Jay had her padd out as she headed down to the shuttle bay, reading over the mission briefing one last time. The information provided still seemed a little scarce. Nevertheless, she thought she had a fairly solid idea of what she was going to be doing while they were down there. The more time-consuming part of the whole affair would be testing ( Read more... )

Donnie had been pacing in front of Nurse Chapel's door for five minutes. His hand was jittery as he held the container making a shkshkshk sound from the multicolored candy sprinkles inside. He didn't even know if she'd remember why the sprinkles mattered. She probably wouldn't get the reference at all.

Donnie had also been muttering to himself. He ( Read more... )

The air was one of breathless anticipation as all off duty personnel - military and civilian, Aian and Marosi - lined the viewports to watch the Starfleet ship come in to dock. Murmurs raced through the watching crowd at her strange design, at the unfamiliar words emblazoned across her hull ( Read more... )

It was one of life's great mysteries, Adrian thought, that it was possible to ace every test the Academy threw at trainee pilots and still be completely unable to master a simple racing game. He swore under his breath as he braked too late and smashed into the wall that ran alongside the track ( Read more... )

Zan had always liked reading about other cultures' forms of entertainment. He'd been surprised to learn that Vulcans had any, and a little disturbed by how many traditional Andorian games required some form of weaponry ( Read more... )

Donnie hadn't been in engineering for a while. He usually visited the place once a week if not once a day but lately he'd been working on other things. Today it felt like a return to school or a homecoming as he entered the place, red shirts scattering a little, some even nodding recognizing him as someone who they'd seen before but hadn't really ( Read more... )

He had made some very unflattering choices over the past few months, that he knew. Reflecting on them was not something he was unused to, but starting to grow weary over. Standing in front of the large viewing window on the observation deck, the Vulcan Commander had his arms crossed over his chest instead of behind his back. Uncomfortable not only ( Read more... )

He'd just gotten out of the department meeting concerning the Ravanna mission, and was now sitting in the Rec Room going over the details. It'd been kind of an oddball meeting, but it'd brought something to his attention. Despite his feelings about some in the participants and topics, Leonard had found himself... enjoying the exchange. Even the ( Read more... )

The hiccups started 20 minutes ago. His hands started trembling soon after that. When his eyes moved too fast over the equation he was looking at he felt a wave of vertigo. He rubbed his eyes with his forefinger and thumb. He hiccuped again, silently, his head jerking a little. The diaphragm rebellion was cause for concern because that meant his ( Read more... )

It was a rookie mistake, really it was. He should know better than to nail himself on the mandoline. He was so busy kicking himself that he didn't notice when something dropped from the ceiling ( Read more... )