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Lal (contractionuse) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-05-19 13:52:00

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clay kaczmarek, data, kitty pryde (aoa), lal

Day 272: Shared Dreams: Open!
[ First Dream ]

[ Ten Forward, the crew lounge of the USS Enterprise-D, is where you will find yourself. It is duplicated down to the smallest detail. The table placement, the impressive view, the lighting... The only difference is the patrons, and the complete silence. The normal, usually cheerful, din is completely absent.

Lal is waiting tables, just as she did when she was actually living on the ship. At one table sits Data, flanked by Counselor Troi and Guinan, the woman who runs Ten Forward. Oddly, none of them are chatting, though they are all smiling serenely, and making the same exaggerated head movements. Identical to the ones Lal so often employs.

Scattered among the rest of the tables, are the entirety of the Enterprise's senior officers (and Wesley), the core group she'd witnessed the most interactions with. And they're all silent and still, save for those disjointed head tilts. ]

[ Second Dream ]

[ It's unlikely that most would recognize this setting, even those familiar with the actual location. It's a rather sophisticated laboratory that's been constructed from images of the ones in the Daystrom Annex on Galor IV. It is lit only by the ambient glow of the few computer panels that are still working, intermittently placed along the walls.

The room is circular, and next to each panel in the wall, is a large glass cylinder. At first, it might be a little difficult to see exactly what's inside of them, thanks to the lighting. But a sudden flash of light through the windows, thanks to the raging storm outside, provides a glimpse, even if only for a few seconds. Inside each is the form of Lal's father, Data, though very much younger than the one in Marina. Younger, even, than he was when he created her. They all appear deactivated though.

The room is completely deserted otherwise, aside from a lone figure on a metal table directly in the middle of the lab. It is Lal, and she might appear to be deactivated along with all the other androids. But, upon closer inspection, her eyes are moving. Darting back and forth wildy while the rest of her remains motionless. ]

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kitty_has_claws
2014-05-19 09:19 pm UTC (link)

[Nothing like entering the cybernetic dream world of someone you've never actually met, right? Come to prison, meet a world of new and bizarre opportunities!

She walks into ten forward, nothing about the environment looks familiar but she can tell she's in space. It's not her first time on a space craft, though this one doesn't resemble any Kree, Skrull, or Shi'ar designs she's familiar with. No one is moving to greet or attack her so she takes another moment to watch before approaching Data. He's the head of her investigation team after all.]

Are you all in some terrifying mime contest?

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	Re: First contractionuse 2014-05-19 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	[ There's no response from Dream-Data, or any indication he's noticed Kitty at all. Instead, Lal approaches, obviously signaled by the break in the silence. ] Can I get you a drink? [ Her line is well-rehearsed, as is her control over the impulse to ask more questions. Guinan finally instilled in her how important listening is in Ten Forward. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-05-19 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	[Kitty turns, somewhat on guard in this eerie setting.] No. Who are you? [Her impulse to ask questions is definitely getting embraced even if Lal's isn't.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	contractionuse 2014-05-20 06:31 am UTC (link)
	[ When Kitty refuses her offer, her brow furrows slightly. Most people DID come to the lounge for food and drinks, after all. ] I'm Lal. [ And she pauses. There's something about the way Kitty refused. Lal can't immediately recognize the emotion behind it, but it's definitely something that should be addressed. ] Is something wrong? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-05-20 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	[The name isn't familiar or particularly foreboding.] Kind of what I'm trying to figure out. What happened to them? [Nodding in the direction of...everyone else.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	contractionuse 2014-05-21 07:21 am UTC (link)
	[ She looks to the group at the table, then slowly back to Kitty. ] I think they are enjoying a break after their shift. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-05-22 04:12 am UTC (link)
	Why the creepy smiling and head bobs? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	contractionuse 2014-05-23 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	[ She looks back to the group, her head tilting, as she tries to see exactly what Kitty is referring to. ] Is that not how they always appear? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-05-26 04:50 am UTC (link)
	Uh...no. That is not a thing. Are you controlling them? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	contractionuse 2014-05-27 04:41 am UTC (link)
	I am not. [ She turns her head, looking toward Kitty again. She does look a little bothered now. ] I don't know why they are not answering for themselves. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-05-27 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	Okay. Well, where are we then? Is this the... [Searching for the word she's heard a few times.] Enterprise? [It's the right people.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

s16
2014-05-21 05:37 pm UTC (link)

[ Clay knows a laboratory when he sees one, even if most of the lights are off, even if most of the computers seem to be dead. He feels as though he's being watched, but that is not uncommon for him, so he goes forward to the glass cylinders, knocking on them weakly and peering inside at the being inside. Something supplies him with the answer: Android. ]

[ It's good enough for him. When he turns around, though, he sees another. Approaching carefully, he employees the same techniques as before. He bends down, inspects, before snapping his fingers in front of her eyes, wordlessly. ]

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	contractionuse 2014-05-23 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	[ Her eyes widen somewhat at the snapping, and her mouth begins to move. At first, there's no sound, but slowly her voice becomes audible. ] I do... not want to die. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	s16 2014-05-27 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	I can't help you live, though. [ Clay doesn't know how, he doesn't know the machinery or wires. He could, if he had time. He feels like he doesn't. ] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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thirdcriterion
2014-06-01 02:02 am UTC (link)

[ Though it has been years since he has physically been aboard this ship, of course he remembers each detail of it perfectly, and in his own dream program it is a setting that has been employed more than once. So there is nothing amiss as he walks into Ten Forward - not until he gets inside and sees the crew assembled. Before moving toward Lal, he pauses at the table where his dream counterpart is seated, observing his head movements.

Inadvertently, as his brow furrows with confusion, he very nearly mirrors one motion as his own head cocks to a side - somewhat less exaggerated at this phase in his life. ]

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