Posted by Ensign Karina Niles (Doctor) in Aboard the Starbase - The Likable Hornet

Posted by Ensign Viyara Nazeen (Scientist) in Aboard the Starbase - The Likable Hornet

Posted by Ensign Tikka (Research Assistant) in Aboard the Starbase - The Likable Hornet
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The Kuras simply listened over another sip of water as the two spoke. If there were three officers of Athena’s sciences complement here… how many more holes were there in the staff while they were trapped on the wrong end of some nefarious plot - and of a mysterious wormhole? The double shifts among the lab supervisors and subdepartment heads must have been something to behold!

She turned slightly, shifting from her front to her side and leaning an elbow on the counter, signalling an interest in Viyara and Tikka’s discourse.

-Ky’Laria (Actually Part of The Crew But shh Don’t Tell)

“Oh, I am also a science officer!” Tikka exclaimed cheerfully, finally managing to sit down again after the bartender finally gave her the water she’d asked for. “I do not have a particular field of expertise within Starfleet, although my favorite study is Chemistry. I was placed aboard the Athena as a research assistant. My main job will be to help others with their research!”

Tikka, an overexcited ensign

“Chemistry? Good choice,” Viyara said with a mischievous smile. “My major was in biochemistry.” She then turned her head and tilted it slightly backwards to look at the bartender and asked, “Can I get a gin tonic?”

Viyara’s mention of biochemistry had piqued Ky’Laria’s hearing, and she had already turned to receive the Trill’s attention by the time it was paid.

Turning her focus back to the two people next to her, Ky’Laria in particular, she asked bluntly, “Who are you? And what brings you here?” There was more she wanted to ask both of them, but she had learned over time that it was better to ask one or two questions at a time instead of all of them at once. At least if you wanted (proper) answers to all of them. Yet while waiting for her reply, she let her eyes wander over every inch of her body.

~Ensign Nazeen, Scientist

“I am Ky’Laria,” she replied, dispensing with either Starfleet or her native rank for the moment. A small smile grew with calculated slowness on her features as she added, “I may have come here to be your master.” That, of course, depended entirely on whether Athena’s science department was in need of her own expertise in biochemistry; there was at least as much chance of being employed among the physics disciplines, given her Academy education.

She had gone back to her room, showered and taken a moment to just breathe. Her short time with Ky’Larria before meeting with the Commodore had left her a little off balance. Being scared to the point she couldn’t even run, had her confused. How could someone elicit such a response from her in such a short time? And for no real reason?

Stress… That’s what it was. She had been hunting for the Athena for three days, hardly sleeping, and eating just enough to keep her going. She was stressed. Well, she had a purpose now. She was freshly showered, her hair in a single braid down her back, as she walked into the bar. First things first she told herself and headed for the bar. Not one for heavy drinks, she simply ordered a glass of wine and moved to a vacant spot at the bar. When she could get the bartender’s attention, she would work around to asking what she needed to.

She had been so set on getting to the bar and a drink, she didn’t realize that ten feet away, Ky was busy speaking with a couple others and already working on their assignment.

Ens Karina Niles
Doctor
((Continuing from Commodore’s office))

The Kuras’ voice would likely find Karina’s ear. Ky’Laria continued to engage with the Trill woman for now, though she had carefully noted Karina’s entrance and watched her with the literal corner of her silvery, compound eye.

“And you?” Ky’Laria asked, conspicuously not asking for names that she’d already overheard. “Were you surprised to learn that your ship had left without you?”

-Ky’Laria (On The Hunt but in How Many Ways?)