Lieutenant JG Lystra - ((Backsim)) Feathered Guest
Rameses
((Runabout Interior, forward compartment, Peekaboo))
Hearing the crunch she couldn’t help but smirk when she saw Leran eating trail mix.
Perax: does anyone want some trail mix? I don’t know if it will agree with your digestion. You might want to scan it first to be safe.
Lystra: Sure, we have plenty.
Kol’Mana: Trail… mix? You eat what you picked up on the roads?
Utan: Is it something vegetal or it includes animal meat to that mix?
Perax: it contains Cashew nuts, pretzels, those wheat crisscrossy things, and a small chocolate candy.
Lystra: They’re a Human snack, from Earth. Called trail mix because it often left a trail behind the person when they were walking. I think.
Kol’Mana: Sounds like a great way to be eaten by a Krantha
Utan: From what you said, it doesn’t have animal meat. I might give it a try.
She heard Indrid sigh as he leaned back in his chair.
Yirah: Looks like we're going to be here a while.
Lystra: Yep. ::To the Kameryans:: Since we’re going to be stuck here, is there anything you’d like to know about us?
She figured they might be more talkative if the conversation wasn’t about why either of them were on this planet. And even though they’d previously met the Kameryans, she admitted she still didn’t know a lot about them and apparently, vice versa.
Kol’Mana: I am curious to know what brings you to this place.
Utan: How shall we address you?
Perax: I’m Leran Perax
Yirah: I'm Indrid Yirah. What are your names?
Lystra: Lystra. ::she smiled then realized she should probably include her birth name:: Xal’tress. Lystra Xal’tress. Xal’tress is the name of my birth ship.
Kol’Mana: You are named after you ship? Interesting. I am Kol’Mana of the clan of Zorn, of the Zinera.
Utan: Utan Ural. The Ural is the name of my kind, my personal name is Utan.
Yirah: response
Lystra: Nice to meet you both. I’m Security and Tactical. ::she thought for a moment about what one of them had said before:: I’m a protector for our ship. ::she smiled::
Kol’Mana: Security. You protect?
She nodded at that and smiled at the Kameryan.
Perax: I’m an engineer; I build and repair equipment for the ship.
Yirah: response
Lystra: I’m a Boslic. My people left our home a long time ago to wander the stars because we feel the need to keep moving further and further. So we adopt pieces of other cultures into our own to make it something new.
Utan: I’m Ular and we are part of nature. We respect it and it provides us in return. As we learn from it, we use that to heal others, to make nature grow and to provide in case of need.
Perax: Indrid and I are Trill. We have the ability to join with a symbiont and share lifetimes worth of experiences through multiple generations.
She smiled, keenly interested in sharing about her people when a call came in surprisingly clear compared to the last communication they had. It was still somewhat staticy but she could hear T’Seva’s voice well enough.
T'Seva: =/\= Constitution to Indrid Yirah =/\=
Yirah: Response
T'Seva: =/\= Oh good. Is everyone alright down there? We're finally having a conversation with the Kameryans in orbit. =/\=
Yirah: Response
Kol’Mana: We know, our people said as much.
Lystra: That’s good. Maybe we’ll be able to help you with whatever you’re doing.
Yirah: response
Kol’Mana: The last creature-people our kind meet called themselves Pak-Leds. They were arrogant.
Utan: Not to mention bad at explaining themselves.
Perax: I’ve never met the Pakleds, but what I’ve heard about them isn’t flattering.
Lystra: I’ve only met them once when I was much younger. My parents were not fond of dealing with them.
Yirah: response
Kol’Mana: We are not unused to space, but for many years we keep to ourselves. Space is big. It is not hard to avoid others if you try.
Utan: Also, venturing into the open, the unknown, is risky as it could lead dangers to your own land.
Perax: I think the Ferengi have a rule about risk. ::he said thoughtfully::
Lystra: True! But if I’ve learned anything is that planets are just as, if not more dangerous than space sometimes. So, if there’s always danger why not explore?
Yirah: response
Their conversation was interrupted by the comm system.
Rajel: =/\= Constitution to Away Teams. We will be sending medical and Science teams to the surface to help the Kameryans with some plant based medical research. You are welcome to volunteer and remain to join the efforts. If you are not, as soon as you are able, please return to the Constitution. If you are injured, please make sure to return for treatment first. Rajel out. =/\=
Perax: Hey! That was a clear transmission! :: he paused, considering the message a moment:: If staying is optional, I think I would prefer to return to the Constitution.
Lystra: I don’t blame you. I’d rather get back to the ship too, but I’m already here and as long as there’s people here they’ll need protectors watching over them.
Yirah: response
Utan: I’m sure it’s taken care of, but we should call the Fenix ignus to confirm and then we could share more about our reasons to be here.
Kol’Mana: Response
Perax: I’d definitely still be interested in hearing how you came to be here.
Lystra: Do whatever you need to to feel safe with us. ::to Utan:: I’d do the same.
Yirah/Kol’Mana/Utan: response
She saw a flash of movement just then as Leran seemed to shoot up in his seat as if something had just struck him.
Perax: Does anyone know what happened to that bird? You know, the one with eyestocks?
oO Wait, that’s right, it was just sitting on Maramox. I never checked to see if it had left the runabout. Oo
Lystra immediately looked around and didn’t take long to figure out where it was as a pair of eyestalks peered at them all from within the container with their emergency rations.
Lystra: Uh….found it. I guess it likes our rations.
She gestured to the bird who then seemed to feel the attention on it and it hopped up on top of the crate, sending ripped open ration packets scattering all over the floor.
Yirah/Kol’Mana/Utan/Perax: response
Lystra: Well, too late now. We can’t risk opening the ramp in this storm. I guess we have another guest. I don’t suppose either of you two know what these birds like to eat normally?
From the teeth it looked carnivorous, but she thought she saw it nibbling on a carrot a moment ago.
Yirah/Kol’Mana/Utan/Perax: response
Lystra: Well, as long as it’s docile I don’t see a reason for concern. A good opportunity to study it up close I guess. We’ve got the time.
Yirah/Kol’Mana/Utan/Perax: response
[End of scene for Lystra/ Tags]
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Lieutenant JG Lystra
Tactical/Security Officer
USS Constitution-B NCC-9012-B
Writer ID: A239410TR0