Just noticed they’re used by both Bajorans and Cardassians.
Text in the first panel is irrelevant - it was just the best quality picture I could find for that scene.
Torture usage. She can claim there are three of them.
That’s her pooping face and the third seashell is currently in use.
Obviously…
LOL, yes.
Except, you use it to make Odo turn into different shapes.
For those wondering:
Spoiler
Correct answer: they’re inkwells. The round domes are the lids. In between them are pens/stylii. They may be decorative or they may be functional. It’s hard to tell.
mods this guy is breaking the rules
It’s a security feature. They don’t actually do anything. But nobody who’s not supposed to sit there knows that. When you touch both of them to see what they do, you’re instantly disintegrated.
Salt & peppers shakers
Do you know the TOS salt shaker story?
In ‘The Man Trap’ there’s a scene where two members chat. There’s a salt shaker prominent in the scene. The props department sent someone out to buy a bunch of exotic salt shakers. When they looked at the ‘modern’ shakers they realized that no one at home would know what they were supposed to be.
In the end they shot the scene with a salt shaker from the commissary and used the exotic ones to fill Dr. McCoy’s medical bag.
Hostile architecture, to prevent people from sleeping on the desk…
It’s an E‑Meter for Scientology
You gotta have a place to put your orbs so you can ponder them as needed.
track balls, she has a dedicated holo emitter for playing katamari
It’s a metal which their physiology requires, but is low in their food supply, so they lick the metal orbs once in a while.
Since it’s Kai Winn? Torture device on loan from Delores Umbridge. The activation phrase is set to “My Child.”
Nuclear cores. Pick them up and slam them together for an instant atomic explosion.
Also ensures politicians don’t stay in office too long…
The Scientology E-Meter (electropsychometer) is a religious artifact used in “auditing” to detect emotional reactions, spiritual distress, or “engrams” by measuring electrical resistance in the body.
First thing I thought of for some reason.
Or a pair of Van de Graaff generators.
Holding them makes your hair stand up.
Sometimes you just need a pair of cold, steel balls to fondle. Maybe they remind you of home, maybe it’s just stress relief, maybe you miss your father, nobody is going to judge.
