TEST DRIVE #15 - Holodeck and Ten Forward

[ten_fwd_mods]

001: Where were you a minute ago? Well, you aren't there anymore. Instead, you're standing in a very large, dark room lined with yellow. There are doors at either end of it.

Here's where things get a little choose your own adventure-y. You could:



1: Approach a console filled with buttons, located a few feet away. Press one, and it'll let you out of the room. Travel down a long hallway and you'll be in Ten Forward, the Enterprises' entertainment lounge. Have a drink, mingle and try to figure out why you're here.

OR

2: Maybe you just muttered some vague request under your breath. Maybe you wished aloud you were somewhere else. Or for help? If you did, might be in a fire station. Muttered something about killing whoever dumped you here? Surprise - you're in a slasher movie!

Though they're confusing, these visions feel about as real as they can be. And guess what - other people can experience those fantasies with you, as if they too were really there. How ever will you escape? Or do you want to?

[OOC: Welcome to the Holodeck! If you choose this option, whatever your character chooses to say out loud will cause a virtual reality program to load and play. While your character feels as if what they're experiencing and seeing is quite real, they're purely living through the latest and best in what he Enterprise has to offer in entertainment. Make sure to detail what your character's fantasy is, so that those threading with them will know how to react.

Open til next month's test drive!]

Comments

Re: Piper Halliwell - Charmed

[kentsluck]

"Well, actually, not in Hell, at all. Turns out there are starships in the future and that People go on them to other worlds."

The quiet calm voice came from a teenager hovering in air near her, smiling. His outfit, a red, gold, and blue thing of some not shiny material, seemed unruffled by the fact that he was nearly four feet off the floor as he spoke. His eyes were a brilliant blue, and his hair a mop of black curls.

"Welcome to the Enterprise, miss."

Clark Kent/Superboy | Pre New 52 DC Comics | Ten Forward

[kentsluck]

Near the big window, a young teen was staring. Not out at the stars, which were awesome, yes, but at the uniforms and technology, and the aliens. He was grinning, eyes wide, and his face alight with wonder as he almost bounced in his seat. "Wow! Ma and Pa are never, ever, going to believe this!"

He was dressed in a plaid shirt, jeans, and red sneakers, and had a backpack in a chair next to him. In front of him, courtesy of a waiter, was a large chocolate shake, half-gone.

Couldn't resist!

[themerlin]

Somewhere else...

... Merlin's eyes snapped open and went wide. he felt something... something different, something like and yet unlike magic. A different kind, perhaps? And yet, there was something tantalizingly familiar to it.

With an oath, he snapped his fingers and disappeared, reappearing in that hallway, peering down it as he strode out of thin air toward the source of that feeling.

"Hello, young one."

He knew, without knowing, that this meeting was... important.

Amy Pond || Supernatural

[notthatpond]

[Ten Forward]

Amy froze.

He first thought was why couldn't they have just killed her outright. Not be made to be part of some hunters idea of a messed up joke. She'd heard things. Things her mother had screamed at her as well when she wasn't packing quick enough when they had to get out of town.

She looked around her, trying to figure out what the best exit strategy was. Though Amy was rapidly beginning to think there might not be one. It smelled wrong. the whole place. Humans and other creatures. Some even she wasn't sure what they were. She wished she was back in the library all those years ago, she'd got too used to staying away from people.

[merlinastrice]

"No," he responded slowly, carefully, "No, I wasn't."

He knew better than to trust gingers. But gingers sort of fell into the same category as sorcerers so Merlin did have a slight heart for them. He stopped and took in the sight: certainly dressed odd. Perhaps that was the sort of dress women wore in this...wherever this was.

"Who are you? Where am I?"

More importantly, how does one get back to Albion?

Ha!

[merlinastrice]

Merlin stepped back. A sorcerer. At this instantaneous appearance, he knew to play the hapless servant better than anyone else. Was this some Lord of this place?

"Hello," came his intelligent reply back, "Um, where am I?" Should he have addressed him as 'my Lord'? He looked as if he were richly dressed but Merlin wasn't exactly sure the lays of the land just yet.

Re: Myka Bering|Warehouse 13

[blind_devil]

Standing near the table was a slim young man dressed in a gray wool pea coat and a gray and white scarf. It should be noted he is also wearing dark red sunglasses and running his hands over the table. He looks up suddenly and it tilts. "Hello there. I thought I was alone."

[thesurlyone]

"Starships," came her flat reply, "in the future. Huh."

There was a teenager hovering in the air that reminded her of...no, he couldn't be. Could he?

"Enterprise. Right. Okay, how far, exactly, am I from, you know....earth?" she asked. "You mind coming back onto the floor or is walking not something you do?"

Re: Ha!

[themerlin]

He looked careful, canny, and maybe just maybe more. Merlin nodded.

Merlin's eyes crinkled, and he smiled. "You are on board the Starship known as the USS Enterprise, a star-going vessel that is in space." he peered at the young man.

"You were brought here by a strange being who has done the same to many more of us. He rarely is seen, but apparently can bring people here from any time, any world, and any universe."

Re: Paige Matthews|Charmed

[blind_devil]

Matt grins and finishes the young woman's thought for her though not with the word she might have chosen. "Snit," he says with a chuckle, "new arrival huh?"

