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!]

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Dara McCallum | OC

[clutchfate]

Since the only thing Dara is muttering is extremely creative swearing, he manages to make it out of the holodeck without activating it. He's wary as he traverses the hallway and peers into Ten Forward, getting a good look at the lounge before he enters.

His bright red hair and bright green eyes might be familiar to anyone who knows the other McCallums who have popped into the spaceship, but he's perhaps slightly less reckless than they are.

Re: Dara McCallum | OC

[engineermage]

Kale is only halfway paying attention when he walks into the room - so he sees the red hair and just goes with, "Hey Trev - how was the shift in the Sickbay?"

Because no one else has that color hair on board.

Who else would?

[clutchfate]

"Pardon?" Dara catches that Kale is talking to him, but that... is not his name. Not any of his names. His eyes narrow, seeing the McCallum hair and eyes- is this one of the cousins who lives somewhere weird? But he sounds like County Cork, as is right and proper. "Think you've got the wrong guy."

[engineermage]

All the blood drains from Kale's face which makes him even paler than normal and his jaw drops open.

He knows this man.

Younger than the last time he saw him. Much younger. The only time he saw him like this was in photographs.

And that was ages and ages ago. Almost twenty years ago.

He opened his mouth and then shut it again... before saying in a barely heard voice, "Uncle Dara?"

[clutchfate]

Dara leans back, his expression switching from mild amusement to confusion and concern. "Morrigan's teeth, who spawned and left their kid in Faerie?"

Because the only way he was going to meet a grown-up nephew at his age was if they engaged in some serious time shenanigans.

[engineermage]

"Mum would so knock you flat on your ass and leave you for the crows to play with if she ever heard you say that about her," Kale said, still not sure what to do or say. He probably should have said 'Talia' but it doesn't occur to him.

Though as Talia is the most likely the only one who could do that to Dara, it's possible he might guess.

"But... no... Faerie's got nothing to do with it. This... what happened. Um. I think I need to sit down..."

[clutchfate]

"She'd try," Dara retorted automatically. "You're... Talia's boy, then? At least, if you weren't so old, that's what I'd say. You've got her... face." Which was the easiest way to say that he just reminded Dara of Talia. It was probably the Sight tickling the back of his brain, confirming the truth of what his new family member was saying.

"No. No sitting down, not until you buy your uncle a drink or whatever passes for one around here." Dara wrapped his hand around Kale's upper arm firmly. "Come on, you've got explaining to do."

[engineermage]

"Her youngest." Kale said and gestured over to the bar with his free hand. "And yeah. I can explain... at least I can try to explain."

Because Dara is a family member, and this is what you did to family, Kale neglects to mention that there's nothing alcoholic readily available.

[clutchfate]

"So how old are you, then? Because you look old enough to use full sentences, which should make the explaining easier." He used his grip on Kale's arm to push him towards the bar and the (non-existent) liquor.

[engineermage]

"Twenty-five," Kale said, "And you look barely old enough to shave, so how old are you?"

He lets himself get pushed for about half a foot before wrenching free and giving him a bit of a glare. It's a good nature one that is typically tossed between family members of any stripe.

But for all his flippancy it's so weird seeing his uncle younger than him. Kale thinks he might even be slightly taller. Considering the last time he saw Dara the man could easily pick him up and hold him upside down by one foot it was very disconcerting.

[clutchfate]

"Twenty fuckin' five?" Dara laughs, a bit disbelieving, ignoring Kale's glare. "I'm nineteen, and not needing to shave saves me a lot of time in the mornings, you scruffy git."

[engineermage]

"Hey, people like scruffy. I'm told it's very attractive," Kale said, mentally doing the math and trying figure out who was actually alive at the time... Rory and Grace definitely weren't. And Una would be an infant then.

Nineteen though. That meant his mum was just about to meet his father or possibly just met his father. Though from the sound of it, it sounds like hasn't met his father yet.

[clutchfate]

"Sure, if they like stubble burn." Darah shrugged, shoving his hands in his pockets and eyeing Kale curiously. "So, who's your da, then? You don't look like anyone Talia's seen so far..."

Which was good, in Dara's opinions, because they've all been total scrubs.

Re: Dara McCallum | OC

[ashes_ascended]

It's a shame they hadn't bumped into each other in the holodeck. Chances are the creative swearing would go some way towards the male bonding process.

As it is, this angel is also on his way into Ten Forward when he passes the guy with red hair - quite like Kale McCallum's - who seems to be warily assessing the lounge. "S'okay." He says by way of greeting. "Most of them don't bite. So far."

[clutchfate]

The smile that Dara flashes resembles Kale's as well. "Oh, biting I can handle, that's easy- I just bite back. Randomly being dragged off to some sort of... vessel? That's enough to make a man wary of strangers."

[ashes_ascended]

"Good to hear it." Phoenix can't help a grin. It's only a shame the circumstances aren't too great for making new pals and deciding to stagger off down the nearest watering hole. Because Ten Forward just isn't the same as a good old fashioned Earth pub.

"You just got here, huh? There's a good number of us in the same boat. No pun intended."

[clutchfate]

"Oh, is it press-ganging season already? I must have missed the notice." Dara laughs and turns to properly enter the lounge. "But yeah, just a few minutes ago. I woke up in that room back there, the empty one."

[ashes_ascended]

"Black walls with yellow lines." It's not really a question, it seems pretty normal for most new arrivals. Not that Phoenix has seen many yet. "They call that the holodeck. Look, let me get you a drink and I'll try and break it to you gently."

Because tact and diplomacy are totally his forte.

[clutchfate]

"Oh, you don't have to be that gentle. I can take a bit of rough." Any innuendo that may be taken from these words is totally accidental. Really. Please ignore the smirk.

"But the drink sounds amazing. Bring it on."

[ashes_ascended]

"I'll bear that in mind." Because he really will flirt with anyone, and the angel - who is not the standard holier-than-thou type - will take any form of smirking as encouragement.

He heads towards the bar. "What's your poison?"

[clutchfate]

"Whiskey, please." Dara looks around as he goes, taking in the varied people and things- and the view. "Fuckin'..." Space is enough to distract him from the prospect of booze. "Where the fuck are we?"

[ashes_ascended]

Phoenix orders whisky for the newcomer, and a bourbon for himself. He hands the glass to the young man.

"Fucking outer space." He responds cheerfully. "It's not as bad as it looks though. We're on a starship.. it's a little dated, but for its time, its brand new and uber-efficient. Come on over to the uh.. I don't even know if they're called windows on a starship. Viewports?"

[clutchfate]

Dara takes the glass and heads over to the window, obedient for once in his life. "This is dated? We haven't even got out of the atmosphere at home. Morrigan's ruffled feathers, this is brilliant." He's young enough to forgive the kidnapping for now, since it comes with being! in! space!

[ashes_ascended]

"Eh, well, I'm from over a century in the future." Phoenix stands with him. Looking out at the stars never gets old. The words that fall from his current drinking companion's lips reminds him even more of Kale.

"You're from Earth." He assesses, recalling Kale's annoyance at the word 'Ireland'. "From Eire?"

[clutchfate]

"I've been to Faerie- they've got some mad things there- but never to space. It's amazing from up here." Dara leans against the clear surface, staring out into the stars.

"Yeah, that's right. It's the accent, huh?"