The Costume Ball

Posted on Mon Mar 2nd, 2020 @ 11:36pm by Division Admiral Maraad Skyshatter & Division Admiral Thomas Lasky & Commander Ennis Cullen & Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Yamaguchi-Solusar & Lieutenant JG Rachael "Ripcord" Yamaguchi-Cullen & Senior Chief Warrant Officer Se'yal Stormsong & Division Admiral Celeste Yamaguchi-Hobbs & Fleet Captain Torilla Yamaguchi & Lieutenant Commander Kameron "Foehammer" Solusar-Yamaguchi & Commander Luhanna Wintersnow & Lieutenant Lasarra "Silverbolt" Yamaguchi & Staff Sergeant Nick Erikson & Company Sergeant Major Jeffery "The Mountain" Duval & Colonel Brianna Hobbs & Major Daisy Rohr-McKnight & Chief Warrant Officer Ryi "Taffy" Amlari & Staff Warrant Officer Hana "8-Ball" Nakamura
Edited on on Mon Mar 2nd, 2020 @ 11:42pm

Mission: Mission 49: The Stars Look Down
Location: Various Locations - USS Roanoke
Timeline: 1900Hrs - November 11th, 2391

Captain Torilla Yamaguchi looked around as she smiled. "Well.. this could be interesting." she had finished coloring her hair from its usual chestnut brown to bone white and she had slipped in some white contact lenses over her brown eyes. She was also wearing black leather and a cape.

Rachael came over, being pushed in a wheelchair, not one from sickbay but something she had clearly obtained from a replicator. "Oh Hey mom...wow... you look good." as she gave Torilla Yamaguchi the once over.

"I was expecting .... a little more from you?"

"Mom. Meet Nightwing." she indicated Ennis who was the one pushing her.

"Nightwing, I'm Storm.." Torilla introduced herself.

"Greetings, Storm." Ennis bowed respectfully to his future mother-in-law.

The four of them went into the Ballroom where the party was looking like it was just getting started. "I wonder who else is going to show up." Torilla commented.

Eight Ball arrived wearing a green sailors uniform with a short green skirt and a grey tankers jacket. Taffy was with her in a blonde wig, white frock and pumps.

"Is this what humans do for fun?" Taffy asked. "Assume a fictional persona?"

"Sometimes." Torilla Yamaguchi responded as Rachael smiled, she thought her mother looked strange with her white hair.

"I'm going as Miho Nishizumi." Eight Ball smiled at Torilla.

"And I am going as something called a Smurfette." Taffy replied dryly.

Torilla smiled. "Smurfette. That's a name I've not heard outside of anyone but Zara.... She has the bad habit of referring to Siaxx as 'the smurf."

Taffy looked at Eight Ball. "This was your idea. What exactly does a smurf do?"

"They hold hands while singing and dancing around a giant mushroom." Eight Ball replied.

"And why is she called 'Smurfette'? Is it because she is smaller than the other smurfs?" Ryi asked.

"No, it is because she is the only female smurf." Eight Ball informed Ryi.

"Really?" Ryi was a little surprised. "How many smurfs are there?"

"I don't know." Eight Ball replied. "I think around a hundred."

"A hundred male smurfs and one female!" Ryi stated, a little surprise. "What does that poor creature do during procreation?"

"That was never really covered." Eight Ball admitted.

"You humans come up with the oddest things." Ryi replied.

Torilla simply smiled. "I'm not human dear..." she commented. "I can assure you of that."

Rachael sighed. "Mom?"

"Yes dear?" Torilla grinned at Rachael

"You...nevermind." Rachael sighed.

"I believe she wishes to say you look lovely, Torilla," Ennis spoke diplomatically.

Suddenly there was a soft clink and then another before the door opened and in walked Luhanna Wintersnow, wearing full plate armor that was ornate and colorful. "Am I late.?"

Rachael looked at her. "Who are you going as?"

"I am going as Yrel." Luhanna explained. "My people's greatest Hero... she unified my people during the darkest time in our history and led us to victory against our greatest threat."

The door opened a second time as a second Dranaei walked into the room, followed by three females. "You called?" Maraad looked downright evil in his armor regalia and yet he carried a truly massive warhammer. "I am a Paladin of the silver hand, my ancestor to be more specific." he explained.

Telios smiled as she regarded the gathering. "We Draenei tends to get out." she commented.

Torilla smiled. "Looks good on you." she commented, referring to Maraad and his armor. "I'm thinking of keeping the white hair and the contacts." she admitted

"Why?" Rachael inquired.

