"All that you touch you Change" - Persistent Writings From The OEB Brood

[Lhandon_Nilsen]

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Herrick: ::nodding while pulling out his tricorder:: I was able to get the forcefields up, but the computer didn’t believe there was power to be had until I override the command. The power going into the shields just seems to be disappearing into the ether. And, while the warp core is offline, Lhandon’s right in that an equivalent amount of has been diverted from every system, I’m surprised those lines can handle the load.

 

(OOC: I promise I won’t get blown up 😉)

Are you sure about that Herrick...are you really really sure about that??? @Josh Herrick Your record for getting blown up has a disturbing frequency to it.

[Alora DeVeau]

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Ensign Caras personal log.

“It felt like I got dumber. I’m not sure what it was. I’m not even sure sickbay could help me if I went. It’s subsided now. Nothing picked up on the sensors, nothing picked up on the tricorder after we finished our work in Ops. It came in waves and suddenly it was gone. Maybe it was nothing. Maybe it was a sign. I think whatever is here, has meant to trap us here. Now I feel like I'm making logs like the classified one we deciphered. Though this one isn’t going to be classified. I have nothing to hide. If you are listening to this, If the Butler is found abandoned and you find this message. Run away from here.”

End of log

I love how he sets the tone here.

[Karen Stendhal]

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Lt. Stendhal was at the helm. Could a scientist guide a ship?

@Toz The right question is : Could a betazoid counselor  guide a ship? 

 

Edited July 19 by Karen Stendhal

[Karen Stendhal]

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Arlill: Counselor, are you able to sense anyone?

Stendhal: Yeah I feel something far, but near at the same time. Like someone is there but is also not there. It isn't here! No, there it is! But also there! Well, I know that this doesn't make any sense now!

Arlill: It’s like they’re here but not really here.

Wauhk had had enough. Sometimes humans' imprecision and rambling speech was maddening.

Wauhk: They are either there or they are not! 
 

Wauhk reaction in front of Karen's imprecision made me laugh 🤣 a lot!

[Lhandon_Nilsen]

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There were some days that he wondered if one of their away missions would be along the lines of finding another Risian-like culture in that Gamma quadrant to make first contact, maybe where negotiations would be punctuated by backrubs and spa treatments.

@Josh Herrick You know one day I'm going to monkey paw this lol.

[Avander Promontory]

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But he wasn’t a huge science buff, just a buff engineer.

Nicely played @Morro Caras!

[Avander Promontory]

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Lia raised an eyebrow while looking at Josh, which gave him déjà (V’Airu) vu. 

@Josh Herrick is one of our most underrated writers. His prose is full of fun little nuggets that enhance the reading experience.

[Lhandon_Nilsen]

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Herrick: Right, the crew’s combadges started to fall out of sync and, after it reached a certain pace, it created a cascade failure that took some of the logging offline. That combined with the fact that it seems like some of the combadge signals are slowly phasing away, even now, is creating havoc with getting clear readings.

Nilsen: Yeah. There's a chance they could be here watching us right now.

Lia spluttered for half a moment while her eyes bulged at Lhandon.

Rouiancet: Lhandon, lead with that. What do you mean, they could be watching us right now?!

In hindsight, perhaps starting my explanation with the line “they could be watching us right now” is probably better than ending my explanation with that line.

@Tony, aka Rouiancet exclamation of “Lhandon, lead with that” really punctuated that point.

[Avander Promontory]

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Walker watched the realisation dawn on the XO’s youthful visage

SEE! SEE! @Jack Kessler and @VLen Kel; Avander still looks young! @Margaret Walker gets it!

[After Jack and V'Len both made comments about Avander having some gray hairs last shore leave, I was going to do a sim where Avander self-consciously checks his hair in a holomirror, but didn't get around to it  ]

[Lhandon_Nilsen]

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Una: Two places at once? That's like being a modern alien god! Okay, let's do both, I mean all of us together! For now, But I don't want to be possessed by any of you, well maybe Kovacs, but he's not interested. Maybe if I jumped into another guy too! Like you did, Loqyinn!  oO I could merge with that Nilsen! A Nilsenlunque! Oo But then there'd be too many of us! I'm already a mess on my own! I'd go crazy! Anyway... oO I'm a very hungry woman, but for food this time, if you catch my drift, right? Oo

IRL I don't blame Una, Lhandon is hot, but he's also just as much of a mess as Una haha

This would be an unmitigated disaster.  

[Lhandon_Nilsen]

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(OOC: This time I didn't injure myself; I had an assist )

Yay for @Josh Herrick not getting blown up/disfigured/thrown out of an air/thrown through the view screen.

The question, can we get Herrick through the rest of this mission without injury? 

