a crummy world of plot holes and spelling errors

[bossymarmalade]

I wanted a drabble about Amy Abbott from rachel_wilder, so that means I have to do the meme myself, apparently.

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request that I write a drabble of any pairing/character of their choosing. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level. (Some other equivalent gift, like icons or mini-fanmixes or quickie meta, would make sense for people who don't write fic themselves.)

1. bayliss & pembleton, and hear the good news
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3. uhura/spock, my sign is vital
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8. holmes & watson, the sun never sets
9. titus pullo, antevorta
10. uhura & sulu, the enterprise supper club, invitation only (er, plz excuse my dodgy science)

Offered fandoms: Homicide, Star Trek Reboot, The Simpsons, Twin Peaks, Rome, Futurama, Merlin, Sherlock Holmes, popslash, X-Men (only the regular continuity 'verse, y'all), or, uh, something else as long as I know it. Also, it will probably be a wee bit longer than a drabble.

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[bossymarmalade]

the enterprise supper club, invitation only


"I want you to know," Sulu said, "that the only, and I mean the only, reason I'm here with you right now is because Pavel has a cold and spending another evening listening to him whine and curse is about the only thing worse than this."

"You love it," Uhura said serenely. Hikaru raised an eyebrow, which gave him that one-big-eye, one-small-eye look that secretly delighted her and that she maybe provoked him to produce more than she should.

"Love what? Being here, or Pavel's shenanigans?"

Uhura waved a hand. "Both. We are the only two people on this ship who really know what it's like to have epicurean taste in the unknown, as well as the trials and travails of dating moody little genius boys."

That incurred the whole-face crinkle, which Uhura loved even more than the different-sized eyes, if possible. "I so wish you wouldn't talk about Commander Spock that way," he muttered. "It makes it hard to not think about you two doing it when he's giving me orders on the bridge."

"Oh, really." Uhura levelled her own raised eyebrow and a smirk at Sulu until he snorted and turned his attention back to the table. "Okay," he said. "What is this again?"

"FFllurio misky-bo," Uhura supplied promptly, lifting a sealed cover from the platter. Pea-sized blobs of dark jelly quivered on the plate, and Sulu poked one with a fork and said, "Not bad. Looks kind of like tapioca pearl--" He paused when the misky-bo spun in a spiral, then melted into a gooey black puddle; it shivered for a moment, then slowly began raising up in bubbles, separating and firming into the blobby state again. He looked at Uhura, who could barely contain her glee.

"Aren't they fantastic?" she said. "FFllurio food-plants are hugely sensitive to mammalian sound frequencies, because the FFllurio people are the only natural predators and all speak--" she adjusted her voice without even blinking, trilling rapidly in the back of her throat so that her words -- there was no other way to describe it -- had frills on them, "like this due to their symbiotic relationship with FFllurio birds." She pointed at the plate as she spoke, and Sulu watched as the misky-bo shuddered and then turned perfectly transparent, more like ghosts of food than actual bits of jelly.

"So we're disrupting their response mechanism to the usual environmental stimulus of high voices," Sulu said, pitching his voice to slide up and down, watching in fascination as the blobs jerked and cycled frenetically through streaks of black and clear and a few on the edges half-melted. Uhura responded with a low-hum "mmm-hmmm" and the misky-bo pooled out until Sulu made a high chittering noise and the pool went clear, and then Uhura countered with a deep string of percussive noises with pops of fluting soprano and he held up his hands. "Okay, okay," he grinned, as the poor confused misky-bo jiggled and jittered on the plate. "I can't beat you there."

"Smart boy," Uhura smiled. "We ready?"

Sulu took a deep breath and clutched his fork. "We ready."

[loveflyfree]

*seal claps* oh darling this is perfect. I was cursing myself for not giving you a specific prompt, which was going to be food and then you READ MY MIND and gave it to me anyway. ♥

[bossymarmalade]

hee, you can always count on me to include food, even if not requested! I'm glad you liked it, dumpling!

[tallycola]

Oh I love this! I like Sulu and Uhura's BFFness (I liked that in old TOS fics about them too), and they're both so... eccentric? I guess? that this totally fits my image of them. (I guess Sulu is more "eccentric" than Uhura, but my point is that they both have varied and unique talents and interests!)

[bossymarmalade]

I so heart Uhura & Sulu as bffs, and thank you for the comment about their eccentricity! They're both such bright and inquisitive people, I can't imagine their interests staying very confined. *g*

[daedala]

A) This is lovely
B) I want to try this food!

[bossymarmalade]

ahahah, I want to try them too! Unless they actually do taste like tapioca pearls, because that's not terribly exciting. *g* Thank you for the feedback!

[crossedwires]

Oh, this is fantastic. I love their friendship here. And the food! :D

[bossymarmalade]

Thank you so much! Their friendship fascinates me, and what better medium than through food? *g*

[crossedwires]

Hey, I'm reccing this to chromaticvision. ♥ ♥

[bossymarmalade]

Hooray, thank you, bb!!

[pigtailedgirl]

You, Uhura, and Sulu made Star Trek food sound cool. Bravo!

[bossymarmalade]

What, you mean those little spongy multicoloured cubes in the original series didn't make your mouth water?!?! *g*

Thank you for the feedback, and I'm glad you liked it!

[thingswithwings]

this made me smile! I love these two as BFFs, and they're so adorable the way you write them. I love the slight primness that Sulu has here.

[bossymarmalade]

Yay! And omg, Sulu's "slight primness"! I didn't even realize I was putting that in (even though it's part of my idea of his character), but I am delighted that you teased it out! thank you so much!

[devilc]

Uhura waved a hand. "Both. We are the only two people on this ship who really know what it's like to have epicurean taste in the unknown, as well as the trials and travails of dating moody little genius boys."

I wish your big shiny brain wrote stories more often. I love the offhand relish with which this line is delivered.