Posted by Rear Admiral CockRoach (GM) in Crew Lounge - A quiet drink (All welcome)
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OOC: Just pasting some of Terry’s post back in so that I can reply to it…

“I’d be happy to, Lt. It’s Kohana sápa shung manitu tanka in the Sioux language. So my name literally translates to swift black wolf in English. The Sioux, as well as many Native American people from Earth, have animals, plants, geographical feature based names. Sometimes, the names are based on a person’s physical features or personality. For example, if I were to give you a Sioux name, it might be something like. . . .’Woman With Dark Eyes’ or. . . .’She That Speaks With Subtle Humor.’“

“Or perhaps, ‘She That Speaks With Supreme Authority On All Things’,” T’Pria suggested, before adding, “But your name suits you.”

He took another rink before continuing. “Sometimes, they’re not so complimentary. I’d love to go into more detail with you sometime, say,. . . .over dinner?”

Leaning in close to Kohana so that the response could only be heard by him, all control and emotional mastery seemed momentarily cast aside as, with nothing more than naked honesty, the Vulcan woman replied “I would like that. Very much.”

Smooth… maybe I arrived at this party slightly too late, Ivo thought as he finally took a sip from the glass. He didn’t want to intrude on a moment the two of them seemed to be having, though now he was morbidly curious as to whether or not the Chief was going to strike out.

He swallowed the liquid a moment later, and seemed somewhat disappointed with whatever it was. It’s still off… but how?

– Ivo Cerny, XO/CSO

The XO’s reaction to his drink did not go unnoticed by the Chief Engineer.

“Is something wrong, Commander?” T’Pria enquired. “My team perform hourly maintenance checks on the glucose matrix, to supplement the automated diagnostics. Their idea,” she added with an air of amused curiosity bordering on disapproval. “They seem to consider the food processors second only to the warp core in terms of critical systems on this ship.”

• Lt Cmdr T’Pria (CE)

“Oh, I’m sure the glucose matrix is fine… even if it’s a little concerning that it’s being prioritized over minor things like breathable oxygen…” he said in a manner that was simultaneously sarcastic and skeptical.

“No, I’m sure the problem is actually the program I’ve written. I’m trying to recreate a beverage I had on Earth the last time we were there, but I unfortunately did not able to keep an adequate sample of it, so I’ve been trying to guess based on spectra published in literature… spectra that are likely missing something.”

– Ivo Černý, XO/CSO

“What kind of fire water you drinking, Commander?”

SCPO Black Wolf (Helm)

“It’s my poor attempt at recreating… uh… ‘bourbon’,” Ivo said with some caution. “Though it’s not quite like what I actually drank the other day. I dunno, I must be missing something. Well, actually, I was missing something, that’s how I went down this road in the first place…” He certainly did not know how he managed to miss out on one of the most distinct beverages of his home planet for so many decades.

About this time Petty Officer Banner entered the room and saw the officers sitting together. Understanding that enlisted men did not normally sit with officers he decided to try and walk by them. In his hands was what appeared to be two beers and a bottle of something.

P.O. Banner

OOC: Isn’t this like the third time you’ve entered this room in this thread?

– Ivo Cerny, XO/CSO

OOC: Maybe they cant make up their mind :D

NCadet Wilhelm was on duty attending the lounge as part of his rotational duties for the ship. He made his way around to where the rest of the important staff were. “..Anything else I can get you folks?” He asked.

GM CockRoach

The engineering chief looked up at the speaker, before asking in a dry, almost irritable tone, “Perhaps you might fetch a glass of real bourbon for the Commander, before he poisons himself with this foolish concoction? Or, as I believe is the custom on your homeworld, let us have a ‘round for the table’.”

• Lt Cmdr T’Pria (CE)