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[dancingmd]

Who: Beverly Crusher, Ezri Dax, James Kirk, Leonard McCoy, and Pavel Chekov - and you, should you like to stop by!
Broadcast: video
Action: Málum
When: April 5

[So Beverly may or may not have taken a few tequila shots. And she may or may not be quite drunk and affectionately effusive about... everything. Thus she has something Very Important to tell the Fleet, which she does from inside Málum with some of her Starfleet companions around. Thankfully, one of them is holding the camera or this feed would be a lot more intolerably shaky.

It's also one of the rare times you'll find her in her Starfleet Uniform.]

Today! [Beverly claps her hands together.] Today is an important holiday back home - First Contact Day! It marks the time when humans finally launched the first spaceship powered by warp drive and that was also the same day we met the Vulcans. [She frowns, her thoughts coming more slowly than is usual.] I don't think we've had any Vulcans here in the fleet, unless it was a long time ago before I came. Which is really weird when you stop to think about it, that there's been Humans and Cardassians and Trill but no Vulcans. Or anybody else really. Vulcans kind of look like elves so I've often wondered if maybe they are but just so many universes removed that it's not quite the same.

[Clearly someone is giving her A Look from behind the camera and she points an admonishing finger at them.]

I'm getting there! [She straightens up and pats her hair, getting back into "lecture" mode.] What probably many of you don't know, is that I saw all of this, first hand, the last time I went home. You see there were the Borg - only we're not going to go into them because this is supposed to be a celebration - and they were trying to go back in time to ruin the warp ship so the Vulcans wouldn't come down to see us so of course we had to go stop them even though we're not supposed to time travel - and for good reason too, it's a pain in the ass. One time Mark Twain followed us onto the Enterprise and it was this whole thing though I guess it worked out all right in the end because then he wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court so that's good. And he really was very nice and understanding of why he couldn't tell anyone what he saw.

[Another pause as she tries to figure out why she started talking about Mark Twain. Ah! Right!]

So anyway we had to go back in time to stop the Borg and so we met Zefram Cochrane who invented the warp drive and he was completely not like any of us expected and you know, sometimes they say you shouldn't meet your heroes? We'd all been taught about what a great genius he was, and that's true, but I guess they didn't really want to mention in the history books that he really liked to party and building the ship wasn't some noble, selfless endeavor to advance science - it was a difficult time in human history, and he needed the money. But that's the beautiful thing isn't it? People are complicated and may not always be what you expect but they still can do great things. And that's really what First Contact Day is about, celebrating the amazing things we've already done and the things we'll do in the future too. Together.

[This nerd, y'all. You should come party with her.]

Comments

Video

[forsometimenow]

Sounds like a great excuse to party. And wax poetic about all the great stuff we can do.

Re: Video

[dancingmd]

[Absolutely beaming:]

Jennifer!!!!

Yes! You should come down and join us! We'd love to have you!

Video

[save_the_souls]

[Yeah that story was very weird and full of time traveling, but considering what else he's heard about Beverly's life....yeah, seems like something that'd happen to her. He's just glad to see her happy - especially after Riona and Leliana being very NOT happy today.]

Happy First Contact Day, Beverly!

Re: Video

[dancingmd]

Thank you, Allen! You're welcome to stop by, if you like!

Action

[candothat]

[Chekov, not in uniform since the Atroma thought that it would be fun to bring him here in his pajamas instead, is a few drinks in himself. Although he would firmly deny any accusations of drunkenness, his claims about Russia's contributions to the universe at large are getting increasingly ridiculous.]

The other thing that no one mentions about Cochrane [and, while he's still speaking Standard, his accent is reaching new levels of incomprehensibility] is that he used the theories and designs of a Russian scientist--Tsiolkovsky, no one even remembers him--when creating the warp drive. Ultimately, it is a Russian invention.

[bi_otic]

I'm guessing warp drive is what you guys call FTL?

[He's not even going to bother to dispute the claims. He has other questions.]

Re: Action

[dancingmd]

But he's not the one who got it off the ground now, hmm?

action;

[universal_charm]

_{[ Thankfully Kirk has been around long enough to be able to get to the real words beneath the accent. He is slightly inebriated himself - buzzed, you might say - which either makes it harder or easier depending. ]}

You're lucky Scotty's not here, there'd be a fight.

Video;

[alwayscomeback]

Happy First Contact Day, Beverly!

[He understood a tiny part of that, but hey, he'll work with what he can. ]

So what you're saying is that you never can tell with people, huh? They are be just about anyone.

Re: Video;

[dancingmd]

Exactly! And that no one is perfect, but that's all right.

video

[experiencepoints]

[... beverly...]

Happy First Contact Day, Beverly. Have you been drinking?

Re: video

[dancingmd]

[What??? Her smile is serene.]

A little. But don't worry! I won't fly myself back to the Blue Fish!

video + action

[bi_otic]

Video

[Kaidan is fascinated and amused all at once by this display]

I have so many questions I'm not even sure where I'd start.

