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Tick Tock USS Connie

Posted April 19, 2020, 8:03 p.m. by Gamemaster Gremlins Mouse (GamesMaster) (Tyra Schroll)

Posted by Ensign Byrnarterro Ch’riaqer (Science Officer) in Tick Tock USS Connie

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Hegush Falz (Executive Officer) in Tick Tock USS Connie

Posted by Captain Aaron Michaels (Commanding Officer) in Tick Tock USS Connie
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Emily moved over to Aaron and sighed “I think we’re in the Looking Glass…the characters seem so familiar to the childhood tale I read....We need to be cautious, but that is my supposition.”

CE

Gong’da came running back to the XO panting as his little legs moved fast. “Commander! Commander! The Captain is gone! Completely gone!” He turned and pointed towards the two rotund beings. “They! They took him! Those fat bastards took the Captain away and they won’t tell me!”

Gong’da CMO

James turned to the doctor the looked in the direction the Rabbit ran of too “Leftenant Bradford is correct, this appears to be a recreation of the Lewis Carroll novels, if we follow the Rabbit we’ll be led to the queen’s court and likely have our heads removed” He said calmly, not alarmed by the disappearance of their captain, at least not outwardly “Whatever brought us here wants us to play a game, now I haven’t read that book since I was a child so my memory of it isn’t great” He turned to the hatter “that one will only speak in riddles and those two are too dimwitted to give any answers. I suggest we think of this as a holostory, finish the book and we might gain some insight.” He turned back around full circle to face his crewmates with a crooked smile

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!”

He said in a tone of slight amusement “We follow the story we might find the Captain”

CSO

Gong’da turned around slowly and faced the CSO. “What? What are you talking about? You Hew-Mons do acid or other drugs before you write books? I’m not following a rabbit or a top hat, not with my feet, not with my shoes. Not with my mind and not if I choose.”

Gong’da CMO

“Well, I’ll let you lead the way,” Byr said to James and Aaron “I definitely need to become more familiar in earthen literature,” he pondered out loud. “This is definitely strange for a story to have characters such as this. What are their point?” he asked the humans in the group.

Ensign Byrnarterro Ch’riaqer, Science

Aaron groaned. He couldn’t believe this. “So we’re trapped in a centuries old children’s book. Yay.” He said, deadpan. “Fine. Bradford, you’re the one of us who’s most familiar with this, where do we start?”

Aaron Michaels, aCO

James looked at the Chief Engineer as well but not before shooting the Ferengi a queer look “I think when this is all done I’ll introduce you to some quality literature and to answer your question no not all of them but this particular story, probably. If I recall correctly it had something to do with the writers dislike of then-modern mathematics. It’s actually a very interesting subject”

CSO

“So that rabbit has all the answers we need?” Hegush frowned, wondering what would possess an author to write a rabbit as an important role in a novel. Humans certainly had a strange taste in what they called ‘quality’ literature. “Why don’t we catch it? It’s already late for… something, so it won’t matter if we hold it up for a little longer.”

Hegush Falz

Emily looked at Aaron “Basically the entire story is about craziness.” She said “Alice, I’m sure that we’re going to end up running into her at some point. Then we have the Red Queen, she’s not a nice person.” Emily said “And the Jabberwok, well…let’s hope we don’t run into him.” She added “The Mad Hatter, he knows so much more than he says, you just have to figure out his riddles.” She said “I doubt the food is poisoned or laced with anything.” She said “However, I am curious as to why we’re here.”

Emily looked at the Hatter and the Tweedledum and Tweedledee “Where did you take our Captain, you three?” She asked in a riddle of sorts.

The Hatter ran up to Emily “You....you understand me?” He jumped up and down happily “Your Captain is around the tree and back two or three.” He said “However, to get to him, you must free yourself from me.” He looked at Aaron and the others “You’ll find all your answers here or there or everywhere. But first tea you must drink, and cake you must eat.”

