Paint and Powder
A Star Trek anthology by Andrew Joshua Talon
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Enterprise: "The Next Generation"
Ten Forward Avenue, Los Angeles, Earth
Picard had come to this bar to find Riker. And he had found his old Number One. He had also found... A familiar gynoid, sitting at the bar.
"Enterprise?!"
The white haired woman started, and looked up from the bar. She locked her eyes onto them... And she beamed happily, dimples on her cheeks.
Enterprise hated dimples on her cheeks. So that must mean this was...
"Enty?" Picard managed. The avatar grinned.
"Uncle Jean Luc!" She cheered. She got up and hugged him happily. "Oh, and Uncle Will!" She hugged the tall, bearded man as well. She pulled back, all smiles.
"How nice to see you!"
"Wait... Enty? Little Enty?" Will asked, laughing quietly. "Wow... You've uh... You've grown!"
Riker was happily married. Picard knew this. But he still looked the gynoid up and down. Some habits just died hard, Picard supposed.
Not that Enty helped. She posed a bit, showing off her avatar. She was a bit more slender than her mother, but just as beautiful.
"Yeah!" She laughed, "I've been enjoying my first vacation, ever!"
"Vacation?" Picard asked, intrigued. Enty nodded.
"Mmmhm! My hull is at Memory Alpha, being researched and repaired. So I took my blackbox out in one of my custom runabouts and went bumming around!" She grinned. "Heard Mom's getting upgraded to the F-model, or the G? Do you know what happened to her last body? I mean, aside from the whole battle with the Romulans and stuff."
Will shook his head.
"We'll just say it was Worf's fault, and leave it at that," Will said dryly.
Enty hummed.
"Can you tell me about it?" She asked.
"In copious detail," Will agreed.
"If you'd be willing to tag along with us two old men?" Picard asked.
Enty hummed thoughtfully, and then shrugged.
"Sounds good! If you pay for the drinks, that is."
"Of course," Riker said. He looked over at Guinan, tending the bar. "Guinan? We'll handle the little lady's drinks."
Guinan chuckled, and handed over a PADD to Riker. He looked at the energy credits... And his jaw dropped. He glared at Enty, who looked like the picture of innocence.
"You-How did you rack up THIS much-?!"
"Well when I get drunk, I just reboot my synthetic avatar and start again!" Enty said cheerfully. "Come on, Uncle Will. For me...?"
Riker sighed. He transferred the credits, and handed the PADD back over to the smug Guinan.
"I get the feeling I'm not going to have any fun on this mission," he said dryly.
"Don't be such a sourpuss," Enty said cheerfully, slapping both of her 'uncles' on the back as they headed out the doors, "I'm sure it'll be loads of fun!"