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Relax and Mingle

Posted Jan. 3, 2021, 6:48 p.m. by Civilian Cerenity (Luna's daughter) (Christina Crafford)

Posted by Lazol (Chief Science Officer) in Relax and Mingle

Posted by Civilian Cerenity (Luna’s daughter) in Relax and Mingle

Posted by Lieutenant Casela Synthi-er (Counsellor / RTF) in Relax and Mingle
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Eventually everyone ended up in the lounge. Either here in Jörmungandr lounge on deck 8 or Ophion Lounge and Bar on deck 30. Jörmungandr was supposed to be the officer’s lounge but everyone came here, and all were welcome. For Casela and her many roles on board this was a great place to keep tabs on the pulse of the ship. It was also a great place to relax with her RTF team, mingle with crew she didn’t see often so that when needed they felt more comfortable with her and her staff. And of course tonight it let her see how their large influx of new officers and crew were settling in. Casela made her way to the bar, greeting and speaking to several that she knew, but avoiding staying too long. She collected her water with lime and sat down at a table to watch the fish tank and the room.
Lt Synthi-er, CNS

Cerenity had woken up from a nightmare she did not want to wake up her mom because she was not a baby even though Luna still had her sleeping in a crib like a baby she had out grown that stupid bed when she was six months old. She tried to go back to sleep but found that impossible. She was to afraid.
She headed out of her room to find luner watching her. ” want to come with me to see the fish” she asked. The bird left off his porch and followed the girl. Soon the pair entered the Jörmungandr Lounge. The barn owl found a place up high to watch over the child. Cerenity walk the up to the fish tank. It was an adorable sight she was still in her light purple nightgown bare foot and has a blanket drawing behind her. She very much looked like a typical three year old. She sat on the the floor in front of the fish tank and looked up at it watching the fish.
Cerenity

It was a good thing for the newest security ensign that Casela was in the lounge at the moment. At the appearance of a young child, followed by an avian companion, the entirety of every RTF member in the room went instantly on alert. Their reaction, Casela knew, was two fold. First they concerned for the safety of a child on board Leviathan AND wandering alone, with a bird of prey. The second, well Casela couldn’t blame them, over half the anomalies they had encountered so far had taken the form of a child or purposely targeted children. But with a silent command from Casela they stayed where they were. It was as Casela told Luna. The whole crew would protect Cerenity, once they knew she was supposed to be on board. Which Casela still did not agree with. She waited, seemingly patient, for Luna to arrive. She was quite disappointed when the ensign did not appear.

Surda walked into the lounge silently, settling at the same table as Casela with a sigh. The ship had no real day or night, but there was certainly a more relaxed tone at certain times of the day. She spared a moment to look at the small girl, determined she was safe enough without supervision and turned away. She tilted her head towards the door in a silent question, making sure she wasn’t intruding.
-Surda, CoS

Casela nodded and raised her glass silently at Surda. Casela was thinking dark thoughts and they weren’t pleasent for anyone to hear. She sat in her chair watching those around the lounge, contemplating information she had recently gained, decisions she had made, actions that must be taken, and rumors that had reached her desk. And add to that whether or not certain crew members were actually fit for duty on Leviathan. Brass was sending people left and right without regards to whether those people should serve here or not. And it was now her job to deal with it. She sneered silently in disgust.

The captain was next into the room and surprised to find it populated. Following the tragedy with Ullr, it had begun to feel as if the crew were avoiding the place, although Cobb had maintained his own, solitary routine - a nightcap and some fish watching before bed.
Acquiring his drink, he nodded to the two women then made a beeline for the aquarium, stopping short for a moment to see it already occupied.

“Ah,” he called out, moving closer and settling into his favourite seat, “you must be Cerenity. I’m Zachariah. Do you like my fish?”

  • Captain Zachariah Cobb

Luner was quick to respond leaping from his pirch to fly around the capers head and glare at him as if worning him not to harm Cerenity. The he returned to his porch high up away from the rest of the crew he could be friendly but not when there were other people around.

Cobb frowned as the bird made a lunge for his head, followed by a slight exhale as it took to the rafters and away from him.
“You might need to keep your pet on a leash when in public, little miss,” he nodded upwards. “I would not want it mistaken for an anomaly.”

Cerenity giggled ” Luner he is mommy’s pet and you can’t leash him he’s dose what he wants for the most part he only listens to me once in a while when mommy is not around. Mommy
is really the only one who can actually control him think he was just saying hi” cerenity said. She looked up at the bird. ” he was insistint on coming with me” cerenity added.

“Your mommy’s pet?” Cobb echoed. “Okay then, I shall have to discuss with her the dangers of unfamiliar, unrestrained animals around exhausted and traumatised anomaly hunters.”
He gave Cerenity a smile. “That is not for you to worry about though, little one.”

