196-USS ANUBIS: Mitshiba: Day 4 - 2015 ("Something Smells Fishy")
Posted by Dawn on Saturday, July 24, 2010
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"Something Smells Fishy"
(Cont. from "The Good, The Bad, The Scary")
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Setting: YUDARA Asteroid Field, Planetoid, Trade Center, Market Place
Stardate: 63073.2015
The eyes of the Romuan woman darted from one target to the next, the former aCSciO now a hopefully convincing Tal Shiar undercover agent trying her best to keep her nervousness in check.
"Relax," Natalie Portree whispered with a smile, the former CNS having fallen into the role of her alter ego with remarkable ease. "It's the others that should be nervous, not you," she continued as she took a sip from her drink. "Just the idea that a Tal Shiar agent *might* be in here has already caused many to seek alternate seating arrangements. Let them be nervous about you, not the other way around. Give them half a chance and they'll take care of getting the nervousness level in this bar up to a new record."
Aki took in a deep slow deep breath before she again looked around the room. This time, her vision not obstructed by her own fears, she had been able to see the apparent discomfort and nervousness in others. When her eyes met theirs they would quickly look away and grab whatever drink had been in reach. One alien had been so flustered by the fact that the Romulan had looked his way that he had reached for someone else's drink, an unfortunate development that had landed him on the floor knocked out by the drink's unhappy owner.
"Rumor has it that you are looking for transport on a large vessel," a scruffy looking humanoid said in a husky voice as he pulled out a chair and joined the two woman at their table without having been invited to do so.
"Maybe," Eve replied nonchalantly while Aki remained silent as per the first rule the CNS had mentioned prior to their arrival here, the aCSciO still refused to consider the possibility that she might need to comply with the second.
"How good are your engineering skills?" the alien asked, his eyes dancing between Portree and the silent Romulan. "We are not a luxury liner, you'll have to work to earn passage."
"Working is not an issue. As for my engineering skills, I'm a pilot, what do you think?" Eve half grinned to the man, having laced impatience in her last few words.
Aki narrowed her eyes as the alien's gaze became locked on her, obviously waiting for any sort of reply from the Romulan. Remaining quiet had no longer been an option, so the aCSciO decided to jump into the deep end and leaned in closer to the man, his offending smell even more omnipresent as before. "I'm better at engineering than you are at bathing," the Romulan snarled back, trying to be as cold and unimpressed as possible.
The alien growled softly as he moved back slightly into his chair before he exploded in an all out belly laugh that filled the entire establishment. "I like you," he said once he had managed to stop laughing. "Sumariss may not, but that's not my problem. Be at landing platform D in 30 minutes, I need to get some other things before we can head back. Don't be late," and with that he left in the same manner that he had arrived.
"That was easy," Eve whispered as she took another sip of her drink.
"Speak for yourself," the Romulan offered as she downed nearly half her drink in one gulp. "The stench from that man was potent enough to peel the paint off a starship.," Aki explained trying to keep herself from gagging.
"Hopefully that means we're on the right track," Eve said with a wink. "Never trust a crook that smells like roses."
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Dawn Bohr <serra.moon.angel@gmail.com>
Ensign Akira 'Aki' Mitshiba
Assistant Chief Science Officer
USS ANUBIS
"Something Smells Fishy"
(Cont. from "The Good, The Bad, The Scary")
~~~~~~~~~~
Setting: YUDARA Asteroid Field, Planetoid, Trade Center, Market Place
Stardate: 63073.2015
The eyes of the Romuan woman darted from one target to the next, the former aCSciO now a hopefully convincing Tal Shiar undercover agent trying her best to keep her nervousness in check.
"Relax," Natalie Portree whispered with a smile, the former CNS having fallen into the role of her alter ego with remarkable ease. "It's the others that should be nervous, not you," she continued as she took a sip from her drink. "Just the idea that a Tal Shiar agent *might* be in here has already caused many to seek alternate seating arrangements. Let them be nervous about you, not the other way around. Give them half a chance and they'll take care of getting the nervousness level in this bar up to a new record."
Aki took in a deep slow deep breath before she again looked around the room. This time, her vision not obstructed by her own fears, she had been able to see the apparent discomfort and nervousness in others. When her eyes met theirs they would quickly look away and grab whatever drink had been in reach. One alien had been so flustered by the fact that the Romulan had looked his way that he had reached for someone else's drink, an unfortunate development that had landed him on the floor knocked out by the drink's unhappy owner.
"Rumor has it that you are looking for transport on a large vessel," a scruffy looking humanoid said in a husky voice as he pulled out a chair and joined the two woman at their table without having been invited to do so.
"Maybe," Eve replied nonchalantly while Aki remained silent as per the first rule the CNS had mentioned prior to their arrival here, the aCSciO still refused to consider the possibility that she might need to comply with the second.
"How good are your engineering skills?" the alien asked, his eyes dancing between Portree and the silent Romulan. "We are not a luxury liner, you'll have to work to earn passage."
"Working is not an issue. As for my engineering skills, I'm a pilot, what do you think?" Eve half grinned to the man, having laced impatience in her last few words.
Aki narrowed her eyes as the alien's gaze became locked on her, obviously waiting for any sort of reply from the Romulan. Remaining quiet had no longer been an option, so the aCSciO decided to jump into the deep end and leaned in closer to the man, his offending smell even more omnipresent as before. "I'm better at engineering than you are at bathing," the Romulan snarled back, trying to be as cold and unimpressed as possible.
The alien growled softly as he moved back slightly into his chair before he exploded in an all out belly laugh that filled the entire establishment. "I like you," he said once he had managed to stop laughing. "Sumariss may not, but that's not my problem. Be at landing platform D in 30 minutes, I need to get some other things before we can head back. Don't be late," and with that he left in the same manner that he had arrived.
"That was easy," Eve whispered as she took another sip of her drink.
"Speak for yourself," the Romulan offered as she downed nearly half her drink in one gulp. "The stench from that man was potent enough to peel the paint off a starship.," Aki explained trying to keep herself from gagging.
"Hopefully that means we're on the right track," Eve said with a wink. "Never trust a crook that smells like roses."
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Dawn Bohr <serra.moon.angel@gmail.com>
Ensign Akira 'Aki' Mitshiba
Assistant Chief Science Officer
USS ANUBIS
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