Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharah Fayth (Chief Science Officer) in Trenton Park - Parkour (open to all)

Posted by Ensign Tabris Asam (Engineering Officer) in Trenton Park - Parkour (open to all)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharah Fayth (Chief Science Officer) in Trenton Park - Parkour (open to all)
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That smile that he had earlier returned as he heard the responses from her own DH at the time, as well as Andrew and Joseph’s replies. “You know I’m sure this doesn’t make me a good officer, but if there’ anything I learned in my life it’s that a person’s principles are all that they truly have. Standing up for what’s right shouldn’t be tempered by the number of metal dots on someone’s neck or the title before their name.” He said with a bit of a smirk, “For what it’s worth, I think you were right too”.

The holodeck changed and it was not obvious at first where they were. But after a moment it was clear that this had been a double quarters for junior officers. There was a common bathroom and living area but only one bedroom. And the living area was…well the best way to describe it was a Jefferies tube and parkour course had a baby. Sharah stands up and using a series of stools and small tables she climbs up onto the top of a Jeffries tube and perches her self there. She points off to her side, “Take them like a stair case and then you can sit there.” Where she’s pointing is a Jefferies tube, but it’s been cut away with cushions on it to make it like a hanging couch.
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A smile came across his face as he did his best to make his way to the hanging couch. “This is fantastic! How did you convince the captain to let you build all of this?” He asked as he finally sat himself down in the seat and adjusted a cushion he was awkwardly perched on. “I’ve always been amazed with what people come up with, rooms can be so boring when you could literally have a jungle gym!” He said excitedly as he watched Sharah reminisce.

Tabris Asam, Eng

Sharah laughed, and then turned, straddling the tube, to face him and then leaning forward, elbows on the tube, chin on her hands. “We didn’t ask, we just did it. On Europa the rule was you can do whatever you want as long as it doesn’t damage the ship and you have the credits for it. We recycled A LOT from the standard trappings, repurposed a lot and then used our credits for it. Between the two of us we had just enough. That junction over there,” She points to what looks like the outside of Jefferies tube junction, but about 25% smaller, in the far corner, “Is Ashlyn’s bedroom. And you can crawl through the tubes too.” She points to one on the other side that angles down and opens up in front of what was her bedroom door. “We even had a slide.” The ‘couch’ where he’s sitting allows for someone to actually crawl into the tubes and move around the room that way. “Ashlyn is high energy so this set up actually worked to allow her to get that out and rest. The couch was made for me originally because I couldn’t sit up here without falling. Now, after a year, it’s not a problem. I miss it.”
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Tabris just laughed. He had gotten permission for a ‘glass bottomed boat’ that would cost him a pretty penny but he had just received a letter that changed all of that. “This is amazing, I’m so boring that I’m fine with a couch and a comfy chair with a few candles! Well that’ll have to change but anyway…” Tabris said trailing off. “So this worked beautifully for both of you? That’s wonderful to hear, and I have to say this is the most creative I’ve ever seen, I’ll have to take some pointers.” He thought for a moment looking around, “So why not put up something like it again?”

Tabris Asam, Eng

“Well this was all Ashlyn’s idea. She needed this, to be able to have a way to feel safe and relax. I still had my room, it was normal, and we had this shared space. It was…awkward for awhile. I mean I’m not that coordinated, but the concentration it took helped me ignore the noise for awhile.” She waves around, “Take all the ideas you want. As for why not again? Well this was Ashlyn’s thing. It was fun, but this isn’t home to me. My cabin is home. ‘Go home to where you love being alive.’ And I love being alive at that cabin.”
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“I can understand that” He said in reply as he tried to imagine what either of them dealt with. “I appreciate it! Don’t think it’ll work with the kid though” He said, totally not realizing what he just let slip. “I’m glad that you found that home, I hope that your quarters are still going well? Any other problems with the piping besides the leak I fixed last week? Didn’t think those pipes could!” Tabris finished as what he said finally hit him. If she was listening, she’d pick up that his mind was full of anxiety and worry. He had come to do the parkour to get his mind off of the worry.

