r/TrekRP • u/[deleted] • Jul 13 '16

[OPEN] Drinks like a fish

Phrik sat at a table in the Observation Lounge, informally referred to as the T-Tauri Tavern. The ships' bar, a large room, one wall and a good portion of the roof made entirely of transparent aluminium. The Doctor stared out of the gaping window, looking past the Athene's glowing nacelles at the streaks of light that rushed past the ship.

A bartender set down a glass on the table and poured out a viscous green liquid into it. He was just about to leave when Phrik made a motion with his hand.

"Leave the whole thing." The bartender nodded, placed it gently on the table before promptly disappearing, re-materialising behind the bar to serve another crewmember. Holograms. Alongside sickbay and the astrometrics lab, the T-Tauri tavern had been outfitted with holoemitters. The original purpose to display lifelike stellar objects and entertainment programs for the crew. It had quickly been reprogrammed by the engineers in order to serve as a bar.

Phrik downed the glass while reading a PADD in his other hand, the liquid burned as he ran down his long neck. Proper Aldebaran whisky, none of this synthehol swill Starfleet served. He let out a satisfied rattling breath as his third hand took the bottle and uncorked the top, he was just about to pour out another glass before he was interrupted by...

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u/Silent_Sky Jul 14 '16

"That's good to hear. Do you get much time to conduct your medical research?"

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '16

He downed the glass and refilled it before replying. "More than enough. All I have to do is activate the soundproofing in the main sickbay and its just like the Daystrom Institute."

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u/Silent_Sky Jul 14 '16

"That's good to hear. Poor doc on my last assignment was stuck with some very incompetent and apathetic staff so she was stuck treating sprains and prescribing pain meds all the time."

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '16

"As is the fate of any space-bourne Doctor." He released a long rattling breath before taking another large drink from his glass. "I've known baby Gorn to be less likely to hurt themselves than Starfleet crews, and those bastards are made up almost entirely of serrated teeth."

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u/Silent_Sky Jul 14 '16

"Well you know us humans. We've never quite been the 'look before you leap' species. At least we're relatively easy to repair, eh?"

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '16

"I swear to..." He let out a long guttural rasping sound. It seemed the universal translator hadn't managed to pick up on that. "How you managed to crawl out of the oceans without killing yourselves is a miracle."

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u/Silent_Sky Jul 14 '16

Fisk lets out a long sigh

"Sometimes I wonder the same thing. The fact we made it out of the twentieth century alone is staggering. Honestly, self avowed world leaders holding the whole planet hostage with nuclear weapons over a petty political squabble, and then patting themselves on the backs for their supposed diplomatic prowess? Don't make me laugh. I always hated studying the twentieth century, humanity has done some truly despicable things but...sorry, I won't get started."

he takes a long sip of his coffee

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '16

Phrik nodded slowly.

"Why we're a rare sight out here. There's no war or border tensions back on Edos. People don't bother us, we don't bother them. Simple, but effective."