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ten_fwd_meme2015-09-22 06:38 am
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TEST DRIVE #15 - Holodeck and Ten Forward
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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In this case - her thoughts automatically rose up to touch the Doctor because she could somehow feel that he too had a gift. He wasn't a Gelfling and obviously felt different...but she found the sensation welcoming just the same. They were the last of their species...and Kira found solace in that. Unlike Jen - this experience was very controlled and contained.
Smiling, she knelt next to the Doctor when he settled back down, holding his hand between them.
Gelflings call it 'Dreamfasting'. A sharing of thoughts, feelings and memories! This only happened between me and Jen before. I can only guess that we share a kinship you and I. You have a similar gift and...we are the last of our kinds.
She responded, her mindvoice gentle and clear as crystal. Sweet and pure. Whatever memories or thoughts that came up, she simply let flow as they will. Usually what was meant to be, was what was shared.
I'll let you decide what he specifically learns about her.
While the Doctor always gave that suggestion to others, he often times forgot to do the same for himself. As such, with fellow telepaths, they can sometimes get more information about him than he strictly desires. And well, the images are a bit fast - blame it on his enthusiasm for finding another pure telepath.
She might see a rapid succession of his various faces. And then His companions. Maybe some of his enemies.
One thing is clear: The Doctor has lived a very long time - not all of those years were good. She might see some images from the Time War.
But she might get the sense that there are sort of two timelines where the Time War is concerned: one where the Doctor destroyed Gallifrey (his home planet) and one where he saved it.
Tag was way overdue XD - he can totally know the events of the movie :)
So many faces...is that all you? She murmured in quiet wonder. The energy felt the same, but the appearance kept changing. There was a lot of people too...and things she couldn't put a name to. Places she'd never seen before. She understood on some level that the Doctor had lived a long time and seen so much.
The mind link wasn't a one way street. At the same time, images and memories from Kira also played out.
In contrast, Kira's world was lush and full of life and full of mystery. It had the sense of a young planet and also an old one - with hints of ancient civilizations dotting the landscape. The Doctor would be able to see the swampy forests that Kira had grown up in - as well as the jovial Podling clan who had took her in and raised her. He might have also seen a flash of a memory where an adult female gelfling was hiding the young infant Kira in the stump of a tree while fleeing from danger. She then got struck down by a large black shelled creature. A Garthim.
Brief flashes like a montage showed Kira being found and raised among the Podlings, learning all the ways of Herbalism and how to live in balance with nature. There was even flashes of her journey with Jen. Meeting him and forging a solid bond. Riding the land striders, and attacking Garthim to save her Podling clan mates. A vision showed how she spread her wings while jumping with Jen over a cliff side to glide safely down...
Seeing the castle of the crystal and the evil Skeksis. Being captured and drained of her life essence. Tossing the crystal shard to Jen moments before she was stabbed from behind, so that he could fulfill the prophecy...
All in all it was an amazing roller coaster ride of the psyche with all the emotions that came with.
Life happens :)
He had his own moment of surprise, and he couldn't stop himself from thinking, "It's you..."
But he stops himself. She deserved answers first, his life was far more complex.
"Yes, I've had all of those faces. Time Lords have a way to cheat death a bit. We call it regeneration. Every cell in our body renews itself."
He projects an image of one of his transformations to help her understand.
""I'm over two thousand years old. But, the age of my face has nothing to do with how old I am. But, you! I've heard some of the legends, but I had no idea it was you."
He then shows her a few of the images from his own mind, his own memories.
"I don't know if your story ends the way the legend tell it, but you can rest knowing you saved your world."
And perhaps the whole universe. Who knows what might have happened had things gone differently.
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She absorbed what he told her, seeing the images as he told her of the 'legends'. It moved her immensely to know that Jen had did it and that their world was saved. Her eyes filled with tears of joy and relief and that knowledge filled her with a little bit of peace.
Thank you. She murmured softly, giving his hand a squeeze. She could tell the flood of information was subsiding and simply just savored the connection for what it was.
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Besides, the Gelflings were myths to him. So to be able to encounter them... Well, now he understands why Clara was so interested in meeting Robin Hood.
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She reached up with a free hand and wiped her eyes with a small smile. Her expression was alight with joy and hope, her eyes shining with happy tears. Ah yes, he was about to show her around the ship. She was curious to see how it sailed among the stars and not the ocean. Fizgig seemed to sense the change in her, and he looked from the Doctor to her and back again from where he crouched on the floor - like a small ball of fluff.
"I'm ready to see more of the ship." She said, seeming lighter now. "It seems so strange. I don't feel any life. Not like my home." No life as in...no living growing things like forests or grass.
