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Sighing Drudoc shooed her daughter to go on ahead. “..Again sorry about that Ensign. I swear that girl has her head in the clouds more and more lately. The price of growing up I suppose.” she mused.

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Oh she really wasn’t in a good place right now, and she really wasn’t sure she should be talking to the captain. Her mind was swirling and being on Ark Angel was hard enough without the self doubt and recriminations boiling over in her head. She wasn’t just physically tired, she was weary and sad, and feeling rather isolated. She knew it was of her own doing. The ship was so big she’d needed the quiet and never quite alone time. She sighed and shook her head at the captain. “It’s alright, ma’am. I understand. Some times it’s hard to get our heads to stay on the ground.” She glanced over at Tel’eck. “Tel’eck and her friend were a huge help in the arboretum the other day. Ripped up an entire bed for me that needs replanting.”

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”..Well that is good. I’ve heard about your work on the arboretums, it is that kind of iniative I like to see among the crew. NLt Ton from operations commented it was nice to see a more active role being handled among the civilian staff. They do good work but the PADD work of a ship means often their suggestions sometimes are delayed getting lost in the shuffle of other things day to day.” She commented.

Sharah nodded, “There are some very talented crew in the Arboretums. I’m glad you are pleased, Captain. I really enjoy the work. Leslie Harris and Rhovan Devaris had a really good idea to make the arboretums more viable and less dependent on technological controls, but they need to flush out the details a little more. And I’ll have to get it cleared by whoever the new CSO will be and the you, as well. Their premise is sound, but I’ll have to see what their actual proposal will be.”

”..I’ll keep an eye out for the progress notes of their ideas then. Having a voice among the officer crew will do alot for their efforts.” She said.

Drudoc then seemed to observe Fayth’s inner distress. “..You seem almost distracted ensign if I can say so. While we are limited to the more junior counselors right now with Guy’s transfer. I do try to keep an open door policy if there is something you need to talk about?” She inquired. “..Tel’eck and I were just heading for our quarters if you care to join us for a late lunch?”

Sharah winced internally. That was always her problem. Those that were observant could always tell when something was wrong. That made her smile a little because it was that trait that lead Joseph to talk to her the first time. “I just got some upsetting news from a friend, Cpt.” And that was the problem. The letter from Ashlyn was upsetting, and the implications were upsetting for Sharah. She nodded with a slight smile though. “Thank you, captain. I’d like that.” She liked Tel’eck. She was such an energetic girl and bright too. And always up to some mischief. She’d only spoken to the captain once, but the crew was a reflection of her leadership. Sharah could pick that up in the clearer stray thoughts around the ship. The crew liked her and worked hard reflecting that loyalty and work ethic. The civilian crew she worked with talked about it a lot too. And they liked her as well. Sharah also accepted because she wasn’t sure it would be a good idea to say no to your captain, though Sharah did not feel coerced into it. But her distress over Ashlyn and it’s implications simply made her second guess her choices. She needed to deal with it.

”..I see, well I make a mean Risan chicken and egg salad sandwhich if you feel up to it. Come this way then.” She said.

From down the hall a giggle and muted cheer of “..Ha gotcha Danny! Think you could hide behind that box on the second floor!” was heard from Tel’eck who it seems was playing some PADD game.

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Sharah laughed at Tel’eck’s enthusiasm. She was obviously very good at strategy”Tel’eck? Have you ever played chess?”

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The pair caught up to Tel’eck who let out another whoop of victory as her PADD flashed with ‘A Winner Is you!’ on it with a big happy smiley face. Looking up turning off her PADD after telling her friends she had to go she replied to Fayth. “..Yeah, my Dad tried teaching me back when he was alive, but its soooo slow in action.” She said falling into step as the now trio entered the turbolift. “..Captain’s quarters!” Tel’eck called out humming a happy victory tune from her game.

”..You know how children are they soak up action and movement like sponges.” Drudoc said with a faint chuckle.

”..So Mom, is Ensign Fayth coming over for lunch?” Tel’eck asked looking between the two. “..You haven’t had anyone over really since…” A clearing of Drudoc’s throat with a warning looking that also looked a bit sad caused the girl to cease her inquiry for the moment.

As the turoblift came to a halt the trio went down the hall a short way to approach the door to the Captain’s quarters. “..Please come in, make yourself comfortable Ensign. I’ll get going on that Risan chicken and egg salad. Or something else if you prefer?” she asked.

Entering the large quarters Drudoc clearly had modified it for family life with a child over the usual setup. The whirlpool hot tub and storage room was modified to be Tel’eck’s room now. The large living area was present but had an area dedicated for Tel’eck to do her own work as well as one for the Fleet Captain. To the right of the door was a small kitchen prep area and table and to the left was a display case of assorted personal effects. Most family or personal pictures. The first was a much younger Drudoc in a Star Empire uniform circa 2370s during the Dominon War standing next to another Romulan woman, both looking dirty but grinning from ear to ear over some event. Behind them was singularity core from a Romulan scout ship from the early 24th century. The next picture in the line was Drudoc in a Romulan-Federation officer exchange off duty uniform Drudoc’s rank in the picture was a Lieutenant in both the Star Empire and Starfleet, smiling to the holo camera with a human man in his mid-30s wearing a similar security off duty uniform, the man’s rank was Lt Commander in Starfleet. The two were situated on a rock flanked by a waterfall with some kind of water lilies in the background. The next picture was of the man in question now a Commander rank in security with Drudoc ranked the same at Starfleet Academy flanked by the class of 2385 from the enginerring and security corps. Tel’eck was held between both proud parents aged 3 or so. The next picture in the line was curiously a more recent one, what was curious was the man in question had barely aged a day in appearance from the 2385 picture, he also now wore a Starfleet Marine Corp uniform ranked as a Major, Drudoc now ranked at her Fleet Captain rank stood next to the man with Tel’eck now aged 7 or 8 between both, holding a brightly and garishly colored Apollo 11 lunar lander with bright florescent colors and stylings. Said lunar lander was next to the picture and next to it was a small holo-memorial image of the man in question in the Marine dress uniform. It read Bradley Mitchell - ‘With timeless love always, we will never forget you’. Above this picture row was a beuatifully hand carved composite wooden longbow with leaf carvings in it. (OOC: Looks kinda like this! https://www.blacktailbows.com/uploads/1/8/9/3/18935985/slide8_29_orig.jpg ). Crossed over it with arrows were an assortment of Romulan throwing daggers and arrows. Directly below it on a locked security case was a strange alien plasma blaster looking positively ANCIENT and worn but still showing signs of energy life. (OOC: Looks exactly like this! https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/6/60/Ryza_%27Helshot%27_Pattern_Plasma_Blaster.png/revision/latest?cb=20160427200823 yes its a relic from a past sim where we had a crossover of warhammer 40k!)

Next to this display area was a small Romulan shrine with burnt offerings on it. An array of awards from the Star Empire and the Federation and oddly even the Klingon empire showed that Drudoc had a quite stellar service record in her life and to her name.

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