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

[you_exist_here]

He smiled that warm fatherly smile as he rubbed the head of the dalmatian. "A good name, easy to remember. My Name's Ben," He didn't feel the need to either invoke rank or force the child to use his last name. After all this felt like a very basic environment to him. "Are your parents officers on board?" He did wonder if this really was the Enterprise or if it was another starfleet vessel that encouraged families on board.

[disneydescendant]

"Nice to meet you, Ben." Mister Spots gave a yap as a hello, enjoying the attention. Henry shook his head in answer to the question. "No. Q brought me here apparently. Still cool though."

[you_exist_here]

Ben came up short hearing that letter. His eyes immediately glanced around, before looking back to Henry. "You're sure his name was Q? Dark hair, child-like face, too innoscent sounding to be innoscent?" If Q was involved, the Prophets most likely sent him here as a counter to whatever that being was up to. He could almost feel his fist warming up to knock the child-like being's block off if it came down to it again.

[disneydescendant]

"Oh, I haven't seen him. He's just the excuse you're given when you arrive. Q brings everyone here apparently." He shrugged. It wasn't as if he was at home anyway when he had been brought. A new place to live and learn was fine with Henry. He had some family. He had Mister Spots. He could take care of himself so he wasn't going to waste the opportunity.

[q_ball]

Every so often, Q liked to check up on the pet project his father had going. And today held a wonderful surprise for him. Captain Benjamin Sisko. The only guy to have ever punched Q. Only a Commander back then but Q had always wanted to meet him and therefore flashed up close but not within punching range.

He winked and made the raktajino appear in front of Sisko. "Don't say I don't do anything for you."

[you_exist_here]

The boy was smart, as Ben was ready for a solid boxer's thrust when he paused, seeing the face of the young man before him. This wasn't right. "Well from the smug look I can tell you are a Q, but Q is too vain to not ever appear as himself... so you must be another of the Q Continuum." He'd read Picard's brief on the continuum as well as the adendem from the Historical Archive for the being known as Trelane, the Squire of Gothos. He knew he was going to need to watch his words as long as this one was around.

[q_ball]

Q nodded. "That Q is my father. The one you punched. I have to say I'm very impressed. You're not at all like Jean-Luc or Aunt Kathy." He may have the smugness of a Q but it's still tempered by the time spent on Voyager. He's got a good side. Or as good as you can have and still be a Q.

[hasopinions]

"If he weren't already on board here, I would have every confidence in him doing that." It would be the only sensible move left, after all. And Quark knew the Rules of Acquistion very well.

[mutationsprice]

That statement was a bit confusing. He recalled that Henry had mentioned there being a curse earlier when they had been trying to sort out the issue of timelines. But as far as he could recall, he'd never been cursed. Not in the manner, Henry meant he was certain. "What curse? You mentioned it once before, and I'm not sure what you mean by it. My abilities aren't magic, not in the manner that I suspect you're thinking of."

[disneydescendant]

Henry was looking confused and incredulous again. "The dark curse. Which you created to find Bae in the first place. And since when have you not had magic? Unless you're talking about being a lawyer or shopkeeper, your abilities are very magical."

This was weird. Henry didn't like it. But he'd give the man the benefit on the doubt for now and see where it led. At least he had backup.

[kristenkgcpd]

"Just banged up and dealing with a tangled skirt I think." but Kristen let the stranger help her off the floor. "And no kidding, I'm just an archivist and picked the worst night to work late and deal with backlog." she confessed. "And tonight's version was asylum escapees, at least that's what I think it was."

[mutationsprice]

"I don't know of any Dark Curse, and I've certainly not created any in order to find my lost son. My abilities are due to my genetics, not magic." He wondered if the boy was from another world with a man like him, but obviously very different from him. From how it was sounding, he suspected it was very possible. He considered his choices and decided that gold or healing would be the best to showcase. The telekinesis would seem too much akin to magic he suspected. Of the remaining two, healing would be easiest, since he didn't really have anything to use for showing off his gold making. While he could turn his kerchief into gold, it would take far more out of him than he was willing to expend just to give the boy an example. "I'll show you." He said as one of his hands located his pocket knife in his pant's pocket. Pulling the knife out, he opened it and held it out to Henry, holding his other hand out as he spoke again. "I want you to cut my hand. Deep enough that it should need stitches."