"Its.. different..." Torilla admitted

Teval was the only one of his group that managed to show up. Hakaya refused to go, Aerin made up some random excuse to not come, and Karryn was nowhere to be found, so Teval found himself alone. Quietly he slipped into the room and took a seat at one of the tables.

The door opened and in walked Psylocke, except it was a mirror of Rachael in that she had her hair tied back and was decked out in not very much. "Hello." as she regarded her mirror.

Rachael looked back at Lasarra as another person approached Lasarra from behind. "I am Thor." Nick Erikson announced himself.

Racheal answered. "I'm Oracle, this is Nightwing, thats Storm." she indicated her mother then Ennis respectively.

Thor bowed his head as he recognized Torilla in her getup. "It good to meet you." he smiled as the door opened again, in walked Elizabeth Yamaguchi as Supergirl and following her was her husband as Superman. "Hey guys." Elizabeth greeted her family. "The doctors let me out providing I don't overdo it."

"You sure you're alright?" Torilla responded. "How did you get out of sickbay?"

"I asked nicely... and I promised not to do anything overly stressful or overly strenuous."

Superman nodded. "Means... no sex for you."

Supergirl sighed. "That's the price I pay for a night out with you all." she explained before she looked around the room, she spotted Teval by himself. "Guys, what do you say we go lift the Captains spirits?" she indicated Teval.

Torilla nodded. "Yes... Lets."

Meanwhile, another man by the name of Rolf Schafer walked into the room. Looking around he commented to himself. "Well, this is an interesting party."

He walked over to the bar and asked the man behind. "hey I'll just have a Märzen if you don't mind."

Duval nodded. "Coming right up." he answered with a smile before going to fetch the drink in question.

A moment later he came back with a pale german beer in a large pint glass. "Here you go... say you're not from this crew... are you?" Duval inquired, suddenly noticing something about the new arrival.

Rolf took the beer, replying. "No I'm just here to visit an old friend, that's all."

"Fair enough... go have fun... Its not often these guys get to relax and unwind..." he responded before he moved off to assist the next person in need.

Meanwhile Supergirl slid her lithe form into a chair next to Teval. "Hey Teval... Why the long face?"

Storm meanwhile sat down across from him. "Am I late?"

Teval didn't give a straight answer," Eh, its nothing, don't worry about it."

Supergirl raised an eyebrow. "If you insist." she responded, knowing better then to try digging for information. "starting a week from now... I hit the gym to loose the weight I gained with Kurt." she explained.

"That should be fun.... you going strength toning or mass building?" Storm smiled.

"Strength toning... low weight, high reps. I'm not looking to bulk up.. it won't do me much good."

Teval didn't have the slightest interest in their conversation, instead he looked off in another direction, when he spotted someone familiar. wondering if his eyes where playing tricks on him, he double checked, and noticed that it was Rolf Schafer that he was looking at. Quietly he slipped away from the table without anyone else noticing.

Elizabeth raised an eyebrow. "Where did Teval go?" asked Supergirl about a minute after he slipped away.

"No idea.." Torilla responded evenly. "How are you feeling.... you shouldn't even be here at this event.."

"I know... I just.. wanted to celebrate... you know." Elizabeth responded quietly. "After the last eight months... I felt I earned it."

Torilla had no counter to her daughters statement so she nodded. "Fair enough... Just... don't overdo it. I'm your mother, believe me. I'd know."

Elizabeth nodded her head. "Yeah.."

Teval meanwhile, found Rolf, "Well, I thought I was seeing things, it is you."

Rolf looked down at the little kurokuri," Ah Teval, just the one I was looking for." Looking around, he spotted an empty table and pointed at it," Lets go have a seat, I got a little catching up to do."

Teval nodded and quietly followed Rolf to the table, and Rolf started off with," Well, first off, congratulations on making captain, and becoming a ship commander."

Teval shrugged," Eh thank's I guess."

Rolf could immediately tell Teval was bothered by something, "You don't sound too happy about it."

Teval leaned back, putting his hands behind his head, "Whats there to be happy about?, I only got this command because of Nechayev, it was one of her attempts to turn me into one of her puppets and unfortunately I bit. Not to mention Roanoke happens to be still one of the worst ships in the fleet, on top of the fact that once again, the ship went through a major accident where I saw half the people under my direct command end up being cooked to death, including a rather close friend. On top of that, my sister is losing her mind, I got dissected by the romulans, spent 8 and a half years stranded on some random planet, saw roanoke get infected by a virus from the Breen, my own nanoprobes tried to kill me, and on top of that, starfleet wants to give me and my species shit because we don't wear clothes. So yeah, forgive me if I don't see much of a reason to be happy. My time on this ship has been a total disaster. Already I have gotten three purple hearts and a Christopher Pike medal I don't even deserve."

