Barry the Chopper was only capable of focusing on a game for so long. He could finish something short and simple if he wanted to, but most frequently he abandoned whatever he was playing after ten or so minutes.
It was driving Vato Falman into boredom induced insanity.
With the order to stay where he was and make sure the butcher didn't run off and butcher someone, there was little to do but eat, sleep, and play board games. It didn't help that his only visitors, the ones bringing him food every so often, stayed for little more than a minute or two, so as to help keep attention away from the officer and criminal in hiding.
Chess was out, as Falman either won quickly or Barry gave up and started chatting amicably about meat, cuts, and the twenty some people that had become such. Backgammon, checkers, nothing really caught his attention, other than Chinese checkers, anyway. The oriental game was a winner, Barry could, and did, play it for hours on end, so frequently Falman had gotten tired of it and given up.
He expressed his grief to Havoc one day as the other officer stopped by with a deposit of edible supplies.
"Has Mustang said when I can come back yet?"
Havoc shrugged. "Nope."
Falman sighed. "He's driving me insane," said in reference to the suit of armor playing, and winning, Chinese checkers with himself, "I need something to do, Havoc, something not involving him."
Havoc shrugged again and left.
Falman sighed and went back to Chinese checkers.
Included in the next batch of food was one of Gracia Hughes' apple pies and a deck of playing cards with rules for a few single player games. Falman accepted it and sat down to a solitary game of solitaire and a piece of pie.
Six brand new card games...
The first time I typed this one up I accidently put Elicia's pie, instead of Gracia's, and I thought I had messed it up on one I had already submitted. I was all panicking until I found out I hadn't submitted it yet. I think I would have died if I had... And, once again, manga, yo. Things with Barry turn out way different there. Yeah.