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Colters Quarters - Time Stays Long Enough For Anyone Who Will Use It

Posted July 1, 2021, 11:13 p.m. by Captain Dante Knight (Commanding Officer) (David Shotton)

Posted by Commander Daniel “DaVinci” Colter (Executive Officer) in Colters Quarters - Time Stays Long Enough For Anyone Who Will Use It

Posted by Captain Dante Knight (Commanding Officer) in Colters Quarters - Time Stays Long Enough For Anyone Who Will Use It

Posted by Commander Daniel “DaVinci” Colter (Executive Officer) in Colters Quarters - Time Stays Long Enough For Anyone Who Will Use It
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Making his way leisurely through the corridors of the Saracen Dante noted the bustle of the ship during “working hours”. Not everyone was on duty during the ‘day’ every day, most, especially his senior staff had free days to enable them to cover a Duty shift on the Bridge. Today was one of Colters ‘days off’ but alas, Dante still had to work. Kind of, at least.

Numerous pleasant greetings and at least one cold, hard stare at an Ensign who was clearly flirting with another a little too hard until he noticed the Captain and scurried back to work, followed by a hidden smirk on Dante’s face later and he arrived at Colters room. Immediately palming the door to ‘ring the bell’ as it were, Dante waited.

Captain Knight, CO

DaVinci had been about to leave his quarters when the chime rang. Opening the door, he saw Captain Knight standing there. “Hey, Skip, I was just on my way to see you. I have a question for you.”

Dante raised his eyebrow in question at the unexpected admission. “Really? In that case I saved you a trip.”

Colter stepped back and invited Dante in. The room was full of storage totes scattered about the room in a haphazard fashion. “Sorry about the mess, that’s kind of what I wanted to talk to you about. Take a seat if you can find one. Can I get you anything to drink?”

Colter (CIO/new XO)

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OOC: Apologies for the wait, RL bites

IC: “I’ll be fine for now, thanks Daniel,” Dante replied using Colters first name in a more familiar fashion, while looking around for a seat. “I’ve already had my allocation of coffee for the morning, if I have too much Nat will know. The only thing scarier than a man’s wife is a man’s wife who is also the CMO.” Shooting him a grin, Dante perched himself on the arm of a sofa that was barely visible underneath a bunch of storage totes.

“I feel for you, skipper,” Colter replied realizing that comment hit pretty close to home for him.

“So what is all this?” He waved a hand over the assorted boxes, “going somewhere or going minimalist?”

Captain Knight, CO

DaVinci looked around at the mess and grinned. “Actually, that’s what I wanted to talk to about. Hannah and I–Dr. Asimina and I—I’ve asked her to move in with me.”

“Really?” Dante said with a slight look of surprise. “Well, I assume she agreed. It sounds like you move fast!”

He cleared some room for Dante to sit before continuing. “Let me explain, no, let me sum it up. Dr. Asimina and I began a relationship about 5 years ago while we were both stationed on Earth. I got called away on an Intel mission. When that was done, I was assigned to another one immediately afterward. I never had a chance to contact her to tell her what was going one.”

Giving Colter a nod, Dante said nothing and let him continue. He was familiar with how it went, he himself had been called away a number of times over the 15 years that he and Nat and spent together but apart after the Academy. Of course, Dante had always had Nat to come home to, it sounded a little different to how things had worked out for Daniel and Hannah.

“When things finally settled down, I was assigned here. I saw hwe at the Stabase and she seemed happy. I assumed she had moved on and we lost touch. What I didn’t know was that she was holding on, waiting for me to return. I could’ve saved us both a lot of lonliness if I hadn’t been so foolish.”

“Anyway, the last time I blew my knew out in the holodeck again, I went to sickbay to get it checked out . . . and there was was. I didn’t even know she had been posted to the Saracen. All the memories, all the thought, all the feelings came flooding back. Everything we had shared was right there, giving us another chance to make up for the past 5 years. So, I asked her to move in with me. That’s what all of this is,’ he said while looking around the mess.

“I figured I’d better let you know before you hear about it through rumors. Sure these quarters might be a little cramped, but I’m sure we’ll be able to make do.”

Colter (soon to be XO/CIO)

“Well, I can only say congratulations,” Dante answered, holding his hands out to emphasise his words. “Not everybody gets a second chance, but I’m glad you two did. That kind of connection is rare and in this world, all too fleeting.” Pushing himself to his feet, he made to walk to the door but then turned back as if remembering something.

“Oh, you’re right Daniel, these quarters probably will be a little cramped for two of you. Usually, it would be tough luck and you’d just have to live with it but I might be able to arrange a better set of quarters for you. More space, a little more privacy than the other quarters on Deck Three.” Walking back to the seat, he casually sat back down and crossed his left ankle over his knee as if considering something, but the grin on his face let slip it wasn’t something new he was considering at all.

“See the Executive Officers quarters are vacant. They are pretty large, spacious. Perfect for two. Only thing is, they need to be inhabited by an Executive Officer, and I need one.” Dante raised his eyebrow in question, looking at Colter. “What would you say to a small career change? Become the Executive Officer of the Saracen, my XO? You have the experience and the ability, no one would say otherwise and we already make a pretty good team. Interested?”

Captain Knight, CO


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