Remedies

Furry B'Ellana Torres feels like . . . . shit. When she woke up this morning, it had looked like that it was going to be a good day. Granted, they had been stuck out in the Delta Quadrant, and without something special, they'd be out here for decades to come, but at least there was still a freaking Federation . . . . a Klingon Empire. Now, because of the Q . . . . She trudges around corner, tail dragging, and nearly runs into her human counterpart.

"Oh, sorry." furry Torres says. She takes a closer look at her counterpart. "Geeze, you look like how I feel!"

"I . . ." human Torres begins. "I think I'm going to be sick." It's then smells a distinctive smell of alcohol on her human counterpart. Well, it's true that her analog was off duty . . . .

"Hey, I was going to go and do that after work!" furry Torres says. "Uh, does it help any?"

"Not a damn bit!" slurs human Torres. "Hey, did I ever tell you ya look lika kemodo dragon?"

"Uh, not since our last fight." furry Torres temporizes. "Hey, lets get you sobered up here. That was synthahol you've been drinking, right?"

"Yeah, there's not a drop of the real stuff aboard, and I don't want to leave a computer log of the stuff if I make some from the replicators. Both the Janeways wouldn't approve . . . " human Torres says in a clear voice, throwing off the effects. "So, I take it everyone's heard? And how's Scott taking all this?"

"As for the crew, yeah, they've heard. Kind of hard to keep THAT secret!" furry Torres says, then grows thoughtful. "As for Scott, if I know him . . . . . he's blaming himself for all this! I think . . . . we need to set him straight."

"I think I saw him in the Mess Hall." human Torres says, running towards the turbolift. "He must of been really depressed, because the lights were out!"

The Torreses run, and find Scott silently crying, looking out at the stars in view of the windows of the Mess Hall . . . .They sit down next to him and begin to talk.

1. And human Torres says . . . . shipmate to shipmate......

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