Posted by Cadet Aili McMorran (Scientist) in Side Sim - The Long Awaited Dinner

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Tandra Mika (Incoming Chief Medical Officer) in Side Sim - The Long Awaited Dinner

Posted by Cadet Aili McMorran (Scientist) in Side Sim - The Long Awaited Dinner
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“Come in!”, came a call in Aili’s voice from beyond the door. As the doors slid open, Mika found herself observing a humble abode, of much the same nature as her own quarters. The space was only gently illuminated, light from the corridor spilling in and brightening the space from the centre out. Immediately on the left hand side as she entered, a somewhat truncated purple sofa sat facing a screen interface with the ship’s computer. Beyond this, the wall immediately stood out. A large canvas banner was mounted across nearly its entirety, boasting an panorama of a deeply green, wet, hilly and forested landscape. The banner continued into the sectioned off area Mika recognised as the sleeping space. On the other side of the room, a small round dining table was accompanied by two companion chairs. Another two seats were stacked in the shadowy corner beyond. Mika could also just make out an old-timey record player in the darkness, presumably the source of the faint and granular sound filling the room: slow relaxed fiddle playing with a deep sounding wind accompaniment, other sort of music designed to add a sense of warmth to any space it fills.

Aili rounded the table, shrinking her distance from Tandra. Her choice of colour in clothing was not dissimilar to the night before. A deep green shirt provided a flash of colour beneath a much darker green waistcoat, which appeared almost black in the dim lighting, loosely buttoned up in accordance with the shirt which sat with its top few buttons open. Her trousers matched the colour of the waistcoat, suggesting they were components of an incomplete suit. Her flat shoes attracted little attention. Aili’s hair seemed curlier than it had been previously and her face was lightly made-up. Mellow crimson lipstick and a very light application of mascara were most obvious. Her pecan-brown eyebrows seemed somehow sharper as well.

Tandra paused in the doorway, taking in the scene. “Nice place,” she said. Her own was… a little more barren, to be sure, and the warmth of Aili’s was rather nice. As Aili rounded around the table and Tandra got a look at her, she caught her breath. “Oh, you look fantastic!” She said, smiling as she moved further into the room.

“Good evening!” She paused while she considered the phrases she had practised earlier in the evening. “You look good in white. Minimalism suits you.” She smiled cheekily.

Cadet McMorran - Science

“And thank you! I’m never sure if I look ridiculous or not, to be honest.”

“Evening! And thanks!” She said, and her smile widened. “I’ve been waiting… rather impatiently all day. I, ah, probably could’ve been more focused on duty today, but, oh well, right?” She said. She was still pretty nervous, but determined to act like her normal self. It’s not like we haven’t hung out before. Yeah, it’s a date this time but it’s really no different, right? she thought, trying to allow herself to relax. She still really wanted this date to go well, and she had to keep reminding herself, that the more nervous she was, the worse it would likely go. She noticed the music just then, and said, “I like the music choice, too.”

~ Cadet Tandra Mika, Doctor

“Ah”, Aili glanced back at the device, “to be honest I only had two records with me. It was either this or 22nd century jazz and… bleugh.” She shook her head as if to shake off something horrible, her hair falling in her face as she did so. Elegant, Aili, she scolded herself. Brushing her locks out of her eyes, she gestured to the table. “Please! Sit.” She pulled the chair nearest to Tandra out from the table and swivelled it slightly in the other woman’s direction.

Cadet Aili McMorran - Science

Tandra took her seat, pulling the chair into the table as she sat. “So. What’re we eating?” she asked, rather enthusiastically, as she looked up at Aili. “I hope it’s something good!” Even if it wasn’t, Tandra planned on pretending it was.

~ Cadet Tandra Mika, Doctor

As Aili assisted in sliding her chair forward, Tandra could pick up a natural smelling piny scent on her. “Ah, it’s no fun if I tell in advance.” Now that Tandra was sat at the table, she could see a corner of the room she couldn’t from the door. A thin portable heating unit was placed on a worksurface, beside where a replicator was fixed in the wall, and various pots, pans and chopping boards were strewn across it. A variety of foody smells, particularly a fishy one, found their way to Tandra’s nostrels once the piny-ness of Aili had faded.

Rounding the table again, Aili sat at the other chair which was roughly a quarter of the arc of the circular table away. A flowry tablecloth covered the surface. In its centre, a thick wax candle burned in small circular metal dish in which wax melted was just beginning to collect. Behind it sat a tall glass bottle filled with a golden liquid. Aili lifted two fancy looking glasses from behind the bottle, glasses which bulged out towards their base, and placed one before each of them. Lifting the bottle and presenting it in both hands, she asked Tandra with a pert smile: “Whisky? Just a dram.”

Cadet Aili McMorran - Science

“Absolutely. Just a bit though,” Mika said. “Something fishy?” She asked, catching a rather large whiff of fish.

~ Cadet Tandra Mika, Doctor