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Tweak says, "One Ring to Rule Them All"

Pilots call me Starbuck you may refer to me as God (cpt_starbuck) wrote in chaos_cube,
@ 2008-10-05 18:15:00

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derek shepherd, kara thrace, lee adama, maureen johnson

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Kara was struggling to fill all the spare time being Here had given them. There was only so many times she could run around the lake, or spend time in the gym. So she'd just wander around the grounds, and residence. And today, she'd been drawn to the music room. She was sitting at the piano, running her hands along the keys.

She started to play, slowly remembering the notes.

"You ready, honey? One, two, three..."

Four-year-old Kara carefully hit the keys as he did, copying her father's movements, but at first she was too slow. He slowed too, letting her catch up, and smiling down at her.

"Perfect! You'll be better than me in a few years."

Kara beamed. "Can I come on tour with you then?"

His face softened. "You don't want to honey. You'd be bored. And you'd miss your mom."

Kara shook her head. "No I wouldn't," she vowed. Her dad had laughed, but Kara didn't get what was funny.

She played the song, lost in thought.She hadn't progressed much since she was young. Once she lost the hope that her dad would let her come along with him, that he was ever going to come back, it had seemed pointless.

After a few minutes she stopped, lifted her right hand and flexed her fingers, rubbing them as they cracked, trying to ease the dull ache. That injury hadn't helped her musical career, either.

She shook herself. Being Here really did give her too much time on her hands if she was thinking about all of this crap. She couldn't seem to pull away from the piano, though, and started playing again, slow and methodical.

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apollo_adama
2008-10-05 05:41 pm UTC (link)

Lee is walking the halls of the residence, he's been on a run and he's swum and he's on the way back to their room and he can hear some familiar music, being played in one of the music rooms.

He sticks his head around the door and he spies Kara, sitting at the piano. It falls into place where he's heard the music before, Kara sometimes used to hum or sing it under her breath.

He listen's to her play and when she finishes the piece he makes his presence known.

"Kara Thrace, you never cease to amaze me. I didn't know you played."

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	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-05 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	She looks up, startled by his presence, but recovering quickly and smirking up at him. "I have many hidden talents, Lee Adama." She shrugs. "My dad taught me a couple of songs when I was little. Marius Thrace, you might have heard of him. He was good." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	apollo_adama 2008-10-05 08:37 pm UTC (link)
	Lee thinks hard and tries to remember, "I think I do not well though." He puts an arm on her shoulder and rubs it gently. "You're good," he says quietly. "I never knew..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-06 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	She smirks. "I was taught by the best. He was a concert pianist, had a couple of albums that did well. Went on tour a lot." "Well, there's not too many opportunities to use this particular skill on Galactica," she says. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	apollo_adama 2008-10-07 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	Lee nods, "I guess not," he smiles at her. "Did you get to see much of him if he was on tour a lot?" He asks. He knows that her relationship with her mother was rocky one at best. "You doing okay?" he asks. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cpt_starbuck
2008-10-14 05:05 pm UTC (link)

She gives a short little humourless laugh. "Haven't seen him since I was seven. Went on a tour of Picon, never came back. He wrote, and i got some of the letters. But we moved, and I'd no idea how to contact him, where he was. We lost touch."

She shrugs, stands up from the bench, turning her back to the piano. "Yeah. Too much time to think Here," she murmurs, cracking her fingers again.

