Log; Ongoing [BackDated]

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

When; June 6th, Noon
Rating; PG (I'm going to say possibly PG-13 because there MAY be swearing...just trying to be polite)
Characters; Scotty (allshesgotsir ) and Maeve (ladyofwinter )
Summary; Maeve and Scotty have lunch to trade stories
Log; 

Scotty wasn't usually one to suggest lunch to a woman. He was much more comfortable either in his own lab at City Solutions or putting the final touches on the shuttlecraft before its shakedown run on Monday, but Maeve seemed like a nice enough girl. It was an added bonus that she was so interested in his work. It was really all the material he had for conversation.

His clothing selection was still rather limited, not for lack of funding, but lack of care.  He'd much rather tinker than go shopping. Why did he care about his appearance anyway?  It wasn't as though he was taking the girl out on a date or anything. He was just...taking out a very attractive-sounding girl to lunch to trade stories.  So, he chose his uniform.  Women respected a man in uniform, didn't they?  He straightened his sleeves and made sure the delta on his breast was straight. It wouldn't do to make a bad first impression.

The blip on his tricorder told him he'd reached his destination, and he looked up, the sign above the establishment offering visual confirmation. He entered.

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[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

Maeve had gotten there early. Her green eyes wandered about now as she hid away from the heat outside. It was intolerable. She hated it. But this was the summer season. She would grow in power again when it faded.

Playing with one of her dreadlocks, she waited for him to show up. She had a feeling that she would know who he was when she saw him. Really, she didn't care much about him. However, he sounded useful. And easily swayed by someone attractive flirting with him. That was perfect.

Her clothes were her normal style. They showed off her body nicely. Leather pants that laced up the sides with matching high-heeled boots and a white t-shirt that was very tight on her thin figure, cut off to show off her stomach.

When he walked in, her cat-like eyes fell on him. Her lips curled into a smile as Maeve walked over to him. "Scotty, yes?"

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

Scotty's head turned, both at the use of his name and the familiar voice from yesterday. When his eyes fell on her, they couldn't help but take her in. Completely. Twice. Alright, three times, before moving up to meet her eyes. Her eyes. They...well, they resembled those of a cat, at least the pupils did. That was odd.

"Aye, that'd be me," he said distractedly. "Yer Maeve, I take it."

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

Her instincts favored her again. Scotty seemed inexperienced with the female race. She liked that about him already and allowed him to admire her without complaint. Maeve's smile never wavered.

"I am. Is it so nice to see you."

It was. She liked useful people.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

He kept getting distracted by her eyes. He'd never met someone with such...vivid coloring.

"It's nice tae meetcha too, lass." He smiled. "Yer eyes are...sae verra green, Maeve."

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"Mm. Do you like them?"

Oh, he was making this so easy. Toying with men was a favorite pass time but this was especially entertaining.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

"Aye," he said with a nod. "They're verra pretty, lass."

He blinked after a moment. "Should we get a seat?"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

Her lips curled further into a smile. How cute.

"Yes. We should." Someone came over to help them and she led the way. She added extra sway to her hips as she walked.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

He could think of worse places to be spending a casual afternoon.

He waited until after they were seated and their drink orders taken before looking toward her though. She may be beautiful, but Scotty's mind would always be a little mechanical. "Sae," he started. "Yer no' from Chicago, I take it."

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"Mm. I did say I wasn't."

She remembered that little detail. There were many things she'd left out but many things she'd implied too. She knew how to lead people to believe what she wished them to.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

Scotty nodded. When it came down to business, he was a tough man to lead on a merry chase. "What are ye, lass?"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

Maeve blinked innocently. She wasn't hiding that she wasn't human. After all, she hadn't hid her eyes. "One of the Sidhe. People usually refer to us as faerie."

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

Scotty couldn't believe his ears. She was...

"Yer one o' the fair folk, lass?"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"I am."

