(OOC: this thread takes place on the day BEFORE the main sim happens. Hopefully this will avoid any confusion with events that are taking place in the main sim right now! Everyone who’s on board the Challenger is welcome, but it’d be especially good to see cadets from different departments chatting to each other. Please grab a seat and join in - or if anyone wants to be the cadets who are already at the table, that would be great too!)

It was the end of another day aboard the Challenger, almost a week since Miya had first come aboard. The Bajoran had just finished a shift in sickbay but her stomach informed her - loudly - that she couldn’t head to her quarters yet. With a sigh, she made her way to the mess instead and, after queueing at the replicators, walked away with a tray of hasperat with a side of extra-spicy sauce, accompanied by a glass of water. She’d learned early on that the Challenger’s replicators must have been programmed by someone who didn’t enjoy Bajoran quantities of spice, so the sauce was a regular part of her food order.

As it was time for the evening meal - for those lucky enough to be on a day shift, at least - the room was busy. In the far corner, Miya spotted a table with a number of empty seats and made her way there. “Mind if I join you?” she asked the cadets who were already sitting at the table. Her stomach chose that moment to growl again; she hoped they hadn’t heard.

[Cadet Ven Miya]