The New Years Gathering that went Sideways

Posted on Thu Mar 5th, 2020 @ 3:26am by Lieutenant Colonel 'Greyscarr' Abooksigun & Lieutenant Colonel Tienn Nerra

Mission: Mission 53: Last March of the Enterprise-E
Location: Various Locations - USS Argonne
Timeline: 2000Hrs - Dec 31st, 2391

Major Tienn Nerra was a single woman and she wasn't seeing anyone who she looked out at the crowd with a measure of trepidation and envy as she was wearing a simple but elegant cocktail dress. It was black and only went half way down her thighs, also it was backless and went over her shoulders, leaving her arms bare and she could step out of it after sliding the two straps off of her shoulders. Under it she wore only a pair of panties and nothing else.

She had brushed out her hair and applied a little makeup and now she along with two hundred other people were attending this New Years party, mostly because she wasn't going to attend but then she decided that she would at the last minute.

Mostly that was because of the fact that her older siblings convinced her that she needed to get out more and now Tienn Nerra was listening to them on relationships and how to get into one. When it came to relationships however, Iteela was the most open minded of all of her siblings and it showed in how Nerra carried herself, her hairstyle and even her body language which at times screamed 'Leave me alone'.

Kerris and Ezas were both married with husbands and several children between the two of them and Nerra was alone, even her brothers had all married nice Bajoran and human girls and had raised their own families. Even Iteela was romantically involved with someone though considering what happened six weeks earlier with Iteela's recovery, one could wonder if that relationship would endure.

Then there were her brothers, Koll who had married a nice Bajoran girl and had two children of his own with a third on the way. Leran who was a little more outgoing then Koll who had married a Betazed woman and they had four children, she had one from a previous liaison and they had three of their own and this left Jeric. He was a civilian Doctor who had married a human woman from New Leningrad on Alpha Centauri. Nerra smiled as she recalled her sister in law who had a lovely dusky shade of olive to her skin with black hair and deep brown eyes.

Nerra sighed softly as she gave the small army of couples the once over, many of the men were wearing dress uniforms or very nice formal wear where as the ladies were also either in dress uniforms or ballroom gowns of various types and styles. She was the last single in her family and at times she was envious of her siblings.

Meanwhile nearby stood a large Caitian male wearing his dress uniform, his fur was always rather short bu he stood in at six foot one and change and massed a hundred and eighty pounds, he was also not a young Caitian either as he lived up to his nickname of Greyscarr because his name was simply unpronounceable to humans so he introduced him to everyone he met as 'Greyscarr'

He looked around the room at the assembled crowd all dancing merrily away and the gatherings at the various tables but he spotted one female seated alone who looked lost in thought. At first he did not recognize her but then he peered a little closer. 'Major Tienn.' he recalled who she was, the commander of the forth battalion which was an engineering and headquarters unit. He had no idea she could dress up so well as he had never seen her in anything but her uniform.

As the old saying that went 'Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back'. Greystarr slowly padded on over to the lone female. "You look lost... Mind if I join you?"

"Be my guest." Tienn was originally going to tell him to shoo, scat kitty and the like but she surprised even herself when she indicated the other chair before her as she said "Take a seat"

Greyscarr slid his massive form into the chair as he regarded the smaller Bajoran woman next to him. "So.... Come here often?"

"No... I was honestly... not sure if I should show up..."

"Why?" Greyscarr peered at her with his orange eyes.

I've.... never really been big on social events." Tienn admitted quietly.

"Thats unfortunate, you do clean up very well and... you are a handsome woman. Why not get out more and let people see you as something more then an ivy league drone."

Tienn blinked as she regarded him. "An Ivy league drone... Not a line I expected from you...."

"Yes well... I never said I was ordinary." Greyscarr responded with a smile.

"I'm noticing that.... Still... Not everyone seems to care about my looks."

"Why not?" Greyscarr inquired. "You are lovely and healthy. A very attractive woman by all standards."

Tienn was not used to hearing she looked good on any level whatsoever, she went a deep shade of chocolate brown when he said as much to her. "Like I said..."

"Your issue... if I may be so bold Miss Tienn... Its not your looks, its your attitude and body language... You don't want others getting too close because it screams 'go away' in quite loud tones."

"Oh?" Tienn regarded him with an inquiring tone. "Hows that?"

"Well.. you have that hunched over look, you tend to frown a lot when you shouldn't, and you cross your arms a lot rather then let them dangle at your sides.."

Tienn paused. "I guess I never considered that.."

Greyscarr nodded his furry head as he regarded her with his orange eyes. "Considering that I've made a career in medicine up to this point... I have kinda had little choice but to learn how to read body language... Which honestly its nearly universal in almost all species anyway. With Klingons is more extreme because they tend to act more belligerent because they can get away with it... Bajorans however tend to be more subtle but.... You tend to be very in your face with a lot of things my dear."

"Oh.." Tienn had no idea of any of this. "I guess... because my last few relationships ended badly."

"Do not let them live in your head rent free... Which is what you could be doing without realizing it." Greyscarr explained with a smile.

Tienn regarded him in silence for a moment as she slowly smiled. "You make an excellent point."

"I do?." Greyscarr responded. "I confess... I did not expect you to give me the time of day.."

"Oh... Why is that?" Tienn inquired.

"Because... your body language says... 'leave me alone'." the Caitian explained evenly. "I can if you wish..."

"No..." Tienn admitted. "Stay... and lets enjoy the party... together."

"Very well.." Greyscarr responded with a smile.