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Star Trek: Starbase 777
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 13-May-22 06:13 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo @Mo┊Eshen┊Men From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Captain Mo, Since you have given me permission to contact you in the event that I am heading to the holodecks, I have decided to put that permission to good use. I will be heading to the holodecks to test out a few shuttle simulation flights in approximately fifteen minutes, and I would be honored if you were to accompany me. If not, I can understand that you certainly have better things to do, Sir! — Namika Grey
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 13-May-22 06:29 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Luckily, my schedule is free, so I am available and would be honored to join. I will have to leave after approximately an hour in order to attend to some things, though. Signed, Captain Mephistopheles Mo, Station Commander of 777
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 13-May-22 06:41 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
That’s perfect, Sir. I will meet you there. — Lt. JG. Namika Grey
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 24-May-22 11:41 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
What’s your opinion on pirates, Sir? I’m asking because of totally professional reasons. — Lt. JG. Namika Grey
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 24-May-22 11:47 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Used to be one. Why? - Captain Mephistopheles Mo, Commander of Station 777
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 24-May-22 11:53 PM
’Fuck, this man is way too cool,’ thought Mika. But she couldn’t exactly send that literally to the Station Commander. So the PADD message that she sent back had a different content. [PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
You couldn’t have responded with a better reply, Captain. And no particular reason. Forget I asked. — Lt. JG. Namika Grey
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 25-May-22 12:13 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
If there are any pirates on the station, you're legally obliged to tell me or it's to the brig with ye. - Captain Mephistopheles Mo, Commander of Station 777 P.S. If they're a Ferengi in a silly hat, tell them to bugger off.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 25-May-22 12:16 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Nothing of the sort; no worries, Captain. Unless we count you, I don’t know of any pirates. However, next time we meet I wanna hear the story of the Ferengi in the silly hat, Sir. — Lt. JG. Namika Grey
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 25-May-22 08:00 PM
0300 hours and Mo couldn't sleep. He actually had a decent schedule usually - about seven hours of sleep per night, fairly regular, so could be better, could be worse. Used to be worse, actually, but therapy. But tonight he was kept up by a volatile soup of thoughts. Some were of excitement and anticipation for him and Mika's next holoadventure, some were paranoid theorising regarding Section 31 activities and whether or not he should be checking all his food and drinks for poison like a Romulan, and some were just minor annoying work things that'd built up since their COO got put in the brig. He tucked the small battered raccoon plush he slept with into the covers and paced his room for a while, fed all his tamagotchi, sketched the innards of a ship engine and a tanuki having tanu-tea, listened to some Klingon acid punk, counted his latinum like a cartoon duck, shook the cursed Ferengi toy he got from Delta Delights so it wouldn't bring curses and misfortune upon him, and typed up some tedious work emails on his PADD he'd been putting off 'til tomorrow - oh, what's this? An message with no subject or attachments? Probably spam. Or his brother. Wait, no, it was from an Ensign. He cautiously clicked.
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Ensign Eshen K'Tann | CMD BOT 25-May-22 08:03 PM
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To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Ensign Eshen K'Tann 😉
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 25-May-22 08:21 PM
Mo sighed. Probably a drunk email. Ensigns. He was sitting there cross legged on the bed with his PADD on the covers in front of him trying to think of an adequately stern and dismissive response when Bandit, who'd he'd thought had been curled up on the end of the bed, came up to him, purring, and stepped all over the PADD, typing some nonsense into the email and - sending it. Oh no. Then she curled up on the PADD, because it was square, obviously, and slept on it.
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[PADD] To: Ensign Eshen K'Tann From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Afrk ssodj sskms,,1
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 02-Jul-22 04:59 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lieutenant Commander Alizati Dzharok
I will participate in Shore Leave and was wondering if you could look after my pet in my absence. It is a mechanical pet.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 05:03 AM
[PADD] To: Lieutenant Commander Alizati Dzharok From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I'm intrigued and I accept. I should probably meet it first, though.
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 02-Jul-22 05:05 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lieutenant Commander Alizati Dzharok
If you are available now I can bring them over.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 05:11 AM
[PADD] To: Lieutenant Commander Alizati Dzharok From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I am available now.
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 02-Jul-22 05:22 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lieutenant Commander Alizati Dzharok
I will be over shortly.
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And soon enough Alizati was standing outside of the Captain's quarters. Beside him was the hoverchair Allan had made for his furby with said furby curled up in the seat. He chimed the bell and awaited a reply. As per his outfit earlier, he had slim fit black trousers with a white button up shirt, the first few buttons undone. Handsome lawyer attire. His cobalt blue hair combed back with angy vulcan eyebrows and romulab forehead ridges showing.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 05:30 AM
Mo answered the door in standard uniform, because he was a boring bitch, but he did appreciate Alizati's Look - not that he would ever be bold enough to say anything. He was just about to say something when he fully processed the sight of what was next to Alizati, and his usually grim expression relaxed almost immediately. It was something a person used to reading the microexpressions of other Vulcans would definitely detect. "Is that a fuckin' furby?" With three heads, no less?
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 02-Jul-22 05:54 AM
Alizati was perplexed by the Captain's response to the furby. That mixed with his accent as he swore actually did illicit a very subtle furrow of his brows. The three headed furby chirped and all six eyes blinked at Mo in unison. "Captain Mephistopheles Mo, this is," Alizati pointed to the longest head in the middle. "Bir," He then pointed to the head on the right, the fluffiest of the bunch. "Ikki," And lastly to the shortest but definitely most energetic. "And Yuch. It means, One, Two, Three in Uyghur," He explained calmly. Around Bir's long neck was a collar with their names and Alizati's information if they were to escape.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 06:44 AM
Whoops, professionalism. Then again, Mo never thought professionalism was as simple as dissecting the way a person talked. Some people had accents and swore; didn't mean they couldn't do their job. Also, how are you supposed to professionally react when a man asks you to babysit his three-headed furby? "Bir, Ikki, Yuch. A'ight, I'll remember." He had a damn good memory so he was certain he would... Unfortunately, his roleplayer didn't, so they weren't so certain. "Right. Lieutenant Commander Alizati Dzharok, please come in so your creation can acclimatise to my quarters, and we can formally meet, 'sides that one time they escaped. I'd be curious to see the schematics of it." He was acting pretty calm considering this thing was what he'd call 'fuckin' adorable'. His quarters was still under-decorated, aside from the plate that looked like stained glass and cursed Ferengi he got from Delta Delights, and a few machines of his own he was working on strewn about the place, including a tamagotchi on his desk, taken apart, as well as a sketchbook full of designs. In the corner, there was a large enclosure containing a piece of driftwood with holes in it, a mossy floor with a few hidey-holes, and rubber ducky isopods crawling over it it. Bandit perked up from her usual place on the end his bed and tilted her head lazily towards the Furberus with a small 'mrrrp?', the well-known Cat Activation Noise.
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 02-Jul-22 06:59 AM
Alizati nodded and stepped inside the Captain's quarters. He had nothing to say about the lack of decorations as his quarters did not look very different. The Furberus seemed to have already gotten the hang of driving the hoverchair and followed Alizati into the room on their little chair. His eyes caught sight of the enclosure with the isopods, fascinating. He was familiar with the species, although honestly bugs were not his favourite. They had a real knack for squeezing between mechanical parts and causing issues. He heard the sound of a terran feline, of course the Captain kept one of them. It seemed his furby also noticed and Bir, Ikki, and Yuch slithered off of their chair to see the cat. "As their temporary caretaker I will give you all the information you need. They are a gift I am working on for my little sister, their main feature is playing Kal-toh. Their hoverchair has a Kal-toh board built in, Ensign Allan made it for them."
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 08:11 AM
Mo liked Allan just a smidge more hearing that. Not that he disliked him before. Actually, Allan reminded him of himself when he was a wee young Engineer. "Oh, I see. I've played some Kal-Toh in my time. Interesting game." He was pretty good at it, considering it was the sort of game that matched how he thinks generally, but he'd only played casually with one or two bog-standard Vulcans. Bandit observed the three-headed creature slithering up to it, sniffing the air. Hmmm... No scent? But pointy ears, beak. Cat? Bird? Catbird? Her fur stood on end - she didn't like the slithering body language, too much like a snake, and she softly batted a paw at its body. Not attacking, investigating.
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 02-Jul-22 08:26 AM
"They have gotten better, I am sure they would be willing to play with you," Alizati said as he observed the cat investigating his mutant furby. The three headed furby allowed the cat to swat a paw at it, remaining perfectly still. Despite supposedly not being sentient,t hey seemed to understand the world around them quite well. "To the matter at hand. I will be going to Mol'Rihan for a few days to visit family," Alizati said plainly, clasping his hands behind his back. "I will be available via PADD if there is any trouble. Bir, Ikki, and Yuch do have a collar so if they escape they can be returned. I will transfer all the necessary information to you and of course in an emegency they can be turned off."
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 08:41 AM
Hmmm. Coming home at the end of the day to play Kal-Toh with a three-headed furby his chief engineer made? That actually sounded kind of nice. And bizarre. He couldn't wait to tell Mika about this. ...What? Um, anyway, "Good to know. Hopefully the station won't blow up without you." Especially considering they had no ACEO at the moment. At least he used to be CEO himself. That might help at some point. "Got all that. Though I wonder why you're askin' me to do this - not that I'm against it at all. I could guess at your logic, but better to just ask these things." Bandit's fur relaxed, seeing that this catdog was not also snek. She moved closer to give one of the heads' fur and beak a sniff, her little nose a-twitching.
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 02-Jul-22 08:46 AM
"Because I recall you also were interested in retro tech-- specifically Tamagachis. I am also aware of your engineering background and it is only logical to place them in your care in my absence," Alizati explained, just like a good Vulcan android speaking without any emotion or change in tone. The meditation was helping, all he had to do was keep it up during his stay on Mol'Rihan and he'd be good to go. His eyes were focused on the station commander, completely ignoring what his furby was doing. All three heads stared at Bandit, their six eyes blinking. Yuch let out a small whine before Bir moved towards Bandit to try and imitate her motions. The furberus could not twitch their noses but they could blink and purr and that is exactly what they did. All of this was happening whilst Alizati calmly spoke to the Captain.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 08:57 AM
"Yup, that's what I was guessin' at," Mo said, eyes flicking to his cat and the Furbydra, then up to Alizati again. Logical as always. "Well, if you're gonna send me most of the instructions I s'pose that's more or less it. Though, while you're here, I 'ave been meaning to ask how you've been findin' the CEO position during your time here." It wasn't a superfluous question; as the Captain and an ex-CEO, Mo was more or less the most qualified person on the ship for Alizati to talk to about his job. Plus, what with the recent incidents, he kind of wanted to know if the guy was doing okay, but asking Vulcans that was always awkward. Bandit's ears perked up. Purrs! She knew that sound, it was Good, Safe. And if they were Good and Safe, that meant it was time for Mischief. She crouched down on her front paws and wiggled her butt, wanting to play.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 08:58 AM
While furby and cat action was going down in Mo’s quarters, a message arrived on his PADD. [PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Hey, Captain, Pretty sure you’re on holidays, too (at least I fucking hope so), so I don’t want to bother you and you can totally ignore this message if you want, since it’s not a pressing matter. However, I would like some engineering related advice. Let’s say, hypothetically, if my little brother bought a 21st century type Vespa and I wanted to turn it into a hover bike, do you think that would be doable? And, if so, how would I go about doing it? Thanks in advance! - Namika Grey P.S. I’m not looking for a step by step manual, I know how to build a hover bike, but old-timey tech is just not my area of expertise.
