Posted by Lieutenant Corinne Dalton/SARAH (Ships AI/Avatar) in Saracen Holosuite: Knight and Dalton/SARAH

Posted by Lieutenant Corinne Dalton/SARAH (Ships AI/Avatar) in Saracen Holosuite: Knight and Dalton/SARAH

Posted by Lieutenant Corinne Dalton/SARAH (Ships AI/Avatar) in Saracen Holosuite: Knight and Dalton/SARAH
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Her grin disappeared and she shook her head. “No. Kip and Janey adopted me when I was two, but they died when the Klingons attacked during the brief war.” Her eyes narrowed slightly before she shrugged. “It was a hard time for a lot of people.” Finally she looked at Dante. “I was twelve and the colonists who decided to stay after took me in. I stayed with some friend’s of my parents to finish my school and until I was old enough to go to the Academy.”

He nodded as she finished, she was right of course, it was a hard time for many and she wasn’t the only one to tell it from that war and the one straight after. “I’m sorry to hear that, but it shows some impressive degree of determination to make the Academy after it.” Dante glanced at her a moment with a small smile, then moved his eyes back to the hills and horses for a short time in silence.

Gazing at him, her grin returned and she had an almost impish grin in her unnaturally vivid eyes. “Hey, since we’re on the holodeck, there’s no reason we can’t go riding right now, if you can handle a challenge.”

~Corinne Dalton

That brought a laugh out of Dante and he turned his head to her again. “I am a Captain of a star ship, and riding is in my blood” he feigned wounded pride at the suggestion he couldn’t handle a challenge, or perhaps it was his Italian ancestry that demanded a settling of the question. “I get Cash though, your not saddling me with Lacey like I have to be wrapped in cotton wool first time out.” Flashing a grin her way, he came easily to his feet and held out a hand in an offer to help her to her feet. It was a subconscious thing on his part, he knew she could have just blinked and appeared standing at the bottom of the hill waiting for him, but this seemed just the right thing to do in the moment.

Captain Knight, CO

With a grin, Cori took his hand and stood up. She was about to walk off but then gazed at him side ways with a smirk. “A tip for you though, Captain. Never assume the sweet ones don’t have a spark of fire in them.” Cori then moved off down the hill.

Dante adjusted his cuffs and jacket to fit properly from his previous seated position and smiled as he watched her head to the horses. “Great, I get a sassy AI” he said with good natured sarcasm and followed after her, sliding his hands casually into the pockets of his jacket as he watched the landscape around them.

As they approached, the horses stayed where they were but they, Cori and Dante shimmered for a moment. The horses were then tacked up and ready to ride, whereas a moment before they were peacefully grazing. Cori herself was still wearing her jeans and boots, but her hand carried a couple carrots. Dante himself was appropriately ready to ride as well, though it was notable that she didn’t bother with riding helmets.

He came to a halt beside her and watched the animals, a slightly far away look in his eye as his thoughts went back to his uncles stables and a life that was now light years away. It was far from a bad memory and he smiled at the feeling of the sun and the breeze in this place and the memories.

Moving closer, Dalton whistled slightly and made a clicking noise with her tongue. Cash and Lacey raised their heads and Lacey snorted, almost in acknowledgement.

~Corinne Dalton

“How long has it been since you took a ride?” He asked Corinne as he kept up with her and examined Cash with an out-of-practice critical eye and then moved forwards to greet the horse, glancing at Corinne as he did so out of curiosity as to what she was doing. He couldn’t be sure, but he had a feeling that she hadn’t been ‘back here’ like this as it were in a while, not with the way she had been sitting on the hill looking over her old homestead.

Captain Knight, CO