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Considering the pair were now retracing their steps to the most dangerous part of the ship, one might have expected an anxious caution in the movements of Zachariah Cobb. And indeed, the Leviathan’s commanding officer was no fool - he understood fully the lethality of the entities locked up on their containment deck and the penalty to be paid for underestimating their capacity for harm. But still, as he lead Gil back into a turbolift, the only emotion evident in the burly captain was one of curious joy.

=^= Mr Durheim =^= he announced into his commbadge as the pair continued their approach, =^= I am about to show your new engineer around the main containment deck. Perhaps you would like to join us? =^=

=/\=Ah; yes Mr. Cobb - I will be there shortly.=/\=

Reaching deck 13, Cobb rounded the corner and, at the sight of the stationed security officer, stopped short. Another tap of his commbadge and he added, =^= This is the captain requesting a security escort for a tour of the containment deck. =^=

• Captain Zachariah Cobb

=/\= I’m on my way there for a patrol I can escorted you Captain=/\=

About 5 minutes later Ensign Luna rounded a corner. ” Hi Captain Gill” she said with a smile.
Ensign Luna

“Ensign Luna,” Cobb nodded in reply. “Thank you for the escort. I…had a little trouble with a an anomaly this afternoon so am not sure I will be allowed back without armed security at my side.”

” and just what kind of trouble did you get yourself into, between you and Cerenity I’m going to have gray hair befor I’m 30” she said jokingly.

He cast a glance towards Gil, the memory of that glowing handrint still potent enough to bring colour to his cheeks.
“Ensign Gil here will be joining the Leviathan’s engineering team. But it seems as if the two of you are already acquainted?”

“Mr. Cobb! Oh, Miss Luna; it is good to see you both; I hope you both are doing well.” The familiar, chipper voice sounded from behind the small group; announcing the arrival of the newly-minted chief engineer. A faint scent of smoke and burnt electronics wafted from him; his scorched metal limbs and freshly-blackened clothes indicated that something had likely gone awry, but his grin was wide on his face, and none the worse for wear.

“Thank you for joining us, Mr Durheim,” the captain greeted his new engineering chief with a slightly anxious frown, the scorching of limbs and of tunic evident almost instantly. “I hope I am not distracting you from…other matters?”

As he approached, his eyes settled on the third individual; looking up into the unrecognized face. The grin dissipated, replaced by an expression of curiosity directed first at Mr. Cobb, before settling onto the face of the new engineer. Recognition quickly formed in his eyes - (Jonathan did remember the personnel file crossing his desk, though he hadn’t had much time to review it). “This… You are Mr. Gil, correct?” It was hard to discern if that was a question or a statement, but even behind the thick, ever-present goggles, it was clear that a response was expected.

WO Durheim; CE

Gil smiled and nodded to Luna, “Hi, Luna.” Then at the sight of Cobb Gil merely smiled. “Yes, just Gil. Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Cobb.” He offered his hand to the man, an automatic action on Gil’s part as he had practiced greetings to try and be more personable. However, had Gil given it more thought he might have not offered his hand to Cob given the man’s current state and the nature of their work. However, now it was too late to retract the hand without seeming crude. So Gil prepared form some unpleasant fate to befall it.

• Gil

OOC: I presume Gil means to address Durheim above? Since he has already met Cobb? I’ll read it that way anyway.

“Ah yes, this is your newest recruit, Ensign Gil,” Cobb announced officially. “And this,” he indicated towards Durheim for Gil’s own benefit, “is our engineering chief, Warrant Officer Durheim. He knows more about containment than practically anyone else on this ship. You will be in very good hands with him,” the captain added with a glance at Jonathan’s robotic limbs.

“Ah, yes!” Excitedly, Jonathan leaned forwards and shook Gil’s hand; his grasp feeling distinctly cold and hard (as expected), but not painful. Up close, the small stature of the odd engineer was impossible to ignore - being almost a head shorter than Gil. Durheim’s smile was awkward; but seemingly genuine. The handclasp lingered perhaps a bit longer than was typical, before the odd man nodded, and turned back to face the rest of the group.

” hi Durheim, did you get into a fight with the worp core? If so who won” she said jokingly. She grinned at the captain. ” just a fair worning Captain Gill here is the master of practical Jokes he almost got both of us kicked out of the academy more then onec” Luna giggled at the memories.
Ensign Luna

“Oh no, no warp core fights today!” Though his tone was light, there was a subtle emphasis on the last word - leading to some interesting implications. “I have been working on a modified energy storage system, and during failure testing it, well, failed - though far more spectacularly than expected. It would seem that the rate of energy transfer is a larger factor than overall capacity; at least for the configuration that I have been looking at.” Durheim glanced at his scorched tunic; as if he only just noticed its current state, before picking off some small pieces of duritium.

Eternally unable to restrain the engineer within him, Cobb’s eyes flashed with excitement at Durheim’s words.
“I wouldn’t mind casting an eye over this project some time. If you would be willing?” he asked the engineering chief, quietly. “For no other reason than my own interest.”

