Posted by Lieutenant Naomi Locke (Sci) in Side Sim: Surprise Date Night- Hydroponics Lab
Naomi’s lips creased across her face. Her eyes narrowed, and she marked down her findings in her data pad. The device clicked as it stored the data. She had a lack of improvement with nursery plants NPP-120. Their leaves held discoloration and a droopy appearance, both indicated ill health. As Americans would say, she had a brown thumb when it came to plants.

Defeated by her lack of skills in plant nursing, she looked at the time. 18:30. About half an hour past dinner time causing her to sigh. A hiss caught her attention, and she spotted Kenny with two large trays in his hands. Her lips curled into a smirk at his thoughtfulness.

“Perfect timing.” She walked over then planted a kiss on his cheek.

“I was just thinking about dinner before you showed up.”

–ENS Naomi D. Locke, Sci

Kenny grinned, and balanced one tray on his arm, the other on his hand, and did a flourishing move with the other hand in order to tug the lid off the hand-balanced tray and reveal a delicious smelling plate of spaghetti and meatballs. “You know, I think I might have been a waiter in another life,” he said with a chuckle, putting the lid back and switching back to one tray per arm.

“Now,” he paused to kiss Naomi on the cheek. The trays were too precarious for him to do anything more than that. “Is there somewhere we can eat in here, or do I have to carry these all the way back to the dining hall?”

Fleet, Helm