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Thoon stepped into the lounge just as the cheer from Lt. Starr’s toast was dying down. He joined in, unsure of what he was cheering, but what did that matter? A celebration is a celebration. He began to wend his way through the crowd, strategically steering himself toward to food. He passed a waiter carrying a tray of something that looked like stuffed puff pastries. He grabbed one and tossed it into his mouth. It was amazing. He briefly considered turning around and finding that waiter again, but he was close enough to the table that it would be silly. He took a plate and began to load up on as many different things he could. Thoon caught an NE staring at his plate and caught his eye. He smiled broadly and chuckled. He turned back around and scanned the crowd, absentmindedly popping food into his mouth. The Counselor and XO were just a few meters away chatting amiably. Thoon gently shouldered his way over to the two of them. “Hello Sir, Counselor. Quite the party!” He gestured with his plate. “The food is incredible!” as if to drive his point home he popped a bacon wrapped scallop into his mouth. He made a pleased croaking sound. He picked up another one and held it up. “What are these things? I feel like I could live off of them.”

-Ens. Thoon Furood, security

“This looks great. I…I never experienced anything like this.”

Lt. JG Philips Ops Officer

“They’re a type of seafood, delicious if you ask me,” Simon answered while eating one himself. “The bacon accents the flavor so well,” he added. “There are quite a few of us here, and a good thing to. I wasn’t the first officer when this was arranged. It won’t be long before we’ll have another mission, so enjoy yourselves. But in general, how have you found things at the ark angel so far?” he asked. “That’s a question for all of you,” he said to Phillips, Nunn and Furrood, with a curious tone. He wanted to know if anything needed to be done, and social settings was always a place people were more willing to put their hair down. Both of them had joined the crew after him, so he wanted to take this moment to get their views on everything.

Lieutenant Simon Starr, XO

Katie’s conversation with Starr had been quickly interrupted by the arrival of the CMO and then the CO. She nibbled at the items on her plate and cheered for the recognized crew as they received their promotions. Soon, she found herself back with a collection of other officers, listening to their new XO speak. She refrained from answering his question for now, curiously looking at the others to hear their answers first. They were directly relevant to her line of work as well and she couldn’t help but feel a bit thrilled that Starr was taking such an interest in the crew’s well-being.

Ranlei had awoken half an hour after she had gone down for her nap. It was becoming typical for her to wake like that as the nightmares didn’t let her get any real sleep. She was going to have to wear herself out to the point where she was to tired to think. Well that was something she knew how to do and as she freshened up she went through a list of possible targets for her attentions. The answer kept coming out the same but she kept dismissing it as he just wasn’t interested by all appearances. She had slipped into the bikini she had worn in the christmas card she had given out earlier and slipped a filmy see through silk over it . Despite her best efforts she had a crush. It probably wouldn’t last longer than it took to seduce him if it was typical of her but there had been exceptions. That brought up one of her exceptions to mind and that brought her to tears. She redid her makeup once she recovered and smiled at her reflection once she was perfect, perfumed and prepared. Then she made her way back to the party.

She wasn’t trying to avoid attention this time and she made a entrance worthy of a diva. She carried a gift she had taken the time to fabricate using it to pose from time to time. Letting the full Orion be displayed in a way that made her normal demeanor look chaste.

Ensign Ranlei Greene. Engineer.

GM CockRoach

Miz’uki smiled and clapped for the promotions of the two men however she kept to herself and waited by her display

Miz’uki

Dominic had stepped through the door to the lounge feeling he was tad late. The young 18 year old was dressed casually for the occasion, his hair neatly trimmed backed, looking as presentable as possible. He was sure everyone wouldn’t mind that he was mildly late. He had been debating on whether or not to join the rest of the crew in a nice fun occasion, he had ultimately chosen to socialize and get to know the crew better. Once he entered the lounge he had looked around seeing everything going on deciding to stand near one of me Windows with his hands neatly behind his back.

Ensign Dominic Cyris Corvax-Doctor

Once everyone had settled down again Drudoc spoke once more. “..Now then who will be participating in our cultural education of the children for their holiday spirit and voting?” She asked.

Drudoc Andone CO

“I have a Display set up over here Captain” Miz’uki Purred as she smiled brightly ready to tell them about her culture and this holiday

Miz’uki

“And once she is done, I shall go next.” Arthur said, moving so he could look at the presentation as well.

Arthur Jones, Son of Ruk

Ranlei was suddenly uncomfortable, it was another case of her being out of sync with the family friendly fun the Captain had planed. She didn’t need a display to instruct anyone about how Orions celebrated as there was more than enough of her on display to miake that obvious. She was not used to being body shy anď it was a weird feeling. She maneuvered herself out of the way and ended up next to Dominic by the window, “Hello doctor. Nice to see you again.”, she said as she came up to him, of course she had been shying away from the medical staff as stories of her last visit to sickbay was still a hot topic. Actually her last two visits were still the current hot topic of shipboard gossip. She smiled brightly to keep her mood hidden and waited on the Good doctors reply.

Ensign Ranlei Greene. Engineering.

Nunn, CNS

Dominic looked over hearing his name smiling seeing it was Ensign Greene ” Its good to see you too,hopefully your doing well, yes?” He asked being polite noticing she was uncomfortable so of course he attempted to distract her enough to relax “its OK you don’t have to be shy around me I don’t bite I promise.” He said with a genuine smile on his face.

Ensign Dominic Cyris Corvax-Doctor

Drudoc came over to where Miz’uki was escorted by a group of the wild eyed children of the ship, almost 20 in total. Tel’eck for once was not among them. “..So what do we got here Lieutenant?” she asked the chief engineer.

Drudoc Andone CO