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 02-Jul-22 09:09 AM
He glanced over at Mo's cat interacting with his furby, taking note that the feline looked ready to play. He was not opposed to his 'pet' interacting with others, after all they got along well with Puff the Tribble. He was more worried about damage to their fur from the cat's claws. They were a metal skeleton covered in synthetic fur, which was a lot less complicated than his own synthetic skin. He looked back at the Captain when he inquired about his job. An odd question, but he also knew it was his job to make sure his senior staff was satisfied with their work lives just as much as their personal lives (not that Alizati had a personal life tbh). "I am functioning within normal parameters. The remaining staff are aware of their responsibilities in my absence, which should only be a couple days," Alizati answered, dark eyes shaking ever so slightly as he looked back at the captain. "Now may I ask you a question, Captain?"
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 09:14 AM
Functioning within normal parameters. A very Vulcan Android thing to say. He didn't have a clue what this question might be about, though. "You may speak freely." Bandit rolled onto her back and batted at the catbird's body. No play? Maybe they thought she was Bad and Unsafe. She started to purr.
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 02-Jul-22 09:30 AM
"Your accent intrigues me. Is there a reason you have chosen a terran accent despite your upbringing outside of Federation space? As I understand it many people tend to imitate those they admire, however I am curious to know your reasoning for adopting such a way of speaking," He asked, very direct as always. One thing he was glad he didn't lose when updating to Alizati Dzharok was his confidence in his voice. The furberus purred and Ikki extended his head to nuzzle against Bandit. They seemed to be enjoyinf the attention and were even beginning to imitate more of Bandit's actions. Yuch chirped and looked towards the hover chair, trying to slither back to the device on his own and drag his two brothers with him.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 09:51 AM
Aha. The Question. Somehow it felt inevitable that it would be a Vulcan asking it. "You're on the nose already. It's the accent of the first human I ever met: Captain of a Starship, sponsored me into the Federation, taught me Standard. I coulda tried to speak in the... Well, standard Standard accent, but his was, uh... Culturally significant. He was fine with me stealin' it; said it was like he was passing down an heirloom to his kid." Mo paused and looked at Bandit and the three furby stooges. Bandit purred and headbutted Ikki, but caught sight of where Yuch was trying to go, slinked over and hopped onto the hoverchair herself. A queen on her throne! But she did leave room for the others. Very polite to her subjects. Mo looked back at Alizati. "He's very dead, though. Dominion War. So I keep a part of him alive when I talk like this. We humans're sentimental like that." Oddly, Mo didn't sound particularly sad talking about this. It had happened when he was around 16, after all; yonks ago, years to grieve, and he'd already been thoroughly over his loss in therapy. He just sounded like he was giving a factual and informative answer to a question, which he was. 'O Captain, My Captain' still made him cry whenever he read it alone, though. "Hope that satisfied ya."
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 02-Jul-22 10:06 AM
So he was right, there was a human with that accent that the captain admired. It was not unheard of hearing about students who copy their teacher's dialects or ways of speaking. Alizati himself spoke with a distinct Rateg accent when he spoke Rihannsu because that's how his Romulan father spoke. His gaze softened just a little when he heard the explanation. "Your answer is sufficient," Alizati responded, his eyes darting back to see the Captain's feline with the furby-- boardng the hoverchair. He watched as the furberus slithered onto the chair, wondering what this new team would do. "Watch them with that hoverchair," He pointed to the fantastic four and looked at the Captain. "I have said all I needed to. I will send you the information about Bir, ikki, and Yuch as agreed."
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 10:26 AM
"I'll watch 'em. Thanks for trustin' me with this, and have a nice evenin'. See you 'round... When you're back at work, anyway, or at Surak Snacks." He'd been going there more frequently since that time with Mika. Maybe because the place felt more broken in than the other restaurants, maybe because the atmosphere was really relaxing, maybe because he had an easier time eating soup, maybe because it reminded him of her. Who knows. He looked at the Furberus again, smiling slightly at Bandit curled up around the body of the heads. As soon as Alizati was out of that door and he didn't have to keep up any sort of professional facade, he was gonna pet the hell outta that thing.
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 02-Jul-22 10:45 AM
With that settled, Alizati bowed his head and gave the Captain a little Vulcan salute. "Jolan tru," He turned on his heels and headed right out the door and back to his own quarters. Perhaps the Rihannsu seemed incongruent with his otherwise very Vulcan appearance (well, he had the forehead ridges now), but it was his way of trying to adjust to this new life. He was still debating whether or not to keep Dzharok's memories after speaking with Lalisa, although at the moment he was planning on it. As soon as Alizati left the furberus hopped off the hoverchair and tried to follow him out the door. When the doors closed all three heads began to whine, feeling as if they had been left!
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 11:01 AM
Bandit hopped down and headbutted the Furberus, purring in reassurance. Alizati would not be gone forever! Mo left many times, and he always came back! Having heard a faint ping earlier, Mo picked up the furby and sat cross-legged on his bed, putting the furby next to him and petting one of its heads as he checked his PADD. How intelligent was this thing? Would it be better if he spoke Vulcan to it? But he didn't know Vulcan. He knew Rihannsu, though. "He's not goin' forever," Mo said, in bizarre but gentle Cockney-Ferengi accented Rihannsu, "He'll be back. Gimme a minute and we can play Kal-Toh if you want, yeah?" Oh! A message from Mika! His heart jumped a little. Another element of what had been a pretty good day, what with Saren and his little velociraptors, too. [PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
It would be doable, but it depends on how much of a bike of Theseus you want it to be. If you send me schematics or a picture, I can give you some suggestions. - Captain Mephistopheles Mo
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 11:13 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
We’re willing to replace whatever it takes, but we are trying to maintain the design. Here’s some pics. [attachment: vespa_schematics.pdf] [attachment: vespa_nudes.pnj] I also have an old hoverbike at my disposal, so spare parts are no problem. - Namika Grey
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 11:28 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Yeah, most of the innards will have to be stripped and replaced. New engine, put holowheels in, such and such. Outer shell can probably be saved, though it'll need a repaint and some extra reinforcement since the metals they used in those days ain't as sturdy as the ones we use today. Attached are my annotations of the schematics and further suggestions. [attachment: vespa_theseus] P.S. Interesting file name. P.P.S. Do you know what a furby is?
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 11:32 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
You’re a saint, thanks. My brother and I are forever in your debt. Ah, not a good thing to say to a Ferengi, is it? P.S. Coming from the guy who names his holodeck events “busted by the coppers”; a little hypocritical, don’t you think? Let me have my fun. P.P.S. no. I’m suspecting something tamagotchi-like?
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 11:50 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
No, it's not. I own your soul now. Look at this picture and I'll give it back. [attachment: bandit_furberus_cuddle_pile.png]
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 11:52 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
This just in: Lower decker killed by Station Commander of 777. Murder weapon: cuteness. Seriously though, love the cat, but what the actual fuck is that thing? I feel like that might actually steal my soul.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 11:57 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I'm babysitting. You don't think the Furberus is cute? Demoted, sorry.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 12:06 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
It’s cute in a scary way, sorry. - Ensign Namika Grey P.S. I’m also babysitting! [attachment: Peruvian_sibling_time.png]
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 12:13 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Ok, Cadet. This must be the kid brother you told me about. Tell him I said something cool and Captainly.
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[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
That was a mistake. You're just going to tell him I said 'something cool and Captainly' word for word now.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 12:16 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
You bet your latinum that’s what I’m gonna say. - rankless Namika Grey 😔
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[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Also, have you ever played monopoly?
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 12:23 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I love monopoly. It's like a much simpler version of a game we have on Ferenginar.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 12:25 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
I knew it. Rico is saying I either have to stop texting now, or let you meet him and since the latter would result in debates about finances, I think I’m signing off now.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 12:30 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Sorry, didn't mean to monopolise your time. [attachment: bandit-paw-wave] P.S. You owe me a game now.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 12:33 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Oh, wow, dad jokes. I should have seen that one coming. Anyways, have a nice day wherever you are on holidays! P.S. You can use monopoly to win your jacket back. Chances of beating me are through the roof.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 02-Jul-22 08:41 PM
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To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo @Mo┊Eshen┊Men 
From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Hey, Captain, Not even sure what time it is for you right now, but I am jet lagged and am awake before any of my family members, so I am messaging you for no reason. Actually, scratch that; I do have a reason. I wanted to ask if you’re on the station next week? Second week of shore leave, I mean. I’ll be back on 777 and I should return the jacket. - Cadet Grey I guess P.S. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a Peruvian sunrise. So, you’re welcome. 
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 08:08 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Sorry for the late reply, I was asleep. I will be here all of shore leave. No returning the jacket unless I win it, those are the rules. - DaiMon Mo P.S. That is a beautiful picture. It has been a long time since I've seen a real horizon.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 08:21 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
I’m more than fine with those rules. You would see more real horizons if you didn’t spend your shore leave time in your fucking work place. Honestly would have expected you to go to Ferenginar, DaiMon Mo.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 09:15 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
In all honesty, it feels weird to go on holiday when so much has happened on the 777 recently. If I leave, it might blow up or something. I'll take next shore leave off, maybe.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 09:21 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
“maybe”?! Gee, I’m reconsidering my captaincy goal. Holodeck Night next week? You owe me a cool programme and you can’t not catch a break during shore leave.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 09:57 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
If you insist, Captain Grey. Holodeck Night it is.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 10:01 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Something cool and Captainly. - Captain Grey P.S. Have you decided on a program yet? Also would you be interested in an alpaca keychain?
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 10:04 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I'm starting a rebellion. - Mutineer Mo P.S. You had a pirate one in mind, if I recall, so I'm fine to do that. Also, yes, but I don't have any keys.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 10:24 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
I am shocked, I thought I could trust you. - Marooned Captain Grey P.S. You have tamagotchis though.
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[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
[attachment: alpaca_for_Mutineer]
Namika sent a picture of an ancient keychain, a plastic alpaca whose colours had long faded and it was missing one ear.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 10:37 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
That's adorable. I'll allow you to purchase your way back onto the station with that. - DaiMon Mo
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 10:39 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
That’s good, because I’m starting to like that station for inexplicable reasons. Not that staying in Peru would be so bad, but I can only build so many hover bikes until I get bored.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 12:14 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Maybe I'm just what the kids call a 'nerd', but that sounds like a fun time to me. Although I suppose I would want to build other things eventually too. Like tamagotchis. And furbies.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 02:38 PM
The reply came almost half an hour later, since Mika had been busy with customers and talking to her mother. [PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Tinkering is great, but I would miss shuttle flying after a while. Speaking of, might get my level 5 pilot license soon! Now that I’m already on earth. On an unrelated note, I’ve been thinking about that conversation we had in Surak Snacks. You said if you had enough clout to change something in Starfleet, you wouldn’t use it to approve starfleet shorts (which is fair) and it made me wonder; what would you change?
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 04:24 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I'm not sure exactly what I would change, but there are certain elements of the current legal system I dislike, particularly with regards to external parties resolving local disputes. I can't elaborate on that too much, though. You should get your license.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 04:27 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Interesting. And I will get my license. That sim we run through shortly after I met you, it was a level 5 training program. I didn’t kill us back then, so I guess I’m good to go! By the way, what’s your zodiac sign?
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 04:43 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Good luck. 👍 Whatever one the 6th of January is.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 03-Jul-22 04:47 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Capricorn. Huh. Suits you. Anyways, thanks!
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 05-Jul-22 02:24 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
This will sound random, but are you okay?
