Posted by Captain Bryson Erin (Commanding Officer) in Captains Ready Room - Darius and Megan Meet the Old Man

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Posted by Lieutenant Megan Rhodes (Chief Science Officer) in Captains Ready Room - Darius and Megan Meet the Old Man
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Stepping up to the door to the Captains office, the new XO of the Wolverine took a slow breath and made sure his focus wasn’t on any of the activity going on around him, but on the door in front of him and to the woman beside him.

“I think this shirt is too small,” he whispered, adjusting his shoulders and pulling at the bottom fabric slightly to try and get it to fit better.

“Oh stop your fidgeting,” Megan stood in front of him batting his hands away and brushing off his shoulders as if they had lint of dust on them. “You look dashing. When you are not fidgeting.”

“Either that or those pancakes you made me eat this morning made me gain a few extra kilo’s.” He looked at her sideways and smirked.

“You ready for this?” Darius asked, “This tin can is a fair bit smaller than the Olympic. They probably only spared a wardrobe and a microscope for the Science Lab.” Reaching out, he pressed the chime to announce their arrival.

LtCmdr Darius Morgan, XO

“Of course I am,” Megan said in a crisp tone bubbling over with confidence. “You are here and in charge. I can’t get in trouble when you are sleeping with the boss because we both know the XO runs the ship.” Megan didn’t look at him when she spoke. She didn’t need to. When Morgan was at her side, everything seemed to work out. Why ruin a perfectly good system that had worked for as long as they had been together?

Captain Erin had been sitting behind his desk for the past hour, slightly tapping the edge with his foot as he concentrated on his updated roster. With Remy god knows where, Command thought it would have been a good idea to shake things up. They made Bryson the permanent Captain while brisking away his XO and CMO. However, he thought it was for the best after Lily left him to drown in Sickbay with a magical mop bucket, or when she feed them to that morale-boosting maniac. Bryson scrolled through the names and stopped at the new officers.

“Darus Morgan..... oddly familiar name.....” He said aloud to himself and was able to confirm his suspicion when he saw the Olympic as one of the new XO’s previous postings. Before he could continue reading on, the bell to his ready room went off.

“Come in!” Bryson called out, hoping it wasn’t another fresh-eyed Crewman being pranked by their Section Chief.

Erin
CO

The door slid open and Darius turned sideways slightly, looking at Megan. “After you,” he beckoned her inside first with his hand.

LtCmdr Darius Morgan, XO

“So formal,” Megan teased him with a wink and a smile. Entering the room, Megan moved with the grace and elegance of someone used to dealing with those in the upper echelons of society. The man behind the desk did not intimidate her, her family did a good enough job of that.

“Captain. I am Lt. Megan Rhodes. So please to meet you.” Her tone was distinctly British with the slight sing-song quality the accent had when people spoke.

Megan Rhodes CSO

“Small world isn’t it, Lieutenant?” Bryson said. The Captain stood up from behind his desk and extended his hand for a shake. He didn’t a more lax approach when it came to his senior staff. “We briefly crossed paths on the Olympic when you were a junior science officer, and your brother was my XO here up until his reassignment after our recent mission.” Bryson paused a moment at the open door behind his CSO and looked around her.

“I thought I heard another voice out there?” The CO asked.

Erin

“Oh yes,” Megan said with the characteristic English drawl that one often had times figuring out if they were being sarcastic or sincere, “the fabulous Duncan Rhodes with the patience of Job but the stare that says what the hell are you doing when you are doing something he disapproves of. Lucky for us he is moving on the bigger and more fabulous things. I do seem to remember you, Captain Bryson.” Megan smiled slightly.

“You have a wife and son that has to be about secondary education level and the good sense to live in London compared to one of the lesser metropolitan complexes.” The large smile on her face showed Megan found much humor in her statement. While the British were known for their manners, they were also known for their stalwart belief that the flag of England still never truly set at night anywhere on the planet Earth.

Megan Rhodes

Bryson raised a brow and chuckled at Rhodes’s statement. “Why don’t you take a seat,” The Captain said, motioning to the empty chairs in front of the desk. “I’m aware that England is known for their tea, yes?” Bryson asked rhetorically, “What a shame they weren’t invited to that tea party on the Boston Harbor all those years ago,” The CO added, clearly trolling Megan.

Erin (CO)

“Bunch of uncultured blokes,” she laughed. “I am pretty sure that idiot Colonel Lipton said dump it boys and then went back and scooped it up just to sell it to the masses as iced tea the American invention.”

Megan Rhodes

“Would have been far more exciting if they had been,” the next voice chimed in, with yet another accent that, rather than being singsong tended to be a little more matter of fact, almost like the universe bored it to the point where it couldn’t summon enough effort to pronounce certain vowels differently from each other. “At least that way Earths Florida may have been able to retain a little bit of culture. Wasn’t it Traitors Day on Earth just a few days back?”

A smirking Darius stepped into the room and looked around it, then glanced back at the CO. “Lieutenant Commander Darius Morgan, at your service, Captain.” of course with the accent, it sounded more like Lootununt Cummunder Durius Mourgun, at your survuce, Cuptun.

Darius, XO

“Oh Petrov is going to love you, Commander,” Captain Erin said, motioning to the empty chair. “Now, this isn’t a Mythology or Memorial Class, but we have the basic amenities,” Bryson stated as he sat down, “Though Commander, I suggest you meet with our Intel man on the more classified workings of some of our tech.”

Erin (CO)

“That would be, the former Captain of the ship if I am not mistaken, Sir?” Darius asked after he took the seat offered. “I have a friend of mine that used to be the XO on one of these ships, he told be to bring a chair for the Bridge?” Darius looked at the Captain with a raised eyebrow.

Darius, XO

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“I’m not sure how much use a fold-up chair would do in battle,” Captain Erin laughed. “The Brazen Class isn’t really set for long-term missions,” He said. Bryson opened up his drawer and slid a PaDD across the table. “There’s a refit coming once we head back to the Black Rock, still no chair for the XO, and our CMO will still dual as the Counselor, but I hear we’re going to get a squad of marines.”

Capt. Erin smiled and turned to the CSO, “Sorry, there will still only be one lab....”

CO

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