Posted by Lieutenant Séan Iven (Counselor) in Dinner and Conversation

Posted by Lieutenant Tandra Mika (Chief Mental Health Officer) in Dinner and Conversation

Posted by Lieutenant Séan Iven (Counselor) in Dinner and Conversation
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On the way out of the Starfleet complex building, Mika smiled up at Séan. “Soo… What do you feel like having?” She asked. “I’m up for anything.” It was already getting dark, since they’d been out late, but it wasn’t fully dark yet, and the sky was painted a beautiful pink/purple/orange with the sunset.

~ Mika

Séan looked down at Mika and grinned. “Is it always a thing with women to leave food choices to a male companion? How does a group of women decide on what to eat?” He winked to show he was kidding around. “Well if you’re up for anything, how about this nice little Italian place I found on one of my outings?”

Counselor Iven

Mika grinned and shrugged. “We stand there for hours talking about it.” She said it like it was terrible, but obviously mockingly, complete with fake shudder. “Italian sounds great.” She said and smiled. “Lead the way!”

~ Mika

Séan nodded back and led Mika on a fifteen minute walk before arriving at a small restaurant off a quiet side street. They had been a bit conspicuous walking about while still in uniform but nobody seemed to want to bother them. They entered the restaurant and were met by an older lady who smiled at the two of them.

“Table for two?” She asked with a lightly accented voice. “Yes, please.” Séan answered back with a smile of his own. “This way then.” She said then led them with two menus in hand. They were taken to a table out of the way, given the menus, and told that she’d be back in a few to take their orders.

Counselor Iven

Mika looked at the menu for what couldn’t have been more than a minute, then closed it and set it down, having decided. “So did your session run really late?” She asked him. “It’s not usual for you to still be seeing a patient a half hour after time.”

~ Mika

Séan looked up from his menu at Mika’s question. “It ended up being a spur of the moment booking so we had started late. I didn’t want to displace any of my already scheduled patients and Jezem was fine with coming in after hours.”

Counselor Iven

“Hmm.” Mika said. She didn’t like to gossip about patients, so she didn’t mention it, but she felt the Orion patient of Séan’s… A bit odd. She just… Had a feeling. “What’re you ordering?” She asked.

~ Mika

Séan set the menu down and grinned. “Some seafood pasta with extra shrimp on the side and a salad. What about you?”

Counselor Iven

“Alfredo noodles with their signature house salad.” Mika responded. “And just a water, I think.” She smiled, “You must really like shrimp.”

~ Mika

“I do like shrimp. I’m a big eater though and so just the entre and salad wouldn’t be enough.” Séan shrugged and then smiled. It was at this time that the lady came to take their orders and took away the menus. He had ordered a water as well though a wine had been tempting.

Counselor Iven

Mika ordered hers. Their waters were our quickly and she drank from hers. “So you’ve been doing more exploring? Find anything interesting?”

~ Mika

“A couple different restaurants, a bunch of bars, oh and a handcrafted weapons shop for various blades.” Séan detailed his different discoveries. He took a sip from his water.

Counselor Iven

“A weapons shop?” Mika asked. “Sounds interesting.” She smiled then, “Any other interesting restaurants you think I’d like?”

~ Mika

“I’m not sure.” Séan chuckled at the question. “Every time we go to to eat something you say you’re up for anything. It would help if you told me what you don’t like.”

Counselor Iven

“Hmm… No steakhouses.” Mika said and looked up at him. Their food came, the restaurant wasn’t too busy, and Mika pulled her plate towards her. “Looks good,” she said.

~ Mika

Séan nodded enthusiastically as he started eating a few shrimp then moved to his salad. He said between bites, “Why no steakhouses?”

Counselor Iven

“I’m just not a big fan of them,” Mika replied. “Nothing against the food, really, though barbeque and steaks aren’t my favorite.”

~ Mika

Séan nodded then shrugged. He finished his salad and then started on the pasta. “Do you have a favorite food then? If you had a replicator that could only store the recipe for one meal, what would it be?”

Counselor Iven

Mika gave the question a lot of thought. “I don’t know. I guess I don’t spend that much time thinking about food. Maybe something my mom used to make, though I guess it wouldn’t be the same, then.”

~ Mika