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 05-Jul-22 02:29 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Yeah, I'm fine. It's kind of slow right now, to be honest. Why, should I be worried?
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 05-Jul-22 02:34 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Okay, good. I just had a weird nightmare, that’s all. So, I don’t suppose you should be worried, unless you believe in dream fortune telling, or something.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 05-Jul-22 07:42 PM
After sitting in her bed in Peru for about 20 minutes, staring at her PADD, unable to find any sleep, Namika decided to throw her thoughts about professionalism out of the window. So what if it was weird to text your superior officer in the middle of the night? She was sleep deprived, she was allowed to make illogical decisions. [PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
What are you up to anyways, if things are “kind of slow”?
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 05-Jul-22 07:50 PM
A message sent immediately afterwards: To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Sleeping. G'night.
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Then, twenty minutes later: To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Can't fucking sleep. You ever seen Jurassic Park?
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 05-Jul-22 07:55 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Hah, well, we have something in common, then. I think I’ve seen Jurassic Park once, ages ago. Do not remember anything apart from that one scene where the Tyrannosaurus Rex attacks the car. Or was that in Jurassic World??
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 05-Jul-22 08:06 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Yeah, that's from the first one. Scared the shit out of me. An acquaintance of mine made a sim of it - I should show you sometime. Don't worry, you won't get eaten.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 05-Jul-22 08:17 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Oh, that sounds cool! Especially the not getting eaten part. Guess we have more ideas for Holodeck Nights, then. Who’s that acquaintance? By the way, the Vespa hover bike is slowly coming together and looking very cool! Thanks for your help, again.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 05-Jul-22 10:38 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Saren Morvar. Angular man, resting bitchface but actually a chill guy, into dead things. Send update pics on the vespa.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 07:08 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
I will refrain from drawing parallels between Saren Movar and you. Here’s some pics: [attachment: the_mess_you_made.png] [attachment: rico_trying_to_decipher_notes.png]
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 07:18 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Would be practical if you were here.
Namika decided to send that, because she was sleep deprived, so she was allowed to indulge in the fantasy of Mo coming to Peru and tinkering with her. For professional reasons. Yeah.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 12:06 PM
Would be practical if he was there. Was that some kind of... Subtle invitation? No, it couldn't be. Holodeck were one thing, but going on holiday with someone would explicitly propel them right into friends territory. It surely couldn't be... Which Mo was disappointed by, because it's not like he had anything else to do here.
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[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I do tend to get along with Vulcanoids, as long as they don't mind my superfluous rambling. Unfortunately, I'm not. I want to ruffle your brother's hair, though. He looks very ruffle-able.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 12:30 PM
Namika stared at the message, blinked and then grinned, as she imagined Mo ruffling Rico’s hair. Mo would be the kind of person Rico would look up to. Not literally of course, Mika supposed that Rico wasn’t small enough to literally look up to Mo. Mika really wanted to invite Mo. She wanted to show him Peru, wanted to sit in the shed with Mo and Rico and improve the hoverbike design… But that was too much, wasn’t it? They knew each other for, what, a few months? Maybe less? And he was still her superior officer! Damn. So, unfortunately, she refrained from inviting him. It would have been weird to tell her parents ‘Hey I’m not bringing my boyfriend, but I’m bringing my superior officer!’ Yeah, definitely crossing too many lines. [PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Yes, Rico’s hair is very ruffle-able. He would like you, probably. He’s into engineering and finances; need I say more? Actually I am having another Holodeck idea right now! How much time do you have next week, Captain? Can I book you?
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 06:43 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
He'd do well in my pirate crew. I have time, between my job, furby sitting, and this elaborate, fundamentally useless contraption I'm building that feeds me a five-course meal in the most impractical way possible.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 06:57 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
I am: intrigued. It is currently 2am and I want to know about your feeding contraption.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 07:18 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Well, apparently it's easier for me to eat if I make the process of doing so completely unlike eating, a.k.a. Completely batshit. I can show you a video, but this is the most foolish I've ever looked in my whole life, so I need you to sign a contract and a blood oath that you'll never show it to anyone else, ever.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 07:24 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Captain Mephistopheles Mo, I swear by my goddamn life and all the times I’ve escaped death that I will never show it to anyone, ever. Now can I see the video?
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 07:26 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Here it is. Prepare to lose all respect for me, ever. [feeding_contraption.mp4]
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 11:26 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
I… don’t even know what to say to that except that it’s low key impressive you actually got that thing to work!? I’m a big fan of the corn thing honestly. Respectfully, this is ridiculous, but you just made my night! Also, you know you could just drop by my quarters sometime and get actual self cooked food instead of replicated. I will forever insist that fresh is better than replicated.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 11:36 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Thanks, glad I could amuse you, though I hope that doesn't give you any weird food dreams. It's my new magnum opus, an invention and an art piece that has no use and or meaning. Well, the thing about that is, I can be... Picky. I don't like eating people's home cooking using their grandma's sacred recipe and then having to say I didn't like it because my brain decided that a certain texture is bad suddenly or there's too many spices for my bland tastes or it has cilantro in it. I don't really feel bad about hurting a replicator's feelings if I don't like it. Besides, whether food is nice or not doesn't have anything to do with whether I can eat it or not. It's complicated.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 11:43 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
You’re aware I’m going to take that as a challenge, aren’t you? This is an official invitation to come by for lunch sometime next week. You don’t have to, of course. But I promise I’ll make something not spicy and not weird and I won’t be offended if you don’t like it!
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 06-Jul-22 11:58 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I accept your invitation... But I'd rather you didn't take it as a challenge. I'm not offended, but this is a problem I've had my whole life, even when my ex tried to help me with it. I don't want to set up any kind of expectation that it'll get better if you just feed me the right thing because you might end up terribly disappointed. To be honest, sometimes I'll just decide I don't like something I've liked for years.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 07-Jul-22 12:04 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Not a challenge then. You talked to me about this once I think. About how you grew up eating the cheapest replicator stuff - I could see how that would mess up your relationship with food in general. You know what? Just come by my quarters when I’m back, you don’t have to eat, but I suppose there will be food (because I’m me) and I want to give you something anyways. Something not food related.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 07-Jul-22 12:18 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Food isn't really food for me. It's objects with flavours that cost money, or replicator rations. I don't know if that makes any sense. I can do that. Does this have anything to do with the zodiac thing? I forgot to ask you why you asked that.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 07-Jul-22 12:22 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Makes sense. I think. And, it may have! But I am not telling anything else. I wanna see first reactions live. I hope you’ll like it, but I think I did fine. We’ll see. Anyways, I might actually wanna catch some sleep. And so do you, probably. Sorry for keeping you.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 07-Jul-22 12:32 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Good night, DaiMon.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 07-Jul-22 08:16 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Slight change of plan, will be arriving on the station Tuesday evening. Thought I’d let you know.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 07-Jul-22 08:20 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Thanks. Everything alright?
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 07-Jul-22 08:42 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Tricky question but I suppose the answer is yes. Just got a bunch of shit on my mind.
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Narrator BOT 07-Jul-22 10:20 AM
A low whirl came from the corner of the room as the hover chair began to move. In the driver's seat was everyone's favourite furby with queen bandit herself!! They were making a break for the door !!
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 07-Jul-22 10:22 AM
Mo looked up. "Computer, lock door." But then he looked at Bandit and the Furberus in the chair. "You wanna go out?" It would probably be fine if he supervised.
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Narrator BOT 07-Jul-22 10:52 AM
The furberus made a soft coo-ing noise as Bir extended his head up and the other two heads extended outwards. A Furby T-pose if you will. Yuch said something in Vulcan, but the words were jumbled as their vocal processor was not fully developed. It was something Alizati had in the works, but until then the furberus would speak in static.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 07-Jul-22 11:05 AM
"Uh... Hold on." Mo looked up 'Vulcan for dummies' on his PADD. Learning wasn't too hard since he already knew Rihannsu, but the two of them trying to communicate with his weird accent and the Furbies' garbled speech was proving to be a complication. He could fiddle with the vocal processor himself, but he didn't want to mess with Alizati's creation. "Want... Out?" Mo said in Vulcan. "Nod yes if so, shake heads if no."
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Narrator BOT 07-Jul-22 11:29 AM
All three heads nodded in unison, Ikki, the head on the right, let out a muffled yipping noise. Alizati was not going to let his creation be loud and obnoxious so the sounds were actually still at a normal room-level.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 07-Jul-22 03:43 PM
"Alright. Well..." Mo squinted at his PADD. "Stay on chair, let go out. Agree?" That way he could maneuver the chair around if need be. He also looked sternly at Bandit as if he expected her to answer the question along with the Furberus, even though she wouldn't be listening to him even if she knew what he was saying. Bandit just squinted at him and gently headbutted Ikki.
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Narrator BOT 07-Jul-22 03:45 PM
Ikki squeaked when he was headbutted and Yuch pressed a button to move the chair forward. Onwards into the vast unknown of the station! Bir looked curiously at Bandit and mew'ed at her, imitating her cat noise perfectly.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 07-Jul-22 03:51 PM
Mo stood up and kept a firm hold upon the hoverchair. "Alright, but we come back here after half an hour. Computer, unlock door." Then he just let the Furberus lead him wherever it wanted to go, while Bandit made an inquisitive 'mrrrp?' sound at Bir.
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Narrator BOT 08-Jul-22 12:37 AM
The Furberus did not seem displeased with having a chaperone, however they did try and speed up the chair to attempt to throw off the captain. Yuch had his face on the controls, Ikki was nuzzling Bandit and now Bir was chirping as loud as he could. The chair went zoomin' towards the #upper-habitat-corridor.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 08-Jul-22 10:17 AM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
[attachment: radical_stuff.mp4]
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[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
Totally not an attempt to impress you at all.
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It was a video of Mika doing a very cool double flip off of a cliff and into the ocean. Rico could be heard cheering in Spanish in the background of the video.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 10-Jul-22 01:49 PM
[PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
[attachment: hovervespa.mp4]
It was the video of Rico taking the green hover Vespa for a spin. The fields and the interested alpacas were on it. Rico could be heard laughing over the sound of the engine. In the end of the video, Mika could be heard saying ‘Tengo todo eso en video.’
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 10-Jul-22 07:45 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I'm not gonna lie, that looks sick as hell. I'm glad your brother looks like he's having fun, too. I only wish you could bring it here somehow so I could see it in person. Bit much to transport, though.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 10-Jul-22 10:46 PM
Mika took a studying break to answer him. [PADD] To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Namika Grey
True and it’s technically my brother’s and I doubt he’d let me take it. Maybe it could be turned into a holodeck item! But I’m not good at programming.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 10-Jul-22 10:48 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Give me pictures from enough angles and scans of the internals and I can put something together.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 10-Jul-22 10:51 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
No fair, you’d get to do all the fun work. Teach me programming and I’ll give you hoverVespa info. Deal?
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 10-Jul-22 11:02 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Oh, yeah, sure. Always happy to pass my knowledge on. Not to brag but I have a lot of it, it's just 80% of it is useless. Did you know the Elysia cf. marginata, a type of sea slug, can grow a whole new body from its severed head? Or that shopping malls on old earth and modern Ferenginar are purposefully designed to get lost in so you'll spend more money and this is called the Gruen Transfer? And the dot over the letters i and j is called a tittle?
