Posted May 10, 2021, 2:29 p.m. by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) (Lindsay B)
Posted by Lieutenant Dr. Solomon Kane (Medical Research & Development) in Side Sim - Conference Room - Man Out Of Time - Tag CO and XO
Posted by Captain Willow Taylor (Commanding Officer) in Side Sim - Conference Room - Man Out Of Time - Tag CO and XO
Posted by Lieutenant Dr. Solomon Kane (Medical Research & Development) in Side Sim - Conference Room - Man Out Of Time - Tag CO and XO
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Smith looked at Charlie and said somewhat sharply “Ensign, you are excused.” and then simply waited for the young officer to depart.
With an average height and average to lean build Dira Myqian was a mishmash of her heritages: the dark, probing Betazoid eyes of her mother with the forehead bulges and indentations, and nose crevice of her Halian father. Her mass of tightly coiled black hair was pulled back tidily in a black fabric band and her uniform was mostly perfect, aside from the creases at the waist from sitting and the slight smudge on the toe of one boot.
Myqian was the last to sit and she had observed their two guests rather intently. Brown hands wrapped around the mug of coffee that Charlie had graciously given her, she sipped and continued to observe. She had yet to say a word since entering the room.
Kane looked at the man and said “Gods, Smith… you don’t have to be an ass all the time, ya know?” Smith shot the speaker a look that threatened unspeakable things; the tattooed Lieutenant just chuckled softly.
Kane, R&D
Charlie seemed totally fine with both the command and the tone. “Of course Sir.” She continued to beam as she skipped, literally skipped, from the room.
Willow gave a slight frown at Kane and sat herself opposite him. “Oh you and I are going to need to set some boundaries aren’t we.” She said with a slight smirk.
Willow Taylor
COKane looked at her and shrugged, a small smirk of his own tugging at the corner of his mouth. “Probably.” was all he said, but there was none of the edge to his voice that he had when speaking to Smith.
At that, Dira shot Willow a smile. Good.
Smith cleared his throat and said “Now, then. If I may…” and he looked at Kane with something akin to hatred but also imploring him to just be quiet. “As I am sure you, Captain, and you, Commander, are aware; Lieutenant Kane is something of an… issue… for Star Fleet -” and Kane mumbled in a sing-song fashion “Only because you make me one…” and Smith’s jaw clenched and he closed his eyes for a moment, took a breath, and continued. ” - because of his somewhat unorthodox origin with us.” Kane opened his mouth to speak and Smith shot him a glare and snapped his fingers at him. Kane closed his mouth but a grin spread over his face and his eyes locked on Smith as if he had scored some kind of victory over the Intelligence officer. “But, Star Fleet has spent several years verifying and educating the Lieutenant in not only the improvements in medical science from his particular point of origin, but in training him to help us utilize his particular skill set to help the Federation and Star Fleet. He -” and Kane held a hand up in front of his face and he looked at the two Ship’s Officers and said “Or to be blunt, they’ve spent the last almost three years pulling every kind of blood, bone, tissue, and other samples too inappropriate to discuss with ladies present to try and prove that I’m not what I said I was and they couldn’t so someone high up on the food chain who actually still has a soul told them they had to stop using me as a lab rat and let me go.” and he looked at Smith and said “See? Short and to the point. You really need to work on your people skills.”
Smith’s face went red and he was about to say something but he just clenched his jaw and looked at Taylor and Myqian. “He’s your problem now. Intel will task him from time to time with operational objectives, but what those are I am not responsible for thank god. I’m sure someone will be in touch.” and he stood and said “Captain. Commander.” with a nod to each. He looked at Kane and said “Goodbye Lieutenant. I hope whatever hole spit you out here gets hungry again.” and he left without so much as another word.
Kane watched him leave and then turned to the two officers. “Nice guy. Remind me to send him a fruit basket.” he said with enough derison to make it effective and then he waited, one hand on the table and one hand on his knee, to see what fresh hell he was going to be dropped into next.
Kane, R&D
Dira considered him a moment and then shifted her coffee to the side and folded her arms on the table. “Well, now that we’re off to such a nice start, let me introduce myself properly. I’m Dira Myqian, ship’s first officer. My job is to make sure that this ship and its crew has everything they need to do the exceptional work that they do. And that includes you,” she said simply. Her tone was matter-of-fact with a soft edge, as if it could easily shift to suit whatever purpose her words required. It was a modulation that had been practiced for years.
“I’m not going to say some sort of bullsh!t about how what came before doesn’t matter and all that matters is what you do from here on out. It is true, to a point, but it’s also wrong. All I want you to understand from me at this moment is that we’re not your enemy Lieutenant. How you want to play this is entirely up to you. And I can’t speak for Captain Taylor here, but I’m not here to fight you.” She shrugged. “Not interested.”
Commander Myqian, XO
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