Action (later)

[Kaidan's been increasingly intrigued by the Starfleet crew aboard the fleet since he met Kirk, and it seems like it'd be a waste of an opportunity to meet the rest of them while they're all relatively in the same space. So he heads down to the bar to do just that.

He seems a bit shy when he walks in, searching out the people he's meet already to give them a small wave.

This social thing is hard sometimes, ok.]

Video (then action!)

[dancingmd]

Then you ought to come join us....um... I'm sorry, I am afraid I don't know your name!

action

[notanoptimist]

[As soon as you walk in, you have a drink being handed to you. Well, maybe as soon as, but shortly thereafter.]

Hey. [Have a drink, the more the merrier, and for once Leonard's actually smiling a bit. It's weird.] You here on Bev's invitation? Come on in.

action;

[universal_charm]

_{[ When Kirk sees Kaidan he has to grin brightly and make his way over to him to pull him further into the little gathering. Before that, though, he pauses in front of Kaidan and strikes a little pose. ]}

I told you I had it.

_{[ What he's referring to, Kaidan, is his uniform, which he has broken out for this special occasion. ]}

action

[notanoptimist]

[Guess who's pleasantly buzzed? He's not that big on First Contact Day -- it's just another holiday, really, and it's the day the Vulcans came into human lives so he's not celebrating the existence of the most pain-in-the-ass commander he's ever met (who is also his friend but hell if he's admitting that ever.) But drinking with friends is good.

He has a seat, he has his feet up on the table and he has a drink in hand.] Hear, hear. [And he raises a glass as Bev ends her broadcast.]

action;

[universal_charm]

What part of the south are you from that your feet on the table is acceptable?

_{[ He swats at them before taking a seat beside him, crossing his own legs and sipping his whiskey. ]}

action

[dancingmd]

[Truth be told, normally she didn't make a big deal of it either at home but... having actually been there to see it changes things. And perhaps just as importantly, this year she actually has people to share it with. Having other members of Starfleet around is something she wants to celebrate, while she can.

She gives him a small, theatrical bow.]

Thank you, Leonard.

video

[morphitudinous]

[Billy listens to this story with keen interest. Time travel? She came from far in the future and met Mark Twain? It's all like a dream come true.]

Happy First Contact Day! My Earth hasn't quite achieved that yet, but it's something to strive for. It sounds incredible.

[Well, technically other planets' visitors have come to Earth, both benign and hostile, but her version sounds a little less messy.]

video

[dancingmd]

It was! As much as I hate time travel - that was something worth seeing.

video

[stefanged]

[ If he were being honest, he had to watch that a couple of times to understand. Just when he thought he understood her life, something new pops up and questions everything he's learned... ]

Happy First Contact Day, Aunt Beverly. That was uh, quite the story.

video

[dancingmd]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

video;

[winn]

Happy First Contact Day, guys. And oh my god Beverly, I need to hear all your stories - [ because that was just a taste and it was freaking awesome. ] you know, when you're done celebrating. [ he won't distract her from that, celebrations should be...celebrated! ]

Re: video;

[dancingmd]

Oh I'd be happy to tell you more!

video (action to come later)

[tough_love]

[It's probably somewhat appropriate to the occasion then that someone from yet another unfamiliar alien species responds, right? So have a giant four-armed, four-eyed alien in plate armor poking her nose (figuratively speaking) into this whole affair.]

You've shared enough that I'm certain we are not from the same galaxy. But, such notable accomplishments certainly deserve recognition.

[Even if she's got a feeling this sort of celebration isn't her thing. It sounds it too, but honestly, humans openly celebrating meeting the rest of the galaxy's inhabitants is strange enough she can't help but feel like it deserves some sort of recognition on her part.]

How does one observe First Contact Day?

video;

[universal_charm]

How else? With a party!

_{[ He's a touch tipsy compared to the last time they meet, Looma, and he's grinning into the feed. ]}

action;

[universal_charm]

But why Mark Twain of all people? There are so many other people to meet - and he's who gets on the ship?

<sub>[ Kirk is obviously quite put out by this news from Beverly. Being a history buff, he can appreciate that Mark Twain certainly made a mark on literature, but as far as ranging influence he could think of at least three others off the top of his head he would have preferred. Mark Twain just felt like a disappointment, and it shows for a second through his tipsy brain.

Whether this is directed at Beverly or someone else in the vicinity is anyone's guess at this point. ]</sub>

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[dancingmd]

We didn't exactly go looking for him. And we certainly didn't invite him on board.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaction

[musicalhost]

[Like Beverly, Ezri has put on her uniform for First Contact Day and her hair is neatly combed. Not that it takes much effort with how short she had it cut after the joining. So much easier.

And she's attempting to stay sober. Getting drunk when you're still sorting out the memories from eight other lifetimes is bound to get messy. She is not risking adopting Curzon's flirting habits.]

You know, the Vulcans were one of the first people we encountered as well.

[Space stalkers?]

[dancingmd]

[Good, they can be matching in their uniforms, down to the color!]

Really?

[Beverly takes a seat again, scooting her chair closer to Ezri.]

I didn't know that! How'd it happen with you all?