Lt JG Imril - Latinum Wishes And Beetle-Snuff Dreams

[Chris Taylor]

(( Auditorium - Operations Center, Deck 5, USS Artemis-A ))

Bergmen: Yes, as you are all officers, your departmental chief will be informed in case of your arrest, and some unhappy Security Officer will pick your sorry soul back on the ship for whatever senior officer will be in command to be your summary judge at hand, and you will not want to meet our XO or Commander Jovenan that way.

Tho'Bi: Plus you’ll be doing mandatory training until the day you die.

 

Jaran: We're already doing that, aren't we?

 

Natasha offered Jaran a shrug.

 

Cole: As a Security officer, please do not get in trouble. I’m sure Braga and the rest of the security team would appreciate it.

 

Imril: Don't forget that buying your way out of trouble is considered a perfectly legitimate practice in their culture. Whatever you were planning to spend down there, just set aside some of it for bribes. Easy peasy, sorta sleazy.

Imril added a sharp salesperson’s smile to the end of their statement, to clarify that they were joking. Mostly.

Bergmen: So, as our time for this lecture is running out, any last questions?

Tho'Bi: ::deadpan:: Can we walk around naked?

 

Natasha face palmed with such force, others had to hear it.

 

Cole: ::to Tho’Bi:: You can certainly try. ::mouths:: please don’t.

 

Imril: I meant no judgment, offered no cultural criticism. I only brought it up so people who weren't expecting nudity wouldn’t be surprised. ::Looking to Bergmen:: And avoid getting into any trouble over an unfortunate reaction.

 

Tho’Bi: ::deadpan:: ….so that's a no.

 

Jaran: Would you want to? It seems like an emblem of submission to me.

 

Cole: I think it’s different for each culture.

 

Imril: Maybe it's being reclaimed here as an act of empowerment? 

Bergmen: response

 

Tho'Bi: ::puts his hand up:: How would you describe the weather? Drizzle? Downpour? Light Shower? Heavy Shower?

 

Jaran: Obligatory "one hundred and seventy-eight words for rain" comment here. I'd say it's probably all of those.

 

How many words did Andorians have for ice, again? Was it a race?

Cole: Sounds like some areas on earth where it rains more than often then it’s sunny.

 

Imril: ::nods:: Seattle. The Space Needle’s name is false advertising, if anyone thinks that only Ferengi rip people off.

More like the Hundred And Eighty Meters Off The Ground Needle.

Bergmen: response

 

Cole: What are you planning to do on Ferenginar, if we can ask?

Bergman/Tho'Bi/Jaran: Response

 

Cole: I’m considering visiting the Ferengi Center for Forged Arts and the Dominion War Memorial.

Having crawled through a Jem’Hadar warship in the not-too-distant past, Imril decided they could afford to skip the Memorial. A museum of forgeries though, that could be interesting. They wondered if there might be a display of bootleg Marauder Mo action figures.

 

Bergman/Tho'Bi/Jaran: Response

 

Cole: I’m not opposed to shopping, I might meet up with you, if that’s ok.

Imril had yet to think of something they’d want to buy as a souvenir. And there were clearly going to be no takers to join them in eating their way across the capitol city, so they spoke up with another option that had their interest.

Imril: The Ferengi Heritage Conglomerate puts on regular historical recreations of famous ancient trade caravans. Absolute tourist fare, probably, but I think I might go on one. Part of one. 

They would have neither the time nor funds to come anywhere near completing any of the routes. One of which was expressly compared to the travels of Marco Polo in terms of distance travelled. Another called him a lightweight next to the entrepreneurial marathons undertaken by the legendary Yirek The Itchy-Footed.

 

Bergman/Tho'Bi/Jaran/Cole: Response

Imril: Is anyone looking forward to seeing what kind of entertainments they put on? I’ve heard stories about people who came to visit Fernginar and never managed to leave their hotels because the streaming shows are so addictive.

Professionally crafted and market-tested to be so bingable, no doubt.

Bergman/Tho'Bi/Jaran/Cole: Response

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Lieutenant JG Imril

Engineering Officer

USS Artemis-A

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