The Best Posts Of The RPG

[Jen]

I want to start a thread where people can suggest the best posts of the RPG. Add your favorite RPG posts from any of the seasons here, and keep them coming throughout the seasons. Just copy and paste it here. The tell us why you like it.

[Jen]

No one is going to start the posting? OK, I'll go first. I have many favorites from an array of writers, but I'll start with Duffster's second post as Lt. Cedric Tain. I really enjoyed the action scenes and the way Duffster describes them—he even went as far as adding an accent to one of the character's dialog.

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Tain knew where the trouble was going to come from long before it happened. There were five of them sitting at a corner table. Five sleezy looking thugs. They had been casting glances over at Tain for the last hour, while he played pool. Tain knew the type, had been one of them long ago. He only hoped they had some brains. As one of them got up and strolled Tains way, he knew they didn't.

"Hey big guy", the group spokesmen said, "You look like you can handle yourself pretty well. You wanna make some creds tonight?"

Tain looked down at the grubby little man. The cretin was twitching and sniffing, obvious tweeked out on something, and smelled of rot and decay. He knew it wouldn't work but tried anyway.

"Just shootin some pool mac. I ain't lookin for money.... or friends tonight."

Tain turned his back to the man, bent back down to the pool table and sighted up the nine ball.

"Ohh I see. Big shot are ya??" the little man sniffed. "Well me and my boys need some muscle, and you look like you'll do. I was just playin at being nice, it really wasn't an invitation ya see."

Tain sensed the movement behind him and slowly straightened up and turned around. The odorous fellow had something resembling a weapon pointed at him.

"Now why don't you and me head back over to my table." The mans eyes had a crazy glint to them now.

Tain knew he would need to time things perfectly. The weapon the man held looked hacked together, but that didn't mean it wouldn't be lethal if he got hit with it.

"Well now.", Tain rumbled, "Since you put it that way, maybe I could use the extra credits. Let me clear the table here."

As Tain bent down to sweep the balls from the table into the pockets he heard the sleez-bag start to say. "Hey..leave the balls alone...STa.."

That was the last sound the man made for a very long time, as Tain grabbed one of the pool balls and quickly threw it as hard as he could into the mans chest. It made a sickening crunch, and just kind of stuck there lodged in the rib cage. The thug dropped immediately.

Immediately the other members of the thugs group were on there feet running towards Tain. Tain looked them over quick. Two of them could cause some problems, so he focused on them first.

The patrol asked the bartender later what exactly he saw.

"I ain't never seen anything like it." the bartender recalled. "How can someone that big move that fast?. He dropped the two biggest of 'em in seconds. I don't know what he did to 'em, but they dropped like they was dead. The other two looked like they was gonna run, but 'e didn't let 'em. He broke both their arms and left 'em there squeelin like stuck pigs 'e did. After dat he kicked 'em in the ribs, came over 'ere and sat right there where he is now. He passed me over a cred chip, and told me to take out damages, and call you all. Nope, never seen anything like that".

The patrolman looked over at the big man. He sat there sipping his drink looking with those dead eyes back at him. The patrolman sighed and went over to talk to him.

"Well buddy. Even though these guys are the scum of the earth, we gotta take you in."

Tain looked back at the cop. He slowly reached in his pocket and slapped open his Star Fleet id, and laid his orders on the counter.

The patrolman looked over the id.

"Crap. This makes it more difficult." He looked over at his partner. "Billy, call over to Star Fleet. Tell 'em we got one of ther Lieutenants down here and he is in a bit of trouble."

He looked over at Tain and thought to himself that it didn't look like it's the first time he had been in trouble, nor the last.

[billybob476]

It's like our very own RPG clip show!

[Jen]

Exactly!

[Jen]

OK, I'll add another. I liked the way that Margon wrote this passage in Season One. Counselor Margon was in Sickbay meeting with Doctor Peterson when Lieutenant Commander Sevryll and her children arrived for the physical exam each crew member was required to have upon boarding Tiberius for the first time. I thought the exchange between the children and Margon that Moyer wrote, set up his character as very gentle and funny man with great skills as a counselor.
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"Thanks Doctor, and good morning" said Couselor Margon as the doctor walked away

The children gazed up at him with wide eyes.  They had never seen anyone so, well, blue before. In fact both of them were sucking on brightly colored lolipops.  N'vall kept looking at his bright blue lolipop and then at the counselor and back again.

"Greetings Counselor," said Lt. commander Sevryll. Counselor Margon shook The Commander's hand.  "I am Counselor Margon, pleased to meet you..."  He looked down at the children.

"So these are the twins I have heard so much about"  Margon crouched down and attempted to make the vulcan greeting with his hand.  He couldn't quite get his fingers to part like they should.  In doing so, the palms of his hands were exposed, and they were bright blue, much brigher than the rest of his skin tone. 

N'vall said very matter of factly- "you are blue." 

Commander Sevryll quickly gazed at N'vall and in her eyes said "hush" but the counselor was not the least bit uncomfortable. 

"That is right young man, I'm glad to see you know your colors!  I don't have any hair either" he said smiling.  "I'm a Bolian.. and you are a???"

N'Val gazed up at his mom.

"Mother?"

"Answer him N'Val, we have disussed this before." said Severyll patiently as if to show off the young boy's cognitive abilities.

"We are Vulcan and um.. uh  hew... hew..." He looked up at is mother once more..his eyebrow raised.

His sister whispered "human"  and then giggled as Margon made a funny face trying to coax out the answer from her brother.

Severyll again patiently nudged M'Rynn, she did not want to stop the children from identifying their heritage, and they weren't old enough to decide which culture would be more dominant in their lives.  Her little girl giggling made her secretly want to smile, but this wasn't the place or time for that.  She introduced them, "This is M'Rynn and N'Val"

"Well it's great to meet you Mr and Miss Vulcan/human!" Margon said and then laughed.  Looking over his shoulder and raising his voice he said "What, I don't get a lolipop Doctor?"

The children both smiled and N'Vall offered his candy to Margon.

"Thanks, but you go ahead", it reminded him of Brex when he was their age.  He laughed again.   As counselor Margon laughed, it was a robust and catchy laugh.

[Jen]

Add the post you liked from any of the RPG Seasons... I'd like to hear from someone other than myself.  :D