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 10-Jul-22 11:11 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Looking forward to programming lessons then. I only knew the one about the sea slug, because I’ve lived with Ava for years. But did you know that Victor Hugo’s novel Les Miserables contains a sentence that is 823 words long? And I’ve read that shit. Or did you know that fractal geometry is essential for shuttle piloting and I’ve spent half the day thinking about Mandelbrot fractals? They’re beautiful by the way. [attachment: pretty_maths.png]
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 10-Jul-22 11:28 PM
Mo, who was back from the park and texting Mika lying stomach-down on his bed with his legs kicking the air like a schoolgirl with a crush, sighed in relief. For a second there he was afraid that Mika would think he was really weird for talking about severed slug heads. Then again, he was pretty sure she already thought he was weird, just in a good way. Bandit and the Furberus chilled next to him as he replied: [PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I hope she hasn't told you about the cambrian explosion, because I have a lot to say about the cambrian explosion. Also, I want Slug-o-Cola now. Damn, that is pretty maths. I'd say let me know if you need any help, but I think you got this. What's les mis about? I want to read this sentence, I feel an affinity for it.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 10-Jul-22 11:42 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I don’t know much about the Cambrian explosion, so you’re all good. What’s Slug-o-Cola? Also, I appreciate the offer, but yeah I think I got this. Just a tiny bit nervous and unfocused because of several things on my mind, but I think I’ll be fine. And uh, don’t get me started on les mis or I will literally not stop talking. The book was ground for a musical that I fucking adore! Essentially it’s a love story set in a time of revolution, centred around a guy who is released from an extended prison sentence that he received because he stole some bread. It’s largely about working people, such as the main love interest, Fantine, who works to provide for her daughter but is then fired from the factory. Did I mention you shouldn’t let me talk about this?
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 10-Jul-22 11:46 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
So it's a wordy book about class struggle? Sounds like my cup of tea. Might read it and get back to you. Or watch the musical. Both. Slug-o-Cola is a drink from Ferenginar. It tastes kind of like fizzy lime and pear juice. I'm addicted to it.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 10-Jul-22 11:52 PM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
The long sentence is solely there to describe some lofty price guy called Louis Philippe, by the way. Please let me know what you think of it if you end up watching the musical! Unless you dislike it, in which case I wish for you to never speak to me again. Just kidding. I’d say I’ll try Slug-o-Cola, but the fact that it has slug in the name honestly kind of puts me off. Not to insult some Ferengi businessman in your DMs, but that’s bad marketing.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 11-Jul-22 12:07 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Will do. Its main audience is Ferengi, and we don't have any hangups about eating slugs or bugs. You know what's weird? Cow milk.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 11-Jul-22 12:09 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Listen, I want to argue with you, but first of all, you’re the guy with the power to fire or demote me and second of all, this is distracting me from studying. I’ll see you around.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 11-Jul-22 12:11 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
OK. You should have a nice cup of tea while you study. With alpaca milk.
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Lt. JG. Namika Grey | CMD BOT 11-Jul-22 12:12 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I drink coffee as black as my soul exclusively.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 11-Jul-22 12:15 AM
[PADD] To: Lt. JG. Namika Grey From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
Me too, but I'd try it with alpaca milk. Anyway, I'll leave you to your studies now.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 12-Jul-22 04:14 PM
Mo walked into his quarters with the hoverchair in tow and turned it off again, resting it by his bed, then gently picked Bandit up and sat her down on the corner, her usual napping spot. She immediately flopped over and went to sleep. He then bunched up his covers and made a 'nest' for the Furberus and set it down within it. "Alright, I gotta go for a bit, and when I'm back I'm going straight to sleep, so I'd recommend you shut down for a while." He had no idea if they could understand him, but hopefully his voice was at least reassuring. Then he quickly topped up the dead leaves and detritus on his isopods' enclosure, shook the cursed Ferengi doll to stave off the curse, gave Bandit her wet food (which she immediately woke up and dashed to), washed up a bit in the bathroom, and changed into a uniform shirt that didn't have oil on the sleeves. He did all this very quickly, about 7 minutes. He left soon afterwards, locking the door behind him.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 18-Jul-22 03:04 AM
After a long dinner with Mika that hopefully contained no dramatically character-altering developments, or perhaps before, Mo sat in his quarters finishing up his last game of Kal-Toh with the Furberus. He'd really bonded with Ikki, Bir and Yuch, and would be sad to see them go. They were on their throne and he was sat on the edge of the bed, and Bandit was nuzzling one of their heads. While Ikki and Bir thought about their move (Yuch was distracted by Bandit), he took out his PADD and messaged Alizati to come collect his children, then made his final move as he was waiting. But did he win? Who knows.
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 18-Jul-22 03:22 AM
[D] After a rather interesting day at work, Alizati made his way back to the upper habitat ring where his quarters were. That is when he got the PADD message from the commander saying that his furberus was ready for pick up. It was strange going through his every day without the three headed furby in his life. Perhaps if he were human he would even say he missed their presence in his life. Alizati approached the commander's door, dressed in his standard uniform with hair perfectly combed. Seriously, there was not a day where this man did not look like he walked out of the Starfleet dress code manual. He chimed the bell and waited. It didn't take long for the furberus to sense the return of their father and all three heads sprang up off of the throne together, chirping as loud as they could (which was a low hum, Alizati made sure they could not be loud). They slithered towards the door and waited.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 18-Jul-22 03:49 AM
It was hard not to smile at the Furberus' enthusiasm. Mo picked up the abandoned Bandit and slithered to the door as well - just kidding, he walked, then opened the door manually in his black formal shirt with galaxy decorations near the buttons and on the collar, as well as his zodiac sign, Capricorn. He'd done a little more research and discovered they were an pretty big on Earth - he would say about 75% of people knew what their star sign was. He didn't get it, but it did lend itself well to certain aesthetics. "Lieutenant Commander Alizati Dzharok."
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 18-Jul-22 03:56 AM
"Captain Mephistopheles Mo," Alizati said after Mo had spoken. As to be expected the station commander was dressed sharply, he expected nothing less. The dress shirt with the buttons and galaxy deocarations were quite stunning, Alizati also enjoyed the night sky aesthetic. It was hard to ignore the elephant in the room though, well Furberus in the room. The three headed furby wasted no time slithering to Alizati's feet and purring. "Bir, Ikki, Yuch, I hope you behaved for the nice Captain," Alizati picked up the triple furby and held them in his arms. Perhaps it was Dzharok or maybe Allan's enthusiasm, but for the first time Alizati was actually showing his 'pet' some affection. He allowed Bir to wrap his long head around his arms whilst the other two heads rested on his shoulders. "Did they behave?" He asked Mo, perfect monotone and emotionless stare.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 18-Jul-22 04:02 AM
"Not entirely, but I discovered they behaved a little more when they were taken to newer and more stimulatin' environments than one's quarters. Seein' as they have intelligence above even a dog or a parrot, I think they kinda need to be let out more often, if that makes sense. They have machine learnin' and yet there's only so much to learn in one place, really." Bandit, who was in Mo's arms, stared curiously at Alizati, blinking slowly.
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 18-Jul-22 04:14 AM
"I see. It seems that their machine learning capabilities are above what I initally thought. I may have to classify them as sentient with how they are acting," As soon as he said the word 'sentient' the furberus chirped and mewed, clearly happy to hear that they were no longer going to be considered just a machine for Kal-Toh. "Did you play Kal-toh with them? I am interested in having them play against a variety of opponents of all different races."
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 18-Jul-22 04:21 AM
"I did. Honestly, I think I learned as much as they did. I could stand up to ya in a match now, probably." He would lose most times, still, because this was a goddamn Vulcan Android, but he could pull off some of the sick moves in Kal-Toh For Dummies. "Bandit's grown quite fond of 'em, too."
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 18-Jul-22 04:26 AM
"I would be interested in a match against you," Alizati said, no judgment in his voice even though he had a feeling he would most likely win. Kal-toh was not about winning or losing though, it was about the process of contemplating each move and testing one's logic. Competition for the sake of competition was illogical, what mattered was the knowledge one acquired along the way. "Fond? I see. It is good to know that they did not cause you or your pet trouble. May I ask where exactly they explored? So that I may take them to places they have not yet seen," Alizati asked, looking curiously at the hover chair in the corner and then at the cat that was still staring at him.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 18-Jul-22 04:36 AM
"The #parkland mostly, and #main-shuttlebay," Mo said, though he didn't pronounce the hashtags. "I think the environmental ring has a lot of interestin' visual stimuli for 'em to process. Didn't try the utility ring, though; too many people. And yeah, just message me any time you're up for a game I s'pose. Is it illogical to ask how yer holiday was?"
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 18-Jul-22 05:03 AM
"I concur about the utility ring. I would like them to ease into life amongst others aside from myself and my associates," Alizati said as he gently put the furberus down on the ground. They slithered over to the hover chair and got back on their throne which they seem to have grown quite fond of in just two weeks. "Perhaps. There is weekly Kal-toh nights at Surak Snacks, anyone is invited as long as they adhere to the noise regulations," Alizati told Mo, thinking it would be nice if the station commander joined them. It would certainly draw the attention of the other players. "It is not illogical. My holiday was interesting. I met my Romulan family and have obtained Romulan citizenship. For clarification Dzharok was half Romulan and I met with his living relatives."
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 18-Jul-22 05:28 AM
"Oh shit, lore. Wish I could say somethin' more interestin' but I've just been buildin' useless machines. I've heard of Kal-Toh nights; I'll turn up sometime this week, probably, if my schedule allows." Seeing that the Furberus was on its throne, Bandit wiggled out of Mo's arms and joined its one slash three friends on it and looked at them both expectantly, as if expecting to be taken somewhere. It seemed Bandit did not quite understand the purpose of Alizati's visit.
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 18-Jul-22 06:48 AM
Lore? Alizati didn't understand why the Captain was talking about him like he was some character in a story. He did not show his confusion on his face though, of course. "It seems you had a fulfilling shore leave. I look forward to seeing you at Surak Snacks Kal-toh nights," Alizati said as he walked over to the hover chair. He watched as his furberus began to move the chair. "There is another matter I wish to discuss with you. In regards to Ensign Preston's work report."
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 18-Jul-22 02:45 PM
Mo wrinkled his nose slightly. "Ah, right, that. Discuss away. Although, if it's gonna take a while I need to sit on my couch." And so he walked in slightly and sat down. He didn't usually invite people into his quarters, but his poor organic knees didn't like standing this long. The isopods skittered around in their enclosure and a half-assembled coffee machine sat in the corner. The Ferengi toy and the stained glass plate he'd gotten from Delta Delights were still here, too. He should go back there soon.
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 18-Jul-22 02:52 PM
"That is alright," Alizati said as he walked over to the hover chair and offered his arms to Bir, Ikki, and Yuch, who happily slithered up his body and were now wrapped around his neck like a three headed boa. "It has been brought to my attention that Georgia Hill's daughter, Jasmine Hill, showed prejudice against Ensign Elwyn Preston. She called Ensign Preston 'metal lady', an outdated stereotype that assumes all androids are made of metal, and further went on to call her 'Starfleet Property'. When I brought Miss Hill to discuss the matter she tried to justify her actions by citing that other people use such language and the fact that she has faced prejudice herself. I asked Miss Hill if she was familiar with the Starfleet trial of Data v. Maddox and she said she was, yet her actions prove otherwise," Alizati said, all in one breath, slowly and calculated as always. Despite the monotone in his voice, he eyes told a much different story. Dark eyes, shaking ever so slightly, a bit of Romulan rage mixed with calculated Vulcan stoicism. An interesting combination.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 18-Jul-22 03:06 PM
"Yeah, I read the report, though it sounds like she didn't really learn her lesson. I don't understand the property thing; we don't own people these days. Hell, we barely own things as a concept. Like, communal replicators are Starfleet Property only in as much of a sense as they need to be for legal reasons, really." Not like Ferenginar, where the replicators were actually owned by an actual person somewhere up top and you had to pay a fee to use them that went straight into that person's pockets. "Just 'cause other people call you names doesn't mean you get to call other people names. It's basic playground ethics. What would you like me to do about it?"
