10-13-2023, 10:02 PM
The name should have triggered some recognition with Beka, if not full fledged alarm bells. And it would have done if she had done anything with the couple of hundred unread messages in her inbox. In amongst them were the official congratulations and welcome aboard to the new Chief of Security Aeryn Miller. Nat hadn’t bothered to say anything to her roommate, because who could possibly miss the announcement of a COS on the Artemis of all ships?
“Aeryn? Love that,” Beka said, wandering over to the replicator. “Never met an Aeryn before. Couple of Erins, but they’re just not as… exotic.” She scooped a pair of glasses of Bajoran cola off the pad and came back.
“Please, sit,” the redhead said as she bent at the waist to lower the glasses to the table, green eyes never leaving her guest’s and a warm smile on her lips. She knew exactly how her top was cut and how it made the most of the generous gifts she had been given.
As she lowered herself onto the end of the couch, one leg folded underneath herself, Sydesh felt a distinctly unwelcome twinge from her ravaged back. Her expression glazed over for a second as she adjusted her position until it went away.
“Sorry,” she said breezily. “Where were we? Oh yeah. I was studiously trying to avoid giving away any of my tales of failure, whilst finding out more about you. What brings you to Artemis?”
“Aeryn? Love that,” Beka said, wandering over to the replicator. “Never met an Aeryn before. Couple of Erins, but they’re just not as… exotic.” She scooped a pair of glasses of Bajoran cola off the pad and came back.
“Please, sit,” the redhead said as she bent at the waist to lower the glasses to the table, green eyes never leaving her guest’s and a warm smile on her lips. She knew exactly how her top was cut and how it made the most of the generous gifts she had been given.
As she lowered herself onto the end of the couch, one leg folded underneath herself, Sydesh felt a distinctly unwelcome twinge from her ravaged back. Her expression glazed over for a second as she adjusted her position until it went away.
“Sorry,” she said breezily. “Where were we? Oh yeah. I was studiously trying to avoid giving away any of my tales of failure, whilst finding out more about you. What brings you to Artemis?”