[disneydescendant]

Henry scowled. "I'm not going to hurt you!" He sounded offended at the idea and took a step back. Or at least tried. There wasn't much room in the turbolift after all. "What do you want me to cut you for?"

If Gold hadn't been so forward, Henry might have caught the mention of genetics. And, mixed with the mention of Xavier previously, been able to surmise that Gold thought himself a mutant. But as it was, all the boy could think was his grandfather wanted his grandson to hurt him. And Henry wouldn't do that. Not for anything.

[mutationsprice]

"I was going to show you how I healed people." He replied as he closed the knife and put it away. "It's not magic. It's just something I was born capable of doing. The same with my ability to spin gold. I'm just manipulating things to get to the end result. There's really nothing magic about it." He sighed and went back to leaning against the wall. "I apologize for offending you. That wasn't my intention."

[disneydescendant]

Henry shook his head. "You're not making any sense. You're telling me what I already know but it's wrong somehow." He scowled in confusion, leaning against the opposite wall. He'd process the apology later when he wasn't so damned confused by the situation. Did he dare show the man what he could do? Or would he dismiss that as the same born with power?

[mutationsprice]

"How is it wrong? Perhaps if we can sort out the differences in how we think things should be, we'll figure out who we are in relation to each other?" It was the only way he could think of how to currently solve their confusion over each other. Lay out what they each considered facts, and then see where they matched up and where they differed. Then perhaps they'd actually gain honest answers instead of further confusion. "Should I go first, or would you like to?"

[disneydescendant]

Henry thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up with an idea. Pushing a hand into his pocket, he pulled out a folded piece of paper. When unfolded it appeared to be a photograph of many people, including both Henry and Gold.

"This is my family. Plus a few add ons. There should be maybe one person on here you don't recognise. Possibly two. Why don't we start here?"

[mutationsprice]

He accepted the picture and studied it silently for a moment, a faint frown coming to his lips. "It might be simpler to tell you do I do recognize instead. How did you get such a family picture?"

Re: Mr. Gold {Rumpelstiltskin} | Once Upon a Time AU | Both Options

[myks]

Myka had been sitting at the bar just watching people. She always learned a lot by just watching people. "A man who knows what he wants," She mused glancing at him.

"Haven't seen you around here before?"

[disneydescendant]

Henry wasn't sure what to make of that first sentence so he simply went onto answering the question. "Magic. A woman called Chari gave it to me last Christmas. It would have been impossible to get otherwise due to some people dying before others were born."

He paused, hating the fact that the picture was out of his grasp as it was very important to him but he wanted to trust that Gold wouldn't do anything untoward. At least on purpose. "Who do you recognise?"

[mutationsprice]

He nodded quietly in response to the answer. "Besides myself, you and Emma. There's a man who looks like my late father, Malcolm. There's two women who look like my past wives, Emilia and Isabella, and the man beside you...he makes me think that may have been what my boy, Bailey, would have looked like upon growing up." He stared at the section that held him just behind the woman and younger man for a few more seconds before holding the picture out for Henry to take back. "If you'd like to see, I have a picture of Isabella, me and my son just before we were separated."

[disneydescendant]

Henry nodded, gladly taking the photo back but not folding it away yet. He looked at the people Gold mentioned. Yes they made sense but the names were wrong slightly.

"Sure. I'll look at your picture." He was very unsure and skeptical and hoped they'd get out of this turbolift soon enough. He was too scared to try apparating himself just in case he made it worse and ended up dead or something else stupid.

[mutationsprice]

Gold pulled his wallet out and unfolded it to remove a picture with worn edges. He held it out for Henry to look at. "That is Bailey, his mother and I at the amusement park...just a little while before I lost both of them." Strange in a way how a life could end up going so wrong so quickly. They'd been so happy when that picture had been taken. To think that little over an hour later he'd be canvasing the park searching for any sign of his wife and child, not knowing what had happened to either of them.

[disneydescendant]

Henry looked at the photo and noticed that the boy did indeed look like the Baelfire he had met in Ruby City, just with different clothes. But then the words sank in and he looked up at Gold. "Wait, Belle is Bae's mother?" He couldn't help but use the names he was used to as well as sound like it wasn't possible. Baelfire had told Henry himself that Milah was his mother after their punch up. What on Earth was going on?

[mutationsprice]

"Yes. She was." He replied as he pulled the picture back to replace it back into his wallet. He gave Henry a bemused look as he put the wallet back into his pant's pocket. "Who else would be his mother? I had no children with my first wife."