Paint and Powder

A Star Trek anthology by Andrew Joshua Talon

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Defiant: "A Call To Arms"

Captain Sisko learns at the breakfast table that Jake has been writing for the Federation News Service.

Jake: "Dad, you're the commander of the most important outposts in the Alpha Quadrant! You're news!"

Sisko: "Don't remind me."

Defiant: "Awww...I tried to submit an article to the FNS and they rejected me!"

Jake: "Really? Why didn't you tell me?"

Defiant: "Well, I just wanted to impress you."

Jake: "Let's see it!"

Defiant: "Well..." She hands a PADD over.

Jake: reads "... 'Why I'm the Best at Blowing Stuff Up Ever?'"

Sisko: deadpan "A philosophical work, I take it?"

Defiant just beams.

Later, Defiant has been trying to prove she's also a good writer, like Jake. And Jake is right now learning just how exhausting it can be to have a little sister who is also a supercomputer for a warship.

Jake: "Defiant, you go way too much into the technical details here."

Defiant: "But they're important! How else will people understand that my phaser emitter focusing articulation frames are crucial to how well my cannons penetrate enemy shields?!"

Jake: "Most people can't process that much data and not have it slow down the story!"

Defiant: "Hmph! Nog likes my technical writing!"

Jake: "Nog is an engineer. Most people aren't."

Defiant: sigh "Fine... What about my article on Dad? What did you think of that?"

Jake: "You just wrote all the things he has punched in the holodeck and in real life."

Defiant: "... Yes... And...?"

Jake: "How is that an article?!"

Defiant: "It's very relevant to the interests of people who enjoy knowing how to punch things! I mean, you've seen Da-The Captain punching things! I've seen him punch even more! He's great at it! Like the Emissary of PUNCHING! It's art!"

Sisko: in the kitchen sipping coffee "Thank you, Defiant... I think."

Defiant: "You're welcome!"

Jake: "Well you didn't convey it like art."

Defiant: "Hmph!"

Jake: "Let's see... This tenth story is... A little weird-"

Defiant: stiffens "What tenth story?"

Jake: "The one with the pirate shipgirl who has massive 'cannons' and her wily but 'incredibly handsome' Ferengi captain-"

Defiant: bright red, the PADD burns out "Oh no! The PADD has exploded! What a mystery! I'll go see the Chief and make sure it doesn't happen again KAY BYE!"

She grabs the PADD and runs off. Jake sighs.

Jake: "Dad... There are days I wish I didn't have a little sister."

Sisko: "Hahaha... Trust me, I went through the same thing with my sister."

Jake: "Was she also a hyperactive, spazzy warship AI?"

Sisko: "No, but there are times I wondered..."

Just some fun.