Tabris Asam, Eng

“No more problems. Everything seems to be fine. I was a little worried about those panels EXR put up at first, but the kids did good with them.” She of course could feel the anxiety but she was trying very hard not to pry. Tabris had said it was fine, but the more she consciously let in the worse it got. “Someone want a remodel for one of their kids? I think this would be amazing. On a smaller scale.” She sat up straighter and looked around trying to see it as Ashlyn would. “So you could do the slide leading from the bed down to by the door. And do it half so they could climb back up, or leave it whole and build in foot and hand holds on the top. Take the junction for the bed and then either make the enclosed top into a sitting area or even place a couch like that above it. Make the dresser and cabinets into steps or hurdles to help climb up the other side. Bars to grab and swing across on the underneath side. Almost like a rectangular pattern around the outer edge of the room. You could even mount a floating platform in the middle of the room with a floor cushion and a low desk. I bet a kid would love that.” She was curious and wanted to know why Tabris was anxious about a kid’s room, but she figured he’d share if he wanted to.
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Clearing his throat and swallowing hard he said, “Someone yeah, well, me.” Tabris said as he swallowed again. “I um… I just got confirmation that my paperwork went through. I’m adopting an El-Aurian boy named Neltus. I don’t know when he’ll be here, but I’m going to be a dad.” He thought about what she had said regarding the room and lit up, “I think that would be fantastic! I don’t know if he’s super athletic, but I think that’s a great idea!” Tabris’s anxiety was still there and he could almost touch it. “I’m sure my emotions are hard to deal with at the moment and I’m sorry, you came here to relax and take your mind off of this sort of thing.” Tabris shifted a little on the suspended couch before he lost his balance and tumbled to the floor with an audible groan. “Ok… that hurt....” Tabris said as he slowly rose up from the ground.

Tabris Asam, Eng

“Tabris! That’s wonderful! I think you’ll be a great dad.” She shook her head, “Don’t apologize for your emotions Tabris. Don’t worry about me.” And then he fell. Sharah clamored down. Ashlyn would have jumped, but Sharah had never been that brave. “Are you okay? Should I get the med kit?”

Sitting there for a moment he blinked and stood while rubbing his head, “No no I’m fine. And thank you Sharah I appreciate the vote of confidence, but it’s weird. This is the most scared I’ve been in a long, long time. Remember, I might not look it but I’m 417 years old. Do you know how many kids I’ve had in that time? None! I haven’t been an 8 year old boy since 1987! That’s before computers had voice input and you had to type things on what was called a keyboard. That was 6 years before the eugenics wars, 36 years before Earth’s world war 3, 76 years before humans broke the warp barrier, and a full 174 years before the Federation was even founded! I haven’t been a little kid in a very long time! And I’m going to be a first time dad!” Tabris said working himself up and up as he waived and expressed his anxiety vocally.

After making sure he was okay she stood up. “Computer, create one child’s standard bedroom.” And then she proceeded to have the computer create the room she had described. When it was done she looked around. “What do you think? You could have the computer save images and then you could send them to him and ask. He can make changes and then when he gets here, the two of you could build it together.”
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Tabris looked around and appeared to almost be a dear in the headlights with amazement. “Sharah this is amazing. I love that idea! I don’t know if they have computers that can render these on Delotha but I’ll do what I can.” He said as he ran his fingers through his hair looking around, a few tears welling up as he was starting to feel overwhelmed. “This is going to be wonderful” He said quietly as he turned to Sharah. “Ok, lets run some rounds to work this out of my system, he isn’t coming today or tomorrow so I think I have some time.” Turning to the room he said, “Computer, would you please send snapshots of this room to Neltus Omad, Pied Piper Orphanage on Delotha. C/O House Mother Karra. Thank you”

Turning to Sharah he said, “I’ve got some questions for you about being empathic, but let me work out my anxiety by stumbling and such first before I ask.”

Tabris Asam, Eng