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Lounge- Getting to Know You

Posted June 5, 2023, 4:58 p.m. by Commander Dr. Royal Sinclair (Executive Officer) (James Sinclair)

Posted by Captain Dira Myqian (Commanding Officer) in Lounge- Getting to Know You

Posted by Commander Dr. Royal Sinclair (Executive Officer) in Lounge- Getting to Know You

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Sinclair chuckled and said “I’m guessing you have never dealt with a MWR officer before, have you? They are a… special… lot. Part party-planner, part cruise director, part diplomat, part counselor. The ones I have met have level of patience and organizational capability I could only dream of.” and he laughed. “We had two in my Command class. I tell you, I have never met anyone more perpetually upbeat and socially aware than those two. It was almost ridiculous.”

Royal

Dira gave him a lopsided smile. “Well, it sounds like we could have used one on my last posting. Though I’m not sure that would have helped,” she said with a light laugh, even as her jaw tightened. There was only so much morale boosting one could have done with all that nonsense. Not that people had known about a lot of it beyond that initial incident. But still, the tension that had been on the ship for a long while was… whew.

~Dira

Royal looked at her and said “Must’ve been a real nightmare for you to tense up like that just thinking about it.” and then he grinned. “And form my own experience with them, I think that for as much morale building as they do for the general crew, I’m guessing they are a real pain in the arse for Command to have’ta deal with.” and he laughed.

Royal

She let his accurate observation pass by and simply focused on the rest. “You know, it’s that age old story where you invite the bosses to the party and everyone stops having fun,” Dira said with a grin. “It wasn’t always that way, but just you watch when you start to mingle. And if it doesn’t happen to you, then I know the rest of the truth.” She laughed a little and shook her head. She understood the other issue all too well and there was usually very little you could do about it except do what she was now accustomed to doing. After today? It was even more important.

~Dira

“Well, I’m never one to shy away from a party, so I will let you know.” he said with a grin. “Although I will say… I strive to to be accessible. And I really try to draw a firm line between the job and my down time. Part of self-care is knowing not to overindulge in anything… be that pleasure or necessity.” and he chuckled. “But don’t mention that if I ever come across a few bottles of McEwan’s. That, my dear Captain, is the very nectar of the gods and I’d drink my weight in it if I could.” and he gave her a wink.

Royal

Dira laughed. “I’ve been known to kick back with a glass of something myself. Willow kept a bottle in her desk that was a gift and she brought it out for specific occasions. It was pretty good,” she said with a grin.

The easy flow of the conversation was, one, a good sign, and two, allowed her to keep the rest of the difficulties at bay. She wasn’t even sure if she could process everything that had happened today, let alone anything from before.

“So what do you think, will you make rounds to the departments and introduce yourself, or will you wait till we all get together for the plethora of meetings that always need to happen?”

~Dira

Royal thought for a moment and then said “Probably both. I’ll go introduce myself in person, like I did with the Chief of Staff, and then when the meetings happen I will ask folks to stay back one at a time so we can talk. I don’t want to spring myself on them, but with how things went I think ‘Surprise!’ is kind of our rule of thumb, at least for a bit.”

Royal

She snorted. “More like our mantra. ‘Expects surprises at every turn.’ Then again, my whole start on the ship personified that and after the crew hallucinated they were characters from a story called Alice in Wonderland I just gave in and accepted the chaos was the nom du jour. It’s much easier that way.”

~Dira

“When all else fails, just remember we do have a self-destruct program.” Royal said and laughed. “Although I am usually a fan of riding the crazy as far as it goes. You find yourself in some neat situations with some neat people sometimes.” and he laughed again.

Royal

She laughed some more. “I do try to avoid blowing things up whenever possible.” She held back that tiny surge of emotion. After all, it wasn’t her that had exploded things. “But I will tell you that there is something incredible about seeing Captain Taylor preside over the Promenade of Starbase 157 yelling ‘off with their heads’!”

Dira leaned in. “When we boarded this ship for the first time I actually had someone place a crown on the captain’s chair and that’s what she saw first when we got to the bridge.” She burst out laughing. “Oh the look she gave me.”

~Dira

Royal laughed loudly. “Oh my god that is amazing!” and he laughed some more. When he finished, he was still smiling and said “Just so you know… you are now the one doing the dirty looks when I leave the crown.” and he grinned at her and winked.

Royal


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