Posted by Civilian Runa Siff McKenzie (Teacher) in Earth - What Part of ‘Get On The Ship’ Do You Not Understand? (Tag Runa McKenzie)

Posted by Civilian Capall McKenzie (Colonial Intelligence Agent) in Earth - What Part of ‘Get On The Ship’ Do You Not Understand? (Tag Runa McKenzie)

Posted by Civilian Runa Siff McKenzie (Teacher) in Earth - What Part of ‘Get On The Ship’ Do You Not Understand? (Tag Runa McKenzie)
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“We are going to our room. We are taking off our clothes. We are breaking open some mead. We are getting drunk and having fun until we pass out.” Capall said matter-of-factly. “And not necessarily in that order.” He looked down at her and said “But I will say… punching those idiots felt really good.” and he laughed.

Capall

Runa was staring at her PaDD and typing away at it. The other four would soon have the video arriving in their inboxes. She tapped send and looked up at him. “Oh I bet it did. Do you wanna see it in slow motion?”

“We may need more mead from storage. I don’t know if we have enough to get drunk with. We need at least 6 bottles.”

Runa McKenzie

Capall smirked. “When I did my risk assessment of this trip, factoring in sociological and psychological changes from Earth to the ship to Oed, this situation came up as a statistically high probability. So… we have three cases in the crate storage next to the room.” The doors opened and he stepped out and went down the passageway to the door past their quarters and opened it, walked in, and came out with a case of twelve earthenware bottles. He looked at Runa and said “Step one. Step two is nudity.”

Capall McKenzie

‘Risk assessment’ should not sound sexy, but then Capall said it…Runa was pretty sure he could say anything and it would sound hot. And where did that heavy Scottish accent come from earlier? The man was holding out on her. She walked through the door, grabbed a bottle from the crate and dug into it and pulled out a packet. “Two ways to enjoy mead. The first is cold. The second is warmed and spiced.”

Runa moved into the kitchen and removed the seal and set the open bottle in a pot of water that she set on high. The opened the packet and poured the spices into the bottle. Then the clothes started getting tossed.

Runa McKenzie

Capall watched her get the mead sett up and then grinned like a twelve year old boy seeing his first naked picture. He started removing his own clothes, and soon he looked at his wife and said “Um… I forgot what step three is.”

Capall McKenzie

Runa grinned, “I think that would be Step 3: have fun because Step 4 is get drunk. And it’s gonna take a lot of mead for that.” She grabbed one bottle and expertly broke the seal and pulled the cork. She gazed at him blatantly enjoying the view. She took a long pull from the earthenware bottle and handed it to him. “Doesn’t mean we can’t get started.”

Runa McKenzie

Capall took a long pull from the bottle and then smiled. “Aren’t you quite the multi-tasker.” He took another drink, never taking his eyes off of her, and then handed the bottle back to her. He looked around the kitchen and smiled. “These countertops seem… sturdy.”

Capall McKenzie

Runa took the bottle and tipped it back, guzzling an impressive amount in one go. She smirked and glanced behind her at the counter. “Aye they do. Plannin’ on giving them flat-faced children too? Because I tell you that was fun to watch earlier.” She took another drink and handed him the bottle as she stepped into his space, “Or did you have something else fun in mind?”

Runa McKenzie

He took the bottle in one hand and her in the other arm and pulled her close. “Oh, I was thinkin’ ‘a something else…” He kissed her, and soon the bottle was a forgotten accessory.

Capall McKenzie

Not nearly long enough later Runa raised her head off his shoulder and slowly let her feet stretch for the floor before hopping off the counter. “Don’t you ever say I am the only one with an insatiable appetite.” She walked around the counter and smelled the warm aroma coming from the bottle. Runa grabbed two mugs and wrapping the neck of the bottle in a towel she lifted it and swirled it a little to even out the spices and poured two full cups. She returned the bottle and brought both mugs with her and handed him one. “There is nothing quite like warm spiced mead, and it will get you drunk faster than Romulan whiskey. Enjoy it.” She winked at him and lifted the mug to her lips.

Runa McKenzie

“Having never had Romulan whiskey, I will just agree with you.” he said and took a drink. He looked at the cup for a moment, swirling the spices and such, and then he said “You know a lot of people are going to suffer in this move, right? For all of their bluster and stubbornness, they have been sheltered. Many of them have never even seen a non-human before, let alone had interactions with them.” He looked at her and said “We have to be watchful. I won’t tolerate racists in this clan.”

Capall

Runa nodded, took a heavy drink, and then sank onto the couch. “I know. I feel like an idiot for not seeing it right away. But when the ship first arrived and the crew came down to help with the packing and setting up the supplies it smacked me in the face.” She drank again. “Even those that are excited to meet new people are going to have a hard time.” She stretched her legs out a sipped at the cup, looking far too inticing for the seriousness of the conversation.

Capall adjusted himself so the ‘view’ was not as apparent, but his eyes still looked of their own accord from time to time.