[merlinastrice]

Starship? USS Enterprise? Space? He was in the stars?

Merlin's mind reeled. That had to be the furthest away from Albion he'd ever gotten to, if the sorcerer were to be believed. He'd had his fair share that had misled him.

"And how is it that once could convince him to send us home?"

If he was rarely seen, then perhaps he could devise a spell of some sort to get himself back to Camelot. How was he going to explain this one to Gaius? Arthur?

[kentsluck]

"About 225 lightyears away, currently, give or take. This ship is part of a group called Starfleet, the exploratory and defensive arm of the United Federation of Planets, a multi-race group based out of Earth."

He nodded to her. "You, like me and many others, were drawn here by a super-powerful being who seems to like to remain scarce, and who seems to like to annoy us by dropping us here with no explanation." Clark smiled to her.

"Would you like something to drink? Lemonade, tea, chocolate milk... beer?" He made a face at that last, but he knew some adults liked it.

[thesurlyone]

Of course it was. Piper could feel a headache coming on and massaged at her forehead a little. She didn't miss the face he made when he mentioned beer.

"Tea. Tea would be great."

Piper took in her surroundings. Okay, she was in space with some kid that was floating around in space as far as she could be from earth. That was normal. Had this been in the heydays, she could've called for Leo to come forth and orb her out of here.

"Why don't you go on ahead and get that started? I'll catch up."

[kentsluck]

Clark nodded and led her toward the bar, raising a hand so the waiter who knew him would see and speaking loud enough for her to hear. "Tea for a new guest, please."

The tea appeared from a replicator, and then he turned and brought it to her. "Here you go, ma'am."

he stood glancing at the giant window facing out toward the stars and back at her. "When are you from, if you don't mind me asking?"

[themerlin]

"Well, quite a few people are working on that, but as yet, no one has had any success, at least, not and revealed it to anyone else." Merlin sighed.

"Forgive me my lack of manners sir. My name is Merlin and I hope, despite the circumstances, that you find your stay here interesting."

[merlinastrice]

Sir? That was a first anyone had addressed him as such. He was about to laugh and correct him when he gave his name.

"I'm sorry, this is the first time I've met another Merlin."

[thesurlyone]

"Paige!" Piper hoped her whispered call would summon her sister. When she didn't see the familiar orbs appear, she tried again. "Paige!"

She followed him and was surprised when the tea appeared instantly. This might put her club out of business. Cautiously, she picked up the cup and took a sip. Close enough.

"San Francisco. You? Listen, are there any demons that are around? You said something about a super powerful being that got us here?"

[themerlin]

Merlin stared, then sighed. "Damn Q anyway."

he shook his head. "Quite all right. Knowing Q and how he does things, it wont be the last." He chuckled. "Come on. There's more to see, and drinks to be drunk, and a lot to tell. And I have a feeling you have a story or two yourself worth telling."

Another Merlin! Very different from him, and yet... not a bad thing.

[kentsluck]

"Who's Paige?" Super-hearing was useful for things like that.

"Smallville, not that I know of, and yes, his name is Q, or... the name of his entire race is Q, or both. It's sort of confusing. But apparently he is a cosmic being that the Enterprise started encountering a year or two ago."

Clark made a face again. "He seems to like to play pranks, and make things, ah... interesting."

[merlinastrice]

Though he may have seemed threatening at first, this Merlin seemed...almost welcoming of him. Parts of him even reminded him of Gwaine. But before he could be convinced of going anywhere, he needed to know.

"Do you consort with a sorceress? By the name of Morgause?" he asked. "If you're a sorcerer, why haven't you cast a spell to send yourself and others home?"

[thesurlyone]

She gave a small chuckle. Oops, he heard her.

"Paige is...uh...my sister. She usually appears when I call for her like that."

Piper looked out into the furthest reaches of space. Q got them that far out, huh? Sounded like he was an Elder gone rogue. She thought they left them alone after the great battle was fought. Oh no. Who was watching the boys, then, if she was out here?

This is not the meta you were looking for...

[themerlin]

Merlin chuckled. "No. She and I never got along, not at all. Sad what happened to her in the end in my universe."

To the second question, Merlin chuckled. "Do you think I haven't tried. Q is far more powerful than I, or so it seems, though I think here is more to it. It's almost like some force is keeping the full brunt of my power from ending his plot."

Merlin glanced aside as if at someone in particular, frowned, then back at the younger man.

"Even a wizard of power can find one's self outmatched."

[kentsluck]

Clark raised en eyebrow, but nodded. "Cool!"

At the look on her face, he turned concerned. "Are you okay, ma'am?"

[merlinastrice]

"Your universe."

A different world, that was something he hadn't considered completely. Merlin listened as Merlin recounted how he had tried to cast a spell to return home. His eyes followed Merlin's gaze as he looked and frowned.

"He's found a way to render your powers useless."

It wasn't a question.

[thesurlyone]

"What? I'm fine. Just thinking about my sons. Two of them and who is looking after them while I'm here," Piper replied. Leo, of course. Billie, and Paige, and Phoebe would look after them while she was here. She hoped that they would notice and that they were scrying for her.