InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "Dot your t's, cross your i's"

Samuel T. Anders (cbuck) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-04-27 21:03:00

Entry tags:

!complete, day 05, location: gas station, sam anders, sid jenkins

Day 5: Paradise in Hell
Who: Samuel T. Anders & Sid Jenkins
What: Anders meets up with Sid and gets food
When: Day 5, morning
Where: Gas Station
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete

Shoes felt amazing. No matter how many extreme situations Sam had been through, he had never been shoeless.

The thrift store was a bit of a tough walk from the church without a shirt, jacket or shoes. After picking through the oddly-scented collection of clothes, Anders found a greenish t-shirt, a used pair of trainers, a gray sweatshirt with some strange logo on it and a military jacket, much like the one he'd been missing all morning.

Now that he was dressed, it was time to go eat.

Following the map in his journal, Sam wandered along the road towards the gas station. This kid Sid made this place sound like paradise, at least to someone who's been in the fleet for the past few months and has done nothing but choke down processed algae and recycled water. Also, he could really use a cigarette.

"Sid," Anders called out to see if the kid was there.

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

cbuck
2009-04-28 03:14 am UTC (link)

For further explanation, Sam flipped open his journal back to the doodle he did before coming over here. "This," he said, pointing to the point on the triangle with the little circle draw on it, "is the top of the court. That's where the goal is, and its a little bigger than the ball so you've gotta have good aim."

He took a nice long drag again. Just having a cigarette for no other reason than they had them was nice. He'd been rationing his. All of this was extra funny because before the attack, he hadn't touched one since he was Sid's age.

"When the ball is in play, which is any time its not in one of these zones," he instructed, pointing to the triangle in the center and the blocked off areas at the points, "you can only take three steps before throwing it. That doesn't mean you can't rebound off of one of these and get it right back. You could also shoot or pass."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

emo_underdog
2009-04-28 03:22 am UTC (link)

Sid leaned just a bit closer - minding the other man's personal space because, again, he didn't need the guy thinking he was a...well, apparently, fag - and looked back down at the journal and the drawing Anders had done to show him the court before. When the other man explained that the goal was only a bit larger than the ball, Sid nodded. Basketball was similar. So far, he was following.

When Anders took a drag, Sid did, too, finishing off his own and once again dropping it to the floor to snuff out with his sneaker. He opened the bag of crisps he'd taken and popped a few into his mouth, trying to chew quietly so that he could hear Anders go on. "Three steps...more than that would be a bit like traveling in basketball, yeah?" he asked, although it was more of a musing than an actual question. "In basketball, you only get one step, although you can dribble - er, bounce the ball, that is," he said. "So everyone is going for the same goal, then?" he asked. That part was a bit confusing to him; Sid only knew of games that had a separate goal for each team, so again, Sid wasn't sure he understood how score was kept in Pyramid. He didn't ask, though; he sort of figured Anders wasn't quite done explaining. If he was done, then Sid would ask.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cbuck
2009-04-28 03:28 am UTC (link)

"You keep track by who makes it in. With a five v five, it gets a bit hairy, but other than that, its not so hard." This wasn't so different from the way things used to be. They paid the team to help teach at camps and schools about Pyramid. Everything was so different back then, when the most important thing was what time his photo call was or where they were flying to next.

"Oh, and bodies are fair game so long as the ball is in play. If you're down, you've gotta throw."

(Reply to this) (Parent)

(Read comments) -