“I talked to Revna about it, and I guess she and Mike had the same thought. We could be very self sufficient within our domes, but they want us to be integrated into the colony. Ragna is going to hire outside the clan for the meanders. Whixh is one small thing, but it is a start. I thought we could set up time to help people search for jobs. Video conference with the schools. Also, I mentioned before, but we will be doing classes on other species and their major customs. I thought we might ask some of the crew. Ashran too maybe.”

“We can’t be successful as a whole if we can’t be part of the colony.”

Runa McKenzie

He nodded and drank. “Oed is desolate. The Comet strike killed everything outside the dome. Even bacteria. I know a lot of time was spent explaining that; but I have heard them talking. More than a few think they are walking off this ship to a desert… Oed is two steps past desert. And its going to be really hard. We will need the community support from jump if this is going to work.”

Capall

Runa wasn’t even trying to be distracting, she was just that comfortable in her own skin, and well, it was Capall, so there was no reason not to be. “I was thinking it would be good to go over with the adults the major people on the colony. Not necessarily for political reasons, but for access to resources and supplies. Where to go, who to ask type of thing. BUT…” Runa got up and grabbed one of the large PaDDs from the desk. “I had thought about that. That people can’t quite grasp the concept of what Oed is like. Honestly Capall, I understand it, but I still think I’m going to be really shocked by what it’s like. So I asked Ragna to go out and take some pictures of the land we bought. I thought I could scan them into the computer and use them to create a holodeck program. Put the environmental details in. Maybe even use that for the classes after they get the basics. Practice setting it up in the environment. It might prepare them a bit more.”

Runa

Capall thought for a moment and then went and got his own PaDD. He then sat cross-legged on the floor, as he did when he was deep in thought. He tapped and tapped, and then said “Ok, here is the ideal solution. We have a fly-over of the territory done. Full topographic and environmental scans. We can hire that out now, so we don’t have to wait for Ragna and Seamus to get there. Once the data gets transmitted, we can uoad that into a holodeck program pretty easily.” He looked up and said not really to her, but more thinking outloud, “I wonder if the horses could run on the holodeck? Huh…” and then went back to planning. “Once the program is up, we can take groups of ten or so, put them in the program for a few days at a time with all the gear we will actually have, and they can practice getting used to life on Oed. It will not only give them a better understanding of what it will be like; but the practice means we do better and faster when we land on Oed. It will also get them used to twenty-five hour days. Oh! We should ask the Captain to set the ships schedule to that. Get everyone ready for it.”

Capall McKenzie

Okay, so his way was probably a lot easier than hers. Of course Runa programmed for fun not professionally. Well not probably, but that was beyond her current skill level. “Maybe, I would want to ask the captain permission before setting them down in the holodeck. One or two at a time would would work.” She liked the idea of sending people in for a few days at a time. “We would have to start soon, we have a lot of people on board, but there are several holodecks and holosuites on the ship. Okay so you work out how to get those scans and I will go talk to the captain about changing the ship’s schedule. When I come back we are finishing that mead.”

Runa McKenzie

“Done.” and he stood up and walked to the computer and took a seat. He began tapping in commands and roughly twenty minutes later he said “Got it! I have a Terraforming survey shuttle doing a full topographical scan tomorrow. All of the property. We should have the data in the next two to three days, and I can compile it when it arrives. We can start sending people in next week.”

Capall McKenzie

Runa had gotten dressed and left, making her way to speak to the Captain. It was a bit of a nuisance, but he was being paid well and it was only an hour to each day. He agreed and the ship’s chronometer was adjusted. Then Runa had been called down to the sheep pens. Runa was going to kill and eat that ruddy ram.

It wasn’t the ram, it was the Loki cursed fox, Aurora. She was reeking havoc with all the animals. She was agitated over something. The inky person who ever seemed to control her was Ragna and she wasn’t there. Runa tried, but when even Angus started pawing the ground and getting irate with his small companion, Runa snatched her up and put her in a kennel. The vet would come down and examine her later. Runa would call Ragna too and see if she knew what was going on.

So when Capall finally looked up, Runa wasn’t in the room. It was several minutes later, covered in saw dust and straw from trying to catch Aurora that Runa returned back to their room.

Runa McKenzie

Capall looked at her a moment and said “You know that you are only supposed to have a roll in the hay with your husband, right?”

Capall McKenzie

Runa cursed in a handful of languages. She made it to the stove before the litany stopped. She poured a mug if the still warm mead. She lookes at him over the rim, “That would have been infinitely more fun than chasing Aurora. I think I bruised my shoulder.” She cursed again as she toed off her shoes and then headed for the bedroom. “I’m taking a shower.” The water turned on and she called from the bathroom, “That was an invitation.” She began picking straw out if her hair.

Runa

A few moments passed and then hands much bigger than her own began pulling strands of straw and grass from her hair. Capall looked at her in the mirror and smiled. “So it was the fox and not Angus? Consider me shocked. What was going on?”

