Post by Ensign Tekison Nevir on Apr 13, 2016 16:18:29 GMT -8
"Don't do that,"
Those words stopped the young man, and he remained silent for a moment. "I'm, I'm sorry. I'll be more careful."
"Well it makes sense why they wanted it to be clean, look at the carvings and the cuts down the side. Maybe they move to open it."
"Concentric and geometric it looks like... I guess it would make sense to put a clue in there. Otherwise you would be hard pressed to decipher something in the bath." Nevir said, shrugging his shoulders as he peered over the ball. Anything to keep his eyes from her.
"It's okay, just, don't go around telling everyone about what you see okay?"
Nevir forced himself to look up at his fellow shipmate, and smiled. Or at least tried to smile through the red and brown on his face.
"Of course I will, Ms. Vrehu. The different sites we visited, the vistas we were treated to on Risa, the food and drink... that would sum it up for me. I don't know what else you could be talking about." he said, giving her a look to ensure her that what happened here would stay here.
As soon as she left, though, Nevir dropped the smile and sighed. "Prophets.. why must my path be so difficult." he said, leaning on the edge and laying his head down.
"I'm begging you.. please let Coardi be my guidance. Don't let me screw this up, let me have a friendship without some disastrous event to ruin it. Let me redeem myself and walk forward. ." he said, a vocal prayer to the Prophets where he expected to be alone. He really did feel nervous and scared. His confidence had been shot to the point that any non-professional relation with the opposite sex felt like he would doom it to failure. Hell, he didn't even get to the point where he and Tahp could speak very long. And he was scared that something would happened that would cause another dramatic episode on the Talon.. only this time with Coardi. He thought for a moment, until he heard movement and looked up to see the freshly dressed Coardi back to tackle the puzzle.
"I can tinker while you dress,"
Nevir looked up and nodded, giving a small smile before moving off to his side of the mud bath and climbing out, grabbing a towel to wipe off most of what remained on him. Thank the Prophets he was able to get permanent coverage.. long enough to even go down a quarter of the way of his leg.
Nevir took a bit more time than Coardi did.. going through a sonic shower and contemplating on what to do. No.. he wasn't going to let his own mind ruin the day. They were having fun.. at least he hoped she was. He quickly put on his clothes after coming out and then headed back to the bath.
To his surprise, when he came back, she had solved the puzzle and gotten it open. He couldn't see what she had, but her question answered that for him.
"Are you getting hungry?"
"Well... we've only had a dessert and a drink.. yeah, I can go for something to eat. Where are we going now?"
Tag: Crewman Vrehu Coardi