Posted by Lieutenant Ian Bordeaux (Yeoman/Diplomat) in Shore Leave - Turquoise Mountain Resort

Posted by Captain Kelly Shultz (Commanding Officer) in Shore Leave - Turquoise Mountain Resort

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: : : “Well it wouldn’t be a challenge love if there was a floor now would there be? You got this trust me, just think of it like on Rho Puppis me driving the car like a mad man, guts and determination will get us through.”
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: : “You have three seconds,” Opal yelled to Ian as the Klingon female finished the course. “Bzzzz,” he motioned for Ian to get to the other side of the room.

“Oh you are all buzzkills.” Ian said, taking a drink from his wine as he came across the room taking his place to guide Kelly.

: “Okay, you need to take three steps forward and, jump, then slide!” Ian said, hoping that made any sense at all. Right now he wasn’t sure she could make it but it was hard to gauge her from this distance.
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“Step, jump, slide. Step, jump, slide,” Kelly said to herself rubbing her hands together. “Step, jump, slide.” Raising her head to where she thought Ian would Kelly screaming “now?”

She got the step, step but then felt an impact to her side like a punching bag from the gym. Then she felt the free fall. Like jumping from a tall diving board into a pool,it only took a few seconds for Kelly to meet a very warm, very soothing, but very wet pool of water. “Ian,” she said breaking the water line and swimming low over to the edge of the path. “No blindfolds,” she said in a quirky accent imitating a short-statured Disney character that was recently playing on a holovid in the Rec room for the kids. “Can I belly crawl this,” she yelled staying low.

Kelly let out a small laugh as she could feel the woosh of the air above her. “This is just like PT in the academy,” she could not stop laughing. Crouching low to make sure would not get whacked in the head she looked up again to where she imagined Ian was. A loud splash and vicious growl indicated the Klingon couple was not doing any better than she and Ian. The only difference was Ian was not belting out excuses and she was not cursing his progeny in the guttural Klingon tongue.

“Exactly, expect for the razor bladed sea creatures.” Ian said as he looked down and saw the waters splashing.

“Just kidding, don’t worry my love, just keep going on course you got this.” he said as he looked over at the Klingon shaking his head.

Leaning in towards the Klingon, “How long did it take you to train yours? I just got mine, I feel like it may cost more than it’s worth but I am willing to roll the die.” Ian said as he tilted his head in the direction of Kelly as he drank more of his wine.

“Bunny hop or long jump,” she called out between burst of laughter. This was the most ridiculous thing she had ever done but was having a bit of fun doing it.

“You’re doing good pumpkin.” Ian said as he took his attention back to Kelly, she was going to make it seemed. She was good, he had to admit he wasn’t sure how coordinated she would have been if it wasn’t for all the positions they had last night.

“Okay, now go right, your right love your right!” he said emphatically to her knowing her deficiency, Ian often wondered how she ever made it out of survival training. “Good puppy!” he said as he elbowed the Klingon, “Yeah I think I’ll keep her.” he said softly.

Matching her jumps to what she thought was the distance Ian suggested, Kelly cockily stood up on the last hopscotch block and put her hands on her hips grinning madly. “I’d like to see some other non-telepathed couple try that,” she boasted proudly knowing she was so talking smack to the obviously dry Betazoid next to her. It was then that Ian would see a large octopus like tentacle snaking out of the water and coming directly for Kelly’s ankle.

Captain Kelly Shultz

“Wait, uhmm..... that.... that is just your imagination hon. Focus on me, it’s not a tentacle, it’s clearly.... just… seaweed.” he said as his eyes got wide before he looked for the waiter to refill his drink.”

Bordeaux, Yeoman/Diplomat