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 18-Jul-22 03:15 PM
"Perceisely, it is illogical especially in a post-scarcity society such as the Federation. I would like this to be noted on Jasmine's record and, there is one more thing," Alizati was alternating between petting the heads of his furberus. The creature was purring softly, finally getting the attention they had wanted from their father. Ikki seemed most excited about pets, in fact, he was purring the loudest out of the three. "As Jasmine left my office she said, 'I got everything I need in my quarters.' and that she would have more 'fun' in her quarters with less protocols to follow. I believe that is enough to warrent contacting her mother as Jasmine shares quarters with her," Alizati said as he blinked slowly, his gaze shifting from the furberus and then to Mo.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 18-Jul-22 04:15 PM
Jealous of the attention the Furberus was getting, Bandit zoomed beside Mo on her throne and he gave her little noggin some scritches. He was looking at Alizati still, though, and the Furberus. He was gonna miss the cursed creature. Would it be weird to ask if he could visit? He felt like he was losing custody of one slash three children. "Have more 'fun'? That sounds... Ominous. I'll talk to 'er mum, see if she has any insight on the situation."
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 18-Jul-22 04:20 PM
"I would appreciate that," Alizati said as he watched the cat zoom to her owner for some pets. Fascinating how the animals interacted and influenced one another. The furberus slithered down into their throne and moved it beside Alizati. "Thank you, Captain. That concludes all I wished to speak about. I will be keeping an eye on engineering to ensure no unauthorised entry," He said, looking down at the furberus with the hover chair.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 18-Jul-22 04:32 PM
Mo gently lifted Bandit off the throne so Alizati could leave. It took a few goes, since Bandit didn't want to leave the Furberus behind, clinging to the hoverchair with her claws. "Ah, she must'a figured out your presence here means the Furberus might be leavin'. Not happy about it at all. Alright, thanks for bringin' me your concerns."
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Lt. Cdr. Alizati Dzharok | ENG BOT 18-Jul-22 04:37 PM
"With Bir, Ikki, and Yuch, obtaining sentient status, i would be agreeable to having... Playdates if and when you are available," It was not illogical to bring his furby out to see the commander's cat. It was all part of their ongoing mission to seek out new life and new civilisation, to boldly go where no three headed furby has gone before. "Jolan tru, Captain," Alizati gave Mo a Vulcan salute and turned to leave his quarts with his furby in their hover chair following closely behind.
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 04-Sep-22 08:10 AM
And eventually Allan arrived at the door of the Captain's quarters. He was wearing the classic Starfleet shorts & high boots combo, with the same red off-the-shoulder long-sleeved shirt he'd worn a few days ago with Rennie and Eshen, since you could never know how cold or warm someone kept their room and that was a pretty good shirt choice for any temperature. While he had a hunch this might have been something shorts related, Allan imagined it could have been a number of things. Maybe he was just sharing instead of Jericho Giles that they'd finally busted Section 31's location, or maybe he had another fun job for him to do, or maybe Zero had gotten around to presenting the idea of the retro tech club first and they were forming the club together! All of those things were good. But really when it came down to things, all Allan knew that awaited him for sure were a cool arcade machine and a cat as he rang the doorchime.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 04-Sep-22 11:17 AM
"Computer, open door," Mo said. Walking in, Allan would see a number of cat toys strewn across the floor, one of which Bandit had been batting around before Allan walked in, and she went 'mrrrp?' in interest and walked up to him to give his legs a Sniff, and up against the wall there were three large items of significance: A large rectangular enclosure of soil, sticks, moss, leaves, cork bark, and general detritus, along with a small log, which a dozen rubber ducky isopods the size of half a thumbnail were moseying in and out of. Next to it, a coffee machine, Mo's other project that he'd put on pause to make the arcade machine, since Allan'd seemed pretty excited about it - but maybe he could help build it while he was here, if he had time? The third item was, of course, the arcade machine - a tall, chunky thing, a cheesily hardcore black and red pattern, with made up video game mascots up the side, like a pixel art raccoon. Mo himself was sitting on a chair in front of a computer desk (he built the pc himself, obviously). He was in uniform, since he was awarding a promotion and that felt more Official, even though he wasn't really on duty right now. "Hey. Sorry for the mess, Bandit needs a lot of entertainment." He had the brief thought that the Starfleet Shorts and thigh-high boots combo looked really good, but dismissed it before he was brought to the Dark Side, the side of the shorts. (edited)
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 05-Sep-22 01:25 AM
Allan walked into the room, taking a moment to stare into the ... were these bugs? He wasn't really familiar with isopods specifically, but as he peered into the enclosure he just thought these were some Really Cool Bugs. He also noticed the coffee machine - espresso machine? Some sort of machine as he walked across the room to the arcade machine. "Holy shit, you're so good, cat's got to have entertainment of course, and speaking of entertainment..." he said, looking at the machine and the cheesy little pattern on the side that he thought was amazing, "is this a fucking.. pixel art raccoon? I love it," he laughed. He leaned down slightly to hold his hand near the cat to sniff, and if she so allowed after that, gave her a light pet. "Oh, also, I brought... I brought a treat for her, I don't know actually what she likes, but the neighborhood cats where I grew up really liked these little meat sticks," he pulled a wrapped treat out of his bag that was one of those little cat treats that were just that. "If she's allowed to have something like this."
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 05-Sep-22 01:50 AM
Mo nodded as Bandit sniffed Allan, determined he was Safe, and then rubbed the top of her head against his hand, doing half the petting for him. "Yeah, she's allowed. Tryin' to bribe her to like you, I see. Well, it'll work. As for the raccoon thing, yeah, thanks, I, uh, drew it myself. I like raccoons. Actually, I like a lot of animals. Been thinkin' of gettin' some more isopods soon..." He shook his head. Not casual conversation time! Promotion time! "Anyway, you feed her that, then we'll get down to business." To defeat the hur'q.
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 05-Sep-22 02:18 AM
Allan laughed, shaking his head. "Aw, a bribe? Hardly a bribe if she's actually so likeable," he kept petting her head, before opening the treat and feeding it to her, pushing the stick through the wrapping slowly so she didn't eat too much of it at once - sometimes, the neighborhood cats would eat it too fast and not fare too well afterwards. "You drew that yourself!?" he stood up after feeding her the treat and looked at the pixel art raccoon again. "Holy shiiit, Captain, that's... that's really impressive. Have you been promoted to official Starfleet artist yet or like, what?" He turned around and looked back at the Enclosure. "Is that what these are, isopods?" He looked back at the Captain, though. Business? Was the good news Business related? Hm. He wondered what it could be as he sat down on the sofa or whatever seating arrangement was most logical to sit at in this situation.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 05-Sep-22 04:24 AM
Despite Allan's best attempts, Bandit ate the treat as fast as she could, going nyum-nyum-nyum the whole time. "Yeah, I draw little critters sometimes." There were some doodles of a raccoon, a tanuki, and a red panda having a tea party on the desk in front of him, but he was a bit shy about showing people his art sometimes. "I think Station Commander's more than enough work for me, thanks. You can look at the isopods after this if you want. If you're careful, you can just pick 'em up and let 'em crawl on you." When Allan was done feeding Bandit, he rummaged around in his desk drawer, then handed a box to Allan. "Speakin' of promotions..." Inside would be Allan's new pip! "Lieutenant Junior Grade Allan Allen. Now that's a mouthful."
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 05-Sep-22 04:39 AM
"Really!?" Allan asked, to both the drawing critters thing and the being able to picking up the isopods, which he'd never picked up before! He'd picked up all kinds of bugs, worms, tarantulas... but nothing like isopods yet. "Okay, but like, are you sure that as part of being Station Commander isn't being able to plaster your cool art on the side of the base somewhere? Like, you could do it really big so people could see it coming in or out, or you could put it normal-size and nobody would really know until you told them and it's like, just really cool fun Starbase 777 trivia, you know? Speaking of which, we should make a trivia game! I could try hosting it, and maybe Eshen could help, you know, I think we did pretty well with the party, we could totally fit in a trivia night or two, we had them alternating with bingo nights back at the 40 Eridani shipyards." He smiled as he stopped his little ramble, watching as Mo pulled out a box and handed it to him. He blindly took it like people take anything they're handed, and then his brain actually processed once more and he blinked. "Wait - hold up, you're for real!?" Just to make sure this wasn't, like, a prank. Or a dream. If it was the latter Mo would say some crazy shit any minute now or the cat would turn into something weird.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 05-Sep-22 06:52 AM
"'Course I'm for real. I ain't some kinda jokester who pranks people with fake promotions. I'd get court martialed real quick." And what a stupid thing that would be to get court martialed for. As he spoke, Bandit purred and rubber against Allan's leg, not understanding why he'd stopped paying attention to her, Queen of the Quarters. She missed her throne. "You can set up a trivia night if you want, why not. I'll leave that up to you. But I won't go plasterin' my art on things. Frankly, plasterin' it on the side of an arcade machine is as public as I'm gonna make it for now. One day I wanna make a kid's book about raccoons or a platformer game about a blue isopod that curls into a ball and rolls around the place or somethin' like that, but for now drawin' critters is just a hobby."
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 05-Sep-22 07:02 AM
Okay, so this wasn't a prank or a dream. Wow. Allan froze for a moment, looking at the Captain and then his hand, making sure he could see the lines of his palm and - yep, not a dream. He took the hand he'd looked at and carefully pet Bandit with it. "Wow, um, okay, I mean - yeah, haha, it would be - you would be - court martialed..." he opened the box. Yeah, that was a pip alright. For some reason this was just completely out of the blue for him. "Thank you, um- I mean, I'm just like, throwing parties and doing my job and starting silly little things but like. Fuck, I'll take it," he shook his head and laughed, it still seemed so crazy to be promoted. Still, though, he smiled at the Captain. "Thank you, sir."
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 05-Sep-22 07:14 AM
Mo smiled subtly. "You're welcome. Keep up the good work. And it is good work. Don't underestimate yourself. You worked hard, you're reapin' the rewards." He folded his hands on his lap politely. That was it. Promotion done. "And with that, I'm off-duty again." Maybe he should change out of the uniform. "But, uh, like I said, if you wanna look at the isopods and play on the arcade machine, you can. Truth be told I actually had an arcade simulation, not a machine, but you seemed excited about seein' one so I ended up building it anyway. Or you can go tell all your friends the news, I don't mind." What's this? Actually inviting someone to stay and socialise? Unheard of! But inviting Allan to his room hadn't been nearly as awkward as he thought it would be, so maybe it'd be fine? Or maybe he was overstepping? Ugh, making friends was hard.
