Weirdness

[helmsman_hikaru]

I have mixed feelings about my shore leave on Risa. I visited the bioluminescent gardens, which were splendid, and I got to meet a very pleasant historian/painter (didn't know the ship had one of those, but I guess there's a place for the liberal arts in Starfleet...?). But then there was that bit involving Chekov and some cheating at cards and-

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[95wictorwictor2]

Do not pretend you did not have fun.

[helmsman_hikaru]

Which part was supposed to be fun? The impending sense of doom? The pool-cue fencing? The running for our lives? Ok, the pool-cue fencing was kind of fun.

[95wictorwictor2]

See? You had fun. We should do it again!

[helmsman_hikaru]

You do realize I'm not your personal bodyguard, right? I'm really not that well-versed in your approach to "socializing"...

[Locked to Mr. Sulu]

[lt_mcgivers]

Painting isn't actually part of my duties, you know - just the historian bit. And I do a bit in engineering, actually, making sure those helm controls of yours stay working the way they're supposed to.

And I did paint the gardens. They were too lovely not to. As long as you aren't planning on dragging me off to go gambling, I wouldn't mind letting you take a look.

[Locked to Miss McGivers]

[helmsman_hikaru]

Oh, sorry! My mistake. Though, in my defense, a starship captain having his own portraitist isn't too far fetched. In fact, life-sized oil paintings of the ship's head officers isn't such a bad idea... I'm thinking yellow ochre for my uniform, maybe a midnight blue background...how good are you at painting nebulae?

Excellent! I promise I will never, ever drag you off to go gambling. Helmsman's honor. Just let me know when you're ready to host a viewing!

[Locked to Mr. Sulu]

[lt_mcgivers]

Are your sure you wouldn't rather have a background of various interesting botanical specimens? I'm not too certain about the nebulae, myself.

And I will never ever go gambling again - historian's honor.

I just have to add a few details to the paintings that I didn't get around to on Risa, and then I'd be glad to share.

[Locked to Miss McGivers]

[helmsman_hikaru]

Hmm, I do love plants...but I'm going for something more...majestic? Galactic? I mean, it might look a little strange to have me pictured, arms crossed, staring heroically, into vegetation...

Of course, of course. Whenever it's ready. Oh, I just had another brilliant idea: shipwide art show. Chekov draws things sometimes. Mostly food. Maybe Mr. Scott could sculpt something out of scraps. I'm sure there would be an interesting turnout!

[lt_cmmdr_scott]

...spaghetti?

It's not Keenser in the ducts again, is it? Can't imagine what he'd be doing with spaghetti, but that's the only explanation I can think of off the top of my head...

[helmsman_hikaru]

Keenser has means and opportunity, but I couldn't imagine a motive or why spaghetti, of all things. My theory is that something between my quarters and the mess hall went wrong-but I'm not going back into the walls to find out!

[lt_cmmdr_scott]

I'll send someone up to take a look. Wires might have got crossed somewhere - you know how it is. The more complicated the plumbing, the easier it is to block things up - or in this case, get things mixed up.