Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharah Fayth (Chief Science Officer) in Construction of a cabin

Posted by Ensign Tabris Asam (Engineering Officer) in Construction of a cabin

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharah Fayth (Chief Science Officer) in Construction of a cabin
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There was a moment’s pause before EXR-11 replied =/\= I first came online 4 weeks and 3 days ago at 1330 hours. I have been aboard since then =/\= It stated.

EXR-11

Tabris resumed production and started to help the robot place the panels. As they finished getting the wall finished Tabris had lost track of time, it was getting fairly late in the evening but he wanted to make sure that the room was going to be ready on time. “EXR-11 you’re very helpful, I do appreciate it!” Tabris said as he watched the robot put the last panel in place and activate the system to adhere it to the wall.

Tabris Asam, Eng

It was after 2200. Sharah figured that Tabris was finished for the night. So she was very surprised when she entered her quarters to find him still working. She was more surprised to find EXR-11 still working as well. She stopped in the door way and glanced from Tabris to the robot and shook her head with a smirk. She walked over to EXR and kneeled down to be eye level with the optical sensors. “It’s after 2200 hundred. Isn’t it past all your bed times?” Sharah was close with most of the children after the fight in the lounge. She smiled and wi led at the robot “I won’t cover for you if I get asked where you were.”

Lt jg Fayth, CSO (too tired to conspire against parental figures)

There was an audible ‘yawn’ from the robot which was probably Tel’eck. In the background the muted sounds of snoring was also heard lightly. =/\= Ah…My robotic frame does not need sleep, sentient. But I do need to recharge my uh batteries. If you will pardon me I will depart and do so. =/\= It said.

EXR-11

Tabris looked at his watch and went white, “Lieutenant I’m so sorry to be working this late and I’m sure keeping you up. I’ll escort my little friend here to it’s home and be back at a more reasonable time?” He had gotten carried away and when Tabris worked on something he wanted to do, he lost track of time. There was a few projects left to do, chiefly the kitchen, that would take the most of his time but Tabris knew when to call it quits as he said, “Alright EXR-11, let’s take you to go charge those batteries.” As he lead the robot out into the hallway he turned to it and said, “Now where are we headed?”

Sharah started to tell him it was alright. She understood how one could get lost in a project. That’s what she’d been doing. Lost in a little pet project of her own. But then he was walking the little robot home and gone.

After dropping off the robot he headed to his quarters to review the plans for the kitchen before having a glass of oolong tea and drifting off to bed. His dreams were nothing interesting sadly as that makes this part of the story rather short but he awoke a good 6 hours later and felt bright eyed and bushy tailed. That was itself a strange sensation given his lack of a tail in any form bushy or otherwise but getting himself ready for the day he made sure he was going to get Sharah’s quarters finished before it was hours away from the clock’s rollover.

Approaching her quarters around 1000 hours he let himself in to start the plumbing and wiring to finish simulating the cabin’s kitchen.

Tabris Asam, Eng

Sharah had the day off. She’d gone in early because she couldn’t sleep to finalize some reports and then returned. Since the living area was finished she was putting some of her things back. Her books on the shelves and then her pictures. There were 6 of them of different sizes. The first was of her parents and her as a baby with Andrew on her father’s lab, and the second was a picture of her and her brother when she was about 8. The third was a picture of Andrew at his graduation from the Academy. The fourth was her and Andrew; Sharah had been 15, they were at the hospital together, and she did not look well in the picture. She loved the photo though. Andrew had come home to see her when he found out she was sick. He had only been able to stay for a day before he had to report for duty. The 5th picture Sharah usually kept in a drawer. She was little, about 4 and she was holding a small orange kitten. She kept the picture to remind herself, but she didn’t want it on the desk. The last picture was of Sharah and young man. They are sitting on the floor of what must be standard star fleet quarters. They are both leaned against the couch with a chess board in front of them. The board and pieces made of ebony and cherry wood, like she’d chosen for her quarters. She’s laughing in the picture and the young man has a dastardly grin on his face, obviously silently laughing at and with her.

Sharah looks up as Tabris walks in. “Good morning. Would you like something?” she waves at the replicator. She was tired, she hadn’t slept well and Tabris was actually a very nice person. And she had no where to be or go at the moment. She really didn’t feel like wandering the ship, but she supposed she could head back to the arboretum for the day. She didn’t want to be in the way.
Lt. jg Fayth, CSO

Tabris smiled as he walked in and set his tool bag down, the corner of his lips higher on the left side showing off a little teeth as a way to indicate he was genuinely happy to be here and to see her. “You really are making it a home here, I’m glad to see that.” He commented as he prepared some tools for getting the plumbing done. A few copper pipes and couplings, exactly replicated to the dimensions of her quarters meant he didn’t have to cut anything and the technology he used to adhere the planks to the wall meant that he didn’t have to sweat the copper which was nice. “Computer, can you please make me a cup of lavender mint tea please? Thank you” He said as he looked over the half built cabinets and began to line up the pipes.

