ten_fwd_ooc | TEST DRIVE #1

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TEST DRIVE #1 - Ten Forward

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.]

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Leonard hated this.

There's people in weird damn costumes and none of the normal Enterprise crew was around. What the hell was going on? No one could answer him. Maybe this was some elaborate prank brought on by the captain himself. If it was, he wasn't playing along. Shit wasn't funny.

He plopped himself at the bar and started drinking. Didn't really care what it was, so long as it tasted like liquor, which, hey, it did. Turns out the booze's still good.

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If she wasn't underage...and it wasn't totally illegal, and generally so not a good idea, she might have joined him. Then again, if Kim could deal with talking to a giant floating head, she was pretty sure she could deal with this.

"Will someone come back to earth and pick me up, because I am totally confused. You don't happen to know who kidnapped us this time do you? Seriously, if we don't fix this soon, I'm never going to finish my math homework."

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Leonard silently ordered another drink, and it came. Hey, look at that. Then he gave the girl a quick sideways glance. She was young. Too young to be on the Enterprise. No doubt belong to the crowd of costumed freaks around them. And she was talking about math homework.

He really didn't want to talk to her. Well, okay, maybe he did a little because she was pretty, but he still wasn't convinced this was real. Elaborate joke. Really elaborate joke. But the more he thought about it, the more that didn't make since. Even if this was a joke by Jim, how the hell did all these people get on the Enterprise in the first place? They weren't near earth when he showed up here. Finally, he sighed and set his drink down on the counter, his fingers still on the rim.

"I've got a feeling we aren't on earth anymore, sweetheart," he said, giving her another sideways look, but keeping his eyes on her this time. "But I don't remember anyone kidnapping me. You remembering anything like that?"

Kim likewise placed an order. Soda was safe. Everywhere had soda right? Right? She gave a quick look around, noting the various cultures, aliens and of course the stars around them. That could be fake right?

"Well, duh. Even I can see that. Unless those are fake?" She pointed to the windows. "Those aren't fake right? See, here's the way I figure it," The pink ranger continued, giving her new found friend a dirty look as he called her sweetheart. "See, One minute I was in Angel Grove. The next, I'm here. I don't know what the call it where you're from, but round here, that's kidnapping. Or do they call it something else when you take someone whose not really a kid?"

How did they get there? Really Bones, catch up. Even Kim figured that part out.

"Obviously we've been abducted--that's the word right?--by some crazy supernatural being. Although, honestly, why put us in a restaurant? Or is this a bar? I for one, am so underage. " She paused. "And I don't hear cackling. Usually there's cackling. And mocking."

Kim stuck out her hand, intent on being friendly, even if the creepy guy did call her sweetheart. "I'm Kim."

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Leonard glanced at the windows as she pointed, but otherwise kept his eyes on her. She had a point with the view, but he was used to space, although it was pretty terrifying considering that glass was all that separated them from death.

Well, the doctor didn't know what Angel Grove was, but it didn't matter. It was a place not on the Enterprise and that was all he needed to know. But her description of how she got there was similar to his at least. That was something. But still, kidnapped? Abducted? That was a bit much. "The only way any of us are gettin' on this ship isn't through the supernatural but through a damn teleporter and they don't have one that just yanks us from one place to another like a damn magic trick. They take time, and trust me, you'd notice."

He finished off his drink and set the glass on the counter. He didn't order another one. "More likely we're having a mass dream of some kind." Or he's having a hell of one.

Leonard hadn't scoffed at the age at first, but did after her comment about it. "Anyone here can tell you're underage." He left off the 'sweetheart' that wanted to slip through. She didn't like it, although it really wasn't meant to be endearing anyway.

The hand outreached to him caught him off-guard. The name too. Kim? Close to Jim. Maybe the joke thing wasn't off. But he shook her hand anyway. "Leonard McCoy."

Speak for yourself Bones. Kim was pretty sure she could morph quickly enough if the glass were to break, although she wasn't entirely sure how well a morph would hold up to the rigors of space. And she wasn't to keen on trying it out.

Kim just gave him another look. "Of course we were teleported. Do you know any other way of getting from one place to another in a blink of an eye? " But that was interesting. It took her a minute to realize he knew what she was talking about. Teleportation wasn't some super secret thing. Then again, they were in a flying space ship so, she should probably just go with it.

"But you're right. It didn't feel right." And she didn't flash pink." Mass dream? That's the best you can come up with? I think my supernatural crazy being theory has more umph than that. " Where was Billy when you needed him? Course, she'd be separated from the other rangers and stuck here with a bunch of......regular people?

