Posted by Lieutenant Alexis Bonner (Assistant Chief Medical Officer) in Side Sim: Arboretum

Posted by Captain Willow Taylor (Commanding Officer) in Side Sim: Arboretum

Posted by Lieutenant Alexis Bonner (Assistant Chief Medical Officer) in Side Sim: Arboretum
Posted by… suppressed (3) by the Post Ghost! 👻

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Something about the way Cai spoke struck Alexis. “For humanoids perhaps. Unless you are talking about the Ziaterians of Haejo system. Their bodies have a prolonged benefit from short endorphin hits and it does them more good than other species. But in this case, Canis lupus familiaris phisiology is designed to give them prolonged endorphin hits from such simple activities.” Frigga on the other hand gave a small barking whine as if to tell Cai to throw the ball already or give it back. Her whole body was wiggling with the speed her tail was wagging.

“Intriguing notion.” He said as response and again chewed the ring in his lip. “Species dependent elements noted.”
Willow rolled her eyes shaking her head. “Lighten up will you and throw the ball.”

With a grin the boy hurled the ball a fair distance and then immediately took off after it at a break run pace. Racing Frigga to find it.

Frigga took off like a shot, when she realized Cai was running too, that made the game so much better and she shortened her pace to match his until they found the ball…

When he did find it the boy grabbed it, showed it to Frigga and then ran off in the opposite direction, harbouring it. Refusal to throw, desire to change the game up a little…Down with the establishment…that sort of thing.

Frigga tipped her head to the side as he ran off with the ball. Just like Octavia. It must be human young, this desire to change the game. Frigga didn’t care, they were still playing. She took off after him, four legs allowing her to catch up with him…and then…if Alexis had been around to see Frigga would be in so much trouble…she leapt intending to tackle him. She was a very well behaved dog though, so her mouth was closed so as to not accidently hurt him.

Cai dropped as the dog lept and rolled a few times before coming up onto his knees and launching the ball as far as he could throw it. “Go get it!” He encouraged, chest heaving as caught his breath.

Frigga almost used him as a spring board as she shot off after the ball, it bounced once after a long arc and she got in front of it, caught it and trotted back to Cai and dropped it at his feet. She looked up at him, tongue lolling, tail wagging as if asking if that was all he could do.

Cai shook his head. “Judgey for a dog, you know…we could probably use some of the stuff around here to make a launcher…that’d give you some challenge. “ he looked around and picking up the ball bounced it once or twice. “Come in Pup, let’s repurpose some materials.” He wandered off to the nearest computer terminal.

Frigga tipped her head to the side and waited. Then he walked off with her ball. She trotted after him for a moment and then whined, and then ran in front of him cutting him off and dropped to her front legs, tail up and wagging and yipped in encouragement. Waiting for him to throw the ball again. That’s how the game was played. If he was bored he should give her toy back.

Cai gave a chuckle and tossed the ball for her. When she was after it he glanced around to make sure no one was looking and then pushed into some of the plants looking for the network of tubes that supplied nutrients and water to some of the plants, he found them quickly enough and with another glance around began rerouting the contents and then digging a medium sized one up.

By the time Frigga was back for him to toss the ball again he had his tube in one of the water areas cleaning it and a few scattered fragments of computer and wire in his possession. He measured the ball against the tube and seemed satisfied.

“Now…where would we find some duct tape…” he said looking around then tossing the ball before heading towards the supply and cleaning store.

Willow shook her head again. “So that was Cai.” She said as if this was both explanation and apology. “I’m not sure the botanists will be quite as forgiving of him damaging through their plants”

Willow and Cai

“Does he like being on a star ship?” Alexis was curious, at 17 she had just graduated from the Academy and was leaving to serve on the Hathaway. She wondered how other teenagers saw it. Alexis had been eager to learn more, do more, to feed her mind. Nothing else had mattered at the time.

Bonner, AMO

Willow seemed to consider her words very carefully a moment. “Well…things are better than they had been but considering he was re-hueing the walls of his bedroom black yesterday I would say not entirely no. However, things back on Earth weren’t going too well…three schools, a few misdemeanours and an unfortunate incident where he hacked the school network, stole the math final and spray painted the answers onto the wall of the gym building the night before the exam…let’s just say I’ll take a black bed room.”

Willow and Cai

Alexis nodded, “Compared to that I would too.” Alexis couldn’t empathize with the boy. She loved learning so the idea of going through several schools, trouble with the law, giving away test answers! “It seems like being on the ship has been a little better? I would never paint my room black, but I’d put bulkheads in place of windows.”

Bonner, AMO

“He…gets bored easily,” Willow said as if by way of explanation. “Oh goodness don’t give him any ideas.” She laughed. “I’m glad to see things settling since you managed to deal with that particularly troubling experiment we discussed.” She said. Her tone was light and conversational.

Willow and Cai

It had been a long time since Alexis was ‘bored’. She’d learned when she was very young to find things to satisfy her mind and stop from being ‘bored.’ She never relied on anyone for that. Mostly because what they wanted to do was not interesting to her. She wasn’t even sure what a ‘regular’ teen would be interested in. Children was not her area of expertise and so she had nothing to offer by way of that. Alexis considered Taylor’s last statement and then nodded. “I am glad they have settled.” She hoped it stayed that way. It had been long enough for someone to find the shuttle Soulis had taken, the not knowing bothered her to an extent but not enough to go asking. “I am immensely excited to resume my duties in medical. I enjoy medical research and intend to continue, but…” Alexis wasn’t sure how to put the feeling into words. That even though she didn’t always show it, she loved being a doctor. “I know I am not the most…expressive person…but I am extremely grateful to you, Cmdr Myqian and Cmdr Walker to have this opportunity back.”

Bonner, AMO

Willow smiled as they moved, “we are delighted to have you back in medical. No expression of gratitude necessary, besides the important thing is that each crew member has the opportunity to grow and develop how they want.”

Willow Taylor
CO

Taylor seemed to understand what Alexis meant, so either she understood Alexis or Alexis clearly expressed herself. Alexis wasn’t one to dwell on such things (at least not before she met Solomon. She didn’t think it was a bad thing, but different for her.) Alexis suddenly slowed for a few paces and sighed, waving her left hand slightly before resuming her pace. “I don’t know what to do with it, it’s not what it appears.”

Bonner, AMO

Willow glanced at her and matched the pace. “Oookaaaay…it’s not a Dimond but rather an andorian moon stone?” She asked. “How so?”

Willow Taylor
CO