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Boarding Evaluation (Tag CNS)

Posted April 7, 2021, 1:27 p.m. by Lieutenant Revna Edman (Counselor) (Jennifer Ward)

Posted by Civilian Evrilla (Doctor (Pathologist)) in Boarding Evaluation (Tag CNS)

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Runa turned to Tatyl and smiled, “It is very nice to meet you Tatyl. You are welcome to come in. This room is for the littlest kids, but that door right there,” she pointed to an open door, “is my classroom. Ms Jones needed a quick break so I came in here. You’re welcome to to go explore.” She led the way around the smaller children who all had something they HAD to tell her now. She spoke to each very quietly and very briefly reminding them of their manners and (because little children have short attention spans) listening to what they needed to tell her. At the connecting door she turned to Evrilla and offered her hand. “I’m Runa Edman, I teach the 6 to 8 year olds, but I’m also over the whole early education team. I think it’s wonderful you teach your daughter at home. That’s how Revna and I grew up.”
Runa Edman, Teacher

Evrilla smiled, and shook Runa’s hand. “I occasionally wish she had gone to school but needs must.” She searched for her daughter for a moment only to find Tatyl hesitating just beyond the door.
-Dr. Evrilla, Tatyl

Runa followed her gaze and studied Tatyl for a moment before walking over and kneeling down to talk softly with her. “Lots of new people, huh? It makes me nervous because I don’t know what’s going on and I don’t know anyone. How about we go this way,” Runa stood up and offered her hand in a casual way that Tatyl wouldn’t feel imposed upon. She pointed to another door in the middle of the back wall. This door was part of an enclosure that spanned all three classrooms. Runa led the way inside only for Tatyl to discover that it was a mini arboretum. It spanned all three classrooms with a door leading to each. The wall facing the classrooms was nothing but windows. Tatyl would be able to watch the classroom without, mostly, being seen until she was ready to go in. There were two other children inside, from the older classroom, watering and feeding the plants who smiled and waved in welcome to Tatyl but didn’t invade her space.

Tatyl gasped upon seeing the plants, turning to her mother. “Amma! There’s so much.” She waved back to the older kids, walking over to observe.

Su’kna, a 6 year old Klingon girl, smiled as Tatyl walked over. “Would you like to help?” She picked up a device with a long rod that tapered to a point with a box on the top with a digital display. “I use this to see how much water is in the soil. Ms Runa says it’s called the moisture level of the soil. These plants are called cactus. They live on Earth where there isn’t a lot of water and so I have to be careful not to give it too much. Some plants are okay with too much water but these aren’t.” She offered the device to Tatyl to try with the next set of plants and showed her how to use the readings to decide how much water to give them.

Tatyl rocked on her heels for a moment, caught between her wish to help and a lifetime of observing. New experiences, she thought and nodded firmly. “I’m Tatyl.”
-Tatyl

“I greet you. I am Su’kna. nuqneH qaleghneS. That’s Klingon. It means in a very nice way, ‘What do you want? I am honored to meet you.’ It’s how we say hello.” Su’kna helped Tatyl pour water for the plants.

Runa turned back to the door and continued speaking to Evrilla, “We offer outings to the holodeck, or parts of the ship that are kid safe, or mini lessons, on off days so that children that don’t regularly attend the school can participate. The ship recently had an encounter with ‘pirates’ and the children were fascinated with learning the history. I’ve planned some holodeck time to take them to learn how an old sea faring boat works.”

Revna laughed, “I suppose you’re recruiting me to help with that, and our brother kin too?”

“You have no choice, but yes I’m hoping to corner him into agreeing too.”
Runa Edman, Teacher

Evrilla laughed at the sisters’ easy byplay. “Tatyl is… unused to the children. She could not attend an Aenar school, and I was unwilling to take her into Andoria’s center. Unfortunate but necessary.” She tilted her head, watching her daughter. “Instead, she attended school in a science lab. She won’t touch anything unless you explicitly tell her she can.” She was, in a way, acknowledging that she trusted Runa, in a way she hadn’t trusted the entirety of Andorian society. “I have faith that she will choose to attend school, although her education has been… skewed toward biological sciences.”
-Dr. Evrilla

Runa smiled, “When it comes to science we use a self discovery method. So the children get to learn about whatever they are interested in. We do have topics the teachers pick. For instance we are learning about how lunar objects affect the tides on planets, to go along with our study about boats and how ancient sailors used the tides.” She glanced back into the main rooms to make sure everything was still calm chaos. “You are by no means required to enroll Tatyl in the ship’s school, but if you and she would like to try it out for a week she’s welcome to join us.”
Runa Edman, Teacher

Evrilla smiled, somewhat self-deprecatingly. “Her education has been reliant on me for far too long.” She paused for a moment, swallowing nervously. “She wishes to learn combat, as is both her right and heritage, but I cannot teach her the Ushaan. I had hoped, perhaps there would be another. If you have any recommendations, I would be deeply grateful.”
-Dr. Evrilla

Runa looked at Revna she really wasn’t quite sure what Ushann was. Revna nodded, “I might know someone, but I would have to ask first. If they agree is it alright for me to have them reach out to you?” Revna was thinking of the XO, but what little she knew first hand of Andorian culture the Ushann was very ritualistic and personal. She felt comfortable asking Jen about it, but not ‘signing him up’ for it. She liked the XO despite his ‘militaristic’ outlook. She found it blunt and refreshing. That reminded her, now that she was healed, she really should take him up on his offer to join his morning run. Revna glanced over toward Tatyl and the other children with a smile. They seemed to be doing alright. “I also believe that you’ve been given family quarters, Evrilla? Which means your quarters are on this deck as well.”
Lt Edman, Counselor


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