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Reunions and Revelations

Posted Oct. 29, 2021, 11:04 p.m. by Captain Jordar (Lt. Governor) (Brian Richards)

Posted by Civilian Karina Enger (Director of Education) in Reunions and Revelations

Posted by Captain Jordar (Lt. Governor) in Reunions and Revelations

Posted by Civilian Karina Enger (Director of Education) in Reunions and Revelations
This OP was proving to me more in depth and complicated than Karina had originally thought. Made more so by Jodar’s leave. This really was a two or more person deal, but here she was on Oed V by herself, trying to track an Orion Syndicate or someone else. She’d been working to uncover several things and had come across the purposely falsified and expertly done file on Jodar. Planted years ago. Someone had been after him for awhile. Now practicality led Karina to at first ignore it. If Jodar wanted to get it all straightened out that was on him, but it wasn’t just him, it was his daughter. A little girl who’s father had been yanked away from her, who had tried to see her, to be her father, to care and provide for her. She didn’t deserve to go through that again because of lies. So, using her exceptional computer skills, her contacts, and what little pull she had, she’d tracked down the facts and fixed his record. It wouldn’t stop whoever was after him, but it gave him some standing.

That day was a non-school day, another thing she’d taken on that she wasn’t sure she was the right person for, long term. But she really enjoyed the teaching and working with the governor to build the new school. She was looking over some gathered information and, being alone in her apartment, she allowed herself a genuine happy smile. Today, they arrived today, and she hadn’t been informed. Well then, two could play at that game.

It wasn’t hard for Karina to get into their new upscale living quarters. Walking down to the secondary bedroom she slipped inside and left a stuffed sehlat on the bed along with Rondara’s new school schedule and a note telling her how impressed she was with her math report on the calculations on Protostar formation.

Inside the master bedroom was a single note: ‘Your loosing your touch if you thought you’d sneak in past me.’

On the table sat their favorite meal, inside of stasis boxes to keep it fresh. For Jodar awabancha tea and for Rondara dragon fruit and mango juice. To eat Fish fingers, custard, bacon, baked beans, bread and butter for both. Then Karina left as quietly and as unnoticed as she had entered.

Enger

Jordar had been working very, very carefully to ensure that he was going to fly in under the radar. There was a lot that had happened since his last stint on the colony. Since his record was cleared, and the work he and Karina did to expose and ‘solve’ the Orion syndicate problem in this sector, he was recognized and in addition to Karina’s work, his old rank was restored and he was promoted! That though was a double edged sword. Sure he was now by title a Captain, a far cry from the lowly Lieutenant J.G. he had been only a short while ago, but it was a very conditional promotion. He was to be the new Lieutenant Governor for the colony of OED V and as such was the highest ranking member of Starfleet at the colony and was in charge of the contingencies assigned by the Federation. And this is where he was to be, as given his past and the somewhat shady nature of his dealings with the syndicate and their allies, he is ineligible for a starship of his own. Colonies and starbases are to be his only avenues of command, and even here he answered to the civilian governor. It suited him fine though, a fine standard of living coupled with the chance to raise his daughter in a stable environment and back with the woman who was a thorn in his side, the one he loved, but was a thorn nonetheless.

Nothing more so exacerbated the point of that thorn than when he and Rondara walked into the mansion and looked about. Jordar knew something was up, he could sense it as he watched Rondara scamper off towards her bedroom. It was the smell that gave it away more than anything out of place. Everything was perfect, the civilian minders made sure of that, and Karina had been good to not even move the rug a millimeter when she came through. The faint scent of the tea hit him first, a touch of sour combined with notes that were vaguely reminiscent of olives and pickled ume. He had his suspicions before but this proved it! He heard Rondara running towards him as she brightly said “Look at what Ms. Enger left me! ” Clutched in her arms was the stuffie and her schedule along with the kind note on the calculations. He smiled as he silently walked up to his bedroom and found the note. The surest proof of what he had already known to be true. He set the note down and grabbed one of the larger PaDD’s off the desk across from his bed and simply typed “I suppose I am. That’s cute. Be here in 20”

Jordar, LT Governor

Karina wasn’t far, and it would be absolutely pointless wishful thinking on Jodar’s part to think she was actually 20 minutes away. Standing in the shadow of the house, leaning, now, against the wall Karina looked down at the message on the micro PaDD in her hand and smiled. The man gave her headaches, to no end, and she told him that frequently. More because of the telepathy/vocal language barrier than anything Jodar did or did not do. But Karina didn’t tell him that. In truth she had missed them both, Jodar and Rondara, a great deal. She took the stairs to the porch quickly and walked through the door into the main room at exactly 20 seconds after he sent the message. “You did not specify the time increment, Jodar.” Her voice carrying but not loud.

“MS ENGER!” And Karina got nearly bowled over by the seven year old girl. Karina bent down and captured Rondara in a huge hug and lifted her off the ground. “Oh, my Phinanna, you’ve grown an inch since I saw you.” Certainly she had, Rondara was at that age where children grew so quickly. Karina set her down, but hugged her a moment longer. Rondara was an independent child, but she’d lost quite a bit for one so young and she tended to cling for a moment and Karina let her. She’d been Karina’s constant companion before. She pulled back and looked the girl in the eye, “I am very proud of you for your math project. It is simple calculations but very time consuming and you didn’t make sloppy mistakes. AND” she glanced around and dropped her voice to a stage whisper, “You will have to ask your father to take you to the new zoo. It has a pair of real sehlats.” Rondara’s eyes lit up and she was already gearing up to ask Jodar to take her. “So where is your father? He was always bossy before. Is he totally intolerable now that he’s a captain?” Rondara giggled because she knew that her father was standing right behind Karina.

Enger, ED

He was indeed around and absolutely intolerable to those that answered to him, but that being said Karina was a civilian and could very well tell him to go take a long walk off a short pier if she wanted to. Sure Jordar would have something equally kind to say to her, but that was the fun they had wasn’t it? He heard her talking to Rondara and smiled, the little girl had worked really really hard on those equations and knew that she was doing something right if Karina told her it was good work. That was one things that she did well as a teacher, she told the kids the honest truth if they wanted to hear it or not! The little girl’s voice rose and rose into a squeal as she jumped with nervous energy and looked past Karina and said, “So can we go dad? Can we can we can we pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?” Jordar just chuckled and put his hands on Karina’s shoulders “Didn’t know you thought so highly of me. Figures that the minute I’m back we’re at insults again. Just the way I like it. How’s dealing with the colony’s children? Ready to have mine back?” He said as he looked down at Rondara, “Only if Ms Enger goes with us, otherwise absolutely not”

Jordar


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