Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Achilleas Petrakos (Chief Science Officer) in Side Sim: Spa Day Date

Posted by Ensign Iyun Riani (Scientist) in Side Sim: Spa Day Date

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Achilleas Petrakos (Chief Science Officer) in Side Sim: Spa Day Date
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“I’m thinking the hot tub.” Achilleas replied. “It just sounds nice to sit in boiling hot water and let the fatigue drain from my body.” He lightly took hand of Ria’s into his own and led the way deeper into the spa. It looked to be empty, so maybe they were one of the first to think about using it. “Looks like we may have the place to ourselves.” He said with a waggle of his eyebrows.

CSO Petrakos

“So it seems,” Ria replied softly, smiling gently at Achilleas as she let him lead her towards one of the hot tubs. Once there, she let go of his hand and slipped quickly into the hot water. And not just up to her shoulders, but she submerged herself completely and stayed under the surface for several moments. As long as she could hold her breath. So when her head broke the surface, she was gasping a little for air. The smile on her face was a little wider, though, and she seemed a little more relaxed than she had just a moment ago.

~Ensign Iyun, Scientist

Achilleas eased himself into the hot tub with a sigh as the hot water relaxed his muscles. He hadn’t even realized how tensely he was carrying himself lately, but now he was with his favorite person in a relaxing environment and his body was taking advantage of that. He grinned as Ria came back up for air and caught her breath. “Nothing quite like being in water, right? I’d love a tub in my quarters though I’d rather have a lot more room to swim. Do you think the ship would have a large pool around somewhere?”

CSO Petrakos

“If so then I’d guess that it’s where the gym is, which is somewhere around here as well, isn’t it?” Ria replied thoughtfully as she snuggled close to Achilleas. The hot water felt wonderful and she felt a lot less exposed than she had after changing into the bathing suit. She knew that was silly, and still she couldn’t help feeling that way. “I never thought I’d ever serve on a ship that has a spa,” she mused softly, “It feels more like a cruise ship right now than like a Starfleet vessel.”

~Ensign Iyun, Scientist

“It certainly is a wonderful thing. I can kind of understand if I look at it from a medical stand point if we were to consider housing patients who needed a long recovery time. But this is definitely a great way to relax for the crew after a long mission or time away from the starbase.” Achilleas said as he slipped an arm around Ria’s waist as she snuggled against him. He closed his eyes and scooted down to get his shoulders into the water with a sigh of contentment.

CSO Petrakos

As he wrapped his arm around her, Achilleas might be able to feel her ribs a little more than the last time he had held her in his arms. And while Ria hoped that he wouldn’t, she was certain that he would and that he would get upset and worry. With all those thoughts and emotions running amok, she felt herself tense up a little again. Which of course wasn’t helping and only added to her discomfort. What a vicious circle to be caught in. Part of her actually thought of twisting out of his embrace, but thankfully she thought better of it. Instead she thought of what he had said earlier about her kissing him. So she climbed onto his lap, her lower legs on either side of his thigh, and leaned forward to kiss him.

~Ensign Iyun, Scientist