LtJG Ellie Park- Breaking Bread and Sharing Stories
Mel Strobel
(( Saloon - USS Constitution ))
Ellie looked up and grinned. She may be well on her way to make friends after all, as now she had more than one person talking to her.
Park: Hi there! I’m Dr. Eleanor Park- my friends call me Ellie ::She added quickly::
Yirah: Hey Stapledon good to see you again. :: he said, not remembering what her first name was. He turned to Dr. Park.:: And good to meet you Ellie.
Ellie filed away the name Stapledon in her brain. She was usually pretty good with names. It was a side effect of inevitably seeing most everyone at some point in Sickbay.
Yirah: Oh! I'm Nazria Yirah by the way- :: he shook his head:: Sorry, force of habit. I mean, not force of habit for me but...
Ellie looked at Yirah, placing the face with the name from the communicator near the end of their time on the Fake Enterprise. So THAT’S who she had been talking to.
Yirah: I meant to say Indrid Kiaon... ::he could feel his cheeks becoming warm.:: No, that's not it either. My name is Indrid Yirah. I promise that I can remember my own name, it's just...
Ellie stayed silent, hiding her amusement. She couldn’t say for sure without asking or scanning, but she had treated enough Trills to recognize that he was likely joined. She wondered if it was recent with the way he stumbled like that, but she certainly wasn’t going to embarrass him by asking questions now. Besides, she wasn’t on the clock so to speak.
Yirah: Anyway, I work in the science department. I take it that you work in medical Ellie? And what about you Stapledon?
Ellie nodded in response to his question about medical.
Stapledon: Engineering.
Park: It’s really nice to meet you!
Kincaid: A pleasure darlin’. This place is mine, so if ya’ll are looking fer some vittles or somethin’ ta whet yer whistle you just let me know.
Yirah: You too! :: he looked around the room, decorated in places with animal skulls. He pointed one out.:: See that? It's a kind of cow called a Texas Longhorn. I have a pin of one on my hat too. See? ::he showed them his hat.
Kincaid: Good eye pardner.
Stapledon: Oh really? It's kind of nice.
Yirah: Yeah, I thought so.
Ellie looked at them, curious.
Park: So how long have you been onboard?
Yirah: Um, only a couple days. I finished an extended training course at Starbase 118 and was assigned here. Pretty much as soon as I arrived, I was given 23rd century clothes and tricorder and assigned to a group. I was told we were going to the Enterprise. Didn't even get to see my quarters or any of the labs before that. :: he chuckled.::
Stapledon laughed and Ellie let out her own giggle. She knew well how disorienting the mission was and she had started onboard!
Stapledon: I haven't been here much longer. This is my second mission now.
Park: I see! And you? ::she looked at Kincaid, presuming he had been here much longer::
Kincaid: Been here for a few years now though it feels like forever. This place is home. ::He sighed softly:: Anything I can get ya? Got a few libations that should help take tha sting off that. ::To Yirah:: And don’t feel bad, ya ain’t tha first ta get whalloped comin’ in.
Ellie smiled and shrugged, not sure yet what she wanted.
Yirah: How about you Ellie? How long have you been onboard?
Park: Hmm ::she considered:: I got my transfer orders and came on board right before the Conny left Starbase 104. Barely got my sea legs before we encountered the “Enterprise”
She used her fingers to make the quotation marks and laughed lightly. It was hard to believe she hadn’t been there that long. That single day on the Enterprise had felt like months.
Yirah: I hear that they have more games upstairs... along with something called a mechanical bull. Would you all... I mean... y'all ::he smiled:: like to play something? Darts? Poker?
Kincaid: Correct. Reckon we got about any game ya could play thanks ta tha holoemitters. And tha second floor has the Cetcaean viewin’ area. Ya’ll can say hi ta Sarek and tha other dolphins.
Ellie’s eyes sparkled at the idea of the Cetacean viewing area. She always found marine life in particular fascinating. Not enough to go into that line of study, but she found them beautifully graceful creatures to watch. Plus games would be fun.
Stapledon: I've heard about the built-in holoemitters here. Very cool touch.
Park: Sounds like fun to me!
Yirah/Any: Response
Kincaid: Oh, if’n ya ever need ta check tha menu it’s easy. Computer, three menus. Table six. Today’s specials are all seafood or fish based. But ya can have anythin’ ya want on tha menu. Everythin’s always available.
Ellie looked at the menu and bit her lip like she often did when she was thinking.
Park: Thanks! Everything sounds delicious!
Yirah/Any: Response
Kincaid: Alright, take yer time. ::He gave them all a wide, cordial smile::
Ellie’s eyes sped through the menu, before deciding on something comforting.
Stapledon: I would love a root beer.
Kincaid: Response?
Park: Water with lemon please. ::pause:: and I think I’d like to go ahead and order a grilled cheese with tomato soup.
Yirah/Any: Response
Stapledon: I think a caesar salad with shrimp would be great.
Any: Response/other orders etc
Stapledon: So.. What inspired you each to join Starfleet?
Ellie looked at her counterpart and chuckled.
Park: I suppose if I said I joined just to irritate my mother, that would open up a whole can of worms.
Yirah/Stapledon/Any: Response
Park: Truthfully I grew up on a starship because of my dad, so it seemed like an obvious way to go. You?
Yirah/Stapledon/Any: Response
Park: I thought about science like my dad, but medicine just feels… right.
Yirah/Stapledon/Any: Response
Medical Officer
USS Constitution-B
Writer & Character pronouns: She/Her
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NOTE: All thoughts and actions of my character are purely IC and are not a representation of my OOC thoughts and feelings.