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	apollo_adama 2008-10-14 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	Lee smiles wanly back at her. "I know it must have been tough." He looks at her carefully not quite sure how to handle the situation. But he heartily agrees with her sentiments. "I know just what you mean." He says quietly. "Wanna go somewhere else?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-16 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Wouldn't have made much difference if he had stayed," she says. "And I can't blame him for leaving, either. Hell, I can't believe he stayed with her as long as he did." "Yeah," she says, emphatically. She felt like doing something energetic. "Hey, wanna come play that basketball game Lucas plays? I could teach you..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	apollo_adama 2008-10-16 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Sure, basketball sounds good. Something to get the blood pumping." He pulls Kara to her feet. "Let's get smoe blood pumping." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-18 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	Kara grins. "Cool." They stop in the gym and she grabs a basketball, and then they head out to the court. "It's really simple. Bounce the ball, throw it in the hoop to score. No moving without bouncing." She bounces the ball once or twice and then remembers something. "Oh, and its meant to be a no contact sport, but that's no fun," she adds. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	apollo_adama 2008-10-18 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	Lee raises an eyebrow at Kara. "I think I can manage," he says catching the ball bouncing it once or twice getting used to the feel of it. "But we're going to play by the rules aren't we?" He asks. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-18 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	She snorts, and puts her hands on her hips. "Oh, Lee, you and rules. Yeah, most of em. But no contact? Where's the fun in that?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	apollo_adama 2008-10-18 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	"You and breaking them." he retorts, but he's grinning. "And I can see how no contact disappoints you." He throws the ball back to her. "Let's play." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-18 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	She catches the ball and grins at him. "Its not a real sport unless there's a chance of coming out of it with a broken bone," Kara says. She dribbles the ball. "All right. First to eleven." She moves to run past him towards the hoop, bouncing the ball and shoving him out of the way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	apollo_adama 2008-10-18 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	Lee stumbles back when Kara shoves him. "Minx," he calls running after her and trying to block her shot at the ring. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-20 07:39 am UTC (link)
	She grins and concentrates on what sges doing with the ball. He's blocked her first choice of shot so she turnd and ducks to get a clear line of sight. Its a much less graceful shot but it goes in so she soesn't care. She whoops proudly, pumping her fist and grinning at Lee. "Gonna have to try harder than that, Apollo." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	apollo_adama 2008-10-20 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	Lee catches the rebound from the hoop and grins at Kara. "I hadn't even started, Starbuck." he snarks. He dribbles the ball around her, Kara tries to block with a body check. He almost trips but throws the ball towards the hoop in a desperate attempt, it wobbles perilously and just tips in his favour. "I got my eye on you, Starbuck." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-21 01:31 pm UTC (link)
	She smirks at him. "Yeah bet you do. Like the view?" she shoots back. She grabs the ball, dribbles it while shooting him a challenging look, then darta past him to the hoop to take a shot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	apollo_adama 2008-10-22 08:04 pm UTC (link)
	"It's not bad," he grins. Lee follows her runs past her as she shoots to try and deflect the shot from the hoop. "See I can keep up with you, Captain." He takes the ball dribbles it himself and goes for the hoop himself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cpt_starbuck
2008-10-28 12:07 pm UTC (link)

She laughs and takes off after him, and they play on. The activity helps, she's panting slightly and sweating as she watches Lee stretch to score his tenth basket, making them tied again.

He's flushed and sweating and it is a hell of a view. But she's got every intention of kicking his ass

"Next scorer wins," she remarks, stepping forward to catch the ball on its rebound.

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	apollo_adama 2008-11-02 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Fair enough, he can see KAra's determined here. She catches the ball and he's close to her trying to block her attempt at scoring. "Show me what you got, he challenges." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-11-04 09:48 am UTC (link)
	He,s standing real close, personal space forgotten. They're both sweating and panting, and its intoxicating. She's got to win this so she can jump him. She takes a step to the side, bouncing the ball, and preparing to make a run for the hoop. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	apollo_adama 2008-11-04 10:18 am UTC (link)
	Kara side steps him to take a shot for the hoop, but he pivots, and keeps up with her, stealing the ball and then moving towards a position to score. Lee loves games like this, loves playing against Kara, wonders what she'll try next. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-11-06 09:26 am UTC (link)
	He takes possession, and runs past her, and there's no way she's letting him get away with that. She runs after him, starts to panic a little the closer he gets to the hoop. She closes the distance and leaps onto his back with a determined cry, she's absolutely not going to let him score. He stumbles on impact and she wraps her arms around his neck hastily. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	apollo_adama 2008-11-06 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	Kara flings herself onto his back and Lee stumbles with a grunt. The ball is knocked out of his hand, he reaches around and grabs her leg. He struggles for a breath as her arms wrap around his neck. He gains his footing and swears. "Frak Kara." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-11-07 09:28 am UTC (link)
	She shifts her weight to a better position, wraps her legs around his waist and laughs loudly, clinging to him. She squeezes his sides with her thighs. "Hup," she says like he's a horse or something, still laughing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	apollo_adama 2008-11-10 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	Lee moves forward with less balance than he did earlier. Laughing at Kara. Kara is gripping tightly with her thighs so he doesn't have to hold her. Lee bends down and scoops up the ball, he bounces it twice and tries to shoot at the hoop. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kiss_pookie 2008-10-05 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	Maureen was planning on working on her performance and was heading to a music room to write something. She heard someone playing piano and she walked straight in. Sitting at the piano was a blonde woman, cute in a butch kind of way. "Wow, I didn't know there was any muscians Here. I don't think we've met before I'm Maureen." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-05 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	Kara looked up. "Well, I don't know about me being a musician..." She stood up and held out her hand. "Hey. I'm Kara." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kiss_pookie 2008-10-05 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	Maureen takes her hand and shakes it, its a firm handshake and she half raises an eyebrow. "Hey Kara, you're good really. I'm a performance artist and I sing." Maureen takes her hand back reluctantly and casts and appraising glance over Kara. She was definitely hot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-06 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	She shrugged. "I'm okay, but not a musician. My dad was, I haven't played since I was a kid. You're a performance artist?" she asks. "Cool." She seems to hold her hand for a couple of seconds longer than necessary, and Kara's almost sure she's checking her out. She wouldn't complain if she was, attention's always nice, no matter what sex its coming from. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kiss_pookie 2008-10-08 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	Maureen smiles, "Don't do yourself down honey." She glances at her again in her tanks and combats, she's definitely hot. "Yeah, I've started writing a piece about being Here." She explains, "I'm going to put it on once its ready." Maureen glances down a moment, "So where have you been hiding? I can't believe we've not met before." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cpt_starbuck
2008-10-16 02:21 pm UTC (link)

