Mod M ([personal profile] tenforward_m) wrote in [community profile] ten_fwd_ooc2014-06-22 06:24 pm
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TEST DRIVE #3 - Alien Bazaar/Ten Forward

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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.
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[personal profile] blindadoration 2014-06-30 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Ziyal was happy to not even consider the political implications of being with her father--he'd already paid that price in her own time, long ago, and came back to power again.

Telling him everything, still, she thought, might be a bit much. Would he feel guilty, knowing about the years she spent as a Breen prisoner?

What would he do if he knew that she had been nearly dead when she arrived here, saved only by Doctor Crusher and Doctor Bashir? She didn't want to hurt him.

For now, she just looked at him with love in her eyes, grateful for the second chance she'd been given--maybe the Prophets looked out for their half-Bajoran children too.

"Thank you, father."
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[personal profile] blind_arrogance 2014-06-30 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Dukat was convinced he was doomed. Completely and utterly. But all that worry went away the moment Ziyal looked up at him with those eyes. I'd been so long since he'd be able to get away and visit his family on Cardassia Prime--and he certainly wasn't letting them visit Terok Nor. Between the assassination attempts, outright violence and with Naprem and Ziyal so close, it was much to dangerous.

"Anything you for you, Ziyal." He took a few steps back from her, looking her up and down. "I just can't get over how much you've grown. You were barely thirteen when I saw you yesterday and now? Well, clearly any of your belongings back on Terok Nor are not going to fit. Do you need any clothes? I saw some beautiful dresses in a stall not too far back."
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[personal profile] blindadoration 2014-06-30 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
That's right, it was still Terok Nor--the Occupation was still going on, and she felt a pang in her heart as she thought of Nerys, in the throes of the Resistance.

Her father and his people had hurt so many of her mother's people.

"I'll be fine, Father, I don't need much." She smiles, takes his hand--cooler than hers, but not by too much--and after their business is done with the peddler woman Ziyal thanks her too, and leads him off.
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[personal profile] blind_arrogance 2014-06-30 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nonsense. You need clothing. You wont fit into any of the ones currently on Terok Nor and you aren't walking around in something Federation issued. Besides, it gets cold in space and especially on a ship with no other Cardassians."

Dukat smiled oh so charmingly and lovingly at his daughter, and grasped her hand as she grasped his. "Come on. Let's look at the dresses. I think I saw a beautiful blue one that would look splendid on you."