” No mommy will be mad he’s not sapose to leave are quarters with out mommy. I let him out because he was going to wake up mommy. I don’t want her to worry about my stupid nightmares” cerenity said.

Cerenity turned and looked at the captain. ” I did not tell you my name do you know my mommy. ” she said confused. She stud up and walked towards him. ” yes I like the colors on them. Sometimes I wish my fethers could be colored like them. That and they seem so picefull they don’t have to worry about shadow monsters or nightmares or wonder why they are different” she said. She took a few steps closer. As she tried to pull her blanket around her only to get it caught on her wings ,get frustrated and give up.
Cerenity

Zachariah smiled, then with a grunt got to his feet, retrieved the child’s blanket and gently draped it over her shoulders.
“I do indeed know your mom,” he nodded, returning to his own seat and supping at his drink. “Does she know that you’re out of bed at such a late hour?”

” no, she has to work early tomorrow i had a bad dream and did not wake her. Because I’m not a baby I don’t need here help and can take care of myself.” She said. Her blanket curled around her thanks to the capten shee walked right up to him now looking up at him. ” daddy had hair on his face though his was linger and he branded it” she added.

His attention was caught by the fish, a pink and yellow flower horn floating right to the edge of the glass and seemingly watching the curious child.
“I think she likes you,” he chuckled at the fish. Then, turning his eyes back to Cerenity, his mirth dissipated as he asked, “Shadow monsters? You’re talking about the Viking?”

” she is cute what is her name” she asked. Cerenity said from her spot standing next to the Captain. ” yes I was born on the Viking” she said.

“Well now, I don’t know,” Zachariah responded. “Why don’t you give her a name.”

” Angel?” Cerenity asked as if she had already known what she was going to say.

The doors slid aside and the outline of another person was visible. Pausing in the doorway, the figure seemed to survey the room ominously as if searching for something. Conversation from some tables faltered as they noticed the figure, and more conversation halted when the figure of Gruv Skallig stepped forward into the light.

Of course, now that he was in a more relaxed setting, gruv had dressed down. Gone were the boots and simply floral scuffs now adorned his Tellarite toes. simple breathable fabric of slacks and a half open necked shirt revealed a gold chain and chest hair, while his beard was neatly buffed. Combover reapplied sprouting from tufts of hair on each side his his balding head, his steps were confident and fabulous as the lime green feather boa around his neck served all at once to lend some modesty to the chest hair and allow a comfortable neck rest. Spotting Cobb and the odd winged kid Gruv paused a moment, the image of the winged person moving memories of a different time and place but of course this one must have gone through a shrinking machine or been reassembled wrong in a transporter. Nobody would let a child roam around on a starship like this after all.

” iv seen him on the Viking Cerenity” cerenity said to the caped when she saw Gruv. Luner was also interested in the newcomer.

Cobb caught the gaze from the Tellarite and responded with a nod of his own. Presumably the man was en-route to some gaudy, baroque holodeck gathering, his clothing seemingly far too ostentatious for the Leviathan’s humble lounge.
“‘Evening, Mr Gruv,” he called out. “Quite the effort you seem to have made there. I trust Mr Bog will be along shortly?”

With a shrug, he carried on, and spotted his two new friends in Cas and Surda at a nearby table. With a friendly wave and a *Hey Lasses! Fancy seeing ye here! What’s good tae drink?!” Moving straight to the table Gruv sat down, then paused again and this time he looked directly at the lights in the room, as if searching or waiting for something.

Gruv Skallig

Ah! The entertainment had arrived. The sight of Gruv made Casela smirk slightly. Casela, thankful for the distraction and amused at the reactions of the rest of those in the lounge stood and waved Gruv to follow her. “Now Mr Gruv when you first appeared on board I thought you had a wonderful sense of style, but I see I was mistaken. Though the feather’s of your boa are beautiful, they are synthetic and create an unkempt look,” she gestured to the feather ‘dust’ scattered across his clothing like random cat hair. “Real Joranian ostrich feathers would be so much better.”

She moved behind the bar and began to place bottle after bottle of fine and hard to get alcohol. “Compliments of the captain. He keeps us well stocked. And if there is anything that you want and it is not here, let us know. We have ways of getting it. The captain and commander are fully of the opinion the real stuff is better for us than the frustration of synthehol.” She placed a decent sized tumbler on the bar next to the bottles. Despite the fact she tentatively liked Gruv, she had a feeling that usually his companion was not far behind, and though her body language would not give it away, she was waiting for the man to appear. She would be pulling his file and confirming his story later. But for the moment she was here and observing.

