Ensign Maezel Fenn – Thinking Of Home

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(( Cochtois Lagoon - Deluvia IV )) 
 

As the cool, evening air of Deluvia IV carried the salt air of the ocean, the group were still sat in the bar/restaurant that they’d chosen, eating their latest meal. As the evening conversation continued, the group’s topic gently drifted onto the semi-domesticated animals of Bolarus IX. This had given Maezel some pause for thought as she tried to think of an animal that might fit bill. 
 
 
Fenn: ::stroking her facial ridge from forehead to nose with her index finger:: Hmm...I guess you could put the Xilipher shark in that category. Our kelp farms produce a lot of heat which attracts various species of fish when they want somewhere warm to nest. The Xilipher shark feeds off the majority of those species and it’s normally friendly around Bolians. 
 

Marshall: ::Chuckling,:: I don't think I've ever heard anyone use the terms "shark" and "friendly" in the same sentence. They must have incredible appetites. It'd be amazing to see one up close. 

 
E. Reynolds / Neathler: Response 
 
 
Fenn: I guess it is kind of similar but the difference is you can’t take pity on it and adopt them. They’re the size of a large dolphin on Earth, they’re incredibly quick and strong and they have a very low sense of self preservation. They will sacrifice themselves to take down a threat so it doesn’t go on to threaten the rest of their school.  
 
 
A memory flashed into Maezel’s mind, back when she first saw a Xilipher shark. It was during one of her first dives after joining her family’s research and development department when she was 17. She had been tasked with tracking and tagging a new school of them that had rallied around a junior alpha male. All she’d really seen was a blur of electric blue and white as it whizzed past her mere meters away, leaving a trail of red as its huge jaws clamped down on the fish it’d claimed as a prize. 
 
 
Marshall: You just make adopting them sound like a challenge. Try not to say that in front of Sevo. ::She grinned, but could also imagine the paperwork.:: In a sense, I guess that's true for Starfleet, too. Self-sacrifice for the greater good, for the betterment of the whole. We become some kind of family unit by necessity. 
 
 
Neathler / E. Reynolds: Response 
 
 
Marshall: I wonder how many of us would know who we are if no one was depending on us. No crew, no family, no one to protect, no science to explore. ::As if realising she'd wandered a little too far down that path, she chuckled.:: I'd probably still be causing problems, just on a much smaller scale. 
 
 
Commander Marshal probably hadn’t realised but on a basic level she had essentially described the Eternal Silence – no crew, no family, no-one to protect, no science to explore. Not that Bolians believed too much in the old religions anymore but the Eternal Silence was to Bolians culturally what Hell was to Humans and it made Maezel shudder to think about. The thought of having  no-one around her, no family, community or a team was completely contradictory about what it meant to be a Bolian. It was probably why this was her people’s idea of a hellscape. 
 
 
Fenn: ::shifting slightly at the chill running up her spine:: That honestly sounds like a horrible way to exist. I’d probably go crazy. 
  
 
Neathler / E. Reynolds: Response 
 
 
Marshall: Alright, lighter question then. What do you miss the most when you're off-world or away from home? What's the thing that makes somewhere feel like home to you? 

 

Grateful for the change in topic, Maezel knew the answer immediately. It had been a couple of years since she’d been back to Bolarus and family and friends aside; she knew exactly what she was going to ask for whenever she got the chance to go back. 
 
 
Fenn: ::slightly louder than intended:: Definitely my fourth mother’s cooking! ::pausing a second to moderate her volume:: She does the best Tilak Shelak you’ll ever have. I think the closest thing for Humans would be a seafood medley. 
 
 
E. Reynolds / Marshall / Neathler: Response 

Fenn: Come to think of it, you probably shouldn’t have it at all. The fish is left to decay more than is actually safe for Humans to consume and the dish is a little acidic because of the decaying process but I swear the herbs and spices add a depth of flavour that you’ve never tasted before.  


E. Reynolds / Marshall / Neathler: Response 

Ensign Maezel Fenn

Science Officer

USS Gorkon

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