Posted by Lieutenant Ayla Sharise (Counselor) in New Arrival - Mess Hall

Posted by Ensign Bernard Summers (Engineer) in New Arrival - Mess Hall

Posted by Lieutenant Ayla Sharise (Counselor) in New Arrival - Mess Hall
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“Almost a year now,” she replied. “Enough to have a good handle on the crew as it changes and the sorts of things this particular ship brings to the table.” It was perhaps an understatement, but it was still true.

As they moved into the small Mess Hall, she gestured. “Grab us a table. And did you want anything?”

“A coffee double/double and a carrot cake muffin if you don’t mind.”

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I think I can manage that,” she said with a smile.

Bernard found a table near a window. He loved watching out side imagining all the things that could be out in space. One professor had told him that the imagination had nothing on nature.

A minute later, she carried a small tray with his drink and muffin and a vulcan mocha for herself. Ayla took a few moments to settle into her seat and sip on the slightly bitter drink, allowing herself to savour the taste, texture and warmth.

Once the councilor took her seat he snapped himself back into reality. “Sorry about that I tend to day dream some times when I am staring out at the vastness of space.” It was at that moment that he suddenly took in just how lovely the Lt. looked.

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Ayla smiled some more. “Well, you’d hardly be the only one and it’s certainly not a crime.” She gazed out the window herself for a moment. “Some days it feels like there could be more answers out there if we just look hard enough, don’t you think?”

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“More answers, and even more questions if you ask me. I may be an engineer but I love the science and history of what has brought us to being here right now. Even if some of that history is a little painful to remember.”

“It almost always is,” Sharise said thoughtfully.

Bernard took a sip of his coffee and unwrapped his muffin and took the bottom off and ait it in two bites. “Sorry, I have yet to eat lunch.”

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She laughed lightly and shook her head. “I don’t mind. Help yourself to something else if you need it.” Ayla sipped her mocha contentedly.

“So, what would you say the single most important thing you learned at the Academy would be?” Sharise asked curiously, finding herself drawn towards a particular route of conversation today.

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Benard thought about it for a moment, he wasn’t entirely sure what to say. There was so many difrent things that were emportant to learn. But to single one out was dificult. “I had engineering professor once tell me that as an engineer I should always under promise and over deliver. Captain Scotty was the guest professor who said that to the class. He said that, that was his single most important thing he had done for his career.”

Bernard took another bite off his muffin, then took a sip of coffee. “So I plan on emulating Captain Scotty. Though I am good at my job I don’t know if I would ever be as good as him.”

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