Breaking and Entering

Posted on Sun Jul 10th, 2016 @ 1:18pm by Dixoho Saa (*)
Edited on on Sun Jul 10th, 2016 @ 1:19pm

Mission: Mission 2 - Contagion
Location: Deck 4 - Crew Quarters
Timeline: Back post
1088 words - 2.2 OF Standard Post Measure

ON:

It was late and Erim was extremely bored. Somewhat drunk, and that combination often led to trouble. He was wandering the ship, opening random doors and generally being where he didn't belong. Though he wasn't in the mood to swipe anything, the possibility was still there as always, and this worried him.

Most of the rooms were empty and he had managed not to draw any attention to himself. That is until he opened one door and was greeted by a stranger. If "greeted" was really the proper way to phrase it.

Dixoho stood naked, her long hair piled up from her soak in the jacuzzi, She gasped turning around as some stepped into her room. She paused frozen as the man stepped into her room.

"My room!" She gasped striding to grab up her robe.

Erim was frozen in place, slack-jawed and a much deeper shade of blue than usual. After a moment he realized what was happening and shielded his eyes.

"Sorry! So sorry!" he said, heading out the door, but still lingering ever so slightly "I thought this was waste reclamation!" an obvious lie, he didn't know why he was so surprised by the nude woman taking a late night dip, and he would be lying if he said he didn't enjoy the view. But they both knew he was where he wasn't supposed to be. He just hoped she wouldn't raise the alarm, this likely would not go over well with the captain.

"Sure you did." Dixoho murmured striding over to him. "I'm decent now." She said, the robe was pretty much sheer but it did offer some protection. "Any reason you came into my room?" She demanded flushing a little.

"Like I said, looking for waste reclamation." he was unwavering from his story, something he had learned from being caught many, many times before. "Not that it was an emergency. Nice robe."

"On the same deck we all live on?" She wondered smirking at him shaking her head. She wasn't convinced even though he was unwavering in his response. "Nice robe?" She wondered looking down at the robe, she had been planning on going straight to bed. With the ship so hot, she slept in the nude.

He wanted to say 'nice everything' but decided against it.

"I don't think I've met you before? I'm Erim Gleb. Ship's renaissance man." Dixoho rolled her eyes, he had met her at the party but he had been a little intoxicated.

"You met me at the party." She said with a smile holding her hand out in a Terran gesture. "Dixoho Saa... Astrometrics Officer." She watched him still staring at her. Had her never seen a naked woman before?

"I forget, I was slightly inebriated at the time." he said, being perhaps more honest than he needed to be "So do you do a lot of map making or are you our expert in astronomy, too?"

Dixoho let her hand drop to her side when he didn't shake her hand. "Both... I like to refer yo myself as a guide." She murmured watching him. "Soooo..."

"You probably want me to leave. I probably interrupted you. Sorry. I am just a little lonely here. I wasn't trying to intrude. I'll just go now...." He still wasn't leaving very fast. Maybe she would want to go get coffee? Probably not the best circumstances under which to ask.

"Ah so you did know where you were going if you were lonely?" She teased a little as she saw him linger even still. She rolled her arms across her chest covering herself better than the robe did.

"It was just a happy accident." he said, folding his arms to match her. "So were you just planning on spending the evening alone? This ship is less than welcoming at times...." Dixoho grinned a little more as he matched her body language easily by folding his arms. She could have laughed at the fact he said that the ship was less than welcoming. She thought Rosie was the most welcoming ship she had been on ever.

"I was.... Why?" She asked sweetly.

"I would love to see astrometrics. I've seen almost the entire ship, but not that. Maybe you could show me? Or some other time, if you're busy...." He was genuinely interested. "I've always had an interest in astronomy. It played a big part in harvest festivals when I was growing up. As you might imagine, it's very ingrained in Bolian folklore."

"I know about your festivals... And I don't have astrometrics set up properly yet waiting for an Engineer to bother so I have everything on me but sit." She patted the bed as she stood up to retrieve something.

He took a seat and waited raptly for whatever she was about to show him. He was pleasantly surprised with how well the entire situation had turned around and was glad to be sitting on a woman's bed instead of being strong-armed by some overbearing marine.

Dixoho smiled and returned with the holographic projector she used in Astrometrics. She smiled as she placed it on the floor near by forgetting about her lack of clothing for a moment before she came and sat by him, the thin robe clinging to her. "Where would you like to see?" She wondered grabbing up her Padd.

"What's the farthest away?" he asked, "Is it still in the Beta quadrant or do you have anything farther out?"

"That would be telling." She flirted as she activated the hologram projetor and they were suddenly surrounded by a star system. It projected all around and over them. "This is where we currently are Ship's renaissance man ."

He gazed up at the stars, the pinpoints of light reflecting in saucer-plate eyes. He somewhat resembled a cat admiring Christmas lights.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" he mused. "I can see why you've chosen your line of work. You get to bask in the beauty of the galaxy without getting blood on your hands... Or do you?" the question was said mostly jokingly, but he betrayed a slight hint of sadness in his enunciation.

"Too much blood already." She murmured watching him intently. "You glad you broke in now?" She teased a little as she changed the star system to his home star system. Sometimes all it took was a little change in pace to change a view.

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Erim Gleb
Thief
SS Mary Rose

Dixoho Saa
Chief Navigator
SS Mary Rose