Posted by Ensign Ella Lokaa (Security Officer) in Ready Room, Ensign Lokaa, Check In

Posted by Ensign Ella Lokaa (Security Officer) in Ready Room, Ensign Lokaa, Check In

Posted by Captain Dante Knight (Commanding Officer) in Ready Room, Ensign Lokaa, Check In
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‘So things could have gone better, they could have gone worst but they still could have been better. Ella thought to herself as she walked quickly away from the security office and towards the Captain’s ready room. For some peculiar reason, she wasn’t terribly worried about meeting the Captain. She believed it to be the fact that the Captain’s check-in would a quick in and out, after all, he’d be far to busy to worry and greet a minor Ensign like herself. At least this is what she’d hope, Ella wanted to explore every part of the ship, there’s only so many schematics you can read and holodeck representations you can walk through before you have to experience the real thing and the Pendragon class was beautiful.

Having navigated her way along the corridor and to a turbo lift Ella allowed herself a moment to close her eyes and rest her head against the lift’s interior wall, it was soft and warm, unlike the raw cold metal-like materials she’d be used to aboard an Elasian ship. The moment was quickly over, however, when the lift came to a halt and the doors swished open, exposing her to the bridge.

Laid out in front of her was a beautifully finished bridge, alive with crewmembers going about their daily business consoles beeped and the low hum of chatter excited her ears. In the center was, of course, the captain’s chair flanked by two smaller chairs for the XO and perhaps the 2XO, one day she thought she would find herself sitting in something just like it with a ship and crew of her own. Adjacent to the Captain’s chair was the much-anticipated view screen, large and wide which currently displayed the forward portion of the ship and the stars beyond.

Taking the picture if for a moment longer Ella moved to the ready room and like before her hand was raised as she pressed the door chime.
~ Ens. Ella Lokaa

OOC: Hi J, Welcome to the Saracen! Nicely done Bio btw.

IC: There was barely time to blink before the doors to the Captains Ready Room opened with a near silent swoosh, no call from the other side before hand, they simply opened. The very first thing to greet the Saracen’s new Officer wasn’t the sound of Dante’s voice, but the strong smell of coffee. Sweet coffee, not bitter.

Through the door Ella would see that the Ready Room was much the same as expected. Utilitarian yet holding the flavour of the man that inhabited it during working hours. A central desk faced the doorway with a view port behind it. Two chairs sat in front of the desk and a small, two person sofa lined one wall beside a shelf holding books and an assortment of other items. A picture frame facing away from the door sat on the desk, facing the Captain chair.

The Captain himself wasn’t at his desk, but at a viewport off to one side. Holding a PaDD that he had been going over in one hand and a large, oversized cup of coffee in the other he looked up and at her. His eyes were a light green, intense as he looked at her. The man wasn’t as old as expected for a Captain, perhaps, but he clearly held himself with the expectation of authority of one. That was, until he smiled at her in greeting. Dante had at a glance taken in the long dark hair, shape of her face and especially her eyes in his glance and recognition wasn’t hard. There weren’t many Elasians on the Saracen and besides, on the PaDD in his hand was her file.

“Ensign Lokaa, welcome. Come in and take a seat,” The man’s voice was firm and very slightly held an accent as he turned bodily towards her. If Ella was familiar in any way with Earth accents she might place it as Italian. “I trust your check-ins went well?”

Captain Knight, CO

OOC: Thanks, Im glad you liked it, Im planning on adding a few things to bulk it out as well as getting to grips with this new system of writing but I’ll get there!

Ella didn’t need to be told twice as she moved further into the room the door’s audible swish told her that they were now alone and that the doors had closed. “They’re going as well as expected, you’re my second sir.” She said taking a seat, sitting uncomfortably rigidly. She wasn’t sure of what to make of her new surroundings, she preferred things more bright and colorful. Then there was that awfully familiar smell of the highly caffeinated drink humans called coffee, she never understood why they liked it so much. As if her mind was working overtime she turned her attention to his accent which she found difficult to understand, she’d have to be careful not to ask him to repeat himself to many times, on Elas there was one language and one accent on Earth it was as if everyone had developed their ‘accents’ at different times there was one she found particularly annoying… Welsh. Shaking the thought away she smiled to her new Captain.

~Ens. Ella Lokaa

“So, you got assigned a Pendragon Class straight out of the Academy,” Dante offered by way of trying to relax her slightly. It was natural for fresh graduates to stand or sit at attention a little more than they needed to, especially right out of the Academy.

“You must have shown a large amount of promise to be recommended to us instead of a light cruiser or small research ship. Did you ever have a tutor at the Academy called Hornsby? He was mine and I hear he is still there. Old school Academy tutor, teaches with the volume of his voice.” Dante grinned at the memories.

Captain Knight, CO

OOC: Apologies fixed the issue where my tag attached itself to yours.
‘Urgh small talk’ Ella thought groaning inwardly, this wasn’t going to be the quick ‘in and out’ she hoped it was going to be. “I recall a Hornsby sir but he wasn’t my tutor, I was assigned a female tutor. ” She explained truly. Ella had assumed it was to do with the fact she was Elasian and wouldn’t be able to accidentally contaminate her tutor, not that she’d ever do so intentionally and so far she had zero accidents.

“I didn’t believe my assignment to the Saracen was anything to do with my abilities or overall performance, I just did what I was told to do. I was lucky to have been good at what I was doing and if I wasn’t I endeavored to be better than everyone else, its how I had to grow up. ‘Be the best or be nothing’.” She explained rather ruthlessly her Elasian lack of social skills surfacing however the comment true. As an Elasian female, she had to prove herself and as the chieftain’s daughter, she had to be the best at doing it.
~ Ens. Ella Lokaa

Raising an eyebrow slightly, it was impossible to tell what Dante thought of her comments but he made his way to his own seat and sat down, placing her file to the side. The PaDD clearly held her Personnel file picture, revealing that he had been reading her file.

“It’s something you have to do where you come from,” Dante agreed, then looked at her and smiled slightly. “But it means nothing here, there is no competition with anyone else in the crew to prove yourself. You’ve already done that. What we want to see now is you being the best at what you do. The Challenge you have now, is to be part of the Saracen’s crew. A valuable part, someone others can trust and reply on. Do you think you can handle that challenge?”

Captain Knight, CO