Artemis-cellaneous: Memorable whatevers from The Borderlands

[+ Vitor S. Silveira]

10 hours ago, Jovenan said:

@Vitor S. Silveira, I love you and I hate you (not really)!

 

For context, Silveira calls Jovenan "Nan". A few days ago in Discord, some of us admitted they were initially confused by that!

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Later

 

You all should know by now not to fuel my chaotic plot writing mind

[+ Gila Sadar]

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On one hand, traditionalist Vulcans hid their emotions even from their own selves. But on the other, Betazoids scoffed at the concept of privacy. Despite the irrationality of it, he couldn’t help but to imagine one of the dark-eyed telepaths loudly announcing to a crowd that Z’Vahme frequently felt inadequate. 

Our most recent Ensign landing with a splash 😄

Who wants to be the one to tell him that two of our Top Brass Trifecta are Telepaths?

[+ Gila Sadar]

@Savel's internal comments are always extremely hilarious, and his latest Sim has a few of them, but none that evoked the very distinct Savel-ness as the following.

 

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He found one of the newest Ensigns to board the ship and one that happened to be in the same department as him. Both were easy ways to start off the conversation, and Savel spent the time it took to approach the half-Vulcan Ensign to make a choice on which one to use.

 

Savel: Ensign Solas. I am Ensign Savel, assigned to the security department. Since we will be working together, I believe it would be logical to introduce myself to you now while we have a chance. So, greetings.

 

oOI believe I have "nailed it" as humans like to say upon success.Oo

[+ Gila Sadar]

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MacKenzie: There’s just one other matter. …Doctor Sadar?

 

Addison gestured with her finger that Mizarian was summoned to approach. While the medical officer made her way through the crowd, the commanding officer picked up another box. Her eyes narrowed when Sadar was in position, sizing up the woman who now stood taller than she did.

 

MacKenzie: Doctor Sadar, you are… weird. When you came aboard the Artemis, you were timid, and skittish, and I’m pretty sure you were on the verge of wetting yourself every time I walked in the room.

 

She paused, her gaze softening, allowing for her wry sense of humor to be felt.

 

MacKenzie: But you are also an exceptional physician. I have watched the way you have interacted with your patients and the way you have started to form friendships with your colleagues. I have also seen the way you stand up for what you believe in, even if that means offering a dissenting opinion. Despite whatever insecurities you may have, I hope I no longer cause you any anxiety, as I believe you have the makings of an exceptional officer. One that has certainly earned my respect and the respect of everyone gathered here. It is my privilege as your commanding officer to promote you to the rank of Lieutenant JG.

 

Removing the hollow pip from the box, she placed it on the Mizarian’s collar and patted her shoulders before joining the applause behind her.

 

Also, in spite of how much I complain in Discord, I'll likely never forget this particular promotion, so I'd be remiss not to give proper appreciation 🤣 @Addison MacKenzie always cuts an imposing figure, especially when (ostensibly) complimenting people!

[Talos Dakora]

Offensive, but true.

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((The Fifth Chalice, Oxeania Commercial District, Tharazad Continent, Betazed ))

 

Genkos had never been in this bar before - which was perfectly reasonable as how many of the crew could say they’d been to every bar on their home planet? Well maybe Talos, but that was about it.

 

[+ Gila Sadar]

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Silveira: Why don’t we make it a threesome?

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is called picking up the ball that’s been put down and bloody running with it 😂 Props to @Vitor S. Silveira and @Jovenan for setting up and executing the joke flawlessly.

(And we’re talking about cooking night👍)

[Hallia Yellir]

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Yellir: What about a bandage for your nose? That might help. If we find something else here we might be able to make it look like it's actually injured, too.

 

Addison raised her fist.

 

MacKenzie: We could actually break your nose. (beat) I’m kidding. …Partially.

 

She wouldn’t assault the man … she’d order Silveira to do it.

This whole exchange had me wheezing

[Genkos Adea]

@Jovenan deserves all the points for this excellent callback.

