Posted by Ensign Ranlei (Engineering Officer) in 17/18 Forward-Lunch Break

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Trax Elbrun Suder (Chief Medical Officer) in 17/18 Forward-Lunch Break

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Jasmijn DeVries (XO) in 17/18 Forward-Lunch Break
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After leaving the mission briefing, Tenzing took a detour to the ship’s lounge area. The Operations Chief wasn’t particularly hungry but felt the need to scarf something down since his day was going to extremely long. Taking a seat at one of the tables near the galley Tenzing pulled up the menu to see what he could possibly be interested in eating.

LtCmdr. Trainor
Operations

“Find anything that piques your interest, Commander?” A gentle voice cut through the silence as a young waitress approached him. She wore a genial smile matching the apparent friendliness in her eyes, but it wasn’t difficult to tell that it was, in part, a facade.

17/18 Forward Waitress

“I’ve been on the Ark Angel for nearly two years now....” Tenzing stated as he set the menu down on the table and looked up at the waitress. “.... and I’ve only been in the lounge a few times…” It wasn’t that the Lieutenant Commander was anti-social, he just didn’t have the drive to sit in a public place to eat. Taking another glance at the menu, the Operations Chief placed it to the side.

“Surely someone of your..prestige..has better things to do than sit around, frolicking with the rest of the crew.” She shrugged it off, figuring Trainor simply wasn’t the socialite type. Although she’d met several through her time waitressing at various Forwards, the Ark Angel did not seem to bear many. “I cannot blame you, really.”

“I’ll take a grilled cheese and iced tea.” He stated.

Trainor

“What kind of cheese would you like?” She asked. Rather than to assume and return with an inedible sandwich, she decided to pester him with the question. “Sweetened or unsweetened tea?”

Waitress

Tenzing didn’t think this far ahead. He had always told his mother he wanted a grilled cheese and one was made for him, Trainor never asked with what. Taking another quick gaze at the menu, Tenzing returned his attention back to the waitress.

“Yellow American please.” The Lieutenant Commander said, “… and the tea can be sweet.”

Trainor

“One grilled cheese with American and a sweet iced tea..coming right up!” She threw him a smile, this time genuine. “That’ll be just a few minutes, sir.”

Waving, she turned to head towards the next person. Aside from an older, spiffy man tending bar, she was the only server that evening.

Still a little sweaty from his workout with the chief, Simon takes a seat in 17/18 forward. He relaxes as he lets his muscles appreciate the sitting down, after the run he did this morning. He had to admit, it felt good to take the weight of his feet, even if it was for a brief time before his shift started. He wanted to get showered up before he began his shift, but he knew he could squeeze in a bit of time to at least get something to eat.

Ensign Simon Starr, Security

“Hiya!” The waitress approached star, gesturing to the emptiness that occupied the table before him. “What would you like to eat?” She asked, hoping to make this quick so she didn’t keep either men from shift.

Waitress

“Hi, I’ll get a shepherds pie with Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top, if that’s available,” Starr responded with a smile. “And a orange juice, with ice,” he added as he wiped some sweat of his brow from the run with the security chief he had just arrived from. He looked around to see who else was currently here, and noticed that the Chief of Operations was also present, but their duties hadn’t crossed paths yet, and knew the chief would probably be arriving soon. It was her idea to get something to eat, after all, so he decided to wait and see if Devlin arrived before introducing himself.

Ensign Simon Starr, Security

Allison slid in beside Starr just as he was completing his order, having had to deal with a quick comm call on the trip from the Holodeck to the lounge. She arrived in time to hear his order and, without being asked by the waitress, added in, “I’ll have that too, but with an iced coffee, cream only.” Blowing sweaty hair out of her eyes, she smiled at Starr and shook her head in a playful manner. “This whole Chief of Security gig never stops,” she commented with a laugh.

Lieut (j.g.) Devlin, COS

“Well, at least it keeps us busy,” Simon replied, with a smile. “I haven’t had a chance to meet that guy over there, do you know him?” Simon asked the chief nodding his head towards Tenzing. “Being down in the lower decks, I really only deal with the crew down there, and I don’t think we’ve crossed paths yet,” he said quietly as to try not to be overheard, though in the quiet lounge that might not have been possible.

Ensign Simon Starr, Security

Allison shook her head in response to Starr’s question.

“I haven’t had a chance to meet many of the crew yet unless they happened across my office for… reasons…” she replied, her voice trailing off with a grin. “We had our mission briefing and I saw him there… I think he’s the Operations Chief.” She was actually pretty certain of that, having studied the senior staff’s service records, but she hadn’t had a chance to make a personal introduction.