"This doesn't really make a whole lot of sense, does it? But, nice to meet you Leonard McCoy."

Adam blinked and suddenly, he was not at the juice bar. Well, okay, he was very clearly still in a bar but totally one that he was not allowed in. Because seventeen and all. Okay, either Rita and Zedd came up with someone actually good or something else happened.

He hoped Rita and Zedd were involved for once.

Carefully walked around the people he didn't know, he saw a flash of pink and sought it out. He sighed in relief when he thought who he thought it was! "Kim?"

Alright, clearly they were going to have to agree to disagree on the teleporting thing. He wasn't an expert on the things, and every time he thought he had them figured out, something else would come around and screw that up. She could be right. He'd have to find Scotty or Spock to find out. But they didn't look like they were mixed in the damn crowd.

Leonard glared at her now. "I'm not trying to play make believe, I'm trying to make sense out of what in the hell is going on, and nothing supernatural is going to explain this, Kim." 'Kim' rolled off the tongue much easier than he would have liked. Too close to Jim. Still not liking it.

"No, it doesn't make any damn sense," Leonard answered before he sighed. "We should search the ship to find out what the hell is-"

Her name getting called out stop him talking. Someone was approaching, and it wasn't someone he knew. Dammit. Leonard ordered another drink. He needed one.

Kim turned as her name was called, jumping up to see Adam and dragging him over. "Adam! This is Leonard McCoy. Leonard, this is Adam Park. You too huh? We were just talking about what was going on. He thinks we're dreaming. And that we couldn't have been teleported because it takes too long."

Kim hoped she was being subtle and Adam picked up on her clues. Regular people knowing about teleportation? She pretended to fidgeted with her communicator, or what looked to McCoy like a pink and silver bracelet on her wrist. Hey, Adam had the same one in black! Imagine that. "Have you talked to anyone else?" She leaned in closer to Adam. "And did you bring the math homework?" Because if they were going to be kidnapped but no one was going to try and kill them, they could at least finish their homework.

She turned to McCoy. "You're not good at math are you?"

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"Ah!" Pavel exclaims when he sees Bones--his face is bright and smiling at the familiarly grumpy expression.

It could be worse, he could be back to not recognizing anyone in here. "Doctor McCoy! I am wery glad to see you. Zere seems to be no one else from our crew here."

Leonard perked up at the familiar voice. He couldn't mistake it anywhere. He set down his glass and looked over at that smile. No offense, Chekov, but he's not returning it. Not in the mood. He does, however, look less like he might shove a hypospray in someone's neck if they get too close. And maybe a touch worried. If Chekov's claiming no one else is here, then...

"How long have you been here, Mister Chekov?"

If this really isn't an elaborate prank, Leonard's hoping Pavel's been poking around and can give him some type of information.

"Aieeech, maybe two hours?" he says, brows creasing as he gestures. "Zere are a few people claiming to be ze crew here, but I do not know them," he continues, shaking his head and sending the curls over his forehead swaying.

"Zey tell me ve are not on our Enterprise," he says, low enough that only he and McCoy could hear it. Pavel still isn't really sure what to make of the strange man in the visor who told him such stories.

Now Leonard looks confused. Not their Enterprise? What the hell was that supposed to mean? Had someone taken it over or was there some kind of awful mistake?

He pushed his glass back to the bartender and gave Chekov his full attention. "Who the hell told you this wasn't our Enterprise?"

Pavel glances around them, finds Geordi's profile in the crowd, and points at him.

"Zat one," he says. "He has told me..." Pavel has to consult his PADD with all the information, but rattles it off obediently. "Zis is ze USS Enterprise-D, commissioned in ze year 2363, under ze command of Keptin Jean-Luc Picard."

Leonard spies the man from his seat. He thought about running over there and confronting the son of a bitch. Nearly did. But then Pavel said the year and said the captain was... who?

His head jerks back over to Pavel. "What?!" That was louder and had more bite than he meant it, but it didn't matter. He didn't care. He stared down at the PADD and held back the urge to rip it out of Pavel's hand and throw it on the ground. "What the hell is wrong with that thing?" Back to near whispering.

He flicks his round-eyed glance from the doctor to the PADD and back to Bones again for the outburst.

"N--nothing?" he guesses, tapping a few of the buttons. Sure enough, the manual functions work just fine on the thing, and he turns it around to show the doctor as much. "Doctor...I do not know vhat to say about zis place, but wve can both agree it is not on ze Enterprise, da? Not ze one ve came from."

