Arrival -Locked and OTA-

[engineermage]

Locked to Dr. Crusher

In a moment, perhaps for some, of deja vu, a red haired man appears in ten forward right near the door.

"But who else is going to talk to the unicorns?" he said before realizing that he's no longer where he was a moment ago. A severe case of vertigo takes him as his body suddenly catches up with the mind and notices that it's no longer tied to the land he came from. That he's no longer connected to his world's ley-lines and to Eire itself.

It disapproves of this greatly.

And after wobbling a moment he drops to the floor as everything spins around in unfun ways.


Later - OTA

It seems like Trever is sitting with a somewhat bemused expression on his face in Ten Forward. He's watching everything, completely and utterly fascinated like he's never seen it before - a cup of tea next to him. His hands are being kept busy by idly fiddling around with some little device, moving parts around. Though not looking at what he's doing, his hands seem to know what to do.

For those who are good at noticing things, they'll see that there are a few things different about him:

A. There is no sign of his ubiquitous cat. Anywhere at all.

B. He's wearing gloves.

C. He's playing with electronics which is not something he's shown any sort of inclination towards before.

Comments

[ethnobotany]

Beverly tends to remember important things. Things like people appearing out of nowhere, train wrecks, details of people's lives. Things like someone talking about unicorn bait down the hallway just before she discovered a prone form.

The unicorn reference catches her attention first. Next? It's the way Trever drops to the floor again, almost like he must have when he first turned up on the ship.

Beverly hadn't really been far into Ten Forward when she'd heard the voice, hadn't even made it to a replicator this time luckily, so she doesn't have anything to abandon as she heads straight towards the prone form.

"Trever?" she calls, a slight strain to her voice being the only sign that everything is very far from okay. "It's Beverly. Can you hear me?"

She'll notice the lack of cat in about a minute, once she's assured that he isn't really, seriously hurt.

[engineermage]

There's the similar dazed look in his eyes as he tries to focus on her, "Firgh?"

He hasn't quite registered that she called him Trever yet. Then again, he hasn't quite registered much just yet.

But he doesn't seem to be seriously hurt and in less shock than his brother was. Third in line to the throne makes him less tied to the land than his brother was; also his own abilities are less tied to nature in general.

So his eyes start to focus quicker.

[ethnobotany]

He does seem to be doing better this time around. She definitely notices that. Her eyes watch him worriedly, though the fact that he does seem to be doing better more quickly helps.

"If I have to cart you off to sickbay for the second time in a month," she says, letting her teasing warning trail off as she watches him. "Are you sure this isn't something I should be more worried about?"

[engineermage]

"Second time? I don't know what you're talking about," Kale mutters as he sits himself up. "I haven't been drinking. Ugh... who dropped a dragon on my head?"

He blinks a bit and the fact that he wasn't where he was a moment ago finally kicks in. "What in the Morrigan's name?" he asked, completely baffled. "Where am I?"

[ethnobotany]

Beverly hasn't yet heard of people leaving and returning without memories aside from those who live in this universe or a similar one, like herself. She doesn't know if that's something Q does to everyone, but the idea does present itself now. A slight frown of concern crosses her face momentarily.

"Trever?" she asks slowly and gently. "You're on the Enterprise. Do you know who I am?"

[engineermage]

"What? No. I'm not Trever... that's my brother..." Kale looks around blearily. "Where is the unicorn bait bastard? He was just here a second ago..."

Trever appears to have forgotten to mention the existence of an identical twin.

[ethnobotany]

Okay that's the second time she's heard about unicorn bait. Interesting. Someday she'll have to ask about that. Right now, though, her concern is this new person who looks just like Trever but apparently isn't.

"Brother?" Twin brother that he hasn't mentioned. Add that to the list of things she needs to talk to Trever about. "My name is Beverly Crusher. If you aren't Trever, then who are you?"

She may address Trever being here later.

[engineermage]

Yes, she does need to ask about the unicorn bait.

It's not Trever's fault! It just never really came up.

"Yeah. Twin. I'm Kale," he said and blinked at her a few times. "Hi. How do you know Trever?"

[ethnobotany]

Beverly sits back a little, a frown crossing her face. Interesting that she would get both of them just after their arrivals.

"He's here," she answers. "Arrived last month. His cat is with him, too, in case you wondered." Veena has taken a liking to Beverly. She is a cat person, after all. "You'll probably find him in Ten Forward, the lounge, but... I may need to take you down to sickbay first."

[engineermage]

"He is? But... I just saw him a moment ago in Rhys' office..." Kale looked rightfully confused.

"Sickbay... why?"

