Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Brigette Marshall (Chief Engineer (CE)) in Date night, a week later tag CE

Posted by Captain Chris Taggart (Captain) in Date night, a week later tag CE

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Brigette Marshall (Chief Engineer (CE)) in Date night, a week later tag CE
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Chris was in his room wearing a tan dress pant and a black Starfleet medical polo which showed off his cybernetic arm. He mainly wore long sleeves and gloves so no one would notice but he wanted her to know him, the true him. His room was clean and in it was a bunch of stuff from the 20th century Earth. Pictures of Pinhead, Pumkinhead, Elvira and other horror items. Of course there were more cubes here and all were covered. He had bottle of French Pinot Noir that was 80 years old and he opened it allowing it to breath before being served. Tonight was going to be special he thought to himself. Tonight he would test himself in a different capacity. A test of being able to let go and love again. He can only hope. He looked at the wall cron and noticed the time. “Darn. She’ll be here any minute.” He went over to the mirror to check himself over one more time.

Chris

Bridie showed up in a blue legging and skirt set with an off the shoulder dress top.(*) She was smoothing the skirt and trying to get up her nerve before she palmed the chime. She was going to watch a holo with him that was an old Earth Horror. She understood the concept, though because she hadn’t delved into it more than in vague references, she didn’t have his passion.

She just hoped she didn’t dissapoint.

She palmed the chime to announce her arrival and her hand rose to her hair. Being an off shift for them, she had chosen to come a bit more comfortably than uniform. She had hoped to at least catch his eyes when they were watching the holo. But she had also figured it was going to be a shipwide event. It made her pleased to no end that she saw the comm this morning was an invitation to his quarters. One more smoothing to the front of her outfit and she waited for the call to enter.

(*) https://maethrashade.freeforums.net/thread/367/kristi-outfits

Lt JG Brigette Marshall
Chief Engineer

Chris rushed over and opened the door. He looked speechless. “Uh..um.. Come in. Please. You look amazing!” He had a big smile on his face.

“Please have a seat anywhere you’d like and I’ll bring over the wine and cheese and crackers.” He was amazed at how pretty she looked.

Chris.

“Thanks…” she said, looking at him with an approving smile. “Being out of uniform, you cut a nice vision, yourself. Relaxing suits you.” She moved towards the couch, slid her boots off and set them off to the side. Before sitting down though, she moved about the room a bit, her hand hovering barely over a small row of a partial collection of the boxes. “It’s amazing. Are they all different, or merely the same cubes or few cubes with different sides showing?” Bridie paused as a picture of pinhead. Her head tilted slightly as she tried to work out how the head became covered in the sharp objects. “If a headache for me feels like pins and needles, I wonder what one feels like to him?” She let out a soft chuckle before turning around to look at him from across the room.

Bridie
CE

Chris laughed a bit. “Thanks but relaxing is something that a captain cannot do very often.” He brought over the plates of crackers and cheeses and then went back for the wine and brought over the glasses and sat them side by side on the coffin shaped coffee table. He sat down on the couch next to where she was before she got up. “Those cubes are all the same but different sides are showing. ALL of them are signed and mean a lot to me. I guess they shouldn’t since they are inanimate objects but its the love of horror I have and the only things that have never left me.”

He took a bit of a piece of cheese to clean his palate before the wine. “Well you are about to see how he got such a headache.” He laughed. “Have you not seen any horror movies before? What are your favorite movies if I may ask?”

Chris

Brigette came and sat beside him, following his lead and having a cracker. “I don’t think it’s strange to have a love for objects as long as it doesn’t begin to consume you to the exclusion of everything else.” She glanced around, settling herself more comfortably to see the monitor on the wall. “And I think they are amazing.”

“Thank you. Obviously I do not have that problem since I care for this ship and the crew more. But sometimes I think it goes too far.”

As he asked about her favorite movie, a slight shrug tugged up her shoulders. “I don’t have one, honestly. I tend to watch mechanical training and information programs. Though…” she paused and leaned to take a small bit of cheese as she avoided looking at him. “At my last station I was introduced to riding horses. I have found it to be exhilarating and relaxing all at once.” She looked up at him with a glance that begged for him not to laugh at her.

Bridie
CE

He smiled. “That is a great idea! I have not ridden a horse since I left the farm. The next vacation we get we should do just that!” He handed her the wine glass and picked his up and held it out for a toast. “To new beginnings.” He then took a slow and long smooth sip. “But you seem rather boring! Watching only training videos! But at least that made you a very good engineer. I wonder if I would be a better captain if I didn’t watch too many movies. But my favorite movie of all time is actually a comedy.”

Chris

Bridie blushed slightly and toasted with him. “And new friendships” She took a sip and shook her head in wonderment. “You collect horror memorabilia, but your favorite holo is a comedy? That makes no sense. You know that, right?”

He let out a laugh that he couldn’t suppress. “Very true. My favorite movie is called, Big Trouble in Little China. e can watch it after this if you want or some other time.

His comment of her being boring didn’t bother her cause she knew she was. “I fear boring something I excel at. If I’m not working, I’m usually working on ways to be more productive the next time I’m on shift.” The wine was amazing and she found herself drinking more before reminding herself it wasn’t rough Ale. It was meant to be sipped, not slugged.

“Well I am glad to have such a dedicated person on this ship. You remind me of Kane in the way that you both are relentless in the pursuit of knowledge and information and not that you are a a$$hole.” He smile.

“I’d like to take you riding. I can use it to pay you back for,” she nodded to the room and the date in general, “this…” She paused, her arm resting along the back of the couch. “So tell me, before I watch this. What is it about horror that fascinates you, so? I mean, how is being overly scared something to admire? I mean, unless you are the one doing the scaring.” She laughed and tried to imagine him being scary. Right now she couldn’t see it.

Bridie
CE

He looked confused. “Pay me back for what? This evening? If that’s the case then I better step up my game.” He took another sip of the wine before answering her next question. “No I do not like being scared. I find that if the writing or acting in a comedy or a horror can make me laugh or be scared, then it is done well. I like tension, intrigue, suspense, terror and fright. If you can give me that then we are all right. I hate jump scares. And I do like to scare people. I do not do it very often since I am the Captain now and have to show a certain amount of dignity and pride, but I like it.” He looked at her glass and noticed it. “More wine Bridie?”

Chris