Posted by Lieutenant Riley Dekker (CNS & 2O) in CNS’ Office- Valleea

Posted by Ensign Valleea (Doctor) in CNS’ Office- Valleea

Posted by Lieutenant Riley Dekker (CNS & 2O) in CNS’ Office- Valleea
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Valleea took her time as she created a salad in her bowl, opting for some of the eggs but avoided the reddish things she was less certain about. “Well, it’s a bit of story about how I came to the decision and person to do so, but…” She stopped filling her bowl and looked up at Ryley, feeling her body flood with tension. “I hired someone to look for Daharren.” It was such a simple thing to do, but she could feel her heart pounding in her chest. The decision should have brought relief at a path forward but it was opening up far more questions than she had had before.

Ensign Valleea, Doctor

Riley wasn’t sure how to respond. Thankfully he’d managed a bite of food as Valleea spoke and he used the time he was chewing to think through her news.

“You’ve taken action. That’s good,” and he meant it. “Has it born any fruit?”

Dekker, CNS

“Not yet,” the Kriosian said. “I paid a man that Lieutenant Thor knows a great deal of money to go digging, but I’m well aware my search may turn up nothing,” she said, her face impassive despite the tightness she felt in her stomach.

Riley nodded, but said nothing. He didn’t want to interrupt the flow of her thoughts.

Setting her fork down, she gazed at Dekker. “Though I suppose regardless of the outcome as far as Daharren is concerned, I did make a friend,” Valleea said, actually smiling a little. “He, Dagen, came across me in the jefferies tubes where I was”-she flushed with some embarrassment-“humming and playing a card game we do on Krios. We got to talking and I played the game a little with him. We ended up making a deal. I would search for Daharren and he would do something personal he was avoiding too. Then we’re going to let each other know it it goes. I’m still not sure how all that happened, but here we are.” Oh there were so many emotions all this brought up that she could feel her heart rate start to rise.

Ensign Valleea, Doctor

That piqued Riley’s curiosity. He knew Dagen Thor as a competent colleague and as a man who’d suffered significant loss. The fact that he shared the latter with Valleea could draw them close. Whether it would be to their mutual benefit or detriment he wasn’t sure. Dagen Thor’s own loss had nearly cost him his career, and yet it hadn’t. Perhaps he could show Valleea a way forward.
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.”I’m happy to hear it. Have you two set a time to reconnect?”

Dekker, CNS

She shook her head. “No, not yet. I thought I’d wait until I had at least an initial report back from my contact, but then there was the promotions party and I thought maybe I’d at least told him I had hired Orr. But the party was… too much. Either it was overwhelming or everyone else I knew was too busy.” Her whole body was tense with the memory of it and she had to force herself to breath. “I couldn’t… stay. I think if I had I probably would have just sat in a corner and consumed bottles of liquor pretending to have a good time, but I still would have felt like I was having an out of body experience and I don’t think it would have ended well.” The whole thing made her feel sad and pathetic and leaving had been probably the smartest self-defence mechanism she had used in awhile.

Ensign Valleea, Doctor