JP: Doctor Renaie Shortrith & Lieutenant Commander Chythar Skyfire - A Face To A Name (Pt. 1)
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OOC: In Skyfire’s timeline, this takes place before “Parenting Is Hard”
((Sickbay, Deck 12, USS Astraeus))
Renaie smiled as they typed up their letter to Chythar, the friend they had made from the Cadet Cultural Exchange Subspace Friend Program.
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To: Chythar Skyfire
From: Renaie Shortrith
Subject: !!!!!!!!!!!
Chythar Chythar Chythar
I have awesome news…
I graduated!!!!!!
I’ve been assigned to the USS Astraeus, and I’m so excited. I’ve only been here for a week or so, and I’m really excited to be on this new ship!
Regards,
Renaie
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Renaie buzzed with excitement as they sent the message, and waited (im)patiently for a response.
Chythar’s padd buzzed in his pocket like a pager. With a few last notes on the crewman’s file he was treating, he put that PADD down and retrieved his personal one. Once he read the letter, he blinked a few times. He saw another blue-collared individual in here moments before, but … no. There was no way the names were the same, were they? Then again, he hadn’t seen any pictures to go along with the name, so he had no reason to assume.
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To: Renaie Shortrith
From: Chythar Skyfire
Subject: Re: !!!!!!!!!!!
That’s great! Congr-- You’re on the Astraeus… as a medical officer, I presume? Turn around and look for the blonde bloke with the short hair.
Regards
Chythar
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He pressed send, and waited. Surely they’d find him eventually. Maybe.
Renaie’s eyes widened as they read the message. They turned around, adjusted their glasses, and stared. They saw him.
Shortrith: It’s you! ::tapping their feet excitedly:: Hiiiiii!
Skyfire: Congraduations! Nice to finally meet you in the flesh, as it were.
Renaie sprinted over to hug him excitedly.
Shortrith: Can’t believe you’re actually real.
Chythar returned the hug and smiled slightly. He didn’t know what to say in reply to that, but figured to go with the safest option as he returned the hug.
Skyfire: It’s alright. I have a bit of a fan club, I’m used to getting that response.
Renaie was oblivious to the fact that he had a fan club, all they knew was that their friend was real and they got to meet him in the flesh.
Shortrith: ::Oblivious to the fact he had a fan club:: It’s good to see you. How are you going?
He considered his answer for a moment. He’d had his share of dialect interactions before, and he had also considered the fact that he shouldn’t respond with some of his own accents. Especially since he wasn’t stressed at the moment.
Skyfire: I’m doing alright, I suppose. Long hours, research, medical stuff, and eventually somewhere finding time in all of that to be a dad.
Shortrith: That’s good to hear– wait you’re a dad?
CD’s brow furrowed as he scanned his memory and realized he may have forgotten to mention it. He may’ve made a passing reference to his two kids, but hadn’t divulged a lot of specifics.
Skyfire: Yes. Two kids, one of whom is legally adopted and the other is my biological son. By chance, have you met my wife Lael?
Shortrith: Yes I have! She welcomed me aboard–
Renaie ‘glitched’ for a moment. oO What in the stars… He’s married to the first officer??? Oo
TBC
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Lieutenant Commander Chythar Skyfire, MD
Medical Researcher
USS Astraeus NCC-70652
O239002CS0
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Doctor Renaie Shortrith
Medical Officer (Ensign)
USS Astraeus
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