Posted July 24, 2021, 10:33 p.m. by Lieutenant Cara Esmé O’Farrell (Counselor / Education Specialist) (Jennifer Ward)
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Gravel Mardusk (Chief of Security) in Lounge - Neighbors… Thats Very Convenient (Tag CNS)
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Mardusk looked at her and shook his head. “Well… Im really glad I don’t play pool.” he said and finished his pint. He was quiet a moment and then said “How… how hard is it for you to shut off the job? Because I will tell you, for me its hard. Well… it has been… it seems to be getting much easier the past few days.” and he smiled and lifted the empty glass to drink and then looked at it confusedly and set it back down.
Mardusk
“It’s hard. I’m trained ta read people ta understand what they aren’t sayin’ with words. And I see it even if I’m not lookin’ for it. And then a genuine question sounds like I’m workin’. Some times it’s easier to leave work on and monitor myself rather than be genuine. It all goes back ta that bein’ lonely. Ah but then there’s the ones that come ta see me, willingly or not, and they are really struggling. Sometimes they work their way in ta my head and it’s hard ta leave them in the office. Ta let it go and worry about it later. Most days it takes me an hour or more to mentally work through it, put back on the self as it were. It’s easier when I have something else to focus on, ta look forward to.” She grinned. She watched him look quizzically at his glass. Dinner was over, but was the conversation?
O’Farrell
Mardusk leaned forward and put his arms on the table. “Ok. Cards on the table. I’ve been thinking about this dinner for two days. When I said I had a red head to dream about, I did dream about you. And when I’m talking with you it’s like the rest of the galaxy is on pause… and I like it. So there it is.”
Mardusk
Cara nodded, “Cards on the table. I got lost wanderin’ around hopin’ ta bump in ta you just so ya could remind me we were havin’ dinner.” She grinned. “When I said I’d miss talking ta you I was telling the truth. You talk ta me and donna care what I am, or if you do you Donna let it bother you. I enjoy it and I would miss it and I know I’d miss it because I got ta experience two days without it. So there it is.”
O’Farrell
Mardusk laid a hand on the table, palm up, and said “What you do doesn’t bother me. I’m not here in spite of what you do. I’m here because of you. Every time I ran into you, I wanted to just say ‘Let’s go get that dinner.’ I know you just got here, and I know the nice thing to say is that ‘Oh, I don’t wanna monipolize your time or anything.’. But I do. I really do. I’m not going to… but I want you to know that any time you have that you want to spend with me? I’m okay with that.”
Mardusk
Cara took the offer and placed her hand in his. “You shoulda said so. Well…maybe no the first day. I wouldna been good company then.” It was worth it though, she felt so much better on the new stuff Evrilla gave her. “But maybe that is the nice thing but I think I’d like you monopolizing my time because then I get to do the same with yours. And yeah I just got here, so that means we’ve got time and can enjoy the journey.”
O’Farrell
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