Posted by Ensign Kalani Kāne (Scientist) in Alindor’s Quarters - Meeting Elizabeth Alindor
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Alindor’s quarters

The Alindor’s walked and chatted about mundane things on the way to Jarred’s quarters. The weather, travel conditions, lack of peanuts and cold beverages on shuttles were the adult-dominated topics as the family took several hallways and turbo heading towards their destination. Their pace was substantially slower than needed due to Elizabeth’s dawdling the entire way. The little girl’s eyes were large and she clung onto Jarred’s hand like it was a lifeline. Many of the passing crew gave the chief odd looks or lingering nods as they watched him stride down the halls with the little girl in tow. For Elizabeth’s part, she tended to looked around and then down as the people passing looked at them. She was not shy in the least. Her grandpa joked that if you looked up the definition of adventurous and outgoing there would be a picture of Elizabeth Alindor. It was just a lot was going on today and as excited as she was to live with her Daddy on the new ship, Elizabeth was a little sad to be leaving her home, school, and friends. She just hoped people would not stop them right now. She wanted to see more of the ship with her Daddy: not talk and be polite to strangers. Each time someone passed, Elizabeth tightened her grip on Jarred’s hand until they were safely at his quarters.

Jarred looked over at Kalani and whispered in her ear. He wanted to surprise Elizabeth with something but Kalani would need to grab it first.

As she walked in, Elizabeth smiled widely and ran across the room jumping up on the couch. “It looks like home Nana only I can’t see the lights from the city.” After pressing her face to the window, she looked back at Jarred. “Can we take a drive around the ship? PaPa used to take Nana and me all around Tycho on Sunday afternoons. We would get ice cream and sometimes go to the park. Can we do that Daddy?”

“A drive… well… sure. We can’t drive around the ship but we can always go to the holodeck and drive… well anywhere really. You name a location and we can go for a spin, I might even go go-kart racing with you see what you can do.” he said with a small wink at Elizabeth.

“Elizabeth, no standing on the furniture please,” Samantha said softly. This garnered a groan as she jumped up once more to land on her bottom. Using the cushions like a trampoline to propel her up again, Elizabeth was on her feet again looking around. “Do you have a dog?” Her tone was super excited and Elizabeth dropped to her knees slapping her legs and calling out ‘here puppy puppy’.

“I think she likes your quarters,” Samantha whispered to her son. She was thrilled that Elizabeth seemed to be happy with Jarred’s home. Samantha was just happy that it was this clean. She debated on how much of that was due to Kalani living there and cleaning up or her son wanting to impress Kalani so he cleaned up.

Elizabeth Alindor

“That is Ralph’s bed… Ralph is Kalani’s pet fox, when she comes he often comes too and we like to give him a place to stay. In fact that’s why Kalani left, she will be here soon to let you meet Ralph and maybe a few of her other animals. Until then I do have a suprise for you little one. Would you like to see your room?” he asked her as he offered his hand to his daughter, pointing his head at the door across the living space.

Family quarters had a bit of more room, his room had his own bathroom, then there was a bathroom for guests, living space, office area, and dining area as well as the second bedroom. It was a perk of having Elizabeth that he always had the family quarters for just in case she ever came to visit. Now that she was living, he was very thrilled he had a chance to finally put her room to good use.

“I hope you like the room, I spent a lot time making it perfect. Last time we talked you told me all your favorite colors and activities, I hope I did well in making this the perfect room sweetie.” he said as he waited for her to open the door first.

Jonathan came up behind Jarred as he placed a hand on his shoulder, just briefly before moving aside. It was hard in many ways to try and find his rhythm with Jarred, they seemed to have been in conflict since he was born. Still, Jonathan loved Jarred, even if Jarred didn’t feel that was true.

Alindor, CE