TEST DRIVE #1 - Ten Forward

[tenforward_m]

You know how you were standing there, back in your home world, just minding your own business?

Time to forget all about that.

Instead of doing whatever the heck you were just doing, you're standing in the middle of this very stylish, sedate barroom. Happily, you're not alone there - in fact you're surrounded by people who seem to be as confused as you are...and some of them look a little, well unusual

Now would be a great time to do....well, something. Ask some questions of the person nearest you, throw a fit, stage a coup....maybe do a little exploring? No matter what you do, you're going to be here for a very long time.

For others might call it the USS Enterprise, but for the foreseeable future, you'll be calling it home.

[OOC: this test drive's open until the next app period.]

Comments

[she_listens]

She smiles brightly, pleased.

"You have a discerning palate. That's right."

Some will swear up and down that the differences are unmistakable, but the reality for many will come down to a 50/50 chance like Ian's.

"Sometimes, just the taste and smell of a good drink can have a placebo effect. It relaxes us, much the same as the real thing."

She leans in conspiratorially.

"But the real thing is always just a little better."

[splendid_roman]

He smiled, glad he was right, and had another sip of the real drink. "I suppose so," he agreed. "And there's something about sitting in a pub with your friends. You don't necessarily need the drink to relax you."

[she_listens]

"That's true."

She didn't see him come in with anyone, but the nice thing about Ten Forward is it isn't hard to make friends.

"I'm guessing you're used to travelling."

She takes up a rag and starts cleaning the bar top, but her attention stays with him.

[splendid_roman]

"I am. I've been living a life of leisure, seeing the world with some friends." Even on a spaceship he wasn't too sure about telling someone that actually he travelled the universe.

He sipped at the scotch and chuckled. "I've been in plenty of pubs, but never done the stereotypical thing of chatting to the bartender."