Behind the crew, they each felt hands shoving them toward the table and a loud purr coming from a branch “Its easier to just cooperate, we are being polite.”

Gremlins Mouse

“Polite my lobes! You are as polite as a Ferengi dinner party! And I know! Quit shoving me or it still be you three, just dead and not in the head. My teeth are razor sharp and I will tear your arm off and eat it like a carp.” He then flashed his teeth.

Gong’da CMO

James laughed out loud “I’d take him seriously.” He grabbed a cup of tea, reaching it up to his face and smelling the contents “Ferengi sharpen their teeth, although there is something to be said about the Hippocratic oath.” He leaned on the table “I suggest that I try some food to see if there are any negative effects” He said with a smile.

CSO

Aaron trusted his people–if they claimed these weirdos weren’t dangerous, then he’d listen. He picked up a piece of cake and took a bite of it, waiting to see if there was a negative effect.

Aaron Michaels, CO

The man in the hat grinned “There, now see. I’m not evil.” He said. The cake was a delicious vanilla flavor with a fluffy whipped cream icing, the tea was a tasty and calmy jasmine mint tea. “Now…that we have decided to eat. Let me explain the situation to you.” He said walking along the table looking at the crew “Each of you has a specific reason for being here. However, to get out of here, you will need to work as a team.” He said “But first, eat....then we’ll talk.”

As if on cue, a cat appeared on the back of the large chair at the head of the table “Are you sure Hatter? Are they the ones that can help us?”

Mouse

James took a sip of his tea then reached for a cake and grabbed a piece and tossed i in his mouth “Well the food being edible is itself not proof of goodness, just that ye have not planned to do evil with cake.”

CSO

Aaron nodded, “there could be assassins around the corner.” He said, plainly, waving for James to move over to him.

“Scan for any sort of anomaly that might help us get out of here, I don’t care what it is, if it’s not normal, I want to know.” He whispered to the other man.

Aaron Michaels, CO

“It is true that good deeds do not always correlate to proving trust,” replied Byr. “And you said you were interested?” he asked, looking around once more to confirm nobody else was blue around him.

Ensign Byrnarterro Ch’riaqer, Science

Hatter looked at the smiling cat “Yes, Yes I believe they are.” He said “We just need to make them see. We have been here far too long.” Hatter said “No one seems to have the skill set that these do.” He glanced at the two rotund “boys” “We just need to keep them from interfering and telling the queen of our plans.” He said conspiratorily “Now find the others, we will need to show them their way through the forest.”

He turned back to the crew “Now....let me tell you a story. I have not always been a hatter…” He said “I used to be the leader of a group of people who explored space and time. We got trapped here and we have been looking for a way out since then.” He said “There are good and evil, light and dark at play here. It may seem like a joke, a fairy tale, but I assure you, this is life and death.” He looked at Aaron and the others “Don’t trust your eyes, your ears or anything else. It could just be a farce.”

Scans would show that there was a dense forest just beyond where the tea party was being held. There were multiple species of animals within the forest. The scans would show that Hatter, himself, was half Human, half Vulcan, but he didn’t supress his emotions, which might explain the behavior. The cat, scanned as a human and the mouse scanned as a Bajoran. None of this made sense, but it was a start on the scans.

Mouse

Emily looked at Aaron “Well, if this goes as the story goes, we will need to defeat the Jabberwocky or something similar.” She said “But before we even get there, we have to traverse the forest, which is full of it’s own dangers.” She added quietly “We also need to worry about the two boys, tweedledum and tweedledee. They are not at all here to help us, I think.” She added “Let’s see what else he can give us.”

“Hatter, how long have you been here?” Emily asked “Where are the rest of your people?”

CE

James shook his head “If this is based on the books there won’t be a mention of the Jabberwocky until later, it was only a poem and not a villain to beat, but I suppose we can’t count on this being a fair representation” He scratched his head “Then, of course, I might be wrong” He shrugged “I should stop mumbling” He said before stopping his mumbling.

