TEST DRIVE #10 - Cetacean Pool and Ten Forward

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Option 001. Cetacean Pool/Aquatics Lab: Of all the places in the world, you open your eyes and you find yourself in a medium-sized aquatics laboratory, filled with various living specimens along with various science officers bustling about trying to maintain order. There's much to explore here (and hopefully, in the crew's opinion, not break), but the main attraction is the large pool at the far end of the lab; enormous but tanklike in appearance, it contains several dolphins happily swimming about, seemingly without a care in the world.


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Option 002. Aboard the Enterprise, Ten Forward: You have no idea what just happened. One minute you were home, and now you're on a spaceship, in the middle of a crowded room. It looks like a bar. There are people eating and drinking, some in uniform, others not. Some are clearly aliens.

You've managed to land in Ten Forward a long bar with barstools and a bartender, tables sprinkled throughout, and the far wall is nothing but windows out to space. It looks like a nice lounge, low conversation making the room hum.

Better ask some questions and find out where you are, or just tap the closest person on the shoulder and try to make friends. The bar is open.

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Edwin Jarvis l Agent Carter-Marvel Cinematic Universe l Ten Foward

[inbedbynine]

Edwin Jarvis prided himself on his unflappability. Working for Howard Stark had desensitized him to the weird and strange. But finding himself in space, actual space was a bit much for even him to take. He sat at the bar looking around and trying not to look nervous. He was out of his element and he knew it.

"I hate to admit this," he says softly, "but I miss Miss Carter and Mr.Stark."

Re: Edwin Jarvis l Agent Carter-Marvel Cinematic Universe l Ten Foward

[myks]

Myka was sitting at a nearby table, drinking tea. She had remarkable hearing, so she looked over at the voice. "Hello," She said. "I thought there was a Peggy Carter at one point."

Re: Edwin Jarvis l Agent Carter-Marvel Cinematic Universe l Ten Foward

[inbedbynine]

Edwin looks up from his mug of tea and regards the young woman thoughtfully, "Oh," he asks trying not to sound hopeful, "is she no longer here?"

[peggy_carter]

"Really? I would have thought you'd miss your wife and your regimented lifestyle." It was a gentle jibe, the man she'd come to know was far more valuable than just a butler, Edwin Jarvis is a friend. One who had given her the greatest gift of her life.

"Hello Mr. Jarvis, welcome to the Enterprise."

[inbedbynine]

Edwin looks up at the familiar voice and smiles, well as much he can smile. "Miss Carter it is good to see you," he says, "and I do miss my wife. As for my lifestyle I have found that since you came into my life Miss Carter a regular schedule is...boring."

[peggy_carter]

Peggy stepped close enough to lay a gentle hand on his arm and whisper conspiratorially. "I won't tell if you don't." Discretion being the better pat of espionage and all that.


"Can I get you a drink, they actually have very nice tea here, though I warn you anything you might expect to have alcohol will not." And that was a damned shame really.

[inbedbynine]

"Tea would be fine thank you," Edwin replies, "I've never been much of a drinker myself. Alcohol clouds the senses and muddles the mind as my dear mother used to say." He looks Peggy up and down since Howard's directive to take care of her is still very much in the back of his mind. "You are looking well Miss Carter, space appears to agree with you."

[peggy_carter]

"I'll wager that if your mother had fought in the war she might have a different view on it." she smirked and ordered them each a cup of tea. "A place where my intellect and skills are valued and I am seen as more than a secretary? How could I not flourish?" She eased a cup to him when they arrived and looked up with a wry smile. "In fact I haven't been secured to a single table since I arrived, isn't that something?"

[inbedbynine]

Edwin takes the mug and sips from it with a raised eyebrow. "That is a stunning development indeed," he says, "it's almost like people here don't want to kill each other," He manages a smile. "I am glad they are seeing your value Miss Carter. You are a woman who deserves only the best in life be it through your work or other means."

[peggy_carter]

She smiled and gestured to a seat near him before taking it. "I don't know how much of my value has been identified yet, I'm just pleased that I haven't been automatically overlooked simply for being a woman." And she was a hard woman to over look, so they had been really working at it in the S.R.R.

"I'm surprised to see you here, I thought those content in their lives would remain there. How are you finding it so far?"

[inbedbynine]

"To be honest since you came into my life I have been far from content," he admits, "I find myself worrying about you and Mr. Stark and so when Q made me the offer I found myself curious enough to accept. And thus far it has been an interesting experience."

[peggy_carter]

"Mr. Jarvis you make it sound as though I drive you to distraction." The smirk was all in good humor, she knew full well he was hopelessly in love with his wife and she rather liked that about him. But this..did he really agree to leave things behind to look after her and Howard? She was touched, no beyond that she was moved. "I, I don't know what to say. I thank you for such loyalty and care. I only wish it didn't take you from home to do so."

