Ensign Tho’Bi - The Pros and Cons of A Security Officer Roommate

[Tobi]

(( Main Mess Hall - Deck 3, USS Artemis-A ))

Vibrations. Such a mess of vibrations. Halo-projections flickered hyper-accerated. Touchscreens pulsed to the syntax of gameplay. Countless heartbeats rising and falling with the run of play. The swish of liquid, the crunch, squelch, and flake of food.  

The Andorian’s antennae twitched trying to make sense of it all. He did not want to be here. He craved the sub levels of the Starbase, the solitary confinement of a Jefferies Tube, or the towering silence of EVA. Too many bandages, too many crewmembers carrying the accessories of high impact phase-based energy weapons combined with low shields and even lower Inertial Dampeners. 

His roommate had insisted. Within a day of arriving Ensign Cole had overloaded a phaser and rammed an Orion Destroyer. This was not someone adverse to tackling problems headon.

So he was here and miserable. And Ensign Cole was not. Perhaps he could make his escape?   

K’Wara: Well now, this seems like a party.

Tho'Bi: oO Zalexu! Oo

His escape was put on hold by an approaching humanoid, smiling. 

Meris: Response 

Tho’Bi: ::quiet friendly:: Hey. I'm Tho’Bi. En-Ensign, Engineering. 

The slim humanoid glanced around the room with an active curiosity the Andorian Engineer entirely lacked.

K’Wara: It’s good to meet you, Tho’Bi. My name’s Tamio. ::friendly look to Meris:: Arrived around the same time as Meris, right?

Tho'Bi: Eh… A, a bit before. Risa shoreleave. 

Tho’Bi: oO Don’t ask about the battle Oo

Meris: Response

K’Wara: Well, I’m dying to try one of these things. Have any of you played these games before? afraid I’ve never really dabbled in boardgames before.

One meter ninety centimeter Andorians don't sneak out of places easily. Nevertheless, this was his chance, while they were distracted by the games.   

He backed away slowly, slow-mo legato footfalls. Granular in motion, he rotated his torso and landed his foot, toes first forty five degrees behind him. Just one more step…

As his head turned, his eyes caught up with what his antennae had already sensed.

Ensign Cole was standing behind him.  

Tho’Bi: oO Zalexu! OO

Tho’Bi: Hey! 

His faux-happiness at seeing his roommate was fooling no one, least of all Ensign Cole. 

Cole: Response 

Meris/K'Wara: Response

Tag/TBC

((OOC: Added a tag for Ensign Cole after an in-depth Roomie Strategy meeting!

“Zalexu” is Andorian - literally means, “Touched unexpectedly by ice” and is broadly similar to “For f—’s sake!”. It is usually used in response or reaction to sudden events. I've already added it to the SB118WIKI: https://wiki.starbase118.net/wiki/index.php?title=Andorian/Graalen ))

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Ensign Tho’Bi

Engineering

USS Artemis-A

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