"Alright, uh, let me look something up." Taura stared off into space as if looking at something only she could see and Jack realized she was using her cybernetic implant, probably searching for trivia questions. "Okay, got one. In the original Star Trek series, what was the title of the episode featuring a nearly unstoppable planet-killer?"

"'The Doomsday Machine.' That's one of the few episodes that transcended the show's cheesiness thanks to the story it told."

"So far, so good." Taura drew a fresh tally mark in her holofield. "The name of the character wracked with survivor's guilt?"

"Oh, uh … Matt Decker. Commodore Matt Decker." Corona shook her head and glanced back and forth between the TickleBot and the feather. "Can't believe I could remember that under duress."

"And the actor who played him?"

Corona squeezed her eyes shut, groaned, and let her head flop onto the pillow. "I … don't … remember that! Damn it!"

Taura let out another soft laugh. "William Windom."

"Uh-huh. Great." Corona grimaced and waited for the torture to resume.

Chuckling, Jack leaned over and brushed the feather across the bottom of her left foot. She yanked her leg away and the cuff around her ankle pulled taut with a sharp clink.

"Uh-oh, here comes the planet-killer!" He hummed the bombastic music that played during the episode and slowly moved the feather closer to her foot. "I'd totally mimic the zapping sound that thing made, but I don't know how to do it without looking goofy."

"I'm afraid that ship has sailed, anyway." Corona aimed a shit-eating grin at him and he snorted.

"Oh! Just for that, I'll break up all the planets in your star system and use them for fuel. Mwahahaha!" He slid the feather between two of her toes and she let out a startled whoop, then cackled and writhed around.

"That's too much!" She tried to take in a breath, then dissolved into helpless giggling again. "Stop! Can't … breathe!"

He pushed the joystick on the remote control, directing the bot at her other foot.

The bot stayed in place instead, used one of its arms to lift the waistband of her panties, and stick one of the tentacles under it. Corona squeaked again and tried to buck the robot off. It flopped into the air, dropped, and dangled over her side, still holding onto her panties.

"No," Corona half-snapped, half-giggled at the bot. "Fuck off!"

Jack burst into laughter, slumped over, and shook his head. The bot climbed back on, scampered up Corona's chest, and tickled her neck, prompting another yelp and another fit of giggling. She lowered her head, pinned the tentacles between her shoulder and muzzle, and the bot started trying to tug its limbs out.

Jack fired off another wicked grin and attacked her armpit again. She snort-laughed and tried to flinch away, setting the bot free at the same time.

Taura managed to stop laughing, erase the tally mark, and take a long breath.

"Okay, let's see … name three of the actors who played Captain Christopher Pike."

"Jeffrey Hunter, Bruce Greenwood, and Anson Mount." Corona grinned, extended her middle talon, and giggled. "In that order, too."

"I'm surprised you remembered the original actor." Taura added a fresh mark in her holofield.

"I only saw that episode once, but the actor was memorable because of his eyes. I dunno, there's just something captivating about them."

"True. Okay, nine more to go." Jack rubbed his hands together.

"Oh, terrific." Corona arched a brow ridge at Taura. "How about not stacking the deck against me?"

"Okay, okay." Taura smiled. "Back to the Thirteenth Doctor for a moment. In one of the episodes in her first season, she figured out where the TARDIS landed by doing something kinda gross. What was it?"

"Eww. She stuck a chunk of dirt in her mouth and chewed it." Corona grimaced. "How many animals had pissed all over it before she picked it up?"

"Yuck." Jack grimaced but couldn't hold in a snicker.

Taura added another tally mark. "And for another point, what was the episode title?"

"'It Takes You Away.'"

"Yep." Taura added another mark. "Here's one more softball. What did the props department install in the TARDIS console just for Jodie Whittaker?"

"Oh, a cookie -- no, wait, a biscuit dispenser!" Corona grimaced. "Custard cream! It was a custard cream dispenser!"

"Right again." Taura upped the score to four. "And why did they add that?"

"It was the actor's favorite snack."

"Correct! You're at five, now." Taura cocked her head and stared at nothing in particular again. "Let's raise the difficulty a bit, shall we?"

"How about no?" Corona chuckled.

"Just found something a little more obscure. What are the names of the AI characters in Red vs. Blue?"

"Haha! First of all, they're fragments of a single AI. Second, their names are Delta, Theta, Gamma, Omega, Sigma, Eta, and Iota. All of whom are fragments of Alpha. There's another AI in the backstory named FILSS, who was later renamed Sheila. And later in the series, there's an alien AI that Caboose named Santa." Corona grinned. "And that should count as answers to three separate questions!"

"Hmm, we'll call it … two."

"Fuck."

"Okay … the real name of 'The Director'?"

"Leonard Church."

"Heh. Alright. And … hmm … the organization that opposed them?"

"Charon Industries, run by Malcolm Hargrove."

"Nice. You're at eight points. Let's see … what planet did the main characters crash on in Season 11?"

"Chorus. Nine points!"

"Okay, well, I guess it's time to up the difficulty again."

"Hah, do your worst. I can take whatever you dish out."

Taura pondered something in her cybernetic interface and then smirked. "Oh. Here's a good one. Back to the Thirteenth Doctor's first season for a moment. The enemy she faced in the New Year's Day special turned out to be a Dalek, but it had a codename in the script to try to prevent spoilers from being leaked. So, what was the codename?"

Corona stared at her and Jack almost winced as her heart visibly sank. "I … how the hell should I know that?"

"Kevin." Taura chuckled.

"Are you fuckin' kidding? Kevin!?"

"Kevin." Taura reached into the holofield and erased Corona's points. Corona laughed ruefully and sighed.

"Oh, fuck you both."

Jack laughed and fiddled with the remote control. "We'll save that for dessert."