TEST DRIVE #16 - Turbolifts and Ten Forward

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Option 001. Trapped in a Turbolift: This space travel thing is new to you, and you're starting to think the ship is purposely out to get you. A turbolift is just a grandiose name for an elevator, which should be the safest way to travel after all! But someone out there is out to get you, you're sure of it. Because the next thing you know, the lights flicker and the lift grinds to a stop. You're trapped, with whomever was unlucky enough to be in the lift with you.

It could be hours before you're rescued. These turbolifts span the entire massive ship, and don't just travel straight up and down. No, they can travel horizontally, vertically, sometimes even diagonally. You could be stuck between any deck now. There is a small access panel on one of the smooth walls, but how good are you with getting these things to work? Let's not forget that sudden stop tossed everyone around a little, and people could be hurt. Time to put your emergency thinking cap on, and make friends with the people beside you fast. You could be the only way back to freedom.

Conversely, you could slide that pack of cards out of your pocket and start a rousing game of gin rummy. Really it's up to you.







Option 002. Ten Forward: You have no idea what just happened. One minute you were home, minding your own business, 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, and some of the food is looking rather strange too.

You've managed to land in Ten Forward. A long bar with barstools and a bartender span one side of the room, with a bank of strange computers on that same wall. It looks like people are ordering food and drinks from them. Tables are sprinkled throughout, and the far wall is nothing but floor to ceiling windows with a view 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.

Comments

[disneydescendant]

Henry followed Gold to the replicator. "I just explain what I want?" It was weird but he supposed he was in the future. "Um..." And he rattled off the description of what he was currently wearing for the machine to make.

[princessstabbity]

And now it's time for River to be disappointed.

"Well. Uncle Rory is a seventh son of a seventh son so he's got lots and lots of good luck. And you shouldn't gamble with him because he'll win all of your money. When we play D&D I use his dice because then I always get the high numbers. And he's a layabout and good for nothing and he babysits me and Simon when momma's on tour. And he'll play tea party with me and I did his nails last week in bright pink and everyone laughed at him and so he threw oranges at them. He killed someone with a peanut." she said in nearly one breath.

"Auntie Grace is Uncle Rory's twin sister and she's a thirteenth child so she has lots and lots of bad luck. But then she got it fixed when she met the Morrigan in fairy. And she acts very grumpy all the time but she's really nice. And she punched Thor one time and he got knocked out and it was so horrible that there was almost a war. She also punched this other god but no one seemed to care because he as a good for nothing twit with a tree up his ass."

[professorsong]

Ah well then. Nothing to be done for it though. "I see," she said with a small smile. Well, at least the child was calm. Now River just had to get them out of the turbo lift and she could be someone else's problem. There was the vortex manipulator, which could pop them somewhere else on the ship, though she still had not figured out how to determine where. She could sonic the wall panel, but she'd rather not remind anyone she still had that just yet. Lipstick was useless against machines... well... most machines. She could always take the thing apart...

Or she could practice one skill she had that her Doctor lacked. She could exercise patience. There was no rush, no danger. They could wait.

"Your aunt sounds interesting," she said. "Tell me more about her?"

[houseofmind]

Mon dieu he even sounded like him. Belle had to shake her head, getting the idea out of her mind. This was just a coincidence, right? She was in some foreign universe which wasn't unheard of. "If we ever get to see the rest of the ship." She wasn't sure what to say when there was a question burning to be asked in the back of her mind. "I'm more concerned with how we all got here in the first place. Technology or not this is. . .strange to say the least."

[mutationsprice]

"I'm sure that once they're aware of the problem, they will fix it in short order." He replied, his tone still holding a bit of humor in it from his earlier professed amusement. Her latter statement granted him an answer he had been quietly curious about, given that this had been the first he'd seen of the young lady. It would seem that she'd just arrived given she didn't yet know how she'd been brought to the ship. Fortunately, it was a query he could answer. "It is. I've been told that a powerful creature called 'Q' is responsible for our being brought here. Apparently, this Q is capable of pulling people from anywhere or any when even."

Genesis Rhapsodos | Final Fantasy VII Compilation | Female AU, she's a returnee but no memories

[rhapsoidein]

Genesis had been stuck in elevators before but never had the lights flickered and suddenly she was not in a WRO elevator but a decidedly different one.

And she wasn't alone.

