LT Toxin Arlill: Too Close, Too Soon
Toxin Arlill
((Gymnasium, Deck 5, USS Octavia E. Butler ))
Toxin had recovered the thrown barbell and reminded Henri that he shouldn’t appear to have super human strength, to which Henri took note and said he’d try not to do that again, not unless the moment warranted it. A familiar voice startled and brought anxiety to Toxin’s awareness.
Nilsen: Tox mate it’s good to see you here. ::Turning to Henri:: Great to meet you mate, I’m Lhando, this Is Morro.
Caras: Hello! Name’s Morro, as he said.::he nodded to each of them:: Nice to meet you both.
Arlill: Oh hello Lhandon, nice to meet you Caras.
Toxin had no thought of introducing Henri, why would he, to Toxin he was just a figment of his imagination, obviously not registering that Caras and Nilsen could see him. But Henri was definitely more aware than Toxin.
Henri: ::extending a hand to Nilsen:: I’m (beat) I’m Henry.
Nilsen: Well great to meet you, buddy. I’m glad you've got Tox out here. You can’t be all work and no play right? ::laughs:: ::To Arlill:: Tox, I’m guessing you just finished?
Arlill: Yeah, we’re just wrapping up, I have (beat) duty rosters to work on.
Of course it occurred to him that it was Nilsen’s week to update the duty rosters in their rotation, he hoped that Nilsen wouldn’t notice.
Caras: Saw you checking yourself with the tricorder earlier, hope you’re seeing some gains. Not aware of your physiology, but if they happen that quickly, I’m pretty jealous.
Arlill: I’m not really about gains, of course I mean, well. ::interrupted::
Henri: He means he’s not proud enough to boast about how well he’s been doing on the weights.
Toxin wasn’t exactly ecstatic with that share, but it was better, for the moment, than anything he could come up with.
Caras: I see! Well hope everything is alright. But you look like you’ve got your gym buddy here, so I figure even if you’re pushing to exhaustion you’ll be alright. (beat) Nilse….err Lhando here was telling me about the Rug-Bee team. Do you all play or are you into other physical endeavors?
Arlill: Oh we just met, Henri (beat) Henri is umm… (beat)
Henri: I’m new here, assigned to waste reclamation and processing. It’s a crappy job but someone’s gotta do it. (beat) How’s your workouts coming along?
Nilsen: Response
Caras: I’m here working on my stretching. Always need to remain limber, who knows if i’ll have to do the splits in a Jefferies tube to do a repair. Do either of you dance?
Arlill: Sorry, no, I’ve got two left feet. oO and a spare brain apparently Oo
Henri: Oh I do love dance, never got into it though, maybe you could show me sometime.
Arlill: Of course when you’d have time Henry, (beat) You were mentioning your busy schedule, remember?
Henri: Oh nonsense, there’s always time for learning.
Toxin wasn’t totally sure how this worked, but he was pretty confident that if he wasn’t present physically then Henri wasn’t going to be present metaphysically?
Caras/Nilsen: Response
Arlill: Well that sounds nice, maybe you two can connect some time, later. ::looking at Henri::
Toxin wanted Henri to disappear right now, but knew that would lead to questions he couldn’t answer or didn't’ want to. He wasn’t even sure how he could turn him off, this wasn’t really a holodeck.
Caras/Nilsen: Response
Arlill: Yeah, I guess that might work, right Henri? With your schedule?
Henri: Yeah… probably.
Henri was finally picking up on what Toxin was presenting.
Caras/Nilsen: Response
Arlill: Well that sounds good, you two enjoy the rest of your work out, I think Henri has a shift to get to and I’m beat, heading to bed.
Caras/Nilsen: Response
Henri: It was a pleasure to meet you two as well.
As the two of them exited Toxin wasn’t sure how this was going to work out, since there were holo emitters in the hallway but Henri was technically working through the gymnasium’s holo system. As they stepped out and the doors closed behind them Henri faded into non physical existence.
Arlill: You still there?
oO Henri: I am, but that’s frustrating, I really enjoyed being really there. Oo
Arlill: Let’s just figure out how that happened and we’ll go from….
A couple of crew members came around the corner into his relatively empty section of corridor.
Arlill: Evening. He started walking back to his quarters.
[[ End Scene for Henri & Toxin Arlill ]]
Lieutenant Toxin Arlill
Chief of Operations
USS Octavia E Buttler NCC-82850
Writer ID.: O239910TA4