Message #290609

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-==IC: Lounge==-
As Kaze entered the lounge he saw a dark-skinned woman with a draped green hat and clothes sitting at the bar, apparently chatting to the orange-shirted bartender.  A few tables away, an Andorian in an ensign's uniform looked to have started a card game with a Xindi-Primate, a Vulcan, and a Klingon.  Several couples sat at tebles near the stage, and a Ferengi was just stepping from the microphone.  He walked over to one of the two speaker/control towers for the lounge's karaoke system, then spotted Kaze.  He gestured to the cadet.  "Come on, let's let someone else give it a go.  My meal is getting cold."  When Kaze seemed to hesitate, he brought the microphone over and whispered in Kaze's ear, "I'll give you three bars of gold-pressed latinum if you'll go up there and give me a change to get away before they make me sing again."  When Kaze blinked, he quicky said, "All right, four bars.  Now go!"  The Ferengi pressed the mocrophone into his hands, pushed Kaze toward the stage, and practically ran from the lounge.