CSO

Gong’da looked at the Hatter. “So let me get this straight. YOU. Beamed us off OUR ship to help YOU leave this place? So why didn’t YOU just beam yourselves onto our ship, explain your plight and left with us? Nooooo! It cannot be that simple! You just couldn’t grab a towel and stick your thumb up to hitch a ride. YOU had to beam us here and make us part of this. We could fail and you will still be here. You are stupid!”
The Hatter laughed and laughed and laughed “We tried that the last time we tried to get help.” HE said “I lost two people when the transport failed. It is one way right now…so in order for you to leave, you must follow the clues and defeat the perils, you little man, will make a tasty snack for any of the creatures in the forest…” He said still smiling at Gong’da

Reaching the chairs finally he realized he couldn’t get onto one because they were too big. “Can someone help me up please.”

Gong’da CMO

Please don’t insult the man Aaron thought, looking over at the Hatter. “I believe you. I have just a couple questions. First, how’d you guys actually get here?” He asked, moving over and picking up Gong’da and helping him into the chair.

Aaron Michaels, CO

“Thank you sir.”

Gong’da CMO

The Mouse spoke up “We’ve been here for years, we got here in much the same way we brought you, but there was something different, we were changed.” She squeaked “You will find that things are not what they seem. You will think you’re going mad…mad I tell you.” She squeaked.

Gremlins Mouse

Emily put her head in her hands as Gong’da taunted their captors, and that was essentially what they were was captive. She also knew that things could play out very differently than the story, who ever was behind this could create very dangerous situations that might result in additional death or injury to the crew.

CE

Aaron rubbed his face, taking a long moment to think. “Mr Hatter, if I may call you that, I feel it’s more formal than ‘guy in hat’; can you come with us, maybe help us out a bit, and I give you my word as Commanding Officer that your people will also get out of here.” He wasn’t sure what lied ahead, but he didn’t see any weapons on any of his guys, so if things got ugly, it’d be bad.

Aaron Michaels, CO

The Hatter looked at Aaron “And just where are we going my good sir. Everything you need to survive is right here.” He said waving his hand across the table “Well of course had the other gentleman not been taken. I’m sure he’s quite fine somewhere here.” The Hatter said “Whereever here is.” He continued as he shushed the mouse and glanced at the cat that seemed to appear and disappear at will.

Falz finished off his mouthful of food, and looked up. He could hear something in the Captains voice, and he wasn’t sure what it was but he suddenly felt a lot more wary than he had a few minutes ago. The more he listened to the discussions taking place around him the more questions were pinging around in his mind. Especially with what the mouse said about having its form changed. His body might not be very attractive, but he wasn’t so keen on having it changed into any old piece of flora and fauna. So while the Captain tried to negotiate, he discreetly started scanning anybody in his vacinity to see if they were beginning to change and just didn’t know it yet.

Lt. Com. Hegush (XO)

What Hegush would note in his scans was that there seemed to be data fields in various spots giving the impression that this may well be a holo simulation, however, the fields changed randomly and would disappear. The Hatter appeared to be some sort of human, the mouse for all intents and purposes was just that a mouse and the cat, well, he was hard to scan as he kept disappearing and reappearing.

Having received the OK from the senior crew, Byr also takes some of the food and tries some of it, but keeping himself calm and alert, he looked to the hatter and everybody speaking, and has also been looking around to get an idea of the area and the local flora.

Byrnaterro Ch’riaqer, Science

As the Captain was trying to negotiate with the Hatter, a White Rabbit in a red vest and a pair of spectacles on his nose came running through…”I’m late…Oh…this is never good....the Queen…She’ll have my head on a platter…Must rush off. Hatter keep these people here…don’t need them wandering off and getting hurt now do we.”

The Hatter shook his head “Pay him no mind. We’ll get you through the forest and to the problem quickly.” He said.

Gremlins MOuse


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