TEST DRIVE #2 - The Holodeck/Ten Forward

[tenforward_m]

Where were you a minute ago? Well, you aren't there anymore. Instead, you're standing in a very large, dark room lined with yellow. There are doors at either end of it.

Here's where things get a little choose your own adventure-y. You could:



1: Approach a console filled with buttons, located a few feet away. Press one, and it'll let you out of the room. Travel down a long hallway and you'll be in Ten Forward, the Enterprises' entertainment lounge. Have a drink, mingle and try to figure out why you're here.

OR

2: Maybe you just muttered some vague request under your breath. Maybe you wished aloud you were somewhere else. Or for help? If you did, might be in a fire station. Muttered something about killing whoever dumped you here? Surprise - you're in a slasher movie!

Though they're confusing, these visions feel about as real as they can be. And guess what - other people can experience those fantasies with you, as if they too were really there. How ever will you escape? Or do you want to?

[OOC: Welcome to the Holodeck! If you choose this option, whatever your character chooses to say out loud will cause a virtual reality program to load and play. While your character feels as if what they're experiencing and seeing is quite real, they're purely living through the latest and best in what he Enterprise has to offer in entertainment. Make sure to detail what your character's fantasy is, so that those threading with them will know how to react.

Open til next month's test drive!]

Comments

[writes_with_digital_ink]

"Maybe both? Or neither? The events that changed my timeline had nothing to do with you."

A certain troubled Romulan, yes. Influential Human, no.

At least, not that Human.

(Dammit, Kirk.)

"So maybe in both of these, you went to the future and came back and proceeded anyway because that's your timeloop. Or maybe you'll go back and...cause a third future. Sometimes more than one timeline can exist, depending on the parameters."

[spacefaring]

"You'll have to forgive me. This sort of temporal science is such a new field in the 22nd century that I had trouble convincing my First Officer to buy any of it. To tell you the truth, the ins and outs of it just tend to make my head hurt. I'd much rather stick to a linear existence, but sometimes life just isn't that simple."

He surrenders, dropping his hand away from his face with a sigh.

"It is what it is. Maybe this is all a part of Q's game too. I can't believe I'm saying this but--I hope he knows what he's doing."

[writes_with_digital_ink]

Ruefully, "Me too. But in the meantime...It could be worse. At least we're with a Starfleet that we know?"

[spacefaring]

"At least. Better this than as one of the other displaced, finding ourselves in a scenario where nothing is familiar. I can't imagine what it must be like for the people who have never been on a starship before.

"Even then it could be worse. We could be in a mirror universe. Maybe we should count our lucky stars after all."

[writes_with_digital_ink]

"I often do, sir."

She glances around the Enterprise's first bridge, and then back at him.

"I should probably, uh, get back to my homework. But I'll see you around, sir?"

[spacefaring]

"You will, Cadet. It's not so large a ship--we'll run into each other again."

He glanced back up at the viewscreen once more, then offered her his most friendly smile.

"And thank you for letting me pretend I'm not an admiral for five minutes. It was a nice change."