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@ 2017-07-15 17:37:00

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Welcome to the Deck 5 Lounge

Each Saturday, join the Enterprise crew and your fellow travelers in the Deck Five Lounge to meet new arrivals, catch up with those you haven't seen in a few days, try a new drink, or just enjoy the spectacular view.

OOC Information

These weekly posts are IC third-person threading opportunities. Threads that extend to 10 total good-sized comments can be counted as a log for activity check. If you have any questions, please let me know. The hope is that you will use this opportunity for random character interactions and development.

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Natasha and OTA

redledgerkiller
2017-07-15 11:21 pm UTC (link)

It was getting to the point, where Nat would only be seen in three places. The rec room, training room, and the lounge area every Saturday. Last Saturday proved to be interesting. Nat had taken a liking to Howard, but she hadn't sought him out since. Nat made sure to be out her quarters before Peggy wakes up, as for where she would sleep, well that was a question she wasn't ready to answer.

Still, for tonight, she would be at that location. Her red hair loose along her features as she came to take a seat. Tonight, she would wear black pants and one of the crew shirts from her closet. Tonight, she would have a pink drink at her table as she came to glance out to the space that was around them. Slowly losing herself in her thoughts.

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	Kitty and Open shadowcat 2017-07-15 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	Kitty had gotten herself a beer and retreated to a corner table. She'd much rather have her back to space, than face it. Despite her experiences in recent years, a part of her would always be wary of that desolation. Still, she was in a good mood, and propped up her PADD while she drank. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Kitty and Poe needapilot 2017-07-16 02:50 pm UTC (link)
	Of course Poe would notice the girl who had made a bit of a point not to be looking out of the window, most people glanced out of it now and then but she seemed to be avoiding it. "Not a fan of the view?" he asked her, before adding, "If you'd rather be left alone just tell me. I won't take offence" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Kitty and Poe shadowcat 2017-07-16 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	"The view is fine, I just can only take so much of it." Kitty shrugged, and gave him a smile. "Spent a few months in a sort of... suspended state, and my only view was space. It's better than it used to be, but I'm not really feeling it today." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Kitty and Poe needapilot 2017-07-17 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	"Sorry to hear that" Poe said, he couldn't imagine ever having such unpleasant triggers associated with viewing the beautiful vastness of space, "But at least you've picked a good spot to people watch instead" he smiled. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Kitty and Poe shadowcat 2017-07-18 02:26 am UTC (link)
	"It was a couple of years ago. I eventually went back. Mostly over it." She winked at him, and offered him a seat. "People watching is always fun. Used to do it back on Earth in my time. Some of us would go into New York, the big city, and find a park and watch people. Make up stories about them." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Kitty and Poe needapilot 2017-07-18 07:23 am UTC (link)
	Poe nodded his thanks as he took a seat, making sure to sit so if she looked at him she didn't have to see the stars. "I've done that before, in downtime between missions with my team we'd imagine where people had come from and what they were doing on that particular planet" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Kitty and Poe shadowcat 2017-07-18 11:23 am UTC (link)
	"What kind of missions did you get up to?" She leaned forward, giving him an attentive look. In her experience, every traveller was a hero or Very Interesting Person in their own right. Or a villain, but that was neither here nor there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Kitty and Poe needapilot 2017-07-18 02:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Reconnaissance, rescue, you name it, basically anything I was sent to do in order to help the resistance" Poe told her, "If a mission was vital and needed a good pilot that's when I was called in" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Kitty and Poe

shadowcat
2017-07-19 12:08 am UTC (link)

"What were you resisting?" Kitty asked, even though she knew damn well what he was resisting, but it was generally impolite to tell someone they were fictional in your reality. She wondered if she was fictional in someone else's reality. It was an interesting concept - maybe some creators caught glimpses across the veil.

"I can fly too. It's not something I had to do on the regular but I was pretty good with the Blackbird, if I say so myself."

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	Kitty and Poe needapilot 2017-07-19 08:00 am UTC (link)
	"A group called the First Order" Poe told her, completely unaware she knew of him already, "Military dictatorship intent on controlling the galaxy. Not nice people" he added with an almost wry smile. He was aware that where he came from was very different to others. "Yeah? It's a pretty awesome feeling. Nothing quite like it" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Kitty and Poe shadowcat 2017-07-19 09:50 am UTC (link)
	"Controlling a whole galaxy seems like a lot of work for little result. People have a hard enough time controlling one city or country on Earth, let alone the whole planet. Though they do like to try and we do like to stop them." Kitty smiled back at him. "There's not much better than zipping along at death defying speeds." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Kitty and Poe needapilot 2017-07-20 08:11 am UTC (link)
	"As long as you stop them, that's the important part" Poe said, "That's why I fight, everybody deserves the chance to live a life they want not one dictated by others" Then he smiled, "Exactly, you get it. I bet you'd be a good pilot" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Kitty and Poe shadowcat 2017-07-20 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	She grinned. "Nothing beats adrenaline. Flying is probably a lot like dancing or martial arts too. A lot of going with the flow." At least, that was how she saw a fight. Like a dance. (Reply to this) (Parent)

