Posted July 14, 2020, 2:03 a.m. by Commander Brad Walker (Chief Of Staff/Second Officer) (Brandon Irvine)
Posted by Commander Brad Walker (Chief Of Staff/Second Officer) in Side sim: Between Two Pulsars
Posted by Civilian Cai Taylor (Captain’s Brother) in Side sim: Between Two Pulsars
Posted by Commander Brad Walker (Chief Of Staff/Second Officer) in Side sim: Between Two Pulsars
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Brad spent a couple of minutes at the entrance to the holosuite configuring a program in silence, not giving anything away to his young companion.Finally, the computer announced the program was ready, and he triggered the door.
“After you,” he said, waving Cai into the chosen lunch spot: an early 21st century High School cafeteria on rectangle pepperoni pizza day.
Lt. Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of StaffHaving waited patiently Cai frowned as he entered and looked around. “Dude…what?” Was all the teen could think to say.
Cai
Brad smirked. “I thought you’d enjoy eating with your peers?” he said. “No? Alright then, computer, switch to secondary program.”
The cafeteria blurred away, replaced by a brightly-lit room with many windows, outside of which a rainforest could be seen.
“Cafe Amazonia,” Brad said. “Treetop restaurant in the middle of the Restored Rainforest, circa 2323. House specialties are South American and Portuguese cuisine.”
Lt. Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of StaffCai grinned, “yeah ok…very kool.” He conceded and headed to a table. Sitting he pulled a menu towards himself and began reading intently. “Ever been to the rainforest on Anort 7?” He asked.
Cai
“Can’t day that I have,” Brad replied, taking up his own menu. “What’s it like?”
Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of Staff“Dry everywhere else and wet when it rains. They have two suns, they have a plant that’s this deep purple colour and is acidic.” He pushed his hair back. “Will told me not to touch it, so I did, obviously. It burnt me.”
“Obviously,” Brad replied. “What else does it do?”
As someone approached to take their order He asked for a triple stacked cheeseburger, fries and a Chocolate shake. Then looked at Brad with a ‘beat that’ expression
Cai
“I’ll have the Galinhada, and some chicken Pastels,” Brad said, passing off his own menu. “With some cold- steeped black tea.”
Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of StaffCai considered. “It’s roots make thing ointment that the people there put on deep cuts. It closes them faster. I think cellular regeneration properties. It also shrieks like a klaxon if you get to near it. LOUD as LOUD gets.” He said thinking back to the plant.
“They also have these things, arachnids, twelve legs and Four mandibles....they are like black and neon colours that change depending on the plants and stuff nearby. I wanted one but Will isn’t a fan of spiders so that was a hard No. they are sometimes kept as pets one of the locals said but they are clever and can get out of habitats kinda easily so you need to check on it at least once every day and make sure it’s entertained. Theirs webs are like black silky stuff that the locals sometimes use to make cloth from. So they are really useful.”
Cai
“Sounds fascinating,” Brad said. “Is their color-changing a chameleon-like thing or more like a mood ring?” The plant-spider combination honestly sounded fascinating. You could use the spider silk to make a bandage and then apply the plant root ointment for a medicated bandage that could be a life-saver if you got on the bad side of a pre-warp species… or a pack of rowdy Klingons… or a pack of Nausicaans in general.
Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of StaffCai smirked. ”You want to help me talk Will into letting me get one? A spider I mean.” as their food arrived he immediately stuffed the burger into his mouth and began to eat in the fashion that most teenage boys do.
Cai
“Well if I know your sister at all, there’s no way in Hell she’ll consent to letting you keep it in your quarters,” Brad began, popping a chicken pastel in his mouth and chewing thoughtfully.
“But you might be able to talk your teacher and someone in Science into letting you keep one in the biolabs for research purposes.”
Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of StaffCai grinned. “You’d have to propose it, if I say it to her she will point blank refuse.” He said as he chewed then completely changed the topic. “You know Nurse Eakins is thinking of asking you out right? Like on a date.”
Cai
The clatter of cutlery dropped in surprise indicated that Brad had, in fact, not known that.
And if that didn’t make it clear enough, the choking sound of liquid going down the wrong side of the esophagus definitely did.
”Ill take that as a no.” he said with a grin.
“Oh for God’s sake!” Brad exclaimed, once he was capable of speaking again. “Not again…”
Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of StaffCai shrugged. ”Why don’t you just take her out and be a bad date or something and then she will put all her friends off?” he asked
Cai
“Because I might, at some point, want to date another woman in this quadrant,” Brad replied. “And also because my mother would slap me so hard my head would rotate at least 900 degrees if she found out I’d made another girl cry on purpose.”
Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of Staff
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