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A Lot Of Clothes For Nothing To Wear

Posted March 24, 2023, 12:14 p.m. by Civilian Karilan Massat (Owner, Quill and Parchment Books) (James Sinclair)

Posted by Captain Eela Dasca (Lt. Governor) in A Lot Of Clothes For Nothing To Wear

Posted by Civilian Karilan Massat (Owner, Quill and Parchment Books) in A Lot Of Clothes For Nothing To Wear

Posted by Captain Eela Dasca (Lt. Governor) in A Lot Of Clothes For Nothing To Wear
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Karilan grinned at her and slid down the sunglasses and straight-up posed. “I don’t know, Eela… is there a dress code?” and then they laughed clearly and loudly. “Of course! I would love to come. Tell me what I need to bring and I will be there,absolutely.”

Karilan

She laughed as well and reached out tapping the sunglasses. “What have I done?” she said, grinning. “The dress code is festive and whatever makes you happy and comfortable.”

“And you know, typically the host does all the cooking, and there are definitely dishes Caridee and I are going to make, but I’m really thinking I might have everyone bring a dish that is important to them in some way and we’ll do the whole thing potluck style. Seems a good adjustment to honour the varied people in my life.”

~Eela

“Done. And I know what I will make. It was Aunt’s favorite dish. You let me know when and I will be there.” They cocked their head slightly to the side and really looked at Eela for a long moment.

Their gaze held her in spot and she gave a curious lift of her brows.

“I’m really happy you are finally home, Eela.” and they smiled and then started sorting clothes.

Karilan

It had been easier to be breezing through the week, focusing on work and tackling her personal life in contained snippets as needed, but Eela knew that wasn’t sustainable. Her date with Dash was a professional appearance mixed with a personal evening and she would be navigating that in a truly public way. Still, Karilan’s words struck her deeply and Eela was suddenly overcome with emotion. It was a mix of relief and joy but also tinged with the sadness she was experiencing as she grieved the life that had come before that felt so mysterious and foreign to her now. “Me too,” she whispered. Two words that somehow encompassed an old fear that she never would find home, but that a mystic told her to seek. And here she was!

“I regularly blame my friend Roger for nominating me. The man is not known for impulsivity and yet it seemed like both an impulsive and frivolous action.” She smirked. “I should know better than to doubt the wisdom of someone who has known me for over thirty years.” Even saying that seemed a bit jarring given she’d known Cory even longer but Eela knew deep down that her ex had in many ways really never known the core of her. He saw only the surface things he liked and didn’t and had (as she was figuring out) tried to slowly erase the things that made him uncomfortable.

~Eela

“Blame? I want to thank him for sending you here.” they said as they folded a lilac paisley shirt and set it in the ‘keep’ pile. “Although I do envy him that he has had the privilege of knowing you so long.”

Karilan

Eela smiled. “I will admit that I wasn’t expecting to have such a long lasting friendship. A life in Starfleet can make that rather difficult, but I don’t know, Roger was always different. We only served together for four years, but we just carried on as if we weren’t all that far away, even if the reality was far different.”

Karilan nodded and said “I wish some of the people I served with and I had kept in touch. Good people, great minds.” and they paused and thought for a moment. “I wonder what they are up to…” and then they shook their head and returned to sorting.

She gestured to the pile. “Can I help at all, or do you have this?” Karilan had to do all the picking and deciding of the garments but she’d happily help fold or whatever.

~Eela

Karilan shoved a pile towards her and said “Keeping. If you could fold or hang, I would appreciate it.” As the set a particularly well-cut suit set on the ‘keeps side, they said “Are you nervous about your date?”

Karilan


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