Lazy Saturday [Closed to Wash's apartment and friends]

[unrecovered]

[Wash needed to take his mind off things. Unfortunately, the halfpipe wasn't available as a distraction anymore - it had actually become one of said things he didn't want to think about. So he went wandering instead, through areas both populated and not, and would up at the mall.]

[Surprise number one was that said mall had a pawn shop. Surprise number two was that said pawn shop had an old game system, complete with controllers and a few games. He doesn't have to think about it for long before forking over the cash and heading home with the system.]

[It doesn't take him long to set it up, but hell if he can actually get the hang of any of the games he bought.]

Comments

[defactodefector]

[Okay- that's a pretty simple question. Rose can handle that.]

Relaxation, mostly. A way for people to pass free time and enjoy themselves.

Not everything needs to have a point, Peridot.

[diediediediediedie]

I don't understand. Creatures as short lived as these have "free" time? How do they designate that?

[For what it's worth, Peridot seems to be genuinely fascinated with the concept. Why would you waste such a finite amount of time on things like...this.]

[defactodefector]

Well, it depends. Some of them do have a schedule, and time they set aside for themselves, while others just do it whenever they need to, or have the opportunity. It all depends on the individual.

Either way, putting all their time towards work with no time to enjoy themselves isn't very good for humans. And it's generally not that good for gems, either.

[Hopefully Peridot will take that little hint. It's been a long time since Rose has seen any Homeworld gems- she'd almost forgotten how tense, stressed, and focused on duty some of them can be.]

[diediediediediedie]

You mean they do this voluntarily? Do nothing important? Don't they worry about wasting time? And how do they find things to do?! I've been bored out of my gem in the time I haven't spent running from you!

[And...doing other things. She hasn't had goal to plot or plan for in a long time. It's starting to drive her crazy.]

[defactodefector]

It's very important to them, Peridot. What's the point of life if you're not enjoying it?

If you need a way to pass the time, you could always ask someone. I'm sure there are other games like this one to be found, as well as multitudes of other activities. You could always try making a friend, too.

[Doing that would be a step towards getting Peridot to stop being so... Homeworld, at least. Of course, Rose doubts it'll be quite that easy.]

[diediediediediedie]

The point of life is accomplishing your tasks optimally!

...But...I suppose when you finish things before you've gotten your next assignment it might be OK.

[That's a hint, Rose. You're her new leader, technically, though you aren't a Diamond.

...Going to pointedly ignore the "friend" comment.]