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Rena-Enalia Meeting

Posted on Wed Jun 19th, 2019 @ 11:30pm by Captain Enalia Telvan & Lieutenant JG Rena Pacci

Mission: Fractured Fairy Tales
Location: Captain's Ready Room
Timeline: 2396

With the stress of the Tribunal, Enalia hadn't had much time to see her wife, let alone attend her regular duties, but this was one she couldn't put off any longer now that the Tribunal was all but over. As senior staff, Lt JG Rena Pacci deserved a sit down with her new Captain and thus Enalia had asked Yeoman Dedjoy to schedule the appropriate meeting. So there she was, looking over the new Operations Chief's records. They were sparse, but considering the choices across Starfleet these days... No one really seemed to want to take the operations track so finding a solid, experienced officer that wasn't already assigned to the fleet's flagship was impossible. On the other hand, she may have found a rough diamond. With a little polishing...

Rena was finishing sending out the parts that Thex needed when she got a nudge from her sisters mind. Even with Betazed being light years away the twins had an incredibly strong bond that linked them across the cosmos.

Sister I need to speak with you.

I'm a little busy Tianna. I am just getting used to everything on this ship. I have a lot to catch up on. No one would have known the slendered woman was having a full conversation, including Yeoman Dedjoy who watched the curly haired Betazoid for a moment before tapping her on the shoulder.

"Lt.jg Pacci you are requested in the Captain's ready room."

"Ok thanks..How come you didn't just use the comm?" Rena asked as she signed off on the last of the parts for Thex.

"You didn't answer ma'am. You might want to get your comm badge looked at. She is waiting so we should get going."

"Ok, lead the way" She gestured and followed the Yeoman. Tianna I can't leave. You know the commitment I have made to Starfleet. I'm not done my work here.

You're never going to fill that hole Rena. Running away from home isn't going to solve the issue. You need to face her

I'm done talking about this. Rena could feel her face feeling hot and pushed down the demons that liked to sneak out when her sister brought up the sore subject. She was good at hiding it, the yeoman didn't seem to notice or maybe she didn't care as she did her job and delivered the new Ops officer to the Captain's ready room.

Rena pushed the chime and waited.

"Come in," Enalia called, looking up from the PaDD she was looking over with a tight smile. She'd had a few bad experiences with telepaths in the past, but nothing in her records showed any hint of issues. Plus, Rena had made it past her first officer, so she trusted Commander Paris' intuition on this one. "Please, have a seat. May I offer you something to drink? I have some chamomile tea my wife bottled this morning, if you'd like one."

The Betazoid walked in and stood at attention at the front of the Captain's desk before she took a seat as requested by the senior officer. She could sense the other woman's cautiousness because of her telepathy. The First Officer had gave off the same impression. They must really had a bad go with whatever telepath was last here She thought and offered a smile to the Captain.

"Thank you ma'am, tea would be lovely."

The spotted Captain reached into the small cooler built into her desk and pulled out a thermos of tea and two of her nicer tea cups with saucers and poured each of them a cup before resealing the thermos. "I hope you like it. My wife adds just a touch of honey. She also tells me I drink too much tea, but I can think of worse vices to have."

Chuckling softly, she set one of the tea cups in front of Rena. "So how are you settling in so far?"

Taking the teacup and saucer carefully she thanked the Captain with a nod and took a small sip before she answered the question. The tea was different than what she was used to but it was sweet and not bitter like other teas she had accepted from other Captains in the past.

"I'm settling in good. I met a few of the crew already. You have a good crew Captain... I can tell they care a lot for one another. It's refreshing." The Betazoid replied and took another small sip of tea.

"We've faced a lot of life or death situations together. I've found that the harder the times, the tighter knit the crew is. If you live through one mission with us, you'll be a part of that family too." The spotted woman then realized what she had said just as she was taking a sip of her tea and tried to course correct.

"I mean... I didn't mean... I do my best to make sure no one dies, but we just lost Ensign Paulson to an assassin droid and before that there were so many others... I'm sorry, we've lost a lot of crew, even for one as big as ours." Enalia smiled sheepishly, knowing that likely all of her feelings on the matter were being felt by her new Ops Chief even with all her years of training not to give anything away.

"What I mean to say is... Welcome to the family."

Rena chuckled, " it's ok I know what you mean...and thank you." she smiled warmly. " Your wife makes good tea. Is she a member of the crew too?" the Betazoid asked casually steering the topic away from death and the lost crew. She could feel it was hard on the Captain. In fact she could feel it from a lot of the crew. She was going to have to tread lightly and be mindful that she only speak of things spoken out loud and not in thought.

Thankful for the redirection of topic, Enalia latched onto the new subject, her heart swelling with pride and love at the thought of her wife. "Yeah, she's the ship's maneusse. She also comes from a family of information and rare item brokers so she maintains the more exotic food stocks on the ship as well. If you have an interest in cooking, let her know and she can get you just about any ingredient you can imagine."

"That's good to know. I like to make some home dishes that the replicator just can't quite make properly. Nothing beats real ingredients." Rena drank the last of the tea and carefully set the teacup and saucer on the Captain's desk. " Thank you for the tea ma'am. It was quite good."

"Thank you, I'll let Maica know." Enalia then set her own teacup aside and got down to business. "So what are your goals while aboard? Anything you want to accomplish professionally or personally?"

"I think my goals are just like any other officer. Fit in, use my skills, learn some new ones. I didn't have an exact plan in mind to be honest...I never really do" she chuckled and ran a hand through her curly hair.

"You'll definitely put your skills to the test and learn some new ones here," Enalia remarked with that lopsided grin of hers. "The missions we engage in really strain us. But then again, we are apparently the unofficial flagship of Intel Command. And a ghost ship, if rumors are to be believed."

"Hopefully I can help relieve some of that strain on the crew, I look forward to the adventures ma'am." Rena smiled genuinely.

"It's been a long time since we've had a dedicated Operations Chief so I'm looking forward to seeing how you'll do." Enalia smiled pleasantly. "Unless you've got any questions for me, I think that concludes our meeting."

Rena got to her feet "Thank you ma'am for having me be part of your crew. I promise I won't disappoint you," the Betazoid said with extreme confidence in her tone.

"I look forward to good things from you. Again, welcome aboard and welcome to the crew," Enalia smiled politely, thankful that the meeting went far better than the last Betazoid that she'd met. Far better than most empaths and telepaths that she'd ever met in her life, in fact...

 

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