There's no place like home.... or not

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Paige orbed into the middle of Ten Forward. She was just about to orb a weapon into her hand when she froze, her eyes wide and her hand outstretched.

This was not P3, and it was definitely not the manner.

"You have got to be kidding me," She muttered, as she made her way to the bar. "I thought we were done fighting things. So not fair."

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[writes_with_digital_ink]

"Fighting?"

Gaila is...well. Green skin, masses of red hair, a grey uniform which makes all the other colours pop out even more.

Not human, and faintly alarmed.

"Uh, no, no fighting here, actually."

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Paige just stares at the woman in front of her. She looked at her with her head titlted. She wasn't quite sure what to make of this place yet. It was kinda freaky actually.

"How do you know?"

[writes_with_digital_ink]

Gaila blinks at her.

"Um. Lived and worked here for about eighteen months?"

(There might be just a slight exaggeration on the 'working' part, timewise, but, details. It's all technically accurate.)

"Nothing to fight. As a general thing. I really don't recommend trying to fight Q, he's the being who brought you here? But otherwise, it's fairly peaceful."

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"I don't think I like the idea of being "brought here against my will," She said using air quotes and everything. "Wow Eighteen months? That's like an eternity." To Paige it would seem like one.

[writes_with_digital_ink]

"Eighteen months is better than the alternative," she says, wryly. "And no one much likes it. Q sometimes turns up, if you ever wanted to give him a piece of your mind."

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Paige shrugged her shoulders some because yeah her alternative wasn't so rosey either actually. Paige smiled then. It did sound like a good idea to her. "And what about the blowback?"

[writes_with_digital_ink]

"Welllll," Gaila says, drawing out the word. "He is of the Q Continuum and has enough power to bring us all here, from multiple points in time, space and alternate universes. I haven't seen any major blowback, but would you really wanna tempt it?"

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Paige shook her head a little. "Yeeeeah.... not so much. I have seen blowback, and not so fun when you are on the receiving end." Paige shook her head. "So how do you survive here then?"

[writes_with_digital_ink]

"Oh, it's so really super not that bad," Gaila quickly says, bouncing back to cheerful. "Most people from worlds not like this one, there are classes where you can learn new things, and we visit plants and space-stations-"

She pauses.

"I should back up, shouldn't I, and try and start from the actual start."

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Paige smiled. "Maybe, but you see my sisters kind of start in middle too, so I'll catch up eventually." Paige motioned for Gaila to sit, as this looked like it could take awhile. "So space stations?"

[writes_with_digital_ink]

"Space stations," Gaila confirms, taking a seat. "So. You're on a spaceship, the USS Enterprise, flagship of Starfleet, of the Federation of Planets. This has been happening a lot, people popping in, so you're with a bunch of company. You're going to be treated as a guest, we just ask that you don't go into crew-only areas."

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Paige's head was now spinning around a little bit, and she held up a hand. "Woah, woah.... information overload. So we're really in space? This isn't some sort of joke?"

[writes_with_digital_ink]

"Oops, sorry! Okay. Yep, we're really in space. And, no, this isn't some sort of joke."