Ensign Thalas th'Koro - Raising a Glass
Nathaniel Lawton
((Poseidon’s Lounge, Deck 2, USS Atlantis))
{{Time Index: Day 17 of Shoreleave}}
th’Koro: ::cordially:: Don’t even get me started on my love life or there lack of one. Maybe I should just have a relationship with science instead. My experiences have always been fairly dreadful
Davis: Well, I can’t say I have been in anything more meaningful than a night or two here or there. I tend to be nervous about actually approaching women. And I have some weird, antiquated ideas too.
In reality, he had never truly been in a relationship. The restrictions of Andorian marriage had always been something which annoyed him. It was almost expected of him to partake in the rituals of Andorian relationships due to the declining birth rate but it was never something which appealed to him. He found the traditions too impersonal and distant. He had loved in the past but whenever he did it had been unrequited and parted very quickly. It saddened him but he couldn’t let it effect him too much.
th’Koro: I understand you. The struggles are definitely there but we have to keep trying. There’s always someone for us. Who knows they could even be on this ship somewhere...
Davis: I’m not so sure. I think I am just one of those poor sots destined to be alone my whole life.
th’Koro: ::slightly drunkenly:: Oh you think that’s bad. ::laughs:: Try being expected to marry three other people who you only vaguely know.
Davis: Oh man, not sure if that’s a good thing or not. I mean, in a fantasy world that might be great, but reality... nah, probably not.
Thalas was slightly concerned at the fantasy world Davis had but each to their own.
th’Koro: The night wind turns in the sky and sings. I can write the saddest lines tonight. I loved her, sometimes she loved me too... ::taking a moment for recollection:: Love is fleeting and in my opinion it should be acted on before it leaves.
oO What on Earth am I doing? Oo
It was a very rare kind of drunk Thalas that started quoting Pablo Neruda. Still... it was better than ballet dancer Thalas.
Davis: You might be right about that, sir. Maybe I will have to listen to that advice if I ever find myself in lust... eh, I mean love. If I ever find myself in love.
th’Koro: ::laughs:: Lust, eh?
Davis: Slip of the tongue. So, what are you going to do about the three wives?
He noticed the avoidance of the question but he chose not to question it. The topic matter was Andorian marriage not whether Davis was hiding something or not.
th’Koro: Well I’m hoping to just end up in a relationship with just one person but... ::finger waving at Davis:: if tradition has anything to do with it, I’m going to be wandering the universe trying to find three Andorians in my position at that very time.
Davis: That is a tough one. Not that I will ever have to worry about that. I’ll be lucky to find someone at this point. But I do wish you the best on that.
th’Koro: Thank you. ::beat:: Anyways I feel like I am in the same boat as you. I hate Andoran marriage and I don’t want to follow it. It’s just not for me in the slightest. I never feel you can get as close to three people as you can just one.
Davis: Not really the same, sir. I love the idea of marriage. Just don’t think it’s going to happen for me.
th’Koro: Anyway, all this talk of love and you say that you don’t think you’re going to find someone. I can not believe that for a second. You have seemed nothing but a gentleman.
Davis: ::adopts a bad Shakespearan accent:: Whoi, me thanks thee good sah. Most ‘umbled we are to be esteemed to be such fine company as thou doest bespeek of us.
oO That was... interesting Oo
th’Koro: Seriously I can’t see a reason why someone would not want to go out with you.
Davis: Oh, you’re probably correct Mr. th’Koro. My real problem is that I am too nice for my own good. That and I always seem to fall for the wrong women. You know, the ones who are strictly off limits for one reason or another?
Thalas had never truly experienced that but he could definitely understand it’s sentiment. Love was harsh and unforgiving and often unrequited. The composer Berlioz sprung to mind.
th’Koro: Oh... I’m sorry to hear this ::beat:: Have many women have been like this?
Davis: Oh, there’s probably a dozen or more. None of whom I ever did anything about. That’s my lot in life, to be the guy the woman like as a friend, but who’s too chicken to try and pursue anything more.
th’Koro: ::tips glass:: Now don’t sell yourself short. You’ll get there.
Davis: Well, maybe someday, sir. Maybe someday. Until then, barkeep. Another brandy for my friend and I please.
th’Koro: ::raises glass:: Davis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
END
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Ensign Thalas th’Koro
Science Officer
USS Atlantis (NCC-74682)
A23950TT0
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