There's extra?" Haru looked back to Teno and then at the lane. He saw jack shit but whatever, it didn't seem like there were anymore pins. Haru grabbed his PADD and did a little scan of the lane and he was right, no pins! "Woooo I knocked them all down! Being blind won't stop me conquering the world of bowling!" Or maybe it was just beginner's luck or just Haru's luck.
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Lt. Zaru Teno | SCI BOT 09-Jun-24 03:15 AM
Teno pulled a PADD out of a bag he had wrapped around his torso and typed away for a moment, looking up the rules of Bowling. "Ah yes, okay, I found information about the Terran Game Bowling here," he said and hummed as he skimmed the rules for scoring. "Okay, the document says 'A spare in bowling is when a player knocks down all the pins with their second ball in a frame, after failing to do so on their first attempt. A spare is awarded 10 points, plus the number of pins the player knocks down with their first attempt at the next frame. On score sheets, a spare is usually indicated with a slash (/) instead of the second pin count.'" He raised an eyebrow and looked away from the PADD and up at the score board. It was true, all of the people who had gotten spares had the little slash next to their names.
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 09-Jun-24 03:58 AM
"Ohh that is neat!" Haru listened to Teno explaining how bowling worked. He still wasn't entirely sure he got it, but he was doing good so far! Haru walked back towards the food table and grabbed some of the cheesy garlic bread. He didn't know what it was but it was a simple shape and easy to eat. "Mmm.. this bread is good-- oh next person can go, I think! I shall watch," Haru said as he munched.
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 11-Jun-24 07:19 PM
With a quiet clap for Haru, Amanda gave him another encouraging look. "Very good, Haru! Very good!" Amanda congratulated him. "You're learning! I'll go again next, same order as before." As she picked up her bowling ball and sent it rolling down the lane to crash into 🎲7 pins.
Rolled: 1d10
[7] ➜ 7
19:19
Seven. Alright, not too bad. Three to go. Statistically a better chance of hitting all three. Amanda rolled again to rack up an additional 🎲1 pin(s).
Rolled: 1d3
[1] ➜ 1
19:20
With a small self-clap, Amanda congratulated herself. "Okay! I'll add 8 to my score. So with the first frame and this frame, I now have a total score of 18. Essen, you're next!"
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Lt. JG. Essen | TAC BOT 11-Jun-24 07:21 PM
Essen shook out her arms and legs, loosening any tension that may have gotten back in during the wait. "Phew, alright, let's go," Essen muttered mostly to herself, before she rolled her bowling ball into 🎲2 pins.
Rolled: 1d10
[2] ➜ 2
19:22
Essen released the bowling ball too soon, and it failed to gain enough momentum to knock down more than two pins. No matter, there was always the second roll. Essen rolled again to hit 🎲1 pins.
Rolled: 1d8
[1] ➜ 1
19:24
Something was up here. Maybe the track was slippery? Maybe Essen just had a bad grip. Either way, she kept that in the back of her mind. "Ah well, no big, that gives me a total of 11 for the game so far. Zaru you're up my dude!"
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Lt. Zaru Teno | SCI BOT 11-Jun-24 08:24 PM
Teno walked up to the place where the balls were stored between turns and grabbed his bowling ball. He took a deep inhale and exhaled slowly as he situated himself at the end of the lane. He wound his arm and threw the ball, letting it fly off his hand haphazardly. (edited)
20:27
It rolled down the lane and struck 🎲5 pins.
Rolled: 1d10
[5] ➜ 5
20:28
"Alright, that's not too bad. Fifty percent of the pins got knocked down, it could be worse." He shrugged it off and retrieved his ball again, then rolled again. The ball struck 🎲2 pins.
Rolled: 1d5
[2] ➜ 2
20:30
"Well, alright. Seven isn't the worst. So that makes my score seventeen, I think? Anyway, I think that's your turn, Haru!" Teno walked away from the lane, smiled at Haru, and then posted up at the snack table. He grabbed some chicken strips and started eating them with a sweet dipping sauce and leaned against the snack table and watched the rest of the group play.
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Lt. JG. Haru tr’Khæthætreh | TAC BOT 12-Jun-24 02:02 AM
Haru stepped back so he could 'watch' the others bowl. He whipped out his PADD so he could get a description of what was happening in front of him and clapped for the others! He was impressed by Amanda's skills and felt bad when Essen didn't do nearly as well. Secretly, he felt a confidence boost knowing that he was doing quite well despite his obvious physical limitations. "Good job Essen!" He gave her some reassuring words and claps. Next up was the Bajoran, Teno! "Wooo say the name! Seventeen!" Haru did a little 'whoop' for Teno who got seven pins. It was his turn next! So Haru approached the lane and grabbed a ball the first time. Thanks to his amazing memory, Haru didn't have nearly as much trouble with this step as the first time. He waddled over to the lane and attempted the same technique he used last time. Just placing the ball down and listening to it roll. For his second attempt at the technique he managed to get 🎲8 pin(s).