[dictaphonic]

Will can't possibly ignore someone fiddling with a device. It is, after all, something that he spends a lot of his own time doing. And so when he turns from the bar and sees the young man at a table doing just that, he considers moving to join him immediately. But he hesitates, instead standing nearby and watching for a few minutes with the cup of tea he just ordered in his hand. Social interaction isn't really his strong suit, especially when it's someone he doesn't already know.

But right now, that applies to just about everyone, and he knows he needs to start to meet some people. So after that brief indulgence in his hesitation, he takes a deep breath and moves over to the table.

"Um...hello! I'm Will. Is...this seat taken?"

[engineermage]

Technically, he supposes, Kale should be saving the seat for Trever - he's heard that his brother is aboard, but isn't too worried. They'd find each other eventually. And if Trever showed up and wanted to join them, he could grab a chair from somewhere else.

"Hey, I'm Kale. And sure."

[dictaphonic]

Will smiles, relieved to get a positive response, and takes the seat--followed by a sip of his tea.

"Good to meet you, Kale. Um. Do you mind if I ask what it is you're working on?" He points at the device, his expression alive with curiosity.

[engineermage]

"It's going to be a little robotic bug."

He moves his hands so that Will could see exactly what he was working on. It's about the size of a matchbox with six legs. Kale was working on the insides. So, yes. it does look like a little bug.

It's also the other sort of bug.

But Kale's not going to mention that one.

[dictaphonic]

"Oh, I see!" Will leans forward, peering at the device's insides with a trained eye. Thankfully, he doesn't make out the other use--not from a cursory look at what's visible, at least. "Hmm...those are intricate workings, certainly. I see you're wiring it for movement. Are you planning for it to be a programmed device or one that you control remotely?"

[engineermage]

"It's my own personal design," Kale said with a little bit of pride. "I've been working on it for about a year now. And I'll be controlling it remotely."

Perhaps not exactly how Will expects. But, magic is useful that way.

[dictaphonic]

"That's very impressive!" Will's words are earnest. "I have to admit, I have far more experience reverse-engineering devices than designing them, and from that perspective, this looks quite skillfully done. Was this your career--ah, where you're from? I-if that's not here, I mean."

[engineermage]

"I'm good at reverse-engineering things too." His eyes light up with excitement. "There is so much here that I'm looking to trying my had at."

Because, really, how could he not?

"It was... I did design work for the military. Got out about a year ago. I was thinking about re-enlisting but something else came up."

[dictaphonic]

"Really?" Will lights up as well. "I'd be very interested in what you have to look at!"

At Kale's career explanation, he nods, smiling at the common ground he's found. "I work for the military as well! W-well, a military organisation, at least." He pauses for a beat. "Well. I'm not actually a soldier myself--but I do work for them!"

[itmeanstruth]

Well, it was either Ten Forward or the guest quarters, and this place was a lot more interesting, Minoru thought to himself. Watching the stars go by, watching people interact with all kinds of strange things. And it had food! (That apparently you didn't even have to pay for.)

He bounced over the back of the chair, landing squarely in the seat in front of Kale.

"Hey there." He smiled politely, and then pointed to the strange device in Kale's hand. "What's that?"

[engineermage]

The sudden unexpected movement causes Kale to grab his screwdriver in an a briefly aggressive maneuver. Despite looking calm, he is still on edge about this place and time.

"It's going to be a robotic bug." Both the moving kind and the sneaky, spying kind.

[itmeanstruth]

"Whoops. Didn't mean to startle you!" He laughed a little. "Hi. I'm Minoru. I'm kind of new here."

Of course, as soon as he introduced himself, he was back to staring at the little device in Kale's hands. He'd never seen anything like it. He'd never seen anything like anything here, actually. All the industrial worlds he'd appeared on had lots of metal parts, but they were mostly attached to the ground. This 'Enterprise' as they called it, was flying through the stars!

[engineermage]

"It's fine," Kale said. "I'm Kale."

He holds out a gloved hand to shake.

"I'm new here too."

[itmeanstruth]

Minoru accepted the handshake, but nodded his head as well. Bowing was the custom where he was from.

"They said this Enterprise ship travels between a lot of worlds." He had no idea, at this point, how may people boarded it to travel and how many had simply found themselves here randomly. Appearing in a random world without a clue where he was going or what he was supposed to be doing was normal to Minoru! "...Are you on your way home? Going somewhere exciting?"

[engineermage]

"I wish I were on my way home," Kale said with an annoyed sigh. Though he'd been getting used to it, he still had a tiny bit of a headache from where his landties weren't any more. "But I'm one of the unexpectedly brought here people."