Posted by Lieutenant Commander Amari Brooks (Executive Officer) in Ready Room - Side sim

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Willow recognised the moment when the decompression happened. She smiled quietly to herself. “Gold stars all round…raise for the educator, a bell or something for the dentist to stop him creeping about…maybe a fruit basket for Commander Reeze since we stole his wife back to active duty. And I think Rico would like some more armaments. Brad seems lonely, can we sign him up for that Ferengi dating PaDD APP, what’s it called. The Ferengi Intimacy Network Detector thingy....TFINDER ? And I still want Jarvis in the brig.”

Amari’s giggles increased with each comment, but she stopped suddenly at the mention of Doctor Jarvis. She was surprised it hadn’t come up already, really. She wondered what the captain’s response would be when she found at that her very XO was a fan of doctor Jarvis. “What he did was, terribly wrong,” she began slowly, “but one cannot deny that he is a brilliant surgeon. One could argue that Dr. Jarvis is the best cardio thoracic surgeon in this sector, if not the quadrant.” Though you couldn’t tell it from the blood rushing to her face from hanging upside down, Amari blushed slightly.

Willow looked sideways at Amari as if trying to figure her out. A thousand responses…none of them really useful in the end. “I know…I just don’t relish the fact that he did what he did and now he’s here. Genetic experiments and alterations do not come easily excused.” It was the typical starfleet response. Yet something about her expression became guarded. “Besides I think between him and Doctor Marshall poor Brad is going to look for early retirement.” and she changed the subject.

Amari realized her remark had effected the captain as she watched a hit of a wall being put up. She immediately regretted telling her about the… what? Respect? Infatuation?… fascination, she had with Dr. Jarvis. She let her head loll to one side to look at Willow directly. “Captain, please don’t misunderstand me. I don’t condone his actions. As a matter of fact, I find them deplorable. But he has served his time. He deserves a new start. I think the Ogawa is lucky to have his fresh start begin here.”

“So shall we start department by department or alphabetically by crew member?” She asked as she made no motion of moving. The call on the desk timed out with a chime which she ignored.

So the subject had been change. Amari hoped she hadn’t damaged the friendship that had been blossoming between the pair. She sat up and retrieved a PaDD. “Let’s start with Lt. Vanhall and the security department.”

Willow remained gazing at the ceiling but took the other PaDD and turned it upside down now flicking through as she spoke. “I’ve heard good things from around the ship about Lt. Vanhall. He seems to have stopped some sort of ruckus with a mop I’m told and he dealt with the cacti rather well.” She rubbed her forehead offhandedly, “He has asked for some more armaments, we should probably look into that for him. And I think it’s been a while since he was last promoted. Add a note to his file that he should be up for rank review soon.” She clicked the next file. “Lieutenant Haven as well…certainly a commendation for such a small team working so well…* again flicked through the file through a small group of NEs . “Think that’s it. Oh and that new one what’s her name? One to watch apparently.”

Willow Taylor
CO