Oh, this was funny. Many good reasons why to never, never, ever give an interview. But once the reporter let the poor man get a sentence out of his mouth, he said exactly the right thing. And later, Spock put it so well. "You are a brave man, Mr. Scott."

So sorry Anna, I could ahve sworn I had read and reviewed this. Boys oh boys - poor Scotty sure did get landed with this interview. The reporter obviously exasperated by his talking about the technical end of things and his modest nature meaning that he afforded no praise upon their actions as it was all part of their duty. ha, it was a comeuppance of sorts for her to get Scotty but bullying of her to prod and rankle him in that manner to splice an answer from him. Very well done.

Poor Scotty. That is just evil :D

Though I have to admit that I was almost expecting him to shout the woman down.

But you're probably right. Considering what the press do nowadays, the thought of what they might do in the case of saving the planet...::shudder::

Thanks for an entertaining read.

Nutty
(still at lunch)

Author's Response: You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it. :-)

Oooh I loved this little gem! *still giggling* Poor Scott, though, all these questions completely overwhelmed the poor man!

Wonderful job!

Author's Response: Thank you! I'm glad if it made you smile. :-)

This was pretty darn funny. Scotty is just completely befuddled by the overpowering Marina. He can barely get a single word in edgewise. The ending of the interview is an example of perfect comedic timing.

While Moreau is from Starfleet Media Relations, she reminds me a lot of how marketing directors attempt to strong arm their own requests into projects. Her chats with Marina remind me a lot of the phone meetings that we have at the office.

Marina, on the other hand, strikes me as a stereotypical behavior that one of my co-workers coined. He called it "Justifying the salary", meaning that the person would be annoying, aggressive, and assertive as a way to prove that they were worth the money they're being paid, rather for true personality reasons.

Because the two characters seem so close to what I've seen in the business world, it makes the events in the fic seem quite realistic.

One thing that I wanted to mention and hopefully I don't sound rude, but I'm completely fascinated with your descriptions. There's a certain foreign touch to them that's striking. This isn't a bad thing, but rather a very interesting detail from the point of view of the reader. The one line that stands out is "And looking gorgeous in that crispy uniform of hers, despite being a cow-eyed slimy sneaky bitch." It's is a mental image that grabs you, but isn't what you'd typically find in the language of someone from North America. It's very much from a point of view that's outside of my own culture. I love details like that.

Author's Response: ::laughs:: No, it's great that you tell me! This is the kind of detail I want to know, because I can't discern them for myself. I use the language, but oftentimes I don't *feel* it. Not the same way I feel mine. To me the phrase looks... normal. LOL. I think I like that it sounds unusual as long as it's grammatically sound. Sometimes people say that my language is hard to get through, now that's bad. A-typical works. ;-) As for Moreau and Marina... I worked too long a time in Moreau's position not to know exactly what rushes through her mind or, what her conversation partner must be thinking. PR people and journalists tend to love-hate each other. A lot. LOL. I'm glad if it sounded realistic. Thank you very much for the review!