06-19-2024, 02:21 PM
Beka felt rather than saw someone come up behind her, and she’d half-turned when a familiar voice with a thick accent spoke to her and Aeryn.
“You out me, I will take great pleasure in makin’ your life on board this ship a very special kinda hell that only Security can do,” Mara said. “You might be datin’ one of my friends but I will still f**k you up if you keep comin’ after me. You don’t wanna be friends, fine. Message received. Now here’s one from me. Back off.”
The redheaded doctor spun round and looked up, emerald green eyes meeting the towering Security officer’s dark glare.
"Okay you two, let's call a ceasefire on this," Aeryn said quietly, showing some of her natural authority. "Beka won't out you, and tonight is all about us having some fun."
Sydesh held her hand up in a gesture of apology.
“Sorry, I think you’ve got me wrong on this one,” she said softly, backing down almost immediately in the face of Mara’s hostility. “I didn’t mean it like I was going to twist your arm and force you. I mean, even when I was healthy, I couldn’t force you to do anything you didn’t want to do.” Beka tried a disarming smile. Very few people on Artemis had actually seen Mara fight, but the taekwon-do black belt was one of them.
And I do not need someone that scary actually thinking I’m trying to pick a fight with her! She’d tear me apart.
“I just meant that you’ve got a talent, and I’d love to hear it,” Beka added. “Halee is such a good coach so if she’s singing your praises, literally in her case, I just want to hear it as well. But you and I do need to talk, take some time to clear the air. I was such a cow to you and I need to make it right.”
Defusing a situation was reasonably new ground for the doctor but she was hopeful it would work with the looming figure of Calleja. Sydesh had a natural gift for making things worse and digging holes for herself, and she found herself looking to Aeryn for some support in the hope of pacifying the Security Chief before things got any worse.
“You out me, I will take great pleasure in makin’ your life on board this ship a very special kinda hell that only Security can do,” Mara said. “You might be datin’ one of my friends but I will still f**k you up if you keep comin’ after me. You don’t wanna be friends, fine. Message received. Now here’s one from me. Back off.”
The redheaded doctor spun round and looked up, emerald green eyes meeting the towering Security officer’s dark glare.
"Okay you two, let's call a ceasefire on this," Aeryn said quietly, showing some of her natural authority. "Beka won't out you, and tonight is all about us having some fun."
Sydesh held her hand up in a gesture of apology.
“Sorry, I think you’ve got me wrong on this one,” she said softly, backing down almost immediately in the face of Mara’s hostility. “I didn’t mean it like I was going to twist your arm and force you. I mean, even when I was healthy, I couldn’t force you to do anything you didn’t want to do.” Beka tried a disarming smile. Very few people on Artemis had actually seen Mara fight, but the taekwon-do black belt was one of them.
And I do not need someone that scary actually thinking I’m trying to pick a fight with her! She’d tear me apart.
“I just meant that you’ve got a talent, and I’d love to hear it,” Beka added. “Halee is such a good coach so if she’s singing your praises, literally in her case, I just want to hear it as well. But you and I do need to talk, take some time to clear the air. I was such a cow to you and I need to make it right.”
Defusing a situation was reasonably new ground for the doctor but she was hopeful it would work with the looming figure of Calleja. Sydesh had a natural gift for making things worse and digging holes for herself, and she found herself looking to Aeryn for some support in the hope of pacifying the Security Chief before things got any worse.