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[not_that_lockon]

[The holodeck seems to be a little like that one toy you get at Christmas which every kid wants to have a go at playing with, and if the surroundings visible through the sphere when it starts broadcasting are any indication, Lyle is no exception to the rule.

He must have been there for a few minutes because the thing's already been set to look like a pretty normal street, with the sun's shining on it. There's a young woman standing in the middle of this setting. Even if she wasn't pretty - which she is - she wouldn't be the sort of person you'd easily miss in a crowd, with her unusual colouring - light purple hair and red eyes aren't common even in Lyle's universe.

So where's Lyle in all this? He's standing off to one side with an odd smile on his face, not really doing anything other than watching.

Oh, and he hasn't realised that his sphere's on either. :D]

Comments

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

If she ever shows up here, or you fancy stopping off in my part of the universe some day.

[oliverplus]

What, you didn't think I'd want to visit?

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

Well, I wouldn't have thought 24th-century Earth would be the most interesting place compared to the rest of time and space.

[oliverplus]

[grins] It's not all about the places, you know.

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

True.

[oliverplus]

Well, I'd better leave you two alone.

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

[laughs a little at that] Thanks for the concern.

[oliverplus]

[smiles a little sadly] Can't say I haven't been thinking about doing the same thing.

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

Chloe, right?

[oliverplus]

Yeah. Still trying to decide if after three years I want to see a hologram, or if I should keep waiting for the real thing...

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

That's always the thing, isn't it?

[oliverplus]

Yeah. And I'd be afraid of my sphere coming on if I did decide I wanted to see her!

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

There must be a way to trick these things so they don't come on when you don't want them to.

[oliverplus]

You can cover it up, but that only takes out the visual.

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

Annoying things.

[oliverplus]

You can say that again!

[pauses] You know you've only got a couple hours, right?

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

[nods] Yeah, I know.

[oliverplus]

Just think about all the amazing things you can tell her when you do get back!

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

She's probably the only one who'd at least pretend to believe me about it.

[oliverplus]

Yeah, Chloe's the same that way.

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

Thank God for the women who put up with us, huh?

[oliverplus]

[grins] Yeah, what would we do without them?

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

Be a little more miserable than we are?

[oliverplus]

Bah, I wouldn't call us miserable.

They might, though. And I'm sure they'd love to hear all about how miserable we were on our own!

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

Before they laugh at us, you mean.