Posted 1 June 2018 - 1:33am by Lieutenant Alita Claire (COS) (Catt Bennett) Posted by Lieutenant K'Mar Aldur (CIO) in Holodeck Workout : : : : : : : : : : : : : K’Mar looked at everything with a broad smile and inhaled the air. “Mmh, nice, this is a beautiful place! I happen to like antiques. Oh you mean an old-style water shower? I love those! Thank you again, I’ll be back in a few minutes.... or would you like to go first?” : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : - K’Mar : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Alita smiled up at him and shook her head. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “No, I need a minute. I don’t come here very often so the program is not nearly up to my standards, but you’ll find everything you’ll need, including a small area for changing and the like, behind the curtain to the left of the shower.” she explained. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Alita got up and opened every window she could find in the kitchen letting the scent of lilacs fill it. She usually came in May to late June just so she could smell, and see, the icy blue and purple flowers. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Alita : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : K’Mar nodded, turned away towards the shower and pulled his dirty shirt up and over his head, revealing line by line of ripped abs and broad strong pecs, creamy bronzed skin on hard muscle that were rippling as he took long strides towards the curtain. : : : : : : : : : : : Vanishing behind the curtain she could still see his outline taking down his pants. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Seconds later the water started and she heard it splashing off him as he immersed himself, letting out a low pleasurable rumble from his throat. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : THis was better than he had thought, K’Mar reflected. For sure a longer process than the sonic shower, but somehow it was also more pleasurable. The feeling of the water flowing down on his skin was like a small massage of his skin and he closed his eyes, just enjoying the sensation. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : - K’Mar : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Alita turned away and started moving around the kitchen. Leaning against the cool ceramic of the counter she realized she had never put her shirt back on. Luckily Anna had hidden a replicator in the bathroom. Her grandmother was a very odd woman. Quite formal, not like Alita at all. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : As she began cutting things, on automatic, to prepare a nice salad, Alita realized she liked the look of K’Mar’s skin and musculature beneath. He was the most intense person she had ever known. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Hanging her head, she set the knife aside. What the hell was she thinking, and why? : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : The salad mainly finished, she looked around the kitchen again and decided that next time she was here she would make a few changes. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Alita : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : OOC: Ummmmm, are they going to end up conserving water? Hmmm? ;) ~~Terry : : : : : : : : OOC: :) : : : : : : : : K’Mar emerged, still with only his pants on, bare footed. Droplets of water all over the smooth skin of his upper body and clean shaven scalp. There was a broad smile on his face, more at odds than ever with his pointed ears and his black eyes that were usually so hooded and reserved twinkled with joy. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : He was rubbing down his arms with a towl that looked tiny as a washcloth compared to the width of his biceps. “Ohh this was marvellous.” he said and then he looked up at her and froze, a look of surprise on his face. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “You prepared food for us?” he asked. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : - K’Mar : : : : : : : : : : : : : : His remark confused Alita. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “Well of course. I’m sure this day didn’t turn out the way we thought it would but, I thought a meal would be nice, and so would that shower.” she said stepping away from the counter. : : : : : : : : : : : : He gave himself a mental slap. Of course she couldn’t know what this meant to him. On Vulcan, preparing hand made food for somebody was an act of love and caring. Everybody used replicators these days, so to take the time and care and prepare real food from scratch for somebody was special. “Yes indeed. Thank you so much.” he simply said. And realised he was wishing it could mean the same for her than for him. Still, he couldn’t help but feeling humbled by it. : : : : : : : : : : : : : “I’m sorry this program is kind of a mess but, if you’d like to set a table outside, there’s one in the corner of the deck by the tree.” she said stepping past him. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Slipping behind the curtain, she stripped and stepped into the shower making it as hot as her body could stand. She closed her eyes and let the water run over her body but the images wouldn’t go away. Some people might say K’Mar was contradictory but Alita quite liked the look of him, and his affectations. Those dark eyes especially. She’d known many Betazoids in her life so perhaps it was the Vulcan in him that made those eyes seem so inviting to her. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Alita : : : : : : : : : : : : He nodded. “I will gladly.” he said and watched her disappearing behind the separation. He wasted no time and found plates, cutlery, glasses and, after some searching, a pitcher of water. He rushed to carry all to the little table, wiping it down quickly placing it all on the table. Rushing back in he took two little cushions and even found some paper napkins with a nice floral design. He liked her grandmother more by the minute. She had a sense of simple beauty, in tune with the land. He liked that. Back out he placed the cushions on the two chairs and arranged the napkins neatly at the side of the plates, and one in the center of the table, like a little table cloth, placing the pitcher of water on it. : : : : : : : : : : : : It was missing a final touch that did her making food for him justice. He saw an empty vase at the windowsill and wiped it down, placed it on the table and then he hopped out onto the meadow and collected some meadow flowers at random, placing them into the vase and that went on the center of the table. Looking at his final piece he was quite satisfied with the outcome. He studied it intently, inhaling the fresh air full of life and listening to the bird song, when he realised he still hadn’t