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Engineering Lab - Hands and Arms

Posted March 16, 2021, 4:17 p.m. by Ensign Kaia (Engineering Officer) (Riley W)

Posted by Civilian Dr. Abbey Wyatt PhD (Civilian Scientist / Consultant) in Engineering Lab - Hands and Arms

Posted by Ensign Kaia (Engineering Officer) in Engineering Lab - Hands and Arms
It was the next week after Kaia’s encounter with the younger Wyatt, and she still hadn’t made the connection between father and daughter. As promised, she was in the Engineering Lab, having told Abbey which one and when to come. She wondered if maybe she should invite Kiama to this little pow-wow for her expertise, but decided to just work on it by herself for now.

Having taken a lot longer than planned, Abbey found herself rushing towards the engineering lab. She’d recently discovered she cared about her appearance especially when it came to the meeting with Kaia. She was dressed in a grey suit, black heels and her lab coat. She wanted to send the message that she wasn’t just a civilian on board but a contributing member to the crew even if she wasn’t in starlflet.

The Engineer was messing around with the tolerances on her wooden prototype when she heard the footsteps.

Kaia, Eng.

Entering the room she said “Sorry I am late!” This was mainly to gain Kaia’s attention she’d been practising and leaving Galdori customs and mainly their greeting, baby steps and all that. Without further thought, she said as close as she could to Galdori Language, “May your hearts beat strongly, and your love grows wid.” As she spoke Abbey bowed her head, placing her right palm on the centre of her chest. Bringing her hand down Abbey held it out toward Kaia. She waited for the response from Kaia.

  • Dr Abbey Wyatt PhD

Kaia turned to look at Abbey a moment before she spoke, the alien’s larger ears having noticed her before she entered. Kaia was about to greet Abbey when the human woman beat her to the punch. She stood quietly, surprised, for a moment before a small smile spread across her face. She put her left palm on her chest and mirrored Abbey’s gesture. “To you as well, and may your clan’s name never fail,” she spoke. Notably, she gave the reply in a somewhat accented Federation Standard.

“Your pronunciation was way off, but I can blame that on the shape of your mouth,” she commented with a small grin, sliding over to sit on the edge of the table with her legs hanging down. Her voice was back to the slightly synthesized sound of the Universal Translator. Kaia was fully capable of speaking Federation Standard, but she chose not to under most circumstances, finding that it hurt her jaw if she tried speaking it too much. “I think I should appreciate the effort. We usually tell humans that if they want to use our greeting, just use the translated version.” She was still grinning though, so it was clear that despite her words, she was pleased that an attempt had been made.

Kaia, Eng.


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