Lieut (j.g.) Devlin, COS
“Find anything that piques your interest, Commander?” A gentle voice cut through the silence as a young waitress approached him. She wore a genial smile matching the apparent friendliness in her eyes, but it wasn’t difficult to tell that it was, in part, a facade.

17/18 Forward Waitress

“I’ve been on the Ark Angel for nearly two years now....” Tenzing stated as he set the menu down on the table and looked up at the waitress. “.... and I’ve only been in the lounge a few times…” It wasn’t that the Lieutenant Commander was anti-social, he just didn’t have the drive to sit in a public place to eat. Taking another glance at the menu, the Operations Chief placed it to the side.

“I’ll take a grilled cheese and iced tea.” He stated.

Trainor

Trax came in with two other betazoid men as they moved to a corner booth to chat quietly as they passed the others eating and drinking their beverages. As they all took seats. As he saw the room bustling with activity. As they waited patiently for the waitress to arrive to take their orders. As he scanned the room calmly most to all seemed in good spirits. As he focused his attention back on his guests. The ambassador Roni and his assistant Raxx. As the waitress came over. “A double Sumerian Sunset please as the others looked at him. “I believe I deserve it.” Trax commented with a small fading smile. “Yes!” Roni said calmly as he ordered the same but a single version of the sunset. And Raxx ordered a Ferengi Starduster. “Very good!” the waitress said kindly as she headed off to retrieve the orders.

LtJg Trax Suder CMO-off duty

Occ: Fixed the odd tag on Trainor.

Tenzing ate his lunch in piece while noticing the increasing buzz of activity around him. Almost forgetting about the PaDD in his pocket, Trainor pulled it out to see that it was the most recent ship’s inventory log. There were a few cargo containers that still had to be emptied and stocked in a few of the bays but decided to push that off until his teams could get every system to top performing shape. He had hoped to plan a meeting later with some of his section chiefs to get a status update.

Lt Cmdr Trainor

Iliana had managed to unpack a couple of boxes before her stomach start grumbling so she decided it would be a good time to check out the lounge. She quickly fixed her hair and straightened her uniform before making her way to 17/18 forward. As she entered, she noticed a couple of familiar faces at a table and wandered over. Small talk was not usually her strong point but considering she was going to be spending a lot of time with these people she thought it would be good to get to know them a bit better.

She sidled up to the table and smiled as she asked hopefully, “room for one more?”

Lt (jg) Kara (CSO)

OOC: Was it something I said? :)

OOC: Nope, just actually thought one of the senior officers when this began would have invited you so looks like their leaving it to the security officer :P, still gonna sign these ones as my old rank as I wasn’t technically CoS when this timeline started :P
Ben

Simon looked up to see one of the science officers of the ship. He hadn’t had a chance to meet everybody yet and gestured towards an empty seat at the table. “Please, feel free, ma’am” he offered to the CSO.
Ensign Simon Starr, Security

Kara smiled warmly as she took the seat as she extended her hand to Starr. “Thank you Ensign, I don’t believe we’ve met?” she said as she shook his hand firmly. “I’m Lt (jg) Kara, the new CSO,” she added warmly as she waved a waitress over. “Please tell me you know how to make Hasperat?” she asked hopefully.

Lt (jg) Kara (CSO)

”..Anything around the Federation Chef Franks knows how to make!” She said in reply. “..Is that what you would like?” she asked.

GM CockRoach

Kara grinned and nodded enthusiastically. “Please,” she replied warmly, “oh, and an Amielian tea if you don’t mind?” she added, avoiding the temptation to dive in for a cocktail.

Being completely engrossed in research again Chris finally realized, thanks to the help of one of his NJO’s that he should actually take a break and go get something to eat since everything he had been doing lately was very minimal, excluding his research however. He really wanted to find a way to get that one shield experiment from months ago to work properly. He almost looked a mess, hair still somewhat damp from a shower a tired ragged expression still on his face, though the pride he had in Starfleet showed on his uniform. Nothing was out of place and looked fresh on him. It was a new change of clothes of course, but he always paid meticulous attention to the way it looked. Spotting Tenzing in the corner he wandered over, some conversation with an actual person would definitely do him good since he was just mostly talking to himself down in Engineering lately. “Ah .. Commander. Is this seat taken ..?” He bounced his hand on the edge of the chair twice, indicating the one he wanted to sit in.

