Best Two-out-of-Three, Part 1

Timeline: October 11, 2381 – 1640 Hours

Location: 17th Street, The Castro, San Francisco, Earth

Characters Present:

• Jean-Baptiste Dorsainvil
• Jacqueline Holder

Leaving the Castro Theatre, Jean-Baptiste and Jacqueline step into the warm spill of autumn sunlight, the scent of roasted peanuts and sourdough lingering in the air. Their easy banter about old movies gives way to something more tentative—glimpses of vulnerability shared between words. Jean-Baptiste recalls his student days in Strasbourg, where Thursday nights were spent in a converted church watching classics on a flickering screen. Jacqueline listens, her eyes darting between his and the pavement, caught between wanting to stay near and fearing to be seen too clearly.

Their conversation drifts from loneliness to laughter as Jacqueline challenges him to a skeeball match, her playful defiance meeting his quiet charm. JB proposes a wager: secrets for victories, truths for losses. They shake on it, their hands meeting in a small, unspoken ceremony that feels like more than a game. As they walk toward the Presidio, the air hums with the promise of something new—something that neither of them yet dares to name.

Best Two-out-of-Three, Part 1 (Official Post)

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