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Running around

Posted on Wed Sep 12th, 2018 @ 3:25am by Lieutenant Commander Thex sh'Zoarhi & Ensign Raymond McBain

Mission: Holographic Horrors
Location: lakeside on the base
Timeline: 72678.88

Thex smiled to herself as her feet smashed into the dirt of the station. After her binge eating up at the ski lodge she had to burn off some of the calories. Now dressed in a pink and black tracksuit, top and trainers she was tarring around the lake with the speed that her Andorian biology allowed.

This was the time that she felt really alive with adrenaline flooding her veins. She stopped for a second to take a drink from the water bottle clipped to her arm. She paused as she listened to an alien birdsong filled her ears. This was the life.

McBain had heard about the base and the fantastic parks. He had come over just to see it. He was wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and running shoes as it was off duty. He had a faux leather flight jacket with his old MACO unit insignia on the back. It was a snarling grey wolf's head. He had started by just walking around but the area was huge. He had not run that day and he felt the need to pound the ground. He started jogging, soon he was running full out. The burn in his lungs felt welcome and he enjoyed the feel of speed as he rounded a corner of the lakeside track.

As he rounded the corner he noticed an Andorian lady, taking a drink and left his curiosity take over. He slowed to a walk and stopped at a polite distance from her. His easy smile formed on his face as he waited to be noticed. When she acknowledged his presence he spoke with a mix of friendliness and curiosity. "I am Ensign McBain. Newly arrived to join the Hera, it is docked here. Would you be so kind as to tell me something of this base? It is obviously pretty fantastic but I would enjoy hearing the view of someone who knows it better?"

Thex looked around as she heard someone approach her. She didn't recognise the face so he must have been one of the new crew who was arriving. " Oh, this place. The station was built by the captains family. It's a damn impressive place. The tech you need to maintain a dome with several bioregions that prevent them from overrunning each other is extraordinary."

McBain looked around the domed areas as she explained. He was thinking she must be an engineer or operations. Science was possible but her interest seemed on the workings so he went with Operations. He changed his mind as he looked back at her, no she had mentioned the tech level with more interest than the problems involved, she was an engineer. His smile grew as he was sure he knew her position. "Do you run here often? I use to run around the lake at the Academy almost daily. I try to run three to five miles every morning just to start my day."

" I've run a few times when the ships been docked. Still seeing everything that it has. It's a big place." the andorian replied as she clipped her water bottle back onto her belt.

"Do many ships dock here?" McBain had gotten the impression this base was rather exclusive. It was just scuttlebutt from the crew he had overheard talking aboard the ship. He had not engaged in many conversations but he was a good listener. He moved quietly and avoided notice most of the time so conversations continued even as he sat nearby. He thought about his other question and slipped it in before she could answer the first "I am interested in knowing your name? Maybe I could join you for a run in the next couple days?" He raised his hands palms out in a gesture of non-aggression "only if you feel safe offering your name of course." He smiled warmly "I understand if you do not wish to give me your name. I have heard some people believe knowing a person's name gives them power over you!"

" Not sure if any other ships dock here. You'd have to ask the captain that. As for my name you may call me Thex sh'Zoarhi lieutenant commander and chief engineer of the Hera." The andorain replied trying to place the mans face in the paperwork of new faces that had arrived.

McBain schooled his face so as not to show his surprise. Well he had guessed right she was an engineer but he had miscalculated her rank and never suspected she was on the Hera. "I Just came aboard the Hera yesterday. Since I had to wait for my mental base line thing I got permission to check out the base." He decided to give her a clue as to how he got here. If she was in the know she might know where he fit in on the ship. "I flew the new Orion here from DS-9. I had an incident a few days from DS-9, the Orion shuttle was banged up a bit. I doubt I made any friends among the Techs who had to repair it."

" Hum would that happen to be the ship with the note in its computer core asking any engineers to make sure Intel have given clearance before doing any work on it's memory?" Thex said slyly having worked out his department. " Relax i know all the ships that are in my girl's shuttle bays. I'll get her fixed up for you."

Pleased and disappointed by her reply McBain smiled. He liked her and was sure she would be someone interesting to work with. The disappointment came from his ruined plans to ask her out to dinner! She had no visible signs she was married and he had been thinking seriously of asking her out. She was way above his paygrade though and also a command member of the ship. He felt it was unwise to rock the boat. She still looked great in her running outfit, and.. Well? "Are you running tomorrow? I would enjoy the company if I can get free when you plan on your run." That could hardly be considered a social outing right.

" I should be providing nothing else comes up." Thex replied honestly. With all the new people coming to the ship she cound't be sure what she'd be doing the next day.

McBain nodded "Do I have permission to contact you tomorrow. If yes what time should I check with you on running together." He wanted to show deference to her rank. He wanted to make a good impression. He never even considered it might appear as him sucking up to her. He just didn't think like that.

" Off course Raymond unless something comes up. The hera is a stubbon girl sometimes. I'll see you tomorrow if i don't bump into you else were on this ship. " Thex replied calmly.

McBain waved "I will see you around then Commander. I won't delay you any longer, thanks for your time." He bowed at the waist slightly before taking a backward step. He straighten completing a sharp about face than walking away. Funny how things happen? He had seen a pretty girl and now might have a running partner. Well he had an appointment at 0900hrs in the morning for his baseline exam, things were moving along nicely.

Thex watched the human run before slipping her audio buds back into her ears before she started running in the other direction.

 

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