Scene: The Promenade, at Higgs' Bar and Casino. The usual patrons are milling about, some gathered around the dabo table, some playing card games at a nearby table. Of course, there is the usual assortment of characters, both respectable and otherwise, seated at the bar. Higgs, the Bolian bartender, is chatting up some of the regulars.
Among the regulars is a newcomer: a Klingon male, arrayed in all the armor and arrogance of his kind. He speaks boisterously, joking with the other patrons. Clearly, he has had more than a few. His drink of choice, oddly enough, is Romulan ale, which had become legal again not long after the unfortunate Reman incident of 2379 had renewed talks between the Romulans and the Federation.
"Further you get from Romulus, though," says the Klingon, "worse the ale gets." He laughs, leering at one of the dabo girls from the corner of his eye. "A shame there's been so much peace, though," he muses. "Who knows how much longer it'll last, eh? Especially what with --"
He never gets out another word, for suddenly the Klingon is fallen backward onto the floor, a knife hilt sticking out of his neck. At the same moment, a hooded and robed figure, who had entered without being noticed and stood in a corner, makes a dash for the exit.
The assassin is stopped almost immediately by two security officers, who call for an emergency medical team to beam directly to the scene. Of course, there is a struggle, amid which the stranger's hood falls backward, revealing the killer's face: a Romulan female, her hair the familiar slick black, her features angular, and her demeanor enraged. Eventually, one of the security team is able to stun her, so that she can be brought to the brig.
The Klingon, whose name was Grawn, son of Gorm, is already dead when the medical team arrives.
Among the regulars is a newcomer: a Klingon male, arrayed in all the armor and arrogance of his kind. He speaks boisterously, joking with the other patrons. Clearly, he has had more than a few. His drink of choice, oddly enough, is Romulan ale, which had become legal again not long after the unfortunate Reman incident of 2379 had renewed talks between the Romulans and the Federation.
"Further you get from Romulus, though," says the Klingon, "worse the ale gets." He laughs, leering at one of the dabo girls from the corner of his eye. "A shame there's been so much peace, though," he muses. "Who knows how much longer it'll last, eh? Especially what with --"
He never gets out another word, for suddenly the Klingon is fallen backward onto the floor, a knife hilt sticking out of his neck. At the same moment, a hooded and robed figure, who had entered without being noticed and stood in a corner, makes a dash for the exit.
The assassin is stopped almost immediately by two security officers, who call for an emergency medical team to beam directly to the scene. Of course, there is a struggle, amid which the stranger's hood falls backward, revealing the killer's face: a Romulan female, her hair the familiar slick black, her features angular, and her demeanor enraged. Eventually, one of the security team is able to stun her, so that she can be brought to the brig.
The Klingon, whose name was Grawn, son of Gorm, is already dead when the medical team arrives.
Just then, a junior security officer -- Lt. Junior Grade Ranzia Amala, an unjoined Trill -- approaches Lt. Commander Ren. "Sir," she says, reporting to her immediate superior even as she sees the Captain and First Officer there. Chain of command. "I found this on the floor, in the corner where the Romulan was hiding." Then she holds up what appears to be an exotic-seeming flower, unlike anything seen on earth. Which, of course, doesn't make it extraordinarily unusual. Still, it's not one usually seen in Federation space, either. It appears to have some sort of clear containment tube around the base of its stem, filled with water, apparently to keep it fresh. The flower has a delicate and sweet aroma, perhaps rather pleasing to many.
[For the players' sake, the flower looks like this, only some of the blooms are open, rather than just buds: ]
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