Rolled: 1d10
[8] ➜ 8
02:02
"Woooo!!~ I heard a lot of them drop," Haru said with excitement as he quickly grabbed the ball for his second shot and this time got 🎲2 pin(s) down!
Rolled: 1d2
[2] ➜ 2
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Lt. Zaru Teno | SCI BOT 15-Jun-24 04:18 AM
Teno cheered and clapped for everyone as they took their turns. He was enjoying himself and very glad that Lt. Riley had come up with this idea and invited the crew to join in on the fun. He wondered what other kind of events there would be on Starbase 777 between bites of chicken tender dipped in nacho cheese.
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Lt. Amanda Riley | CMD BOT 17-Jun-24 02:06 AM
After a bit of applause for Haru, Amanda continued on with administering the event. "Good job everyone! We're getting low on time unfortunately, so tally up your scores! Of course, this isn't the only time I plan to have a bowling event here! So we can always come back and try again - count up how many pins you knocked down, and save that score for next time - unfortunately scores don't carry over into different games. And as always, snatch up some snacks on the way out!! Thanks everyone for playing and for being a part of my event!"
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Lt. Iviaan Ch'rhytross | MED BOT 12-Sep-24 09:29 PM
Truth be told, Iviaan had gone bowling plenty of times. Always with a colleague or even his father, but this wasn't the first time. He just wasn't very... Good at it? Up-close, he was fine. Precise with his medical tools down to the smallest detail. With a ball...not so much. His vision, or lack of, had nothing to do with it. Who knows what did? Maybe he just sucked at sports. Nonetheless, the fact that he sucked at something didn't stop him before. He was terrible at playing the cello, and now his father playfully asked him to entertain any guests that dropped by. Where was the fun in giving up now? Moving up to collect a blue and pink-swirled ball, he surveyed the area with an air of quiet interest; now the issue was finding a proper game. You couldn't exactly go bowling by yourself without a hologram or something of the like, but his therapist HAD said he needed a bit more socialization, so. Time to linger and hope he came across a loner?
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Lt. JG. Mirrim Katjiary | MED BOT 13-Sep-24 03:20 AM
Mirrim was good at bowling. She had been introduced to it by her roommate at the academy, who had been mildly exasperated when she had proceeded to wipe the floor with them. It quickly became apparent that it wasn’t just beginner’s luck. Mirrim wasn’t overly surprised. While it was not quite like anything she had done before, it shared a few key similarities with a game Gajina used to play with her sister when they were children, not that she could tell that to anyone. Bowling had grown on her somewhat, if only because it felt somewhat nostalgic. All of that is to say that she had been intrigued when she discovered that the station had a bowling alley and was currently standing in the middle of everything with a wistful look on her face, her thoughts lightyears away and almost a century in the past. She was holding a bowling ball in blue and orange, a colour combination that she enjoyed visually. This was not all part of the reason she had chosen it over all the others. She shook her head to shoo away her thoughts of the past, before scanning the room for potential people she could join and, after a short period of contemplation, beelining towards Iviaan, whom she thought she had seen around before. Perhaps in the mess hall or at work. Either way she thought he looked somewhat lost. “Hello there. Are you waiting for someone?”
