Reviewer Replies:
Qwi13: Like I said, I was just trying to make our personalities accurate. I tried to put more of you in here though!
MySchemingMind: This Side of Paradise has already happened. However, I know what you mean! I fear for the Enterprise crew too. I tried to talk to Q today, but he is probably tormenting someone on the other side of the universe and not talking to me. Maybe he will listen to you!
Hallospacegirl: Glad I could help! I also liked Strangers When We Meet, it was really good!
"And they think that I am illogical!" Qwi fumed, watching the two pointy- eared teens run down the hall of the ship.
"You are illogical?" Bones asked with interest.
"And those two never hesitate to point it out!" Qwi said.
"At last, I find a kindred spirit!" Bones laughed. Spock raised an eyebrow at the two of them. "Spock, don't you dare raise that eyebrow at me anymore because it is two on one now," he added dryly.
"I do not understand why humans... enjoy... being illogical," Spock said slowly.
"Are your two friends at all like this green blooded calculator?" Bones moaned.
"Why did you have to use the word 'calculator'?" Qwi asked. "I go down a grade for math and Ste- I mean Toreth goes up a grade. And T'Son and Toreth both never hesitate to rub it in."
"So you see, if you consider this a bit of a war, the odds are against you, for it would be three against two," Spock said.
"Calculating the odds. Like I said- calculator!"
"Definitely!" Qwi agreed with McCoy.
Meanwhile, in a random turbolift, Toreth was trying to various stands of her in place after her run down the corridors. T'Son was watching with some amusement.
"I knew I should have braided my hair!" Toreth muttered. Light flashed and a neat braid was hanging down her back instead of a rather tangled mess.
"Thank you, Q!" Toreth said.
"Just do not do that little thing where you spin around and hit Qwi and me with your braid," T'Son said.
"Well, that depends on whether you annoy me or not," Toreth answered.
"Vulcans should not get annoyed," he said as the turbolift door opened.
"You forget that I am not full Vulcan. I am as Saavik or Soleta are," she responded, for both of them had seen the TOS movies and had read the New Frontier series. "Romulans get annoyed and when we do, Federation members and Klingons normally get hurt."
"But you are not a normal Romulan. Surely you have UFP morals," he said as the turbolift doors opened. She smiled at him.
"Engineering is this way, T'Son," she said. T'Son followed her, very confused.
Spock, having finally escaped Bones and his little ally, decided he needed to do something about the two younger Vulcans. They both appeared to be very hyper and would do whatever they wanted to, when they wanted to. Humans clearly did not discipline their children at all. He would have to show them how to be good Vulcans and he was not looking forward to it.
He came into Engineering just in time to hear T'Son finish showing Scotty a very interesting and seemingly futuristic trick to make the warp coil operate at greater efficiency. That was the reason he had suggested the children stay. Toreth was no where to be seen.
"Thank you, lad!" Scotty told T'Son with enthusiasm. "But I didna know that there were three Vulcans running around this ship!"
"Toreth and I only recently came. I am not sure how long Toreth will be staying though, because she is not exactly a member of th-"
"Mr. Scott. I wish to speak with T'Son alone a moment," Spock interrupted, realizing that he was about to tell Scotty that Toreth was half Romulan.
"Alright, Mr. Spock," Scotty said. "But if you do not mind, I would like to talk a bit more to the lad about what he seemingly knows of future engineering."
"Of course." Spock took T'Son aside. "After a few of our incidents with the Romulans, it would not be good for the crew to know Toreth's true nature. And also, I need to teach you and Toreth both some things about being Vulcan. Where is she?"
"I do not know. She got bored and left a little while ago."
Spock sighed. This could take a while...
Qwi was not sure what exactly she was supposed to do. McCoy had gone down to sickbay, Spock had gone after T'Son and Toreth, and Kirk had gone to the bridge. Once again, she was the one everyone forgot, the one who was pushed aside. She might not have been a Trekkie for as long as the other two, and she might not watch Trek faithfully every single night, but she was still worth something. And she was not going to settle for last place now.
First however, she had to figure out where to go. From listening to Toreth and T'Son talk, she knew that the bridge was where everything was controlled and that to get there one went in a turbolift. She quickly found one, told it to take her to the bridge, and arrived there just in time to here Captain Kirk say, "Starfleet has ordered us to open negotiations with the planet Halka for their dilithium crystals. Set course for Halka, warp factor seven."
Those words brought a memory to life in Qwi's mind. The Halkans... from the episode Mirror, Mirror! Apparently they had arrived just in time for that episode. Qwi now had the advantage. She knew exactly when they were, unlike Toreth and T'Son, and knew exactly what was going to happen, unlike everyone else. Qwi smiled. Now it was her chance to show T'Son and Toreth she was more than they thought her to be.
