@joe.jones | 10 july

[malta]

What do people do for hobbies around here? Aside from volunteering for medical torture.

Has Victorian flower languages come back in style yet? Bookbinding and leathercraft seems obsolete by now, but what about backgammon or cards. I once lost a game of trappola to the Duchess of Ferrara, she was shark. Scrabble? Does that work with the translator? Pomme de terre is about twice as many points as potato.

[ please enjoy that this translates to "potato is about twice as many points as potato" unless you also speak french.

anyway joe is bored come talk to him ]

Who wants to bring fencing back in fashion?

Comments

@james.barnes

[deadthenred]

I haven't been able to figure how the translator works, exactly.

[ The rest of this, he isn't sure he wants to touch. Trappola? ]

[malta]

It's interesting, I'll give it that.

[genova]

[ this network is something that will take some getting used to, but then many new inventions have taken time getting used to. some nicky has not gotten used to because he has not embraced them, not seen their value; others he has been fond of nearly immediately.

this was pushed on them without giving them the choice, but he thinks it will be convenient. he likes the immediacy of joe in his mind, anyway. ]

Remind me. What flowers say "medical torture is bad"?

[ calling out everyone. calling out booker specifically, too. it will be some time yet before nicky is able to let that go. ]

[malta]

Alas the victorians had no flower for medical torture.

Rosebay will have to do. Danger.

@andy.anderson

[scythias]

Trying to make new friends, are you?

[malta]

Andy Anderson

[ give him a minute ]

@ren.amamiya

[variate]

[ Scrabble??? Words with friends? ]

Letters with Buddies?

[malta]

Is that what it is called now?

@kylo.ren

[warfares]

I'm beginning to wonder if casual medical torture isn't some kind of a tradition for this planet.
As to the rest: most things are digital unless you fancy trying your hand at street racing.

[malta]

Perhaps a pastime one should not volunteer or be volunteered for.

I think I'll pass on 2 Fast 2 Furious: New Amsterdam. I've given digital sketching a try once or twice but there is nothing like charcoal and paper.

@nile.freeman

[riskless]

are you angling to sound like an old man on purpose

[malta]

I didn't even say whippersnapper.

@quentin.coldwater

[filloryfanatic]

I have cards but otherwise it's pretty rare. Physical cards I mean!

[malta]

That seems a rarity considering the scarcity of paper. Where did you find them?

@jimmy.page

[remorseful]

I always thought going outside of your agreed upon language in Scrabble to be a bit of an unfair move.

Unless it's a word that's generally accepted across languages. Or a brand like McDonald's.

[malta]

Yes, thank you! If you start the game in Spanish you cannot start using words in German!

[ thank you for this outside perspective on an 80+ year old argument, jimmy page, guitarist and founder of led zeppelin. ]

@ellie.miller

[notathreat]

[Side! Stepping! The medical torture!]

Texas Hold 'Em and some board games. Never did get into backgammon.

[malta]

Backgammon is underrated, would you like to learn?

@catra.victorious

[purrsistence]

I spar.

I'm not that good on sword but I've been trained with most weapons. If you need a fencing partner.

What's Victorian flower language?

[malta]

I would love a fencing partner.

All flowers have meanings, flower language is merely arranging them into sentences.

I offered a bouquet of cowslip to my Nicky because it means "I find divinity in your beauty" without my having to say the words.

@callisto.diamandis

[myfavoritemurder]

[Callisto, being Callisto, really only jumps into this when it becomes clear in the comments that "fencing" is something combat-related, so--]

What sort of weapon is a fence?

[A modified fencepost, maybe???]

[malta]

A relative to the rapier, it is thin and flexible. Since it is for sport they don't do damage.

The most common one is called a foil.

@wade.wilson

[ishotyouuu]

u know all u had 2 say was that u wanted a sparring partner and u would get volunteers in droves

id be 1 of them ftr

[Verbal sparring as well as physical, despite what his atrocious text grammar might otherwise indicate. How is he even doing that when the implant literally inputs your thoughts onto the network?]

[malta]

Good to know.

[ CURIOUS. ]

Is that the only thing to do for fun around here?

@trevor.belmont

[doesitanyway]

[ It sounds like this guy is from the past, not as far back as Trevor but things like bookbinding and leathercraft aren't something he'd expect someone more modern to mention. That actually has him a little excited -- maybe someone else out of their depth in this place, maybe not, but he certainly isn't up for medical torture so... ]

Fencing, eh? I'm handy with a sword.

I presume the things you mention alongside cards are games?

[malta]

A forgotten skill, truly. I don't have any of my weapons with me so we might need to make due with sticks for now.

[ like baby children just learning ]

Yeah, trappola is a card game and scrabble is a board game. As is backgammon, I learned how to play as a boy.

@glimmer.moon

[sparklequeen]

I make some social media videos now and then about make up and that kind of thing. I don't know why but messing with all the different cosmetics here relaxes me.

[malta]

That sounds interesting. I'd like to watch, what is the social media around here?

[ please don't be twitter ]

@larry.trainor

[testflight]

I tend to flowers.

[ never mind that it's both his job and a hobby. still counts, right? ]

[malta]

[ STILL COUNTS ]

Do you have a garden?