Sharah was always surprised when Tabris thanked the computer when making a request. He’d done it when he’d come to help her plan this project. It was endearing, like something your grandfather would do. Of course Tabris was MUCH older than that. At his comment of making it home she smiled tiredly. “I figured since you were done over here, I could put some of it back up.”

After getting them in place he remembered the tea and rose to grab it as he said, “I think this part will go quickly, trickiest part is programming the mini industrial replicator to get just the right taste in the water as well as the output pressure. So where again did you say the cabin was?” He asked while he put the tea down and got on his knees to begin testing the output pressures, getting sprayed in face in the process. Coughing a little, “Might be a little strong.....”

Tabris Asam, Eng

She’d been lost in some recent information she’d received from Betazed. She had been reading and then making notes on a PaDD she pulled out of the desk. When he started talking she looked up. “Oh, the Gulf Coast of the North American continent on Earth. Right on the water. You can actually see the water from the windows.” She missed that cabin. It was just a tad bigger…actually it wasn’t, the shape was more square than rectangular but these quarters were starting to feel like it. It would be a long time before she and Joseph got back there. She supposed they’d actually live in the cabin for awhile, before they built the bigger house, or maybe they’d keep both. She’d like that. It felt like home. This, she looked around, looked like home. It was missing something very important though to make it feel that way.
Lt jg Fayth, CSO

Nodding Tabris clicked his tongue in his cheek a couple times before saying, “Computer would you please replicate me Tabris 323c? Thank you” As he finished talking the tap water samples from Galveston, Houston, Baton Rouge, Mobile, Pensacola, Clearwater, and Cape Coral swirled into existence, about 100ml each in color coded glasses ranging from green to purple. He carefully placed the tray on the counter top and said, “Sharah when you have a moment would you mind sampling these waters for me? I want to make sure that it’s what you remember and if it’s none of these than I can always make some more samples. If you need more just let me know!” Tabris said as he climbed onto the ground to start hooking up the sink and installing the shelving on the lower cabinets.

Tabris Asam, Eng

Sharah walked over to the counter and tasted them all. “Ummm I’m pretty sure the water was filtered like it is here. I didn’t notice a difference in it. But I can show you where it was.” She walks over to her computer and pulls up, after several minutes, a map of the area. She zooms in on the gulf area and right up to the coast line. She can’t get close enough to actually show him the exact cabin. “It’s more wild than urban. Only a few cabins near by and not within miles of each other. The sand is literally the backyard.” She points to where the area is. “I appreciate the accuracy, but I wouldn’t know what the water would have tasted like, it was like what I can get out of the replicator here. I didn’t notice a difference.”
Lt. jg Fayth, CSO

Tabris blushed ever so slightly, he had done plenty of work with this and had hoped it would be useful. He knew she appreciated it, still she would pick up on his embarrassment. He looked over the map and said, “Filtered it is than!” With a slightly weaker smile he programmed the replicator to send out standard water and plumbed the drain line into the matter reprocessor directly below the drain. “So anything you put down the drain will be turned into base matter for your replicator, unless you shove a steak in there it should be good.” Tabris said as he reached for his tools, a few feet too short before sitting up, whacking his head on the counter top. He held up a hand to signify he was fine as he blinked and realized that his glasses had been knocked off. He reached around a bit to find them and put them on his face before looking over to his tool bag and grabbed a couple spools of wire to start the electrical work.

Tabris Asam, Eng

Oh....she was a little disappointed. That’s not what she had meant. “Oh I didn’t mean that, I just don’t know which to pick. I was hoping showing you the map would help.” She watched him bang his head, and winced in sympathy. She did stuff like that a lot too. Usually when the noise was too loud, it got worse. She didn’t want to be in his way so she moved back to her desk and stared at the map for a moment and then turned the console back to what she had been working on before. It was … a never ending circle. She wasn’t going to find the answer that day. “I really like the way it’s coming along. I really appreciate the work you’ve put in to it.”
Lt. jg Fayth, CSO

Tabris’s emotion of embarrassment increased as said, “I’m so sorry Lieutenant I totally misinterpreted what you said, let me correct that. Thank you for letting me know.” He swallowed after clearing his throat as he looked at the map and said, “I think I know right were that is. My folks and I used to visit there in the summer when I was just a little kid. I learned not to go hours without sunscreen… turns out El-Aurian skin reacts remarkably similar to human skin in the sun. Especially for an 11 year old kid who refused to put his shirt on.” The specific area on the coast line corresponded to the old earth Sea Rim State Park and Tabris adjusted the water to the proper mineral content and opened the tap to pour a glass and handed it to Sharah, “How does this taste?” He watched her sit and get to work as he finished the wiring for the oven and lighting before connecting it to the small fusion generator. “I’m glad you like it, I really am. And thank you, it’s always nice to hear” Tabris said, the thoughts were more calm and appreciative now.

Tabris Asam, Eng