Posted May 2, 2021, 12:15 a.m. by Lieutenant Commander Roman Alden (Science Chief, First Officer) (Lucas Foxley)
Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman) in Nibbles and Mushu
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Roman Alden (Science Chief, First Officer) in Nibbles and Mushu
Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman) in Nibbles and Mushu
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Rand had a rare moment of nothing to do. The captain was busy taking reports and meeting with departments around the ship. He’d dismissed her and now she had time to herself. Now normally that would mean she was in her quarters in the peace and quiet. She’d been going early in the mornings to work with Nibbles for Cmdr Alden, but he’d said she could come as much as she wanted. Randy was busy else where on the ship. There was no telling what her brother was up to. That just meant she could go see nibbles. She entered the lab and nodded to a couple of the other scientists that were there early in the mornings. She took the PaDD that Alden had her keep the log on and wrote down the date and time and then removed a new bag of berries from the sustenance cabinet. She walked over to the enclosure and gently popped the lid. A few days ago she’d started talking to him, more because she didn’t want her voice to startle him if she spoke to someone else. It was all nonsense of course, but at least he didn’t startle this time. She placed several pieces in the cage with a ‘pile’ in the palm of her hand. She started this way each time and it seemed to be working.
Yeoman RandThere was a PaDD sat on one of the counters in Alden’s lab, still open and in use. Some papers and a pen also sat on the workstation, and a sample of… Well, something. It looked yellowish and liquidy or perhaps slimy. On each of the animal’s terrariums was a small tag listing the name Rand had come up with for them.
It was several moments before Roman headed back in, carrying a cup of tea and… Another stack of paperwork. Upon entry of the lab he briefly paused. “Ah, yeoman. I see you’re working with… Nibbles,” he said, moving to his previous seat and setting down his work and his drink.
~ Lt Cmdr Alden, XO/CSO
Rand glanced at the work, but did not touch. In fact she didn’t get close to it at all. Cmdr Alden had told her she could feed and work with Nibbles, but to touch nothing else. She could take notes for him if he liked but she wasn’t touching samples. Rand turned her head with a smile. He liked the names or was humoring her. “Yes Sir. I had some extra time and thought I would try a new berry. He likes the darker colored ones, and I wanted to try something brighter. The darker ones he eats more of the acidic ones than the sweeter. But I’m not sure if that’s because they fill him up faster of if it’s because of the flavor or some other reason.” Nibbles seemed to be fine with the change. This were fresh instead of dried. He bit one and the juice shot out of it, into his face. The little rodent dropped the berry hissing and spiting at the offensive thing. Rand was concerned at how vocal he was about it afraid the juice might have hurt him, but after a moment he went back to eating, avoiding that particular berry type out of the selection.
Yeoman Rand“We can group the berries by those characteristics, and see which he chooses from the separate groups,” Roman suggested, leaning over the paperwork. Then, he capped the sample, and pulled some of the work from the new pile. “That would help us tell why he chooses a specific type of berry.”
~ Lt Cmdr Alden, XO/CSO
Rand nodded, she’d have to check the computer. This particular selection was a mix of Earth and alien berries. So she wasn’t familiar with their taste, but the containers were labelled so she should be able to look them up easily and then sort them. “I can work on that.” Nibbles was happily in her hand at the moment, eating the berries. “Or I can after he moves.” Rand a point to not move him at least for a few minutes after he got on her hand. She wanted him to get used her and didn’t want to risk that by making some strange animal social guffaw. She glanced over at the snake having seen it move and it was staring quite greedily at Nibbles. It just creeped her out, she felt like it was hunting her. She moved, turning her back to it and blocking its view of the rodent. She figured, Nibbles, was probably it’s natural food but she wasn’t going to feed Nibbles to the angry red thing.
Yeoman Rand
The “angry red thing” continued to watch her as she blocked the view of Nibbles. But its container was tightly sealed. That snake wasn’t going anywhere unless someone else wanted it to.
“I would be willing to help you out but I am quite busy today… with things that unfortunately do not involve the lab.” He could probably be doing the paperwork elsewhere, but he found it easy to focus in the lab, even if Mushu kept trying to get his attention, the little lizard tapping toes and a tongue against the wall of his container.
~ Lt Cmdr Alden, XO/CSO
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