ILLUMINARRPG: (4 - 1421) ACSO Ensign jg Zara Khatri

[Zara Khatri]

Mission: Exogenesis
Day 4
Stardate: 2446.06.04

(USS Illuminar - Isolation Ward - ACSO Ensign jg Zara Khatri - 1421)

"No, not there!  You have a hole in the wall.  Now you've got to start building a new one."

"I'm trying, but it keeps sending those shelat zigzag pieces."

Zara could hear the frustration in Yevan's voice.  "It takes time to learn the game.  You're doing fine."

The pieces began moving faster, which caused Yevan to fall further behind, which piled more pieces on top of each other, which eventually ended the game.

She threw the PADD across the room.

"You do this for fun?"  Yevan's antennae drooped.

"We can do something else," said Zara.

"We need the medical people to figure out what's happening so we can get out of here!"

"They will," said Zara.  "Tell me about Andoria.  What did you do for fun?"

Yevan stared at Zara as if she were trying to focus.  "I practiced with my ushaan-tor."

"What else?" said Zara, genuinely curious.

"Hunting.  Fishing.  Trying not to freeze to death."

Zara rolled her eyes and sighed.

"If you want to know if we ran and played and got into trouble, of course we did.  We were children.  An ice world doesn't change that."

Zara smiled.  "I'm glad to hear that.  Those days fly by too fast.  We need to enjoy every minute."

There was a moment of silence, which ended when a nurse in protective gear came over.  "Here's your game PADD."

"Thanks.  It must have slipped out of Yevan's hands," said Zara.

"I see," said the nurse.  "How are you feeling?  Anything out of the ordinary?"

"Nope.  I feel fine," said Zara.  "My friend here is a grump, though."

The nurse chuckled.  Yevan glared.

"Let me check anyway."  The nurse ran a medical tricorder around Zara.  "Thirty-seven degrees.  Normal temp.  Are you hungry?"

"Yes," said Zara.

"No," said Yevan.

The nurse studied the Andorian patient.  "I'll get you something, Ensign Khatri."

"You should have been nicer," said Zara once the nurse was gone.

"I barely said anything," said Yevan.

"And you were barely nice."

"Give me that."  Yevan snatched the PADD out of Zara's hand.  "Better to beat this stupid game than to listen to you complain about everything."

"Excuse me?" said Zara with a sputter.

"You heard me.  Now be quiet."

Zara smiled as Yevan started a new game.  "Maybe go back to level one if it's too hard for you."

Yevan muttered something in Andorian.

"I probably don't want that translated," said Zara.

"No, now shut up so I can play."

"Shutting up."  Zara moved her finger and thumb across her lips.  She hoped with everything in her they would all get out of this soon.

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(posted by Mary Lou)