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

[a_quick_study]

Jonas has never heard anyone speaking Ancient, except occasionally reading out a word when they're working on a translation. But this man just called the Stargate the Astria Porta first. Like it's the first thing he learned to call it. Not the Stargate. Not the Chappa'ai.

And he's got a detailed schematic of a Stargate in front of him on the handheld computer he's using. It's broken down in a way that he's never seen it explained before. That's ... incredible.

"You're an Ancient."

He should be paying attention to the explanation of trying to use the holodecks to design a Stargate, but that fact ... it's kind of stuck.

An actual Ancient.

[ancientstalker]

A slight smile.

"I guess I am."

His smile widen. "My name is Orlin."

[a_quick_study]

He murmurs a greeting, as best he can manage in a language he's read but never spoken.

"Orlin. Wow. It's an honor."

But he knows that name. His finger presses to his mouth for a moment, but he's sure. He knows it. The SGC has encountered Orlin before.

"But I've heard of you. My name's Jonas Quinn. I ... I know Samantha Carter."

He's read those reports, including the analysis of the makeshift Stargate that Orlin constructed in Carter's basement. If anyone can figure out how to build one and make it work here, it should be Orlin. He's done it before.

Just not from another dimension.