[Avander Promontory]

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It was Lahl. Quick draw McLahl

This is now canon.

@Morro Caras and @Kimonzi Lahl with strong simming

[Lhandon_Nilsen]

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Herrick: oO An intelligence?! How many hallucination-inducing beings live in the Gamma Quadrant Oo

Well there's Jeffrey, he's lovely. His wife Jennifer, their three sons, Jeff, Rey and Steve.

@Josh Herrick

 

 

 

Edited July 31 by Lhandon_Nilsen

[Lhandon_Nilsen]

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They knew Eli was involved with their friend Lhando, and now he seemed to have something brewing with Una. Finally, someone on this ship was starting to think like a Bolian. Lhando will be so excited! On second thought, maybe he won't be — humans were very attached to their strange concept of jealousy. But he should be excited! If they got out of this alive, Loq would try and give some subtle encouragement.

Yinn having me laugh out loud at this. 

I'm reminded of this song

https://open.spotify.com/track/08KTQSs3ickNki7FFTb6fY?si=W4VFY7E7SGGVj80QOoJNXA

[Tony, aka Rouiancet]

On 7/29/2024 at 9:29 AM, Avander Promontory said:

It was Lahl. Quick draw McLahl

This is now canon.

@Morro Caras and @Kimonzi Lahl with strong simming

I just need to highlight again how good this moment was. I've been thinking (and giggling) about it for days. Bravo, @Morro Caras and @Kimonzi Lahl!

[Josh Herrick]

@Kimonzi Lahl , this isn't some Akira-refit you can go tearing up she's brand new! 🤣

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Lahl: Well, what do we have here? ::Kimonzi held up something after yanking it out of the paneled area:: I’m not sure what this is, but I’m pretty sure it’s not original to here. Unless I just pulled out a humidity regulator.

 

Edited August 6 by Josh Herrick

[Lhandon_Nilsen]

1 minute ago, Josh Herrick said:

@Kimonzi Lahl , this isn't some Akira-refit you can go tearing up, she's brand new! 🤣

 

Psst...yes you can, Don't listen to @Josh Herrick 😛

[Lhandon_Nilsen]

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Stendhal: oO I knew it! I should have taken a vacation, a leave of absence, a sabbatical. Oo ::he looked around, but it was almost pitch black, with only hints of deep blue.::

oO See? I told you I needed a break. A real one, like a sabbatical.Oo

 

I feel like this every day of the week. Think we can all relate 😅 @Karen Stendhal

[Lhandon_Nilsen]

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Toz: I’m a doctor, not an ops officer. 

Nilsen: I'm an ops officer, not a doctor 😝 @Toz

[Lhandon_Nilsen]

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 Loq, the Klingon she had met in the phasing subspace. She was even happier to be alive and, of course, that Kovacs was too. Even though he was already romantically involved with some random ops chief. Yes, an operations chief. Absurd, right?

I beg all thine holy pardons, I am not just some random ops chief...I'm a carefully selected M&S Finest Assistant Ops Chief 😂

Una here with the jealousy, hands off he's mine 😂😂😂😂

@Karen Stendhal 

Edited August 10 by Lhandon_Nilsen

[Alora DeVeau]

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Lahl: I believe wherever we are is out of phase from where we’re supposed to be. To quote the great Earth Poet. I do not like it Sam I Am.

The poetiest of poets!

[Alora DeVeau]

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Professor X - Now Toxin, for 3 points on your final grade, what levels of antimatter do you need to reactivate a Constitution class Type 2 reactor?

Arlill: I don’t remember professor, can I look it up?

Edited August 11 by Alora DeVeau

[Tony, aka Rouiancet]

13 hours ago, Alora DeVeau said:

A+ reaction

[Lhandon_Nilsen]

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Stendhal: Gentlemen... First things first, let's make a note of this: never touch any alien tech unless you know exactly what it does and where it came from.

They should have a rule about that, if they don't already. The Directive 42!

So let's establish a new protocol: hands off any alien gadget! 

@Karen Stendhal is wise, we should listen to Stendhal. 

[Tony, aka Rouiancet]

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At this moment there was a long pause and Anton glanced around the bridge, observing the various crewmembers working away at their stations, it was mostly silent aside from the passive beeps of the ship’s systems and various movements of the bridge crew. There was tension in the air, probably caused by the state of the mission in general. It wasn’t an easy one to work through mentally. 

 

Richards: Good job everyone. No. Great job everyone. 

 

Anton decided to single out some poor Ensign, who looked like he was particularly trying to mind his own business. 

 

Richards: You there. Ensign. Good job. 

 

Anton gave the random Ensign who Anton didn’t recognize a thumbs-up.

Anton is doing his level best at his first command.

Cracked me right up, @Anton Richards. Excellently done!