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"Other than the beings on board, there isn't a lot of life. There are gardens and some people grow plants in pots and keep them in their rooms. But we're not on a planet."
He stands slowly and gestures to the end of the hall.
"Down this way is a lounge. Also called 'Ten Forward'. There are windows there, you'll be able to look out and see that we're travelling in the stars."
He tries to keep a hold of one of her hands, but if it seems she is straining too hard to keep hold, he will release it.
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Yes, it was hard to imagine.
"Oh, I would like to see that!" Kira agreed, keeping hold of the Doctor's hand easily. Though she would have to take multiple steps for a single of his strides. Fizgig made a barking growl sort of noise and followed them, the ball of fluff rolling on the floor. Kira turned her head and beckoned him in her language.
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He goes down on one knee so he can see her properly.
"That was your language. Can you repeat it? I didn't understand, which is saying something, since I know billions of languages."
In other words, he wants to learn it.
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"Oh, that was Podling language. It meant 'come'." She looked down at Fizgig who was hiding behind her skirts. "I was calling to Fizgig to follow." She repeated the word 'tamar', rolling the r as she did.
"You know that many languages?" She asked, impressed. It did make sense, considering he had lived so long. "Maybe you don't know it because you've never been to Thra..." At least, not that she knew.
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"I do. Though, most are just different dialects of about five-hundred million languages."
He stood again and gestured towards their path.
"I should like to add yours to my knowledge, but not today. You've had a big day already. You don't need to be teaching an old Time Lord new tricks."
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"Wow...that's a lot." She murmured, impressed. She only knew Gelfling, Podling, a word or two of Skeksis, and of course how to communicate with animals. The latter being an innate talent.
When he stood, she reached out for his hand again, happy for that connection as they continued on their way. "I don't mind teaching you. No one has ever been interested before!" She added, pausing to allow Fizgig to hop up into the crook of her arm and settle there. She had to laugh a little at his comment. "One is never too old to learn something." She chided with quiet humor.
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The Doctor grins down at her as she chides him. He doesn't take it as such.
"Oh? That's good, because I'm old enough to be a messiah."
Which he knows she won't get, but it amuses him regardless. When they reach Ten Forward, he gestures to a table near a window. So that Kira can look out.
"Do you want anything to eat or drink?"
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Upon entering ten forward, Kira hesitated with a soft gasp. There was lots of different people here and she could smell different foods. What caught her attention the most though was the huge windows showing an endless black with pin pricks of white. Stars... she realized. Like when she looked up at the sky back home. But they looked different. Brighter...and they were moving.
She moved to the table the Doctor gestured to and with a hop, climbed up onto the chair so she could stand upon it and look out. Fizgig whimpered from where he perched on her arm. Her eyes were huge as she stared - holding onto the back of the chair tightly as she felt a sense of vertigo. She was so taken with the sight she hadn't realized her companion asked her a question.
"Aiy" She murmured softly. An exclamation.
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"You might feel sick. Please don't be."
Especially in this public place.
"The stars aren't actually moving, we are."
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"It's so strange when you can't see the ground." She breathed. "It's a little scary but....amazing. I've never seen stars so clear!"
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"It is amazing. It's why I like to travel. And... seeing how others react to it."
He then realises she never answered his question.
"Do you want anything to eat or drink?"
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"I think I'd like some fruit juice." She said finally. Not really sure if the fruits here were like her homeworld. "What kind of food is there to eat?"
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"All kinds: fruits and breads and vegetables and meats. But, let's start with the juice."
He leaves her, goes to the replicator and returns a few moments later with a glass of mixed fruit juice (pineapple, banana, orange), which he hands to her.
"If you don't like it, we can keep trying until we find something you do."
Holy moley I thought I answered this a while back! Sorry! <3
She was gingerly sitting herself down on the seat when her companion returned with a glass. Her feet dangled over the edge of the chair as she smiled up at him. "I'm not a picky eater." She assured. "I'm willing to try almost anything!"
She reached out for the glass as it was held out and sipped at it. Her eyes widened and her ears perked up though as the flavors hit her. "Oh!" She said after a moment. "I like this!" She drank an even bigger sip in clear enjoyment.
It happens :)
He smiles as he watches her reactions. "I'm glad, but you might want to go slow. I don't know what the sugar will do to you. It has a tendency to make children - excitable."
He knows nothing of Geflings. She might be fine.
<3
She sniffed, peering over the table at her companion's mug. "What are you drinking?"
Glad to see you're feeling better.
"It's called coffee. It is a bitter drink made from a coffee bean. I mostly drink it for it's caffeine content rather than it's bitter flavour, so I use a bit of sweetener..."