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Jovenan: It’s not lies. It’s possible because we’ve all come here… from the future.

What? At first, that confused Tevet even further than any other claim they had made. It wasn’t possible to travel in time… or was it? Mom had told stories about travelling in time, of time machines and ships that went into the past or the future, something about whales. But they were all stories, not true! Yet… It made more sense than any other explanation.

 

[+ Ollie Bergmen]

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The more they could blend in, the better. Though, two of them were Vulcans and the other's hair was a fashion statement all by itself.

I wonder who that third can be. Would you know @Savel ?

Yeah, I love this little teasing going on in our alter line...

[+ Gila Sadar]

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Why was it that there were always certain male members of the crew that preferred to resort to physical aggression as a means of tackling their way out of a problem?

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Kel: Come one Lieutenant. The plan was run not fight, let’s see how you sprint.

 The testosterone in the room was starting to become even more stifling than the coolant quickly filling main engineering.

MacKenzie: SHUT UP AND MOVE!

I know I give @Addison MacKenzie gaff, but she's really quite amusing to read when her no-nonsense attitude ISN'T aimed directly at me 🤣

[+ Gila Sadar]

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Savel: We cannot help them from here.

He risked a sidelong glance in Savel’s direction. There was a line where logic started to sound like sarcasm, and the Vulcan was dancing all over it.

Dakora: True. Any ideas for fixing that?

Talos’ sarcasm, however, was unquestionable.

Unfazed, Savel quickly scanned the room before making a request.

Savel: Do not allow them to shoot me.

Talos’ mouth opened to ask any number of questions, but the Security Officer was already on the move. 

Dakora: Well, since you asked so nicely…

Best part about serving with a Vulcan is exchanges exactly like this 🤣

[Gnai]

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She’d best remember to be as boring as absolutely possible! Luckily, this was her specialty.

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Surely, there was a better way to do this? Like, just ignore it.

How expensive was living on Romulus? The supernova was still almost a decade away. They could probably save up enough to get off-world with a shuttle in a few years, right?

I adore @Gila Sadar so much already. These little lines had me dying on my commute as I read them.

[Jovenan]

I never suspected @Genkos Adea was such a pottymouth (and had such a disregard to the fourth wall)!

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The Uhlat stepped to one side, clearly fed up of their nonsense and their “hnaev” a word which here means something I’m not allowed to write down in one of these posts. Look it up on the wiki.

Romulan Dictionary in case you want to check what that word means!

[+ Salkath]

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oO Violence is the cursed spring from which all suffering flows. Sacrifice that which is dear and let the Wheel guide your way. Oo

The Tenets were clear. Violence wasn’t the way forward. 

oO Against the currents of time, only cooperation and unison can see us safe. Discord would see all drown, but together, we will float. Oo 

Absolute artistry in this craftwork by @Gila Sadar. This is the type of prose that fills me with awe to read, and inspires me to do better in my own writing. Thank you! 🧡

[+ Salkath]

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Savel: Ensign Gnai, I am Ensign Savel, one of the security officers on board. ::lowering his tone:: I recommend we keep our Starfleet affiliation to ourselves until we learn more about the current situation. 

A lot of -tions there. He's a poet and didn't even know it.

I imagine that peppering your speech with the same suffix is akin to a sort of Vulcan rap battle. @Savel, perhaps our characters need to try that out 😆

[+ Gila Sadar]

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Savel: Ensign Gnai, I am Ensign Savel, one of the security officers on board. ::lowering his tone:: I recommend we keep our Starfleet affiliation to ourselves until we learn more about the current situation.
 

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Salkath: Indeed. We can surmise that we are not in an advantageous position.

 

That encompassed every aspect of the predicament they were in.

And thusly, @Selkath provides us the most Vulcan way of saying 'understatement' I've ever read 🤣 Vulcan-Team Up is going to be an amazing read, I can tell

[+ Gila Sadar]

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Jovenan didn’t turn her eyes away from the vessel rushing towards her, not when it had grown to cover the city’s skyline, not when it crashed through the dome, not when the immense force coloured her vision white and would surely vaporise them all. She thought she had deserved it. Execution without a trial, just like home.

