Posted June 16, 2022, 9:29 p.m. by Lieutenant Commander Audrey Emerson (Chief Science Officer) (Joana Ribeiro)
Posted by Captain Kelly Bordeaux (Commanding Officer) in [Pre-Sim] CO’s Ready Room: Emerson Reporting In
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Audrey Emerson (Chief Science Officer) in [Pre-Sim] CO’s Ready Room: Emerson Reporting In
Posted by Captain Kelly Bordeaux (Commanding Officer) in [Pre-Sim] CO’s Ready Room: Emerson Reporting In
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The first night on board had been uneventful, but a good night’s rest made all the difference after the long journey of the previous day. Skimming through the day’s tasks on her PaDD while drinking her morning coffee, Audrey got ready for the busy day ahead.Honestly, all she wanted was to check the science labs and her office, but there were more pressing matters than that at the moment. First things first, and the first things were reporting everywhere she was due before starting anything else.
“Meow.” The high pitched complaint came from near the replicator where she had set her new companion’s space for now.
“I know, I know!” Audrey hadn’t decided on a name for him yet, so she referred to him as Kitty whenever necessary, and for now that worked out just fine. She refilled his water bowl and filled his food bowl with the best cat food replicators could make. It smelled better than she had expected. With a soft pat on his head and a little chin rub, Audrey continued. “I’m going to be out for a little bit, but I’ll be back later. You know where the litter box is.”
“Meow.” Was the reply.
“I know, Kitty… I know. I’m sorry…”
With a last glance at her quarters and a soft smile at her cat, Audrey was off.
First stop, deck 1, Captain’s Ready Room.
No matter how many times she had done it before, it never got easier. Although, the view to the Bridge as the turbolift’s doors open made it a little better.
With a few confident strides, she walked to the Ready Room’s door, and with a final glance at her uniform and a last check on her braid, Audrey pressed the chime and waited.
Lt. Cmdr. Emerson, CSO
“Easy-to-please houseguest my arse. You know you really don’t inspire trust or faith if someone comes in and sees you dead,” Kelly said adjusting a leaf on a succulent that now resembled more of a mushy brown splotch versus a firm green extension of the plant. The truth was Kelly’s thumb was anything but green even with something as sure-fire as a succulent. Hearing the chime she replied, “Come,” adjusting a photo in front of the plant hoping it was hidden enough.
Kelly Bordeaux CO
The word was all it took for Audrey to walk through the sliding doors of the Captain’s Ready Room. Looking around, she was now very aware of her own movements. Why was she so nervous again? She had done this three other times before but somehow it never got easier.
As Audrey’s mind went on a little tour of its own, she finally settled her gaze on the other woman in the room. She smiled. Was it a polite smile? Did she look like an idiot? Emerson tried to control the muscles around her lips but she was sure she was only making it worse. Shaking her head slightly and regaining her composure in such a way that she hoped had gone unnoticed, Audrey stepped towards the Atlantis’s Captain.
“Captain Bordeaux, it’s so nice to finally meet you.” She held out a hand for her to shake if she so wished. “I’m Lieutenant Commander Audrey Emerson, your new Chief Science Officer.” Of course you are. She knows that! Came her brain’s immediate response. Emerson ignored it. “Here are my transfer orders Ma’am.” She said as she offered Bordeaux a PaDD. Trying her best to keep a professional smile on her face, Audrey hoped she looked more like someone with almost a decade of experience on the job and less like an Ensign fresh out of the Academy. The truth was that she had always been a horrible conversation starter, but she also knew that once conversation started flowing, she would ease into it. At the moment, however, her hands were shaky and her palms were getting sweaty, and Audrey hoped it didn’t show.
Lt. Cmdr. Emerson, CSO
Kelly took the PaDD casually with a half-smile. “Call me Kelly,” she said gesturing to the seats by her desk. “I try not to stand on formality when I am able. I hate first meetings too,” she leaned in slightly as if sharing a secret. “I tend to always say something wrong or go back to my quarters and replay every sentence until I make myself crazy. Coffee,” Kelly asked moving towards the replicator.
Audrey smiled a knowing smile, and a little less nervous one too. “Yes, Ma’am.” She replied at the mention that she was free to address Bordeaux by her first name. The fact that she had done exactly the opposite seemed to not register in her mind.
“The only rule, Audrey,” Kelly used the woman’s first name hoping it would relax her some, “is never offer me that Boston Bay water the English think we will opt for over coffee. Personally, I think they are still sore we Americans tossed it over the harbor walls in Boston almost five hundred years ago which is why they constantly push it on us but tea is coffee’s weaker and more pathetic cousin. Here we run on pure diesel arabica.”
Kelly Bordeaux
Audrey didn’t share that strong of an opinion about tea. She was a tea enjoyer on occasion, but she wasn’t a regular tea drinker.
“Yes, Ma’am. You won’t ever find me bringing you tea.” She chuckled. She was feeling that they would get along just fine, but then again, she had felt the same on the Santiago, and it hadn’t turned out for the better. It had been her own fault though… Audrey hoped she wouldn’t mess up this time either.
“Coffee would be great!” Emerson had just had her morning coffee before she left her quarters, but there was really no such thing as too much coffee. She usually ran on the stuff anyway, and it was likely that she’d grab another cup before her next check-in appointment. The fact that she generally worked on a lab full of dangerous substances was not a problem. The only time she had had an issue it hadn’t been due to her coffee consumption habits. Although there had been that one time when she drank the compound she was working on and poured her coffee on her Erlenmeyer instead… the two weeks in sickbay that followed hadn’t been fun.
Not wanting to stare at her new Commanding Officer while she grabbed the coffee from the replicator, but also not knowing what else to say, Audrey stepped closer to the desk, sat down on one of the previously offered seats, and waited.
Lt. Cmdr. Emerson, CSO
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