Downtime was always a period of intensity for V115, while true that her life was in less danger she often lacked the instinct for socialization that many others seemed to have. So it was that a typical period of downtime for V115 included her morning stress test routine, self care in the form of diagnostics, simulation hours, and studying. However after a few weeks of this a nagging feeling, which felt like a mismatched file type irritating the normally pristine space of her digital brain had begun bothering her. Finally, after several days, she stopped to interrogate herself. 'What is the malfunction. All systems are green and its not the deja vu phenomenon.... so what exactly is the problem?' Her synthetic eyes drifted over to the other desk within her shared quarters. A soft sigh escaped her lips as heat was exchanged with her breath. 'Perhaps I have been neglecting my social...' What was the proper word? He brain split as into two threads. Obligations was one the other being needs.
V115 had never considered herself to be a social creature, she was often focused consciously on the self, the way she framed her almost every thought was centered around what she was doing, how she could improve, how she could contribute. The sound of a fellow pilot taking a serious hit played back in her mind, he'd survived but she'd promised herself to get better at being a leader, to prevent someone else from being her hurt by her own indecisiveness and adherence to protocol. Still as she thought about Alpha lance and their time together she began to realize that perhaps there was more to being a leader than just combat expertise and skill...
Though she settled upon obligations being the word, it was a lot more harsh than she actually felt about the situation. Of all the pilots that had come and gone between the shakedown run and the present, there was one who been with her since even their time in the digital space as newborns. Images of that particular woman flashed through her mind. Arguments, friendship, support, fun... they'd been together for a while now and through so much it felt like as of late. Maybe it was time to try going outside her own comfort zone and being a little social for the sake of friendship?
V115 opened her desk and pulled out a small hand filling ball made from some synthetic material. She gripped it and though it flexed slightly there really wasn't much give. Setting it down upon her desk she began to undress and neatly put away her uniform in order to get changed into her standard issue athletic gear. With a flick of her eyes the HUD within her vision changed as she began writing a text with her brain. Arye, please meet me on deck five within the multipurpose room in an hour. Oh and come ready for physical activity. -V115
With a blink her HUD returned to its normal default state. Was that too sharp? Why am I second guessing myself... its just Arye, we've known each other for forever... why'd I have to be so formal about it.... I hope it doesn't irritate her. The normally placid V115 was a little mentally off kilter this day it seemed.
Making her way down the hall the to the room in question, V115 began to rearrange some things to clear one end of the room. Her intentions were simple enough. A game of handball, something most operators enjoyed as it wasn't so much a game of raw ability since they all shared the same general capabilities physically, but rather one of wits. Rather deceptive given the physical nature of the game but in essence to score points you had to make your fellow operator miss the ball or hold it too long, both without physically interfering with them and while keeping the ball within certain height limitations. This had to be done by getting creative with your angles and bounces, and being deceptive with your physical movements while the one who was receiving the throw had to perform quick calculations to determine where it was best to receive the ball without dropping it and then execute a return plan without stalling for too long. Without an official court it would be a little more casual but the game should still be rather enjoyable and provide a space for some socializing, or at least that's what V115 seemed to think at any rate.