[inbedbynine]

"I was a solider before I was a husband Miss Carter," Jarvis says softly, "and the thing that solider values above everything is loyalty. My loyalty is to Mr. Stark and by extension you. This is something Anna always understood and while I miss her and will always love her I know I am where I am meant to be."

[peggy_carter]

She hadn't given him the respect due a soldier, she'd joked about it but when she had needed him he had always been there. "You're right, and I would be lying if I said that knowing you were here was not a comfort." She raised her tea cup in salute to him and sipped. "You don't speak often of the war, is it a part of your life that you would rather have done with?"

[inbedbynine]

Jarvis sips his tea and smiles. "I think every soldier wishes that Miss Carter. Even though I wasn't on the front lines all the time I saw the fall out Saw my fellow soldiers mourn their brothers and cousins." He watches his tea swirl in the mug. "Not only that I saw what war do to innocent people and that I never wish to see again."

[peggy_carter]

"I think I rather find it a comfort, not the ravages of war but the work. It gave me such a sense of purpose and direction that I haven't found match elsewhere. There have been losses, and those are never acceptable. But it is to stave off those losses for others that I will continue to fight." They might have seen different sides of the war, but she valued his view as much as her own. "I think if I do this than maybe others won't have to; wouldn't it be a lovely thought?"

[inbedbynine]

"It is my hope that the future does not find war such a necessity. I know that complete peace is not possible but it is a lovely thought to wonder if some day it might be," Edwin says,

[stark_spangled]

Steve tries not to eavesdrop, but in close quarters there's not a whole lot he can do about his good hearing. He looks up from his sketchpad (the basket of onion rings nearby has left a grease stain in the corner, but instead of scrap the project he found a way to work it in), twin lines between his eyebrows as he looks at the other man.

He doesn't recognize him. The way he styles his hair and the sharp way he dresses is familiar enough to him, though.

"Peggy Carter's a hard gal to forget," he says, trying to look unobtrusive. He glances down for a second, spinning his pencil between his fingers before he continues. "And I guess Stark leaves an impression, too."

[inbedbynine]

While Edwin has not personally met Steve Rogers,he has heard enough of Howard Stark's stories and seen enough newsreels to recognize him when he turns on his bar stool to look the speaker in the eye. "Indeed she is Captain," he says smoothly, "fierce and loyal to a fault. I can see why you cared for her so much."

Edwin stands and takes his mug of tea over to where Steve is sitting holding out his free hand. "Edwin Jarvis," he says, '"it is an honor to meet you in personal Captain Rogers."

[holds_her_own]

"I'd hate to admit that, too."

The woman sitting a few stools down, clean business attire and hair pulled back, sips on her martini.

Glancing up, she quirks a smile.

"Unfortunately, I see him every day. So he doesn't give me a lot of time to miss him."

Not that she ever would.

[inbedbynine]

Edwin blinks at the woman and suddenly feels a pang of sympathy for her. "Madam if you can put up with Howard Stark on a daily basis without going completely insane I tip my hat to you. It is the rare person who can stand to be in the same room with him for more than ten minutes without wanting to punch him."

He sips his tea thoughtfully. "I had to acquire the skill over several years myself even with all the good he has done for me and my wife."

[always_a_gerbil]

Steve probably wasn't supposed to hear that comment but he couldn't help but notice when the names Carter and Stark were mentioned. It probably wasn't the ones he knew but it was possible when both were mentioned in the same sentiment.

"I think both of them are here, actually. At least one Stark is." He hadn't seen Tony yet but that didn't mean he hadn't been brought here and was trying to sneak into the Engineering department.

[inbedbynine]

Edwin turns around at the sound of that voice and frowns slightly. While he never got the chance to see Steve Rogers during the war he saw enough newsreels to recognize the man. Though he remembered Captain Rogers being a little bit taller. "Oh. I haven't seen Miss Carter yet. I do hope she and Howard are staying out of trouble."

[always_a_gerbil]

Huh... this is the first person who had some connection to the world - or worlds - that Steve knew that hadn't acted like he was disappointed that he wasn't over six feet tall. Maybe he was wrong about the man being from Peggy's reality. Maybe he'd seem Steve in the newsreels with his world's Captain America. "There's no such thing as staying out of trouble for those two but I haven't heard anything bad." The yet goes unspoken. "She should be around soon."

[inbedbynine]

"Good I do worry about her," Edwin admits, "Danger is her middle name after all." Standing up he walks over and offers his hand. "Edwin Jarvis. I never got the chance to meet you in person but I have certainly heard enough about you to feel as though I have met you."