Toreth sat next to the giant, old-fashioned wheel and watched the ship leap into warp. There were few things that Toreth could actually sit still for. One of those was watching things like this. The stars reminded her of the screensaver of the laptop she used to own only a day ago. That computer was probably trash long ago.
"Computer, what is the date?" she asked.
"Stardate 3558.4," the computer replied in its monotone voice. Toreth, being the dedicated Trekkie she was, recognized the date as after the episode The Apple and before The Deadly Years, which meant Mirror, Mirror had either just happened or was about to happen. She liked that episode. But she did not yet like leaving this place of solitude. Toreth decided to ask later. But now, she was getting bored.
"Computer, does the Earth game of Minesweeper still exist?"
"Affirmative."
"Okay computer, set it up in this room for me plea- Wait! Why am I saying please to a computer!? Just set it up." Toreth shook her head in slight amusement and set the Minesweeper board to expert level.
"Computer, locate Toreth," Spock said, pressing a button on the wall of the ship.
"Toreth is in the observation room," the computer replied. Spock turned to T'Son.
"I have to go to the bridge. I believe that we are going to Halka to negotiate for their dilithium crystals."
"You mean Mirror, Mirror is about to happen?" T'Son asked. Spock raised an eyebrow.
"I have no idea of what you are talking about. Will you tell Toreth that you two need to meet me in my quarters at 1900 hours?" he asked.
"Okay," he said. "Computer, beam me directly to the observation room." He disappeared and Spock permitted himself a small smile. It was clear that none of the three would miss any chance to use the technology that now had available. He headed to the bridge.
Qwi saw Spock come onto the bridge.
"Spock, where are T'Son and Toreth?" she asked.
"Why did you not simply ask the computer?" Spock asked in return.
"Oh yeah," Qwi said. "So where are they?"
"This is highly illogical. I have told you the proper course of action and you persist in doing the least logical thing," Spock said.
"I know! I am illogical, remember?" Qwi said, even as she remembered using that line on Toreth countless times. Spock sighed. This was all but a miniature McCoy.
"They are in the observation room," he said, rather than get into another hour-long, absolutely pointless argument.
"Thanks! Computer, beam me directly to the observation room!" Qwi said cheerfully.
"Feel like retiring early?" Kirk asked Spock.
"No Captain," Spock said, the joke completely bypassing him.
Qwi13: Like I said, I was just trying to make our personalities accurate. I tried to put more of you in here though!
MySchemingMind: This Side of Paradise has already happened. However, I know what you mean! I fear for the Enterprise crew too. I tried to talk to Q today, but he is probably tormenting someone on the other side of the universe and not talking to me. Maybe he will listen to you!
Hallospacegirl: Glad I could help! I also liked Strangers When We Meet, it was really good!
"And they think that I am illogical!" Qwi fumed, watching the two pointy- eared teens run down the hall of the ship.
"You are illogical?" Bones asked with interest.
"And those two never hesitate to point it out!" Qwi said.
"At last, I find a kindred spirit!" Bones laughed. Spock raised an eyebrow at the two of them. "Spock, don't you dare raise that eyebrow at me anymore because it is two on one now," he added dryly.
"I do not understand why humans... enjoy... being illogical," Spock said slowly.
"Are your two friends at all like this green blooded calculator?" Bones moaned.
"Why did you have to use the word 'calculator'?" Qwi asked. "I go down a grade for math and Ste- I mean Toreth goes up a grade. And T'Son and Toreth both never hesitate to rub it in."
"So you see, if you consider this a bit of a war, the odds are against you, for it would be three against two," Spock said.
"Calculating the odds. Like I said- calculator!"
"Definitely!" Qwi agreed with McCoy.
Meanwhile, in a random turbolift, Toreth was trying to various stands of her in place after her run down the corridors. T'Son was watching with some amusement.
"I knew I should have braided my hair!" Toreth muttered. Light flashed and a neat braid was hanging down her back instead of a rather tangled mess.
"Thank you, Q!" Toreth said.
"Just do not do that little thing where you spin around and hit Qwi and me with your braid," T'Son said.
"Well, that depends on whether you annoy me or not," Toreth answered.
"Vulcans should not get annoyed," he said as the turbolift door opened.
"You forget that I am not full Vulcan. I am as Saavik or Soleta are," she responded, for both of them had seen the TOS movies and had read the New Frontier series. "Romulans get annoyed and when we do, Federation members and Klingons normally get hurt."
"But you are not a normal Romulan. Surely you have UFP morals," he said as the turbolift doors opened. She smiled at him.
"Engineering is this way, T'Son," she said. T'Son followed her, very confused.
