Posted by Lieutenant Commander Faye Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Shuttle Bay 1 (Open RP opportunity)

Posted by Civilian Khabal (Civilian) in Shuttle Bay 1 (Open RP opportunity)

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Faye Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Shuttle Bay 1 (Open RP opportunity)
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Khabal sat on top of his ship, meditating. His senses were stretched out taking in the universe around him. His ship looked like a deep black shadow beneath him.

• Khabal

It was a stupid idea, right? Well, she had had plenty of those before and survived to tel the tale, so this couldn’t be that much worse.

Stepping into the bay, she found her quarry and tilted her head as she studied him from behind. Moving with quiet (but not silent) steps, Calloway came to stand so she was facing him as she gazed up at Khabal. She didn’t want to disturb his peace but she wasn’t sure what to do here. What was the right answer? The hell if she knew. And wasn’t that a part of the whole problem? If their suspicions were correct, then there were explanations, but that didn’t help her now as she tried to figure out to to navigate this complicated social situation.

~Faye Calloway, CIO

“How may I be of assistance Commander?” Khabal asked.

Khabal’s facial expression was calm like someone who had just woken up from a really good nap but his eyes had a gaze that looked like they had seen indescribable ancient things.

• Khabal

Faye shifted her stance, trying to steady the nervous energy in her body. “We… should talk. I can come up there if you’d like, or you can come down here. I… want to explain about the other day on the asteroid.” It was such a shift and in this moment she could acknowledge just how much she had grown. It didn’t make any of this easier, but she could admit that the Faye Calloway standing here now was going to handle this much better than she might have in the past.

~Faye Calloway, CIO

Khabal smiled warmly.

“If you want to come up here, I can come down and lift you as there isn’t really any way to get up here without jumping from above, a ladder, or shadow gating. Well, maybe a site to site transport. Oh, and don’t touch the leading edge of the ship, it’s very sharp.”

Khabal could sense Faye’s tension and didn’t want to spook her.

• Khabal

Faye was ever the impulsive venturer, but this situation required trust, something she did not have for this person, but was trying to find a modicum of for her own sake. “Understood,” she said as she moved around the side of the ship and found one place to step up to so she was off the ground. She reached her hand up so her could pull her up, all the while she yoga came in handy as she stabilized her core and prepared to climb up as if this were a rock wall.

~Faye Calloway, CIO

Khabal laid down on the hull and stretched down to assisted Faye up onto the ship. His grip was firm and he seemed to have little issue with her weight as he helped her up. Once standing on the ship, she could see that it reflected no light at all, a deep pure formless black.

“This way.” Khabal said returning to the place he was sitting while pointing to a spot Faye was approaching, “Watch your toes, there’s a slight rise there.”

• Khabal

She navigated the hull with deft steps, her yoga practice giving her impeccable balance. “Understood,” she said, stepping up the rise. Faye came to where he had been before and sat down, more than weirded out but the knowledge that outside of this shuttlebay, the vessel would blend in with space. It created a wave of unease that had nothing to do with the ship itself but her own sensory experiences.

Looking out over the bay from this height, Faye propped her feet flat on the hull and wrapped her arms around her knees. “Do you use honorifics in your culture? I have no idea, so I’m not sure if I should address you as Mister Khabal, or just Khabal.” She knew so little about him.

~Faye Calloway, CIO

Khabal shrugged.

“No, no honorifics. I am called by my race or my name but you may address me as is comfortable for you. Marishka addresses me as Mister Khabal of her own choice, not because of any requirement or cultural custom on my end.”

“I’m good with Khabal if you are. If it’s just us talking on our own, I’m fine with you calling me Faye, but with anything official when I’m on duty, I prefer the formality of rank. Or at least that’s what people expect.” Calloway shrugged.

Khabal leaned back, his hands on the hull supporting him as he stretched his legs out.

“Forgive my rudeness, I’d offer refreshments but everything I have in my ship is tailored to my specific nutritional needs and could quite possibly be incompatible with your biology.”

• Khabal

Faye shook her had. “I’m fine, I don’t need anything.” And it was true.

She drew in a deep breath and gazed out over the shuttlebay, appreciating the unusual view it granted both of them. “I think… I feel like I owe you an explanation for that other day in the Lounge after the asteroid thing. I know I had a reaction that didn’t make sense to everyone else and since no one came to me about it, I could assume it’s fine, but I know better. You are here, at least for the time being, and I feel like I need to clear the air so that we can coexist here in a reasonable way.”

~Faye Calloway, CIO

Khabal nodded, “As you wish”. he said turning his gaze to her.

“So, are we being official or casual?” Khabal asked.

“No, this is not official. This is personal. At least for me,” she said softly.

Khabal was intrigued, he didn’t usually get further associations with people after such a reaction as Faye had. He was very interested in what she had to say.

“The reason I didn’t come to you afterwards is because I thought, possibly wrongly, that under the circumstances, I would be the last person you’d want to see. It’s not an uncommon reaction considering my life path in relation to the multiverse.”

• Khabal

Faye tilted her head and gazed at him. “What exactly do you mean by that? You have to understand that in social situations I can… struggle with nuance. Sometimes I just need people to lay things out clearly.”

~Faye Calloway, CIO

Khabal shrugged.

“You were upset by the translocation as it was unexpected in manner and location. It upset you and as I was the cause of said translocation, I thought you would prefer to avoid me for the time being or permanently.” Khabal said simply, “I do try not to complicate people’s lives outside of contracts.”

• Khabal