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This is for on-base roleplay that is separate from the main thread. This is a place for Time Force squad and the support crew to interact in their day-to-day lives on base. Romance is fine, but keep it PG-13 or lower.

Squad can post in here at any time, even when the main thread is in the midst of a mission (as they pretty much always will be), because this place is for the times we won't play much of there - the in-between times.

Locations that can be roleplayed in at this point in time are:

The Gym
The Red Lounge
Bedrooms: Post a picture of your character's bedroom in the Scrapbook thread before rp'ing there (Post Bedroom Pics Here)


Other locations coming soon are:

Infirmary (currenly a nebulous zone - can be there, but don't give physical details of what it looks like)
Cafeteria
Yellow Lounge
Hangar/Time Portal (pictures up, but not ready for play yet)
Time Line Preserve
Activities Hall
Council Room This is a location for confidential meetings, debriefing sessions, official business, etc.
Etc.

The Red Lounge:

The red lounge is a popular evening hangout spot. It has LED-lit coffee tables, comfy sofas set in the walls, and a nearby bar. No alcoholic beverages are served here, as it is important for everyone on base to be alert and in good shape physically and mentally at all times. However there is a wide selection of virgin versions of alcoholic drinks, as well as other types of beverages and drinks such as soda, juice, water, milk, etc. (To see these images in a larger size, click on the link below the pictures)



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Ellie walked into the gym silently, preoccupied with thoughts of the upcoming mission to Egypt, so she didn't notice Seon until she heard the painful-sounding crash made by his fall. Uncertain how best to help her dignified 1st Lieutenant without injuring his pride, she knelt down with a hand outstretched to help pull him up. "Are you injured 1st Lieutenant?" she asked in a voice full of concern. She knew that he was a proud, silent sort of fellow, and would probably not readily express any pain that he felt, so she felt that it was for her to initiate a verbal probe as to the extent of his injuries.

Ellie's inquisistive blue eyes took in his slightly unbalanced stance, and instantly a plan to get him to the infirmary formed in her mind. She proposed to end up needing to go there herself - she would ask him to accompany her.

"I think I'm in the mood for a good round of boxing with the punching bag. I see that's what you were up to. I'll just take the other punching bag hanging over to your left. I have an old grudge to beat up the punching bag for today ... " she trailed off, as she remembered her old nemesis, a nameless man whom she thought of as "Scar" because all she really knew about him was that he had a white scar on his right cheek, he had tried to kill her parents, and then 11 years later, had attempted to seduce her when she didn't recognize him. "I'll make him pay for what he's done someday!" she had silently vowed for the last 22 years of her life.

She put in the earphones of her music player, pressed play, and laced up her boxing gloves. The pulsing music burst to life in her ears. It was a song that she loved and had so much meaning for her:

"Goodbye to everyone
we're going back in time
discover what we always
thought so hard to find
make no mistake
this time we'll find another way
look back behind
and face another endless day"

Normally, this song carried for her the meaning of her mission as a Time Force officer and that "butterflies-in-your-stomach" thrill she got every time she got in a time machine and walked into history, but today it meant something different - today it was about her wanting to go back in time and stop Scar - there would be no mistakes this time, she would never be vulnerable again.

As the music throbbed in her ears, her heart, and her veins she pummelled the punching bag mercilessly, imagining the day when she would at last meet her foe and settle the score between them. She didn't know what she would do - she only knew that she would make him sorry for what he had done to her.

The punching slowed as she could feel her knuckles begin to crack and bleed. She longed to go on and on, punching until she couldn't move anymore, but she knew that she needed to be strong and healthy for the upcoming mission - and that meant she needed to stop before she'd reach the point that she injured her fingers severely. "I need to be able to hold and fire a gun ..." she thought, "And I want to be ready to face Scar if we should happen to run across him this time on our next mission."

She unlaced her boxing gloves and sat down on a nearby workout bench, disappointed that she had made herself bleed before taking the chance to lift weights. "Next time ..." she thought. Her eyes travelled over the definitely injured man in front of her. He was trying to hide it, but she could see the truth. She could see the way he favored one side over the other, and even more clearly, she could see the bloodstains on the the punching bag. She shuddered slightly as she remembered her early days in the military before joining Time Force. In those early years, access to a punching bag had brought out all her inner rage against Scar, and she, too, had left behind many a bloodied punching bag when her cracked and swollen hands could move no more. "Now for tactic number one," she thought, smiling ruefully, "But it's for his own good!"

Flexing her bloodied fists she looked up at him and said, "I need to go to the infirmary, 1st Lieutenant Ruadh, would you please accompany me?"

Ellie could scarcely suppress a smile of amusement when she saw the way he hid his hands behind his back, but the smile was chased by a worried frown as she contemplated how difficult it was to get her 1st Lieutenant to accept medical treatment for what he probably deemed "a mere scratch" at times such as these. "What he needs," she thought, grinning, "Is some pretty bossy little nurse who can stun him into incoherence with her dazzling beauty, while bossily insisting on treating him." She made a mental note to have a word with the base Commander about seeing that more female nurses would be hired sometime in the near future - bossy ones. Their current staff was much too inclined to let some of the tougher men refuse treatment for "minor" injuries.

As they walked along the cooridor toward the infirmary, Ellie decided to try to strike up a conversation. "Why did you join Time Force, First Lieutenant Ruadh?"