She backed up against the wall, a hand on her bangle in preparation for a spell if need be. She was trapped and her sword would only cause more harm than good in the small space. "Who are you? Where am I?"

[ooc:For anyone who knew her prior, she's basically back to tip top shape and her hair much longer and tied back. Although she's back to having only one wing, but it's hidden as usual.

She looks like this minus the tattoo]

lol don't be

[iwatchtjhooker]

Sam's been eyeing the girl the whole ride. It's weird enough that she's alone on a spaceship. The doll is troubling, as well. So when the elevator flickers to a halt and she starts screaming, Sam isn't sure whether to reassure her or look for some holy water to throw at her.

"We're not doomed," he says, trying to be heard over her noise. "There's no such thing as an Elevator Wraith."

Unless she is one. In which case, definitely at least one of them was doomed.

[iwatchtjhooker]

"It's my only jacket," he says, frowning. He looks up at her. Okay, the elevator probably isn't going to fall up, but if something that shared this track did start working, they'd be in trouble. "Can you see any openings?"

He may wish otherwise...

[princessstabbity]

No. She's only a little girl ... a small hyperactive little girl who is trapped in an elevator with Sam. The Elevator Wraith may be preferable.

"Yes there are! My Uncle Rory told me so." There's a very serious nod here. The sort of serious nods that only small children can give when imparting information that the obviously silly adults don't know. "But it's okay. Princess Stabbity will protect you. She's a great warrior princess who has killed lots of people and everyone fears her."

The doll, that also has a 'blood'covered sword, is shown to reassure Sam.

It's probably not very reassuring.

he's not in charge here

[iwatchtjhooker]

"Princess... Stabbity." Sam eyes the doll and swallows, eyes flicking back to the girl and searching for any signs of... he doesn't even know. It's not like most things are obvious without some kind of charm or equipment. Then again, he hasn't felt any cold spots or smelled sulfur.

The lights flickering, though. That's a bad sign. Or a sign he's simply trapped in an elevator with a really weird, but human, child.

"What sort of people does she kill?"

Poor baby

[princessstabbity]

Perfectly human. A perfectly normal girl. Okay, she's got magic, but other than that...

She's perfectly normal.

For a given value of normal.

"Bad people. Who hurt others." She raises her arms up again, clearly being over dramatic, "Like EVIL FAIRIES WHO KIDNAP PEOPLE!! Or STUPID GIRLS IN CLASS WHO THINK THEY'RE BETTER THAN YOU BECAUSE THEY GOT A PONY!! Or NECROMANCERS that eat HEARTS!! Or WRAITHS THAT STEAL YOUR SOULS!!! OR THOSE STUPID PEOPLE WHO WRITE MEAN LETTERS TO MOMMA AND SAY SHE'S A BAD SINGER AND THE AWARD SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SOMEONE ELSE!!"

[dust_of_life]

She refrained from pointing out that it was an especially ugly jacket and it made him look like he had hepatitis. At some point, she'd introduce him to the replicators. They were by far her favorite thing about being stuck on the Hilton.

Apart from the fact that she wasn't being tortured and experimented on any more, of course.

Sometimes, she had the right priorities.

Turning to look up, she came face to face with the giant and very shut doors to Deck 37. "I might be able to blow these open," she mused. "But I'll need both hands free." Which was a problem when you were on a ladder.

[student_lighter]

"Yeah, I know what you mean. Whatever is keeping us here, I can't seem to punch through it. I'm hoping that will change now that more of my family is here." Chris offered Sam a hand. "So, do you want a lift? We don't have holodecks like that back home, but we have something similar. I might be able to help. If you're okay with the whole half witch half angel thing."

Cause really, the last thing he needed was someone to call him an abomination or something. That was just rude.

[iwatchtjhooker]

Sam didn't want to be rude. Truth be told, he couldn't really figure out how a witch/angel hybrid could come about or that it'd be anything but fucked up, but so far the guy hasn't rung any of his warning bells (aside from the obvious) and it's not like he has a lot of options.

"If professional curiosity still counts as okay," he says, with a small smile to indicate he's kind of joking but wanting to be more or less honest.

[iwatchtjhooker]

Sam was struck, a moment, with the reality that some version of him (an emo hoodie version, apparently) had once dated a woman who could blast doors open, and had been ok with that. But it isn't something he wants to think about right now, so it's unfortunate that the solution he comes up with to their current predicament is what it is.

