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Side Sim - Holodeck: Finding Peace in Chaos (OPEN)

Posted Sept. 1, 2021, 1:54 p.m. by Lieutenant Commander Orvos Legen (Chief Engineer) (Tony Findora)

Posted by Captain Jennifer Wallace (Commanding Officer) in Side Sim - Holodeck: Finding Peace in Chaos (OPEN)

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Orvos Legen (Chief Engineer) in Side Sim - Holodeck: Finding Peace in Chaos (OPEN)

Posted by Captain Jennifer Wallace (Commanding Officer) in Side Sim - Holodeck: Finding Peace in Chaos (OPEN)
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Jennifer stood in the middle of a thunderstorm, letting the torrential downpour soak her thoroughly. Her eyes were closed, her mouth open as she looked up into the sky and laughed maniacally. Rain! Rain. Something she hadn’t had the chance to experience in so very long. Of course, it wasn’t real rain. It was holographic. But it still felt blessedly cool and refreshing on her skin.

She ran out of the rain, sheltering under a tree and chuckling to herself. Man, it made her feel like a kid again. Including the fact that she could no longer see through her glasses. She pulled her spectacles off her face and rubbed the glass against her damp shirt, spreading the droplets of water around and not really doing much good. She pushed the glasses back onto her nose, letting out a small sigh. There were a series of flashes of light in the night sky, followed by the rolling timbre of thunder. It was beautiful.

Wallace, CO

There were days Orvos wanted to use the holodeck without anyone knowing it. He had a tendency to attract attention wherever he went. So he got wiser. Beaming into an empty holodeck would only attract the attention of those monitoring internal transporter systems. Given that he was their supervisor, he didn’t care of they knew.

He quietly beamed into what he thought was an empty holodeck. Dressed with a hiking bag and hiking clothes, he was immediately soaked from the downpour. He sighed and summoned the holodeck arch. It appeared and he attempted to diagnose the issue. Everything seemed to be running fine. “Computer, end program,” he said quietly.

“Access denied. Insufficient authorization.”

“Oh, bloody hell,” he said as he input a manual work request for the holodeck he was in. Priority One of course. He sent it and suddenly the arch disappeared.

“Computer, Arch,” he said aloud through the downpour.

“Access denied, insufficient authorization.”

He growled inwardly as he resigned himself to his fate. He began to look about for some form of shelter.

-Lt. Commander Orvos Legen, CE

Jennifer noticed the particle effect of a beam-in and was quite confused by that. Why would someone beam into the Holodeck? She watched the figure for a little while, not entirely sure who it was. The voice sounded vaguely familiar. When he started walking in her direction, she realized it was the Chief - ah, her Chief Engineer. He didn’t seem particularly pleased about being soaked to the bone. “Hey, Orvos!” she called out, running through the rain and reaching him. She was wearing plainclothes - brown pants and a brightly patterned blue and green shirt, and carried a backpack. She tugged an umbrella from the side of the pack and slapped it open, holding it over the engineer.

Orvos heaved a sigh of relief upon the opening of the umbrella.

“Intruding on my private time, are we?” she asked with a chuckle. “Don’t worry, I’ll get it shut off. Computer, pause program.”

“Access Denied. Insufficient Authorization.”

“What the?”

Wallace, CO

Orvos raised his eyebrows curiously. “I’ve already tried that and put in a maintenance request to engineering. Unfortunately, I’m not sure whether it actually went through. I suppose the best I can do is hope since the program won’t be ending. Unless someone walks in.”

“I’m the one who started the program, I don’t see how I wouldn’t have sufficient authorization to stop it,” Jenn replied with a confused expression. The thunder rumbled, making her look up into the sky.

He sighed in frustration. “I would seem as though we are stuck here for awhile.” Orvos observed her reactions.

-Lt. Commander Orvos Legen, CE

The idea of being stuck here was slightly annoying, but not so bad as it might seem. Jenn seemed thoughtful for a few moments before she pointed her finger and spun slightly, gesturing towards a small rise in the terrain.

“There’s shelter that way. One where we can dry off and warm up. This whole place is part of a… We’ll call it a Holiday program. When I can’t get extended shore leave to visit home, I run this program instead.” She gestured for him to follow, waiting for Orvos to start walking so that he didn’t lose the shadow of the umbrella.

Wallace, CO

Orvos sighed as he followed closely. “Holiday, eh? Complete with storms? Can’t say I don’t mind, though it is slightly inconvenient at the moment,” he replied with a light laugh as tugged on his wet shirt.

-Lt. Commander Orvos Legen, CE

“Ah, the weather is part of the charm of it,” Wallace replied with a wide grin. “At least it’s not snowing, right?” She spoke with a wide grin, walking along the path. It wasn’t far before they reached the small cabin. This program on the Holodeck was a copy of the home she’d spent her childhood years in. It was a cozy little building, all logs and stone. Handmade.

Jenn opened the door and held it open long enough for Orvos to enter, then shut it and closed the umbrella. “Here, let me get a fire going, then I’ll see if I remembered to program clothing into the wardrobes,” she spoke, stepping over to a cozy fireplace and grabbing some matches and kindling

  • Wallace, CO

Ooc: sorry for the delay, thought it was your turn!

OOC: No worries! :)

IC: Orvos stepped out of the rain and into the cabin. “Yes, I suppose you’re right. Rain certainly does have a certain appeal, doesn’t it?” He looked around and soaked in the details. Orvos walked up behind her. “I can start it if you’d like. Done it often enough. Not in the habit of rummaging through someone’s house though, so I’ll leave the clothes hunting to you if you can find any.”

-Lt. Commander Orvos Legen, CE


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