Lt Layla Nevark - Correction Panic
S Philbrook
((Sub Tropical Biome, Peace Park, Amity Outpost))
Nevark: Well firstly you’re the one who said friends and counselors lines can blur so I am being a friend right now so it's all good. ::pausing slightly:: As for me as a counsellor I kind of fell into it at the academy.
Kaito raised an eyebrow and Layla wondered how much more questioning she had just opened herself up to.
Moore: You just… fell into counseling? Come on, there has to be more than that. I mean, I didn’t fall into Security—it involved a complicated process.
Layla grimaced slightly and was glad they seemed to no longer be walking as she spoke.
Nevark: So urm your opinions on trauma dumping? Are we at that stage of the friendship because it gets kind of complicated.
Moore: Well, it has been about four minutes of friendship—seems like enough time for me. ::Chuckling a little:: Heck, I already got you to agree to lunch, so yes. We are at that stage.
Layla took a deep breath. She was glad that he wasn’t looking at her as she spoke.
Nevark: Ok so the cliffnotes version I wanted to get away from Betazed, and find myself. The Academy gave me a way to do that. Once I was there it was eye opening that the experience of life I had up to that point us urm, not necessarily the typical experience others had. I learnt about myself, who I am and well yeah discovered that turning my brain off a bit and helping people made me feel more whole. So counselling made sense then.
Layla watched his hands as he prepared the food, aware she was doing just about everything she told other people not to do when it came to talking about stuff like this.
Moore: That makes perfect sense.
Nevark: It does?
Moore: Yeah, I kind of did the same thing, but in reverse. With my whole family being Starfleet, I wanted to make sure it was truly my choice, and not one brought on by my upbringing. I wanted to make sure it was me. You know?
Nevark: Yeah I do. I wanted to be sure of myself. How did you go about that?
Moore: I traveled, graduated a little early from my high school courses, and with my parents’ blessing, traveled around for almost three years. I went out and saw how life was in the Federation—traveling and working on freighters to make my way. Not that I needed to, but I wanted to. I even—against my mom’s wishes—left Federation space to see what things were really like. And in return, I realized I wanted to be in Starfleet to protect what we’ve got and bring that prosperity to those in need.
Layla tried to keep a neutral face as he spoke but she couldn’t help the surprise that fell across her face. What he had done was amazing he had done what he needed to to get to this point and she was impressed and really in awe of his commitment to himself and his future.
Nevark: That's incredible.
As the steaks hit the grill he looked at her and she felt the spotlight turn to her again.
Moore: So, if you don’t mind me asking, when did you truly know this is what you wanted? What made you go, “This was the one,” and not something else like Engineering or Command?
Nevark: Well, this is complicated. Turning up at the academy, well lets just say home was very traditional. And seeing everyone and how different people thought and behaved and experienced life. I wanted to understand it more. I wanted to see when the overlaps were and where the personal growth was for people. And then Taylor, they helped me realise it wasn’t just understanding I wanted it was my own growth and to help other people grow. And now here I am.
Moore: Response.
Nevark: Oh Taylor is great, we are still good friends now but romantically that came to an end.
Moore: Response
Without thinking Layla interrupted.
Nevark: She/her
(OOC: Mack please omit whichever does not make grammatical sense for what you have written I just didn’t want top restrict you to much)
Suddenly her brain went into overdrive. Had she really just corrected him. It had felt natural like it was safe to do so but she didn’t know that yet. She didn’t know this was a space she could do that yet. She knew she could have never told her family on Betazed this so flippantly and had she just screwed up here. She was nervous for his reaction to say the least. Some people seemed ok about it when they had been at the Academy but that didn’t mean that they would be here.
Moore: Response
Lt Layla Nevark
Counselling
Amity Outpost
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