JP-A Date with a Hamster of a First Officer (Allie and White Wolf)

Where: Parrots 2001 Bar on the Blue Dwarf
When: Just 10 minutes to 7pm
Who: White Wolf and Allie Fletcher
The huge hamster hoped he had arrived early enough to
find a good table for his first date in well over a
600 years. He quickly scanned the bar, and seeing the
state of most of the tables, he again wondered if he
should have waited until Le Régal de McKenzie's was
completed before asking Allie out on a date, and he
finished thinking "Oh Well, I guess I'll have to make
do with what I've got..."
He spotted a quiet looking booth in the far dark
corner of the pub and figured it would have to do. He
went over and noticed it needed cleaning. Glancing at
his watch, the huge hamster noticed he had less then
five minutes! He looked around for something to clean
up the table with. He couldn't find anything, and as
the minutes ticked by, the huge hamster got
increasingly desperate.
Then, without thinking, he reached out and grabbed a
nearby crewmen's shirt, while the crewman started to
object, he quickly commented back "Just bill me for a
new one, I need this right now - besides, Space core
directive # 297155 allows all officers to take the
shirt off the back of subordinate crewman during times
of need."
And the overgrown hamster immediately used it to wipe
up the spilt beer off the table, and when he was done,
he took a moment to glance at the shirts nametag,
stenciled with 'Lt. Charlie Edwards'. "Isn't that the
new replacement for Tiny...Perfect." He thought as he
smirked for a moment, and then quickly shoved the
shirt underneath his chair as he quickly checked his
clothing was still clean, and sat down. And
apparently, it was not a moment too soon.
Allie entered the bar wearing one the better dresses
she’d bought at McKenzie’s on her last shopping binge.
Silver and read, it glittered slightly and hugged her
body a little tighter than she was used to. She looked
around calmly for White Wolf.
The huge hamster called and waved to Allie. She came
over and sat down, as he flagged down one of the
passing waiters.
"Whatta ya have, mates?" asked the bored looking
waiter.
"The everything's on me tonight, Allie. So, please
feel free to order whatever you like," said the
hamster to Allie.
The hologram knew what she wanted, and she could only
guess that they had it. “I’m dying for some pretzel
stuffed lobster.”
“Pardon?” the waiter inquired.
“Don’t you have pretzels and lobster?”
“Well, a bar usually doesn’t-”
“Pretzel stuffed lobster!” she insisted. She smiled at
White Wolf. “Go ahead.”
The hamster smiled and turned to the waiter and
ordered. "I'll have the Vegetarian Stir fry, with
extra large Carrot juice."
As the waiter left, the hamster spoke to Allie.
"You’re lucky, you know. You still eat the tasty
stuff. Ever since I became a hamster, I had to stop
eating one of my favorite foods, Steak. Because now I
get horrible cramps since my digestive system can't
quite handle meat any more. I'm stuck eating whatever
happens to be vegetarian on the menu, and the closest
I can get to my old favorite meal is a loaded baked
potato without the bacon. Say, do you happen to have
any favorite foods that you like to eat, Allie?"
“I thought it would be obvious,” Allie started.
White Wolf seemed slightly confused. “Obvious?”
Allie nodded. “Lobsters and pretzels. They’re my two
favorite things in the world. Come to think of it,
I’ll eat pretty much anything, except onions. I hate
onions. Everything else is fine by me, though.”
"That sounds pretty good, actually. So, tell me, how
is that your Hard Light Holo system is able to eat,
while Phil's isn't? Is yours got some kind of special
upgrade?"
She shook her head, her red curls bouncing. “Upgrade,
no. Unique system, yes. My Holo system is one of a
kind, designed especially for me. It let’s me be as
alive as possible.”
"Really? Hey! That reminds me, I've recently picked up
a great collection of Holo simulations from
McKenzie's. There's a couple of edutainment style ones
- 'vacation in roman' game, a 'vampire hunter'
adventure, a Sherlock Holmes 'who done it' adventure,
and I even got one for 'Star Trek'. Would you be
interested in joining me for one of the games after we
finish eating?"
Allie grinned at his enthusiasm. “I’d love to. But,
anything but ‘Star Trek.’ I can’t stand William
Shatner. I know lots of people love him and all, but I
heard he was the first android ever built.”
“Really?”
She nodded. “Yeah. I mean, can’t you tell?”
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