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Lt. Iviaan Ch'rhytross | MED BOT 19-Sep-24 07:31 PM
Iviaan hummed inquisitively, inclining his head to look up at Mirrim. A familiar voice, but from where to be exact? Hmm. Definitely not someone he'd been formally introduced to. "Waiting for someone? Ah, nobody in particular." He smiled politely. "In truth, I was hoping there would be somebody else around without a game— perhaps, if you're not waiting on anyone, you'd like to join me?" "I don't believe we've been formally introduced. Iviaan Ch'rhytross, medical— I specialize in emergency medicine. I recognize your voice from somewhere, I think.. Is it alright if I shake your hand?" He could only make guesses of species based on vague outlines and body temperatures... He didn't want to accidentally be disrespectful, after all. It was sinking in now where he'd heard that voice, spouting nonsense while stumbling out of a turbolift with a young Cadet in tow. He wouldn't bring it up, but he did fight hard not to chuckle at the memory. Iviaan's antennae twitched as he straightened his posture. He had a nasty habit of slouching, especially when in his hoverchair. "It's alright if not, however! I don't want to intrude on your bowling time. To tell the truth, I'm not very good at the game anyway..." (edited)
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Lt. JG. Mirrim Katjiary | MED BOT 08-Oct-24 03:06 PM
“It seems you are in luck. I was actually hoping for the same. I have never been here before and thought I might check it out.” Mirrim smiled brightly, so much so that it was quite evident simply by the way her voice sounded. She was convinced now that she had definitely seen him around before, but she simply couldn’t seem to remember when and where. “Mirrim Katjiary, also medical. We might have met around the sickbay? I’m going into Psychiatry. It's a pleasure to meet you officially.” After switching the bowling ball to her other hand she held out a hand in his direction. “I don’t mind shaking hands at all.” “Oh shush, you’re not intruding on anything, don’t you worry. As I said, I really didn’t have a plan coming in here. Maybe I can help you out a little, if you would like. I’m not an expert, but I’d say I’m fairly decent.” Looking around the room she eventually found a free alley. “We could go over there?”
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Lt. Iviaan Ch'rhytross | MED BOT 13-Oct-24 03:26 PM
Iviaan nodded, returning the gesture by shaking Mirrim's hand. He felt a little bit more at ease. "Oh, certainly! I'm happy to have someone to help, god knows I'm absolutely awful." He beamed, just a little bit embarrassed. Initiating activities was! Mortifying! It'll be fine. Worst case scenario, he has a bowling enemy for life. Best case, he has a new friend. No worries, right?.. Mirrim sounded very friendly, so maybe he should stop worrying. Unfortunately for him, that was a very hard thing for him to do. "That looks just fine to me!" Iviaan went first, halting a little further back to let Mirrim in front. "You go first, I have to get this calibrated anyway.." There were definitely futuristic assistive tech for bowling alleys and stuff, but his puppeteer could not be assed to come up with something, so tech buzzwords it is. And besides, he wanted to be polite. It felt like the right thing to do.
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Lt. JG. Mirrim Katjiary | MED BOT 16-Oct-24 10:53 PM
Mirrim followed Iviaan to their spot, very content with her immaculate skills at finding someone to bowl with. He seemed nice. She hoped he would have fun even if she was much better than him, which technically they didn’t know yet, maybe his definition of ‘not very good’ was very different than hers. “No worries, I don’t mind at all, besides it’s a game. I say, as long as you’re not playing for latinum and having fun, how good you are doesn’t matter at all. Speaking of playing for platinum, when I was at the academy my roommate’s boyfriend’s sister wanted to celebrate her cat’s birthday
 ” She proceeded to briefly (it was still decently long) describe how the poor cat’s birthday party had kept escalating in more and more comical ways. “Anyways, by the end I was quite happy that I hit my head and was sitting on the couch.” She nodded and moved to do the things you do in bowling that the writer is totally familiar with. “You better watch though, to make sure I’m not cheating.” It was fairly obvious from the stupid grin on her face that she was joking. “You said you’ve done this before?”
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Lt. Iviaan Ch'rhytross | MED BOT 22-Oct-24 03:17 PM
Iviaan didn't mind the story at all! He listened intently, nodding along with the occasional surprised ridge raise or antennae twitch. He paused with his fingers above the keyboard, now having an idea of the layout of the lane, including (most importantly) the pins at the end. "Do you mind if I communicate telepathically? It will make things much easier. My fingers are getting tired," he half-joked, though the dull monotony of the text-to-speech did this no justice. "What an adventure nonetheless. I hope your roommate's boyfriend's sister's cat had a great birthday party." "Ah, yes. I am watching." He tapped the side of his visor. VERY low hanging fruit, when it came to blind jokes, one he didn't often reach for. Usually he thought it tasteless. He couldn't help himself, however; he wanted Mirrim to think he was cool! "Yes, a few times in my adolescence, but none beyond that." Once the pins reset, he took his turn, rolling the ball down the lane. One corner pin. Nice. He could already feel himself blue-ing with embarrassment.
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Lt. JG. Mirrim Katjiary | MED BOT 29-Oct-24 09:38 PM
“Of course, go right ahead. If anyone looks at us strangely, you have my full permission to tell them I have gone insane and am talking with myself.” She wasn’t particularly used to telepathic communication, nor was she quite certain how she felt about ‘someone being in her head’, but she would not refuse him his preferred method of communication. “Oh the cat had an absolute blast, for about an hour, before it went to sleep in a closet on top of an evening dress.” Mirrim groaned as she realised what she had just said. “I'm sorry, dear. Maybe observe would have been a better word, but that sounds off in that context, right? Perhaps it’s just me.” She stepped aside to let him take his turn. “I see. I used to play something vaguely similar as a kid, which is where I think my skill comes from.” She watched as the ball hit the pin and smiled. “Not half bad, I’ve seen multiple people that couldn’t even keep the ball on the ally long enough to get to the pins.”
