Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharah Fayth (Chief Science Officer) in side-sim Homecoming

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Joseph Rainns (Chief Of Security) in side-sim Homecoming

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Joseph smiled at the gift. “I love it imzadi.” He said, looking at the player. He grinned at the thought of his mother. ‘I’m glad you two get along.’ He thought. ‘We could live together if that’s what you want dear, I’m not against it.’

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Sharah waved over at the desk where a small power supply sat with old fashioned electrical plugs. “The man I bought it from told me it would be easy to convert the power supply for it, but I broke it. Tabris Adam, the engineer that redid my quarters, He and his son fixed it for me. And he made that power supply for it so the player could stay as close to original as possible.” Sharah brought the plates to the table, then went and got two glasses and their bottle of wine. She put the glasses on the table and handed him the bottle, and she produced two candles for the table and lit them. ‘I really do love your mom. I miss her and your dad, actually I miss all of them, even your crazy, loud, over bearing siblings. I was so surprised when she showed up at my door,’ Sharah smiles at the memory. ‘Your family is really amazing.’ She sat down at the table with him. She smiled, blushing softly. ‘I do want that. But I know how traditional you are, and I wasn’t sure if there were any. But now that we are here, together, I am feeling very selfish. I want to spend every moment we can together.”
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Joseph chuckled as Sharah recounted that story. “That was nice of him.” He commented. Placing the bottle on the table he smiled to himself. ‘They are quite alright I suppose.’ He thought. His smile grew as Sharah finished her thought. ‘Well I certainly can confirm your assessment.’ He continued. ‘I’ll have to give it some thought.’ He waited to see if Sharah needed help setting anything else on the table. ‘But do not feel selfish Imzadi, I love you too much for you to feel selfish for wanting to spend time with me.’

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There was nothing else to put on the table and Sharah sat down waiting for Joseph before beginning to eat. ‘I hope it’s alright.” She flexed her hand a little. ‘I love you, too, very much.’ They weren’t much for small talk but she was curious to know what he thought of their new home. ‘What do you make of Ark Angel?’ She began to eat while she listened. She felt very content and happy in the moment. The feeling of finally being home, with him, making her smile.
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Joseph took a seat, poured himself some wine, and began to eat. “It’s fantastic dear.” He smiled. He pondered her question for a moment, collecting his thoughts. ‘It’s fine. No Challenger I suppose, much larger obviously.’ He paused, ‘I am undecided as to whether or not I like the fact that there are so many children on this ship.’ He took another bite. ‘I haven’t met much of the crew yet either, so I don’t have an opinion on that aspect of the ship either.’

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‘The size is certainly something. Challenger was easier. Europa was smaller too, but in some ways Ark Angel is easier than Europa. But I have three arboretums to enjoy here.’ She grinned, she did love her plants, and the work she did with them. ‘Or at least till I got promoted. And your rounds won’t take only half an hour to complete. You’ll get to stretch your legs.’ She took a sip of the wine, considering the children. ‘The aCSO when I came on board told me that the children tend to sneak into the jefferies tubes and pop up in places where they should not be. I haven’t seen that happen. The worst thing they’ve done is this robot they built. EXR-11. They children made gifts for the department heads, to thank them or welcome them to the ship, depending. They used the robot to deliver the gifts to their offices, so that they wouldn’t be where they weren’t allowed.” Another thought occured to her and she grimiced a little bit. “There was another incident, but it was a much bigger problem than the children involved.” Granted she had just been promoted and so the NL wasn’t her fault, but it had come from her department and she didn’t like that. ‘There was a fight in the lounge between two of the children. In the end the previous XO got to the bottom of it, but one of the children’s parents had instigated it, even urging his son to start the fight. They are no longer on board.’ Her thoughts turned though to the larger idea of children on board. She’d told Joseph once she didn’t want to raise children on a star ship, and she still didn’t. But on a ship like Ark Angel, she could see how it might not be so bad. She had seen several officers on AA that had put off their life till they retired, and that was a long way away. She didn’t really want to be at ‘retirement’ age before they started a family. A ship like AA was still a star ship, but it was a good alternative. She wasn’t ready to jump into it, but the idea of having children, Joseph would be able to tell, didn’t bring the immense fear that it had before.
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Joseph felt her lack of anxiety about children and smiled. He was glad she was no longer afraid of that future. ‘Kids are troublesome,’ Joseph thought, ‘Ours won’t be though.’ He smiled at his little joke. He took another sip of wine. ‘I wonder if the Captain will let me imprison children who fight, teach em a lesson.’ He continued on before switching thoughts. ’ I also enjoy the more professional atmosphere here, much more mature, more my taste.’

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