Capall

“Hell if I know. Aurora is as high strung as Ragna.” Runa smiled at his reflection. “She was running all over the place, climbing, jumping, digging. She knocked over a bunch of crates. She was making that shrill shrieking noise. Had the sheep in a tizzy. Angus really tried to chase her down a couple of times. The pigs weren’t too thrilled either. Don’t get me started on the chickens.” She pulled a long piece of straw that was tangled and knotted. She snapped it in half and unwound her hair from it. “Finally caught her and put her in a kennel. The vet will look at her later. I’m glad she wasn’t in with the horses. Should have left her at home.”

“Ragna would have killed you. And then brought you back just to kill you again.” Capall said witha chuckle.

Runa grinned, “Yeah she would have.” Runa always gave Ragna a hard time, but what good was a baby sister if you couldn’t. They were still really close though. Tara gave Runa a hard time for teasing Ragna but it really was a toss up on who was more fiercely protective of the youngest Edman....no McKenzie? Runa was going to talk herself in circles.

“Oh the Cpt agreed to change to a 25 hour day. We will need to let everyone know.”

Runa McKenzie

“Good. It’ll help people adjust. Now all we can do is wait while the volunteers get me the files I need. Which I sent a reminder for. We’ll see how long it takes them. And I was talking to you, but you were gone. I hired a shuttle from the Terraforming groip to do a full topographical scan tomorrow. All of the property. We should have the data in the next two to three days, and I can compile it when it arrives. We can start sending people in to holodeck next week.”

Capall

“I’m sorry. I knew though going and asking directly would get a faster response than sending the Cpt a message. Two three days is good. The sooner we can start the better. But I am really curious to see it. Ashran agreed to give a talk about Andorian people. Though I might want to warn him about what Seamus did to Victoria hired guards.” Capall’s PaDD beeped from the other room. It was from Ashran and Marissa with details for rhe camping program. “Whatever it is can wait till after I wash this dust and dirt out of my hair.” She fluffed her hair with her hands, knocking a bit more of the straw and dust loose. Then shirt and pants were tossed in the bin and she stepped into the hot water.

Runa

Capall started to look at the details, looked back at the bathroom door, and then immediately changed his mind. A few seconds later, he was in the shower and starting to wash Runa’s hair.

Capall

Runa laughed softly, as his hands grabbed the shampoo. She knew he was a smart man, and he was hers. She tipped her head back into the water for him.

An hour later, the dust and straw had been thoroughly scrubbed away. The pros and cons of the shower verses the tub were thoroughly debated. They were stretched out on the bed using warm spiced mead and each other to stay warm. “Well that covered step 3. That was fun. We still aren’t drunk or passed out.”

Runa McKenzie

Capall took a drink and then said “Well… when programming… when you reach a point where the code isn’t meeting the goals you have set… you go back and redo the previous steps.” He set the cup aside, took hers from her and moved it as well. He then slid an arm under her and pulled her on top of him so they were face to face. He looked at her for a long moment, just staring into her eyes. He then said “I love you, Runa McKenzie.” and before she could respond, his lips were on hers and soon they were speaking to one another without talking.

Capall McKenzie

Several hours later, almost five bottles of mead were empty and Runa was draped across Capall and they both had been passed out for awhile. She stirred briefly, but was too content, too comfortable to really wake up. At that moment, Runa was completely convinced that whatever else was going on would just have to wait another day.

Runa McKenzie

Capall and Runa were having a picnic next to a slow moving stream. The sun was shining bright and they were hot after eating. Runa was standing above him, slowly slipping er shoulders out of the loose peasant shirt she wore. Slowly, ever so slowly, it started to slip chirp just an inch… and chirp another… and chirp another. Capall shooed away the bird suddenly flitting around them. chirp The blouse went lower, a bit of cleavage now chirp visible. He shooed chirp the bird as more of his gorgeous chirp bride was slowly chirp becoming exposed to the sun shining chirp on her skin. And chirp just as chirp the opening of the chirp neck of chirp her blouse got to chirp the top of her ni- CHIRP

The incessant chirping of a communicator cut through the dream and Capall swore… loudly. He grabbed the wristband and said =/\= What?! =/\=

“Sorry ta disturb ye.” a thick Scottish brogue said. “Just wonderin’ if’n that list I sent ya is what ye were looking fer.” Capall rubbed his face and said “Huh? Wha-… what list? What the bloody hell are ya talking about?” he asked through the haze of mead hangover. “What time is it?” Capall thought he said to himself and the voice said “It’s eleven in the morning! What the hell? Were ye aslee-” and a voice cut him off saying “Shut your bloody mouth Fergus Alistair McKenzie! The lad is technically on his bloody honeymoon, ya sod!” There was a deep laugh and the original voice said “Aye! Sorry, lad! I’ll let ya get back to her! IT! I meant it!” and rhebsounds of hands slapping arms was the last thing Capall heard.

He groaned and then looked down at Runa. “Well… I think the list was successfully checked off.”

Capall