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I had been escorted to the conference room, for a briefing.
At least; I had not been alone, with my friends May and Neko by my side.
Of course, we had walked all the way to the location for the briefing; it had not been urgent enough, for a site-to-site Transport after all.
Incidentally; the Enterprise had been in orbit, just at the time of this year’s start of the Academy.
Jean-Luk is sitting at the chair at the center, signifying his position.
“Let me clarify this..” Jean-Luk puts forth; “You assembled this on your first day; just after you had arrived at your quarters, Cadet Twilight?” he now inquires.
“Yes, Sir!” I respond.
“You are aware of the fact; that neither the Defiant, nor the Enterprise 1701 E has even been designed yet!” Geordi states; “And yet, they are both featured in your room; as functional ships, even as miniatures!” he now points out.
“Oh!” I merely respond.
“She is crafting highly detailed models, as a hobby!” May offers, as a partial explanation.
“Highly detailed Models?” Geordi inquires.
“As in fully functional..” May clarifies; “Crew and everything!” she concludes.
“Are you saying; that all these miniature ships are fully crewed, too?” Lieutenant Commander Data inquires.
“Yes..” Neko responds; “Exactly!” she states.
“The replicator in the Cadet quarters is only programmed and equipped for edible food!” Spock explains; “yet, you crafted a Hanger with a full compliment of shuttles, runabouts, a Captain’s Yacht and even the Defiant complete with crew and all?” he inquires; “and to top it all off, you added a small fleet of yet to be designed capital ships!” he adds.
“How convenient..” I put forth; “because I haven’t even tried the Replicator in my room yet!” I explain.
“You did not assemble these models by hand?” Geordi inquires.
“No!” I respond; “Of course not..” I continue; “most of the components would be far too small to handle with my hands!” I explain.
“She rendered the ships, as they are..” May supplies; “probably in group, too; if there is more than one of these ships!” she suggests.
“While I originally forgot all about dressing them up in their respective Uniforms..” I blurt out; "I supplied them, with a full set of uniforms; in their respective quarters, at the base!” I then add.
”There is something off with your uniform, Cadet Sparkle!” Geordi observes, after he had had the time to actually take a look at it.
“I rendered our Uniforms!” I respond.
“It looks perfectly fine, to the naked eye!” Spock supplies.
“You are a Gemini, correct?” Data inquires.
“Yes, Sir!” I respond, giggling internally.
“I am puzzled; I haven’t even heard of Gemini before!” Data confesses.
“I’m not surprised!” I respond.
“I will have to take a great interest, in this years’ Cadets!” Picard concedes.
“While we currently resides in a cottage, on Earth; I am afraid, I can’t explain the origin of me and my People!” Twilight offers.
“That would explain, how you could arrive together..” Geordi agrees.
“There is just a minor discrepancy, in the transporter log, though!” Data points out; the transport was not initiated from the Academy, or any facility registered in the Federation!” he elaborates.
“I guess; that is to be expected..” Twilight confesses; “because I initiated the transport from our shared home, in Quantum Village!” she explains.
“You realize, this could have grave consequences!” Picard points out; “Peculiar name, for the community!” he considers, while remaining quiet about it.
“Technically speaking, Captain..” Spock urges; “I believe, this does constitute as a First Contact!” he points out.
“The Admiralty would have to be informed..” Data suggests; we do have a situation, they need to be kept abreast of here!” he clarifies.
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“This may not be the time, but I guess a demonstration is in order!” Twilight suggests.
“A demonstration?” Geordi inquires; “what kind of a demonstration?” he continues; “Nothing dangerous, I hope!” he concludes.
“Should be perfectly safe..” Miko suggests; “no more dangerous, than what has already gone down..” she continues; “unless this event marks a breaking point; that is!” she concludes.
Twilight picks up her stylus; activates it and selects an appropriate file, before simply pressing: “Render”.
“Ping!” is heard, as the render is complete.
A Cottage is appearing, on the Conference Table. While the Cottage appears to be identical to the one Twilight lives in, there are a few differences and peculiarities.
The door on the front of the building swings open, and Picard steps out of the building; closely followed by Geordi and Data, all in the size fitting with the small model of the cottage.
Before the door finally slams shut, a small cat follows the men out of the building.
“Imagine that..” Picard proclaims; “I had never expected that, in a Billion years!” he concludes.
Twilight selects another file, before she is pressing: “Render”.
“Ping!” is heard; an identical cottage is appearing out of thin air on the table, beside the first one.
As the door swings up: Captain Benjamin Sisko of the Deep Space Nine station exits the building; followed by Chief of Security Constable Odo the Chief of Security, the Chief Medical Officer Julian Bashir and finally Chief Science officer Jadzia Dax.
Jadzia closes the door behind herself, before she is looking up at what initially appeared to be the sky.
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