Posted by Lieutenant Jarred Alindor (Chief Engineer) in Starbase - Requisitions

Posted by Ensign Kalani Kāne (Scientist) in Starbase - Requisitions

Posted by Lieutenant Jarred Alindor (Chief Engineer) in Starbase - Requisitions
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Jarred stared, almost blankly at her, she had spunk and certainly amused him even if she mistook his “on my crew” as meaning in Engineering vs just on the Saracen as a member of the crew in general. Despite her misunderstanding she was delightful to say the least, even if she stole his doughnut. “Well, that’s all good and well sweetie, but… you STILL have not told me anything to do with just what you are building. I like you Kalini, you have spunk and you seem fun as hell to boot. I am not though going to green light anything until you can give me an honest answer. Pretty smile and feminine wiles can only get you so far when you are talking about my ship doll. So how about you tell me what you need these for.” he suggested, wanting her to give him the full story, and not all budging till she did.

Alindor, CE

Green light, she thought and smiled widely. Oh Mr. Alindor if Captain Knight is on board with my plan you won’t be greenlighting anything. Didn’t you just catch on to my spiel about biologists ruling the world or a ship in this case? You will be devoting every man on your crew to build my megapolis once you find a Devronian mole rat has popped his cage and making a home in those teeny tiny crevices only your T-Rex armed crewman can reach. Still, there was the saying that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar so Kalani toned downed her I rule the universe attitude.

“I need an aquarium and a terrarium,” she said simply. Ten of them that are ten foot high by six foot wide each but we can save that for another time. “I have a few selected specimens for an experiment that I am running. Tell me Jarred, if I may call you that since we are technically not on duty. How big are your quarters? I mean you have a bedroom, living area, bathroom,” she let her voice trail off a bit. “Now imagine if all you had was the bathtub. Wouldn’t you want a space that is like this,” she spread her arms wide, “instead of a space like this,” she made a frowny face and shook her head no as she made a small box with her hands.

Lt. Kalani Kane, Science

Jarred arched his eyebrow, much of what she needed could be used on the ship if Captain Knight didn’t agree. It didn’t hurt to have the extra and he didn’t hate the idea. He used to love the animals he found on the Starbase as a kid, it was the only thing he enjoyed. People lost pets all the time and he found them, and often kept them. Wanting to keep them on the ship would be an interesting place to visit if Kalani was truly serious. “I can live with that, sounds intriguing. I have a little bit of experience building things like that. I would love to help you. I will get everything you need, most of this stuff can be reused if Dante refuses so I don’t think it’ll hurt to have a little bit of excess if he does. For my measure, I will make sure they give you all you need though.” Jarred said.

“Thank you,” Kalani smiled reaching down for the donut. Jelly filled donuts were not her favorite but she had gutted this one so it was only a lump of fried dough with some powdered sugar on top. Picking up the donut she raised it to her lips.

Lt. Kalani Kane, science

Jarred quickly slapped the doughnut out of her hand and took it and licked it before giving it back to her. “Still want it?” he said as he smirked, he wasn’t really mad but he was enjoying the banter. “Be careful what else you take of mine I may lick other places.” he said with a wink, before it dawned on him what he said. “I mean… I… you know I mean right?” he said as he looked down his cheeks blushing ever so slightly as he bit his lower lip as he took a small breath in. She was fun, he could do this for hours on end, but that would mean being stuck on this base longer than he desired.

Alindor, CE

“Oh, I am starting to get your number. You go around licking things to claim them as yours,” she looked at him. Alindor was turning out to be far more interesting than most of the engineering types she had met over the years. Not waiting a second longer she reached over with her other hand and picked up his coffee licking the rim of the cup. “So by Alindor’s standards this is now mine,” she winked at him before taking a sip. All the years dealing with creepy crawly critters in places that were not the most sanitary had taught her that drinking after someone was not the worst thing in the world. In fact, she couldn’t count the times she had shared a canteen with someone on her expedition. This was just a more high-end canteen. Making a face she stuck out her tongue as the liquid coated her tongue. “Oh god this is so sweet,” she scrunched up her nose.

Ensign Kalani Kāne (Scientist)

“Is it? Well I guess I must have ordered the Kalani Kāne, I sometimes drink it a bit richer but they must have knew someone as sweet as you was going to take the sip.” he said as he felt that flush of his cheeks hit him more, he wasn’t one to flirt often but he was enjoying teasing her greatly. Getting up he came around putting a hand out for her he offered her a chance to get up.

Kalani bust out laughing. “You are a charmer aren’t you. I typically like my coffee to be just light enough I can tell it is coffee and just sweet enough to cut the bitter taste you sometimes get when drinking it black. File that tidbit away because I think you and I are going to be spending a lot of time together in the near future. So any idea how much longer we might have to wait before we can get to the Saracen and start making beautiful music together?” Poor Alindor had no idea how much time they would be spending together. Kane thought about asking if there was a Mrs. Alindor or little Alindorites waiting at home for him but decided against it. As charming as he was, Kalani wanted him for his mind and engineering skills rather than his body. If there were little Alindorites she would captivate them with her menagerie making the Mrs. Alindor happy to get free time. Everything would work out so why worry about things.

“We have to go get your parts, plus you owe me a doughnut. I think you can take care of that later.” he said as he smiled gently before offering his arm for her to interlace it, like they were in wizard of oz out to go down the yellow brick road. Their road lead to raw materials, but with it they could build their own Oz.

Alindor, CE

“I will hand deliver a pizza and a six pack of beer to your quarters tonight with a dozen donuts if we can get my stuff on board the Saracen and get to work. Tell me do you know if there are any hobby spaces on the ship. You know for general purpose stuff. ” While no one had actually greenlighted her megapolis that didn’t mean she couldn’t start making the tanks and cages early.

Ensign Kalani Kāne (Scientist)

“Perfect, you get your cute little self to my place and I will get the movies. Let me go see Crag you can circle back the ship if you want doll.” Jarred suggested, not really needing much else after this from he he could get what she needed.

Alindor, CE

OOC: Hope you don’t mind if I jump in. . . . .

IC: DaVinci was on a mission. A mission to get the equipment he needed to do his job. As he walked through the requisitions dept, he noticed The Saracen’s chief engineer having an animated discussion with the latest crew member to join the ship. He heard their references to Star Wars and football and was tempted to stop. Someone discussing football? Real American football? He made a mental note to check into that later.

He nodded and acknowledged Jarred with a simple, “Lt. Alindor.” He hurreiedly continued on to the desk to speak with the officer in charge.

Sliding a Padd across the counter, DaVinci said, “Crag, I’m in a hurry. I don’t have time to dicker around. You get the items on that list delivered to my office within a half hour. That number on the bottom? That’s how many credits will be deposited into your personal account with the push of a button. You want to try and negotiate and I’ll take my business elsewhere. Deal?”

OOC: Steve if you would be so kind to continue to play Crag, that’d be great.

Colter (CIO)