juneau Juneau's Rememberable quotes!!! IC

[Dekas]

Quote

Motor: ::a brief pause as they check the monitor.:: Speaking conservatively, they have maybe thirty minutes to administer the medication and have it be effective. If our projections are accurate. ::they pause.:: Doctor Indobri's work appears more than solid. It'll work.

 

Did Motor actually know this? No, absolutely not. Indobri had far more experience abroad than them -- Motor was fresh out of the Academy and trying to understand a complex, experimental medication that someone clearly much smarter than him made -- but, sometimes, doctors tell a patient this will only sting a little, or that they're going to be okay. All Motor knew was that gambling on that medication was the one thing standing between them and trading lives, and that's a bet Motor was willing to make.

@Motor Vihn This little bit right here was especially beautifully written. I love the new Doctor on the ship. They're fantastic already.

[Motor Vihn]

Thank you so much! That’s very kind of you. Glad to be here.

[Dekas]

Two quotes in one for this, because they both kind of hit my humor.

 

 

Quote

 

Careno: ::muttering:: Right, keep the individuality-devouring nanites off the state of the art starship, please.

 

Glancing over at their fellow graduate, Motor frowned at Vel -- but the frown didn't quite meet their eyes. It was the sort of frown one uses when they're trying very hard to not show they think something is funny. Call it the euphoria of having hopefully avoided the blood of Starfleet officers and a number of innocents on the crew's hands, but it was all Motor could do not to laugh. 

 

Motor: ::muttering in kind.:: If it's not too much trouble, right?

 

 

 

@Krytenton and @Motor Vihn First being this little interaction. Such good friendship chemistry between these two. I'm about it. 

 

And second being just from Ensign Vihn as far as thought processes go.

 

Quote

 

Oddas: =/\= Oddas to Juneau =/\=

 

Oh, good, the captain's not dead. Maybe that's the bare minimum, but, again.

 

 

"Oh, good, the captain's not dead." is such a simple and casual thought process but it made me snort.

[Dekas]

Quote

 

Nikau (pilot):  Oy!  We’re comin’ out of warp and will arrive…uh…presently! 

Carver (co-pilot):  Presently?!  Who says presently?! 

Nikau: ::whispering::  I don’t know exactly how long!  These Vulcans are sticklers for numbers. 

 

and

Quote

 

Carter:  Good luck, Ensign! 

Nikau: Oh yah, break a leg! 

Carter: ::whispering:: you just told a Vulcan to break a leg?!  What rock did you crawl out from under?!

 

I think the Juneau's newest ensign, Sera (who doesn't have a forum tag yet, but still deserves the shout out for these little gems of npc banter) might actually be the funniest person alive from literally day one. I just wheeze laughed. I'm thrilled by what she'll bring to the table as she keeps going!

[Dekas]

Quote

 

Dekas: ::exhaling:: … love a good Trill.

She chuckled at Ensign Dekas remark. Anesthetics sometimes worked on patients as a truth serum. Apparently she wasn’t the only one aboard Juneau who loved their spots. 

Vihn: I'm pretty partial to them, myself, so we have that in common. Is it the spots?

oO Probably. Oo

But she surely wasn’t going to say that out loud.

 

@John Kendrick playing Pelley and Dekas over here in an active assimilation crisis, and they really just saw Doctor Vihn sprint in the sickbay and decided, "You know, the Trill on board do be lookin' kinda cute today. Like I don't believe in love at first sight, but I really wouldn't mind if they walked by again anyway." And are they wrong? Absolutely not.

[Dekas]

Quote

He caught himself humming quietly in tune with the OR-400, and spread his mandibles in an approximation of an indulgent smile before going back to his PADD. The repairs had progressed astonishingly well, given what they had put the ship through during this last mission. If some of his Engineering teachers back at Starfleet Academy had read the post-action report and reached the section explaining what exactly they had done with the deflector dish, and how many procedures and failsafes they had metaphorically butchered, ripped to shreds, buried in the backyard, then dug out and re-assembled backwards, they would have run screaming for the escape pods. Or the bar, whichever was nearest.

