Lt. JG Zhanyt Lafizatar - The Unfamliar Night Sky

[Koihime Nakamura]

(( Kidman I - campsite ))

Flynn: Here we go. ::He lifted one toward the group.:: Who’s up for a Kidman Sunset?

Because Bupirninyirring was still way too hard to say….

Parker: Make mine a double...:: to Callie: And for you?

Navarro: Double mine too. Please...

Ukinix: ::lifting finger:: One thanks, Commander!

Zhanyt shook her head, not wanting to deal with her after affects to alcohol when out camping.

Alentonis/Any: Response

Kelrod: I'll try it, do you want one?

Petras: I’ll pass. No alcohol for me.

Kelrod: You might want to add this to the ship's replicator system. All right, let's taste the Kidman's menu.

Ukinix: ::Lifting glass:: Here’s cheers, everyone.

Navarro: Reminds me of those drinks they inflict on tourists.

Parker: Yeah…a little light but not bad…

Flynn: I suppose so. ::Chuckling softly:: You learn mixology on Risa you certainly cater to the fanny pack crowd.

Zhanyt silently mused at how much Earth culture had infected the Federation. She knew of it from context, but very few tourists seemed to match that stereotype out near Bajor. Was it Risa's reputation?

Alentonis/Any: Response

Ukinix: Best camping cocktail I’ve ever had.

Petras: What’s that for?

Ukinix: ::Slight shrug, to Jayla:: I’m glamping instead of camping.  ::To everyone:: Marshmallows, anyone?

Navarro: ::to Hannibal:: How many camping cliches do you think they can manage to wedge in?

Parker: Looks like they are going for the record…

Kelrod: That reminds me of a story... next to this date a few years ago. Do you believe that there was a day that I got superpowers?

Navarro: There it is…

Petras: You mean other than what Raissa called your Swiss-Arm?

Parker: I can’t wait to hear this…

Ukinix/Alentonis: Response

Kelrod: :: smiling :: Yes, it was a strange situation. The crew got... cursed, and that affected us at a halloween party on the holodeck. I became a demon with... teleporting powers. Things got weird when we couldn't get out and the ones on the holodeck had to fight a creation that trapped us there and threatened to kill us all. That's why I avoid holodecks during this time of the year. Quite a story...

Parker: I don’t blame you. One experience like that is enough…

Zhanyt never entered a holodeck unless she absoultely had to for that reason.

Flynn: ::Nodding:: Reminds me of my own holodeck misadventure…

Lafizatar: This is why I avoid holodecks.

Alentonis/Ukinix/Any: Response

Petras: That means no romantic getaways on the holodeck.

Parker: Real is better whenever possible. I guess I’ll tell one now. Any of you been to Jupiter Station?

Zhanyt nodded, her hair beginning to stand out a bit in the darkening campsite.

Alentonis/Ukinix/Kelrod/Any: Response

Hannibal smiled…

Parker: You are looking at most likely the only Starfleet officer to be banned from a starbase….

Flynn: Banned? ::His expression perked a bit, he cocked his head.:: How does one pull that off and retain a commission?

Lafizatar: I want to hear that too..

Alentonis/Ukinix/Kelrod/Any: Response

Parker: It was a couple years after the Dominion War, and I was on leave. I found myself of Jupiter Station, awaiting a transport to Earth. I met this woman….her name was Trixie…Trixie Matthews. She was beautiful and we spent the evening together and the next morning, we had breakfast and she went on her way. That evening, I was having a drink at The Black Hole, a rather…interesting enterprise which would not be listed on any list as a must see place. In walked five men, along with my last nights’ date…come to find out that the woman I spent the evening with was married, and her freighter captain husband and some of his crew were there to teach me a lesson in humility. From looking at her face he had already hit her once, then to make his point, he hit her again. That was when the fun started…

Zhanyt raised her eyebrows at that.

Alentonis/Ukinix/Kelrod/Any: Response

Parker: That was when I hit him, he drew a phaser and took a shot, and missed, hitting the liquor behind the bar, which immediately ignited. It was five on one and we fought from one side of that bar to the other while the place was burning down around us. Sometime during the fight I heard the Yellow Alert klaxon going off, but by the time Security arrived, we were out on the promenade, aided by the fact that I threw two of them through the window, and the bar was totally involved…

Flynn: Only five of them? ::He smirked at the mountainous soldier with a reputation for combat capability.:: They should have brought a few more for a fair fight.

Alentonis/Ukinix/Kelrod/Any: Response

Parker: Once Security broke us up and the DC party had put out the fire, which completely destroyed the bar, they threw us in a holding cell. The station commander got the full report from the witnesses and he let me go with the admonition that I was banned from Jupiter Station. I haven’t tried to go back since then, but I heard there was a picture in his office with the admonition I was not to be allowed on the station.. I think it’s the only time a starbase went to Yellow Alert for a barfight…

Zhanyt's eyes had risen into her hairline as she listened to this tale.

Lafizatar: I've never heard of that either.

Alentonis/Ukinix/Kelrod/Any: Response

Flynn: Well next time I get into a bar fight, I know who I want to have my back. ::He cocked his head playfully.:: I think?

Zhanyt noticed Flynn's face darken as he seemed lost in memories.. personally, she didn't really have that many interesting stories - not ones she'd tell over a campfire, anyway. Her one story ended on a rather bitter note, after all, and she didn't want to ruin the atmosphere.

Navarro: ::quietly:: Just one thing left…

Parker: And…just what have you got planned?

Lafizatar/Alentonis/Ukinix/Kelrod/Any: Response

Jayla pushed herself to her feet using Kelrod’s shoulder as support.. She cleared her throat and began to sing.

Petras: o/~ Can you hear the drums Fernando? o/~

Parker: Wow! You two can really sing!!!!

Flynn: I wish I had thought to bring my ukulele.

Zhanyt couldn't sing well - so she kept her voice low to act as a background to the song

Alentonis/Ukinix/Kelrod/Any: Response

After a bit more singing, she began to notice the party break up and go to sleep.

Flynn: Well my friends, this has been great. I’m going to go see if I can find a spot to make myself comfortable. See if I can’t rest these muscles after our long ride.

Lafizatar: Good night!

Alentonis/Ukinix/Kelrod/Parker/Navarro/Petras/Any: Response

Zhanyt went into her tent.. but was restless, and soon found herself wandering around the campsite until she came across Flynn, resting on a clearing and looking up at the sky.

Lafizatar: Thinking about the stars?

Flynn: Ah, yeah. I guess I am guilty of being a bit contemplative. ::He smiled in welcome.:: Please...::He motioned to the ground next to him.

Zhanyt nodded, leaning back against the clearing as she tried to pick out familiar stars from the unfamiliar night sky. She wasn't sure she even could, given the distance and angle.. but she sought out the Maiden of Journeys, the Eternal Lover.. all the same.

Lafizatar: Thank you

Flynn: There is something about being out here. Just soaking up nature. The feeling of the grass against your skin, fresh natural air in your lungs.

Lafizatar: I don't agree with the grass - not used to it, but there's something bracing about the dry cold night air I missed.

He leaned forward, his arms propped behind him as he looked to his companion.

Flynn: All this time in space, it’s still an adjustment, ya know? I grew up with long sandy beaches, big beautiful oceans, thick green jungles. ::His eyes drifted upwards.:: Every time I look out the window of my quarters I’m reminded how far away all that is. Just a cold vacuum. ::He adopted a small smile.:: It’s just nice to be out here.

Lafizatar: I miss the deserts of Kthiao, the violet dawn over red-blue sands.. ::nodding:: I agree. It's nice to be planetside, even if for a night.

Flynn: Response

Lafizatar: I haven't been back since.. ::thinking, converting dates in her head:: 2388 except for a short visit. It's further towards Cardassia than Bajor is, after all.

Flynn: Response

Any: Response

TAG/TBC

Lt. JG Zhanyt Lafizatar

Science Officer

USS Veritas

C239112CA0