"Aye, I'll go with that," Scotty said, rubbing at his head, feeling somewhat overwhelmed. It was far too early in the morning for this.

"Y'know, in the Academy, they did warn us that this sort of thing might happen. Y'know, always look after your drinks and don't sniff any funny flowers on alien planets or else you might end up in an orgy with all your co-workers, kind of thing," he ventured. Of course, 'sex pollen' and all that had always been a running joke, a tongue-in-cheek way of explaining a bad one-night stand. It was downright scary actually being taken over like that.