TEST DRIVE #13 - Jefferies Tubes and Ten Forward

[tenforward_m]

Option 001 - Jefferies Tubes: A ship like the Enterprise requires maintenance and a way to get at things behind the walls. It also, since there are no stairs, needs to have something people can use in case the turbolifts stop working. A cross between air ducts that are so useful for people to crawl through and maintenance shafts, the Jefferies tubes span across the entire ship like a hidden parallel to the normal, everyday corridors. They come in vertical and horizontal versions.

While most people except Engineering aren't supposed to be in them, people have been known to use them for everything from a quiet spot away from everything, vertical exercise, and a place with excellent acoustics for playing music, to the kind of sneaky trails one might use to get to restricted rooms. Just don't get lost.




Option 002. Aboard the Enterprise, Ten Forward: You have no idea what just happened. One minute you were home, and now you're on a spaceship, in the middle of a crowded room. It looks like a bar. There are people eating and drinking, some in uniform, others not. Some are clearly aliens.

You've managed to land in Ten Forward a long bar with barstools and a bartender, tables sprinkled throughout, and the far wall is nothing but windows out to space. It looks like a nice lounge, low conversation making the room hum.

Better ask some questions and find out where you are, or just tap the closest person on the shoulder and try to make friends. The bar is open.

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Alex Summers | Marvel Comcis plus game canon OTA

[hesnohero]

In many places in the ship, there are tubes which are filled with a quiet hum, and yet very few people. In one of those spots, where the ship's noisy and slowly getting crowded living areas seemed most remote, a man hung.

Ankles hooked just so from a ceiling line, Alex hung in silence, eyes closed, senses extended. Since arriving on this ship, he had realized that the alignment which Aang had done to his system, which had given him absolute control and heath in his powers for the first timer ever, had also had a new affect. With his body and mind this close to the stars without an atmosphere inbetween, he could feel the cosmic radiation, like music , flowing through and around him.

It was calming, and quiet, and Alex felt more alive than ever.

Which was a good thing, since he was here without wife, friends, and life. Oh, one friend he cared for a lot was here, and several people who he knew different versions of were also here, but without Lorna, his life felt a distant and missing thing.

So he hung in the silence, listening, and letting the cosmic waves take him away.

[magneticxman]

Lorna was wandering, trying to clear her head and concentrate. A lot had happened and changed recently and she wanted to find a quiet place to relax.

Alex was here, but not the right one. It was a complicated situation already, and his history only made it worse. She was grateful that she'd broken up with her version, because the unfairness of it all would have otherwise gotten to her.

She passed by Alex's tube and paused, looking up at him. She could sense his powers, though he didn't shine with intense light like her Alex did. This one had control, which she was grateful for. "Hey. You're gonna get a headache."

[hesnohero]

Alex smiled as she passed close, then looked up, and with a tensing of muscles just so, he dropped from his perch, spun in mid-air, and landed near her.

"Sometimes, yes. But it's only my head, so no harm done."

[magneticxman]

Lorna snorted and shook her head. "Show off. How are you settling in?" It was so weird to look at this man and know that in another universe he was the resident version of her. . . whatever Alex was to her anymore. They looked different, but there was a similarity in how they made expressions and held their head. It was like seeing a fraternal twin.

[hesnohero]

Alex chuckled. "I practiced for a long time to be able to do that." he canted his head to the side and smiled at her.

"It's weird, being here and not being, well... back home." He shook his head. "I feel like I'm living in a weird off kilter dream."

[magneticxman]

She nodded compassionately, rubbing a hand through her hair. "Yeah, it's all kinds of crazy. I'm still sorry you got dragged into all of this." She sighed softly, then shrugged. "Do you want to get a drink? I think we could both still use one, and it's better to have company."

[hesnohero]

"It's okay. But, thanks." He smiled, sort of, lopsidedly.

Alex hesitated, then managed a nod. "Sure. Sounds like a good idea." He waved a hand in a vague direction toward Ten Forward. "Shall we?"

[magneticxman]

Lorna nodded, starting off in the right direction. She was awkwardly quiet for a little bit, then said, hesitantly,"How are you settling in?" It felt important to get to know him. Not just because he was an AU of her ex and she was an AU of his wife. He seemed like a good guy, all told.

[hesnohero]

Alex followed her, smiling. She was like and yet so unlike the Lorna he had known. it was a lot like being in, well, an alternate reality. he snorted to himself as he followed, listening.

"Okay, I guess. Going to take awhile to get used to this."

[magneticxman]

Lorna nodded, sighing softly. "Yeah, I'm still not use to it all. I go between being grateful to be here and missing the people I used to know."

She looked back to offer Alex a shy smile. "I hope you're finding friends."

[hesnohero]

Alex nodded. "Sounds like a logical response. And I found one here, already. My sister-in-law and her daughter are here."

He canted his head to her. "I hope you find more friends, here, too."

[magneticxman]

"Emma's from your world? I mean, I assume Emma's the only person crazy enough to marry Scott. Beside Jean, obviously." It was strange knowing that Alex was friends with Emma but that was hardly the weirdest thing she knew about him.

"Did you figure out the trick to getting real booze, or have you been stuck on synthetics?"

[hesnohero]

Alex nodded. "She is, yes." He smiled warmly. "She and I met even before she and Scott were together. " He chuckled.

He nodded. "You need a trick? I just asked the replicator in guest quarters." he blinked.

Hope this helps, sorry it's late

[gregorydeegan]

Greg had been exploring, and when he saw him, he looked up and grinned. "Getting the hang of things around here, or just hanging out?" he asked.

Yes, he just said that.

Thanks!

[hesnohero]

"Both, really. Sometimes, one can be gained from the other." Alex smiled at the other guy." He flipped down, righting himself as he did so, carefully using his powers to keep his knees from taking the impact.

"Alex Summers, new arrival." He stuck out his hand.

Re: Thanks!

[gregorydeegan]

"Gregory Deegan, Younger brother." He shrugged and grinned. "My brother got the cool title."

Re: Thanks!

[hesnohero]

"Heh. Mine did, too, much of my life. So I made my own." He nodded.

Re: Thanks!

[gregorydeegan]

"Whatc'cha come up with?"

Technically Greg had one too, but no way he was introducing himself as 'the hero of Barthis'

[hesnohero]

"Havok." He spoke the word quiet, and his eyes glowed. He had no intention of elaborating, but sometimes, when his mischievous side poked out, he didn't have to.

[gregorydeegan]

"You have an octopus?" He smirked. Yes, just said that.

[hesnohero]

"No."

Alex stared.

"What?"

No really... what?

[gregorydeegan]

"Have. Oc. Have. Octopus. Yes?"

He was grinning like a fool. His powers showed through a bit as he grinned, white fight faintly enveloping him, so that when one says he is smiling brightly, one is being quite literal.

[hesnohero]

Alex snerked, smiling. "No." he eyed the other man.

"What's with the light show?"

[gregorydeegan]

"Oh. I guess I just have a glow about me. I get really fired up when I make puns."

The white fire vanished within him again.

[hesnohero]

Alex facepalmed. "Now that's just bad." He shook his head.

"Have you been wandering these halls long?"