Max and OTA

money_shot
2017-07-16 12:05 am UTC (link)

Max took a deep breath, shaking off the tension in her shoulders as she moved toward the bar. She wasn't someone to shy away from work, so when the Captain had suggested she look at the Mess Hall as a place to spend some of the now ample amount of time she had on her hands, she'd jumped at it. And, in case anyone was wondering, she didn't feel even a little bit bad about telling a little white lie... It wasn't her fault that stupid Chef Nicholas had dropped everything to return to his wife in France and shut down the school before she got a chance to graduate.

Still, kitchen work (even if it was baking, which she loved) wasn't easy, especially if she couldn't partake of her usual ways of relieving stress. The doctors had confiscated the small amount of weed she'd had on her when she showed up, her candy cane shaped vibrator was still in her bedroom drawer in Brooklyn, and she didn't know enough people on board yet to figure out if anyone would be down for a no-strings hook up. She didn't normally drink (she'd seen too many girls incapacitated by drink over the years) but if that was all that was available to her, then damnit, she'd take it.

She slid onto a barstool and waited for the bartender to acknowledge her before placing her order for something 'fruity but alien-y'. After all the years she'd spent serving, she knew better than to just shout at someone who was handling your food and drink.

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Max and Darcy

nameofscience
2017-07-16 12:33 am UTC (link)

Darcy had never been to the lounge area before. So she thought why not tonight. Already she came in wearing her casual clothes, nothing crazy. Her knitted cap over her thick brown hair. Blue-green eyes looked around for the moment. She almost didn't catch it. But as she did a double take she came to stand still. Was that...?

Already she walked towards that particular stool and came to tap the girl on the shoulders. Darcy's eyes widen through her thin glasses as she came to look at... Herself? She wasn't sure. Already she came to tilt her head. "Please tell me your names, not Darcy?" That was the last thing she needed. Though this on its own was freaky enough.

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Max and Darcy

money_shot
2017-07-16 02:39 am UTC (link)

"Darcy? As in Mister?" Max rolled her eyes, because it wasn't the first time someone had tried to hit on her in a bar. Or by calling her someone else's name. Or by a woman. However, it was definitely the first time all three of those things happened at once. Part of her wanted to turn and walk away, but the ship wasn't that big and until Security gave her knives back, she was more defenseless than normal.

So she turned, her glass pausing halfway to her mouth.

"What the hell? Is this The Parent Trap? Are you Parent Trapping me? Because if you are, I call dibs on being the cool one from California."

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Re: Max and Darcy

nameofscience
2017-07-16 03:46 am UTC (link)

Darcy came to make a face at this one who looked like her but was still very different. "No, no parent trap. Just the multi verse doing what it does best." She replied as she looked to the tender and asked for a beer. once it came she looked back to this one.

"I'm Darcy.... You????" She asked with a kinked brow as she pushed her glasses back up the bridge of her nose and just stared at this one with such confusion at this point.

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	Max and Darcy money_shot 2017-07-16 04:03 am UTC (link)
	"Kidnapping people across realities is what it does best?" Max's incredulity was clear in her voice, in the way it rose in tandem with her eyebrows. "I thought it was best at fucking me over." Max sipped at her drink, thankful for the way the cool, thick liquid distracted her from the person at hand. "Max." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max and Darcy nameofscience 2017-07-16 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, we're from all over the place." She replied as she took a seat next to Max and sipped her own drink. "Where are you from?" She asked as she came to fix her glasses once more and sip at her beer for the moment. It was almost creepy how alike they looked if Darcy didn't have glasses people wouldn;t be able to tell them apart. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Max and Darcy

money_shot
2017-07-16 10:56 pm UTC (link)

Max was not someone who got weirded out often, she'd lived in New York for far too long to let that happen, but this girl sitting beside her wearing her face was definitely starting to weird her out. The similarities were obvious and their differences... Well, Max would be fucked to find them. But it had only been a couple of minutes, so maybe talking to her more would highlight them. But they had the same dark hair (Max thought hers was a shade or two darker and probably a little longer), same height, similar build (again, Max thought she was bustier and she was thankful for that because a person could take her face but Jibbers Crabst help them if they tried to take her boobs). After a closer look, though, leaning in to see well enough in the low-light of the lounge, Darcy's eyes were a slightly different color- more green behind her glasses to Max's grey-blue.

