From: Kim (kimtoussaint_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Mar 25 2007 - 08:30:00 PDT
"Angst" ( Continued from Rahul's "NPC CHRONICLES ( Patriot) and Phillip's "Nightlife" ( Prophecy) _______________________________ Location:Earth, England, Sheffield Scene: Aspinall family home Stardate: 2.70325.0648 _________________________________ "So, I heard you and my granddaughter have been having some difficulties...." Irene began calmly as she sat on the couch. Erika glanced up from her drawings and shrugged. "Jackie's ok." Irene narrowed her eyes thoughtfully and replied, "Hmmmmm..." Erika raised an eyebrow and gave Peter's mom a skeptical look. "Peter does that, too. My Mom always says that's the noise he makes when he's up to something, Mrs. Aspinall." "Call me Nana Irene, luv." Peter's Mom laughed. The little girl frowned thoughtfully and then asked in an uncomfortable voice. "Do I have to?" Stepping out of the other room carrying one of the twins, Jackie following behind. Peter's father nearly choked as he tried to keep from laughing. "Well...." Irene blinked awkwardly. "I just thought Mrs. Aspinall sounded so formal and I want you to be comfortable here...comfortable with us." Erika smiled sweetly. "I wanna be a starfleet officer like my Mom. So....if we get to give each other special names...how about if you are Admiral Irene and I'm Commander Erika?" The older woman began to laugh and Peter's Dad teasingly groaned. "That could be dangerous, luv. I have enough trouble with her bossing around the folks Peter works with as it is." Gavirosh walked into the room just as Jackie beamed sweetly. "Can I have a rank, too? I could be Commander Jackie." Erika turned up her nose. "You are Crewman Jackie and you can bring me a sandwhich. Perhaps a glass of milk?" The younger girl's face fell and Irene grimaced. "All right, young miss Erika...we are going to have a little chat about your treatment of my Granddaughter..." "Stop picking on little kids, snotface." Gavi scolded her. "Or, I'll fry all the hair off the heads of your dolls..." Erika's mouth gaped open and Jackie beamed adoringly at Gavirosh. The 10 year old boy held up one of his hands and made a small ball of electrical energy while giving Erika a look of warning. "Yeah." Gavi warned her firmly. "One more snide comment at Jackie and your Bajoran Bette will be bald as an egg." ___________________________________________________ Location: Australia, Sydney, Bennelong Point Scene: Opera house, outdoors __________________________________________________ The lights of the Opera house reflected beautifully across the blue harbor waters. To accomodate the cold Australian March weather, Daisy wore green sweater and black slacks. A pair of diamond Ear rings made the outfit more 'dressy'. Quietly, she lingered behind when she saw Aerdan and Kate materalize together. They walked arm in arm, talking comfortably - the hint of romance between them growing more obvious. It reminded Daisy, watching them....of days when she and Ben were like that. Neither of them had Command responsibilities. He ran Security. She ran sickbay. Neither of them had Command responsibilities. With a sigh, she shoved her hands into her pockets and kept walking. Her mood was not great. Her walk was more processional and serious - like a woman heading towards her own execution rather than a leisurely night at the opera with her crew. A few yards off to one side, Foster materialized. Quietly, the older man observed Daisy's body language and walked towards her. She gave him a smile and a weak, "hi." He smirked slightly. "Hi, yourself. Where you been? I haven't seen you around." "I had to get away for a bit." she shrugged, lying smoothly. Without a word, he offered her his arm and she took it. Then, he smiled patiently - knowing she was olding something back - and asked, "So....you ready for some Australian nightlife?" "I wasn't sure...." Daisy admitted honestly. "But now that you're here...." Cade stood up a little straighter and waggled his eyebrows teasingly. Daisy smiled weakly and continued. "Now that you're here to make me laugh, I think I just might be." "To make you laugh?" he scoffed, pretending to be wounded. "Is that all I'm good for with you? Chuckles? Let's not forget all the fabulous sexual tension we have..." Daisy laughed and teased. "You