Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dagen Thor (CE) in Side Sim - Dagen and Reia’s Quarters - Meet the Family

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dagen Thor (CE) in Side Sim - Dagen and Reia’s Quarters - Meet the Family
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The ‘weather’ should be fine he was told but as an afterthought shrugged on a regulation jacket that was a good general all purpose thing. He can always roll it up as a pillow on the way if need be. Extended time on a planet where he was not taking a course. THAT would be different and he found himself more anxious about time on a world than meeting new people. He would be himself and they would hopefully be fine with that. No point in putting on airs or another personae. Reia had said much about them here and there if one could piece all the snippets together to form an idea of them. He thought she was the more nervous one of the two but then she had him to present, that Trill wildcard. Cramming that last piece into the straining case he virtually had to sit on it to close the clasps. Fortunately 25th Century hinges and clasps were sturdy - at least until they went through luggage handling. Dagen always figured they employed Klingons and Orions to work the luggage. At the last snap he said, “Ready.”
Dagen

Reia looked at both of their bags and saw the vast difference in what he had packed, and what she had packed, definitely time to let him at that replicator. Glancing around she made one last check of their quarters and thought if there was anything at all either one of them had forgotten. Too late now. Hefting both bags she made her way towards the door. Certainly she could have let him carry a bag or two but for now physical exertion was her form of distraction.

“So, I’ve plotted out a few courses and sent them to the shuttle. Just pick the best one and get us there love. I promise I will probably stop being nervous by the time we get there.”

• Reia

Dagen followed, both enjoying the view and the fact that he had to hustle to keep up with her. Were he in the lead he’d have been harangued to move faster. Fortunately his luggage was less, though not less light in his opinion. However, luggage stowed and they in their seats and away. He had some time to look at the courses she had picked. Either of them would get them to the destination in good time. He chose one that had them pass by a small cloud that would look pretty good and at least give them something to look at outside beyond space.

That being said, Dagen found the shuttle cramped - which is pretty impressive given his old shuttle was even more cramped. And by the time the shuttle set down he was more than ready to get off and stretch his legs. Terra was always a bit odd to him. Very little was a ‘normal’ purple color that Dagen considered normal, at least for Trill. A pale blue sky seemed just wrong and the sunsets he found were totally wrong colors. Still they looked nice in their own stead. He felt the gravity; the ship was most often Earth standard which was close to Trill, so he was used to that. That much was good.

A lift was there as previously requested and, this time, Dagen hauled the cases to it and was happily relieved of one by the driver. Once they were stowed and the driver inside Dagen gave Reia a long hug. “We’re here,” he said. “Losing one more game of backgammon would have totally messed with my morale and personal manhood so getting here was none too soon. Now, where from here?”
- Dagen

Reia sighed and squeezed Dagen. She was excited, happy, and a little nervous to be back on Earth in Australia so close to her grandparents. She loved her homeworld in the way that most people she found usually did. Her childhood had been complicated but she was ready to deal with most of that. Hopefully Gramps and Graham had mellowed over the decades but she kind of doubted that. Pulling away she looked around again and just smiled for a few seconds.

“Well, on the trip home why don’t you replicate so monotonous Trill game for us to play and you can thoroughly trounce me. I think after this visit I’ll need it. As far as where to from here, they’ll be meeting us in a few minutes. Why don’t we just have a good walk about until then.”

• Reia

Wow. Reia was even more nervous than she showed. Dagen gave her an assessing look. “Or get on a larger ship with a private cabin and engage in things that will take your mind of things,” he suggested with modest seriousness. “But you are right. Let’s have a walk. The sun is out and we can get our planet legs again.” How was it that one could be in an expansive holodeck experience of land and sea and everything in between and feel like one is there and yet be on a world and the experience just felt ‘different’ as though the senses knew one was on a world and not a pretend world? Something for the counselor to answer.

Dagen took Reia’s hand and they moved about, guiding her to a grassy spot where they could feel the grass under their er, shoes. The swish under his was rhythmic and, as they waited and walked he just took in the new sights. They called this place ‘down under’ though Dagen couldn’t quite fathom why. It didn’t seem under anything in particular unless it was sand which he saw in the distance. He pondered asking Reia to explain that when he saw a vehicle approaching. It was kicking up dust behind them that made it look like it was on fire and trailing smoke. “Is that ..?” he asked, squinting, trying to place the vehicle and failing.
- Dagen

OOC: Bump :) .. gene

The walkabout had done Reia some good. She was fairly calm now and looking forward to seeing Gram and Gramps again. She was about to suggest that they take their shoes off and actually feel the grass of Australia beneath their feet, no holidays, no recreations, a real planet. She turned when dagging asked what was that coming down the road and gasped.

“I can’t believe it, they fixed the beast. They’ve even painted it.”

The beast Reia was speaking of was trundling down the road at a fair pace. Within a few moments it stopped in front of them. An older couple got out rather quickly. They seemed much more spry than Reia had remembered.

“Well well, you absolutely don’t look like you’re from around here. Ready to take a ride with some old crazy strangers?”

Reia wasn’t used to hearing Gramps talk like that but it did her heart good and she ran to embrace him. After a quick squeeze she turned and introduced them.

• Reia (writers block SMH)