A word with the captain.

Posted on Tue Jul 24th, 2018 @ 2:00am by Captain Enalia Telvan & Lieutenant Commander Thex sh'Zoarhi

Mission: Holographic Horrors
Timeline: Day after A Swingin' Scene

The Hera was now only a few days from the station something that made the chief engineer rather happy. She would be grateful to put the ship in the shipyard and get the girl fully worked over. Right now she was just making sure the main bridge's consols hadn't been damaged from the storm. The last thing she wanted was for the bridge crew to mess up and damaged the ship or the captain's shipyard.

Thinking of the captain she remembered her conversation with Rita and paused. Her friend had seemed rather shaken and uncomfortable. Handing her tools to her team she headed for the captain's ready room. " Be back in a few minutes need a word with the boss." she said to her team as she walked over to the ready room and pressed the door alarm.

"Come in," Enalia called out, looking up from the desk terminal to see Thex in her doorway. She was a bit dishevelled still from earlier and not having her wife around because of all the holographic issues they had been having. It seemed she either couldn't or was unwilling to do her hair right so it was down and cascaded around her shoulders like some madwoman fresh out of the sonic shower. "Is there something I can do for you?"

" Thank you ma'am." Tivri said trying not to smirk at the captain's hair as she sat down. " It's about Rita ma'am. We went dancing last night but before she had me over for drinks. She seemed rather confused and upset over an offer you made her." The Andorian said trying to be as polite as possible.

Enalia slowly leaned forward on her desk with her elbows, and buried her face in her hands, letting loose an old pirate curse before recomposing herself. "Yes. Sorry, please go on."

" I'm sorry for bringing this up Ma'am. She's my friend and I'm worried about her and i know you have far more important things to worry about than this. She seemed very confused about offending you if she said no. I know you'd never force someone into something they didn't want to do, but she doesn't. She did get here only a month ago. I don't suppose you could have a word with her and clear this all up." The sapphire engineer asked feeling rather embarrassed. This situation was clearly never in the academy's instruction guide.

"Yeah... I guess I get to use that cultural sensitivity training again..." Most people in the Federation didn't need it since it was part of their upbringing but since Enalia was raised by pirates, the Academy considered it a requirement for her. "Personally I worry about how well she's fitting in. She probably thinks we're some evil version of the Federation she knows and loves with all that she's seen."

Enalia nodded and sighed heavily. "Yeah, I'll speak with her about it. Make sure things are clear. Holographic tribbles had eaten our clothes, my spots itched like crazy, she's beautiful, my wife will be jealous..." She then pointed at Thex and looked at the lithe engineer meaningfully. "She's not getting out of that massage from my wife though. That was a promise and my wife will kill me if she breaks it."

" I've done my best to help her captain, but she has missed quite a lot of Federation history and I'm not one of the intel councillors who deals with time travel. I'm sure she'll appreciate a massage from Maica though. I should have the holomatrix fixed shortly. Could you tell her I fed the squid when she's back online? " The andorian replied.

Enalia smiled gratefully. "Thank you, I will. I know she'll appreciate it." Enalia then looked a bit more serious. "The Temporal Investigations counsellors are still having trouble figuring out how to handle Rita's case, to be honest. She's from another dimension as well so while much of our history is similar, there's some that isn't, like the destruction of Vulcan. If it were a simple matter of temporal displacement, this would be easier to handle... Right now I think she needs friends more than anything though. To not feel alone."

" Here's hoping she can make a few more whilst on shore leave. That will probably help her. " The andorian said calmly. She could do with a few weeks of shore leave herself. " Well captain if you don't have any problems i should look at I should get going. I have a list of problems across the ship that need to be looked and it isn't getting any smaller. "

"If you can spare someone, tribbles ate almost all my furniture. I could use a cot or something to sleep on until we get to my orbital fortress." Enalia didn't smile or blink as she made the request. She was dead serious. "Other than that, keep me up to date on your progress with repairs."

" Wait tribbles can eat inorganic material? " The andorian paused for a second before returning to her work tone. I'll have the team handling emergency furniture put you on the top of the list. I thought my encounter with the Orions in the shuttle bay was bad. Some of the crew quarters look like they've been in a battle."

"Which is why I never put in a request. As for my furniture... Most of it was handcrafted woods, cottons, and silks. Maica obtained most of it herself." Enalia nodded sheepishly, trying to wave it off. "She'll be pissed about that too, but it'll give her an excuse to redecorate."

" Ah, that makes sense. Don't worry I'll make sure you have a bed in your quarters by tonight Enalia. At least you will have time to decide on new furniture. " Thex replied jotting it down onto her padd before pocketing the device.

"Thank you," Enalia replied, looking a little relieved she might get a decent night's rest soon.

" No problem my friend." the andorian gave a polite smile as she nodded and turned to leave the room.