Star Trek - Thy'la (Spock x OC)

Chapter 6 - Gift Giving

Edited: October 25th, 2024

- A While Later -

Walking around the space station idly, Scotty walking along beside me. Showing me around the area, pointing to various different shops..

Although I'm barely paying attention to what he's saying due to the fact that aliens are all around me.. So may different kinds! Most of them look scary as Fuck, but others? Look so cuddly I wanna smooth their cheeks! Wait a second.... Something catches my eye, a blue shirt with strikingly perfect black hair... Is that..? Yes! It's Spock! What's he doing here?

Staring at Spock while he walks around I feel Scotty shake my arm to regain my attention. "Lass? ALEX!"

Jumping in surprise I turn to look at him. "Wha- Y-Yea?" Scotty looks at me un-amused with a brow raised, having gone on a tangent about how some alien food tastes like literal garbage water. "Sorry Scotty.. You were saying? I kind of dissociated.." Looking to him with a meek smile he sighs softly, stopping us in the middle of the pathway.

"I was going to say that I would let ye buy something if ya wanted. A souvenir if you will, considering you've never properly been to a space station before." Scotty crosses his arms looking at me with a grin.

"What- Scotty I can't-" Holding my hands to my chest and shaking my head, absolutely hating it when people buy me gifts. It makes me feel like I owe them! It's only okay to give me stuff when it's a holiday! I-Its a rule!! You can't break rules!!

"SHUSH yer mouth! Yer room is completely barren and I have more money then I know how to spend since I'm Chief Engineer.. and I don't have anyone to spend it on.. So what yer gonna do is, yer gonna look around some shops with me and if ye see something ya like ill buy it for yae." Scotty crosses his arms looking smug, adamant about giving me something.. I've become one of his closest friends on the ship recently.. Sighing softly in defeat letting my shoulders slump, smiling at him kindly with a nod.

Let's see.. I'll need something to I occupy my spare time while I'm aboard.. Why don't I get back into my old hobbies? "Fine.. fine.. Is there any type of art supply shop here? Maybe I can get some stuff." Looking around completely confused. Not understanding the various alien languages plastered everywhere.. Considering I don't have the Starfleet translator- Wait a second.. If I don't have the translator.. how can I understand everyone...? Hmph.. weird... plot holes.

"I know a shop just around the corner that's run by this nice woman. Follow me lass." Scotty loops his arm around mine pulling me along. While he drags me along I look around, spotting various Ferengi and some Klingons. Time to put that on my alien race bingo card! God I can't wait till I can meet a Cardassian! I just wish I could live long enough to meet Quark..

- Three Minutes Later -

Finally reaching the shop I take a look at the sign above. It's a picture depicting a full moon covered in various clouds with some weird symbols.. Which I assume is the aliens languages.

Walking inside I immediately start to look around, amazed that there's so many different mediums to work with. An giant anthropomorphic gecko woman stands at the counter, holding a smaller version of itself in it's arms, it's baby perhaps? Something catches my eye on the shelf, a tablet of some kind with a pen. "Um.. Excuse me?"

The gecko's head perks up, setting the child down in a small pool enclosure behind the counter. Various different types of toys strewn inside for it to play with. Walking over to us her tail swaying side to side behind her. "How may I help you human?" A long sticky tongue lulls out of her mouth, licking both of her eyeballs to moisten them.