He watches Pavel work with the PADD in brooding silence. It seems to work fine, but that doesn't mean the information isn't malfunctioning. But who was he to know that? Medical technology was nice, but damn the computer system and it's intricacies.

And Pavel had a point. It definitely didn't seem to be their Enterprise. But that seemed hard to believe. "Alright, if that damn thing is accurate, how the hell did we just magically plop a hundred years into the future on a new version of the Enterprise?"

\o/ dances

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I'm filling out an application now. :D

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You totally just made my day hearing that!

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Yay! Now if we could get the rest of the crew that would be awesome!

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There's a genderbent Kirk around, you should tag her! She's good.

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I can't find her main post. Sad! ;^;

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D: All the sadface. I highly recommend messaging the mun. The more the merrier?

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Ahh, I don't know. I really don't want to force someone into something they don't want. D:

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<3 Either way, you are awesome.

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And so are you! <3

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:D!

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:D

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"Wow."

The woman two stools down is also in uniform, but it's nothing like Starfleet.

It's practically a catsuit; black, dark blue, with an eagle emblazoned on one shoulder.

"And I thought I was having a bad day. You keep this place lit with that sunny disposition of yours?"

She smirks around her tumbler of scotch.

Leonard glared at her at first, downing the rest of his drink before silently ordering another. Then he gave her a once over. She looked fit, strong, dare he say, attractive. Jim'd chase after that. If he was here.

As the bartender poured him another drink, Leonard eased his glare a bit.

"If I was actually a part of this damn crew, then it might."

"What, they didn't accept your resume?"

She clicks her tongue.

"Can't imagine why."

She's used to the once-overs, even encouraging them from time to time.

Still, that's not going to make her go any easier on him.

She's bored, and a bored SHIELD agent is a dangerous commodity.

"Maybe you should take up a second language. Potential employers love that shit."

Leonard scoffed.

"They accepted my damn resume a hundred years ago. Same ship, different goddamn crew."

She must be bored if she wanted to annoy the shit out of him. Maybe she could take some damn initiative and walk around the place, see if she actually knows anyone here instead of pestering him.

"Don't need one. Apparently being a doctor's enough... most of the time."

She whistles.

"Awkward."

The sing-song quality of her voice is slight, but unmistakable.

If only Leonard knew what she had to deal with on a daily basis. Compared to Fury, Stark, and Rogers, he's a puppy.

"You look pretty good for a guy over a century old. And a doctor? You're right, life is terrible."

Sarcasm is a girl's best friend.

Yeah, awkward. He took a swig of his drink to that in silent agreement, though the tone of her voice probably didn't mean for that to be agreed upon so easily.

Leonard scoffed.

"Not just a doctor. A doctor in space. If we get a crack in the damn ship, our blood boils in thirteen seconds. Never mind the death and disease out there on all those damn planets that we haven't even seen yet."

That was another thing - what diseases had they discovered that he didn't know about. Dammit.

We're not saying it's Maria's turn to scoff, but that grin of hers is definitely hiding something.

"I take it back, you're a real catch."

Such a ball of sunshine.

(Because what Commander Hill wants, after babysitting superheroes, repairing her helicarrier, and cleaning up half of goddamn Manhattan, is the lovely mental image of her blood cooking her from the inside.)

"Or a saint. It's amazing you don't have to beat them off with sticks."

Leonard glared at he for a moment before downing the rest of his drink.

"Trust me, sweetheart, you have no idea."

Maybe she'd learn what life on the Enterprise was like after a while. She's get it then, and trash her snarky attitude.

Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy || Star Trek (Reboot)

Hey Bones, have a Power Ranger

Oo! Yay! :D

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Hi, have another Ranger >.> if that's okay

All of the Rangers! \o\

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ohai, a Bones!

omg hi Chekov! :D

*beams!* I heart Bones, I am so glad to see one!

Funny you say that. The entire reason I decided to test drive was because Chekov was in game. :3

Oh man. I am both flattered and terrified now. I will try not to mess him up!

Don't worry I've never actually had a lengthy thread with Bones before. Let's be terrified together!

Haha, I am so down with this idea.

Yay! \o\

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I'm sorry, I saw her face and was like, "I WILL GET THE AVENGERS AND YOU WILL BE AVENGED." >>

COULSOOOOOOOON! NOOOOOOO, COULSON. D:<

I'M LAUGHING SO HARD I CAN'T BREATHE HELP.

Sorry not sorry. NO REGRETS. :D

Well at least there's a doctor here then. Thanks for the not help. XD

Anytime! :D

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beams! I heart Bones, I am so glad to see one!