Posted by Captain Calvin Marius (Captain (Incoming)) in XO quarters

Posted by D Grisham in XO quarters

Marius slid his rank pips across his desk. He hadn’t put them on quite yet. He exhaled for a moment, this was going to be quite a change, but even more… was dealing with a new Captain. He shrugged he doubted he would have too much of an issue, he knew how to follow orders. He needed water, three hours drinking with Julien was enough to even make him drunk.

As he spun towards the replicator, he noticed that the comm was illuminated. He had a classified set of orders coming in. Well, that probably wasn’t good news. The only reason he would get classified orders as opposed to Julien, it was because they were assigning a new Captain. “No time like a present,” He tapped a key to open it.

Reading a few words, “I’ll be damned.”

Marius

Sage walked out of the bedroom enveloped in an emerald green robe. “Are you going to work all night, babe?” She returned an empty glass to the replicator and walked over to stand behind him. Her hands found his shoulders and she began to massage the upper trapezius muscles at the base of his neck. “You’re awfully tight, Cal. Luckily, I’m a doctor and I can help.” Now she bent down to wrap her arms around him and nuzzle his cheek. “Why don’t you join me in the shower? I’m sure the heat will work wonders to relax you.”

—Sage

In a slightly surprising degree of non-responsiveness to her flirtation. “I’m not sure what Julien and I were doing could be called working. In old school parlance, I’m hammered…” He slid the box sideways on the table so it was closer to her… “I’m also a commander. So that’s nice.” He said without humor.

OOC: He’s sitting at a desk and she is behind him rubbing his shoulders.

IC:
Sage looked at the little black box, and immediately recognized what it was. Feeling a slight hesitation, she stepped to Calvin’s side and palmed the black velvet container. It opened smoothly to expose a solid gold pip to replace the black one he currently wore on his collar.

“Congrats…but why?” She slid herself onto the desk and crossed her legs, the robe sliding partway open over a creamy thigh. Of course she was happy about the promotion, but ‘Commander’ usually came with a step up the ladder. “What’s going on, babe?”

—Sage

Calvin exhaled as he tilted his head towards her. He lifted one heavy head and rested it on her thigh. “Julien’s leaving to be with La’kia and the baby. He’s turning in his commission. I’m not sure that’s why I got the promotion - I was due for that.” He pressed a button and re-illuminated the desk monitor and rotated it slightly towards her. “This on the other hand is a little more of a surprise.”

“Fleet, in their infinite wisdom has elected to give me the Genny.” He looked at her with a surprising amount of sadness, “Wonder how bad I can screw this up.”

Marius

OOC: Sage and Julien never had a conversation about him leaving the Genny. I’m sure she would have been happy he and La’kia were getting back together, but sad he had to leave his career in order to make it happen.

IC:
The velvet box snapped shut in her hands, surprise negating coordination for a second. “What?” Her voice held a trace of disbelief in it.

—Sage

Calvin tilted his head. “Sometimes sacrifices need to be made for family.” He was breathing a little heavier as he tried to clear his head a little from the alcohol. “I told him I would hold the seat so he could settle the family down and the he could come back to the Genny and into a seat I kept warm.”

Marius

Sage was shaking her head. “No, no, no. I know why Julien’s leaving the Genny, but Star Fleet needs to find someone else to take his place, Cal. It can’t be you…” It wasn’t that she doubted his skill to lead a crew successfully. He was a decisive man who inspired courage in others along with a desire to live up to his expectations. The simple fact was that she didn’t think she could serve under him in that capacity. It was actually something they’d never discussed. However, it looked like that particular conversation was being served up between them while he was under the influence and she perched on the edge of his desk.

—Sage

Well that sobered him up or at least he thought it did. It certainly cleared his eyes as his head pivoted to look at her directly, “What the Frack does that mean?” That didn’t sound like a I’m worried about you or even are you sure you can do it. It certainly wasn’t the reassurance he wanted and expected from his wife. Somehow because he trusted and relied on her more made him angrier that she would say such a thing to him.

Marius

She leaned back from the anger in his response. “I’m sorry. That was a gut reaction—a surprise and that’s putting it mildly.” Sage slid off the desk and walked around it to the other side, placing it between them. “You never even told me you were being considered, Cal. As long as I’ve known you, you’ve never wanted the center chair.” Pressing her lips together to keep angry words inside instead of letting them have life on the air, she set the tiny, black box on the surface of the desk. “Maybe we should wait until morning to discuss this—at least you’ll be sober by then.”

As if the discussion were over with, she turned and headed for the bedroom and the shower she’d mentioned earlier.

—Sage