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Lt. Iviaan Ch'rhytross | MED BOT 08-Nov-24 12:08 AM
Oh, thank goodness. Ivi was able to tether the connection quite seamlessly— he'd been doing it for maybe thirty or so years, after all— and sat in his own little corner, not poking or prodding around, just able to communicate easily. "Oh, no, don't worry!" he said brightly, his voice a little lower than perhaps expected but no less polite. It definitely suited him more than the monotony of the text to speech function. "It's fine, really, I was just making a mean little joke at my own expense. I can 'see', if it can be called that. I can see heat signatures, and I can identify things that I'm holding. I can see you, a little. You're quite warm." ... "Because you're alive and all," he quickly clarified, blue in the cheeks again. He shook his head, one antennae flicking off to one side in a quiet annoyance with himself. "Well, that's a little bit comforting, at least. It's very rare that I manage to hit one at all. At least I had a little bit of something, rather than nothing," he said, watching the pins reset. Much more aware of the hum of the machinery than perhaps most would be. He enjoyed the sounds.
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Lt. JG. Mirrim Katjiary | MED BOT 03-Dec-24 01:17 AM
Mirrim was distracted enough by contemplating what it might be like to see mostly through differences in temperature that she entirely missed the comment on her temperature. She was familiar with how heat signatures were typically visualised, but seeing as that often implemented colours she was not certain it was well comparable. “That’s incredibly interesting. If you don’t mind talking about it
 how would you describe what it ‘looks’ like to you? Do you have any concept of colours?” How well did he perceive depth? How precise was the resolution of his heat vision? This was far removed from both Mirrim’s and Gajina’s area of expertise, but she had in passing looked into options after losing her eye and still sometimes read a paper or two, for entertainment and information both. “I really can’t judge, I’m fairly certain the only reason I still manage to hit anything despite lacking depth perception is muscle memory and sheer familiarity
 and also the fact that the pins don’t move
” She tapped her eye pad, that while by no means cold, was clearly not as warm as her eye, or even her skin. “I learned what to do before, it’d surely have been harder to learn if I had started after I lost my eye.”
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Lt. Iviaan Ch'rhytross | MED BOT 13-Dec-24 04:22 AM
Iviaan considered for a moment, fingertips drumming against his knee. "I couldn't tell you— I'm told it is most of the EM spectrum. Colors.. Sure? I'm obviously not certain if they're the same sort of colors you experience, but I know what yours are...? I know their names. I couldn't tell you what color is what, however, without scanning." He shrugged. He didn't mind all the questions, really. People were curious, and he was always to answer to the best of their ability. He wasn't the most tech savvy person in the universe, of course, he couldn't explain just how his visor worked, but. "It is much like the way you see, I'm told. Fuzzier. Blobs of color in the vague shape of people," he gestured vaguely, trying to assist in the visual but not doing much to help. "Places are sharper. More defined. I avoid a lot of corners that way." The doctor smiled sheepishly, inclining his head. "It's good that you managed to figure it out, though! I can imagine how much more difficult it would have been. Ah," he realized he'd gone on another tangent, still a little blue in the face, "it's your turn, by the way. Sorry if I distracted you." (edited)
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Lt. JG. Mirrim Katjiary | MED BOT 01-Jan-25 06:30 PM
Mirrim listened carefully, her head tilted. The subject matter was quite intriguing, and Mirrim was nothing if not interested in medical innovation. She wondered about how distinct the difference in his perception truly was, since colour perception was not identical between species, cultures or even individuals. Actually
 since colour perception was not the same between people, if a Vulcan mind melded with an individual that did not perceive colour the same way
 The memories could only be in the colours the person from whom the memory originally came perceived, right? She shook her head. “Curious, I suppose as long as we’re satisfied with how we perceive the world it really does not matter all that much.” She did a small double take at the bowling ball in her hand. “You’re right. No worries though, I enjoyed being distracted. I was the one who asked questions after all.” With a bright smile she returned her attention to the game. It was not like winning really mattered all that much to her, but she was inspired to try just how well she could do. Once the game was almost over, she turned towards him again. “You’re up one more time. Thank you for playing and the interesting conversation, dear.”
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