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

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

Posted by Civilian Sisnil Zoi (Intelligence Consultant) 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

That was crazy! “She… she wanted… I mean she liked Noril that much then?” Dradvia couldn’t imagine. “I mean … um I’m sure Noril is attractive, I mean just as charming… ummm I mean …” What had she meant?

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Sisnil laughed. “Yes, she was quite attracted to us. But she was drawn intently to his personality.” Sisnil told her. “She never wanted me as much as she wanted him.” He shrugged, “I was never into her that way, anyway, though.”

~ Zoi

As much as just kept running on repeat through her head. So she had, but… would she be angry at Dradvia? Not that they would ever meet.

“Ummm so you think Noril will uh change his mind now?”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“Vash is a trained courtesan, a companion. If she turns her full charms on, no one can resist her,” Sisnil chuckled. “It won’t take much convincing.”

~ Zoi

Her brows drew together, “But Noril has, and … you as well.” It shouldn’t sound like a question, he’d told her and she believed him. “I mean she’s been on your ship. How… ummm did he avoid her?” Dradvia had seen fully trained Orion courtesans. She knew what they were capable of, and why they carried such high respect within Orion Society. Poor girl, subjected to such things.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“She’s half deltan as well, allowing her to manipulate one’s feelings via touch,” Sisnil told her. “She swore she wouldn’t use any of her skills or abilities on us unless we wanted her to.”

~ Zoi

Well there was a whole lot of questions Dradvia didn’t want answers to. “So,” she swallowed down her racing mind, “You think she will now? Even if Noril doesn’t want her to?”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer