[sb118-valkyrie] Ensign Arthur Strathmore - A Total Bajoran Culinary Victory
Arthur Strathmore
(( Valhalla, Forward Observation Lounge ))
Strathmore: It’s spicy, it's savory, it’s sour, it’s sweet, it’s salty, it’s every flavor possible in a sandwich wrap and somehow it works.
Charn: You keep promising me the sky, and it's wearing thin. ::He grumbled for a moment as he picked up the briny wrap and sniffed it:: Here goes.
Arthur watched cautiously as Charn took a bite. He wondered, would Charn be as unimpressed by this as he was with seemingly all things?
Charn: Mmm. ::He swallowed and sighed before his gaze fixed on Arthur. He looked defeated, in a strange way:: Kid... Listen up. This ::He held the hasperat in his hand up:: Might be the best thing I've ever had.
oO A second bite? Is he being genuine right now? Oo
Arthur couldn’t help the smirk forming on his face.
Strathmore: Where is the “but”?
Charn: Honest. No buts.
oO Victory! Oo
Strathmore: Wow, well, this is a Charn first.
Charn: Look, fresh food is a luxury where I come from. And so is tasty food. Kid, I lived in squalor and you are a real nobody here--no offense--well, maybe a little--and you live better than anyone I've ever even heard of.
Arthur felt for Charn. Despite all his bluster and sarcasm, Charn was a person who had been through the worst. Arthur would be there for him.
oO Is he wrong? I am only an ensign and a two time ensign at that. Perspective strikes again. Oo
Strathmore: Well, there’s more where that came from then. Try your drink.
Charn: Response
Strathmore: It’s Aldebaran whiskey, I believe.
Charn: Response
oO How far away was that from here? Oo
Strathmore: Aldebaran is about… seventy or so light years away from Earth or Terra as you’d know it. So, from here that’s… apologies, I was never the best stellar cartographer and a starship is always moving. This is why I prefer stations.
oO One of the reasons anyway. Oo
Ensign Arthur Strathmore
Counselor
USS Valkyrie, NCC-76418-A
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