01-10-2025, 03:08 PM
Peter entered the place, also in his finest uniform. He hadn't exactly been thrilled to go, and attendance was not strictly mandatory, but he knew it would be expected of senior staff and especially of command staff. It would look strange if the XO was not present for something like this without an excuse more substantial than "My social battery is drained".
So there he was, smiling and nodding greetings as he passed.
When he thought about it, he was certain that even if it hadn't been de facto expected of him, he would have regretted not attending, if for no other reason than the fact that a ship only had one commissioning ceremony. And it was a pretty big deal.
He made his way through the crowd, and spotted the newcomers. He wasn't going to just waltz right over and say "Hi, how are you doing?". He, after all, had a professional decorum to maintain. In this case that suited him well. It wasn't that he disliked them, of course, he didn't know them. But he had never been the one to initiate small talk, and he wasn't going to start now. That's not to say that he wouldn't rebuff others' efforts to start it, however.
He went up to the bar - because bars were usually the place where others would start small talk if they were going to - and ordered a Carlsberg.
A little taste of home....even if it isn't the real thing
==== Taggity tag tag! I don't bite....very hard
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So there he was, smiling and nodding greetings as he passed.
When he thought about it, he was certain that even if it hadn't been de facto expected of him, he would have regretted not attending, if for no other reason than the fact that a ship only had one commissioning ceremony. And it was a pretty big deal.
He made his way through the crowd, and spotted the newcomers. He wasn't going to just waltz right over and say "Hi, how are you doing?". He, after all, had a professional decorum to maintain. In this case that suited him well. It wasn't that he disliked them, of course, he didn't know them. But he had never been the one to initiate small talk, and he wasn't going to start now. That's not to say that he wouldn't rebuff others' efforts to start it, however.
He went up to the bar - because bars were usually the place where others would start small talk if they were going to - and ordered a Carlsberg.
A little taste of home....even if it isn't the real thing
==== Taggity tag tag! I don't bite....very hard
==