Test Drive #7 - Ten Forward and Captain's Yacht

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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 Enterprise's 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. The Captain's Yacht: Oooh, you sneaky stowaway! You've found yourself in a very exclusive part of the ship: Captain Picard's personal craft, used for short jaunts when a shuttle just won't do. (One must retain some decorum, after all.) It may not be as large as the Enterprise itself, but there are sure to be some surprises aboard once people start snooping.


[OOC: The Captain's Yacht is located at the very base of the Enterprise's saucer portion, so if you put someone in there you can also play them trying to get back to somewhere they know!]

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[whitefoxkitten]

"Okay," she said, shrugging her shoulders. "I'm used to having roommates, so it won't bother me, if it won't bother you. Unless you want the space to build a workshop, or something?" She figured he would probably want to start collecting supplies as soon as possible. He didn't seem like the type to sit back and pretend like he was on vacation.

[dresdensluck]

"Not while we're in here. There's too much chance of our working getting messed up in here, too much... interference. Maybe once we're in more normal quarters. " he paused, then colored slightly. "Er, when we each have quarters, I mean." He didn't mean to assume. Oh Hell's Bells.

He smiled and randomly pointed to one. "Maybe that one?"

[whitefoxkitten]

Inari nodded, and blushed, in spite of the fact that she'd understood what he'd meant. "It's okay," she said, ducking her head. "I know." She smiled, and opened the door that Harry indicated--looking over her shoulder at him as she stepped inside. "Come in and take a look around."

[dresdensluck]

Harry nodded. Well, at least if he was going to be awkward, she was too. That wasn't bad, right? He wasn't sure why it reassured him, but it did.

He watched her step in and it took him a moment to draw his eyes to hers and nod, stepping in, looking around, stepping close to her side.

"Looks... like a motel."

[whitefoxkitten]

Yeah, they could be dorks together. It was all good.

She took a turn around the common room, and then looked back at Harry, her head bobbing once in assessment. "About what you'd expect for temp-housing, then," she said, "But it could be worse." She smiled, and plopped down on a sofa.

"I guess we have plenty of time for catching up now, huh?"

[dresdensluck]

Dorks of the Universe(s), unite! Or something.

"Sounds about right, yeah. The replicator might be weird to get used to, but not terrible. We can experiment and see what it can spit out." He winked at her teasingly.

"I suppose so." He extended a hand and gripped one of hers. "We'll just have to see what happens, roomie."

[whitefoxkitten]

Inari clasped his hand, feeling both the tingle of power that ran across her skin as their hands met, and the echo of Harry's amusement. She also felt an answering surge of happiness bubble up inside herself, and she smiled as she tried to keep it from spilling over through their connection. For some reason, her sensitivity got dialed up a notch or two when she touched people. Or things.

"I guess we will."

[dresdensluck]

Harry's eyebrows went up as he felt that surge, and he nodded, smiling a little, and his cheeks ever so slightly red as he felt that warmth, and a touch of happiness.

"You're a remarkable woman, Inari." He had a feeling this was going to be an interesting time.

[whitefoxkitten]

"Tch..." Inari scoffed, blushing as she released his hand. "I would say you haven't seen my temper yet, but that's not quite true, is it?" She ran her fingers through the hair at the back of her head, in reference to the time she'd whacked him with his own blasting rod. Lucky for both of them, wizards could take a licking.

"I know I have a lot to learn yet, but I'm a quick study."

[dresdensluck]

"Heh. There was that. I didn't see much, though, not with the braining." His voice was lightly teasing. This was fun, a little. Wizards were good at taking knocks and lickings and pokings, and having fun, despite it.

"Then we can start by exchanging more news."

He sat back, thought, then rose. "Want some tea?"

[whitefoxkitten]

"Sure," she said, "that would be nice." She hadn't pegged Harry for a tea drinker, but then, she didn't really know him well enough to know what he liked, besides Coke. Or 'dead pigs and cows' on pizza. But she supposed that might soon change.

"I guess you've figured out that kicking the family curse didn't make me completely vanilla. It just...gave some of the other flavors a chance to surface." Less Raith, more...Inari.

[dresdensluck]

Harry turned to the replicator, and carefully edged toward it, holding his concentration. "Computer, green tea, hot. Two cups please."

"Working." The voice was feminine, but very mechanical and Harry nodded as two cups swirled into existence. He carefully took them, hen retreated to sit with he, putting one cup in front of her.

"There we go." He nodded as she spoke.

"Well, yes, I did. And I am curious. Exactly what has been peeking its head out?"

[whitefoxkitten]

Inari wrapped both hands around the cup, taking a moment to appreciate the color and bouquet of the brew as she inhaled the steam. She laughed softly at Harry's question, and gently shrugged her shoulders. "The best that I can figure is, I;ve got some kind of empathic sensitivity," she said, "Whether I get it from the Raith side, or my mother's I don't really know--because I can't go full-on succubus, but I can still pick up on people's emotions. And sometimes, if I pick up an object that's really old, or is really significant to someone in some way--say, antiques, or magical foci--I get these really strong impressions about its history, and the energies that it's been imbued with over time."

She grinned. "Psychometry can actually come in handy for the feng shui business. But obviously I still have a lot to learn."

[dresdensluck]

Harry listened as he inhaled his own steam a little, the scent helping him to relax a little and concentrate more, ironically. He listened with empathy and he nodded again. Sounded kind of like how his magic gad come out at first.

"That could definitely be useful, yeah. I might be able to help with some concentration and centering exercises, but we'll have to be careful. I don't know much about that."

[whitefoxkitten]

Inari nodded. "I figured your specialty was more...overt." She made a star-burst gesture with one hand, like fireworks going off. Kaboom. "But still, it'll probably be good to have someone to remind me not to slack off on my homework, and meditation."

She didn't expect to ever be able to throw fireballs, or face down a balrog, but she enjoyed learning about magic, even if she couldn't use it herself.

[dresdensluck]

"I've been working on that. Not every solution can be answered with the way I did things all the time." he was trying. He didn't succeed a lot, but he did know, at least, how to try.

"I'll do my best, oh shiny one." he winked at her.

[whitefoxkitten]

"As will I," Inari promised, smiling back at him. "And who knows, maybe we can both learn from each other." Just in case Harry ever wanted to know how to do actual feng shui. They could start by redecorating their official quarters, once they were assigned.

[dresdensluck]

"I imagine we can." Harry really had no interest in Feng shui, but then he had never had the time to be interested in something that wasn't about survival before. Maybe now he would take the time. Hmmm.

"In fact, maybe you can help me rearrange my part of these quarters, just as practice, and explain the whole thing while we do it?" It was something to do.

[whitefoxkitten]

"I can do that," she said, "I mean, it's like you told me on the set of Arturo's film. It's all about directing energy." And she knew, first hand, how adept Harry could be at that. "Believe it or not," she added with a grin, "It can also help prevent banging your shins on the furniture."

[dresdensluck]

Harry nodded, listening, smiling a little as she spoke. "I'm all for that. I need to protect my shins as much as possible. They're banged up enough as it is."

He nodded, thinking this could be fun.