” Captain, if you let Cerenity tag along on that adventure we will have a problem” worning him know rather then find out later that he had alwed the four year old to get near sumthing that was definitely dangerous.

“Ah, so you two are previously acquainted,” Zachariah settled his previous question. “Well then, if Ensign Gil here is of similar caliber to Ensign Luna, I’d say we are blessed on the Leviathan to have you both.”

” I trust though no with Cerenity the two of them would probably get up to twice the trouble you and she get into captain” Luna joked.

The captain appeared mock-wounded at Luna’s words, mouthing an innocent “Me?” before disintegrating into laughter.

” yes you, it’s ether you finding trouble or Cerenity, or the pare of them team up and get into trouble” Luna said but couldn’t keep a straight face and started laughing to.

With unrestrained eagerness, the captain looked towards the containment door. “Would you like to lead the way, Ensign Luna? Either yourself or Mr Durheim can select the first anomaly for us to view.”

• Captain Zachariah Cobb

OOC: Happy for anyone to add an anomaly here if they would like to. Either one of your own, or feel free to take one from the catalogue :)

Luna smiled almost wickedly ” Well we have to see pants spider first he is the cutest” she said. She looked to Durheim for his opinion and waghted incase he wanted to take the lead.
Ensign Luna

“Cutest?” Cobb protested. “That might be giving the…thing a little too much credit there, Ensign Luna.”
He shook his head as a barely disguised shiver ran down his own spine at the thought of the arachnid-like anomaly.

” your not the one that had it escape and follow you around the ship” Luna said giggling.

“Hmmm, Pants Spider is fairly harmless; or at least it certainly appears to be so far. I think that would make an excellent first stop.” Sidling over to the captain, Durheim asked in a quiet voice “Mr. Cobb; what would you like Mr. Gill to see today? The dangerous and misleading, the murderous, or something else entirely?”

-WO Durheim, CE

“I must confess, Mr Durheim,” Zachariah leaned in to speak in confidential whisper, “that my own initial meeting with the lad was doubtless unsettling enough. But I was sure to fetch him a new tunic before the substance burned through to his skin!”
Further explanation was shrugged away as if the entire sentence was commonplace, Cob’s demeanor that of a man discussing naught more thrilling than lunch.

” you two know I can hear you right… I’ll have to ask Gill about that story later captain” She said still smiling.

“As for this little excursion,” he continued after a time, “I would recommend we avoid the outright murderous. I have no desire to send the lad screaming for the nearest shore. But he is here now so he might as well learn the reality of this ship. And of the things that dwell within.”

Gil frowned. “What the hell is a pants spider?”

• Gil

Approaching the fortified doorway, Cobb entered his personal code followed by a scan of his left thumb, then stepped back for Luna to enter her own. As he waited, he turned once more to Gil.
“A pants spider is…” He laughed, then winked at his companions. “Well, perhaps it will be easier to show you. Ensign Luna, lead the way, if you will?”

• Captain Zachariah Cobb

After Luna had entered her code she led them into the containment deck and quietly to the containment unit that held pants spider. She smiled at the anomaly as she reached up and pulled one of the fluffy down feather that lay just beneath her adult fethers. It was small perfect size for the anomaly. She set the fether near the containment unit so that one of the scientists could give it to him later. ” I promise him one of my down fethers, this by the way is pants spider and yes he is the cutest anomaly we have the others are tarifiying in there own way, if you did not catch it eitherly I have been stocked by this little stinker as have a few others” Luna exsplaned.
Ensign Luna

Ladies and gentleman we return to the continuing adventures of Pants Spider! We join our arachnid friend and his gang of pals as he’s visiting for the day when—gadzooks!---- There are visitors! Upon hearing the young lad exclaiming that he doesn’t know what a pants spider is the adorable little fella wiggles his way up to the edge of the containment unit and blinks as the communications systems crackle and a grainy jingle begins with a crackly voice that is a little too tinny starts in to sing “My friend my friend let me introduce you to the Pants Spider! The greatest little guy that ever has been! He’ll hug ya tight, he’ll hug ya strong. He’s the Paaaaaaaaaaaaaants Spider!” The comms returned to their quiet nature as the enclosure was now empty, Pants Spider was no where to be found! But, just wait, I hear you asking where he went? Well I’ll tell ya...........Tune in next time!

1920’s Radio Personality

Gil had felt somewhat concerned as they reached the containment unit for this “pants spider” and upon seeing the anomaly and having it sing at him had put Gil in a rather perturbed mood. Only further exacerbated by the fact that the anomaly was now no longer in its enclosure. However, Gil was not one to shy away from creepy crawlies… his mom was a big bug after all… and his life on a desolate world used as a game preserve meant he’d encountered a number of unsavory multi-legged/multi-eyed/multi-headed creatures. So he just stood still and waited for the pants spider to make itself known. All the while the song it had sung on the comms system was now firmly lodged in his brain and refused to leave.

• Gil

Luna shook her head. ” Pants Spider I brought you the fether I promised you now come out please I’ll sing with you again” Luna said with a smile.
Ensign Luna