Posted by Captain Dira Myqian (Commanding Officer) in Lounge- Getting to Know You

Posted by Commander Dr. Royal Sinclair (Executive Officer) in Lounge- Getting to Know You

Posted by Captain Dira Myqian (Commanding Officer) in Lounge- Getting to Know You
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She wanted to back out and in reality all she would have had to do was message Sinclair and ask to try another evening. Dira could have given almost any excuse and it would have actually be true, but she also knew that right now she needed to be present around the crew as they worked through this transition. So even if she wasn’t in the mental space to be social, Dira could suck it up because in actual fact she really did want to get to know this man who would be her support and command partner.

Having arrived only a minute ago, Dira was still in uniform but her jacket was off and draped on the back of her chair. She sipped on a glass of water while she waited to Sinclair to arrive.

Captain Myqian, CO

Sinclair was two minutes late, also still in uniform, but when he walked in he looked around for the Captain and smiled and made his way over; pausing once or twice to talk to someone that introduced themselves to the new XO. Finally taking a seat, he exhaled and said “Aye, but they dunnae tell ya ‘but the loads of reports that get heaped on ya the first few days, do they?” and he chuckled. “If they did, I’m guessin’ Command School’d be a lot less crowded.”

Sinclair, XO

Her ebony eyes glittered. “Not for the feint of heart, that’s for sure. Try taking up your new post when your ship was nearly torn apart escaping a subspace bubble and was so badly damaged Command thought ‘hey, why don’t we give them a new one? They can hang out on Starbase for bit while we get it to them, can’t they?’” Dira said with a laugh. She folded her arms on the table. “The reports that had to be done reconciling the ship and crew were intense, but we were at Starbase, so we had plenty of time to do them. Well, except for the hallucinogenic fungus episode.” She tilted her head up, pondering. “You know, I do miss Queen Willow.” It still amused her even though it had been quite awhile ago, but there hadn’t been a better chance to get to know the crew than seeing how everyone operated in a crisis. Well, the ones were had the capacity to act, of course.

Captain Myqian, CO

Royal grinned and said “I read the After-Action reports on that one. Sounds like a party, for sure.” with a soft laugh. A glass of ice tea was brought over and he nodded his thanks. He looked back at Myqian and said “So, Skipper? How’s the new chair fitting ya? Or are we still in tha ‘What the bloody hell is happenin’?!’ phase?” and he gave her a friendly smile.

Sinclair, XO

While the lounge did have an on-duty bartender, there was no kitchen and the crew had replicators to grab food from. Dira rose and gestured with her head. “Come on, let’s grab food,” she said.

As they wandered over, she replied, “It’s fine. I mean, I’ve sat in it before and all, but then and this last week it always felt like I was just keeping it warm for the Captain. Now that person is me, so I’m still wrapping my head around it.”

“Oskoid salad with walnuts and jabraneezi soup,” she told the replicator. Her dinner simmered into existence and she stepped to the side so he could order.

Captain Myqian, CO

“Haggis with neeps and tatties.” he said and waited a moment as the lights coalesced into his food. He nodded back to the table and followed her back, waiting for her to sit before taking his seat. As he unrolled jos silverware from his napkin, he said “So. I’m guessin’ ya had a chance to look at my file. Anything ya wanna talk about?”

Sinclair, XO