Seven Steps

Posted on Thu Feb 27th, 2020 @ 5:16pm by Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Yamaguchi-Solusar & Lieutenant JG Rachael "Ripcord" Yamaguchi-Cullen & Fleet Captain Torilla Yamaguchi

Mission: Mission 23: Foundations of Stone
Location: Various Locations - USS Roanoke
Timeline: 0900Hrs - January 24th, 2391

The beach was simply wonderful as Rachael turned her head as a soft sigh escaped her lips, she was clad only in a simple black one piece bathing suit as she lay on her back on a towel.

Elizabeth was lying on her front, except she was wearing a dark green one piece, as she was clearly very comfortable as Rachael asked. "So... why isn't Kam here again.... you know you want him?"

"Rachael, why do you have to have such a filthy mind?"

"Because I can..... Since I'm not getting any.."

Elizabeth sighed but she didn't say anything

Torilla meanwhile was wearing a dark red one piece bathing suit and was sitting on the sand as she felt the waves slowly washing up against her legs, thighs and waist. "Y'know Jake would find this setting to be highly erotic.. right?" she regarded the other woman who was sitting next to her.

Zara wore a green one-piece also. A racer design to keep everything in place. Only Zara was caked in sunscreen and sporting a pair of black-rimed shades.

"I'd rather not comment on anything erotic around the devil that mind-fucked me," Zara spoke lowly and with unease.

"Well... Convincing Elizabeth to come join us was a major achievement."

"I was in the mood to live dangerously," Zara spoke with a wave of her hand. "In truth, she and I both need to come to terms with what happened. I think. And in a setting that isn't too confined."

"Well if it helps... She and I talked to Jake..." Torilla smiled. "Don't worry about her.. Jake set her straight on how things are between you, him and me." she added as she felt a wave wash over her. "This is great..."

"Well you always did like water," Zara spoke with a smile as she took in Torilla's long legs. "I never had a need to get into water all that much."

"Sometimes going for a swim is always a good workout." Torilla commented as she turned her head to regard her two daughters. "Go talk to her.." he said to Tane. "Shoo Rachael over here... "

"She turned me into a monkey the last time," Zara spoke uneasily.

"Jake yelled at her for that." Torilla explained. "Oh boy was he furious." she larger woman commented. "but seriously... go talk to her... besides.. you and her need some time out of uniform... and this is a good a time as any."

"I'll brig ya, if she starts chasin' me again," Zara half-smiled as she stood up and walked over to the younger women.

Elizabeth regarded her sibling as a sigh escaped her lips. "Rachael." called their mother.

"Yeah.." and with that Rachael hauled herself to her feet as she went over to see what her mother wanted as Elizabeth regarded Zara. "Lovely program." she commented. "Its not often I get to wear almost nothing.. most people and their nudity taboo..." she sighed.

Zara nodded at that, then had a seat on the beach. She decided to draw curly lines in the sand. Why she was here, was beyond Zara. This was not her family, and in her eyes, it only reaffirmed to Elizabeth that Zara was more than just a friend to Torilla.

Elizabeth regarded the smaller woman sitting before her. "Dad and I talked... or rather... he yelled at me.." she admitted. "Mom tried to tell me... I didn't listen.." she regarded the smaller woman. "Do you know why mom wanted you to join us?"

"No," Zara answered nervously without looking at the other woman. "I'm not part of your family. I know it's not my place here."

Elizabeth raised an eyebrow. "You worry too much." she admitted. "Zara... Mom thinks very highly of you... and she explained how you two met... she honestly thought you two were going to end up being enemies..."

"We're just friends," Zara spoke quietly. In all truth, she did not feel very safe around the taller woman.

Elizabeth could feel the other woman's fear as a sigh escaped her lips. "You've said so on many occasions now.... " she arched an eyebrow. "if I yell Boo... will you scream and then run away?"

"Erm... I don't know," Zara took her eyes off the squiggle lines in the sand and looked at Elizabeth skeptically. "I don't trust easily, but I'm trying to trust you."

"Yes... mom told me about how you distrust telepaths..." she commented before she reached into the ice box which just so happened to be nearby, she pulled out a banana. "Want anything while I'm here?"
before she began peeling the banana, then she took a bite of it.

The sight of the banana cause Zara to pale, and she forced herself to look back down at the sand as she continued to draw.