wish." Her eyes moved again to Kate and Aerdan...walking a few yards ahead of them. Still arm in arm, they seemed lost in their conversation and each other. Struggling with feelings of envy and loss, she forced herself to look away and smile at Cade. "So, enjoying yourself yet as a Civilian?" ________________________________________________ Location: PATRIOT Scene: Corridor _________________________________________________ Ben had his nose buried in a Comm padd, reading the usual daily reports, when Mav appeared at his side. "Have a nice visit with your son?" the marine seemed strangely happy. Ben didn't look up from his text. He simply asked flatly. "Something you need, Mr. Maverick?" "Yeah." Mav smirked. "I thought we should have a chat about your girlfriend...." "My personal life is none of your concern." Ben glanced at him, giving him a look of warning. "Now that you might actually have a chance at having one...." Mav teased shamelessly "Beyond the occasional performance as a "part time Daddy".... I think it is." Ben's lips pressed together tightly and he took a deep breath, struggling to keep his calm. "If you have a point to make, then...make it quickly and be done with it. What are we talking about?" "We were happier when Daisy was here. Both of us. So, show me you're actually worth a damn as an XO and get her back." Mav demanded flatly, easily keeping stride with Ben. "Her career is her own. She's got a good job on a supply ship...." Ben almost laughed, still walking. "I can't just snap my fingers and have her transfered here. She's an XO now..." "She lied to you." Mav boasted with glee. Ben froze and took a step closer to Mav, his face contorted with both annoyance and concern. "Excuse me?" The Marine's eyes widened and he sniggered with amusement. "Ooooooh ! There is someone home in there..." "What are you talking about?" Ben demanded. "My clearance is higher than your's..." Mav gloated. "Remember? I know this "Shameran" she talked about. It's not a supply ship. I can't tell you what it really is...that's classified. But, it's a bad place to be, Kenta. Couldn't you see that? How it's changed her?" The color drained from Ben's face and Mav twisted the knife a little more. "I'm sure you were terribly romantic and noble about devotion to duty and coping with maybe not seeing each other again for a couple years or so...and she promised you she'd be safe from harm, didn't she? " Mav mocked him with a change in his voice so it sounded feminine. "It's just a supply ship, Ben. You're the one usually in danger...not me, I'll be fine...don't worry..." "Be quiet." Ben whispered coldly. "She only left us because she was trying to save her marriage to that idiot, Zuri..." Mav replied back...just as coldly. "She finally got smart and divorced him and that should have been enough to bring her back, to bring her home. It wasn't." "And what do you expect me to do?" Ben demanded. "We lost Selyara. Do you really want to lose Daisy, too?" Mav asked calmly. Ben sighed awkwardly. His chest rose and fell as what Mav had thrown at him began to sink in. Then, he abruptly shoved his comm pad into Mav's hands and said, "Take my meeting with Engineering in half an hour...." A grin formed on the crusty marine's face as he watched Kenta heading towards the transporter room.... _______________________________________________ NRPG: Taylor, I hope I did ok with Mav. I"m sure you would have used stronger language. LOL But, I like to stay PG-13 and in the archives. :P Still - I tried to get the tone like what we talked about on the phone. Was fun visiting with you - thanks for keeping me company for a bit when I was having a bad day. Erik - I hope you are feeling better and that you enjoyed this. Phillip - thanks for asking for Cade. It was nice to hear that he's been missed, too. Jamie and Ran - I hope you liked what I described for Aerdan and Kate. Margie - I'm off to read your Novella now. :) Alix - waves! Hope you're ok! Rahul - waves! Bethany - Welcome!! :) Kim Toussaint - AKA Commander Daisy Byrne Davidson, M.D. USS PROPHECY FRPG website archivist http://www.youth.net/frpg/ KimTvideos at http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=KimTvideos --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. From HyperNews_at_youth.net
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