"Um," he says, having to swallow past the weird lump in his throat. "I could hold you up?"

It'd mean climbing up behind her and pressing himself against her, supporting her from behind and leaving her hands free. But it'd also mean... well, pressing himself up against her from behind.

[dust_of_life]

The incredible weirdness of the situation didn't escape Fatima either. Even after surviving four different versions of Dean, the multiverse still knew how to completely mess with her head.

But as weird as it all was, she preferred weird to dead.

And this whole elevator shaft just felt like five million accidents waiting to happen.

So she tried to put on her game face, a look that said nothing could faze her, nothing could get under her skin. She was too jaded to ever be wide-eyed again. "There isn't enough salt in the galaxy to stop me from haunting you if you drop me," she replied. And she slid over to one side of the ladder, as far as she could, eyeing the doors dubiously to avoid looking at him.

[iwatchtjhooker]

Anyone else watching, if they could, would be amused at the comically uncertain look on the very tall man's face when confronted with an over-dramatic possible child possible psychopathic demon.

"That's... quite the death toll," he says, after swallowing. "She must be really busy."

[iwatchtjhooker]

There was weird and uncomfortable, and there was necessary. Sometimes they dovetailed awkwardly. Taking a deep breath, Sam edged his way up the ladder, favoring the side with more room until he'd positioned himself with his feet on the rung below hers. Left hand gripping the edge, he pressed his right on the bulkhead on the other side of her, and leaned in close.

"Okay," he said. "No plans on dropping you." It was a toss up, whether this or being haunted by her ghost was more awkward, and he didn't really want to find out.

[princessstabbity]

Nah. He's just got an over-dramatic McCallum child. Which some might call a psychopathic demon.

"She is! She is the bestus warrior princess ever!" she said. "Though momma said she can't kill Susie or those stupid people who say mean things about her."

There's a sigh at this. Because really.

"My name's Ceilidh! What's yours?"

[dust_of_life]

And there was Sam Winchester. In all his warmth and sweetness. Fatima hated herself for immediately flashing back to their First Time. She wondered if he'd turned her into some kind of nymphomaniac. After all, she'd spent the first twenty years of her life actively avoiding sex.

Now it was practically all she could think about, when she wasn't busy with trying to keep busy.

...maybe that was a little dramatic. Still, it was a pain in the ass.

But all of that aside, she really did trust him not to let her fall. And she was okay with letting go of the rungs. No hesitation there.

Grabbing her necklace, she pressed one of the sharp points into her index finger until she drew blood. It pooled up like a dark, red bead. It was an act she was so used to, she didn't even think twice about it. It barely even hurt. "Sometimes, having tainted blood has its advantages," she muttered, carefully leaning over to the door, to start drawing out a glyph.

[student_lighter]

"As long as you don't try to kill or bind my powers, I'm a pretty easy going guy. Professional curiosity is fine. There aren't that many Whitelighter-Witch hybrids out there, and most of them are in my family. Do you have any burning questions?"

Really, as long as there was no actual burning, Chris was fine. Sam seemed like a good, okay guy.

[iwatchtjhooker]

"None that need to be answered now," Sam says. "Because I'm guessing the answers aren't simple or short."

He's taken Chris's hand at this point.

"Not much is, this far from home, right?"

[iwatchtjhooker]

"Sam," Sam says carefully, still not sure whether Princess Stabbity is actually a homicidal doll or not. "And I think it's probably a good idea to stay with actual demons and wraiths than innocent, if stupid people."

[student_lighter]

"Probably not." Chris conceded, and orbed them both to the hallway outside one of the Holodecks, making sure they were fully materialized before letting go of Sam's hand.

"Not really. But as long as no one tries to kill me here, I'll take it as a vacation. Even if I do end up with 50 charges."

[princessstabbity]

Princess Stabbity is not actually a homicidal doll. Now the little girl holding her on the other hand...

"It's very nice to meet you," she said in that proper way that kids are told how to talk to adults. "That's what momma says. What's a demon? Are they horribly evil!? How do you kill them? Can silver hurt them? What about iron? Or hawthorn wood? Does cutting off their head work? Auntie Una cut off a vampire's head once when she was trying to interview them for a newspaper article when it tried to eat her. She said it was very rude of the vampire and it should have known better."

There's a pause in her ramble as she stops to breathe.