Ensign Talyra - I Just Work Here, Really.
V'Nille
(( Science Labs, Deck 3, USS Thor ))
Talyra: ::nodding:: Of course. I am… curious though. I’m sure you get this question a lot but are you related by any chance to Commander Saa?
V. Saa: Genetically, yes, dimensionally no. ::tapped the PADD trying to find more evidence about the work order:: I’m not from this universe and with no way to go back where I came from, for many complicated reasons, you all got stuck with me.
oO Oh, interesting. A crossover episode character, as the Astrachtoni would say. Oo
Tito: Hello Lieutenant, Ensign… ::He narrowed his eyes:: Curious…
V. Saa: You… ::pointing at him:: I recognize your devilish mug but I’m sorry I’m drawing a blank on your name Lieutenant….
Tito: Forgive me, Lieutenant Tito, Science Officer… I just have a feeling I know that cat, but can’t remember from where…
V. Saa: You appear to be my first lead on his identity so far, Lieutenant. ::looking to Sachiko:: And she seems to like you.
Tito: Looks like the feeling is mutual…
Orlon, A: Am Ah interrupting?
Talyra had the same question. The exchange between cat and human she just witnessed felt like an oddly intimate moment. The Romulan didn’t have much in the way of personal experience with domesticated animals outside of the rare attempt of others in the colony on Bilire IV to domesticate small jungle critters surrounding the colony. She had, of course, heard of and seen the bonds in action but pets were relatively rare on Bilire IV as the focus was on establishing the colony and surviving the horrors of living in a jungle.
V. Saa: Not at all, just a drop in from your friendly neighborhood Ops officer and his assistant Ops Cat, following up a report of contaminated inventory which the Ensign is helping me locate. ::Motions to the cat:: I am also trying to find her owner.
Talyra: Apparently, there’s remarkably little information on just what this “contaminated inventory” is, which is slightly troublesome.
Orlon, A.: Ah’m Orlon Aislin. Ah dunna think Ah’ve had the pleasure of meeting any of ya yet.
Saa shook his head. Talyra shook hers as well in turn. She hadn’t met this woman before today. That accent was certainly memorable.
V. Saa: Only got back on board myself, I’m seeing all kinds of new faces lately. ::looks around almost suspiciously:: But Ops almost never sends me to science, so I currently on my own new frontier.
Talyra: ::smiles politely:: I am only here temporarily before I got back to the Valkyrie, so everyone’s a new face to me.
Tito: Response
Orlon, A: Ah’m the new Chief of Science. It’s nice ta meet ya all.
One of Talyra’s eyebrows rose. That wasn’t the name she remembered seeing as the Chief of Science, but then again during the mission, she did recall something about the current Chief being off the ship. Maybe something happened?
Orlon, A: You are Lieutenant Tito. But Ah dunna believe Ah know who the rest of ya are.
V. Saa: Lieutenant Velaan Saa, yes I am related to Commander Saa, genetically but not dimensionally. ::he made a little gun with his finger:: I’m the guy on the wrong side of the mirror.
Talyra: I am Ensign Talyra, an astrophysicist.
Tito: Response
Sachiko: Mrrrrow.
Orlon, A: It’s nice ta meet ya all. And you too!
The cat jumped to the floor, seeming discontented with the current state of affairs. Talyra watched her curiously for a moment.
Orlon,A: Well, it’s nice ta meet ya anyway.
Sachiko: Rrrrrr.
V. Saa: We do have to still work, little lady. ::he waved his PADD at Sachiko as if she understood:: Contaminated inventory and all?
Talyra blinked at the man talking to the cat as if she was a true conversation partner. The relationship between people and pets was truly a mystery sometimes. Maybe one day, she’d be able to understand the appeal.
Orlon.A/Tito: Response
He shrugged lightly at their questions, as if dismissing them before going on to answer.
V. Saa: She isn’t mine. I woke up with her sleeping on my chest and have been looking for her owner all morning, I was going to use the Ops chip reader we use in case a pet gets loose after an adventure at Pawsgard, but I got handed a work order and was sent here. ::he looks at the PADD:: Would you all mind if I use the console to review previous inventory intakes from Ops here…?
She looked at Commander Orlon momentarily before shrugging.
Talyra: Most of the consoles in here aren’t actively being used anyway, so far as I know. It’s been just me and the data we gathered from the survey prior to .. the whole … thing.
Perhaps one day there would be an elegant turn of phrase to describe being held hostage for another species’ entertainment, but Talyra was not armed with it now.
Orlon.A/Tito: Response
Talyra nodded and moved back to her console, allowing the Operations officer to find his own to do his work at. She assumed he would call for attention once he found something.
V. Saa: H-hey… ::he sighs as she grooms herself before looking to the science officers:: So someone made a bunch of orders, doubling up on supplies… but I’m seeing only a few that would be of concern. One that requires specific storage temperature, one that requires specifications for atmospheric pressure, have there been any unusual readings or strangeness in the labs?
Talyra contemplated the question before shaking her head.
Talyra: I haven’t seen or heard of anything, but I usually keep to myself in Astrometrics anyway. It’s not exactly in the middle of what’s happening in the science department usually.
Which is just how the Romulan scientist liked it. It was nice, quiet, and generally did not involve talking to a lot of other people without warning.
Orlon.A/Tito: Response
V. Saa: I appreciate it. ::he attempts to use one hand to type:: Hmm, most of the recent orders have been restocks that doubled up on previous orders, though food for the biology labs were among them. Specifically, for those Seda silk moths and gossamer mice.
She looked up at the mention of Seda silk moths and gossamer mice. Those were common enough lab animals, as she recalled, though she didn’t know what experiments involved them at the moment. That would be Chief of Science’s wheelhouse, so she looked up at the woman with the odd accent.
Orlon.A/Tito: Response
V. Saa: I don't love the sound of that.
Neither did Talyra, but then again, she was always mildly suspicious of the biologists to begin with. There was just something about dealing with the fabric of living beings that unnerved her. Stars also at least didn’t bite or have feelings. Usually. As far as she knew.
Talyra: I know where the biology labs are and I can use a break from the numbers to show Lieutenant Vaa where they are.
Orlon.A/Tito: Response
Oh good. This was now a group project. She couldn’t take back volunteering now. That would just be bad manners. She took a deep breath and nodded.
Talyra: Very well.
Orlon.A/Tito/V. Saa/Sachiko: Response
Talyra looked over at the cat with the reminder of its presence in the room. Her roommate at the academy once compared her to a Terran cat, but she had never seen the resemblance. This one clearly wanted attention from what she had seen of it so far, for instance, and she was very much not like that.
Talyra: Is the cat … coming with us? If we are going into a space with lab animals, it might be wise for her to stay here.
Orlon.A/Tito/V. Saa/Sachiko: Response
(( OOC: Seems like a big scene now so just adding two tags to keep it from getting overwhelming. ))