TEST DRIVE MEME #4 - The Arboretum/Ten Forward

[ten_fwd_mods]

Option 01: Aboard the Enterprise, The Arboretum: In exploring the Enterprise, you end up on Deck 17, section 21 alpha: the arboretum. Instantly upon entering you can tell this room is different from all the others. For one thing, you're now standing on grass. It's no illusion, no simulation; it's real grass, leading up to a small pond in the center of the room. All around you grows a variety of plant life, trees and bushes and hanging plants, flowers and herbs and even what one might consider weeds. The arboretum is, for all intents and purposes, a botanic garden, used both recreationally for passengers to relax and enjoy, and scientifically for research and study. After all, the scope of alien plant life is impressive, from the Cyprion cacti down to the Earth variety roses.

The room is well lit and large, with benches to rest on and small walking paths. Children are grouped off in one corner working on botany projects, while some passengers are seen kneeling in the dirt carefully tending to their garden patches. There are even windows along one wall, allowing for a view of space while the room itself gives the illusion of daylight. It's the perfect spot to relax, read a book, or grab a spare spade and dig in the dirt. Or perhaps you've been looking for the right moment to say hello to the passenger standing off by the venus flytraps.





Option 02: Aboard the Enterprise, Ten Forward: Or maybe not. You've just arrived, and you have no idea what just happened. One minute you were somewhere else, and now you're in what looks like a spacious, well-appointed bar. The hum of the crowd is inviting, and the drinks look invigorating. There are people eating and drinking, some in uniform, others not. Some are clearly aliens.

Try to find out why you're here, or catch a drink at the bar; there's always something happening here.

Comments

[unkindness]

The look she gives him confirms she picked up on it, even if she isn't saying as much. With Tom Paris and the Doctor around to emulate, sarcasm was one of the first forms of emotional expression she picked up.

She turns when he stops, though, hands clasped behind her back and head tilted in invitation to elaborate.

[partofaplan]

"Star Trek, man!"

He exclaims this as if it should be obvious.

"Space, the final frontier and all that... The bald guy in the chair... John-something, with the 'Make it so' and stuff."

He stops himself. Maybe spilling that this was all a TV show in his universe wasn't such a good idea.

"I've... uh. I've come across this place before. Just... been a while."

[unkindness]

The only thing Seven thinks is obvious is that you're insane. She's not particularly concerned about that, because he hasn't thus far seemed to be the dangerous kind of insane, and even if he did attack her, she was very capable of defending herself.

"Jean-Luc Picard," she corrects--and it's not particularly strange that he knows that, he's a widely respected captain and that of the flagship besides.

Lucky for him she seems to dismiss him at that, not pressing for further information.

[partofaplan]

Quill is perfectly dangerous, but... well, he doesn't feel too threatened, so he's perfectly content with being his regular dorky self.

He's just going to keep staring around the corridor, amazement in his eyes.

"Boy, when they said the multiverse was big, they sure weren't kidding."