text: [Themes: Science Fiction]
  
  > leave
  It's been a long day on your feet, you'd prefer to sit.
  
  Action:
  
  > Shake drink
  That doesn't seem like the most appropriate course of action.
  
  Action:
  
  > wear the drink
  (first taking the drink)
  You take your first effervescent sip.
  
  Action:
  
  > wear the heart on the sleeve
  You can't see any such thing.
  
  Action:
  
  > Wait
  He's probably just wrapping up an experiment or something.
  
  Action:
  
  > wait
  Maybe he's briefing the next shift in Sickbay.
  
  Guinan appears at your table, startling you a bit. "How's the Moscow mule?" she asks.
  
  1 "Moscow mule?"
  2 "It's... good. Thanks."
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > 2
  "It's... good. Thanks."
  
  "You don't sound so sure. I was hoping the bubbles would cheer you up."
  
  "I guess maybe I need more than bubbles for that," you frown.
  
  "You want to talk about it?" she asks.
  
  1 "Not really. It's kind of personal."
  2 "Maybe? It's... kind of complicated."
  3 "Is listening to my issues really part of your job
  description?"
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > 1
  "Not really. It's kind of personal." you reply.
  
  "Good. I get so tired of people coming in with their problems. They come in, they want a shoulder to cry on, and generally it turns out to be mine."
  
  You're not sure how to take her response. You begin to wonder if you should apologize when a faint smile comes to her face and she says, "Besides, you'll probably work through this more quickly if you talk to him."
  
  Following her gaze, you see John, standing in the doorway of Ten Forward. You turn around quickly, suddenly not so sure you want to go through with this conversation.
  
  Guinan wasted no time at all — she's off helping other customers.
  
  A fan fiction created for the Star Trek Game Jam (2016). Alpha 3.0 by Jacqueline A. Lott
  
  Readers are encouraged to peruse the CREDITS and ABOUT text.
  
  After a moment of hesitation, you decide to wave John over to your table. This conversation has to happen sooner or later, Anne,
  you think to yourself. Might as well get it out of the way.
  
  John acknowledges you with a gentle smile and makes his way over to your table.
  
  1 "Thanks for coming."
  2 "Long shift in sick bay?"
  3 Say nothing—let him start things off.
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > 3
  You decide to let him get the conversation started.
  
  "You're uncharacteristically quiet this evening," he says.
  
  "Am I? Possibly I'm all talked out from hanging with Guinan," you reply.
  
  "Guinan, huh? I haven't spoken to her much yet. What did you two talk about?"
  
  1 "Nothing much on my end. She was just super pushy."
  2 "Sorry. Forget I mentioned it."
  3 "I don't know. Stuff."
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > 1
  HERE ENDS THE PLAYABLE INTRO. THANKS FOR PLAYING!
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > 1
  HERE ENDS THE PLAYABLE INTRO. THANKS FOR PLAYING!
  
  [John is expecting you to reply.]
  Action or Reply:
  
  > look
  This is the gathering place, the best place to people-watch on the ship.
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > Y.
  He's not coming, you tell yourself. What the hell were
  you thinking? The one familiar piece of your life that you have on this ship, and you've screwed it up, Anne. Whether or not he walks through that door (which he won't!), you've screwed it up.
  
  You let out a long (possibly audible) sigh, searching for the answer in your drink. You know what you were thinking, You were thinking
  that it felt right, that it was a logical next step. You were thinking that things generally go your way, and that this would too.
  
  Action:
  
  > 1
  "Moscow mule?" you say, looking down at the glass in front of you as if seeing it for the first time. "Oh, my drink. Right..."
  
  "You told me to mix up something distracting," Guinan smiles. "But it looks like you were already pretty distracted to begin with."
  
  "Yeah, I guess I've got a lot on my mind."
  
  "You want to talk about it?" she asks.
  
  1 "Not really. It's kind of personal."
  2 "Maybe? It's... kind of complicated."
  3 "Is listening to my issues really part of your job
  description?"
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > 3
  "Is listening to my issues really part of your job description? I thought that sort of thing fell to the ship's counselor."
  
  As soon as the words leave your lips, you realize how snarky you sound. Fortunately, Guinan either doesn't notice or chooses to ignore it. "Well, you can schedule an appointment with her if you'd like, but yes, listening is part of my job," she says calmly. "So I can listen, or not. Up to you."
  
