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Slade Quarters - Tuesday night is movie night

Posted Sept. 26, 2022, 6:24 p.m. by Lieutenant Tom Jarvis (Internal Security) (David Bennett)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Vanessa Slade (CNS) in Slade Quarters - Tuesday night is movie night
Vanessa moved around her quarters gathering up the piles of clothes and shoes she had scattered about thanking Starfleet again that senior staff had two rooms and not just one large studio to live for quarters. It was a misnomer that women were cleaner than men. They were just as sloppy but tended to use candles and room deodorizers to make the place smell better than men’s quarters. Life was hectic on a Starship and one did not have time to always put things away. Without a roommate also to complain about, things tended to fall where they were tossed.

The one thing that she was still getting used to was not having to plan for food. Back in Boston, Slade would never have replicated a pizza or popcorn. She would have ordered Nick’s and been waiting for the delivery guy. Now that the room was clean enough for Tom to sit down, Vanessa had a few minutes to contemplate the evening. She had no idea why the man was coming over except for her notes and an email from Tom indicating he was arriving to watch a movie and hang out on Tuesday at 7 pm. It was only now that Vanessa began to fully understand the implications of Tom’s condition. She wondered what the man would say about the posters she had plastered on each deck and in each turbo with his name on it. The message on it was simple. My name is Tom. You might not remember me but I do know you so say hello. Over the wording was his official image taken by Starfleet so that people could recognize the face. This was not going to make anyone remember prior conversations or interactions with Tom. All it would do was open up possible conversations and make interactions less awkward because people would see his face when he wasn’t around and help to establish his presence. In some ways, it reminded Vanessa of the old-fashioned kid on a milk carton campaign but until she thought of a better option this was it.

Vanessa Slade CNS

Tom rang Vanessa’s chime promptly at 7 as was the plan. He had a hand full of papers with a nearly unrecognizable image of him on it, an image from his academy days. He was impressed that she found anything on him at all that wasn’t classified but still, it did present a potential problem. Still, though this wasn’t an entirely new situation for him, it happened rarely enough that he was still nervous.

That’s a change isn’t it? Tom thought to himself, Usually you’re the one making other people nervous.

Tom waited patiently dressed in non descript casual clothing. Even in his off hours he maintained that average look of someone that could easily be lost in a crowd.

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