Posted by Ensign Tak (Scientist) in Arrival - A Sea of Stars (Open!)
“Incoming transport… Energize.” The transporter technician swiped the control and three patterns materialized.

Three very strange individuals stepped off the Transporter Pad. One was four and a half feet tall, the other two were 3’ and 2‘6”. The tallest of the trio wore a Starfleet uniform in Science Blue, altered to fit her small body and allow for their tail to emerge freely from the pants. The other two had simple robes, generally obscuring their forms. The taller’s robes were a pale green with blue embroidery, while the smaller had pale purple with silver embroidery. Their feet - or paws, at further glance - and the ends of their long tails left wet trails on the floor, and their clothes were dripping slightly. The small ones reached up to grasp the hands of the tall one.

“Ve apologize for ze mess,” Tak spoke, looking up at the Transporter Technician with a smile. For a moment, the trio looked like a family of otters, but the technician tried to wipe the thought from his mind before he could let out an unmanly squeee from how cute they all were.

“It’s fine, Ensign, um…”

“Tak,” they replied with a smile, glancing down at her children. “Were our quarters adapted as requested?”

“I can check with ops?”

“It is fine. We will find out on our own. Thank you, officer,” Tak nodded cordially, then led Kota and Paku out of the Transporter Room. Time to welcome their new life aboard this new vessel.

“Nama, I don’t like this ship,” the smallest complained in their native tongue, a series of clicks and whistles. “It has no heartbeat.“

Tak chided their child briefly, “You promised to practice your Human speech, Paku. I feel your discomfort. This vessel is not alive. It hums beneath our paws and tails with gears.” She slapped the deck with her tail, making a small splash of water. They were still dripping.

“Sorry, Nama,” Paku dipped his head.

“It is very quiet,” the other child commented, holding tightly to Tak’s hand as if they were afraid to let go.

Tak nodded slightly, looking from side to side. “Very quiet and very big. It will be hard to adjust…”

Ens. Tak, Science

A voice suddenly spoke, and a bright blue ball began projecting from holo emitters in the ceiling. “Hello Ensign Tak and offspring, I am Mazie the USS Memorial’s Entity AI Unit. I look forward to working with you.” it said in a monotone and mostly androgynous voice, though there were subtle feminine inflections indicating the AI was progressing towards a Feminine identity.

Maize