--- A Few Minutes Later in Sickbay ---
"Doctor…I need a mental scan, immediately."
"Why? What's wrong, Captain?"
Thank heavens, he's normal! Janeway thought in relief. "I was just on the bridge. Everyone was…dressed in old-fashioned clothes, and when they spoke…they sounded as if they were out of a play by Shakespeare! Tuvok even started quoting the play Hamlet…in Vulcan! I think there must be something horribly wrong with me."
"Well, you seem to be in full possession of your mental capacities…wait." The Doctor turned around, a sly smile creeping onto his face. "Captain…do you know the date?"
"It's Stardate 163246.57. Why?"
"Because that converts to April 1st, in the old Terran calendar. It used to be a day where people played tricks on each other, and came to be known as 'April Fool's Day.'"
"Are you suggesting…"
"I think you've been had, Captain. Chakotay must have wanted to surprise you and organized the crew. Obviously he didn't see fit to tell ME about it…" The Doc turned away, disgruntled.
Janeway hopped off the biobed she had been sitting on. "The thing I don't understand is how he got Tuvok to join in…I wouldn't have thought he would do something like that. Unless…"
Janeway tapped her commbadge. "Janeway to Tuvok. Tuvok, where are you?"
^ I am in my quarters, Captain, my shift doesn't start until 1000 hours. Do you need me for something? ^
"No…that'll be quite all, Tuvok. I'm sorry to have disturbed you." Janeway said slowly. "But if that wasn't Tuvok…" Suddenly she noticed that the Doctor was very pointedly studying his PADD. "Doctor…"
"Yes, Captain?" He said innocently.
"Where were you 15 minutes ago?"
"I was right here, doing my job."
"Computer – state the location of the EMH at 0815 hours."
*BEEP* "At 0815 hours the EMH was on the bridge."
"Exactly where on the bridge?"
*BEEP* "The EMH was at the tactical conn."
"I…thought…so…"
"Computer, modify EMH to program EMH8926." Suddenly the Doctor disappeared, and in his place stood Tuvok, dressed in the Elizabethan style the Captain had seen on the bridge. He grinned. "All's well that ends well, Captain!"
Captain Kathryn Janeway groaned, then headed back up to the bridge – hopefully it would be normal this time.
"Doctor…I need a mental scan, immediately."
"Why? What's wrong, Captain?"
Thank heavens, he's normal! Janeway thought in relief. "I was just on the bridge. Everyone was…dressed in old-fashioned clothes, and when they spoke…they sounded as if they were out of a play by Shakespeare! Tuvok even started quoting the play Hamlet…in Vulcan! I think there must be something horribly wrong with me."
"Well, you seem to be in full possession of your mental capacities…wait." The Doctor turned around, a sly smile creeping onto his face. "Captain…do you know the date?"
"It's Stardate 163246.57. Why?"
"Because that converts to April 1st, in the old Terran calendar. It used to be a day where people played tricks on each other, and came to be known as 'April Fool's Day.'"
"Are you suggesting…"
"I think you've been had, Captain. Chakotay must have wanted to surprise you and organized the crew. Obviously he didn't see fit to tell ME about it…" The Doc turned away, disgruntled.
Janeway hopped off the biobed she had been sitting on. "The thing I don't understand is how he got Tuvok to join in…I wouldn't have thought he would do something like that. Unless…"
Janeway tapped her commbadge. "Janeway to Tuvok. Tuvok, where are you?"
^ I am in my quarters, Captain, my shift doesn't start until 1000 hours. Do you need me for something? ^
"No…that'll be quite all, Tuvok. I'm sorry to have disturbed you." Janeway said slowly. "But if that wasn't Tuvok…" Suddenly she noticed that the Doctor was very pointedly studying his PADD. "Doctor…"
"Yes, Captain?" He said innocently.
"Where were you 15 minutes ago?"
"I was right here, doing my job."
"Computer – state the location of the EMH at 0815 hours."
*BEEP* "At 0815 hours the EMH was on the bridge."
"Exactly where on the bridge?"
*BEEP* "The EMH was at the tactical conn."
"I…thought…so…"
"Computer, modify EMH to program EMH8926." Suddenly the Doctor disappeared, and in his place stood Tuvok, dressed in the Elizabethan style the Captain had seen on the bridge. He grinned. "All's well that ends well, Captain!"
Captain Kathryn Janeway groaned, then headed back up to the bridge – hopefully it would be normal this time.