02-16-2025, 03:32 AM
By way of greeting, the Midshipman had been forced to correct Art, and she internally cringed at herself. Not only did this make her look bad as a CO, but it made her feel as if she had already failed in training this young man. Hopefully he understood it was nothing personal.
“ ‘Chief’ ‘s okay.” Art said with a small nod. She took a beat and thought about her full name, and now that in of itself might make somebody stumble. “d’Tor’an might be too long to say in cases of emergency, where seconds matter. In that case, ‘sir’ will do fine, too. ‘Ma’am’ is acceptable, but,” Art grinned, “just don’t call me a petaQ!”
She threw a look towards the young Captain Braggins, and the dislike on her face was hard to hide when she turned back to the Midshipman. “Yeah, she can have that effect on people.” Art shrugged and looked down the bar to see who was still gathered around it, and contemplated what her next move was.
There hadn’t been any talk of medals, no rumors of recognized achievements, and Captain Braggins had just made her little speech. Would it be too much if Art tried to sneak out now? Surely there were better things she could be doing besides eating Hors d'oeuvres in uncomfortable dress whites.
“Enjoy the party.” She said to Alden with a shrug, motion to the rest of the crowd. “Duty rosters’ll be out soon.”
==Can Klingons do Irish goodbyes? I guess I’m less noticeable than some of our newer crewmates, haha==
“ ‘Chief’ ‘s okay.” Art said with a small nod. She took a beat and thought about her full name, and now that in of itself might make somebody stumble. “d’Tor’an might be too long to say in cases of emergency, where seconds matter. In that case, ‘sir’ will do fine, too. ‘Ma’am’ is acceptable, but,” Art grinned, “just don’t call me a petaQ!”
She threw a look towards the young Captain Braggins, and the dislike on her face was hard to hide when she turned back to the Midshipman. “Yeah, she can have that effect on people.” Art shrugged and looked down the bar to see who was still gathered around it, and contemplated what her next move was.
There hadn’t been any talk of medals, no rumors of recognized achievements, and Captain Braggins had just made her little speech. Would it be too much if Art tried to sneak out now? Surely there were better things she could be doing besides eating Hors d'oeuvres in uncomfortable dress whites.
“Enjoy the party.” She said to Alden with a shrug, motion to the rest of the crowd. “Duty rosters’ll be out soon.”
==Can Klingons do Irish goodbyes? I guess I’m less noticeable than some of our newer crewmates, haha==