OOC: This is after our sickbay meeting. IC:

Of all the things she had to do on her arrival on the USS Manhatten, she felt most awkward about this task. She didn’t even know what was on the data crystal that Trill intelligence had given her and told her to deliver only to Lt. Marcus Kane personally. On a need to know basis. She had never understood that intel phrase. If it was on a need to know basis and she really felt she needed to know, why couldn’t she?

She grinned and pressed the chime, quickly suppressing the grin. She was curious to talk to Marcus outside of sickbay. Their first meeting, together with the very scant information that was apparently not need to know, had quite appealed to her.

Dr Doctra, CMO

Marcus was still settling in to his new office, which didn’t have much in it yet, He hadn’t expected anything important right now , He had just got a coffee from the replicator. sat down and took a sip when the door chime went off

“Enter”

Came his response then he set the coffee aside, put his hands in front of him ready to receive his mystery caller

Lt Marcus Kane
Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Manhattan

The door swished back and Valeria walked in slowly, her mismatched eyes glancing around before landing on him. Her green eye always seemed to look confident while her amber eye looked awkward, as if there were two warring sides inside of herself. She came to stand only a few feet in and blushed. In her hands she was holding a little box. Her flaming red hair was tied back in a braid that fell back from her shoulder as she shuffled from one foot to the other.

“Hello again.” she said in her deep timbre voice.

Dr Doctra, CMO

“Ah Doctor , good to see you , you’re actually my first visitor here, Sorry my office is so sparse, please take a seat , Can I get you a drink?”

He said trying to be a good host , he was indeed curious why he was getting a visit from the CMO , his boarding medical went without a hitch and as far as he knew he hadn’t got some sort of discease or virus

Lt Marcus Kane
Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Manhattan

Valeria walked in further, smiling slightly. “Yes a glass of water would be nice, thank you.” she looked around. “I haven’t really gotten around to decorate my office either.” she said. Small talk was never easy for her, she preferred real, deep conversations.
She took a seat opposite his at his desk, holding the box in her hands still. Why couldn’t they just have sent him the information on the data crystal, why did they use her as a currier. It irritated her. Maybe it was so secret that they didn’t want to send it via com channels… but then why use her and not some other crew member… she shrugged her shoulders.

Dr Doctra, CMO

“Coming right up”

Marcus said rising from his seat and walked over to the replicator

She watched his back with much interest.

“Water, cold”

He said then with it’s usual whirring noise the glass of water appeared before him

Grabbing it, he then set it in front of Valreria.

She nodded in thanks.

“I say sparse, I’m not really one for decorating , more concerned with work than material things.....anyway you didn’t come here for small talk, am i right? How can i help you?”

And he was really good in reading faces! Well, he had to be in his job, Valeria thought.

He said noticing the small box that Valeria was clutching.

Lt Marcus Kane
Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Manhattan

“I also don’t put much value on material things… except if they remind me of moments in life when I was really happy. Those make me smile and my body releases endorphins, same as the human body does, and those endorphins improve the overall body chemistry which has been proven to be good not only for mental, but also physical health....” she trailed off. She wasn’t here to give a psychomedical lecture for crying out loud. She blushed again and looked down at the box.

“Sorry. I tend to ramble when I feel awkward.” she placed the box on his table between them. “It contains a data crystal that was handed to me by Trill intelligence. They told me to give it to you only and in person and that this was approved by Starfleet Intelligence.” her eyebrows scrunched up in a look of irritation.

“I have no idea what is on it and the box is secured with a lock, the key can be obtained from your superiors, so I couldn’t check.” she said and then her eyes went wide and returned to his “not that I tried!” she added hastily.

Dr Doctra, CMO

OOC: Once he opens the box and reads the crystal, I’ll give you the contents and orders that come with it in OOC :-)