Mindfulness

Posted on Thu Sep 3rd, 2020 @ 5:01pm by Captain Rueben Gregnol & Lieutenant Junior Grade Karis

Mission: Cosmos
Location: Starbase 621, Main Promenade
Timeline: 2396
1346 words - 2.7 OF Standard Post Measure

It was a slow day, even with the time passing since the infected attack it was still quiet. You would think that people would need some relaxation in her Wellness Centre after the running and screaming that had occurred and now the hustle and bustle of a tech conference. The Betazoid owner had to hope anyone who came inside would find warmth, cosiness, and quirkiness but as of yet, not many people had bothered but she was patience as usual. People would find their way back into the civilian area of the base eventually. It would just take time.

Jeestroyet looked up from the flowers she had been busily arranging to see someone looking in through the window of her establishment. She smiled and waved at the figure gesturing him inside smiling. “How can I help?” She wondered seeing the hesitation in their eyes.

"Uh," Karis replied looking around. "I need some clarity and usually I meditate but I thought while I was here I might look around and I wandered into here. Wherever here is." The bright red-haired Kriosian finally looked the other woman in the eyes. "Been a long time since I've been off a starship."

"You have certainly come to the right place. I am called Jeestroyet. You can still meditate on a starship but yeah it is very different and challenging," Jeestroyet said with a grin knowing that by the time the woman left today she would be feeling better and be able to face the challenges of a starship better.

"Well good, so what exactly do you have here? Meditation rooms? Massages? I've never had a massage before, not a professional one anyway." She nearly blushed at that thought. "Do you have any rooms with a view of the stars? I can get a bit claustrophobic sometimes."

"I have pretty much all those things. It's a wellbeing centre so we have a bit of relaxation, a few holistic treatments and a little bit of exercise." The place was really ready to have people so the woman nodded and led her to one of the treatment rooms. It was a basic room but with a flick of a PaDD, it changed from bare room to a room with a massive window with the view of the stars.

"Pretty," She commented. "How long have you had this business?" Karis asked curiously, just making conversation, which she was terrible at. "I would think it would be hard living in one place like this but then I remember that you get a lot of interesting people that come through here all the time."

"About five years first on Starbase 80 and then here. I held a Civilian role on a few vessells why I am allowed here and got early access." Jeestroyet had no shame in telling people why she was there whilst other business' had not been allowed to as of yet. "So would you like my Starfleet taster session? 20 minutes massage, 20 minutes mediation and 20 minutes reiki." The woman offered.

"That sounds good! Although it kind of sounds like an experiment. Lots of Starfleet officers around to experiment on, oh but don't worry. That just amuses me more. I'll be a test subject for the day. I'm sure there are people in Starfleet Medical that would like to get their hands on me."

"Why would Starfleet Medical want to get their hands on you, Lieutenant?" Jeestroyet wondered interested by the shift in subject. She was offering the deal as part of her agreement to Starfleet for being allowed to come to the base earlier than other vendors and civilians. It worked for her and she really did enjoy talking to officers.

"Hmm? You can call me Karis. Oh . . . well, I have this special ability which is rare in my people. I can imprint on someone and gradually understand them at a deeper level, kind of like an empath." She couldn't help but blush a little bit at that.

Jeestroyet made an ‘oh’ sound and nodded. Now that made sense but did make her wonder something that was very important as she did not want the woman being imprinted on her. It was not that she did not like women but it was more her own status was complicated with Handui being somewhere out there. “Will it be safe for me to touch you? Will I need gloves?” Jeestroyet wondered softly. She could easily get some gloves and it would not change anything about what she did or said to the woman.

"Oh yes, I can only do it with one person at a time and it's already happened. Actually, I thought it could happen with one person only, but the first one never finished and then I met Ryon and it happened again. So Starfleet medical would probably really like to get their hands on me. Not only am I really rare for my population, but I'm also unheard of in that population." She supposed some might call her a freak, but she never used that word out loud about herself. When it came down to it Karis liked who she was.

Jeestroyet nodded in understanding or at least she thought she thought she understood it all but that was not her place to ask her more questions. "Well, it changes nothing of what I do here today. Just need to fill this in and we are all set to go." Jeestroyet handed over a PaDD that had all the information about the session and consent.

"Right," she took the PADD from her and entered all the relevant information, though she suddenly found herself a bit nervous about the whole thing. It was silly, this was going to be relaxing and fun. "So . . . what's first?"

"Now that is up to you. Which one would you prefer? Normally I do it massage, reiki and then mediation. Means you do not to move so much." Jeestroyet said taking the PADD from the woman looking it over before stowing it away. It was always her place to follow the woman's lead.


"Uh, sure, however you normally do it I guess. Lead the way!" Karis would follow, even if she was nervous. She had the curiosity of a kitten, at least that's what she'd been told. She'd never actually seen a kitten.

Jeestroyet nodded and shifted the room with a press of her PADD to having a comfortable looking treatment bed in the middle. "I am going to leave the room. Take off as much clothing as you want to and get under the towel there." She told her with a smile as she slipped out the room giving her a few moments to do as requested.

"Okay, sure." How many clothes did she want to take off? Karis had never exactly been much of a skin shower. Kriosian culture was a bit backward in that way. She decided to leave her undergarments on but take off the rest and she climbed under the towel and waited for the other woman to come back into the room.

Jeestroyet was not long and came into the room checking that it was safe to do so. "Did you want some relaxing music? Any requests?" She wondered moving to wash her hands and put some oil on to them to make it easier.

"Hmm, something nature like? Birds? Ocean? It's been a long time since I've heard those kinds of sounds." Karis said, her head down in the hole on the table. That's one of the things I miss about ship life. I love going and exploring places but it would be nice to feel comfortable enough to take a walk in the woods.

Jeestroyet smiled, all of them were her favourite sounds. They were soothing and relaxing. It worked out well that her pre-programmed sounds for the room were the waves of Daucina hitting the coast. It was not unusual for Starfleet officers to pick something like that at all, she knew Haundi liked those type of things. She centred herself and nodded. “Time to begin then Ensign.” She informed gently.