Joint Duty Log | Lt R'heil & Lt Ebonheart & LtJg Roswell & PO2 Rayya |

Posted on Thu Oct 23rd, 2014 @ 9:34pm by Commander Amelia Waterhouse & Lieutenant Te'shara R'heil & Lieutenant Chloe Ebonheart & Lieutenant JG Saia Roswell & Petty Officer 2nd Class Rael Rayya

1,222 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: Are You Touched?

"What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
What shall we do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning?"

The little aliens, surrounding the team, hugging them, sang merrily. It was almost as if each one was singing their own individual two-part harmony, and hauntingly, the universal translator provided the lyrics in federation standard for the team to understand.

Rael was able to sheath his Kbar before the aliens started hugging. Alexia was having a rougher time at this than Rael was her eyes were closed and she was taking short, fast shallow breaths. "Lieutenant slow your breathing down," Rael said calmly.

Saia panicked as one reached for her. She backed up and even though she realized it was a friendly gesture, she shrugged off any attempts of affection. She wasn't rough, but gently moved away and attempted to wriggle out of any grip.

Te'shara growled a little bit at the aliens she did not want any of them to hug her. One was playing with her tail and it made her very angry pulling away Te'shara was about to pull her phaser, on the aliens because they were making her mad.

"Alright everyone calm down," Rael said noticing the lieutenant going for her weapon, "lieutenant do not pull your weapon they aren't here to hurt you."

"Lieutenant you pull that weapon and you'll be cleaning the dilithium tanks for a week." Chloe told Te'Shara firmly though in a calm voice. "They are not trying to harm you, I am unsure what they are planning or trying to do but harm is not the plan it seems." Chloe frowned puzzling. she was unused to being hugged like this but she wasn't about to screw up this away mission.

As Te'shara growled, the aliens around her fell silent and backed up, giving her about a meter's worth of space. The one that had hold of her tail ran its hand along the length one more time before releasing it and moving back with the others. The ones hugging the other away team members slowly noticed the reaction of those surrounding the full-blooded caitian, and one by one fell silent also. They looked up questioningly at the person they currently hugged.

"Have you been touched?" Saia's universal translator said as one with a noteworthy cluster of spots surrounding its nose slits clicked and screeched at her.

Saia had calmed when they retreated and after a moment, she remembered where she was. She looked up blinking at them. She wasn't exactly sure what they meant. There was a human saying that meant you were insane if said to be 'touched'. She thought about Nara's distaste for the universal translator making her title princess when what she was called translated more closely to vip on that world she lived. Sometimes the translator just got it a little wrong. Still, she decided to play it safe, "Yes. You touched us. We apologize for our reaction. Our cultures don't really hug upon first meeting strangers." She stood straight and softened her expression to try to seem more friendly, even if she was still trembling from the panic attack.

Alexia closed her eyes and did what the petty officer suggested and started to feel better. Real sighed glad things weren't so charged anymore or at least not as charged.

Chloe kept her eyes open watching hoping the touching was over but she wasn't as worried about being touched as some were. Her main worry was Te'Shara, she wasn't use to the other security officer yet, was unsure how much she could take before the feline couldn't take anymore and defended herself against being touched.

Te'shara looked over at the others,her weapon, was back in her holster,it was all this touching, made her uncomfortble, and nervous..She was'nt gonna do anything else, to them, So Te'shara calmed down,and her tail hung low,by her uniform pants,and watched everyone else,and went with the flow, with everyone else in the group was doing...

"No nono, no, no no no, no," the universal translators spoke as the aliens screeched. Some of them also managed to make noises that resembled the word no. "Flying Spaghetti Monster," the translator added. "Has noodley appendage touched you?"

Rael sighed, "that damn civilian." Rael looked over to Saia curious of how she was gonna respond.

Saia sighed, "No." She couldn't think of anything else to do than reach her hand out, palm to the side in a gesture of a handshake. "I'm Saia. Nice to meet you."

The spotted alien leaned forward, lowering it's head near Saia's outstretched hand. A sniffling noise indicated it smelled her hand as she held it out, then a tongue slid out of its mouth and licked at her palm. "Taste like Gnocchi," Saia's universal translator said of the clicking and screeching.

Saia blinked. They really needed a diplomat. Someone who would know how to handle such strange culture. She smiled, "May we be on our way? We need to find something."

"Rum?" her universal translator provided when the spotted one clicked and screeched again. The others took up the cry and repeated it, soon filling the canopy with their fevered cries.

"Jesus did that civilian give them rum?" Alexia asked in shocked realizing depending on how much they drank they were in with drawls and wanting more.

"I don't know," Rael said looking at all the aliens around them, "I'm sorry but we don't have any rum on us."

"They want rum?" Chloe asked confused as to why they would want rum.

"That Noah kid," Rael said shaking his head, "the ship he was on crashed and we found crates that were once full of rum he must've shared them with these beings along with this nonsense of pasta crap." Rael said shaking his head again.

Te'shara, stood by the others,on the away team,and giving the aliens a dirty look,for touching her...she stood by the away team,the whole time,after she put her Phaser in her holster.

"Noah! Noah! Noah!" the universal translators started to say. "Where Noah?" The little aliens danced, and started to sing again. Saia's combadge chirped.

"Vindicator to Science Away Team."

Saia sighed, "Roswell here."

Te'shara stayed with the others,as she heard from one of the crew,that they were going back to the vindicator."i'm ready to go back to the vindi," Te'shara said,as she smiled about it,and did not want any more touching from the aliens.She was just happy to get back to the Vindicator...

Chloe kept her guard up, but her stance some what relaxed. she wouldn't truly relax until they were back on the ship.

"Please prepare to return to the ship. The Klingons have requested that all our crew be recalled from the planet's surface."

Saia nodded, "Aye." She looked back, "Back to the shuttle." She then looked back smiling at the aliens, "It was lovely to meet you, but we must be going now."

=/\= End Log =/\=

Lt. (jg) Saia Roswell
Chief Science Officer
USS Vindicator

Petty Officer Rael Rayya
Science Mate Second Class
USS Vindicator

Lt Chloe Ebonheart
Security
USS Vindicator

Lt Te'shara R'heil
Security Officer
USS-Vindicator

Little Aliens
With Love and Noodles
APB Pond

 

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