LOCATION: Ten-Forward
STARDATE: 72216.3 (September 1, 2019 @ 18:45)
Nicholas walks into the Ten-Forward and is greeted by Guinan the bartender.
“Well help there stranger,” announced Guinan as she stood behind the bar, “how are you doing today Nicholas?”
“Well help there stranger,” announced Guinan as she stood behind the bar, “how are you doing today Nicholas?”
“I am doing pretty good Guinan,” responded Nicholas as he walked towards the bar, “I was wondering if you knew where Evelee was at? I have a friendly proposal for her. She challenged me to a Swim Meet when she found out I was Swim Meet champion during my Academy days. Since there is a Swimming Pool on Deep Space One, so I figured we could have this friendly completion.”
As Nicholas was explaining this to Guinan, Evelee walked up with a her glass of Enaran Tarin Juice and sat down next to Nicholas with a grin a mile wide on her face.
“So you think you could take me in a Swim Match Nicholas? I have been swimming all my life back on Techelon, and you have been out of the Academy for some time. Not sure it would be a fair match,” replied Evelee with a grin on her face and a mischievous tone in her voice.
“I think I can handle taking you on in a Swim Meet Evelee. This should be entertaining and fun. A friendly competition between two friends. We might want to run this by Sam as well, since he will bring this to Captain Picard.”
“You are on Nicholas!” Exclaimed Evelee with excitement in her voice.
“This will definitely be something the crew of both the ship and station will be talking about for a while,” replied Guinan as she refilled a patrons drink.
“You do realize one thing about this friendly swim competition,” announced a bravado inspired voice from behind Nicholas, “You will be representing the Enterprise Officers, even with it being against a fellow members of the crew. So you do ave a lot riding on this competition Lieutenant.”
Nicholas turned around to see Commander Riker and Counselor Troi standing at the bar being served their drinks by Guinan. The look of utter shock and awe on Nicholas’s face could have been read throughout the room. Nicholas knew that Commander Riker had a competitive streak and he enjoyed games of Poker, but this “pressure” was definitely something Nicholas understood and thrived in ever since he was the Academy.
“You do realize one thing about this friendly swim competition,” announced a bravado inspired voice from behind Nicholas, “You will be representing the Enterprise Officers, even with it being against a fellow members of the crew. So you do ave a lot riding on this competition Lieutenant.”
Nicholas turned around to see Commander Riker and Counselor Troi standing at the bar being served their drinks by Guinan. The look of utter shock and awe on Nicholas’s face could have been read throughout the room. Nicholas knew that Commander Riker had a competitive streak and he enjoyed games of Poker, but this “pressure” was definitely something Nicholas understood and thrived in ever since he was the Academy.
“You are right Commander, this friendly competition is not just for myself and Evelee,” replied Nicholas with a smirk, “It is for the entire crew and the Reputation of the Enterprise-D herself as well. I will do my best to bring honor to the Crew.”
“So then it will happen. A Swim Meet between you and Evelee for the entertainment and honor of the crew,” replied Commander Riker with a smirk, “I will run this by Captain Picard and Captain Saluk of DS1. When did you want to do the Meet?”
“I was thinking as soon as possible, sir.”
“How does Tuesday at 17:00 sound to you, Lieutenant? I will have to talk with your Department Head about getting you the time off for this event as well, but I think she would be ok with it,” slyly smirked Riker towards Deanna as she listens every word he said.
“Yes Nicholas, you can have the time off for this competition. I can tell you I will be in the front row cheering you on,” replied Counselor Troi as she guided Riker to their table.
“Well looks like I will have to get Ten-Forward ready for a celebration for both of you, this will be a celebration in honor of the crew as a whole.”
“Well Evelee, looks like this Friendly Competition has turned into a Competition for the Honor of the Ship now. This is going to be more fun than I thought,” responded Nicholas as he finished off his Draylaxian Whiskey, “We will have a blast doing this, and I warn you I will not go easy on you. I plan to win after all.”
Nicholas headed out of Ten-Forward when he heard Evelee call out to him.
“Yes Nicholas, you can have the time off for this competition. I can tell you I will be in the front row cheering you on,” replied Counselor Troi as she guided Riker to their table.
“Well looks like I will have to get Ten-Forward ready for a celebration for both of you, this will be a celebration in honor of the crew as a whole.”
“Well Evelee, looks like this Friendly Competition has turned into a Competition for the Honor of the Ship now. This is going to be more fun than I thought,” responded Nicholas as he finished off his Draylaxian Whiskey, “We will have a blast doing this, and I warn you I will not go easy on you. I plan to win after all.”
Nicholas headed out of Ten-Forward when he heard Evelee call out to him.
“What is the human saying, ‘In your dreams’”, replied Evelee with a sheepish grin on her face, “You better bring you ‘A’ Game Nicholas. I do not plan on going easy on you in the water.”
With that Nicholas walked out of Ten-Forward.
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