Posted by Cadet Aaron Williams (Doctor) in Main Sim - Graduation

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Dael Stadi (Chief Engineer) in Main Sim - Graduation

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Dael took a quick glance of the room. Rings of Betazed, I guess it wasn’t a communication fault. He was in full work uniform though his sleeves were rolled up and his collar open as he had been positive the ship’s communication grid had made a mistake when he had heard the Captain’s invitation over the comms. Rather than changing he had spent the whole time checking and triple checking every junction and relay in the system until finally he had to head this way or be late, malfunction or no. After the tribbles messing with the holodecks, he was sure he must have missed one in this other system.
He sheepishly looked around and noticed everyone else had taken it at face value and worn regular swimwear. He honestly preferred being in more clothing, despite his racial heritage. It helped keep eyes off him normally and the errant, uncontrolled stem of thoughts from undisciplined non-telepaths focusing his way. The irony however was not lost on him at being the most clothed at a public function and also a Betazoid. He made his way over to wear he saw some champagne and took a quick swig before making his way to where he saw the senior staff, thankfully seeing he wasn’t the only one not in the hot tub.
“Commander Holmman, Counselor Lofton.... Captain. This is....nice.” he said trying his best at small talk. Maybe if he could talk about some of the hot tubs systems and diagnostics that he had run, he might feel a bit more comfortable. Although remembering some incident in this room that happened right as he joined the ship, he might be out of luck with trying to start that conversation in present company.

Emmy, oblivious to the nature of Stadi’s greeting, responded, “thank you, Lieutenant. It was indicated to me that the crew would enjoy a change to the normal protocol.” She studied his apparel critically for a moment before adding, “it appears that your swim apparel is remarkably similar to your duty uniform.” The comment was delivered so evenly that whether it was tongue in cheek humor or a legitimate observation was a difficult read.

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“Now that the staff has all arrived,” she began, with a slight look at the counselor, “let us begin. First, I would like to recognize Henry Rodier, who has been promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade and Chief of Security of the USS Challenger following his graduation from Starfleet Academy.” Thankfully, Rodier had already received his promotion before this, as one of the complications of the hot tub graduation ceremony was that it was very difficult to pass the traditional small box of pips to each graduate.

• Davis, CO

Miya applauded in the Bajoran style, clapping the back of one hand into her palm rather than the strange palms-together gesture favoured by humans, and grinned at her neighbour. “Congratulations, sir!” Maintaining the formalities of rank while wearing swimming costumes was unusual, to be sure, but Miya felt it was better to be cautious.

(OOC: Hey Stan - I got those references!) ;-)

[Cadet Ven Miya]

Vanessa stopped blowing bubbles in the water to applaud. “Congrats Stan!” she called out, a big smile on her face.

Lt. Cmdr. Lofton - CNS

Having fetched another glass of champagne, Dael set it down to applaud. “Congratulations Lieutenant!” he emphasized towards the newly appointed CSO with a grin. He only hoped the incident where the new Security Chief stumbled upon some tribbles was not habit forming. The last thing Dael needed was more of those fuzzballs mucking up the works.

-Lt. jg Dael Stadi, CE
The doors of the hot tubes suddenly opened, revealing Aaron, with a swimsuit and the upper part of his uniform. He was sweating and breathing heavily : “Sor-uf… Sorry for being late!Oof… I was taking a nap and forget about the hour.” He stepped in, and looked at Lieutenant Anders ” Still, Congrats Lieutenant!”, he said, smiling at him.

Cadet Aaron Williams

Emmy waited impatiently for the regular congratulations to go around, giving the newly minted Chief of Security a few moments to thank the group before moving on to the next graduate.

• Davis, CO