dressed. : : : : : : : : : : : : Looking down on him over his bare chest and feet, he shrugged. He was enjoying this program, in fact he felt more relaxed than he had ever since the incident on Black Rock! Something inside of him was feeling almost at home here. : : : : : : : : : : : : - K’Mar : : : : : : : : : : Alita took a few extra minutes int the shower. When she felt her mind was set to rights she stepped out and replicated a new set of clothing. Loose denim shorts a bit longer than the one’s she’d worn earlier and a deep blue tank top that was mostly mesh. It was more reminiscent of one of Donny’s girlfriends but she didn’t have time to argue with the wardrobe. : : : : : : : : : : Walking quietly across the kitchen she looked out onto the deck and saw the lovely table K’Mar had set. Opening the glass door, she walked out to meet him and smiled approvingly. : : : : : : : : : : “You set an excellent table and you look good. I mean better. Feeling better I mean.” she said sitting down. : : : : : : : : K’Mar caught himself staring at her while she was inspecting the table. She was looking stunning. Somehow the casual clothing, paired with her wet hair and that figure-hugging tank top made her look more beautiful than anything else, paired of course with the happy vibes he felt coming off her. Had she just inadvertly paid him a compliment? Did she find him…appealing? He sighed inwardly. One thing was for sure, she was just as shy as he was, especially after that episode with T’Parr. He had thought he could never open his heart again like that to a woman. Bad things happened to people he loved. He had to be alert, but, looking at her, he couldn’t quite avoid some daydreaming. : : : : : : : : : “I’ve just made a salad since I can’t ever remember which one of the people I care about are vegetarians, etc, you have all the extra bowls with the grilled seafood and chicken. I often make meals like this to be on the safe side.” : : : : : : : : He sat down, looking up at her with a smile. “Thank you.” he said again. : : : : : : : : : She paused and poured water. : : : : : : : : : : “I quite enjoyed myself today. I should be running my staff through programs like that. Ah well, something else to design.” she said with a laugh. : : : : : : : : : : Alita : : : : : : : : “I’d be happy to help you, we could adapt my program for it. I’ve also enjoyed myself, up until that last bit. I’d… figure you may have questions about that. My behaviour must have seemed odd to you, so I just wanted to let you know, you can ask me anything that you like. It won’t be too personal. I grew up in a different culture than yours and there are few things that are truly personal when you can communicate telepathically. I’m quite comfortable with that.” he said and took the first bite. : : : : : : : : “Hmm, this is really nice.” he mumbled. : : : : : : : : - K’Mar : : : : : : Alita began adding things to her salad a she sat across from K’Mar. : : : : : : “She obviously meant something, or represented something, traumatic. Why would you have her in such a program?” she asked calmly. : : : : : : For a brief second she looked into K’Mar’s dark eyes and realized she would probably kill T’Par every time she appeared. For some reason it just felt like the right thing to do. : : : : : : - Alita : : : : He nodded while finishing his bite. Then he took a deep breath. “T’Parr feigned being in love with me when I was the COS on Black Rock. Up to the point where we did a mind-melt while having… while being intimate. I shared everything with her and didn’t realise she had closed off a part of her mind… the part that made her a traitor and feigned feelings for me. I still don’t know how she did it, but she was a lot older than me and I am only half Vulcan. She gleaned all security codes from my mind while I was stupidly reveling in our experience. : : When my team and me finally tracked down the members of the criminal gang of smugglers deep in the tunnels of Port Rock, they knew we were coming. We were outnumbered 3 to 1. They killed my whole team, they died in front of my eyes and they made me watch. At the end T’Parr entered the room, her steps making squishy noised because the floor was soaked in blood. She smiled at me and thanked me for giving her the security codes. Then they knocked me unconscious. When I woke up 5 days later in the ER, I realised she had played on my only weakness and that the death of my full team was my fault. I lost my position as COS on Black Rock and that’s how Remy picked me up here. I have a program made by Ayla to help me deal with the survivor’s guilt that has T’Parr in it. I guess when I asked the program to introduce an unknown variable, it took T’Parr from that other program and that’s how she suddenly showed up. I was not prepared.” he said, his words rushed. : : All the while he had been looking at his salad, clearly his guilt was still there and hard to get rid of. : : : : - K’Mar : : By the time K’Mar had finished Alita had set her utensils down, her appetite was suddenly gone. She took a few seconds of silence to order her thoughts. She didn’t think K’Mar was stupid for enjoying another person’s company and she knew survivor’s guilt could be a tricky thing to deal with. Part of her regretted asking him to share this with her and part of her was angry and wouldn’t mind killing T’Parr again. : : “I’m sorry for asking you to share this with me but I’m honored that you did. I don’t understand how someone could do that to… To… Well, anyone.” “Please don’t be sorry, I don’t mind talking about it… now. She just was a spy and I was a greenhorn, it’s one of the oldest stories of the universe.” he said and smiled again. : Alita knew it had a lot to do with being empathic but she was unwilling to accept that as the only reason. Some people just viewed things much differently. : : “I told you once before, my door is always open to you. Even for that.” she finished. : : Alita, MO/COS He pointed at the door of the cabin. “Yes indeed. I didn’t want to bring down the mood, but I want you to know that I won’t hide anything personal from you. It’s important to me that you… that you get to know me better, and vice versa of course.” he said and busied himself with eating the rest of his salad.

• K’Mar
  Alita looked back down at her salad and idly wondered if K’Mar’s desire for them to know each other well could ever extend beyond a work and friendly relationship. She tried to push that thought down for the moment because this wasn’t the time to get all messed up in her own head.
  “Well that shouldn’t be hard, getting to know you I mean. I enjoy your company and we still have a program to work on. Come by my quarters in a few days, I’m always alone at night.”
  She paused and finished her water suddenly remembering…
  “And I have something for you too.” she said with a smile.
  Alita