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

[engineermage]

Bah! Bah he says! Kale likes his dignity. Such as it is.

"Yeah. Da's very big on diplomacy. Can't go starting wars with everyone, it's bad for Eire. Though... he did put mum in charge of the military."

[clutchfate]

"That's not exactly putting your money where your mouth is, is it? But having her do anything else might be worse."

The thought of Talia making royal appearances and patronizing charities and hosting receptions and the like makes him start laughing. And keep laughing, until he has to rest his head on the bar.

[engineermage]

Watching him laugh and figuring he knew why - because he knows his family - Kale decided to egg him on.

"Mind you, this was only after she stabbed the ambassador from Rus in the leg and dumping a pitcher of water over his head for suggesting the two of go and have a private talk during some reception for a treaty or something."

And then try to steal Dara's beer since his was finished.

[clutchfate]

"Tell me she used a fork." Because being stabbed with a fork is inherently more humourous than being stabbed with a knife.

And just because he's laughing doesn't mean he doesn't see that. He defends his beer by smacking Kale's hand with a coaster. "Mine! Getcher own."

[engineermage]

"She used a fork. And she hit him rather near the fork. Close enough for him to know that she could have hit him elsewhere."

The hand is jerked back and he gave Dara an wounded look. Mean uncle is mean.

But he ordered another beer anyway.

"She claimed she was being diplomatic because she didn't stab him in the balls with a knife and then knock him out."

Out of the corner of his eye he spotted some more red hair - the person he'd been actually looking for and vigorously waved him over.

[clutchfate]

"Sounds diplomatic to me." Not Dara's style of diplomacy, but definitely Talia's. There was a reason she didn't go into Faerie with them.

He followed Kale's waving with his eyes. "Who's this, then?"

[reincarnshaman]

This then is completely identical looking - at least physically, they are dressed differently after all - to Kale. And just like Kale when he gets close enough to see Dara his eyes go wide.

But unlike Kale he lunged forward to grab Dara in a hug. "Uncle Dara!"

[clutchfate]

Well, with a greeting like that, there was only one thing to do: hug back just as enthusiastically. He squeezed Trever tight and thumped his back. "Hi!"

[reincarnshaman]

When he pulled away he finally got a better look at Dara. "Fuck! Who got tossed through Faire? You're so ickle!"

[clutchfate]

"I'm nineteen!" Dara was still close enough to adolescence to get snippy about getting called ickle. "And nobody tosses me anywhere."

[reincarnshaman]

"You're shorter than me. You're ickle! Besides, that's what you called us," Trever said, grinning broadly. He can't believe it though. He's seeing Dara. Okay, sure he's younger than him and thus has no idea who he is but it's still Dara.

"Mum said she tossed you plenty. I can't believe you're here and not... elsewhere."

He stumbled over the word not wanting to say anything about what will be. They're not going to talk about that.