Posted by Captain Briony of Krios (Commanding Officer) in Promenade

Posted by Captain Briony of Krios (Commanding Officer) in Promenade
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“Lame,” Rinker matched her, finishing his drink with the same speed as she did. His being more alcoholic hit him a little harder as he coughed slightly. “This is why I’ll never make Captain… I’d be walking around half in the bag all the time.”

Rinker held out his arm slightly creating an opening for her to loop her arm/hand through. It was all so civilized like when they were on the holodeck having their little 1800s murder mystery.

She took his offered arm, remembering back to their first date. It may not have started that way, but it certainly had ended that way. The classic early 1800s murder mystery had been fun and one of Briony’s favorite holodeck programs. Who knew beneath the colder exterior of the Captain was a woman who liked to play a version of Sherlock? Heathcliff had come upon her as she was walking dressed in full victorian regalia. She wondered if that was what had first piqued his interest in her or if it had started before that day.

Rinker moved from store to store, with a little more decisiveness then simply window shopping. He paused before jewelry store, he just tilted his head for a moment towards the door and lead/pulled her within. He glanced among the items moving from necklaces to rings to ear-rings. “Anything suit your fancy?”

Rinker

She walked through the Promenade, window shopping without any real need for anything. When he stopped at the jewelry store and pulled her with him, she was bemused and more than a little curious. Her dark eyes wandered over the many items glittering throughout the displays. At his question, she tilted her head in thought. “I have never been one to wear much jewelry. None on duty. I don’t really know.”

“Well on duty isn’t too practical. You never know when you’re going to be in a situation where it might get damaged. Also it would have to be an important piece.” Rinker wasn’t much for jewelry either. His fingers changes size quickly with his weight making rings impractical, and he hated necklaces, it felt like he was intentionally choking himself.

This time she took a second look around. Her jewelry style was fairly minimal, sleek and sophisticated. Elegant. She wore gold more often than silver tones, and nothing chunky and complicated. Her favorite cufflinks were a set of gold Deltas. It was in fact, her only pair. “Are you wanting to buy me jewelry? Seems like a pretty big step.”

Briony, CO

Rinker shrugged. “Perhaps,” He continued looking about, as much at the male pieces as well as the female. “We’ve had big steps, we’ve had little steps. Some would say after a year… jewelry isn’t that big of a deal, but if it makes you uncomfortable.” He stopped and turned to face her. “I don’t have too many items of significance and I want to do something grand.”

Rinker CNS

He had her there. Cliff was not wrong about them having taken their own steps in their own time. Some would say they moved too slow, some would say they moved to fast. For Briony, they always seemed to move at just the right pace; never so fast that she was completely uncomfortable, never so slow as to let her be bored. She thought about if this would make her uncomfortable. Cliff was almost always the one that initiated steps forward that were not physical in nature, but he always was careful to push and then allow her to contemplate the step he was pushing. This was one of those moments. Finally, she looked up into his charming face and smiled.

“Alright. Let’s do something grand.”

Briony, CO

Rinker didn’t immediately go back to looking at pieces of jewelry. He paused, clearly weighing something in his mind deciding on speaking as opposed to keeping it to himself he spoke. “The therapist in me, says there is a reason for resistance. Its not necessarily something bad, but maybe its something we need to discuss so we understand each other better.” Rinker felt that they always moved in fits and starts. He’d move she’d match and perhaps go further, but he never asked why… well now he would.

“I want to do this because I want to demonstrate my, our, commitment to each other. I don’t think we are at the point to be engaged, but we are more than just dating… at least in my mind. So I guess, my question is why do you hesitate?”

Rinker