Kara grins. "That's the first time I've been accused of being modest. I'm usually being accused of having an ego problem. I'm not great at playing piano, but there are lots of things I'm very very good at, and I'm not going to pretend I don't know that."

"Sounds interesting."

"Nowhere, really. Been around. Spend a lot of time in the gym, running around the Residence, and in the room..."

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	kiss_pookie 2008-10-16 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	Maureen smiles, "I'm sure there are," she purrs. "What do you do when you're not playing piano?" "Its a lot of fun," Maureen admits, "A lot of work too." "Have to say its nice meeting someone new." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-18 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, it sounds like it is." She's definitely being flirted with. And nice as it is, Kara doesn't want to lead her on. "What do I do?" she repeats. "Well, I'm a soldier. A fighter pilot. Here, well, I do a soldier," she adds, with a smirk. "There's someone from home Here with me. And he keeps me occupied." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kiss_pookie 2008-10-18 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	Maureen nods and smiles at Kara's forthwright answer. "A soldier doing another Soldier, I imagine he would." Maureen smirks. Maureen looks down a moment, she's not disappointed not really, she didn't really expect a hot woman like this one to be single. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-21 01:36 pm UTC (link)
	She grins. "Yeah. Flyboys, you can't beat em. And he keeps me entertained. Gods knows there's very little else to do around Here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kiss_pookie 2008-10-25 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	Maureen giggles, "Oh shit do I hear ya on that one." "You're lucky you've got it on tap." Maureen smirks. "It would be too unbearable without." Maureen sighs, "It's harder than you think it would be to keep yourself occupied. I'm lucky I have friends I can call on and made new ones who are quite good at scratching that kind of itch." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-11-04 09:34 am UTC (link)
	She laughs. "Yeah, he has his uses," she says, grinning. "I've had more sex Here than I ever had before, and I got laid a lot back home, especially before the war." "So did you come Here with friends too?" she asks. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kiss_pookie 2008-11-11 09:45 am UTC (link)
	"I'll bet he does," Maureen grins nodding as Kara explains how things were for her before. "I didn't exactly arrive Here with friends, more that they were already Here, some are from my world and some and this is going to sound really strange are from parallel universes, but they are just the same so its kind of odd..." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	drmcdreamy 2008-10-06 11:41 am UTC (link)
	Derek was wandering around the residence. He walked past the music room and heard music coming from inside. He stood in the doorway and walked the woman at the piano play. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-06 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	Kara stopped playing and let out a soft sigh, closing the piano a little roughly. Enough moping. She cracked her fingers again, and swung her legs around to climb off the bench. She saw the man standing in the door, and paused. Shit. "Hey," she said, uneasily. "I'm just done, if you want to use the room..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	drmcdreamy 2008-10-06 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey," he said. "I was just listening. I hope you don't mind. You're very good." He was wearing his scrubs, taking a break from the clinic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-16 02:22 pm UTC (link)
	She blinks. She really wasn't that good. "Okay. Thanks." She takes in his clothes. "So you're a Doctor? You work at that clinic thing?" Lee'd suggested she go get a check up, but she'd just laughed at him. She'd go when she needed to. She hated going to see doctors. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	drmcdreamy 2008-10-20 03:55 pm UTC (link)
	"You're welcome," he said. "Yes, to both. A Neurosurgeon to be exact. I don't think I've seen you around before." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-10-21 01:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Neurosurgery, thats brain surgery, right?" Kara asks, impressed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	drmcdreamy 2008-10-23 02:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes it is," he said. "I'm Derek by the way." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cpt_starbuck 2008-11-04 09:29 am UTC (link)
	"Kara," she said. "You been Here long?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	drmcdreamy 2008-11-09 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	"A few months. And you?" (Reply to this) (Parent)