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 05-Sep-22 07:26 AM
Allan was about to say 'I guess' but then realized that would be underestimating himself and therefore directly defying an order from the Captain which would #notgood. He took the Captain up on the offer instead on looking at the isopods, putting the box away into his bag. "Really? Well, I'm definitely excited to see it and what you ended up loading onto it. Honestly, like, the kid's book sounds great but with something like this, you could absolutely code a platformer game about the blue isopod and load it on," he said as he watched the isopods in the enclosure move about, "I could help, even, if you wanted." Back when he was in high school, he'd coded quite a few cheesy little video games to pass the time and would load them onto his calculator to goof off with in math class. The teachers always had mixed reactions to it.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 05-Sep-22 07:49 AM
Mo stood up and opened glass door of the isopod enclosure, letting one of the tiny crustaceans walk onto his palm. "Open your hand." Then presuming Allan did so, he tipped the isopod gently onto Allan's palm. It curled up at first from the impact, but soon uncurled and started moseying about Allan's hand. It was truly a creature of no thoughts, head empty. It probably didn't even realise they were both other creatures instead of just big moving landmarks. He suddenly realised the situation was a bit strange. 'I went to the Captain's quarters and he gave me a promotion and a bug'. Well, Allan had accepted his offer to stay, he thought, so it couldn't be too weird. "I wouldn't mind some help, actually." He could probably do it on his own, but there was no harm doing it together. "I was also thinking about some kind of isopod management simulator, except all the isopods don't have to be realistic. You personalise 'em, make 'em different colours and patterns." He scratched the back of his neck. "I dunno, it's probably silly. But I like those sorts of pet management games. You still got that tamagotchi?"
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 05-Sep-22 06:14 PM
Allan did in fact open his hand, letting the isopod crawl all around it. In his opinion, 'I went to the Captain's quarters and he gave me a promotion and a bug' was not a weird turn of phrase whatsoever, and actually was extremely fucking cool. Like, if he told that to anybody, they would be like wow dude that's so fucking cool, congrats! And like, this bug was pretty fucking rad. "Do they have names, or - or are there too many of them or do they look too similar for that?" He asked, he wondered if maybe if you looked real close they had differences but maybe they all just kinda looked the same, they were bugs after all. "And I don't think that's silly at all, it sounds really neat, I mean - most arcade machines can actually have a set of games in one machine, you know, so it's... pretty doable, I could definitely help with that." He smiled down at the Captain, then back at the little isopod crawling across his hand. "I do! Actually, this might sound sort of silly, but I actually made an app for my PADD that tells me when Vink needs shit, I was thinking of making a way to control it remotely too but that's probably cheating the game somehow, maybe." Yes, he had named the frog Vink, from the Ferengi word 'vinkling' which meant a pleasant rain. He only thought that would be appropriate given their canoe conversations.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 06-Sep-22 07:32 AM
Vink? Like vinkling? Mo felt... Strangely touched. "That's a fuckin' cute name. You're correct, though - that is cheating. Look after your pet. Shows responsibility. Might get you another promotion one day." He held out a hand so that Allan could let the bug crawl back onto it. "They don't have individual names. I just call 'em the duckling collective, if I can be bothered to call 'em anything. I've got a pretty good memory for humanoid faces, not bug faces." He opened the glass door again and let the isopod crawl back into the enclosure, where it munched on a dead leaf quite happily. "How would we go about doin' that? Makin' the game, I mean. I've never collab'd like that with someone outside of work projects." They could do it in the retro tech club he didn't know potentially existed yet.
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 06-Sep-22 03:36 PM
Allan smiled, really glad that Mo actually thought it was a good name and also glad Mo confirmed his suspicions about that being cheating, and now he could put that idea out of his head. "Thanks! Sometimes I call him like, uh, 'da Vinkling', like, da Vinki? But ..." he laughed a little, maybe that joke didn't make as much sense as he thought it would, and let the bug crawl back onto Mo's hand. "Duckling collective? Now that's cute. I guess they do look like little ducklings if you think about it." He watched as the litte duckling joined the rest of the duckling collective and started munching. "I mean, you kinda treat it like a work project, but a work project with a really low priority, if that makes sense. Like, there's no deadline, but you still meet with your team on a weekly or just a regular basis," he shrugged. "Last time I did a group project to code a game was in the Academy, we had like, three people and we just met up for a few hours every Wednesday. Made a kick-ass platformer where you uh, are basically a tribble searching for quadrotriticale, it was pretty simple but worked out pretty well for the assignment."
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 06-Sep-22 06:07 PM
Mo thought that was fucking hilarious, actually, and he showed it with a laugh. More of a low chuckle, really, but it might as well have been a hundred-decibel guffaw coming from him. "That sounds really interestin', actually. And kinda like this project. Do we just... Do that? Three hours every Wednesday? Or is that too much of a commitment? I'm gonna be totally honest with you, Allen, I'm a bit rusty when it comes to... Social things. How you and Eshen and extraverts in general just kinda do things all the time is beyond me." He was calling him Allen but it sounded kind of like he was calling him Allan. It reminded him of the irony of his last name sounding like a first name, so anyone attempting to be formal ended up being informal. He actually preferred being called Mephis, but he was terrible at telling what point exactly you became on a first-name basis with someone.
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 07-Sep-22 04:55 AM
"I mean, it can be whatever works best for the people in the project. A few hours on Wednesday is just what had worked best for us according to all our schedules, so... 'too much of a commitment is really up to you to decide, M..." he noticed he was about to slip and call the Captain what Mika had called him when they'd skated in the park, because he was calling him Allan and Eshen, Eshen but maybe Eshen and the Captain were on a closer basis than he thought, they were in the same department after all. And of course, having practically the same first and last name didn't help when trying to figure out what someone was calling you. He'd asked his parents why they did that to him once and they simply did not have a great answer. "M...My go-to is usually just asking everybody. Part of being good at social things is you just do exactly that. You do them. It's a fake it til ya make it situation, because eventually it's just you. If that makes sense."
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 07-Sep-22 09:24 AM
Mo called Eshen by his first name because I forgor Eshen had told him that, while he didn't hate being referred to by his last name, he preferred it when non-Klingons used his first, since K'Tann was once a noble house and not a name to be taken lightly by those who didn't understand its importance. Why he has that level of respect for a family he'd never met that had disowned him at birth, Mo could not fathom. Then again, the closest thing he had to family - the crew of the Vulture - were objectively kind of terrible people, and yet he still kept in contact with them. He caught that slip of the tongue and wondered if Allan had been about to call him by his first name. Hmmm. Maybe after they'd spent long enough making this game he might earn first name privileges. "Ah. I've always been a bit of a workaholic, so I guess I haven't had as much practice. Plus, when you're the Station Commander, you can't just go about joinin' every social function you want to. You gotta... Pace things. Couple hours every Wednesday sounds good to me if it sounds good to you, then." (edited)
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 07-Sep-22 02:46 PM
"Believe it or not, I gotta pace things too," Surely not as much as the Station Commander would have to, but between work and all his social functions he really did have to pace it out so he wouldn't get burnt out or anything, which is one of the reasons he failed his first year at the Academy. "Speaking of which, though, Wednesday actually wouldn't work so well since that's Kal-toh with Alizati, do Tuesdays work for you?" Because absolutely nothing could ever interfere with Kal-toh nights! "Speaking of Alizati, there was this guy, Zero I think his name was, in Medical? Said we should all start a retro tech club together. Maybe we could start," he looked back at the old espresso machine and walked over to it, carefully picking up one of the levers that would eventually be attached to the machine. "We could start by putting together something like this, I'm sure they'd get a kick out of that. You've seen Alizati's microwave, right?"
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 07-Sep-22 07:44 PM
"I'll have to check my schedule, but yeah, Tuesday probably works. Retro club sounds fun too..." Hmmm. If he saw Allan for a retro tech club and also to make a game with him, that would mean he saw him twice a week, which would mean he would be... Most of his social life, really. Interesting. Well, he was an entertaining guy to hang out with, at least. Unless he meant for them to make the game in the retro tech club, but he wasn't sure if Alizati and Zero would be interested in making an isopod platformer or not. "We'll have to discuss it more with both of them at some point. Also, no, I haven't seen Alizati's microwave since I haven't been to 'is quarters. I've only been to Mi - to one person's quarters." He wasn't sure why he cut himself off there. It wasn't like he'd gone over to Mika's quarters to do anything scandalous. Perhaps he just missed her and it was easier not to mention her by name too much.
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 07-Sep-22 08:03 PM
"Yeah! Yeah, let me know if Tuesday works and I'll block it off on my end too, and then we can ask the both of them about how they feel about the retro tech club thing to see when they're free, and - honestly, that's half of social functions, arranging a time everyone's free." He laughed, it was something that definitely required a lot of going back and forth, especially for things such as game nights. For some reason, those were the trickiest to organize. "Ahh, okay, I must have assumed that when you said Bir, Ikki, Yuch and Bandit were having playdates, my bad. Yeah, he's got a cool retro microwave in there, among other things. You should check it out someday, maybe even just drop by on a Wednesday when we're playing Kal-toh." He noticed the cut-off and decided this was not a Great Time to pry into that or anything. "Do you have any like, conceptual designs or anything you want me to start working off of already? For the game, I mean?"
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 08-Sep-22 06:14 AM
"They're gonna have playdates, but I haven't scheduled one yet. Schedulin' really is the devil. I wouldn't mind droppin' by, but only if Alizati was okay with it. I don't think he'd be okay with a sudden change of plans like that. Over here," Mo said, approaching his desk again. It was messy, covered with papers, sketches of machines and their inner workings, such as the schematics for the arcade and coffee machines, and doodles of a raccoon, a tanuki, and a red panda having adventures, with cameos from Bandit and the Furberus, but what he pointed out was a few concept art pieces of a blue isopod rolling around a vibrant green area of hovering platforms and pits of thorns to fall into and bug enemies to run into.
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 09-Sep-22 04:50 AM
"Ohhh, that makes sense, yeah... And yeah, I figured that was just sorta assumed, he's definitely not a on the whims kinda guy," he said, following Mo to the desk. He looked at all the different papers before redirecting his eyes to what Mo was pointing out, and then back to the others again - the schematics for the arcade and the coffee machine particularly catching his eye - and then back to what Mo was pointing out yet again - and then, yet again, looking at ... was that the Furberus? Holy shit this guy could draw - and then finally back at the isopod concept art. "Ohh, I really like these," he said finally, "I could definitely make, like, a super rough draft by next Tuesday, do you mind if I scan this for reference...?" On his PADD, of course, to use as reference.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 09-Sep-22 01:04 PM
"Don't mind at all. Go ahead," Mo said, stepping back. That said, some part of him felt a little insecure because he hadn't shown anyone his art in a while and now it was getting scanned... His jut sort of twiddled his thumbs and looked away bashfully 'til it was done, then he straightened his posture with his hands folded behind his back. "So you'd send it to me and then I'd make some changes and then send it back?" Collaboration!
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 09-Sep-22 03:49 PM
Allan nodded, taking a scanned image of the concept art on his PADD and double-checking that it was a clear image and not blurry and also got everything into the shot before he put his PADD back into his satchel. "Something like that. We could do it remote like that, or like, we could actually meet up and test it on the arcade machine each Tuesday and sketch out changes there, whatever works best for ya, Cap," he was very nonchalant about the whole thing since he didn't have a true preference. He got to work on a cool game with the Captain! And that was cool enough however it would be done.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 11-Sep-22 08:04 AM
"Oh, testing it out sounds like a better idea." Wait, meeting up with someone every Tuesday in his quarters? What was he, some kind of extrovert now? "Sure, then. Bandit'll be pleased for the company. The isopods... Well, they don't really have complex enough thoughts to care whether you're here or not." He looked over to them slowly moseying around their enclosure (the game would obviously not be portraying them at a realistic speed), then back to Allan. "Do you actually want to play somethin' now, though?" No use just standing around looking at the arcade machine talking about what games to play on it when they could actually just play the ones already on there.
