TEST DRIVE #3 - Alien Bazaar/Ten Forward

[tenforward_m]

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Option 001. Alien planet, marketplace: So you're new to this whole space travel thing. The ship is cool and all, but there are hundreds of alien worlds out there. You want to explore. To see what the universe REALLY looks like.

Well, here's your chance! Your first stop is this lovely indoor marketplace, which looks kind of like a mall. There are stalls one after the other as far as the eye can see, and they sell all kinds of things: food, clothes, trinkets, animals, fabrics, jewelry, perfumes, books, etc etc. Some things look human, easy to recognize; other things look very alien. There are two levels, and constant chatter as people hawk their wares and discuss prices.

Do you want to explore? Poke at the weird shops? Buy a gift for a new friend? Flirt with someone at the food court? Maybe you see a pickpocket, and must run to the aid of the victim. Maybe there's some other villainy afoot. After all, a crowded marketplace is a good place for villains to lurk, causing trouble. Whether you're a hero or just an unassuming traveler, there proves to be some adventure for you on this planet.


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Option 002. Aboard the Enterprise, Ten Forward: You have no idea what just happened. One minute you were home, 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.

You've managed to land in Ten Forward a long bar with barstools and a bartender, tables sprinkled throughout, and the far wall is nothing but windows 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

Re: Martha Jones || Doctor Who || #2

[lucie_bleeding_miller]

"You know the Doctor?" Lucie replied, smiling. "Well, then. Yeah. I travel with him; have for a few years now. This guy named Q has been grabbing people from different universes. The Doctor included. And the Doctor, for that matter. Twice."

Re: Martha Jones || Doctor Who || #2

[vox_lusciniae]

She's about to say something in response to that first part, a huge grin breaking out on her face, when she stops, in the middle of forming a sentence, and blinks, her head tilting back to the other side.

"And the Doctor? What, like, two versions of him?"

She's not entirely sure she wants to imagine what two versions of the Doctor aboard the same spaceship might do, and she laughs, after a moment, at the thought.

"I used to travel with him. And I'm not sure this place is ready for two Doctors."

Re: Martha Jones || Doctor Who || #2

[lucie_bleeding_miller]

Lucie laughed. "I can guarantee it's not. But then, is any place ready for even one?"

Re: Martha Jones || Doctor Who || #2

[vox_lusciniae]

Martha greets that with a laugh of her own.

"I dunno. Depends how much trouble the place is ready for." She purses her lips in amusement, eyes sparkling with good humour despite her previous annoyance at being suddenly dragged here instead of being able to go to her interview.

She might have given this sort of thing up, but not because she didn't love it.

"So where are we, then?"

Re: Martha Jones || Doctor Who || #2

[lucie_bleeding_miller]

"Outer space," Lucie explains, gesturing to the window. "The future. It's a relatively friendly science vessel run mostly by humans, but with plenty of aliens all living peacefully together and such, exploring worlds and civilizations and such. Still the Milky Way from what I can piece together, but these blokes haven't even heard of things like the Daleks or Cybermen or Zygons or Eight-Legs or anything like that, so we're pretty sure it's a whole parallel universe."