Zachariah remained silent as he watched the counselor rummage through his collection of prized liquors. He just hoped the Tellarite’s palate was more refined than his dress sense or it would all be for naught.

  • Captain Zachariah Cobb

Casela leaned forward, forearms crossed casually against the bar while Gruv made his selection. “Have you settled in, Mr Gruv? Is there anything that you need?” It was an honest question, part of her duties to make sure those who came on board adjusted well. It was so out of her nature, but duty was duty, as she had been reminded often enough. She walked back to their table, nodding to a couple of her team who were watching, like her, the scene unfold in the middle of the room. All Casela really wanted to do at the moment was go kill things. The whole thing bothered her, for many reasons. It might even go unnoticed by others but she saw several RTF members shake their heads in disbelief and disappointment, some in disgust, and get up and leave the lounge more because they remembered Ullr and didn’t have the stomach to watch someone so innocent get hurt. She picked up her glass, water with lime, and despite wanting to down it like it was hard liquer she sipped it slowly. A dangerous glint flashing across her eyes momentarily as she seemingly stared at nothing.
Lt Synthi-er, CNS

Luner left from his pirch and landed in the table infront of Grov. The bird turned his head upside-down looking at him befor turning his head right-side up as said ” who”. If anyone were crazy enough to try an touch him he would hisses at them and fly off likely landed near Cob and Cerenity.
Cerenity

Cobb cleared his throat and continued to observe the bird from over the rim of his drink. Either Gruv would adopt it as a pet or turn it into a new, high-fashion garment…

  • Captain Zachariah Cobb

Casela caught Cobb’s eye and smirked wickedly having ‘heard’ his thought. If the bird was lucky she wouldn’t go after it and make dinner out of it and give Gruv the feathers. That was in jest though.

The RTF teams though were having a hard time not containing the bird. They were shifting their positions around the room, quietly, softly, with no sound, just the way Casela had taught them. They made no move to approach the bird, hurt it, or scare it in anyway. However, it had now dived at TWO officers in the room and by their standards a 3rd strike meant the bird would be taken OUT.
Lt Synthi-er, CNS
Exhausted and Traumatised Anomaly Hunters
OOC: pasting back in to fix split

Daizi sat quietly in a corner, keeping herself to herself while she worked through some experimental data on her PADD.

She had a whiskey tumbler in front of her which she would occasionally take a distracted sip from, her attention fully on the data scrolling across her screen.

“Ugh” she muttered after one such sip, making an ‘ewww’ face as the whiskey burnt her throat on way down.

She had no idea why she had decided on Lagavulin whiskey to drink as she couldn’t stand the stuff, but taking it back seemed like it might be rude and she certainly didn’t want to offend anyone so soon after joining the ship, so she was determined to finish her drink and then leave, her social obligations complete for the evening.

Ensign Daizi Orin - Science Dept

Cerenity noticed the change in the room. ” Luner” she said panicked. The bird looked from Gruv to cerenity. She looked at the captain grabbing his hand. ” Pleaes don’t let them hurt Luner I love him, Mommy will be upset and its all my fault. Captain please. Luner is the only one who understands mommy and I.... it’s my fault its my fault. ” Cerenity burst into tears.
Cerenity

Casela’s voice came across the room, softly but clearly. She never raised her voice, and it stayed soft. She was not aiming to scare Cerenity but make her understand.
“Cerenity, no one is going to hurt your bird. But that’s not really the issue here.” Cerenity was increadibly smart and was capable of understanding. “Do you remember that you and your mommy, and I talked about this? You remember that we made a deal. You would not wander the ship alone and would NOT sneak or run away from the adult in charge. And your mommy agreed to take you on tours of the ship’s safe areas when she was able, and I would give you your own science and engineering lab to do all the experiements you wanted. Did you keep your end of the deal, Cerenity?” Casela nodded to the RTF agents. The bird was a wild animal and dangerous, but was obviously used to people. “So now not only did you put yourself in danger, you put your bird as well. What do you think we should do? If you really are a big girl like you say, then other big girls would go to the brig. Or perhaps we should call your mommy to come get you instead.” Those were the only two options she was giving the girl. She was smart and needed to figure out that the rules on Leviathan must be followed for EVERYONE’s safety. If she choose the brig, she’d make sure Luna was there to meet her. She had no desire to put a 3 year old in the brig, but if she wanted to be treated like a ‘big girl’ then maybe she should be once just to get the idea.
Lt Synthi-er, CNS0

