From: V. Rahul Chandra (vrccan_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri Apr 27 2007 - 02:25:14 PDT
========== “A New Take on Sporting Goods” Con’t from my own “Post Party Remembrances” ========== Location: GS-2 Stardate: 2422 [2.7] 0427.0507 Scene: Promenade It was the day after the party and since he didn’t have a shift in sickbay until the afternoon today, Jeff was taking advantage of this rare few hours of spare time to walk around the promenade and see what was going on. He had to marvel at how quickly it had been restored to its previous magnificence; even the parts that had been hit hardest by the bombings. The resiliency of Starfleet and Federation citizens even in the face of the biggest evils of the universe never ceased to amaze him and he smiled as he saw some children gathering in front of one specific store. His attention was attracted by a large and impressive looking store sign that signified a store he’d never seen before. It read <<Manark’s Store of Sports Collectibles>> on the sign and the store itself looked like it was filled with a lot of sports items. Curious as he’d never seen this store before, Jeff turned and walked inside. The store was still largely empty as it was early in the morning and it wasn’t long before a typical looking Ferengi sidled his way up to Jeff and asked if there was anything he could do to help the doctor. “I’m just curious as to what you sell in here,” Jeff answered. “I’m pretty big into sports myself and I’ve never noticed this store here before.” “We’re new,” the Ferengi declared. “I am Manark, and this store showcases my vast collection of unique sports collectibles.” “Unique?” Jeff asked, perplexed. “What’s so unique about them?!” “See for yourself,” Manark retorted, going back behind the counter to his store and digging around for a few items. The first one he came up with looked like a very old (and very smelly) piece of underwear. “This is the undergarment that was worn by the famous Mark Robertson when he hit the game winning home run for Detroit in 2416 in the world series of EARTH,” Manark said proudly. “What do you think of that?” “I think it’s disgusting,” Jeff answered. “And I’m a baseball nut, so you have to be pretty bad off to disgust me.” “Hmph, hyoo-mans have no sense of value,” Manark said, holding up what looked like a twig. “This is part of a stick that shattered in a hockey game in 2006. World famous defenseman Chris Pronger used that stick to score a game winning goal in the ice hockey playoffs and this was part of that stick that broke during his shot.” Jeff examined the wood in front of him, before looking at the Ferengi and shaking his head. “There is no way this was part of a hockey stick,” he said. “Yes it was,” Manark insisted. “Buddy, I’ve been playing hockey since I was two,” Jeff answered. “There is no way this used to be part of a hockey stick. I think you fell asleep during your acquisition classes at University.” “They’re all acquisition classes on Ferenginar,” Manark retorted. “Then you must have been asleep the whole time,” Jeff countered. The Ferengi showed him a few more pieces of “collectibles” and Jeff went from suspecting downright scams to being totally weirded out. As soon as he was able to, he made a quick exit from the store. “Come again!” Manark called out as the doctor quickly left. “Yeah, cuz that’s gonna happen,” Jeff muttered to himself sarcastically as he continued on down the promenade. ========== NRPG: Ooooh, that was fun. ========== ========== V. Rahul Chandra <vrccan_at_gmail.com> Playing... Lieutenant Commander Jeffrey Gorman, MD Chief Medical Officer/2nd Officer GATEWAY STATION, GS-2 & Major Daniel Clarkson, MD Executive Officer - Marine Contingent USS PATRIOT, NCC 5781-A & Lieutenant Sevlock Junior ACT Instructor Starfleet Academy, EARTH No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.1/777 - Release Date: 26/04/2007 3:23 PM From HyperNews_at_youth.net
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