Meeting Of Minds

Posted on Thu Apr 11th, 2019 @ 11:06am by Alika Mahone & Captain Rueben Gregnol

Mission: Mission 8 - Shattered
Location: ISS Gaman - Ready Room
Timeline: MD 02 23:00
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Gregnol was bored of waiting for the party to be over and the meeting to begin. He had lost his Executive Officer earlier in the day thanks to him being requested back to Earth despite he dismay at the situation and he had yet to replace the man much to his annoyance that was now at this meeting by himself.

"About time," He muttered at the first person came in.

"Fashionably late," Harrington nodded, "my ever-present motto." Neil poured himself a drink, ever since his reconnection with Alexis he'd been drinking more, and more. "Now why the party, and what am I still doing here?" he asked.

Gregnol shrugged. "I am guessing we are catching up." The man commented on thinking that could be the only reason. "You look like crap?" The Captain muttered seeing how drained the man looked compared to his normal self.

"Just jealous," Neil brushed off, "you only wish you looked this good." He took a seat at the table as he glanced around the room, "care to tell me why I am here, or do I get to guess?"

"Right." Gregnol shook his head. Who was he to care if the admirals' lapdog was dying or whatever was wrong with him? "I am guessing we are talking about the ship in between us but I am not in charge here." He was starting to think that he should have just destroyed the ship when they first discovered where Hamish had gone.

"That is correct. We were talking about the Mary Rose." From the door stood Shinji, who lingered only for a moment before taking his own seat. He paid no mind to Harrington, not for the moment at least. "And what the plan is. As we do not have the items we need from the vessel itself, the timetable for our plan has become irrelevant. Unless of course, there's something you'd like to tell me, Gregnol."

The man being called out looked at the Admiral blankly and shook his head. He had nothing more to share at all and or at least nothing relevant to what items they needed. "The Mary Rose's crew have been more trouble than anyone had anticipated to say the least."

"Oh, how so?" Shinji asked simply, as if he didn't have tabs on everything and everyone. He kept his gaze upon Reuben to gauge reaction.

"Well they seem to have your Inquisitor alternative making things really quite hard for my officers trying to track whoever is left there down." The man said simply. They were hiding the one person he was desperately wanting to meet as well.

"My Inquisitor alternative?" Shinji seemed clueless to the concept. He knew better, but he still wanted to know what Reuben knew. "So you mean to tell me that they have inquisitors of their own?"

"Well no Sir Betazoid's are free there but Uhin seems to have the knack for making things hard and alluding no matter the universe," Gregnol said watching the Admiral back just as carefully. They both knew the game, they had been playing it long enough to know better but it was fun to see what would happen.

"Interesting." Shinji looked from Gregnol to Harrington, folding his arms in dissatisfaction. He continued to address Reuben. "If you knew that there were going to be Betazoids aboard the ship - regardless of who they are - why did you not prepare?"

"Because I wasn't prepared for one of them." The younger man said simply. Not worth denying it when he already knew would know it or his witch would learn it without a moment's hesitation. He wouldn't deny the thought that he had about going over to the ship but he was being the 'good' Captain for now. "She... well another version of her is on there." He said knowing both the men would know who She was.

"This playful banter is great and all," Neil stated, "but frankly I giant waste of my time. Someone care to tell me why I am here, cause there is a rather attractive lady waiting in my quarters, and she's easier on the eyes than both of you." Taking a sip of his beverage he gave a quick scan of both, "not that I don't mind sitting here chatting and all," he rolled his eyes.

Gregnol found himself smirking at Neil's brutal honesty. Seemed the Betazoid that he continued to play games with was rubbing off on him. "Still playing games with Agrax I see." The man said rolling his own eyes. It was up to the Admiral the next move, Gregnol had played all his cards now apart from taken her from the ship to confront his demons.

The Admiral looked between the two, disappointed in the conduct in his Executive Officer. "There are many moves we must make. I have a team infiltrating the Mary Rose as we speak, to flush out what we are after. We will continue as planned, with our captives to be re-educated and utilized. There is also one other matter, one that will be resolved in haste. My engineering team has finished refitting the ship we apprehended from another reality. I will be re-assigning my grandson as the ship's Commanding Officer, effective immediately."

Gregnol raised an eyebrow at the man for a moment. "Is he taking my Inquisitor?" Gregnol wondered not caring if he outed the relationship between the pair at all.

"That is none of my concern." Shinji waved them both away with a hand. "Dismissed. We have much to do if we're going to complete this mission quickly."

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Captain Reuben Gregnol
Captain
ISS Fenrir
(PNPC Gregnol)

Admiral Shinji Kita
Captain
ISS Gaman
(PNPC Uhin)

Capt. Neil Harrington
ISS Gaman
(NPC Borden)