EXETERRPG: (2 - 2337) MS - CSO LT JG Erin Cortez & Caity DuBois

Tue Feb 23 18:36:52 UTC 2021

Mission: Murder on the Exeter Express

Day: 2

Stardate: 2445.12.02

(USS Exeter – observation Lounge – CSO LT JG Erin Cortez & Caity DuBois –
2337)

“You both Okay?”

Caity looked at him and smiled softly, “As much as i can be after today.”
She glanced at Lieutenant Cortez, still standing by the window and then
leant towards Lieutenant Williams and lowered her voice,

“I’m more concerned about Lieutenant Cortez. She’s…. Had a rough day….”
Pausing for a moment, Caity sat back and said, “How are you doing
Lieutenant Williams?”

 "I'm fine. Long day."

Erin, sighing heavily, muttered under her breath, “Well, it certainly has.
Long and draining.”

 “I am sorry about Ensign Sleeford departure. It has been an awfully long
and tiring day. Thank you both for coming if you have places to be, please
don’t let me stop you.”

 Caity opened her mouth to reply but the sound of others walking into the
Observation Lounge interrupted her.

Erin heard the footsteps and the voices but didn’t turn to see who had
walked in. Wanting nothing more than to curl up in bed and try to process
what had happened so far this day, she kept her gaze looking out into the
stars.

"Yeah it was. Come on Jorash, you've been around humans long enough.
Sometimes you park your car in a garage and sometimes you park your car in
a....Oh sorry didn't see you guys there."

There had been a voice… something in Erin went cold almost as she heard the
voice. ~It’s…. Oh…. oh no.~ she thought to herself as she tightened her
fist a little. ~But there were three…. Definitely three voices then. Billy,
i know but the other two… one of them… ~

Fixing a calm look on her face, she turned and smiled at Billy, “Good
evening, Lieutenant. Gentlemen.”

Caity glanced at her a moment and then turned back to the men that had
walked in,

“In my line of work, Lieutenant, i have heard much worse than i just heard
now.” she winked.

(reply Ire, any)

"You guys are up late. Anyways, don't mind us. Usually right at the tail
end of Beta shift, but right before Gamma, some of us Gamma shifters get
together with the first Beta shifters to get off and have some coffee and
donuts. Something of a bit of a tradition." Billy said with a smile. "Reno
and I are coming on, Jorash, Ken, and Ryu are going off." The other men
nodded.

"Its ok, Billy," Reno said with a chuckle, "The alpha shifters wouldn't
understand."

"Yeah, a few others might be walking in, well in theory, they might skip
due to the lock down. But if you guys are doing anything confidential, you
might want to find another location. If you check the log, I've got the
observation lounge signed out officially at 2345."

Erin nodded, “I did check, this was just a quick catch up. Haven’t had a
lot of chance to see friends today.” ~I need to find Ensign Sleeford.. ~

Caity, raising a slight eyebrow, nodded, “Yes, we’ve all had a long day.”

(reply Ire, any)

"You're free to stay for donuts if you want. Jorash, who is bringing the
donuts tonight?"

"Ummm, I think its Rigo Teres. He usually has good taste. I hope he brings
a lot of the creme filled kind. Those are my favorite."

"Anyways, sorry again for the interruption. So what were you guys working
on? I saw Sleeford storm off in a huff, you weren't teasing the poor guy
were you?"

Erin looked at him, “Teasing him? No. Long day like i said. Everyone is a
bit on edge at the moment.” Turning to Ire, Erin smiled,

“Lieutenant, if you don’t mind, i might have to impose on your generosity a
little longer.”

(Reply Ire)

Moving towards the table at which Ire and Caity were sitting, “Would it be
too much of an imposition to ask if you wouldn’t mind walking with us to
our quarters? I’m sure Miss Dubois would appreciate it.”

~Okay, i’ll go with this for now.~ Caity thought as she looked at Ire and
then, Erin. “If that’s okay?”

(Reply Ire)

Erin smiled at the men stood with Billy, “Sorry to chat and run but we’re
all tired. Nice to meet you…. I’m sorry, I forgot your names, Not yours,
Billy.” she added with a wink.

(Reply Billy and others)

Heading to the door of the observation lounge, she smiled at Ire and Caity,
“Don’t know about you two but my bed is calling me right now.”

(Reply Ire)

Caity stood and walked over to Erin, “I have to agree, bed sounds good
right about now.”

“Enjoy the donuts, gentlemen.” Erin said and headed out of the door,
followed closely by Caity.

(Reply Ire, Billy and the others)

(Posted by Jackie)
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