Lt Edac-Spice Up Your Life

[Emma Banin]

(( Kava and Curry, Deep Space 33, Beta Module ))

Semara: A woman a' few words, ain't you?  :: Beat :: I can appreciate that.

She took a bite of the hasperat. For a moment she chewed happily .There was a pickled taste to it and Kishe thought that like so many things the hotness of the dish was a myth built up by those who either had experienced it on a wild night out, or were hasperat merchants.

Then it hit her. It wasn’t the gentle, or even not so gentle heat that she had expected. It was as if a nausicaan had had a volcano grafted to his fist and promptly punched her in  the throat. 

Edac: : coughing as she speaks: Ooh that’s nice.

There was something delightfully beguiling about Amelia Semara. Kishe took another bit of her food, her eyes watering as the spices enveloped her nostrils and coated the back of her throat.  She couldn’t remember the last time she had felt so t ease with someone so quickly, and she began to regret her previous reticence at sharing her past. Perhaps Amelia was actually interested in it for no other reason than amiable curiosity. She offered a  smile as she succumbed to the need to quench the fire in her mouth with iced water.

Semara: Ain't it though?  :: A chuckle. :: It's the perfect cuisine for when you feel like cryin'...

£dad:  Usually its a bottle of wine on the floor of my quarters. This is much better :coughing with a pained expression: If a little bit more painful.

Semara: :: Mouth half-full :: The trick is to keep eattin' it. :: A little grin. :: The vinegar in the pickled peppers helps with cuttin' the spiciness.  It's also easier as you get used to it.

Kishe watched her erudite companion demonstrate  as if she were leading an Academy course on the finer points of fine dining  and how to deal, in a socially acceptable way, with spicy food. She couldn’t help but laugh, causing the spices to once again assault her nostrils and like a tumbling domino making the next domino fall, causing her to cough and laugh at the same time.

Edac: I had no idea you were such an epicurean expert. 

Semara: Maybe I oughta add eatin' Hasperat to my list a' interrogation techniques...  Not that I've  ever interrogated anyone.  :: A happy little giggle. :: 'Sides, it ain't been workin' so far.  You gotta gimme somethin'!  A hobby, at least?  Now we're friends, I gotta know how we're spendin' our time together...

She smiled , a slight feeling of embarrassment all too evident, especially to someone with empathic powers, Kishe thought to herself.

Edac: Yeah sorry about that :smiling shyly: I’m a bit shy at first, but you’ll warm up to me I promise.  :taking another drink and looking at Amelia:: So my Father used to be a public conservator. He would ‘help people confess their crimes. 

Semara: Response

Kishe nodded she took another bite, letting the flavours attack her taste buds on the most delightfully painful yet delicious assault.

Edac: Something like that yes. 

She watched Amelia’s reaction, searching for any signs of disgust or moral outrage. She was glad that she could see any if they were there. She was rapidly finding Amelia to be  friendly and good company, and didn’t like the idea that her own shame at the past indiscretions of Cardassia and its’ military rule could spoil their burgeoning friendship. She smiled more out of embarrassment than anything else, but for the first time in a long time, did not shy away from sharing.

Edac: So he had long privately hated the legal system and how it was all twisted to merely enact the wishes of whoever was in power. It was kind of a fuel to his rage against Cardassia going the Dminion .  Anyway the thing is :pause: he actually won his last case.

Semara: Response

Edac: Oh certain people were not happy. Not happy at all. If t hadn’t been for the Federation and its’ allies invading Cardassia he would have been executed but thankfully they were too busy retreating or running away or doing whatever they were  doing to be concerned with him and his delightfully precocious daughter.

Semara: Response

TAG/TBC

Lieutenant Kishe Edac

Ops Officer

USS Khitomer

NCC62400

A239810JA2Q

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