Lt. Chris Emmitt (CE)

“The pleasure is mine, ma’am, I’m the security officer that has recently been assigned here, Simon Starr. I look forward to seeing you on duty,” he said, finishing off his shepherds pie and drink and stood up. “I should get to work, my shift will be starting soon, see you around.” He finished as he dismissed himself.

Ensign Simon Starr, Security

Kara shook his hand firmly as he stood. “Pleased to meet you Ensign, have a good shift!” she called after him and waved. She wasn’t normally that comfortable with small talk but she had decided it was time to turn over a new leaf.

Trax and the others were sitting at the corner booth drinking their beverages and talking quietly to one another. Trax finally decided it was a wise choice to eat. As he waved the waitress down He thought about what to eat for lunch. Roni was glad he decided to eat something besides just drinking his sorrows away. Raxx was still concerned for Trax but he tried to let him be strong in front of the crew. The waitress came to them. “What are your specials?”Trax asked softly to her. ” We have several of them to chose from Doctor. From a fish sandwich and chips old tavern-style with drinks. Let me see a double cheeses Burger and fries with a dill pickle wedge on the side and drinks. A sloppy Joe and Fries and a bread and butter pickle on the side along with drinks. We also have Pizza too from a single topping to a multi topping pizza with Drink and a side salad.”

“Wow, there are some good choices there least have a Large delexe pizza and drinks. A coke classic classic, A sprite, and Rootbeer, along with three double cheeseburgers and 3 sloppy joe sandwiches and 3 fish sandwiches. with extra fries. ketchup and mayo for dipping. three side salads too please along with Ranch dressing and some Catalina dressing.” Trax commented on his order for all of them. As he took a long drink of his beverage just then. “The waitress looked at the others. “that’s all good!” Roni commented, for now, refills on our drinks asap, please. The Sumerian sunset and a Ferengi stardusts’.” OF course sir!” as she left to place the orders and gather all the drinks that came with the orders. As they continued there small talks in private while the waitress was busy getting there order together.

Lt Jg Trax Suder - CMO
Ambassador Roni Raile - Ambassador to Betazed
Raxx Trails - Ambassador aide and body guard to Trax

Kara smiled warmly at the trio but didn’t want to intrude so she had a scan round the room to see if there was anyone else she recognised.

Lt (jg) Kara (CSO)

Situated at a small table in the corner, Jasmijn was engrossed in a PaDD that laid beside her hand–a bowl of Zilm’kach discarded. A genuine smile, although faint, tainted the edges of her lips; a sight so rare it could make Halley’s comet seem like an annual occurence. Occasionally, while she pondered what else to write, DeVries turned her attention to the crew gathering in 17/18 Forward. Although hardly sentimental in nature, it gave her a sense of pride in seeing them become closer to one another. Their mission would leave them little room for hard feelings between them; cooperation was key to success in the frontier they were about to endeavour.

Her mind adrift, Jasmijn stabbed her fork into the apricot-esque fruit filling a small bowl beside her. Unlike apricots it was somewhat sweet, making it a perfect pairing for many Klingon dishes; her favourite being Galdst.

DeVries was not a particularly social creature, otherwise she would have emersed herself into the hubbub of life that played out before her. She preferred smaller groups, finding it was a much more stimulating conversation when not distracted by the erratic behaviour of many companions. Her nature came off cold, almost unapproachable because of this. While she did not intend to seem intimidating, it worked well in her favour, keeping her distant from chatty Ensigns who had the will and the heart to leave her ears bleeding with information she didn’t need.

Lt. Cmdr. DeVries, approachable..sort of.

A few minutes passed as the waitress returned with there drinks and food with her. “Here you go Gentlemen.” the waitress said with a smile. as she placed their food in the proper places and their drinks. “Is there anything more Gentlemen?” She asked them all. “I believe we are good.” Roni said casually to her with a wink. “Very good!” as she returned the mans wink with a slight blush from her. As she left to deal with other customers. Trax just sat there looking at the food for a long minute before grabbing the ketchup and put some on his empty plate and grabbed a sloppy joe and double cheeses burger and placed them on his plate and a small basket of fries. next to his plate for him to grab from as he grabbed a couple of fires and dipped them in ketchup. And proceeded to eat them. “MMM!” as he cleared his mouth. “Well, guys come on and get something to eat.” Trax commented as he was feeling a bit better now after eating the french fries.

