Posted by Ensign Dradvia (Medical Officer) in So… This Is It

Posted by Civilian Sisnil Zoi (Intelligence Consultant) in So… This Is It

Posted by Ensign Dradvia (Medical Officer) in So… This Is It
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~ Zoi

Dradvia flushed furiously. Was he flirting with her? “I thought Betazoids believed in the Great Fire? Isn’t hell all fire and sulfer? Not the kind that involves cold winter nights and blankets?” She was rambling slightly.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“Well, I do, but I’ve been away from home a long, long time.” He shrugged. “And, yeah, it is supposed to be that.” He had to take his glasses off, they did nothing but fog up. He set them on the edge of the hot tub. “I can’t see anyway, they just fog up.”

~ Zoi

Deadvia took them, “Be right back,” and left the room. He could hear the replicator working and then she returned. “I didn’t think about it. I added anti-fog and anti glare to them.” She slipped them back onto his head gently. “Better?”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Sisnil did not like her leaving him alone when he was essentially blind, not to mention physically vulnerable. But he could sense her close by and hear the replicator, so it wasn’t like she’d abandoned him. Then she came back and he relaxed. He let her slip the glasses on and he looked at her through them. “They’re still trying to fog, but yeah, that’s better.”

~ Zoi

“Good. If you prefer them off I can set them on the counter.” Even if Dradvia wasn’t in the room with him, she would have stayed in the quarters. “Is it helping? The water?”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

He handed them to her so she could set them down. “It is,” he said, and she could tell by his voice he was relaxing. “I haven’t had a bath like this in years.... Not since Vash joined our crew.”

~ Zoi

No matter how many times he reassured her, Dradvia always felt a twinge of jealousy over the mysterious woman. “Oh?” Dradvia asked too casually.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Sisnil was amused by her jealousy. “Her father was a rich man, who hired us for an important job. Successful business is well celebrated in the Syndicate,” Sisnil said. “We were rewarded with luxury suites and services. Our reward for the job was the ownership of Vash’s slave contract.”

~ Zoi

Dradvia was glad he couldn’t see her face. She knew all about celebrating successful business in the Syndicate and services provided. She truly felt bad for Vash. “How awful to actually have a family to just be given away like a piece of jewelry.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“I never would have accepted if I weren’t positive it was what Vash wanted.” Sisnil said. “We asked her privately, telepathically. She had her own reasons for wanting to leave home and we were her best bet at doing that.”

~ Zoi

She nodded, her gaze softening. Of course he would make sure. “Still, even if she wanted to leave…” Dradvia wasn’t sure what was worse, having no family, or a family that treated you as a commodity. “How long has she been with you?”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“Two years,” Sisnil said. “She’s eighteen this year, isn’t she?” He chuckled, “Lucky her.”

~ Zoi

Dradvia sat up, shocked, “She’s just a child!”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Sisnil nodded, amusement gone from his face. “Yeah. She was sixteen when she came aboard.” Then he smiled again, “She’s lucky because Noril told her he wouldn’t sleep with a child. At eighteen, she’s got a chance to get what she wants.”

~ Zoi