Posted by Chief Petty Officer Sam Nazarian (Host of Florence’s) in Florence’s- Just Another Evening (Open to All)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Alex Winters (Chief Engineer) in Florence’s- Just Another Evening (Open to All)

Posted by Lieutenant Navale Huzzen (Engineer) in Florence’s- Just Another Evening (Open to All)
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Sinclair looked down the bar at the Chief of Staff and said “I think necromancy is a bit of a strong word for it, Doctor.” and he chuckled. “After all… all of this-” and he gestured at the ship as a whole, “- is about saving lives. is it not? I think Doctor Kanes are doing a fine job of doing just that. As is the rest of your staff.” and he took a drink.

Sinclair, XO

Sam eyed the trio of officers and smirked. “Never a dull day around here,” he remarked as another crew member approached and he went to take their order.

Sam Nazarian, Host of Florence’s

Alex smirked as she approached the bar. Necromancy, or something like it? Never a dull day around here, indeed! Huh.

Navale nodded with a comical grin. When Sam returned she asked, “So what made your day never dull today, Sam?”

Lt. Huzzen, Engineer

“Well, I always do enjoy talking with all of you, so regardless of how it might have been before, it’s no longer dull,” he said with wink. Lots of odd things happened in Florence’s, and even more around the ship, which tended to get talked about here. Yes, he heard all kinds of things, in varying layers of truthfulness.

~Sam, Host of Florence’s

Navale chuckled, “Well we have to keep it entertaining. You might get bored and leave, then where would be?”

Sam nodded gravely. “That would be a shame, I agree,” he said, a tiny gleam appearing in his eyes.

It took a second before Alex realized who the woman Sam the bartender was talking to must be, but then she smiled. Unwind – or whatever passed for that on a ship where necromancy among medical staff was apparently ‘just another Tuesday at work’ – and meet her new subordinate at the same time? Way to kill two birds with one stone. Her old boss, Commander Jean ‘plus est en vous’ Devereaux, starfleet officer first, human being second, would have considered it unorthodox at best. But that was the good thing about being Chief now: at last, she got to do these things ‘her way’.

Alex turned to Sam. “Meeting me could, perhaps, also qualify as making your day just a little less dull?” she joked, tongue firmly in cheek. “I’m Alex Winters, freshly minted Chief Engineer. Do you make Virgin Mojito’s?”

“Can do easily, Chief,” Sam said with an easy grin. “And it’s always nice to meet the new crew. Welcome aboard!” he said with sincerity before moving off to make the drink.

Turning to Huzzen, she said: “And unless I miss my guess, you and I will be working together for the foreseeable future. I looked for you in Main Engineering earlier, but the boarding formalities took most of the business day. I must have missed the end of your watch. Lt. Huzzen, I presume?”

~ Alex Winters, CE

Huzzen held out her hand, “That would be me, Chief. Pleasure to meet you. Sorry about that, I didn’t know you were arriving today. Been crawling around the port warp nacelle all day replacing some corroded optic cabling. Filed my report and then went off duty to stretch my legs.”

Lt. Huzzen, Engineer

Alex shrugged, as she took the offered hand and shook it. “I’m Alex Winters, Chief Engineer, but you already knew that. And don’t worry about it. Being assigned as Chief here came as a bit of a surprise to me, especially since I’m outranked by multiple people in the department, including you; I wasn’t expecting a welcoming committee. Had I been here to do it, taking care of essential repairs and maintenance that may have been waiting for a lull in the action, now that we are between missions, would have been precisely what I’d have told you to do. It’s all good.”

~ Alex Winters, CE

Sam returned and slid the virgin mojito with a smile. Even without alcohol, Sam knew how to mix a drink, and with that confidence he moved back to the Chief of Staff and XO. “Refills for either of you?”

~Sam, Host of Florence’s

“Sure,” Brad said, throwing back the last of his drink and sliding the glass back across the bar. “And can I get something to eat?”

Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of Staff