JPL |PO2 Rayya & PO3 von Hesse & Crwm duPont| "It's Hard Work, but it Wouldn't be Worth it if it Wasn't."

Posted on Mon Sep 8th, 2014 @ 4:37am by Petty Officer 2nd Class Rael Rayya

1,096 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Are You Touched?
Location: Various locations

= V =

"You do realize we're on RnR, right?" Rael asked as he leaned against the wall watching Ela put things in a bag. "And RnR means no reports, journals or anything work related."

Laughing Ela stood up and turned, she was wearing short blue jean shorts with a black tank with a white bikini underneath. "Yes I know the meaning of RnR, but I always feel lost without work things with me." Ela said smirking.

"Wow, I am so gonna have to teach you how to have a good time." Rael said with a chuckle pushing off the wall and heading for the door.

"No no no, all I said was I feel lost not that I didn't know how to have a good time." Ela said shaking her head, "in fact I think you could learn a thing or two from me."

Rael laughed as they walked down the corridors to the transporter room so they could beam down to the resort. "Alright, well I'm looking forwarded to see what I can learn from you." Walking into the transporter room where they saw someone else, "crewmen can you settle a argument for use?"

Cecil stood in the transporter room with his leather AWOL bag sitting next to his feet, which were clad in matching brown leather boat shoes. He wore khaki pants, and a button front shirt in a faded red with a white hibiscus flower print. As the two science mates entered the transporter room, he looked up from his PADD. Rayya and von Hesse, recognized them from the ship's roster, which he'd taken the time to become very familiar with since the Captain had taken him on as her yeoman.

"I'll certainly try," Cecil answered, clasping his PADD behind his back with both hands.

"So when you go on RnR, would you say you would feel lost without having work with you?" Rael asked, nudging Ela in the ribs playfully.

"I would be very disappointed if I did... it's hard to bring filing and paperwork down to a planet, particularly one like Qo'noS," Cecil returned, raising an eyebrow at the two people who stood before him. "Besides, it's hard to sightsee with paperwork."

Ela smirked. "He wasn't asking about work work, more of keeping on top of things that're related to work," Ela said looking at Rael and to the other man, "Rael here just didn't phrase the question right."

"Fair enough, but he does have a point about the paperwork or the 'light reading'," Rael said using air quotes, "getting in the way of sight seeing."

"I always have something to read on my PADD," Cecil admitted. "What it is depends on what's caught my attention. Just as likely to be some report from the Starfleet archives as it is to be a scientific essay or a work of fiction. I find myself with chunks of time here and there, so I fill it with reading."

Rael nodded. "Okay, okay, truth time. I tend to always have something with me to read as well." Ela just laughed and shook her head looking at the man on the transport pad.

"Sorry, don't mean to be rude, but I don't think we've met. Petty officer Elanora Ribiera von Hesse, or Ela works just fine. And this man next to me is former Marine petty officer Rael Rayya," Ela said with a smile.

Cecil smiled at the pair of them. He'd found that it made the crew uneasy when he recognized them from service record alone, so he nodded as if he was being informed of their names for the first time. "I'm Cecil duPont," he said as offered his hand to Ela.

Taking it Ela stepped up onto the transporter pad with Rael in tow. "And you are?" She asked politely, grinning at Rael who was just in simple khaki shorts and a light cotton white T-shirt with a pair of sunglasses hanging in the middle of the T-shirt.

"Cecil duPont," he repeated himself, raising an eyebrow. He didn't say anything of it because it wouldn't be polite. She might just have a hearing problem? "I'm the captain's yeoman," he added, intended to allow her to save face in front of the transporter chief.

Rael smirked. "How's that going for you?" Rael asked. He had only met the women once, but he got the sense that it could be a challenge at times and very very rewarding."

"Captain Ivanova is amazing, and I couldn't be prouder to be her yeoman," Cecil gushed, and grinned wide. "Of course, it's hard work, but it wouldn't be worth it if it wasn't."

Ela smiled, "so true. So what's your plans when you get down to the resort?"

"I'll only be there long enough to sleep," Cecil explained. "Then I've got tours lined up. Starting with the Great Hall tomorrow morning. The Great Domes I think will be tomorrow afternoon or the day after, I'm still waiting to hear back on the availability of spots on that tour. Then I have a few bars and restaurants picked out that I want to visit, but I'm working on hiring a local escort because they don't recommend humans go into the bars without a guide. I hear it's a wild time!"

"Wow, that's hell of a schedule." Rael said, "where you gonna find time to relax?"

"That is relaxing," Cecil insisted, making a face. He glanced as the watch on this wrist — for this piece of clockwork on the leather band wasn't merely a chronometer — and sighed. "If you want to join me for the restaurant that's near the resort tomorrow night, I would appreciate the company."

Ela looked at Rael and shrugged. "If you don't mind, that would be wonderful." Ela said with a grin, Rael just smiled and nodded.

Cecil nodded. "I'll leave a message with the front desk once I acquire reservations. It'll be just the three of us, neither of you bringing a date?"

They both shook there heads. "And thank you Cecil," Ela said with a smile, "we better beam down so you're not late for your tours."

"Food's always best shared," he insisted with a smile. He looked to the transporter operator as he bent over to pick up his bag. "Ready when you are."

"Ready." Rael said with a smile and nodding to the transport chief.

=/\= END LOG =/\=

Petty Officer 2nd Rael Rayya
Science Mate Second Class
USS Vindicator

Petty Officer 3rd Elanora 'Ela' von Hesse (apb Aza)
Science Mate Third Class
USS Vindicator

Crewman Cecil duPont
Captain's Yeoman
USS Vindicator

 

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