@Kettick I just laughed like a seal. By which I mean it caught me off-guard in the middle of that paragraph and I just barked a laugh and clapped like an idiot. 10/10 description.

[Dekas]

Quote

 

Sera:  A ‘circle’ of drinks, please.  Inebriation will allow us to respectfully interrogate your patrons so that we may depose your tyrannical leader.  ::pantomimes whispering and thinks this acting thing is an interesting approach that perhaps could be utilized in other aspects of her life::  I know about inebriation – I said all kinds of things that I didn’t…mean…to… 

Sera’s voice trailed off as she saw Falt and the barkeep look at her. 

Pretend.  She looked down at herself, wearing the armor of a warrior.  Nodding to herself as she had come to some skewed, but logical for her, conclusion, Sera reached across the bar and grabbed the barkeep with one arm. 

Sera:  Drinks or all of us now and answer our questions about the ominous castle so that we may reverse the mist and grant you all freedom of travel…or…I shall request that Fal-Varg break ALL the tables.  ::said in a voice only a Vulcan could pull off:: 

The Vulcan woman was holding the barkeep by his apron.   

Barkeep:  Gods!  ::chokes a little:: Yer…yer crazy!  Fine…Fine!  Just, don’t break the bar, please! 

Sera nodded, satisfied, and released the man.  She nodded once to him and Falt and then walked back over to the table where the rest of their party had sat.  She took one of the empty seats and sat, pulling her bow from around her shoulder and placing it against her leg.   

Sera::  I have secured drinks – then we will interrogate the patrons, obtain the information we require, and…::voice trails off:: 

Dekas/Vihn/Falt/Anyone: Response 

Sera:  I am acting.  Ale, song, interrogate.  It tis a plan. 

 

@Sera Acting in a Fantasy Holodeck adventure during Shore Leave is the actual best thing I've ever seen. "It tis a plan." Just excellent.

[Dekas]

Quote

 

Falt: Vampires?

 

He picked up his axe and slammed it down into the centre of his table, splitting it clean in two.

 

Falt: Varg hates Vampires!

 

@Tomas Falt I love Varg, I mean Falt so much! 🤣 🤣 

[Serala]

Quote

Dekas: I’d be surprised if anyone could out-polite me. No one’s even heard me compliment them like an Aurelian yet. You all think the way I say things now is nice, but there’s a weird unspoken etiquette with humanoids that makes me hold back a lot. I mean people claim it’s normal to love your friends shamelessly and unconditionally. But if that’s true, then they wouldn’t get so nervous when I tell them I love them shamelessly and unconditionally. Suddenly it’s not normal anymore if I say it. Mm, you’re all so emotionally constipated, might I suggest a good probiotic? ::he hummed in tired amusement:: Do you take your alone time in your quarters, or somewhere else specifically? I could see the appeal of either choice depending on what suits your fancy.

I just could not stop chuckling at this characterization of the complexities of emotion and personal interaction. 😄

[John Kendrick]

Wise words from our Ensign @Dekas.

Quote

He’d come to realize lately how little he knew people, and how little they knew him. Life was so complicated, time was a privilege and not a given.

 

[Dekas]

@Kettick has been absolutely killin' it lately with the sense of humor! Technically I think this particular narrative bit showed up a few days back, but seeing it again had it hitting different and truly I love Kettick so much. His thought processes are fantastic.

Quote

He was laying face-down in... grass? Well, at least it was a pleasant landing. Still, he did a quick tally of his situation. Arms, two, check. Legs, two, check. Antennae and feelers, two of each, check. Hearts, two, beating, check.
Existential dread at the current situation, none.
Exasperation, six out of ten and rising.

 

[Dekas]

I once again need to appreciate @Kettick the commentary. "which is already dense enough that I wonder how light manages to escape from you" The sass in just that part of the sentence alone is fantastic. And then the rest of it follows with the same level of sass. Excellent.