"Brooklyn." By way of Rhode Island, but she wasn't exactly going to share that. Especially since she was never going there again if she could avoid it. "You?"

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Re: Max and Darcy

nameofscience
2017-07-16 11:01 pm UTC (link)

Darcy blinked a little as Max came close to her face. Only to lean back a little and lift a brow at her for the moment. "Same." She replied as she shrugged her shoulders. "But before coming here I was in London." She replied as she sipped her beer once more. Darcy wasn't too weirded out. After all, she meets a Thunder God and battled Dark Elves. She could handle this.

"What did you do back in Brooklyn? I went to school, before interning for Jane Foster and going to New Mexico and then London." She replied as she brushed her hair back and adjusted her knit cap for the moment.

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Max and Darcy

money_shot
2017-07-16 11:09 pm UTC (link)

"School? How old are you?" Max asked, settling back in her seat. Because Max had just turned 31 and she knew she didn't look it. If Darcy was still in school, she was likely at least a few years younger. Unless she was a fuck up, like Max was. Or had been. Before she met Caroline.

"I've got a cupcake shop in Williamsburg," she said, taking another sip and relaxing as the large amount of rum in her drink seemed to be starting to hit her bloodstream. It could have just been wishful thinking. Like maybe if she bribed the Captain or the Chief Medical Officer, maybe they'd give her weed back. "And I'm a waitress. And part time horse walker. But I used to be a nanny. And a drug mule."

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	Re: Max and Darcy nameofscience 2017-07-16 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	And there was the what the fuck face. "Well, I'm not in school anymore. I graduated before showing up here." She added as she came to finish her beer. When she mentioned cupcakes Darcy did smile. "I love cupcakes. I bake them also, but as a hobby." She replied with a nod of her head. "My degrees are mechanical engineering and Poli Sci." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Max and Darcy money_shot 2017-07-17 04:29 am UTC (link)
	"...I've heard of both those things." But that was about it. "My... best friend. Caroline? She was a business major. Went to Wharton." Another (bigger) drink that very nearly gave her brain freeze, but Max was hardier than that. "I went to the Manhattan School of Pastry. But that was like, way after I started my business." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max and Darcy nameofscience 2017-07-18 01:10 am UTC (link)
	She came to nod her head as she listened to Max talks about her life a little. "Well, aside from looking like we're completely different. So that's a good thing." She replied laughing lightly as she finished her beer and pushed the empty bottle to towards the tender to discard of it. "Well, if you need anything let me know. Maybe I can help. I've been here a few months." (Reply to this) (Parent)

Tahiri & Jaina.

hatesshoes
2017-07-16 01:44 am UTC (link)

Working events like this was always a lot of fun, but when Tahiri saw Jaina come in, she decided it was a good time for a break. Grabbing a couple of drinks, she made her way over to her sister-in-law and handed her one as she pointed to a free sofa.

"You have good timing," she told the other woman. "I was just thinking it seemed like a good time to take a break and here you appear."

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Tahiri & Jaina.

thatkidcanfly
2017-07-16 04:23 pm UTC (link)

"Hey you," Jaina replied, happy to see her sister in law. She reached up and took the drink from her. "and you come bearing gifts, even better!" Between her training and Tahiri's work schedule, they hadn't really had a chance to talk in a while. There was certainly a lot to catch up on.

"I'd ask you the usual cheesy question about how's married life but I'm pretty sure the answer to that is that it's amazing judging from the smiles on your faces whenever I see one of you." Jaina was truly happy for Anakin and Tahiri. They'd been through a lot and had waited a long time to be together and no one deserved it more than they did.

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Tahiri & Jaina.

hatesshoes
2017-07-16 07:29 pm UTC (link)

Tahiri's bright smile probably answered Jaina's question for her. "It's pretty great," she admitted as she took a seat next to Jaina and settled in on the sofa. Marrying Anakin had certainly been a long time coming and and she couldn't be happier now.

"What about you?" she asked, grinning over the edge of her glass at her. "What's new in your life? Don't think I missed you getting cozy with a certain pilot when we were on Earth."

