Posted by Lieutenant Casela Synthi-er (Counsellor / RTF) in side-sim Still in the Lounge
It was after 2300 and the lounge was supposed to be closed. Hampton had left and Casela chuckled. She was still there with just a few lights on. Whatever contengency plan Hampton had, she was sure she was either on the top of the list or the very bottom. She looked at the two bottles sat on the table, one empty and another almost. She’d put them away but she was pretty sure she was ‘falling down drunk’ by now. Casela reached up to trace the runes on her necklace. Hampton was right, shouldn’t she be happy she had someone? T’Jal would agree, Jake would too. Jake was a hopeless romantic though and never let T’Jal forget it. She just couldn’t see T’Jal being like her, ever. She’d heard the stories from T’Jal and the way the woman’s mind worked was scary, and as old as she was she could fight. But, Casela was bitter. She’d made a choice that she thought would help her make a difference, and now....now she wished …well it didn’t matter what you wished. The flicker of light and shadow in Roebuck’s office terrified her. She wasn’t sure what she had done yet, but she’d figure it out. She just didn’t know what she could do about it. She started to pick up the bottle to pour another glass when the doors opened.

Lt. Synthi-er

Having spent the past 5 hours in the CIC, a quiet shift all thing considered with only dave causing any means of excitement Ryder had decided to cut his losses a little early and began doing his pre handover walk early. 2300 most people were asleep or unlucky for some getting ready for Gamma shift, in his case he was getting ready for sleep so as a yawn erupted he chose not to hide it.

His walk was mostly uninteresting though passing a handful of officer on thier way to engineering he heard them talking about drunk officers which gave the XO cause enough to visit the lounge. It wasn’t unsuaul for officers to unwind but considering the time of day it was certainly time to wrap things up. What he didn’t expect when we walked in was Casela, alone and in the dark. “Casela” Ryder voice was filled with Confusion and concern as he approached her.

• Commander Raauhl, XO