Gifts

Posted on Thursday 8 December 2016 @ 16:12 by Lieutenant JG Martin Landau

Mission: Intermission
Location: Quaters
Timeline: MD1 - Early Morning
653 words - 1.3 OF Standard Post Measure

Martin sat behind the desk within his quarters finishing up some paperwork when he started recalling the many gifts from his diplomatic days. Landau recalled the Romulan shuttlecraft which had crashed on this planet the inhabitants had tried to repair and didn't get very far. The craft is now in a storage locker awaiting myself to collect it as the ambassador gave that one to me. There was the old mark II doctor given as a gift as a way of getting him off the planet and stop annoying the colonists. It was pillaged from a crashed starfleet vessel and put inside some sort of thing almost like the device Voyagers EMH had but far less complex and didn't work quite as well as the 29th century device. Martin thought i still have that thing in a pocket somewhere on one of the bags should dig it out and see if it still works.

He remembered quite well the many native clothing items and other wearable things. Martin briefly remembered in the case with the seal on it was a brand new unopened uniform of some description from the CinC as a present still gift wrapped with a card affixed to the paper. He thought about opening it but was tempted not to but was curious maybe its a flag officer uniform or even better something special. All Landau remembers from the CinC's gift was the message on the card "Martin, hope you get there someday, CinC" a lovely message but Martin quickly focused on the diplomatic days yet again and the many gifts along the way some he still had on him other sold or given away.

He twitched on the chair ever so itching to open the CinC's gift and unpack wondering even more what uniform was in the parcel. He stood up grabbing the wheeled case with the seal on it rolling it over and onto the bed unzipping it and pulling the lid open. The first thing that greeted Martin was the small box from his sister he had yet to open he placed it on the bed pulling clothes out into neat piles on the bed noticing the parcel poking through the layers. He pulled out the starship in a bottle and placed it with the stand on the bedside table and stared at it for a bit before continuing to unpack the parcel ever calling him. More and more stuff came out of the bag before Martin got to the gift wrapped present his fingers itching to tear it open and look inside. He pulled the gift wrapped present out of the bag noticing another box shaped gift wrapped item in the same paper underneath it and pulled it out. Martin grabbed both items and shuffled over to the desk wondering what could be in both items from such an important person his fingers trembling with anticipation eager to open the packages.

Martin grabbed the corner of the paper and tore it open on the big gift first noticing the rectangular gold like belt buckle adorned with the Federation logo next came the uniform top part with its quilted yoke wide cuffs and single stripe on the arm. He contemplated for a while then dug deeper finding boots and trousers to match placing them on the table he turned his attention to the wrapped box almost like a ring box in shape Martin unwrapped the box placing it on the table and then proceeding to open it. The lid opened and a shiny gold square with a pip inside glistened with its shiny surface in the light of the room. He realized what the message meant and thought he had better hide it away until he got that high and proceeded to unwrap more things some of them made ideal gifts for the crew on Xmas day.

Lieutenant JG Martin Landau
Chief Strategic Operations Officer
USS Merlin