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.
electro_kinetic: (thank jesus ramen)

Option 2!

[personal profile] electro_kinetic 2014-07-23 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Noriko is still eyeing the shirt (generously called that, because she's only pretty sure it's actually going to cover what she was assured it would) she just got at the...alien mall, for lack of a better term, when she gets around to trying the sake that's been in front of her.

And she coughs, setting the cup down and away as her eyes water.

"God. Wow, that's...hell, is that what all of this tastes like?" she asks, glancing over at McCoy. "Way to discourage drinking."
oldsouth: (pic#8085338)

sorry been out of town

[personal profile] oldsouth 2014-07-31 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
The cough rouses him from the brooding cloud he's been fueling for the past hour. he glances over at the young girl beside him, chuffing at her attempt.

"Sweetheart, don't start with that..." He leans closer to smell it and the whiff even makes him clear his throat. "Especially somethin' that cheap. Start sweet and work your way up. It's an acquired taste, sure, but you get used to it." He remembers the first time his cousins put a bottle of inexpensive whisky in front of him as a joke. The taste and the coughing's still a vivid memory burned in his mind, especially the laughter. After that he stuck with spiked cider until he could legally drive.
Edited 2014-07-31 07:31 (UTC)
electro_kinetic: (street rat)

No worries!

[personal profile] electro_kinetic 2014-07-31 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Noriko shakes her head for a minute, pushing the glass away from her.

"I've had cheap whiskey before. I've had cheap a lot of things before... But that's just especially bad," she manages. "It tastes weirdly flat."