Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Kiama Naim (Science Officer) in Side sim- Dinner (date)

Posted by Ensign Kaia (Engineering Officer) in Side sim- Dinner (date)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Kiama Naim (Science Officer) in Side sim- Dinner (date)
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“That is really neat,” Kiama smiled and then rose gracefully to her feet as well. Walking over to one of the replicators, she ordered a large salad with baby spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, crumbled goat cheese, corn, some chicken breast and a vinaigrette. She also ordered a piece of garlic bread and a bit of rhubarb juice mixed with sparkling water. Taking the try from the replicator, she headed straight back to the table and slid back onto her chair. “I hope you’ll like your spicy fried chicken,” she said with a smile.

~Ensign Naim, Scientist

“I’m sure I will!” Kaia said with a grin, taking a bite of her chicken and happily munching. She looked at Kiama’s meal. It was so complex and full of different types of food! Half of which she couldn’t eat.

Kaia, Eng

Kiama ate several bites of her salad in silence before she asked, “How is your chicken? Do you like the spiciness?” After taking a sip of her drink, she took a bite of her garlic bread, enjoying her meal greatly.

~Ensign Naim, Scientist

Kaia shrugged slightly. “I can taste a slight burning feeling in the back of my throat but it’s not really standing out for me.” Raka, unfortunately, did not have refined tastebuds.

Kaia, Eng

Kiama nodded thoughtfully while having another bite of her salad. “Are there any taste that stand out to you in particular?” she asked curiously. “I know that for a lot of people there are things that do. Sometimes so much so that it can overshadow anything else.”

~Ensign Naim, Scientist

Kaia shook her head slightly. “I dunno. A lot of humanoids put a lot of emphasis on taste but it’s not really all that big for me. I tend to just eat what’s put in front of me without really thinking about how it tastes. I like varying it up sometimes just for fun, but it doesn’t usually make that much of a difference. Unless someone throws heavy fibres into my food… but that’s a different kind of mixing up that’s not so nice,” she grinned wryly.

“I guess, where humans and other species emphasized taste in evolution, we evolved with enhanced hearing and sight - in comparison to humans. What we lost in our ability to differentiate specific tastes and smells, we more than made up for in our much better hearing. It really helps in engineering. For example, did you realize that there’s some faulty wiring in the wall right behind us? I can hear it fizzing. And with the slight dip into what is classified as Infrared Vision that I have, I’d just like to say that your cheeks and nose are much redder looking for me that they are for you. Especially when you blush,” Kaia said with a cheeky grin.

Kaia, Eng