Lieutenant Commander Marty Tucker - DTA Troglodytes
Martin Tucker
Tucker: Questions, comments, or concerns?
Wren: Nothing to do with this list, I can get that taken care of ASAP. ::beat:: By the way, I heard you were also going to the Celestial Tide sanctuary as well. Could I ask you a favor?
Tucker: ::he put a finger to his lips:: Shhh its supposed to be a surprise for Rox. After the debacle on the last shore leave, I owe her big time. ::he smiled sheepishly.::
Wren: ::in a rush:: I’m meeting with a Ferengi merchant down on the surface. I’ve been looking for a music box made by a Pah Wraith cultist back on Bajor, and he claims that he has one, but I was wondering if you could come with me to check it out? If it’s a fake, I don’t want to be talked into buying it.
The mention of the Pah Wraiths sent a shiver down his spine; he’d dealt with the cult before when they were tossed back into ancient Bajor. They were perfectly fine burning everything to the ground in an effort to bring the Pah Wraith to take on the Prophets. Something that wouldn’t be accomplished until hundreds of years later, when Gul Dukat became a Pah Wraith.
Tucker: ::he gave her a skeptical look:: You sure you want to mess around with that bad juju?
Wren: ::a little embarrassed:: Oh, no I don’t believe in that kind of thing. If I were a Pah Wraith, I think I’d have better things to do than haunt a music box. I want it because it was made by Melnor Van, he was one of the last Bajorans who specialized in miniature automatons. His music boxes are designed to tell Bajoran fables through mechanization and shadowplay, all without an external power source… oO I’m babbling… Oo ::very uncomfortable. They’re… hard to find, since they’re banned on Bajor….
Tucker: Yeah, they were banned for a reason. There’s a lot I could tell you, but the Department of Temporal Affairs would lock me up in a heartbeat. And I hate those trogladites. Sounds like this is a rare piece of artwork, though, like I said, bad mojo. And have you considered the Bajorans aboard the Ronin? And how might they react if this is the real deal?
Wren: Response
Marty let a little smile slip. This was serious and he knew that at least one Bajoran on the Ronin would absolutely be upset about something like the coming aboard. He’d known Kiran Rork since he came aboard, hell of an engineer, but he saw his calling, and something he’d been before a Security Specialist. He fought in the Dominion war for crying out loud, and escaped the Occupation by hitching a ride on a Ferengi freighter.
He held his hands up in a mock surrender.
Tucker: I mean, I’m not going to say no. What you do on your shore leave is all up to you.
Wren: Response
Marty chuckled.
Tucker: I haven’t said no, and it might be a good time to scout the reservation I have for Rox and me, to make sure it’s fit for a Queen. ::he winked:: it’s her last name. Though I’ve never heard anyone refer to her as Lieutenant Queen, ::he visibly shivered:: I think there would be consequences for that.
Wren: Response
The only read he could get from the Betazoid engineer was that she really wanted this and wanted Marty to accompany her; he had no problem, and he scouted the resort and such for Rox again. After last leave, he really wanted to make it up to her.
Tucker: Alright, Ensign Wren, when do we leave?
Wren: Response