PNPC LCDR Nolen Hobart — Did I Hear That Right?

[Naxell]

((“Surayan Dreams” Tiki Bar, Indulgence of Chocolate-Coated Jama’haron))

Hobart: ::pointing:: Ooh, yes. “Not like the other Vulcs.” Perfect.

He looked at them both with all the confidence of a man who’d never used Starflirt, and nevertheless felt confident that he knew how to game it. Oh, yeah. This was gonna go great.

Stros: Perhaps not ‘Vulcs’. It feels like it has a bit of an unsavory undertone.

Ohnari: Right. The short hand isn't exactly saving much there... 

Hobart: It's the needlessness that makes it so suave. 

The Tactical Officer tilted his head in consideration. Nolen didn't blame him—even he wasn't fully sold on “Vulcs.” For one thing, Talia was right that it didn't do much in the way of truncation. For another it sounded almost slur-like. He imagined if Vulcan as a whole were less suppressive of their emotions, they might insist that only Vulcans could say “Vulcs.”

Stros: Maybe something with ‘unique’ or ‘individual’. ::brow furrowing once again:: Or does that sound too “Borg?”.

Ohnari: ::typing:: Uncommonly Vulcan, wisps of whimsy and unique while maintaining logic adjacency.

Hobart: “Too logical to cling to a false fear of the illogical?”

It was, probably, nonsense. And far too jumbled to be suitable for a dating profile. Fortunately, Nolen knew that with two other sets of eyes to proofread, there was no way it could get into print.

Stros: ::Nodding:: Yes, perhaps go with that.

Or not.

Ohnari: Well, this was certainly fun ::grinning:: Happy hunting Commander. ::grimacing:: Now...if you gentlemen would excuse me, I've got to get bat into a bath....

Lost in the horror of his final addition to Stros’s Starflirt profile, Nolen was only mildly attached to the conversation. He watched Talia walk off with Statler, Jr., wing waving, with some amount of confusion. Then the words caught up to him—save a few that didn't quite register—and his eyes widened.

Hobart: Wait, bath? ::hastily rising:: Sorry, Commander, I've got a, uh, thing. ::gesturing off yonder:: Good luck with the profile, though!

Stros: Response

Nodding and awkwardly shuffling, Lt. Commander Nolen Hobart departed for what was sure to be a disappointing afternoon.

TBC

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Lt. Commander Nolen Hobart

Strategic Operations Officer

Deep Space 33

as simmed by

Commander Nax-Ellarneii-Tellargo

Commanding Officer

USS Khitomer (NCC-62400)

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