Asphalt and Ablution

Posted on Thu Mar 5th, 2020 @ 12:44am by Lieutenant Commander Anthony Duval & Ryuujin Duval

Mission: Mission 54: Where Snow Meets Sky
Location: Various Locations - USS Dreamcrusher
Timeline: 0900Hrs - December 11th, 2391

Lieutenant Anthony Duval stood near the airlock which was present marked as 'USS Dreamcrusher - Guardian Class, NCC-BB2'. Duval didn't know what the new NCC code was about as he and everyone around him was used to designations like NCC 2893, USS Stargazer which was presently in the Starfleet Museum or NCC 42296, USS Hood which had recently been decommissioned and was presently in the process of being scrapped.

As far as Duval was concerned it was a new age without the Miranda's or the Excelsior's to deal with, also the Nova class was on its way out and the Intrepid Class were all being converted en-mass to become medical ships, this was to replace the old Olympic class ships which were also being scrapped.

He smiled as he nodded to the Ensign on duty at the airlock before he looked down at his son. "You ready?"

"Yeah Dad." Ryujin responded simply.

"Permission to go aboard Ensign?"

"Let me check your bags first sir."

"Of course." Duval answered as he handed him his PADD with his orders on it. The Ensign checked him over but he was polite and respectful about it as he checked over the father and son before him. "Thank you sir, all is in order.. Go on aboard."

"Thanks Ensign." and with that Duval picked up his bags and off he went aboard his new assignment.

Duval went first to the quartermasters office, he found himself looking at two Caitian females, one of who'm was all black fur with yellow eyes and the second mad something of a molten bronze appearance with blue eyes. "Ladies.". Both of them wore the uniform well and made it look good.

The first one smiled as she began purring at him. "Mmmmm Welcome aboard." she mewled. "I assume you are here for your room... assignment?"

"I am. yes." Duval answered with a smile.

The boy regarded the two Caitians. "Cool." he said evenly.

The two women looked between them as the molten bronzed female handed him a PADD. "You didn't mark any special preferences down when you were posted here.. Other then your son here." she indicated Ryujin with her short claws.

"Nope... Nothing special for me." he indicated Ryujin "He'll need a space for himself of course." Duval responded breezily. "Why... something about the living accommodations I should know?"

The black furred woman shook her head no. "You might not be accustomed to the new standards we set."

Duval raised an eyebrow. "Now thats telling... why is that?"

"We have so much more personal space now. I live in luxury... So does everyone else on this ship... The ship has been reorganized somewhat differently then the older ships.. and you have been confined to something resembling a prison cell on a Nova Class starship."

Duval found he had no good response for that so he opted to say little at all. "The assignment on Galileo wasn't bad.... mostly." he sighed.

"Oh... something we can... assist with?"

Duval regarded the two women, he was highly tempted as he regarded the one who spoke, the black haired kitty. "Mmm... I'm not sure to be honest.." Duval admitted.

Lieutenant JG Hsirr blinked her yellow eyes as she looked at him. "Well I am Hsirr." she pronounced her name as 'His'err'

"Anthony Duval.. I'm one of the ships R&D guys." he turned "This is my son, Ryujin."

Hsirr nodded to the small child. "Greetings oh mighty Dragon lord."

Duval raised an eyebrow. "You know?"

Hsirr nodded her black furry head. "I do. Your son will grow to become a fine man.. He is named for a legend after all... You chose well."

"I didn't choose anything, I didn't even know he existed until a year ago.."

"My apologies..." The Caitian responded with a soft bow. "Anyway I am in Operations... We will be seeing much of each other then Anthony Duval." she purred at him.

Ryujin smiled as he watched the man he had only just started calling 'Dad' a few weeks earlier and the Caitian woman who was clearly in the mood, this boy was clearly a lot more then he seemed to be.

Duval looked over the PADD. "Thanks ladies.. I'd best go drop my stuff off before checking in." and with that he turned and departed, knowing full well that both Caitians had been flirting with him. He didn't mind in the least.

"Dad, she likes you." Ryujin said quietly.

"Nothing wrong with that, son." Duval responded evenly, a smile on his lips.

Duval moved off down the hallway before entering another turbolift. Minutes later he was in his new quarters as he very quickly saw what the two Caitian females were talking about. His quarters were easily four times the size of the ones he had on his last starship assignment and he had to share those with another person.

Duval suddenly felt the need to repress the emotion to go back to the Quartermasters office to invite one of those two Caitians to his quarters after their shift. "Go on and unpack... Stay here until I get back.." Duval dropped off his oversized toolcase on the floor near the door and then he dropped off a second case on the sofa.

Ryujin turned and went into his room. "Wow... so big... what to do with all this... space..?" he asked himself.

Duval himself sighed softly as he walked out the door, heading down the hallway to find his department boss so he could check in.