A moment later Roni started gathering his food on his plate as he grabbed a sloppy joe and some pizza along with a basket of fries for himself. As he tried the french fries. “This is the first time I have had a french fry?? I believe that’s what you call them.” Roni said with a small smile. “Yeap! They’re made from a vegetable called a potato and there are many ways to use a potato to make for a meal.”Trax said with a smile he would explain later if he was asked by them. “There are plenty of choices for dipping from ranch to mayo and ketchup Mustard and others?” Trax commented as he grabbed a few more fries and dipped them as he enjoyed them quietly. Roni picked up a couple of them and tried them plain and tried them with the dipping sauces. as he cleared his mouth of food. “Wow! that is different but good too.” Roni said as he grabbed a Sloopy Joe and took a bit of it. He had not had meat in some time but the smell intrigued him.

Raxx followed right behind Roni and Trax as he grabbed a fish sandwich. and his own basket of fries. As he did not wait or hesitate to eat the food. he was feeling the pleasure from both Roni and Trax then knew he would enjoy it. Trax watched as Raxx took his bite and swallowed. “Damn you guys this is amazing food for the first time I ever had human-type food. ” Raxx said with a smile as he continued to eat and started trying other foods as well. Trax watched them a bit before continuing what he was eating. He was glad they were enjoying their food. As Trax continued with eating quietly. By the time they were all done the table was empty of food and they were stuffed.

Trax looked at both of them before speaking. “Well care for dessert?” Trax said he might be able to squeeze a bit of jello or maybe a hot fudge sundae he thought. “The assortment of desserts are vast but there all amazing.” Trax said calmly with a smile on. “I don’t know I am kinda full now. Roni commented. Raxx looked to Trax. “I am game?!” Raxx said with a smile. “Ok?!” Roni gave in as Trax and Raxx stared at him. “Good I will get the waitress so we can see the dessert menu. As he waved the waitress back over to them.

“What will it be gentlemen? ” the waitress asked casually to them all. “We would like to see a dessert menu please.” Trax commented with a more cheerful tone. Roni noticed the change in him he was glad he was feeling a bit better than before. Raxx noticed too but kept quiet as the waitress handed out the menus for them to look over. “I think I am going to have my usual. A hot fudge sundae with a twist, chocolate, and vanilla ice cream twist. With Hotfudge and nuts and don’t forget two cherries. Please!” Trax said calmly as he waited for the others to order. Roni and Raxx looked over the menu as it had nice descriptions with there pictures. Raxx thought about it for a moment. “I will have the same thing as Trax here.” Roni looked at the menu more than twice before he decided on the Blueberry Pie with Vanilla Ice cream on top with whipped topping and a small drizzle of hot fudge on top with nuts and cherries.” Trax looked at him for a good minute before he spoke. ~”Flirt!”~ is all that Trax said with his mind. ~”Absolutely.”~ Roni said with his mind. “Refill on our drinks the Ferengi Starduster and Sumerian Sunset. ” Roni commented quickly. Trax was going to object but Stopped as Roni gave him a don’t you dare kinda look. Trax did not challenge Roni he knew better after he had made his mind. He was a great Diplomat and good fighter for the Senate Forum on Betazed. He has gone far from the days he was in school and debate club. “Very good Gentleman!” The waitress said with a smile as she left to fill the orders as others came by to clear the table of the old dishes and wiped the table down clean without dropping a crumb.

Doctor Trax Suder - CMO
Roni Raile - Ambassador of Betazed
Raxx Trails - Ambassadors Aide

Ranlei had a way of gliding into a room as if she was seeking attention. She wasn’t really aware she did it, it seemed instinctual. But that she liked attention was undeniable. She smiled waved or otherwise everyone that made a effort to be friendly. The subdued whisperers she didn’t seem to notice at all. She made her way to a replicator and ordered some form of salad and a coffee before heading for a unoccupied table.

Ensign Ranlei. Engineer.

As the CMO’s party seemed deeply engrossed in conversation, Iliana gave them a courteous smile as she looked for another table. As she stood, she was taken aback by the sight of an Orion officer, sitting down at a nearby table. She hadn’t had much interaction with their race, but whether it was scientific curiosity or just nosiness, Kara went up to greet the newcomer. She smiled as she approached and stuck out her hand, a little awkwardly.

“Hi, I’m Lt (jg) Kara, Chief Science Officer, I don’t believe we’ve met?” she asked, knowing full well that she would have remembered if they had. “Would you like some company?” she ventured as she hovered next to the empty chair opposite Ranlei.

Lt (jg) Kara (CSO)