EXETERRPG: (3, 0808) CO, Captain Trip Williams

[Will Banowsky]

Mission: Murder on the Exeter Express

Day:03

Stardate: 2445.12.03



(USS Exeter – Ready Room– CO, Captain Trip Williams – 0808)



“I heard the Commander’s name a lot, seems you owe her a lot.” She
grimaced. “That...like...didn’t come out right. She has your back is what I
meant.” she waved her hand in the air vaguely. “You know what I meant.”


"No, you were right the first time." Trip said with a chuckle. "I do owe
her a lot."



“So like...It’s okay to be totally scared? But like...It’s the way we come
to terms with it afterwards, and how we deal with our trauma that’s more
important than the fear itself?”



"absolutely right kiddo," Trip said with a smile, "Does that help?"



“It does help a little.” she sighed gently, then caught his gaze. “You
know, Maxine asked me if I thought I was any good, forced me to admit that
my mother never appreciated anything of my work and disapproved of what I
was doing. I know the truth though. You’ve taught me that whatever it was
she disapproved of, is rather irrelevant, and...that I did...like...do have
value.”



"I definitely think you have value. You'll turn some heads, in a manner of
speaking." Trip smiled. "Anyways, cade.... I mean acting Ensign Wakeman,
you are dismissed."


Trip waited for Lana to leave and the sighed. "Kiddo," He said out loud.
"Kiddo, she's not that much younger than me." For the second time that
morning Trip began to feel that itch, that wonder. Did he settle down to
soon, did he grow up too fast. He began to feel that wanderlust once again.
His peer group were young, still ensigns, still with time to figure out
their lives, directions, make mistakes. He was 23, the captain of a
Starship, married, kid on the way. He loved his life, but he wondered,
where else was there to go, and in ten years, would he regret not being
afforded the chance to have those young adult adventures.


"Well Addison, guess the itch is normal after all." He said to himself as
he laughed. "Wonder if Ash feels the itch too?"


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