TEST DRIVE #5 - Low Gravity Gymnasium and Ten Forward

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Option 01. Ten Forward: The first thing you see is a bar. A large, lively bar filled with many different faces and many different smells, sights and sounds. This is Ten Forward, the Enterprises' off-duty lounge; feel free to get acquainted with your fellow travelers and try to find somebody who's in charge: this is your new home now, after all...



Option 02. Aboard the Enterprise, The Low-Gravity Gymnasium: The gym is a large room with several alcove-like sections housing the aerobics and martial arts areas, a parrises squares area, an anbo-jyutsu court, and a separate fencing room. While there is normally a zero-gravity area as well, today all of the gym is in zero-gravity conditions.

Zero-gravity can be, well, kind of weird, because it's not like a gradual loss of the pressure holding you to the floor--you may have taken the turbolifts, just expecting to take a leisurely run, or maybe work out with a treadmill to get in some cardio, but the minute you step into the gym you're floating, as is anything you might have been holding or bringing with you.

Do you freak out, start flailing and trying to swim through the air back to where you can escape? Do you make the best of it and tough it out to get your exercise in, or do you start having fun with the sudden game of weightlessness? Pick your personal scenario and have fun with all the other weightless people.

Comments

[wizard_is_wizarding]

Just great. Molly really has a way of showing up at the worst moments. Though at least here there's nobody jumping out of the shadows to kill him, which is a thing that happens way too much for Harry's liking. He sure has a way of attracting trouble.

"It was the smoke, kid," he tells her, in response to the question she hadn't asked. It was a good veil, and if it wasn't for the smoke, he probably wouldn't have known she was there. (She really is getting good at that. Way, way better than he'll ever be. Subtlety. Never his thing.)

"Don't knock the Coke and pizza," he tells her, but there's little actual bite in his words; he's too busy frowning at their surroundings.

It's actually a really good question. Really good one.

"Mouse knew something was up," he says. "It sure seems like kidnapping, but I've never heard of anything like it."

[pink_haired_padawan]

"Damn, I thought I had everything covered." And then, sheepishly, she looked around for her father, hoping he didn't just catch her swearing. Granted, after the tattoos and piercings, swearing was probably the least of her worries. At least her mom didn't seem to be here.

When Molly was content that there was no former Knight of the Cross lurking around, she relaxed a bit more. It would have been really bad if They had managed to get Michael too. With all the angelic cavalry around the Carpenter house, busting in there almost suicidal. Her father had gotten an awfully nice retirement package. Too bad Wizards didn't get nice retirement packages like that.

"So what do we do now? Order drinks and pretend we're having fun? Or I could veil and see if I overhear anything. I'll account for the smoke this time, I promise."

[wizard_is_wizarding]

That's the problem with being the Jedi Master. People expect you to have the wisdom of Yoda or something to go with the ass-kicking ability. Especially your padawan. Harry crinkles his brow, glaring around the ... yeah, it's a bar. Or it looks like a bar.

"Hell's bells," he grumbles, then winces, remembering his determination to try to avoid blasphemy or excessive swearing around the Carpenters. At least Charity's not around. "This looks like something off the set of Star Trek."

Molly stands out in a crowd, but ... in this crowd, Harry's going to stand out, too. Especially if anyone makes the connection between the tall guy in the coat who just appeared out of nowhere and the sudden sparks shower from the lights.

He lets out a breath.

"Okay, Grasshopper. You veil and take a look around. And I will go see if this place has anything decent to drink. Let me know what you hear."

[pink_haired_padawan]

Molly stuck her tongue out at Harry. Sometimes being the student just stucked. And since she wasn't around her parents, she was allowed to say that. Or think it. Her parents would probably flip if they knew all the things she thought about. Her nose scrunched up and she frowned.

"You're no fun." But she couldn't let the Star Trek thing just go. The scowl melted away and she grinned and jumped up and down a bit like a child. "I KNOW! I'm so excited. It feels like I'm actually there. Now before you say anything, it's the 21st century. I'm allowed to like both."

And with that she scrunched up her face in concentration, waved her hands a bit and disappeared, remembering factor in the smoke this time too.