Cerenity crossed her arms. ” Nether” Cerenity said stomping her foot and opening her wings. Luner screeched and flapped his wings briefly. Then glared at cerenity ” I’m sorry Luner” cerenity said looking at the ground as if it were her mother who had just sculded her. She then looked back at the consuler. ” thats not fair Cas other big girls get to go to safe areas of the ship by themselves i did not sneek into the labs or the containment deck i came to the lounge and I did not come by myself I had Luner with me. He has always keep me safe. I’m also able to protect myself. You and mommy both need to stop treatingme like a baby because I’m not ” Cerenity said she was not going to just give in. Luner looked from Cerenity to Cas then back. Cerenity still had her arms crossed and glared definitely at Cas.
Cerenity

“It’s Casela, not Cas. And big girls follow the rules and not throw tantrums. Babies don’t listen to the rules because they are babies and don’t understand. They aren’t smart enough to understand. And your behavior you are choosing to engage in says you don’t understand the rules and that would mean you are a baby. I don’t think you are a baby, but perhaps I was wrong. And the agreement was you would get to tour the ship with an ADULT not a pet. You’re smart Cerenity, but you don’t use your brain. I am happy to explain each rule to you, you are smart enough to understand, but if you can’t listen and behave, I told you what the consequence would be. Now you can act like a big girl or you can continue your baby tantrum. And those other ‘big girls’ are adults and follow the rules. Genesis, the only other child on board, does not wander the ship unescorted. She goes to areas she has been approved to go alone. She understands the importance of safety and respecting those rules.” She stopped and pointed around the room. “You see these men and women here, you are putting them in danger. There are anomalies on this ship. That means that they aren’t normal, that they make the world not work right. Some of them appear like children and animals. No one told them you were on board, and you came wandering around without your mommy with a bird, that no one recognized. If I and Lt Surda had not been here, they would have done ANYTHING to capture you and Luner in order to protect the ship. Was that right of you? Did you wait for your mommy to help you understand the rules or did you decide for yourself without asking or thinking? You wanted and so you did it. That doesn’t work on this ship, Cerenity. And that is not how Big Girls act. Now that these men and woman know who you are, you will be safe they would give their lives to keep you safe. But how do you think they would feel if they had made that mistake? We talked about this too in my office. You have shown I can’t trust you.” Casela sighed, heavily and very very sad. “I will have to let Mr. Lazol know as well. He was going to join you in your lab. It’s too bad.” She took the time to take a sip of her drink. “Well since you aren’t a big enough girl to decide for yourself.” She reached up for her combadge. =^=Synthi-er to Luna. You need to report to Jörmungandr lounge immediately and come get your daughter and your bird.=^=

=/\= Consuler Serenity and luner have been in bd for two hours are you ok=/\= came luna’s confused half asleep voice.

=^=Synthi-er to Lazol. Can you come to the lounge please. We have an issue with our young scientist and not upholding her end of a deal.=^=
Lt. Synthi-er, CNS

” thats no what happened. I had a bad dream. I didn’t want to wake mommy up and was to afraid to go back to sleep so I came her to watch the fish. I’m sorry everyone I just I didn’t want mommy to worry” cerenity burst into tears. Luner glared at the consuler. Synthi-er would pick up on the fact that cerenity was very afraid of sumthing.
Cerenity

Lazol heard the voice of the counselor and grumbled something as he said, “My dear counselor I am quite certain that you are aware of the fact that it is the middle of the night. And while I do understand that on a starship we don’t have a star to tell us what time it is we have these....” He paused, the words ‘our young scientist’ rang into his large lobes as he swore in Ferengi and said, “I’m on my way.” The grumpy old man dressed himself in a casual outfit, not one that he would wear to the office but something casual as he took a deep breath in and let it out, his annoyed tone most likely audible across three decks. He took a shot of some alcoholic beverage that was a shimmering purple before making his way to the lounge. He was greeted by a tense scene, jumpy RTf agents that looked like they just wanted a stiff drink, a good conversation, and a few days off. The Captain trying to calm the situation. The good counselor and a little girl who was now in tears and now add to that a grumpy old Ferengi who had anything better to do than get upset at a 3 year old. He walked up and intrrupted the little girl’s crying and got down on one knee so that he was closer to eye level with the girl and said, “Cerenity enough of this. You are done crying now. Why are you here and not in your room, what is going on that had you disrespect your promise to both myself and Lieutanant Casela? We had a deal and if you remember what I taught you when I told you Rule of Acquisition #68 ‘Risk doesn’t always equal reward’. You made a deal with us and if you expect us to uphold that you need to fulfill your obligation. Explain to me why you think this deal is not void by your actions.”

Lazol, CSO

Cerenity looked up at Lazol still crying. Without warning she hugged him. ” it is void, I-I just i don’t want to be in my room am afraid. The shadows they there after eveyone. There here i know they are. I didn’t want tell mommy she works early and every time I tell her panic tells me they aren’t real and sends me to the consuler” cerenity whimpered baring her face into Lazol’s chest.
Cerenity


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