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 11-Sep-22 11:26 PM
"Works for me," he said, laughing at the bit about the isopods not having complex thoughts. Same. He walked back over to the arcade machine and looked around for the button that would turn it on, and eventually found it and switched it on, assuming it wasn't coin-operated. "Sure! What did you end up putting on it?" he asked, stepping aside from the controls as he looked at the screen curiously. There were like, a thousand different games from a hundred different decades Mo could have put on here, so whatever it was would be interesting, most likely.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 12-Sep-22 11:06 AM
The machine was, indeed, not coin operated. He'd been tempted to make it latinum operated, though. "A lot of stuff was lost after WW3, but some of the most popular stuff survived. There's Sonic and Mario in there and all that, but - frankly, the most interestin' thing is that people are still makin' new games. There's a Klingon fightin' game in there somewhere, that one's two-player."
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 12-Sep-22 02:20 PM
"Really? That's a lot of stuff, so you've got this one hooked up to the 'net?" He asked, it was quite impressive that this had the looks of a 20th-century arcade machine but Mo had built in internet capabilities to be able to download not one, not two, but like - a seemingly infinite number of games made by different people onto the machine. "I'm so down for that, thought, sounds fun. You played it before?"
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 12-Sep-22 02:29 PM
Mo shrugged. "It's not hard. I'd show you, but I feel like you could figure it out yourself just as easily. I ain't played the Klingon game yet - well, I messed around versus the computer for a bit, but it ain't as fun as kickin' the ass of a real person." He smirked. Apparently he was very confident about his skills on a game he'd barely played. Was he some kind of secret fighting game pro? Nope. He was all bark, no bite. "You sure you're up for the challenge?"
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 12-Sep-22 02:33 PM
"Oh?" Allan raised an eyebrow and smiled at the Captain, honestly he would have never guessed when he first came to this station that the Captain was a Certified Gamer ™️, but here he was being challenged to a Klingon fighting game on a 20th-century style arcade machine. "Oh, of course, yeah. Let's fuckin' go." He smirked as well, not knowing what this game would be like but as Mo said, wouldn't be too hard to figure out surely!
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 12-Sep-22 08:18 PM
Certified gamer indeed. And he wasn't half bad at them too. One day he should challenge Allan to beat his Tetris score. Fighting games weren't his forte, but he could certainly... Well, put up a fight, at least. "You wanna make a bet? Last time I did something like this with someone, whoever won got a prize of some kind." That someone was Mika.
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 12-Sep-22 08:34 PM
"A bet?" He gave Mo a rather incredulous look and a daring smile, was the Captain really about to make a bet with him? And a prize? What would he even suggest? He wouldn't dare suggest something ridiculous and out-there like another promotion or something like that... but like... that leather jacket thing was the result of a bet, right? That's what was being referenced, surely. "Sure, sure. What if I win, you've got to wear Starfleet shorts for a week, and if you win...?" He had no idea what Mo would want as a prize, but figured whatever it would be wouldn't be so bad.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 12-Sep-22 08:53 PM
Mo grimaced. And also blushed. Grimace-blush. Interesting combo. "Uh... Sorry, I can't do the shorts, that's just a little... Much for me." Too much thigh! Plus he didn't have the ass for it, as far as he was concerned. "Maybe think of another one. For you, uh... If we're doin' appearance things, maybe you could dye your hair a different colour? The red is iconic though, I should know. Or maybe you could... not wear shorts for a week? Though that feels a little unfair, since I'm not wearin' em."
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 12-Sep-22 09:38 PM
Allan also grimaced, shaking his head. "Yeaaah, I could maybe go back to black, but... anything else.." he laughed it off and shook his head again, waving his hand dismissively. Truth be told, though, he'd spent years as a teenager trying out nearly every color of hair dye he could find and red was really all that he thought looked good, other than his natural black color. Also, be could hardly come up with anything else at the moment. "How about we just go with a classic 'whoever loses buys whatever you want at the shop'?"
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 13-Sep-22 02:16 PM
"I 'ave no idea which shop you're talkin' about, but sure." He pressed the button next to the totally redundant coin slot, and the arcade machine booted up to a pixelated menu displaying a library of games. "Although I think it'd be kind of interestin' to see you with black hair. I've thought about dyin' mine several times just to really go goth." He selected Klingon Kombat from the menu screen, then chose a Klingon warrior with long, flowing locks tied in a long plait that could be used as a weapon in itself. It reminded him of Eshen before the haircut. "You pick one, then let's go."
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 14-Sep-22 04:45 AM
"I mean, any shop will do, but if ya wanted to switch it to whoever loses dyes their hair black, fine with that too," he'd definitely look a bit more goth, especially in combination with his boots he kept wearing everywhere, but such could be the price for losing Klingon Kombat. "Okay, sooo you already took the best one probably, buut-" he joked, he just also thought it reminded him a lot of Eshen before the haircut and that was quite endearing to him, but he'd end up picking a character that had a similar headpiece with studs that Azetbur wore in that one movie, which apparently had some sort of attack bonus attached with it. "Are we doing a practice round first, or we just going with it?"
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 15-Sep-22 12:58 AM
"I guess we do a practice round, to get you familiar with the mechanics. Would be unfair not to, since I already know 'em. But then... The gloves're off." Figuratively speaking. Unlike Eshen, he didn't wear gloves. Why would he? He was fine with hand-to-hand contact. Hand-to-hand combat not so much - only in this game. "Black hair sounds like a good bet to me." He started off a test match on the machine and showed Allan the basics of how to play - run, jump, dash, basic combos - and then the real game began. A gruff Klingon voice over counted down from three, two, one... Game start! And suddenly he was unleashing a flurry of combos he certainly hadn't demonstrated earlier, mostly involving hitting Allan's character with his hair, tying him up with the hair so he could hit him some more, and doing a pose so dazzling with his hair flowing in the wind that the other character would be stunned for a few seconds. Truly, this Klingon was a long-locked warrior.
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 15-Sep-22 05:06 PM
"Sounds good, then," Allan said as they started the practice round and finalized the bet: black hair for the loser. Pretty straightforward. He learned the basics of how to play pretty quickly, he wasn't familiar with the controls but got a feel for them pretty quickly - the engineer in him really just worked well with learning mechanics of pretty much anything, plus he'd played on emulators of these before, just not physically. But then the real game began. Allan did his best with the basic controls he'd learned, and eventually learned the more special combo abilities he had on his character, which mostly consisted of headbutts that seemed to have a chance of getting him out of the tied-up situation and some sort of interesting ability that made a large buff ghost appear and attack the opponent for a few seconds, but Allan couldn't quite figure out how to direct it for the first few minutes and so that was a lot of wasted potential alone. All in all, even though he learned the abilities fairly quickly it was nothing compared to Mo's seemingly natural knowledge of that flawless triple-combo that even left Allan a little stunned at that dazzling pose when it was clear he had lost the fight. He stood there stunned for a few seconds as the winning screen popped up with that same pose as one that declared victory as his character got whipped to the next galaxy or something.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 15-Sep-22 09:03 PM
Mo laughed. But not just a subtle laugh. No, he laughed like a supervillain: the whole 'mua-ha-ha!' type deal. His smug smile looked slightly evil, too. There was a part of him he didn't often get to show that was confident, competitive, and maybe a bit cheeky, that was coming out now. Perhaps because he was actually relaxing and having fun for once. "So, ya lookin' forward to your new style?" He asked. "Sorry to 'ave wrecked you, but I wasn't going to hold back. Maybe you get good and next time I'll be the one dyin' my hair."
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 15-Sep-22 09:33 PM
Allan gave Mo a sort of Look as if giving him a double-take because he didn't really expect the Captain to burst into a maniacal laugh right then and there, but then his lips curled into a smirk and he shook his head with a chuckle. "Well, you're obviously the pro here," he conceded, as he stepped away from the machine and looked back at Mo. "It's Klingon Kombat, I think if you were to have held back it would've been insulting, really, so- feel free to wreck me until I get good, absolutely," he pulled a piece of the bangs of his hair out towards his eyes to look at the red shade again, imagining what it'd be like black again. "I think it hasn't been black since... I was seventeen, and I was at a camp for the summer where we couldn't have hair dye or anything like that, so the red faded all the way out eventually... I think that was the last time, so it'll - it'll be fun, I think." He smiled, and then wondered for a brief moment if Eshen could dye hair as well as he cut it. Not that he couldn't dye it himself, it was just an excuse to see his boyfriend. "So uh, in a way, uh, thanks for wrecking my ass?"
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 17-Sep-22 01:56 AM
Mo blinked a few times. Did Allan... Mean to phrase that like that? He genuinely couldn't tell with him. He decided to take it in stride. "You're, uh... You're welcome, Allen." Still last name basis. Maybe if Allan got real good and beat him next time they could use first names. "Although, if you end up not likin' it you can just dye it back, really, I won't stop you." And these days, hair dye was really good, so it wouldn't be a hard job either. "Alright, uh, it's been fun havin' a... Friend over, sorta, but unless there's anything wise you wanna say or do, I think you're dismissed, Lieutenant J.G. Allan Allen," Mo said, throwing Allan's fancy new rank in the for the hell of it. "See you next Tuesday."
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Ensign Allan Allen | ENG BOT 17-Sep-22 02:32 AM
He probably didn't mean it like that. Or maybe he did! Who knew. In reality, he probably didn't mean it like that but if Mo asked him he would make a split decision and if he didn't look like he would hate the answer, he would say yes regardless, because he was the sort of person to just double down on things he hadn't even single downed on. "Nahh, I'll keep it for at least a week, so - I'll have it next Tuesday, then." Friend-over? Like a sleep-over but a friend.. over? Wait, no. He just meant having a friend over. Literally. 'Sorta.' Whatever sorta meant in this context, Allan didn't know, but he smiled as he went towards the door, making sure to find Bandit wherever she was and giving her a small pet, if she so allowed, before he left. "Nah, nah, it's been fun, but I think I have men to kiss, or something, so -" he paused, and realized who he was talking to again, because this was sort of how he just Talked to friends but this was, in fact, still the Captain. "See ya Tuesday, Captain Mephistopheles Mo," *He smiled - he simply always returned the format, it's just what he usually did - and waved as he left the room, excited to tell, like, literally everyone about the promotion - and the bug!!!*
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 17-Sep-22 12:27 PM
Men? Oh, the gender, not the Vulcan. Damn, lucky. He didn't even have one man to kiss. He could give Bandit a smooch on her lil head, though. He waved goodbye and then picked her up to do just that.
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Narrator BOT 22-Sep-22 05:54 PM
Dear Captain Mephistopheles Mo, Starfleet Intelligence is writing to you today in order to advise you that a number of your crew are being requested to attend a classified mission which shall utilise the USS Eventide. The ship is to depart on stardate 89728.71 – the 23rd of September 2412 at 1700 hours and a meeting shall be held with yourself prior to this to advise you to the nature of this journey. Your staff shall be away for approximately three days including the time taken for travel, and a full communications blackout with external sources shall be in place during this time. The ship shall not have any contact with Starbase 777 or any other external sources. Please do not mention this mission to anyone else until after its completion. We hope you understand, and we thank you for your compliance. Yours, Starfleet Intelligence.
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Lt. JG. Allan Allen | ENG BOT 26-Sep-22 10:37 PM
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To: Cap'n From: Allan GUESS WHAT 😳 😏 🤪
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 26-Sep-22 10:42 PM
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To: Lt. JG. Emojis From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo What?