The surprise was amusing.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

He smiled brightly. "Ye'll ha' tae fergive me, lass. I didnae expect ye tae be s' tall!"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"No need for that. Some of the faerie are very small. I just happen to not be one of them." She smiled at him with amusement.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

"I see..." He looked thoughtful for a moment. "Sae, what's th' difference?"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"I'm more powerful than the little ones." She took her drink when it arrived. A simple lemonade.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

He nodded, more slowly this time. "Ho' so?"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"Your question refers to what? I am more powerful." She looked at him with curiosity.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

"I dinnae quite ken ho' one is more powerful than another, Maeve."

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"The little ones haven't my power. Most cannot touch magic."

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

"So, yer some kind o' faerie big-wig, then, i'nit?"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

Instead of answering, she took a sip of her drink. She didn't take any ice into her mouth but she started chewing ice. She liked freezing her drinks when they hit her tongue.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

"Did ye jus...." Scotty couldn't finish his sentence. He was in shock for a moment, watching her chew her drink.

"Why....that's brilliant! Do ye only ha' the ability tae freeze things?"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

Brilliant? Scotty was kind of adorable in some ways. Reaching across the table, she froze the top of his drink. He could break it easily.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

Scotty picked the glass up by the bottom, to avoid frost bite, and turned it into the light.

"Fascinatin,'" he mumbled.

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

Smiling, Maeve crunched more of her drink. "For those who cannot do this, it is perhaps."

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

Scotty looked up to her from the glass. "I'm sure I could build a machine tha' could dae it."

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"Of course. Humans are capable of so much." She tapped her chin thoughtfully. "I've seen it."

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

"Ye've seen a machine tha' could freeze glass tae brittle instantaneously?"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"I've seen many things. Weren't you going to tell me a story?" She leaned forward with a little pout on her lips.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

"Oh, aye, I suppose I was." He cleared his throat. "Where would ye have me start, then?"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"It is your story to tell. I cannot tell you where to begin." Her eyes watched him with great interest.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

So he did. He rambled a bit about how he got stationed on Delta Vega in the first place, about how the Spock from the future had came and shown him his own formula for trans-warp beaming, how it had worked, how they'd stopped Nero from blowing up Earth, and how they'd blown up his ship, then detonated the warp cores to get free of the singularity.

All the while, his expression was full of excitement and wonder. The only time he illustrated he may have been afraid was when they might have been sucked into a time warp, or died. Both of those possibilities frightened him, but the others, no. Scotty was only full of wonder.

"Sae," he concluded. "That's how we saved th' world and I became th' Chief Engineer o' the flagship o' the Federation."

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

Much of the story was rather dull actually. However, she knew how to act like she cared. It was how she'd so often ensnared others. They always believed her act too. Besides, he sounded like he could be very useful.

"That sounds fascinating."

She didn't tell him what sounded fascinating though.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

He was surprised a faerie found any of it interesting, but he was excited nonetheless. Not that it was difficult to excite him.

"Which part?"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

She looked at him with innocence that made her look much younger than she was.

"The transporter parts."

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

His smile was literally beaming.

"That's my specialty."

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"I can see the way the subject makes your eyes light up."

She smiled slowly at him.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

He kept smiling.

"Sae, what dae faeries do all day?"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

It depended on the faerie really. Someone were beyond useless and did nothing worth mentioning.

"I like parties."

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

"Parties?" He chuckled slightly. "What sorts o' parties?"

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"The kind with live music, food, drink, laughter, dancing. Sometimes, they even have themes." His interest was cute.

[allshesgotsir.livejournal.com]

His look turned to confusion. "Ye know, I dinnae know much o' faeries...but I never thought ye'd be party animals."

[ladyofwinter.livejournal.com]

"Depends upon the sidhe. Some just don't know how to have fun." She ran her finger along the rim of her glass sending spiderweb-like traces of ice down the edge of it. "Some are boring."