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Tahiri & Jaina.

thatkidcanfly
2017-07-16 08:31 pm UTC (link)

Jaina laughed. "Did you now? Well it's a little more than cozy these days and I'm pretty happy about that." she took a sip of her drink, a little smile on her lips. "He's amazing, Tahiri, he really is. We're so much alike, it's almost like meeting another part of myself. Except he's a lot more polite than I am somethimes but I blame Dad for that," she laughed.

Between finally getting to participate in pilot training and her continuing relaionship with Poe, Jaina couldn't be happier. "Giselle still doesn't appreciate him taking up her space in the bed but she's stopped hissing at him so we're making progress."

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Re: Tahiri & Jaina.

hatesshoes
2017-07-23 02:29 am UTC (link)

"More cozy, huh?" It was hard to miss the fact that Jaina was really happy and Tahiri couldn't help but grin back at her. Jaina had been through just as much as she and Anakin had and Tahiri was glad she'd finally managed to eke out some happiness for herself.

"And just how often is he taking up Giselle's spot on the bed?" Tahiri asks, her eyes sparkling with amusement as she eyes Jaina over her glass.

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Tahiri & Jaina.

thatkidcanfly
2017-07-23 02:37 am UTC (link)

"Well some nights we sleep in his room," she said with a laugh. "because I figure since Giselle is pretty much confined to quarters when Rose is there, I'd give her a break. But there haven't been a lot of nights that we've spent apart since the first time." Even though it hadn't been very long, Jaina was happy and she loved every moment that she spent with Poe.

"It's funny, we see each other all day long in pilot training and usually we eat together although sometimes we don't then we meet up if we're not already together and....I'm not tirred of spending time with him," Jaina's voice held a note of surprise. "He doesn't expect anything from me, Thairi, he's not like the guys I've dated at home, who really just wanted to date me because of who I was or what they thought I could get Mom and Dad or Jacen for that matter to for them. Poe likes me just because I'm me and that's really awesome."

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Tahiri & Jaina.

hatesshoes
2017-07-23 05:20 pm UTC (link)

"Sounds like it's getting pretty serious," Tahiri observed with a smile. She was happy for Jaina, she really was. Seeing Jaina happy was seriously great and so what if she hadn't known Poe for very long. Sometimes, you just knew. She'd known Anakin since they were kids, true, but she'd also known from the moment she'd met him that he was going to be important. Maybe she hadn't quite pictured falling in love and getting married at that age, but it hadn't taken long for her to start thinking of him as family.

If Jaina had found that kind of connection here, she was thrilled for her. She knew she'd struggled at home, partly because of how well known her family was and partly because of the insanity that was their lives. It was nice to finally see her happy.

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Tahiri & Jaina.

thatkidcanfly
2017-07-23 06:20 pm UTC (link)

Jaina smiled. They hadn't exactly talked about it but she suppoed that Tahiri was right. "I guess it is," she replied. "we haven't come out and said that but it feels right." that alone was enough to convince Jaina. She had grown up with the Force being a huge part of her life and had known she'd be a Jedi from the very first. When she was with Poe, she felt more centered, more comfortable within the Force, something she hadn't experienced before.

"I worry though when people go back," she admitted. "I don't want to go, I don't want him to go but it's a very real possibility. I guess all I can do is be happy with whatever time we have."

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Tahiri & Jaina.

hatesshoes
2017-07-23 11:31 pm UTC (link)

Tahiri nodded. With her and Anakin, if they both got sent back they'd be together, but she sometimes wondered, what if just he did? She didn't really want to be here without him, especially after everything. She knew it had to be even worse for Jaina knowing she and Poe wouldn't have each other at home.

"I wish there was a way we could just choose to stay or go," she admitted. "I don't like thinking I could lose any of you at any moment. I want us all to stay for awhile. It's nice here."

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Klara and OPEN

klarapetrova
2017-07-16 02:29 pm UTC (link)

Klara made a point of visiting the Deck Five lounge every so often, mostly for the view. No matter how many years she spent in space, that sense of awe when gazing out at the limitless horizon never quite left her. It was why she was in Starfleet, really. That, and the less visible but no less inspiring temporal horizon which lay at the edge of her work. That was why she was here, why they all were - to push the boundaries of knowledge, to discover. It united them, she thought, even in the most difficult of times.

This evening, though, Klara wasn't in the lounge to contemplate the great questions of the multiverse. Having come straight from the lab, she was still wearing her uniform, and she was there to contemplate a very specific question relating to the behaviour of tachyons in the lab, and so she had settled comfortably, PADD in her hand and a tall glass of a purplish concoction beside her. So intent was she on her reading that she managed to almost completely lose awareness of her surroundings.

She certainly wasn't expecting anyone to approach her - but perhaps someone would.

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