Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Séan Iven (CNS) in Side Sim - Captain’s Ready Room
Appropriately attired in his uniform and five minutes early to the two hour deadline given to him, Séan stood in front of the Captain’s Ready Room and took a breath before reaching out and pressing the chime.

CNS Iven

“Enter,” came the reply, Koraia’s deep voice crisp and all-business.

Tucked aft of the bridge, the space was fairly generous, befitting the size of the vessel its occupant commanded. Her desk sat aft, facing the door with the sitting area that included a sofa, table and a couple chairs off to her left. Across from her and to the right of the door was a nook with shelves that displayed what few items she had so far. Having lost all her worldly possessions, she was careful and methodical about what she decided to put out. Said shelves held an ebony wood mask, carved in the tradition of her Makondi tribe. There was a photograph of an older woman with even darker skin than Ghubari’s. The elder woman was seating on the steps of a white washed house with an ornately carved drum in front of her legs. There was an intense look in her eyes that mirrored the one often in Ghubari’s eyes. Beside that photo was one of her and Konral on their wedding day, joy etched into both their faces. On the shelf too was a flowering plant with soft petals in a dark green and waxy petals in a dark purple with tiny yellow stamens- an African violet, native to Tanzania. A large leafy potted plant was in the sitting area.

Ghubari was sitting at her desk, her gaze intently focused on her screen, though she did look up just briefly enough to gesture at Iven to come over. “Have a seat, Lieutenant.”

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO