Double Booked

Posted on Sunday 23 July 2023 @ 15:48 by Lieutenant Liodra

Mission: Where no one has gone before
916 words - 1.8 OF Standard Post Measure

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Shore leave was coming to an end but Liodra had managed to squeeze in another visit to Niska's holosuits one last time, wanting to visit the Hubeshian Baths on Trill. The healing mists, the scantly clad hunks that gave the best massages she had ever experienced. In all of her lifetime, which was a long lifetime over well over four hundred years, she had actually lost count around four hundred and seventeen in truth, she had never actually visited the planet true to experience it first hand.

She was laying on her front while one of the scruffily handsome Trill beef cakes man handled her back, releasing the tensions when she heard the metallic hiss of the Cardassian doors open and close behind her as someone entered the holosuite.

"This is a private program!" she called out before saying much softer to the holo-attendant "Lower... lower... Oh, that's the spot!"

"As it should be." Kailu replied simply as he looked at the scene around him. It certainly was not what he had imagined walking in to, but it appeared their time on the holodeck had somehow been double booked. "I can imagine being manhandled by a large looking Trill would be something you'd want to keep behind large doors." he added as he saw a pair of eyes move up and now meet his own.

Liodra simply smiled, opening a single eye to look at the interloper but something about him caught her attention. A tingle at the periphery of her conscious mind that was familiar even if she did not know him.

"You're El'Aurian?" brazenly standing up from the masseurs table and casually moving to collect up her robe a few steps away.

"As are you." he stated simply. "I am of the Toan'ta." Kailu replied. He had also felt the presence of one of his people. He caught glimpse of Liodra's body as she moved and gave an internal nod to himself at her physique. He may have been dating Evelyn, but he was not dead.

"You're one of those El'Aurians!" a playful smile tugging at her lips when in truth she had no idea what kind of El'Aurian she was beyond the knowledge that she was one herself. "My parents where travellers. I left our homeworld as a child some four or five centuries ago with them... I was never schooled in the clans or tribes or whatever they were."

She pulled the robe around herself before turning back to face him. He was a sturdy sort, lean and toned but his features had been weathered over the centuries, perhaps a little gruff at times but she would need to get to know him better to be certain. One thing she did know about him, she could feel it. No matter how difficult he would be to befriend, how reserved he was, how close he would play things to his chest, he had kind soulful eyes that were very telling about the man at his core.
"Join me for a drink... My way of apologising for cutting into your holodeck time?"

"No apology is needed but I will join you as you request." Kailu responded. "Might I suggest you change out of the robe? Unless that is your wardrobe for drinking in. Also, what is your name? I do need something to call you." he added as he appreciate the delicate features of the woman in front of him. Also, he'd caught a glimpse of the whole package when she not so subtly got up from the table.

"Liodra" she offered almost playfully. "I have nothing to change into... unless you preferred the view of me out of the robe?"

She knew herself, had confidence in her being and she wasn't afraid to show it but something about him was captivating her, enthralling her and it went beyond the physical. It was as if something was pulling at her soul and all she could put it down to was being El'Aurian... Was this part of the mythical abilities she had heard about and placed no stock into.

"You are a grown woman. If you want to walk around the ship naked I will not stop you... although I do think there are laws against such open displays." Kailu looked her over whilst still in her robe. "I am sure the holodeck can replicate you something... I have no issue with you leaving in the robe."

'So he's not playful' she noted to herself as she moved behind a screen, obscuring her from view while she donned a deep purple dress she had replicated on the spot. The hem finished mid way down her thigh and only a single strap over her left shoulder, heeled shoes of a similar colour to match.

"So... where do you want to go for this drink?" walking around the screen and towards him, still tugging the form fitting garment so it sat right. In truth she had questions, once her parents had never had chance to tell about her people, their inherent abilities which she had little to no grasp of. If he was schooled in the ways of their people then perhaps he could be her guide, assuming she could break through the icy exterior.

END

●● Lieutenant Kailu Grekas
Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Merlin


●● Lieutenant Nir’anyar
Chief Medical Officer
USS Merlin