Posted May 26, 2023, 1:43 a.m. by Lieutenant Séan Iven (Counselor) (Matt Evans)
Posted by Lieutenant Tandra Mika (Chief Mental Health Officer) in Operation Restless Night
Posted by Lieutenant Séan Iven (Counselor) in Operation Restless Night
Posted by Lieutenant Tandra Mika (Chief Mental Health Officer) in Operation Restless Night
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Mika walked alongside him. Séan was way taller than she was and she noticed him trying to keep his pace slower so she wouldn’t have to jog to keep up with him. She smiled sheepishly, “It was. I don’t really remember the whole night, but apparently the craziest thing I did was chat up a cute girl, so I guess it wasn’t too bad.”
~ Mika
“Oof on that being your first experience with alcohol.” Séan winced a little at the thought then nodded appreciatively at the second half of the story. “That doesn’t sound all that crazy so I think your first experience, and with bloodwine no less, was about the best outcome you could have hoped for. Most women tend to try regular wines as they dip their toes into alcohol drinking. Mine was with my dad. He distilled his own rye during the longer freighter runs we would do. Usually he would trade for the necessary spare parts or ingredients then tend to the whole thing on his off hours or when we docked somewhere. I do not recommend trying it though. Ugh, it puts hair on your chest for sure.”
Counselor Iven
Mika made a face. “That’s a no thanks from me. I’m not really interested in drinking alcohol, but when Lord Duroc offers you a mug of something.... You don’t say no.” Urg, Lord of House Duroc, was a very large Klingon. Mika had found him incredibly intimidating. “You grew up on freighters?” She asked curiously. He’d mentioned it before, she remembered, but she hadn’t had time to ask about it then.
~ Mika
“Yeah…” Séan said slowly. “My dad was always flying freighters but I was born and raised-ish on Aloha Eridani II. My mom was with me there as a medtech and my dad would stop in during a cargo run and stay for a couple months then back out to do the loop again. A little bit after I turned eight my mom was murdered by a violent patient, who was later found to have been infected by a brain chemistry altering microbe. After that it was the freighter life for both of us.”
Counselor Iven
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