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side-sim From Columbia to Capitol

Posted Dec. 22, 2020, 11:19 a.m. by Civilian Tabris's Gaggle of Children (Ship's Child) (Brian Richards)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharah Fayth (Chief Science Officer) in side-sim From Columbia to Capitol

Posted by Ensign Tabris Asam (Engineering Officer) in side-sim From Columbia to Capitol

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Sharah sighed and looked at the total catastrophe she had created in front of her. She was never going to get this thing converted. The man she purchased it from said it was an easy thing to do. She’d asked him to take care of it before hand but he said he didn’t have the parts and couldn’t get them before she left Earth. Now she was stuck with this....this....useless item. She sighed unhappily. She’d singed her finger tips more times than she could count. She’d finally stopped using the dermal regenerator when she hurt herself, leaving the singed tips alone would make a callous and maybe it wouldn’t hurt so much the next time.

And of course forgetting the thing in front of her....there were the other parts to go with it, and one vital piece was missing. She huffed as she boxed it all back up when an idea come to her. Tabris! Of course! She looked at the time. Joseph wasn’t due to be off shift for awhile. She grabbed the box and headed down the corridor and taking the turbolift several decks down she stepped out and soon was outside his door. When it opened she shoved the box at him. “Tabris you have to help me! I’ve ruined it most likely, but maybe you can fix it?”

Lt. jg Fayth, CSO

Tabris opened the door and Sharah would see a rather different looking quarters now that there were 4 little ones about. Besides the toys scattered around there were socks, shirts, and all manner of clothing items strewn around and a pile of laundry sitting on the sofa waiting to be folded. Tabris knew that he could replicate clothing for them but he wanted them to learn some discipline, and boy had that not happened yet! He smiled a little weaker than normal and was about to say something before a box was shoved in his hands and he looked at it with sleepy eyes. He didn’t say anything for a moment before blinking a bit and going “Oh!” He stepped back and said, “Please come in, sorry for the mess.” He walked over to the sofa and moved the pile of clothes to the floor to make room for her as he said, “Where did you find one of these? I haven’t seen one since I was a teenager. Heck, even when I was that young these were already surpassed by better technology.” Tabris was busy looking over the box and it’s workings when he looked up and said, “Julin, at least go put on some pants before climbing on Ms. Sharah…” Julin was going through the phase where he didn’t want to wear anything and Tabris was not ready for that. The older boys were in their room tinkering with something when they heard the visitor and Neltus was half way out the door and about to go say hello when Sharah would ‘hear’ Vedi saying, “Put a shirt on Neltus” The boy blushed and a wave of embarrassment washed over him as he ducked back into his room and then the two boys strolled out to sit cross legged on the floor, wondering what Tabris had in his hands. Julin came back with what was closest to a pair of sweats on and climbed up on Sharah and gave her a big hug. Mecona was taking a nap, the rustling might wake her but she seemed to sleep more soundly now that she has settled.

Tabris, and kids

Sharah stepped in and taking in the mess and Tabris looked even more frazzled than he ‘felt.’ “Don’t worry about the mess. You have a family of 5 and you are out numbered.” She sat down and began to seperate out the laundry into piles. It was easy, if she listened carefully, to ‘hear’ the recogniziton in their minds of which clothes belonged to whom. She hugged Julin tightly as he climbed into her lap and then she put him to work. “Julin…I don’t have enough room to sort these clothes. Could you move the toys out of the way for me? That way I don’t knock over the clothes I already sorted?”

Julin snuggled tightly into her as he bounced with that endless energy while he paused to look around and said, “I will help Ms. Shawah”

Julin was always eager to help her and with his boundless energy hopped up and began to clear the toys, and with a gentle reminder from Sharah, he actually put them away. But he did knock over the piles several times. She gave the two older boys hugs as well as they sat down. “I found it while I was on Earth. At this store…it was more like a house....but FILLED to bursting with stuff. Endless stuff. The man said the power source could be converted, but I tried…and…I think I broke it.” Poor Sharah, brilliant doctor, she could piece anyONE back together, but engineering and mechanical stuff was beyond her. “And then there are these,” she rifled through the extra pieces in the box, “But the important part I couldn’t find. I guess it could be replicated, but…” she shrugged. She’d rather the original.

Julin was back and whining, “I’m hungry.” And he was, so much so that Sharah felt hungry. But kids were always hungry. “Neltus, I hear you are a very good cook. Do you think you could make us all lunch?” That would mean he would have to straighten the table to make room for himself to work and make the food. And then a thought from the older boys....guilt! They knew they wouldn’t get away with this sloppiness with Karra. Oh Sharah could play that game. “Have you boys written to....was it Ms Karra? I’m sure she’d love to hear how you all are doing. I remember your dad told me he wrote everyday.” She looks around the quarters and smiles, soft and oh so sweetly, “I don’t know how someone could raise 18 children alone and keep house.”

Neltus and Vedi blushed as they heard the light chastising and the mention of Karra. They looked down at their toes as they wiggled them in the carpet nervously before Neltus said, “I’ll go make something good and then I’ll write to her!” He bounded off towards the kitchen, stopping to grab the dishes and clean up before he started making a lovely soup and some bread for lunch. Vedi took a gulp and said, “I’ll help Julin finish cleaning then I’ll go write too.” He finished his little brother clean then made his way back to the clothes.

Vedi ducked his head and took his pile of clothes, he was gone several minutes while he folded and put away every last piece. Julin climbed back into Sharah’s lap and cuddled there, “I miss Ms Karra and Karwiff. But Ms Karra let me be a big boy, I got to help her.” He looks around, “I HELP DADDY ABIS!” And off he went to dig under furniture for toys to put away. Neltus, and his budding empathy blushed for all of them. They knew better. He cleaned the table and put dirty dishes and left over snacks into the recycler and then started to make lunch. Sharah got up, picked Mecona up off the floor where is had fallen asleep and carried her into her room and put her in bed. She returned and sat back down on the couch and grinned at Tabris as the kids got to work cleaning up their mess.
Lt jg Fayth, CSO

Mecona wiggled a little and yawned but was happy to be carried to bed, she could sleep anywhere on this ship it seemed but her bed was always the best place for her.

TGoK


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