Spock, having finally escaped Bones and his little ally, decided he needed to do something about the two younger Vulcans. They both appeared to be very hyper and would do whatever they wanted to, when they wanted to. Humans clearly did not discipline their children at all. He would have to show them how to be good Vulcans and he was not looking forward to it.
He came into Engineering just in time to hear T'Son finish showing Scotty a very interesting and seemingly futuristic trick to make the warp coil operate at greater efficiency. That was the reason he had suggested the children stay. Toreth was no where to be seen.
"Thank you, lad!" Scotty told T'Son with enthusiasm. "But I didna know that there were three Vulcans running around this ship!"
"Toreth and I only recently came. I am not sure how long Toreth will be staying though, because she is not exactly a member of th-"
"Mr. Scott. I wish to speak with T'Son alone a moment," Spock interrupted, realizing that he was about to tell Scotty that Toreth was half Romulan.
"Alright, Mr. Spock," Scotty said. "But if you do not mind, I would like to talk a bit more to the lad about what he seemingly knows of future engineering."
"Of course." Spock took T'Son aside. "After a few of our incidents with the Romulans, it would not be good for the crew to know Toreth's true nature. And also, I need to teach you and Toreth both some things about being Vulcan. Where is she?"
"I do not know. She got bored and left a little while ago."
Spock sighed. This could take a while...
Qwi was not sure what exactly she was supposed to do. McCoy had gone down to sickbay, Spock had gone after T'Son and Toreth, and Kirk had gone to the bridge. Once again, she was the one everyone forgot, the one who was pushed aside. She might not have been a Trekkie for as long as the other two, and she might not watch Trek faithfully every single night, but she was still worth something. And she was not going to settle for last place now.
First however, she had to figure out where to go. From listening to Toreth and T'Son talk, she knew that the bridge was where everything was controlled and that to get there one went in a turbolift. She quickly found one, told it to take her to the bridge, and arrived there just in time to here Captain Kirk say, "Starfleet has ordered us to open negotiations with the planet Halka for their dilithium crystals. Set course for Halka, warp factor seven."
Those words brought a memory to life in Qwi's mind. The Halkans... from the episode Mirror, Mirror! Apparently they had arrived just in time for that episode. Qwi now had the advantage. She knew exactly when they were, unlike Toreth and T'Son, and knew exactly what was going to happen, unlike everyone else. Qwi smiled. Now it was her chance to show T'Son and Toreth she was more than they thought her to be.
Toreth sat next to the giant, old-fashioned wheel and watched the ship leap into warp. There were few things that Toreth could actually sit still for. One of those was watching things like this. The stars reminded her of the screensaver of the laptop she used to own only a day ago. That computer was probably trash long ago.
"Computer, what is the date?" she asked.
"Stardate 3558.4," the computer replied in its monotone voice. Toreth, being the dedicated Trekkie she was, recognized the date as after the episode The Apple and before The Deadly Years, which meant Mirror, Mirror had either just happened or was about to happen. She liked that episode. But she did not yet like leaving this place of solitude. Toreth decided to ask later. But now, she was getting bored.
"Computer, does the Earth game of Minesweeper still exist?"
"Affirmative."
"Okay computer, set it up in this room for me plea- Wait! Why am I saying please to a computer!? Just set it up." Toreth shook her head in slight amusement and set the Minesweeper board to expert level.
"Computer, locate Toreth," Spock said, pressing a button on the wall of the ship.
"Toreth is in the observation room," the computer replied. Spock turned to T'Son.
"I have to go to the bridge. I believe that we are going to Halka to negotiate for their dilithium crystals."
"You mean Mirror, Mirror is about to happen?" T'Son asked. Spock raised an eyebrow.
"I have no idea of what you are talking about. Will you tell Toreth that you two need to meet me in my quarters at 1900 hours?" he asked.
"Okay," he said. "Computer, beam me directly to the observation room." He disappeared and Spock permitted himself a small smile. It was clear that none of the three would miss any chance to use the technology that now had available. He headed to the bridge.
Qwi saw Spock come onto the bridge.
"Spock, where are T'Son and Toreth?" she asked.
"Why did you not simply ask the computer?" Spock asked in return.
"Oh yeah," Qwi said. "So where are they?"
"This is highly illogical. I have told you the proper course of action and you persist in doing the least logical thing," Spock said.
"I know! I am illogical, remember?" Qwi said, even as she remembered using that line on Toreth countless times. Spock sighed. This was all but a miniature McCoy.
"They are in the observation room," he said, rather than get into another hour-long, absolutely pointless argument.
"Thanks! Computer, beam me directly to the observation room!" Qwi said cheerfully.
"Feel like retiring early?" Kirk asked Spock.
"No Captain," Spock said, the joke completely bypassing him.