Posted by Lieutenant Commander Stark Nightstalker (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Swimming Pool during Night Shift

Posted by Lieutenant Laraan (Counsellor) in Swimming Pool during Night Shift

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Stark Nightstalker (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Swimming Pool during Night Shift
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The huge pool was very quiet this time during the night shift. Most of the crew was asleep and the huge room holding the pool was empty. Laraan padded in on bare feet. The pool belonged to the gym area, which had holoprojectors so the EMH could appear should there be an accident. Not a lot of people seemed to realise what that meant.

Truth be told, there were times when she missed her home planet Heel. The temperature here was almost as high as at home and the humid air reminded her a bit of home.

“Computer start holo-projection of Heleen night sky.” she said. The Computer beeped an affirmative and the ceiling above the pool changed into a canopy of huge leavy jungle-trees. Between them the 6 moons of Heel and countless stars were in the night sky, throwing a soft glow into the room. THe songs of night birds and a light breeze ruffling the large leaves lazily sounded and all this was reflected in the waters of the large pool.

Laraan took a deep breath and let the towl drop, standing there fully naked. Of course for human eyes she wouldn’t look naked at all, the red, filigree tattoo-like swirls and designs covering every inch of her fair skin, except for her face, were even more in contrast on her skin by the soft glow of Heel’s moons in the night sky.

Oh how wonderful it was to be without human clothes again, feel the air on her skin, the warmth and soon the soft water. She stepped to the edge of the pool and dove gracefully head-first into the water.

• Laraan, CNS

A dark shape padded into the room and looked up at the night sky. “Nice” he said succinctly memories floating into his mind, some nice, some nasty. He stood and let all his senses reach out, sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste, together they combined into something significantly more than they would be alone. He stood statue still and let the universe come to him in all its forms.

Stark Nightstalker CIO
OOC Hope you don’t mind some company?
OOC: Of course not :-) I thought I’d start this and see who/what happens ;)

She dove deeply, it was easy for her to hold her breath for a long time, longer than a human could, because she had two hearts that kept distributing the oxygen in her system for a longer time. She had always loved swimming and diving, like the human fairy-tale mermaid, she moved through the water by moving both legs in unison, like a tail. It felt like gliding, almost like flying and because she had no body hair she was actually quite fast.

She came up for air from the lowest point, gathering speed on her upward motion and actually managed to do almost a little jump in an arc at the top, letting her body fall back into the water as if falling backwards into a soft bed, arms outstretched. A wide smile was on her face and her eyes were closed.

• Laraan, CNS

He knew she’d be aware of his energy in the room and not wanting to break the perfection of her fun he continued to stay stock still blending with the darkness. To enter the water yet felt to him like he would sully it somehow and ruin the moment. He would wait until a better opportunity presented itself before adding ripples of his own.

Stark Nightstalker CIO

When she came up for air next, she felt a familiar energy field and felt more than saw him standing in the shadows. She chuckled and turned to him. “Do Caitians swim?” she asked, not raising her voice, she knew he could hear her.

• Laraan

OOC: Off to a longer business trip, so next posting will be only next week :-)

OOC No problem, enjoy.
IC

Stark smiled, cartwheeled, flipped into the air came down into a dive roll and used the momentum to go up high and come down with hardly a splash in a near flawless dive. He surfaced face to face with the diminutive Heleen and winked “Caitian’s swim with style” he said dead pan, “But it does tend to give us a serious case of split ends if it’s chlorinated”.

Stark Nightstalker CIO

Laraan was yet again amazed at his grace and ease of movement. She gave a multi-layered laugh, wrapping her arms around his neck. “Well, you know I love the feel of your fur and will happily comb it out later. But for now, let’s have some fun.” she said and dove, pulling him down under after her.
Due to her two hearts she could hold the air for a longer time than a human, as the oxygen stayed longer in her system and she was going to find out how that compared to Caitians, so she dove gracefully below the surface in a circle around Stark, having no trouble to keep her eyes open below water.

• Laraan

He dived down with her using the same economy of movement to allow his oxygen to last longer but he needed to break the surface well before she did. Truth be told he had nearly been drowned once by a Romulan and had never felt comfortable in the water since. However she had a way of helping him face those things and somehow with her there he felt safer in an inexplicable way. He surfaced and floated on his back using his tail as both rudder and slow motion propellor.

Stark Nightstalker CIO

She came up and did the same, linking their arms together as they floated and looked up into the holographic version of the night sky over Heel.

“Who would have thought that that is something we have in common. There is not a single day that I am not happy and greateful for our bond, our love.” she said softly.

• Laraan, CNS

“I am grateful and happy for it as well” he said without preamble, “and also extremely surprised, I did not think I would ever find myself in this position”. He looked up at the night sky above, “The pinpoints of light are connected by so much space and separated by so much darkness that it is nothing short of a miracle that their energy can reach each other, much as it took me completely by surprise that you not only understood me but accepted me for what I am”.

Stark Nightstalker CIO

She smiled. “My Starseeker the philosopher.” she mused. “It saddens me sometimes that so very few people know how truly beautiful you are.” she sighed slightly.
“I do miss your green eyes.”

• Laraan

“As do I” he said slowly swishing the water as he floated, “The universe looked better through them. However I feel that we are close and with you by my side I am certain that we will prevail.” Turning his head slightly he looked at her intently, “Your experiences of late have changed you, will your people ever be able to accept who and what you really are?”

Stark Nightstalker CIO

He saw doubt in her eyes then. “I do not know. I don’t know who I am right now. I haven’t tried to channel since the incident and I’m afraid to try, afraid what would happen. I feel … I can’t even describe it I’Ve never felt this way, so … powerful. What if I try to channel life energy into somebody and fasten up this beings heart so much it bursts?” she stopped floating and paddled on the spot, wiping droplets away from her eyes. Her frillings at her temples were pulsating in colour depth strongly now.

“I so miss sharing my energy with you and sharing yours. I miss your energy around me, but I’m so afraid… what if I hurt you like I did in sickbay while I was in this unconscious state.” she sang and her voice was discordant behind the words. They had been through so much already but he had never seen her as vulnerable as in this moment.

• Laraan

He put his feet on the bottom and gathered her into his arms his tail wrapping around her waist. “You did not hurt me Laraan, you sent me the only warning you could. In the instant we merged energy you could have destroyed me in a heart beat but even in your unconscious state a part of you protected me from oblivion whilst warning me to not put myself in danger again. If you can do that whilst unconscious it will be no problem for you to protect me now”. His eyes blazed “Trust yourself, because I trust you, you will not harm me, I know it”.

Stark Nightstalker CIO

She couldn’t really answer, overwhelmed by emotions she buried her head in his neck and breathed deep breaths of relief and hapiness. He always knew exactly what to say to make her feel better and she wanted to never let him go. So close to each other she gently released a bit of her iron-clad grip she had kept on her energy flow all this time. She needed to feel his energy around her, more than anything. It felt like her true home to her, the place where she could be just herself and loved for who she was, so she opened to his energy and vice versa carefully, shuddering lightly in delight as she felt him again.

He would feel her energy again too and without her even consciously channeling, he would feel instantly as if he had taken a 5 week vacation tailor-made for his needs.

• Laraan

He smiled in the semidarkness, “See, still alive, refreshed and thankful for your gift”. He laughed a little, ‘I always feel a little bit like a user when you do that, I don’t feel like I’m giving much in return”.

Stark Nightstalker CIO

Laraan looked at him puzzled. “What do you mean love, I’m not channeling.”

• Laraan