 

Quote

 

In a way that would not be possible for his real face, the traits of Kettick's avatar morphed to reveal a very human expression. Apparently, over the course of the discussion, his emotions had oscillated between primal horror and white-hot rage, and had found a very unhappy medium.

Absolute, all-encompassing contempt.

 

Kettick: Not only you believed that a member of an eusocial species would enjoy his afterlife better away from others, which is already dense enough that I wonder how light manages to escape from you, but you decided to go and one-up this initial mistake by proposing that I spend the eternity lazing about in a power fantasy where I usurp a place I do not belong to. And *that* is so far past insulting that I would need to create wholesale a new religion to define its correct level of blasphemy.

 

[Dekas]

The Engineers on Juneau are perfectly fine, I promise 🤣

Quote

 

Kettick : And that is assuming someone careless enough to eat a [...]tail sandwich during a maintenance would have some respect left for proper procedure and remember to log their misdeeds properly. :: He peered at the open panel and pointed to another foreign body next to a mass of singed wiring :: Is that a paper clip?  

Sera winced as her hand took on an angrier look and the stinging gave way to burning.  She had to get her hand washed STAT.  She looked over at the faintly glowing sweet dill pickle with increasing suspicion.  Was the thing eating through the composite table now?  It was, wasn’t it?

Dekas: Response 

Sera:  A paperclip?  ::peers in to see just what Kettick is talking about – and sees the offending object::   But…it has no grounding, no protective coating…the power that could arc through it… 

Kettick's feelers bristled in professional indignation.

Sera in her own way was now just as indignant – well as indignant as a Vulcan can get. 

Kettick : Either the Heisenberg compensator matrix is faulty and bits of the replicated product materialize outside of the targeted area, or someone needs to be fired post-haste.

Dekas: Response  

Sera:  As this is considered a freshman level device to troubleshoot/maintain, I cannot say that I would be against this firing you speak of – although for sake of transparency, I am uncertain what exactly fired means in this scenario. 

Kettick : ::Deadpan, or deadly serious was anybody's guess:: I believe aft torpedo launcher two is available.

 

 

[Tomas Falt]

Quote

Sera:  Well as the computer greeter stated, there is no after-afterlife.  If the programming is not sound, then…. who knows what could happen?   

 

Kettick nearly shrugged. As far as he was concerned, there was no afterlife either, and yet there they were. What was one final frontier more?

 

Kettick: Contrary to what our creed would imply, I suggest we refrain from boldly going and finding out, this time.

@Kettick loved this! This could be the Juneau's new ship's moto! 

[Dekas]

@Tomas Falt Falt's thought processes are just fantastic. Even when they're mildly exasperated 😉

Quote

 

He’d never been to a regal and formal masquerade ball before, and if he’d been asked would have said he would be quite happy to succumb to old age having never attended one. He sighed.

 

Falt: Strange new worlds Tomas, strange new worlds.

 

He began the search for a suitable outfit. At least he had good coffee in his other hand.

 

[John Kendrick]

Quote

Kendrick: No need to apologize, Ensign. And yes, Juneau is a very unique ship, indeed. The first Starfleet vessel equipped with a Warp XV engine. Serving aboard our ship must be an engineer’s dream come true. ::raising his glass:: Welcome aboard.   

Sera watched Lt. Kendrick raise his glass to her and she blinked.  Oh.  This meant something…a…bread?  No wait…toast?  Regardless, Sera repeated the gesture, albeit a second behind what would have been easily comfortable for the human.  She sincerely hoped he did not take her hesitation personally; she was trying very hard to…do what exactly?  It was, at least in her mind, logical to assimilate to life on board – and to do so effectively would mean discomfort on her part.   

@Sera 's thought process behind such a simple gesture like raising your glass was so much fun to read. "A bread... No wait... a toast?" Brilliant 😄!

[John Kendrick]

This one's from Juneau's new Tactical Officer, Lieutenant JG @G'var. Apparently Klingons aren't familiar with the concept of "balloons". Guess a barrel of bloodwine is all a Klingon really needs to throw a party 😁.