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Lt. JG. Allan Allen | ENG BOT 26-Sep-22 10:43 PM
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To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Allan we did it 😎😎😎
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 26-Sep-22 10:48 PM
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To: Allan From: Captain Emojis Well done 😄 🥳 👍3️⃣ 1️⃣ :explode:
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Lt. JG. Allan Allen | ENG BOT 12-Oct-22 06:08 AM
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To: Captain Mephistopheles Mo From: Lt. JG. Allan Allen Captain, It has been a while since the successful mission, but I wanted to highlight Lt. JG. Jericho Giles. While I'm aware his rank is provisional because of the structure of Intel, I think he deserves to be promoted to Lieutenant nonetheless because of his excellent direction and quick thinking during the mission. Sincerely, Lt. JG. Allan Allen
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Ensign Saren Morvar | SCI BOT 13-Oct-22 02:59 PM
The Romulan approached the door, mix of curiosity and a low sense of either excitement or anxiety sitting right under his ribcage. While Saren had a vague idea of what this meeting could be about, he didn't know for sure. Also, isopods? Their Captain had isopods? As if the man couldn't be cooler. Actually, maybe he should've brought a small trinket-gift for him, from his own collection? Revive the old tradition? Huh. Saren would have to think about that later - he gave the door a ring. (edited)
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 13-Oct-22 03:29 PM
Mo was in the middle of typing a reply to an email when the doorbell rang: To: Lt. JG. Allan Allen From: Captain Mephistopheles Mo
I'll get in touch with intel and see what I can do. Unusually eloquent email, by the way. - Bill Nye the Isopod Guy
He clicked send and got up from his desk to press the button that opened the door. "Morvar. Nice to see you again. Isopods are over there," he said, with an oddly formal tone, as though seeing some isopods was official Starfleet business. The isopods, about two dozen of the rubber ducky kind, were in a glass terrarium (with air holes) along with detritus, leaves, part of a log, and other fun little ornaments, like a raven's skull with jewels in the eyes. The isopods wandered around with very little in the way of thoughts in their mind as to where they were going except maybe to the next place they could have a munch or a nap. Ah, the idyllic life of a stupid creature.
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Ensign Saren Morvar | SCI BOT 13-Oct-22 03:52 PM
"Sir," he nodded, stepping in, eyes totally not glued to the terrarium as soon as it was pointed out to him. Okay, no, focus. Official official business first, then he can go and take a look at the little isopod village. For a little bit. As a treat. The skull that stared back at Saren with it's glistening, cold eyes did serve as a reminder for their first meeting - and the accidental discovery of shared interests. That was... such a long time ago, actually? A weird, yet... not an unpleasant realization. When the Romulan turned his head towards Mo, his eyes were squinted, a sneaky display of amusement: "The feeling is mutual, Captain. There was also... an important matter to discuss, yes?" He stepped closer to Mo's desk, attentive as usual, yet not as rigid as one could expect. Hmm.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 13-Oct-22 04:03 PM
Mo observed the body language and thought perhaps Saren was in a good mood. That'd be nice, really. "There is indeed; shouldn't take long, though." He approached the sofa and gestured for Saren to sit opposite him, in front of the coffee table. Not as formal as sitting behind a desk, but it'd do. "It's regarding the recent mission. You know the one. It's good news, I promise." (edited)
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Ensign Saren Morvar | SCI BOT 13-Oct-22 04:30 PM
Head turning, he followed Mo's movement, and... oh. Well, might as well? He preferred that arrangement to just... ominously standing over Mo's desk, lile some vulture perched on a tree branch. Somehow, it felt more appropriate - which, in Saren's book, certainly wasn't a bad thing. Quite the opposite, really. So he sat down, humming in agreement: "Yeah, I figured that it's going to be related to that mission. If you need so, I am also prepared to answer any questions that need to be answered." How formal. And yet, his head tilted - good news? Maybe regarding Kerutep and other people they helped escape? Or something else?..
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 14-Oct-22 05:39 PM
"I've gotten the gist of it. Actually, I've been over the events with other people a whole bunch of times; I almost feel like I was there." He smiled in slight amusement. "That said, I wasn't. You were though. Did a lot of impressive stuff - shooting part of the ceiling down on top of that robot - quick thinking - and then, of course, helping Kerutep. It was both smart and empathetic. I think that deserves this." He handed Saren a small box. In it was a new pip - black and gold-ringed. (edited)
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Ensign Saren Morvar | SCI BOT 15-Oct-22 12:00 PM
Ever so subtly Saren lowered his gaze to the table between them, brain processing what Mo was saying - getting recognition from him, for something that he did, left the Romulan with a weird, fuzzy, albeit not an unpleasant feeling in his chest. He didn't try to object like he did to Giles and Eshen, though - maybe he didn't want to. Upon hearing that last sentence, his gaze returned back to Mo, a question forming in the way his eyebrow quirked up, before he was presented with the box. Immediately Saren's expression shifted into one of surprise and disbelief - because, holy shit. Holy shit. A promotion? "Sir?" his voice wavered, a bitten-off exclamation. "I... woah." He picked it up, green eyes tracing the golden ring around the black circle. A tiny solar eclipse to be put next to his one golden pip. "This is... such an honor, Captain, sir," oh, my. Was that a smile? After he was done staring at the little piece of metal, Saren carefully put it in his collar, shooting Mo a questioning look: "But does that mean that I will be switching quarters? I would prefer to stay with my old roommate - he needs supervision." Well, maybe Jack would also get promoted? Now that he thought of it, many of his teammates and friends would probably get one, if not already. The mission was intense, but many people there did their best to help each other out - it was only fair. And speaking of the mission... "You just mentioned that you have heard of the mission events many times now, but... can I voice a concern to you that I have? Speaking as a Romulan officer."
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 16-Oct-22 12:31 AM
Aha. A smile. Now that was what he wanted to see out of a promotion! "And it was an honour to give it to ya. Not just as a Captain, but as a friend." He closed the black box now that Saren had the pip and placed it on the table. "I'll see what I can do about the roommate situation, but no promises... That's Bright, right? Yeah, I can see why you'd, uh, want to keep an eye on 'im." Yep. Sorry. Rabies Ensign forever. He couldn't fault him, though; his running around like a headless chicken as a distraction may have displayed a concerning lack of regard for his own safety, but it did work. "Feel free to voice your concerns. I'm listenin' as a Captain, so keep in mind my reach ain't far beyond this vessel; that is to say, whatever your concern is, if it's Romulan, I may not be able to address it." Maybe if he had the clout he could extend his reach far into the stars like Picard or Sisko, but he wasn't exactly a legendary captain. He wasn't trying to be, either. Not everyone could be a great hero; sometimes you just needed someone to run the place quietly and efficiently and not get up to anything crazy. Not that that ever stopped weird shit happening on this station.
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Ensign Saren Morvar | SCI BOT 16-Oct-22 08:26 AM
Friend. If only his species had a tail, it would be going haywire right now. "Yeah, that's the one," Saren confirmed with a sigh, the image of the idiotic human (affectionate, platonic, very concerned) doing stupid shit vivid on his mind. "Thank you. Might as well drag him to the medbay, Hell only knows what kind of questionable stunts Bright pulled there. A short session of profilactic shots might do him good, no?" There was a glint in his eyes - maybe he was serious, maybe it was just a very deadpan joke. Or both. You never knew with this man. Saren took a moment to gather his thoughts - remembering, piecing it all together into a mental list - before speaking, tone regaining some seriousness: "During the mission, I have noticed a concerning pattern regarding the materials that were in their posession. A disruptor, probably one of the many; the... biogenic pulse," the Romulan shivered involuntarily, "that you have, no doubt, heard about. And in the biolab, we have encountered instances of genetic experimentation. The two chimeras were composed of predators found both on Mol'Rihan and in general Romulan space." He looked up at Mo, expression uncertain and concerned: "It may be my paranoia speaking, but I really, really don't like the implications here. Was all of this stolen? Or..?" The "or" was really unpleasant to think about.
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 17-Oct-22 12:49 PM
"Somethin' about bein' a redhead makes you a little chaotic, I think. Even if it's dyed, or even me, when I was younger." He laughed to himself, quiet and raspy, with a short cough at the end. "As for the Romulan tech, that... We don't know for sure what's going on with that yet, really. Section 31 certainly isn't above theft, is all I can say. Alternatively, they're workin' with Romulans... But to what end? I don't know that either. I'm sorry to say but at your rank, I don't know if you'll have the clearance to get the answers for a while, neither." He smirked slightly, looking devilish as he always did. The unfortunate life of a villain-coded good guy. "Better get promoted again, fast." He got up and popped off to the replicator to get a can of slug-o-cola, and anything Saren wanted too, before sitting down again, legs crossed. "If I can, though, I'll tell you what information I'm allowed to share when I get it." (edited)
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Ensign Saren Morvar | SCI BOT 19-Oct-22 09:52 AM
Saren hummed. There seemed to be some truth behind Mo's words, even if Saren hasn't met that many redheads - at the time, at least. "Now I can't help but wonder what you were like when you were younger, Captain." Because he was curious, and Mo was an undeniably interesting character - but one that was hard to imagine as someone chaotic in his past. Because to Saren, he was such a... grounded, person? Was that the correct word? The Romulan blinked, attention quickly getting fixated back on the unfolding conversation. He shook his head and tsked, "Aw, damn. No higher rank secrets for me, I guess..." He took the bottled ice tea - because tea is the superior choice, obviously - with a quiet "thank you", before continuing: "I completely understand. I am just reassured, that there's a "yet", that it'll be looked into. Don't want my home to be harmed by a bunch of these fu-- not so nice people." He sighed, and couldn't help but take a glance at the terrarium again. "Hm. Isopods. Why specifically them, sir?"
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Captain Mephistopheles Mo | CMD BOT 19-Oct-22 11:28 PM
"I was... More Ferengi, let's say. But that was a long time ago." Mo deeplore. Back when he was in Engineering. Back before cryo. Grounded was certainly one word to describe how his experiences had molded him. He opened the can with a click and a hiss and then gestured to the tall glass case of rubber ducky isopods. "Well, first of all, look at 'em. Fuckin' adorable." He took a sip of his cola. Mmm, slimy. "I like managing things. Small creatures, little societies. It's practice for my job; yep, you're all isopods to me. Aaand isopods remind me of trilobites a bit - creature from the Cambrian Period. That's more ancient earth history for you to look up, I s'pose." He was joking, but also, he felt like Saren would actually be interested in that sort of thing. This was the same person who'd made a whole dino-sim, after all. "You can hold 'em before you go, if you want - if you're gentle."
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Ensign Saren Morvar | SCI BOT 21-Oct-22 06:27 AM
"Huh..." Saren blinked, slow, like a cat. "I guess when I was younger, I was... less Romulan." Briefly he wondered what he would say to his younger self, were they to meet by the chance of some weird time-space anomaly. Would he warn himself? Or give a cryptic clue? Or promise a sun after a storm and tell himself about the wonderful connections made in their future? The Romulan focused his attention on the click and the hiss of the can in Mo's hands, feeling oddly... content. The mind meld's after effect? Would Eshen feel the smallest of echoes of this? Did it even work that way, though? Saren puffed out something of a laugh, resting his head on his palm. "Another thing to research, then," yep, the Captain was right. "Do the isopods also have ranks and divisions? Though they do, like... two or three things?.." His face totally didn't brighten up at the suggestion. Nerrrrd. "I can? I'm going to be careful," Saren promised, allowing some of the enthusiasm to show up on his face. Character growth.
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Saren Morvar 22-Oct-22 10:01 AM
( @Mo┊Eshen┊Men poink)
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