She didn’t believe in ghosts. But at the last moment, she wondered if Vitor would soothe her spirit to the eternal oblivion in the Artemis’ arboretum alongside her sister-across-the-universes.

@Jovenan Want a double-date to the counselor's office come shoreleave? 😢 To everyone else: Assassination plots are BAD for crew morale.

[+ Salkath]

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He and Hallia had a peculiar relationship - they didn’t really know each other all that well, but during a body swapping frenzy a year or so ago they had become intimately aware of one another’s physicality… Not like that, get your minds out the gutter.

From @Genkos Adea... a well-placed aside to camera is always appreciated 😆🧡

[+ Gila Sadar]

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Adea: And thank you - that was a good plan, well executed. Let’s hope it sticks.

Kel: Something is bound to go right eventually sir.

Anyone want to tell @Kel Solas, or should I? 😅

[Gnai]

@Jovenan just wanted to shout out a title that cracked me up for a good second in here as well!

[Savel]

Had to shout out @Gnai's title. It's been fun seeing Gnai's reactions to everything going on around it. Especially it's reactions to the two Vulcans paired up with it.

[Gnai]

2 hours ago, Savel said:

Had to shout out @Gnai's title. It's been fun seeing Gnai's reactions to everything going on around it. Especially it's reactions to the two Vulcans paired up with it.

Thank youuuuu ❤️ it's lots of fun throwing my jellyfish into the deep end. It's like a fish out of water, trying to avoid all the pier pressure from the Vulcans to Get Into Trouble and rock the boat.

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I'm not shore how many more dumb jokes/puns that I can squeeze into this message. I'll stop now :P

[+ Gila Sadar]

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Renirs: I dunno. Maybe it was that I beat up the Security Chief, but I don’t think I should have been punished for it. Gabe was totally okay with it, we even discussed me training his officers afterwards. He’s chill like that. ::thinks:: Or maybe it was because of that one time I showed up covered in blood and asked your boss to fire one of your colleagues. But that’s okay too, he knew to leave the ship on his own accord. ::wink::

@Jovenan proceeds to have the most entertaining PNPC in this damned fleet. Renirs is a gem no matter who she meets. 🤣

[+ Ollie Bergmen]

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Savel: Ensign Jaseb. ::feeling less formal using his first name, even with the title::

Ensign Jaseb... I did expect something like this from @Gnai, not from @Savel!

Savel, you made my day! ❤️

Edited April 20 by Jaseb Chevalier

[Gnai]

Every time there's a new Renirs sim I feel like I need to rush over and post the highlights here ASAP. She is too dang funny. @Jovenan, you've done it again (had me laughing out loud).

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So far, it had been a typical cave. Dark, slippery, smelly cave, but many of them were, or so Jozial would imagine. The hidden goodies were still to be discovered; what was the point of a cave if you didn’t put anything in there? At least they hadn’t yet found out the pools of water here weren’t invested by sentient, long-lived worms who could take over your body. She never understood what make the ancient Trills go “hmm, I’m gonna cut my belly open and put this slimy creature in there”. Kahless, her species were disgusting sometimes! The spots were cute though.

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Renirs: My ::bleep:: ::bleep:: in the ::bleep:: ::bleep::, ::bleep:: ::bleep::! ::Bleep::!

A grimace on her face, Jozial was clenching all her muscles as she was lying on her side on the ground, hoping that it, or the shouting, would take some of the pain away. Mines! The corrupt cops, humanoid traffickers or even the teachers didn’t use those to get her! That was a sneaky, cruel, twisted method of hurting people. Better write it down.

She saw something bright approaching her. It was glowing, illuminating the surrounding air. Was it an angel? A friendly Prophet or Megan having come to take her away? She watched in awe as its subtle hair dancing in the air as it got closer and…

It was the freaking jelly.