  1 "Not really. It's kind of personal."
  2 "Maybe? It's... kind of complicated."
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > 2
  "Maybe? It's... kind of complicated."
  
  Guinan helps herself to the seat across from you. "May I?" She's already seated, so you just shrug and smile. "Thanks. You're Anne Blackwell, right?"
  
  "Yeah," you respond, surprised. You haven't been on this ship long, and didn't think you'd spoken to Guinan enough for her to be able to recall your name. You're not sure you've even ever introduced yourself.
  
  Not for the first time, you wonder why Starfleet uniforms don't come with name tags.
  
  1 "How do you know my name?"
  2 Just let her keep talking.
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > 1
  "How do you know my name? I don't think I ever introduced myself," you say.
  
  "Well, you're a bit of a celebrity around here." Guinan notices your surprise at this comment. So much for having a good poker
  face, you think to yourself. "I figured you would have been
  expecting that," she replies.
  
  You've got a couple of ideas as to why that might be, neither of them particularly comforting. You had hoped you could keep a low
  profile — how delightfully naïve, you think to yourself. Then
  again, maybe she's thinking of something completely different.
  
  1 "Because of the Vice Admiral?" [Annoyed]
  2 "Because of how I finished at the Academy?"
  [Confident]
  3 "Why would you think that?" [Nonchalant]
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > 1
  You sigh. "On account of my mother being a Vice Admiral, you mean?" You are unsuccessful in keeping the Exasperation out of your voice.
  
  "That's part of it. It's not lost on the crew that Vice Admiral Blackwell's daughter's on board." You frown. "You want my advice? Don't worry too much about it. You can't help who your mother is, and people know that you've been stationed here because you finished at the top of your class."
  
  1 "Do they?" [Worried]
  2 "They do?" [Relieved]
  3 "Sure they do." [Sarcastic]
  4 "Perhaps. I'll still have to prove myself.
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > 4
  "Perhaps. I'll still have to prove myself, but I'm used to that." You sit in silence for a moment, thinking.
  
  Guinan sits patiently, waiting for you to speak.
  
  1 Share your anxiety about being in your mother's shadow.
  2 Share your anxiety about being new.
  3 Share your anxiety about John.
  4 Share all of those things.
  5 Keep it all to yourself.
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > 3
  "Truth be told, the reason I'm here has nothing to do with work." You're feeling a little brave, so you look Guinan in the eye and ask, "Have you ever had someone who means everything to you?"
  
  "Yes. A few times."
  
  "Really? More than once or twice?"
  
  "Way more than once or twice. But then, I'm a little bit older than you are." She pauses, and looks toward the entrance of Ten Forward. "Any chance your everything just walked in? He seems to be looking for someone."
  
  You turn to look, and sure enough — there's John. You turn back
  around
  quickly, suddenly not so sure you want to go through with this conversation. If you were ready for Guinan's advice it's too late — she's quickly moved on to helping other customers.
  
  A fan fiction created for the Star Trek Game Jam (2016). Alpha 3.0 by Jacqueline A. Lott
  
  Readers are encouraged to peruse the CREDITS and ABOUT text.
  
  After a moment of hesitation, you decide to wave John over to your table. This conversation has to happen sooner or later, Anne,
  you think to yourself. Might as well get it out of the way.
  
  John acknowledges you with a gentle smile and makes his way over to your table.
  
  1 "Thanks for coming."
  2 "Long shift in sick bay?"
  3 Say nothing—let him start things off.
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > 2
  "Long shift in sick bay?" you ask, easing into the conversation.
  
  "Kinda, yeah. Nothing difficult, just... tedious. I don't know how things are for you in engineering, but I feel like they're tossing me all the menial tasks that no one else wants to do."
  
  1 "You too, huh? I haven't had a single interesting issue to troubleshoot yet."
  2 "Don't worry, John Jemison, they'll discover your brilliance
  soon enough."
  3 "Oh, y'know. It's hard being new here."
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > lie down
  (on the gold operations uniform)
  That's not something you can lie down on.
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > lie down on John
  He's not something you can lie down on.
  
  Action or Reply:
  
  > Sleep
  You aren't feeling especially drowsy.
  
  [John is expecting you to reply.]
  Action or Reply:
  
  > wake
  The dreadful truth is, this is not a dream.
  
  Action or Reply: