The Cerritos was on standard duty near the border on the unexplored Sector 3DMN on this day in early 2380.
Mariner and Boimler were on bridge duty at the Conn and Ops stations when a voice very familiar to Mariner echoed on the bridge of the Cerritos.
Q: (disembodied): “So, once again humanity has seen fit to venture too close to things it does not understand.”
*And with a flash of light, Q appears on the bridge and the Cerritos crew has transformed from animation into live-action.*
Freeman: “What is this?”
Q: “I am here to prepare your tiny species for the next step in their evo….”
Mariner: (angrily): “What the Hell, Q? (standing next to her post with her arms crossed, impatiently tapping her toe) Don’t you have anything better to do? Go bug Picard!”
Ransom (Feeling his pecs): “Oh, so much rounder and well-defined…”
Q: (Taking up a defensive posture): “You!”
Freeman: “You know him, Mariner?”
Mariner: “We’ve had some dealings.”
Q: “'Mariner’? Is that what you’re calling yourself now? Those ‘dealings’ were over two years ago. This creature is not what she appears to be, Captain. She is an imp, and where she goes chaos always follows.”
Mariner: “Damn straight!”
Freeman: “Oh, so you really do know her. Yes, I’m well aware.”
Mariner: “C’mon, Q, we all know your schtick by now. You pop-up in a starship, annoy and torment the crew for shits and giggles for about an hour or until we catch-on to whatever ‘lesson’ you think you're teaching us and you move on. Since we’ve all seen this episode before, why don’t you just skip the first part and move on to the last part?”
Q: “You would have made a magnificent Q.”
Mariner: “Oh, don’t start with that crap again, it was bad enough the first time. Besides, Riker clued me in on that BS.”
Q: “Very well, since you’ve taken all of the fun out of it, I’ll leave. But I do not promise never to appear again.”
*Q disappears in a flash of light and the crew is restored to animated form. *
Mariner: “Freakin’ stalker…”
Boimler: “What was that all about?”
Mariner: “What? Oh, we went on a bad date once…”
Mariner and Boimler were on bridge duty at the Conn and Ops stations when a voice very familiar to Mariner echoed on the bridge of the Cerritos.
Q: (disembodied): “So, once again humanity has seen fit to venture too close to things it does not understand.”
*And with a flash of light, Q appears on the bridge and the Cerritos crew has transformed from animation into live-action.*
Freeman: “What is this?”
Q: “I am here to prepare your tiny species for the next step in their evo….”
Mariner: (angrily): “What the Hell, Q? (standing next to her post with her arms crossed, impatiently tapping her toe) Don’t you have anything better to do? Go bug Picard!”
Ransom (Feeling his pecs): “Oh, so much rounder and well-defined…”
Q: (Taking up a defensive posture): “You!”
Freeman: “You know him, Mariner?”
Mariner: “We’ve had some dealings.”
Q: “'Mariner’? Is that what you’re calling yourself now? Those ‘dealings’ were over two years ago. This creature is not what she appears to be, Captain. She is an imp, and where she goes chaos always follows.”
Mariner: “Damn straight!”
Freeman: “Oh, so you really do know her. Yes, I’m well aware.”
Mariner: “C’mon, Q, we all know your schtick by now. You pop-up in a starship, annoy and torment the crew for shits and giggles for about an hour or until we catch-on to whatever ‘lesson’ you think you're teaching us and you move on. Since we’ve all seen this episode before, why don’t you just skip the first part and move on to the last part?”
Q: “You would have made a magnificent Q.”
Mariner: “Oh, don’t start with that crap again, it was bad enough the first time. Besides, Riker clued me in on that BS.”
Q: “Very well, since you’ve taken all of the fun out of it, I’ll leave. But I do not promise never to appear again.”
*Q disappears in a flash of light and the crew is restored to animated form. *
Mariner: “Freakin’ stalker…”
Boimler: “What was that all about?”
Mariner: “What? Oh, we went on a bad date once…”
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