Academic

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Who: Meetra Surik and OPEN
Where: The facility formerly known as the Knight Academy (okay it's still called that)
Summary: Bored Jedi dispenses wisdom and possible swordfighting skill
Warnings: Introspection, hitting people with sticks
Meetra was a bit surprised she hadn't gotten more expressed interest in combat lessons given the...kind of things that tended to happen in this city. On the other hand, it stood to reason, since most Visitors seemed pretty capable despite being by her count at least 75% kids.

Well, she had been a "general" by the time she was twenty herself.

Still, she diligently waited on the steps of the training academy she'd sort of inherited, just in case anyone felt like coming to learn a lesson. Or just talk. It was starting to occur to her that she'd been here far longer than she'd been on any one planet in years and she was starting to get antsy.

Clearly, that was the reason she was playing with the familiar Pazaak deck she'd found by her bed. Re-learning how to count cards was a distraction. Good for meditation, in its own cynical way. She laid the red, white, and blue card-chips out in front of her as she waited to be bothered, her mind wandering backward...

"Ten, one and two needs seven. One ten on the table, eights and nines in the deck, thee, four, five, six..."

Funny how a deck of cards could move you somewhere faster than a hyperdrive if you had a strong enough memory.

Comments

[terra_nullius]

Always one to note new structures in the city, eventually Xehanort would make his way over to investigate. Seeing the woman playing cards drew his interest, and he came over to see just what she was doing.

"What manner of game is this?"

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"A card game. Useful for teaching mental math or if you're short on cash around unlucky people," she explained, holding up one of the rigid electronic cards.

[terra_nullius]

"Training and bilking. Classic." He manages a grin at her. "What manner of opponent do you prefer to play it with, the pupil or the one with a fat wallet?"

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"I prefer teaching and earning money honestly, so the former," she said. "I can't remember the last time I actually made money playing a game."

It sure did beat the hell out of swoop racing as far as a fun past-time, though.

[terra_nullius]

"What do you prefer to teach?" He reached out to feel one of the cards, surprised at how rigid it was.