Posted by Ensign Reia Shandy (CIO) in Holodeck Ski Trek Dagen and Reia

Posted by Lieutenant Dagen Thor (CE) in Holodeck Ski Trek Dagen and Reia

Posted by Ensign Reia Shandy (CIO) in Holodeck Ski Trek Dagen and Reia
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Reia took in the scenery as she followed Dagen, she could imagine the beauty of the place in summer. Slipping up beside him, she stood silently for a few seconds.

There was something both comforting and natural about standing side by side with Reia. It was hard for him to place; as he admired the scenery he was very aware of her presence. He could stand here and enjoy this view by himself, though seeing it now with her has changed him. It was beautiful. But he desired more and more to share his experiences with her. Already he was seeing the view through her eyes and what she might be seeing.

“I think I would love to walk this trail with you in the summer, see how different it looks, so full of other kinds of life.” she said studying the scenery again.

• Reia

“Shore leave,” he said at once. There was no hesitation. It had been a while since he had been here. Home yes. But not here. He stamped a pole into the snow and reached out for her hand. “It is lovely. Home.” That would mean staying at home as well and visiting his parents. Unconsciously he smiled and turned to look at Reia. “The smells are amazing of this nature.” So could be the rain and vagaries of nature. A hundred things came to his mind, possibilities, thoughts, hopes and no small excitement.
Dagen

Reia took Dagen’s hand and smiled.

“Shore leave… Um… Yes. Whenever wherever sounds like fun.”

“There is some coming up,” he said. “You have roots at Earth. Lets say that wherever we are closest to on leave we’ll go there. I’ve not been to a lot of places there” Certainly not Australia, he thought. His tenure on Earth had either been the Academy and environs which was on the North American continent, and some of the R&D areas in the central European area. In both areas he had done skiing but not a lot. Once again, whenever he had been there his focus was on what was before him. Study or, in the latter case, work on the Genesis project. He knew this ship intimately. Looking at Reia again he knew that he wanted to know her in the same way.

Reia thought of Earth, Australia, and her grandparents. Depending on how far in the future that took place it could be a delight or a disaster. Either way, standing in the snow laden holodeck, Reia felt very confident in that moment. She enjoyed being with Dagen, in his world, and would probably go wherever he suggested but, in truth, she was already making plans of her own. Places she had always wanted to go but had never found the right person to go with, until now.

• Reia

A breeze passed by them now that they were in the open and he could see that the clouds were closer. Idly Dagen realized that his ‘leave’ tended to be mostly work related ventures. This new thing caused a wash of excitement to pass through him - something to anticipate. Previously he had mostly just had them. And not precisely knowing what they would be doing made it more of an adventure. Squeezing Reia’s hand through their gloves he leaned in to kiss her. “It will be fun,” he said. Taking up his ski pole again Dagen adjusted it. “Not much longer now till we get to the cabin.” Indeed Dagen was eager to do so. As wide open this expanse was they were still in a relatively enclosed space of a holodeck module. With close quarters her pheromones were tickling at his senses and whispering and guiding his thoughts that were not wholly skiing related. “You first,” he said.
- Dagen

“Oh I’m sure we’ll find someplace interesting to go. Just not Risa, perfection is over rated and boring which actually makes it omperfect but, perhaps, that’s another debate.”

Dagen turned his nose up at the word Risa. “Too commercial now,” he said. “I want a world with character, not an overblown spa. All it would take is for some kind of downturn in the interest or quadrant and that planet would be unemployed.” He laughed. “You see the holos for advertising? Everyone is moving in slow motion there. What’s with that? I get it that the pace is relaxed, but I move in real time.”

She smiled and returned his kiss before taking up the poles again and setting off towards the Cabin as a casual slow pace.

• Reia

The Trill followed her. It was an easy pace. It reminded him of when he was younger and doing a ‘family’ ski. Granddad ‘Burle’ usually led the way. He said he set an easy pace for all of them to not get tired. Dagen figured it was the other way around. Later, when he was in his teens and with skill and energy behind him would have a hard time keeping that pace so slow. Now, fast forward these years and Dagen was happy for the relaxed pace. It let him see things better and take in the natural scenery around him. And, he thought, he was better able to admire Reia. She moved fluidly. He could see her motions were not professional and practiced though he could hardly think his own were honed to perfection either. But apart from that she moved with a quiet grace that suggested she exercised in such a way as to have good command of her motions. In short, he liked what he saw.
Dagen

Reia got to the bottom of the stairs managing not to fall and stepped aside for Dagen to join her.

“Well, I actually made it. I’m shocked. Believe me.”

“And your form was wonderful,” Dagen said. It was true. Just don’t ask him to comment on just how her skiing form was .. however she didn’t fall so that as one up on him.

Glancing up at the sky she smiled at the gathering clouds and the unearthly color.

“Oh and would you look at that. Absolutely beautiful.” she said as she waited.

• Reia

Dagen squinted. The breeze was coming up more and he could feel that chill on his cheeks. He tried to see this through her eyes, as in seeing something new. Trill had a different tint in the skies and forests and oceans. To Dagen it looked nice - normal. Yes the clouds and sky and the formations were beautiful. “Majestic,” he said in response. When Dagen looked at them he didn’t feel any anxiety that he might on other worlds. As much as he had been off world for half his life now and had seen many other worlds, they simply didn’t ‘look’ right to him. This was right. Not better. Not what other worlds should be. But they gave him that sense of security that nature and the ‘world’ is right in his spirit.

He was about to say how the clouds coming over a small ridgeline can often be shredded and look stunning in a rippled way, but decided against it. This was beautiful in its own way. “It’s funny how one comes to one’s world and seeing all this and it feels … and it feels like an embrace.”
- Dagen