Posted by Lieutenant Nijix Tavium (Outgoing Chief of Security) in COS’s Office Cadet Trenton Reporting for Duty

Posted by Cadet Ashlyn Trenton (Security Officer) in COS’s Office Cadet Trenton Reporting for Duty

Posted by Lieutenant Nijix Tavium (Chief of Security) in COS’s Office Cadet Trenton Reporting for Duty
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Cadet Trenton watched the Lieutenant carefully, reading her relaxed positioning, her facial expressions, even where she put her hands. Feeling restless, the cadet stood and began to pace behind the chair to think of an appropriate response. “Trust is a difficult thing for me. By no means am I saying I wouldn’t follow orders or would spend time questioning them.” Trenton stopped moving for that moment and covered her face with a groan, “Okay, that was poorly communicated. Let me try again. I do have a difficult time trusting people as I’ve had to live with a history of deceit and misdirection. People constantly trying to sabotage each other to get the upper hand for promotions, extra rations, better living space.” Once again the cadet stopped pacing and shook her head, “I’m getting off-topic, the point I am trying to get to is that I trust your experience, and I trust you to be the leader that was selected for me. I will have to get to know you better to trust you beyond that…uh…no offense.” The cadet again stops to moan and run her hands through her hair, “I apologize, trust questions are really hard for me. How did the counselor put it? I will trust the crew with a heavy-I mean healthy amount of suspicion.”

The Cadet took her time to consider the second question, while trust is important, this one felt more important to her. “I will agree and disagree. I agree that slow and gradual growth is preferred to falling on my face, however, I believe we learn the most through our failures and the true value of our character can be measured by how we react and recover from failure. For example, as shown in my record, I had an altercation with a Klingon Cadet during unarmed training. What happened was a bad pairing honestly, the Klingon was teasing my inability to take him down so I told him I could if I didn’t use Federation fighting styles. He gave me permission to try so I punched him below the belt. He understandably bent over so I used his knee as a platform while I grabbed his ears and drove my other knee into his nose. It stunned him, but he didn’t go down. Did make him mad though, he grabbed my ankles and spun me around before slamming me into a support pillar. Lesson learned, fighting dirty with a Klingon doesn’t work, so don’t do it. We both took it well though, Kal’sang was my primary visitor while I was recovering and provided a great deal of Klingon encouragement as well as some alternatives to use when dealing with larger and stronger opponents when anbo-jytsu isn’t working.”

-Cadet Ashlyn Trenton

OOC: To keep the thread from getting too long, I’m going to apply what we call a snip. It means going back and deleting a few replies and inserting a (snip) where they would otherwise be located before hitting reply. Some members use phones to read the IC threads. Look above for the example. I usually snip 2-3 replies from the top. Feel free to give it a try in your next reply. ^-^
-Janice B.

IC: Nijix listened to the Cadet, gaining a good insight of her personality. After the last of her statement, the silence stretched a bit. She took an inhale then addressed it.

“Fair enough. I rather know what I can expect than be surprised by it in a situation later on.” Nijix said, her tone calm and unfazed by the Cadet’s pacing.

“We do have training exercises that develop our skills, from cooperation to trust. Maybe these will help you?”

She noted the ending of the Cadet’s last story had a decent ending compared to others. While she had experienced a few of those herself, she knew it often didn’t end well.

-Lt. Nijix Tavium, CoS

The cadet actually shows some sign of excitement, mostly in her schooled facial expressions but the light in her eyes was hard to deny. “I eagerly look forward to training exercises, besides having a chance to put everything read into practice, it gives us a chance to learn from each other.” Tenton, still standing, leaned forward onto the chair resting her hands upon the back. “In fact, I truly hope to benefit from your experience and knowledge.” Ashlyn sprung upright suddenly remembering having been denied permission earlier and decided now was the best time to ask about alternative routes. “Speaking of training, I do like to distract myself with workouts that include a lot of cardio. Would it be possible to get permission to add the Jefferies Tubes to my routes?”

-Cadet Ashlyn Trenton

OOC: You’re doing great with the past tense, but a little of present tense snuck in on occasion. It happens to me too, so keep at it! You can do it!

Raji chuckled in the back of Nijix’s head. Give them an inch, and they take a foot. Nijix mentally rolled her eyes the focused more on the Cadet. Cadet Trenton had stopped pacing finally, much to Nijix’s relief and seemed excited.

Grabbing the data pad, she passed it to the woman. “First, let’s see how you deal with your current shift and areas. Then I can add you to the Jefferies Tubes routes in a few weeks. I want at least one senior with you just as precaution for that. Think you can handle that?”

The last statement held a sense of teasing and mirth in it. Almost as if Nijix had challenged the woman to stick to the routine, but not in a demanding way.

-Lt. Nijix Tavium, CoS

The cadet accepted the data pad and compared the information to the maps she had on the data pad she walked in with in order to strategize her route. Trenton smirked at the teasing and raised a questioning eyebrow, “Without a doubt Lieutenant, what can you tell me about the OJT trainer I’ll be teamed up with for my first shift?”

-Cadet Ashlyn Trenton