Rolf just sat there quietly and listened until Teval finished. He knew full well that Tevals life on roanoke has been hell. Teval himself took a minute to calm himself then asked," So how have you been doing."

Rolf shrugged," Oh, I have been doing just fine. Just got promoted to division admiral, I'm heading starfleet intelligence division 3. I basically sit on my ass doing nothing these days."

Teval nodded," Yeah I hear you on that, the past three months all I have been doing is keeping a seat warm. With my AI active I can get a days worth of paperwork done in 5 minutes, so I get a lot of spare time."

Rolf gave a light chuckle," Yeah I heard you got your AI active, how is it, having an extra voice in your head."

Teval didn't even bother asking how the hell Rolf found out, knowing full well that his former team leader was crazy good at gathering information. Instead he replied," Well i finally stopped talking out loud to it some time ago. Zara still thinks I was just talking to myself like some crazy person though."

Rolf shook his head, amused, " Yeah, I heard my fair share of stories about her."

Meanwhile Tom Lasky entered with Zara Tane beside him. "I see we're late." he commented before he spotted Supergirl, then his eyes narrowed. "She had a false alarm yesterday."

"Let the young one have her fun," Zara smiled happily as she strutted in her Agent Carter outfit. Blue blazer and red fedora hat.

Lasky opened his mouth but then he closed it again. "Hopefully she doesn't overdo it." he responded softly before he shifted his attention back to Zara. "The hat suits you... you should wear it more often."

"I may... with a bandoleer," Zara teased. "Assuming I find where you put it."

"What is it with you and that Bandoleer... You're obsessed with that thing.." Lasky responded with a sigh. "No.."

"Every pirate needs one... and the fleet calls us their pirates. So I need it," Zara answered with a pouty lip.

"Wrong costume dear." Lasky responded. "Besides.. you look good in a dress.. Your work paid off... "

Meanwhile Elizabeth Yamaguchi eye'd Zara Tane from across the room. "Zara cleans up really well... don't you think?" she inquired of her mother, who was nearby. "I never thought I'd see Zara in a dress... ever."

"Yes.... Neither did I." Torilla responded as Rachael came over, sitting in a wheelchair wearing a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt. "Are we interrupting?" she asked her elder sister and her mother. "I'm surprised you came Beth.."

Elizabeth nodded. "I'm alright... I just have to not overdo it... Otherwise Celeste and Kameron will never let me out of their sight ever again.."

Rachael smiled. "Fair enough.. But Elizabeth... let them worry.. and you just sit back and relax... Supergirl looks good on you."

"Thank you." Elizabeth smiled. "I was expecting something else... like Mystique from you... or Psylocke."

Rachael regarded Ennis as a smile played at her lips. "Well.. We discussed it.."

Elizabeth likewise smiled. "I'll bet.." as a smile played at her lips, knowing exactly how it was 'discussed.'

"She makes a great Oracle," Ennis spoke proudly, and kissed Rachael's hand.

"Apparently my Psylocke was..." Rachael slowly smiled. "A little too risque for the family... so Ennis recommended that I not wear that getup in front of Saki... As apparently it will give her ideas.."

Elizabeth and Torilla both shared a look. "We can guess.."

"Super-smart lady is a good look too," Ennis smiled brightly.

Rachael chuckled softly. "Well... Saki is being Babysat right now by Phoenix who claims to want to spend some time with her favorite niece."

"Sarah and Danny might prove a challenge to Jill, I think... At least with Saki with them," Ennis smiled evilly.

Elizabeth chuckled as she smiled. "Don't forget the cats... how many is that now?" she paused as Torilla laughed. "Oh wow."

"I trust you had little complications yesterday?" Ennis asked Elizabeth..

"Nothing too strenuous." Elizabeth responded. "But I'll admit... That was a terrifying experience..... and I was just telling mom here that I plan to go back into gym to burn off the excess weight I'm carrying." she shrugged. "My body thinks I'm about to be nursing... which I'm not."

Torilla nodded. "I remember that experience all too well." as she smiled warmly at her daughter. "You're doing great Elizabeth.." she added with a warm smile.

"Thanks mom, that means a lot coming from you." Elizabeth responded.