Posted by Commander Jason Harn (Executive Officer) in Holodeck side sim: Dixon Hill and the Case of the Golden Serpent All Characters Invited

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Jason walked down the hallway dressed in the snazziest of 1940’s fashion. White shirt, black tie, blue waistcoat with matching jacket and trousers. Feet shod in wingtip shoes with spats and his head covered by a brown fedora. A whitish tan raincoat covered the entire ensemble, no 1940’s detective or 1950’s spy should be without one. Thankfully, there were few people in the corridor right now, although it had been awkward when Yeoman Duffy had shared the turbolift with him. It was a short walk to the holodeck and the land of fiction.

Jason Harn, XO starting as many threads as possible until Sidney returns this Saturday

OOC: I think you mean Kenson unless your surprising me and are in front of my house in a fast car with loose women and loose cash in it and a Padre Island hotel reservation. ;)

OOC: I must have read a post wrong (and at too late in the evening).

Sid was not a holodeck user. He mainly did not get the time. However he was a big fan of mystery. Especially Agatha Christie. He heard the XO was running a Mickey Spillane type sim and figured it was close enough. He put on a vintage suit in the manner of his favorite detective. Poirot. Of course it was minus the girth but that was ok. He would be a thinner version of the brilliant yet obsessive sleuth.

Obviously he got some strange looks but that did not bother him as he made his way to the holodeck door and went in.

OOC: All you now R. Be cool to see someone show up as another detective and do a “Murder by Death” kinda thing.

Parker CO

Jason smiled when he saw Sidney. There wasn’t anybody else on the ship that was the same age they were and he was really looking forward to spending time with him. On reflection, Jason realized that his feelings of isolation were probably his own fault, since he hadn’t shared his unusual past with his shipmates. (Of course, he hadn’t heard tales about their childhoods either.) Still out of everyone aboard, Sidney seemed to understand him better than anyone else.

“Hey boss,” Jason greeted. “Lookin’ sharp. So which one of us wants to be Dixon Hill?”

Jason Harn, XO

“Oh its all yours Mr. Hill. You see I am the slimmed down version of the one real detective, Hercules Poirot. Unlike you Mr. Hill I do not exercise my, how do you say, big muscles, but rather my little gray cells.” Sid answered using the famous Belgian Detectives trademark accented English.

Parker/Poirot

Hercules Poirot? Oh my Gawd,” Jason laughed. Picturing Captain Sidney Parker as the finicky and arrogant Hercules Poirot took some doing. But that was the point of the holodeck. One could play make-believe and be someone other than oneself. An excellent way to put oneself into another’s shoes a prepare someone for diplomatic situations or first contact missions (which is why Starfleet never commented on grown men acting like little kids, Jason supposed). Coughing into his fist, Jason regained his composure. “Ed, Thell, and I and started a Dixon Hill case already, but it hadn’t really progressed very far. Nobody even got murdered yet. Should we pick it up from there?”

Jason Harn, XO/Dixon Hill (unless another player character shows up)

“Of course Hastings.” Sid said and then stopped. “Oh so careless of me my dear Mr. Hill. Poirot does not always remember his dear Hastings is not here right now. Just yourself, which I am sure is well qualified to assist.”

Poirot was being his usual arrogant self but in that sly insulting while pretending to comliment manner.

Sidney Poirot

“You little Belgian…um… waffle?” Jason guessed. “Hm, I’m not familiar with the appropriate racial slur. I guess I grew up in a more enlightened and cosmopolitan time than I thought,” he smiled.

Jason Harn, XO

“Ah you make a joke for Poirot. Well not everyone has the , how do you say, funny bone my dear Mr. Hill.” Poirot said. “Lets us proceed to the facts of this case. Can you give me the information.”

Sidney doing his best Poirot

“Well, let’s see, the story started when we were hired by… let me start again,” Jason held up a finger while clearing his throat. “It all started when a dame callin’ herself Kathrine Goodwin paid me a call,” he said in a voice that sounded like a combination of Humphrey Bogart’s Sam Spade and Don Adams’ Maxwell Smart. “She said she was the wife of Harry Goodwin, noted archeologist specializing in Aztec and Mayan Mesoamerican civilizations. She told me that she an’ Harry were gettin’ a divorce, and she wanted to make sure she got her half. I was told to find an artifact he’d brought home from Mexico called the Golden Serpent. It was a small statue the size of an Oscar of a winged serpent coiled around a column of some sort. I found the serpent, gave it to Missus Goodwin and collected my fee. But somethin’ didn’t sit right. Now I’m waitin’ for the other shoe to drop.”

OOC: And for Ch’zaolrirh and Dowe to show up if they are still interested.

Jason Harn, AKA Dixon Hill

As Jason finished his summary the arch opened up and a familiar sky blue face appeared. The COS smiled as he caught sight of the Captain within the holodeck. “Ah Captain, I… um… didn’t realize you would be joining us today.” Clasping the back of his neck with his left hand, the COS looked over his attire. He was wearing a plain white dress shirt and brown slack. His sleeves were rolled up, with a pair of Y-strap suspenders highlighting a bit of his upper body.

The Andorian had begun to dress more casual, as he became more familiar with the world of Dixon Hill. It was a decision he was now regretting in the captain’s presence.

COS Ch’zaolrirh (In need of a new part for this chapter)

Edison also followed into the holodeck, wearing a blue suit with tan shoes and a light brown hat. He was astonished to find the captain here. “…Not that..we …have an issue with that,” he stammered after Srothell.

Lt (j.g) Edison Dowe (Science)

“Oh that’s right. Thell was Dixon Hill,” Jason nodded. “It’s okay guys; there are no rank pips on the holodeck. Captain Parker will be playing Hercules Poirot, so there’s no reason why any of us can’t play Dixon Hill.” When he noticed the blank looks on his shipmates he added “Hercules Poirot, the Agatha Christie guy with the moustache? Anyone?”

Jason Harn, XO

“Ahh nice to see you new faces but usually Poirot works alone. Well to speak of. He has his trusted Hastings but for stimulation of the gray cells. Its amazing what dull men can do to inspire brilliant ones to think.” Poirot//Sid said. It was again an incharacter reference to Hastings famous errors of mental prowess in comparison to his own.

“One thing I do not understand Mr. Hill. What does a shoe dropping have to do with the case?” Sid answered in his Poirot characters puzzled look.

Poirot