"I'm fine," Zara spoke sheepishly.

How did she get to know this girl? Zara truly did not know.

Elizabeth took another bite of her banana as she observed in silence. "I didn't know you liked to draw..." she commented gently.

"I design mostly," Zara admitted quietly. "What field you going to specialize in?"

"General Medicine and General Surgeon. I'm going to go the generalist
route..." the massive woman responded. "I don't want to spend half my life in school." she paused. "What do you design?"

"Ships mostly," Zara answered dully. "Use to be an engineer."

Elizabeth nodded her head as she finished her banana. "Oh.... you got any designs that you're working on?"

"I'm working on a stealth variant of the Valkyrie," Zara spoke quietly. "Nothing really ground-breaking. At least compared to what Furban's doing."

"Stealth variant?.." Elizabeth slowly smiled. "I know Rachael will love you for it." she paused. "How far along is the design?" she inquired with a smile, clearly interested.

"You don't like me," Zara spoke very timidly. "Why do you care about my life all the sudden?"

"I misunderstood what was going on between you and Mom.. she tried to tell me but... I wasn't listening." Elizabeth gently placed her massive hand on the smaller womans shoulder. "Because Mom thinks the world of you and she told me how you two met and what happened between you two... Rachael told me some tall tales as well."

"I honestly have no idea who to trust in your department anymore," Zara sighed with exasperation. "You mindfucked me. Siaxx threatened to rape me. And Nalla keeps zapping me."

"There are a lot of other medics and Doctors other then us miscreants." Elizabeth commented. "Sokanon hasn't done anything... and neither has Tienn."

"Heh," Zara spoke, very skeptic now of the medical staff.

"Look... Zara.. I can only apologize so often before you decide to accept it... not not accept it." Elizabeth explained. "I didn't listen to mom when she tried telling me in our native language. Dad yelled at me for it.."

"Then only reason I didn't chuck you out on chapter work, is because your mom is my friend," Zara finally snapped back at the other woman. "You fucked my head up. Made me feel unsafe in my own skin. And it's not that I don't want your apology, but I can never truly know you're not going to do that again to me. So in short, yes... You succeeded in making me deathly afraid of you."

Elizabeth did not react with surprise. "Zara.... You are not the only one in fear.." she admitted.

"You don't need to be." Zara nodded her head in Torilla's directions. "It's the respect I have for your mom, that's got you protected in a safety net... And on that note, I need to go change my bottoms."

Zara stood up slowly, revealing a huge wet spot on her suit from where she soiled herself.

Elizabeth sighed softly as she turned away so Zara would see her cry. Torilla meanwhile came over. "Easy Zara....." she gently placed her hand on the smaller woman's shoulder. "Come on.. lets go get you cleaned up.... Elizabeth made a mistake and she's paying for it... but she's terrified witless of you... same as you are of her.."

"I don't want to be a monkey again," Zara spoke shakily as she walked back to her towel.

"That.... is not going to happen..." Torilla commented softly. "But you have to believe it coming from her.." the taller woman sighed. "Because if you don't believe her... then transfer her now.."

"We'll see how things go," Zara promised, then tapped her head. "Just it's going to take a while for me to feel safe around her."

Yamaguchi slowly nodded her head. "Alright... but remember she is as afraid of you as you are of her."

Zara nodded, then added, "I think I'll go home and finish my panic attack there over a cold beer."

Torilla regarded the smaller woman with a gentle smile. "Alright..." she said softly. "Just try to remember that she is afraid of you."

Zara had no reply. She stood there dumbfounded. Yes, Zara understood Elizabeth was afraid of her, but the Trill did nothing to harm or promise harm upon the other. Whereas Elizabeth hunted, drugged, and brain-addled Zara.

The only hint of a reply with occasional blinking.

"Zara..... do you know why she did what she did?" Torilla commented. "She felt she was protecting me and my marriage to my husband from you... she saw you as a threat to me." Torilla explained. "Regardless of what actually was going on... " a sigh escaped the larger womans lips as Rachael went over to her older sibling.

"On that note," Zara spoke with an agreeing nod, "I think I'll go to my quarters and wash up and decompress a while."

"Alright." Torilla responded before she looked over at her two daughters. "I wouldn't worry about her.... she needs to come to terms with what she did.."