Posted by Lieutenant Commander Bethany Kovra Gadi (Chief of Security) in Gadi’s Quarters- Commiseration

Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Gadi’s Quarters- Commiseration

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Bethany Kovra Gadi (Chief of Security) in Gadi’s Quarters- Commiseration
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Shara reached down and lifted the velvet bag. “So I guess you don’t want what I brought, huh?” she said with a gleam in her eye. “And how drunk do you want to be?” It was a good question for herself, since she wasn’t sure what the answer was.

~Shara Calloway, CIO

Bethany eyed the velvet bag, “We can do both. They say mixing your liquor makes you drunk faster.” Bethany sighed. She wanted to be so drunk she couldn’t hear or feel anything anymore. She couldn’t tell Shara that though. That was a secret she couldn’t let out. “So drunk I can forget everything for awhile. Maybe enough to give me permanent amnesia.”

Lt. Cmdr. Gadi, COS

“I highly recommend against killing brain cells,” Shara said wryly as she undid the ties and pulled out a squat bottle with a dark purple liquid inside. She got up and retrieved a glass from the drawer Bethy had gone to earlier and returned to her place on the sofa near Bethy. “This is called tola, from a planet I can’t mention and whose presence here in my hands I couldn’t possibly explain,” she said with a gleam in her eyes. “But it’s a curious drink, tasting somewhere between rum and whiskey. It’s… strong. Not quite Micah’s ‘shine strong, but it does go down so smoothly you don’t realize it’s actually affecting you.” She wiggled the bottle. “Game to try?”

~Shara Calloway, CIO

It was stupid. She’d already had the majority of a bottle of whiskey to herself. She should not be drinking. She didn’t normally, but being around Shara made her do things she didn’t normally do. Well she was in the mood for stupid. Being smart never got her much. “Give me a glass.”

Lt. Cmdr. Gadi, COS

Shara was being mindful about the situation, but in truth she was no one’s mother here, and they were both adults willing to deal with the consequences. She poured a double measure of the liquor and forewent any suggestion to try a small sip first. Bethy was drunk enough that she probably wasn’t going to be offering tasting notes.

She handed the glass over and poured the same for her. She lifted it. “To making it through. We might not be in one piece, but we’re here and that’s more then either of us expected.”

~Shara Calloway, CIO

Bethany took the glass and raised it. She didn’t return the toast. She hadn’t expected to come back, she hadn’t wanted to. Then that changed, and now she almost wished it hadn’t. She took a small taste. She wasn’t that far gone yet. She nodded, “smooth.” Then she knocked back a double shot worth.

Lt. Cmdr. Gadi, COS

Shara gave a taste of hers, remembering the first time she had it with a tiny fond smile before also knocking her back. The warmth spread through her even more than the whiskey had, and gave her an interesting sensation of floating on waves. It was soothing. “Is Betazed a place you would have gone to on your own?” She doubted it by context but she know she didn’t know the whole story.

~Shara Calloway, CIO