Quote

Stepping into the Clan House, G'var was impressed with the decor, the floors, walls, and ceiling were all covered in stained hardwoods. Multiple carvings and murals covered the room, the lighting gave the lounge a warm feeling. There was a subtle hint of woodsmoke in the air that actually made her want to look for a fire pit.

Beyond the Alaskan Decor the room has been decorated in white and black paper strands and inflated latex bladders. Being familiar with Terran standards of party decoration it looked festive for an awards ceremony.
 

 

[Tomas Falt]

Yet another subtle stroke of genius from @Dekas. Going after the fourth wall with this one! 

Quote

oO The person writing my life? Where did that come from? No one is writing my life except me. And I’m doing an ace job of it, clearly. Oo

[Serala]

1 minute ago, Tomas Falt said:

Yet another subtle stroke of genius from @Dekas. Going after the fourth wall with this one! 

Quote

oO The person writing my life? Where did that come from? No one is writing my life except me. And I’m doing an ace job of it, clearly. Oo

Yes! I almost posted that myself! I loved it!

[Dekas]

@Kettick gets two in one for quotes here, both from the same sim, which in itself was a masterpiece, honestly. But these specific nuggets of narrative gold. The visuals and thought processes. I am deceased 🤣.

Quote

The rubber duck had been retrieved from the industrial accident of a replicator, and placed on a nearby workbench. From time to time, a spindly, chitinous finger prodded it, making it wobble and eliciting a somewhat indignant "quack".

&

 

Quote

 

he had looked into the fruit of the poor crewman's work.

Which had looked like the digital love-child of a one-night stand between Escher and Dali after a three-day absinthe bender at Lovecraft's.

 

 

[Dekas]

It surprises absolutely no one that @Kettick is hilarious right out of the gate of a new mission. Personally I'm on team "Calling this mysterious artifact Fred" Fred seems a good name. 🤣

Quote

Its description was elusive at best, and it had only been referenced as “the artifact” in the official communications they had received. The non-official ones used metasyntactic variables ranging from “Doohickey”, “Gizmo”, or “Thingybob”, all the way to “Waldo”, “Fred” and “MacGuffin”, which was even less helpful.

Edited February 17, 2022 by Dekas

[Dekas]

@Sera has the Vibes of a good number of things I've heard about how Engineers think in one paragraph and I love it. Also it's just really funny. 😆

Quote

She knew that the Grace Hopper would have such tools available, but efficiency would be lost in the acquirement of them.  Besides, Sera had taken what one of her Engineering Professors espoused quite seriously, “There are many hyperspanners, but this one is mine.” She knew the feel, the resonance, and the idiosyncrasies of her own tools and although illogical, she was partial to them.  One did not question the methods to an engineer’s ‘madness.’  It just wasn’t proper.

[Dekas]

Quote

 

Looking at the device with a suspicious eye, Sera reconfigured the scanner on her tricorder and tried again, watching very closely for any indication that the device had a fail-safe if scanned too vigorously. 

 

Sera: ::muttering softly in Vulcan::  Kuv du thorshau nash-veh dungi nam-tor maut kal-tor ne'.  

<If you blow up on me, I will be very disappointed.> 

 

@Sera 🤣 Disappointment is always worse than anger. 

[Serala]

And this line from our @Tomas Falt had me laughing.
 

Quote

If Tomas was honest the engineers had lost him a bit, it seemed he wasn’t as fluent in “Engineer” as he’d thought. He kept quiet, hoping the conversation would swing back to something he better understood. Or at least recognise as federation standard.

 

[Kettick]

That beautiful little gem of inner dialogue, from @Dekas:

Quote

oO Focus, Dekas. Tomas– No, Lieutenant Falt– is obviously well suited for this mission. The Captain has good judgment and could not have picked a better person for it. He is very intelligent and specialized in archeology and other similar sciences. And he’s beautiful– beautifully talented at… missions. Which is what we’re doing right now. This is how professionals think of other professionals when they’re working together. I am a professional. Oo