Ensign Bryn || Words Mean Things
Saelis Bryn
((BBQ Area, Blue Gums Biome, Peace Park))
Bryn: ::To Wil:: have you ever considered becoming a chef?
Shortrith: ::raising their lemonade can:: You'd be a good one.
Hopper: Not unless he plans to start wearing a beard net.
Ukinix: Response?
Bryn: When you retire from Starfleet, I mean. I’m not… I’m not saying you’re a better chef than a commander or anything. I just mean… this is so good.
Shortrith: Seconded. Just like Australia. Thank you, Sir.
Hopper: Well, I won’t say it wasn’t nice that you put all this together for us… Even if I have my concerns.
Ukinix: Response
Shortrith: Where'd you get the sausages, Commander? They taste specifically like the Aussie ones.
Hopper: ::Jokingly:: That’s because they’re made out of 100% pure Australian, right Wil?
Renaie paused to give her a mock look of horror. Bryn’s face looked a lot more like real horror.
Bryn: S…sorry, what? Is cannibalism an earth custom?
It certainly wasn’t an Antosian one…
Ukinix: Response
Shortrith: Neat, I'll probably take a look over that way. And the bread?
Ukinix:
Oh. a joke. Well, at least it was hard to joke about bread.
Bryn: I like the bread. But I think it all comes together so nicely.
Shortrith: ::to Hopper and Bryn:: Have either of you been to Australia?
Hopper: ::Amused:: Oh, no. ::Becoming more serious:: I mean, not that I wouldn’t visit. But when I was on Earth I was very focused. I didn’t really do much travelling outside of the San Francisco bay area while at the Academy – and before that, I was studying at University in California anyhow. Only places of note I visited were Bozeman – because, ya gotta – and Minnesota, where my grandparents live… So, pretty much just the continental United States. Oh, and there was one time I briefly visited Italy with my sister…
Bryn: I’ve never been to earth. ::she shared:: Where is Italy? Closer to Bozeman or Minnesota?
Ukinix: Response
Hopper: Wil, Renaie – you’re both from the same country… are you from the same, uh, general region? If I recall Earth’s geography right, isn’t a large part of Australia just desert, essentially?
They gave an awkward smile before explaining. It was a common association, but unfortunately an incorrect one.
Shortrith: Not really. The mainland is only approximately 18% covered by desert. The rest is composed of farmland, bushland, and residential/metropolitan areas. And to answer your first question, I'm not sure. I was raised in Melbourne, ::to Ukinix:: which state did you grow up in, sir?
Ukinix: Response
Hopper: And you said Antosia is mostly jungle – is it like that where you’re from? The whole planet?
Bryn: Antosia is actually a relatively small planet, by federation standards. But yes, it’s mostly jungle. We have no oceans, only rivers. And lots of trees. Like my tree. You know. But there’s fields, and stuff. We have celebrations there. Bigger gatherings.
Ukinix: Response
Shortrith: That's interesting! ::To Hopper:: Whereabouts are you from, Commander?
Hopper: Theta VII. It’s a funny little colony world, near the Romulan/Klingon border. It was terraformed, actually, to make it habitable so that mining operations could set up there way back in the early days – not long after the founding of the Federation. But I also spent a bit of time on Velestus– uhh, more commonly called Alpha Centauri IV. That’s where my other grandparents live.
Bryn: Fascinating! Is it easy to tell what was terraformed and what’s natural? I’ve always wondered that.
Ukinix: Response
Shortrith: Interesting - I'm assuming Velestus is the Centauran name for the planet?
Ukinix/Bryn/Hopper: Response
Shortrith: It's interesting, hearing about the different names for the same planet.
Bryn: I always think it’s strange. I kind of wonder how our species got its name. Antosia is the name of our planet. We’re Antosian. I wonder if we picked it, or if someone else named us?
She had never been the type to pay diligent attention in history… otherwise she might already know.
Ukinix/Hopper: Response
Shortrith: ::to Bryn:: Is there another name for Antosia in your native language?
Bryn: There is. We call it… well, it doesn’t translate exactly, but it means ‘our place’ almost. Antosians are… well, you know. We’re pretty friendly. It’s our home.
Ukinix/Hopper/Shortrith: Response
Bryn: What are your homeworlds called? Commander, Wil, sorry, what does Earth mean?
Ukinix/Hopper/Shortrith: Response
Bryn: Hm. Well, you should tell humanity to work on that. Does Australia mean anything?
Ukinix/Hopper/Shortrith: Response
Ensign Saelis Bryn
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