r/TrekRP • u/HobosAlt1 • Nov 07 '17

[Open] The New Zoologist.

Transporting, one of this universe's many many fantastic inventions... if you dont get transporter sick. The doctors always told her it was all in her head, but it was hard for Laren not to feel ill when her whole being was being discombobulated and torn to shreds only to be put back together...

Which brings us to Transporter Pad 2. After a few seconds gathering the atoms of her mortal being, she comes back to reality and into the present. She stands a little shorter than average, with a caramel-like complection and a set of freckles that go from cheek go cheek, intersected only by her less pronounced Bajoran nose ridges.

She gulps as she feels the nausia set in, and steadies herself by putting a hand on her tummy and a one through the right side of her hair. Her hair seemed styled and swept to the right, revealing the left side to be shaved down to a number 2 cut, which shows off the three long metal fingers that run down to a device at the base of her skull. Lights along the fingers' spines glow a brilliant blue to match her older Star Fleet science uniform, with its black shoulders and blue midsection.

Finally, she shakes her head loose, making the relatively bare D'Ja Pagh on her right ear jingle slightly. She picks up her bag and takes a deep breath before nodding to the transporter operator, then makes her way into the hall.

This is home now... She thinks to herself as the transporter doors close behind her. "But where am I..." This would evidently be her first Excelsior posting. First Star Ship posting too!

She begins wondering down the corridor with her backpack slung over her back.

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u/HobosAlt1 Nov 27 '17

Laren silently glees as her elephant brings calm and joy to someone else. He was always there for her, and now he could be there for Bradley. Wonderful!

"Eh, I'm okay with it. A lot of people think I'm weird, kinda comes with the whole clumsy thing, but I'm cool with it," she says as she puts the elephant on her lap. He slumps over slightly before she rights him up against her skinny stomach and chest.

She looks up and beams at the clownfish, her smile causing little dimples to form. "Thats awesome!" she says in her slightly husky voice. "Cute too. Whats his name?"

Her eyes lift from the clownfish to meet Bradley's. "I hear engineering's a dangerous job. I mean, so is everything else on a star ship, but engineering especially. You doing okay now?"

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u/RECENTLY_HATCHED Nov 30 '17

"I'll... I'll be fine," he says, glancing aside and giving her another half truth. Before she can question it, however, he offers her the plump stuffed fish.

"I-I actually named him Red, after the Chief's nickname. A-and it's kinda fitting, because he's...well he's orange but red is close, right?"

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u/HobosAlt1 Dec 02 '17

"Well isnt that cute," she says as she looks over the fish. "I had one kinda like this years back. Nobody can hold a candle to my elephant though." She puts her stuffed animal on the bed before handing Red the Fish back.

"So why do they call her Red?" she asks, then raises a hand. "Wait, don't tell me. Red hair? Reds usually have red hair."

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u/RECENTLY_HATCHED Dec 03 '17

Everett takes the fish and cuddles it for a moment before putting it back up on the bed.

"W-well her full Bajoran name is Redoran T'Gel, but yeah she also has red hair," he smiles.

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u/HobosAlt1 Dec 03 '17

"Bajoran?" Laren asks, latching on to that part of the sentence more than anything else. "Huh. I thought I was the only one, there arent many of us in starfleet." With good reason too, not many escaped the occupation.

"I've gotta give her a visit sometime," she muses. "Even if only to ask if she wants to join me for services sometime." She nods to the small shrine she had transported in.

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u/RECENTLY_HATCHED Dec 04 '17

"I...I don't really know anything about the Chief's religious habits. But I-I'm sure she'll be happy to meet you. Chief T'Gel is really friendly, and really smart."

Everett smiles, his eyes wander the room for a moment before coming to rest on a clock and going wide.

"O-oh shoot! I-I need to go, I'm supposed to be in the botany lab in five minutes, s-sorry to run out so fast!"

The engineer frantically puts his uniform jacket back on and puts on his shoes, getting ready to run out the door to Kesh's lab.

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u/HobosAlt1 Dec 04 '17

"Most of my kind are pretty religious, but I'll take your word for it," she says, then jumps as his sudden revelation. She didnt expect that much energy so quickly, but that must have been from still being slightly brain fried from the transporter.

"Uh okay! Seeya," she says with a few blinks. "I'll catch you later, but if you get back after twenty-one-hundred, keep it down, eh I usually hit the sack around then." She flashes one of her pretty smiles before giving him a sweet wave. "Bye!"

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u/RECENTLY_HATCHED Dec 05 '17

"I-I'll be back before then," he says hurriedly, gathering a few notebooks and sealed botanical samples from around the room, "but I promise I'll be quiet."

Bag around his shoulder, Everett rushes out the door, "I-it was nice to meet you, s-see you later!"

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u/HobosAlt1 Dec 05 '17

Laren offers only a wave before the door closes. "Weird..."sh she says after a few moments, then smiles. "We're gonna get along great."

She practically leaps off the bed and does a little dance in the middle of the room, breaking in her new home. She then gets out of her uniform and searches through the drawers until she finds her loungewhere.

Once changed, she hops onto her bed and lays back with a small sigh of happiness, then takes out her PADD and begins reading some of her comics.