Posted by Lieutenant Commander Daggum Hammor (Chief Operations Officer) in Lounge-Taking a Late Break

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Janna Kingston (Assistant Counsellor) in Lounge-Taking a Late Break

Posted by Civilian Marishka (Lounge Host) in Lounge-Taking a Late Break
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Swallowing a bite, she shook her head. “Call it a foible of mine, but you know… I really don’t. Starfleet was the goal, then my doctorate. Now?” Janna shrugged. “I don’t know. I’m sort of coasting for now just waiting to see if there’s something that sparks a sense of ‘yes, I must do that’.” She could understand it if people were weirded out by a counsellor who didn’t kow where she was going, but the trick was that she was happy where she was at. That made all the difference.

~Janna Kingston, ACNS

Hammor nodded and said “Sometimes its nice to let fate decide.” and he took the last bite of burger and smiled. Washing it down, he relaxed in the chair.

“So what do you do for fun while you wait to see what life throws at you, then? What do you enjoy doing on your time off, besides spending it talking to strange green men?” he asked with a smile.

Hammor

Behind the bar Marishka was feeling the full effects of the hot blood and decided it was not to her liking, at least not in public. Discreetly, she took the hypo from a box, injected herself, and went about her business. Her mind, thoughts, and blood began to clear.

One of the newer volunteer staff stealthily approached her, “Hey Boss.” Ann whispered, “Are you okay?”

Marishka didn’t think it was any of this woman’s business but knew she wouldn’t leave without an explanation of some kind. “Apparently this doesn’t suit my physiology at the moment. I’ll put it away for study later. No take the dessert menu to Counselor Kingston and her friend. Talk up our fresh offereings but don’t hover.”

Ann nodded and smiled. “Yes ma’am. It’s okay, really. I think we’ve all got that one alcohol we just shouldn’t drink.” she said before heading out as requested.

• Marishka/Ann

Janna sort of shrugged. “I read, mostly academic journals, and I like to people watch,” she said with a grin. “Part of it is flexing my observational skills but the rest is purely fun. I like to make up the conversations and interactions in my head based on what I see. Silly, but can be great fun.”

~Janna Kingston, ACNS

Hammor grinned. “Now that sounds like fun.” Hu turned and surveyed the room, his eyes lighting upon a table of two. A young female Bolian Lieutenant in the red security uniform was in deep discussion with a plain-clothed Bajoran male. Both seemed anxious and excited, and oblivious to anything around them.

Lifting his chin in their direction, Hammor said “Okay, stalker… lets see those creative skills. What are they saying?”

Hammor, Ops

Kingston let her gaze wander surreptitiously about until she found the couple he indicated. She glanced back at her drink casually before taking another, deeper look. “She’s recently found herself gambling a little more than she used to. You know, it was the odd bet here and there and before she knew it she owed someone quite a bit of latinum. The Bajoran is her friend and he loaned her some credits to pay off an earlier, smaller debt, but he recently found out about her bigger debt. Turns out the person the bigger debt is owed to some wealthy owner of a merchant ship conglomerate, who may or may not be tied to shady dealings. No one’s quite sure. But, her friend heard from another friend about a really good investment in cormaline mines that will triple the investment and they are now debating whether to take the risk to pay off the debt or not.”

Hammor chuckled softly and said “Nice. But I think you are off the mark. You see, he is an undercover FedSec agent and she is one of his confidential informants. He’s here because he thinks he may have been compromised, and a ruthless gang of pirates is after him because he intercepted a spice shipment of theirs and now they are in the hook to their mysterious pirate captain, who they have only spoken to via subspace text messages. He’s trying to convince her to hide him on board long enough to make a getaway. Little does he know, however, that… duh duh duhhhhhh… she is the pirate captain, and she is laying a trap for him in order to reclaim her ill-gotten fortune!”

Ann made her way to the table with menus as Marishka requested. She was usually very bubbly and had no problem striking up a conversation but, her Aunt was a counselor and that had made for some frosty family gatherings and the emerald giant sitting with her was breath taking. Damn her boss for sending her here.

Shaking it off, she made it the rest of the way over.

“Hello fellow diners. My name is Ann and this is out new dessert menu. The items marked in gold are our newest, freshest, offerings from the pastry chef we have recently acquired. It’s amazing the secondary skills you can find from people working on a starship. Please let me know if anything strikes your interest and I’d be happy to help you or maybe the boss lady could come over herself and assist you.”

With that, she glanced back at the bar to indicate Marishka but the woman had slipped away. This confused Ann for a few seconds because she was used to Marishka’s presence. Smiling, she turned back waiting to see what they might like to order.

• Ann

Janna offered the woman a warm smile. “Well hello Ann,” she said before letting her gaze drop to the dessert menu. “Ohhh, okay, if it’s fresh it might just be good enough. But I am leaning heavily towards the apple pie. Is it possible to get it warm and with vanilla bean ice bream?” she said eagerly.

~Janna Kingston

Hammor looked over the menu and then said “Ok, you got me. You can bring me the Black Forest cake.” and he handed the menu back to Ann. “And to be clear, the whole cake. I didn’t get this demure and petite figure eating things by the slice.” and he smiled at Ann.

Hammor, Ops

It took a second for Ann to reply. She was quite certain he didn’t get that figure by doing anything by the slice.

“The whole cake it is. Extra whipped cream I’m certain. Are you fond of any specific strain of vanilla ma’am? I think the Tahitian is wonderful at this moment but maybe that’s just me. I like things a little spicy.” she said taking their menus.

• Ann