First Review

Posted on Mon Mar 9th, 2020 @ 12:08am by Fleet Captain Torilla Yamaguchi

Mission: Mission 70: Children and the Workplace do Not Mix
Location: Various Locations - USS Courageous
Timeline: 0900Hrs, April 7th - 2392

Whitepaw and Seykai both approached Torilla Yamaguchi's quarters, having been charged with being her reviewing officers in the adoption cases and Whitepaw hit the door chime and waited for a response.

The door opened as Captain Yamaguchi stood before them, wearing civilian clothing. "Hey guys, come on in." and with that she withdrew, permitting both beings access.

Inside were four Caitian children who seemed almost afraid to be here, one of them was sitting at the kitchen table, PADD before him as he was trying to read it, upon seeing the new arrivals, he quietly slunk off under the table.

"Help yourselves to the replicator, if you need anything." Yamaguchi was saying. "Three of the kits are asleep at the present time and H'Raal is..." Yamaguchi turned. "Well he was at the table, learning how to count." she sighed softly as a door opened and just as quickly closed again. "That'll be him, heading back into the bedroom..." she slowly blinked. "So... What can I do for you two?"

Whitepaw answered. "Well, we are here to interview you on your request for permanent adoption."

"Of course... Sorry about the mess.. the guys are still adjusting to their new environment." Yamaguchi explained as she picked up the half dozen PADDs clustered on the table. "They are busy settling in... At least they didn't claw me when I had breakfast this morning.."

Whitepaw nodded while Seykai looked around, first wandering into the kits room, looking around at the accommodations, which looked good to him.

Torilla observed in silence while she followed the two smaller officers before her. "I did read up on Caitian culture but these guys wanted it warmer then normal for Caitian children... I have a feeling they adopted some Klingon in their culture too... One of the kits also have a craving for Rokeg blood pie... I'm not sure if that's healthy or not... I was going to look into it shortly."

Whitepaw looked over his notes. "It's not an awful choice, but no, unfortunately, it isn't particularly healthy for caitians, it is recommended that you start getting them into more caitian oriented foods."

Seykai looked under the bed, seeing one of the kits under there.

The kit regarded him in silence. "Ummm.." the small kit mewled softly.

Meanwhile, Torilla regarded Whitepaw with a gentle smile. "I was looking up Caitian dietary requirements when you arrived," she explained. "Their fur is patchy and they are so thin... I was told they were emaciated and I needed to give them as much food as they wanted for as long as possible.." Yamaguchi explained. "I tried brushing one of them earlier but she didn't like it.."

Seykai held out his paw, inviting the kit to come out.

The kit slowly moved forward, emerging from under the bunk moments later. "Who.. are you?" he inquired.

Seykai, who was barely taller than the Caitian kit, despite being an adult for his species replied. "I'm Seykai, I am an Akurian Kurokuri."

"I'm... I am H'Raal.." he paused. "Oh... I didn't know any other species other than Klingons or Ferasians even existed.." he paused. "you look... similar to me..?"

Seykai shrugged," well there are a lot of different species out there, and yes Akurians do appear fairly similar to Ferasians."

"How?" the small kit inquired. "I'm hungry..." he added a moment later.

Whitepaw then said to Torilla, "Can you call the other three out too, I want to check on them as well."

Yamaguchi nodded before she called the three others by their names. "Kits. you can come out... These are friends... They mean no harm.."

The three kits all slowly appeared slowly, two males and two females.

Whitepaw looked over all four of them, seeing all four of them where still in poor condition, no doubt due to their treatment at the hands of the Klingons. Two of them looked like they had baths recently but the other two hadn't yet. Whitepaw then turned back over to Torilla, handing her a padd. "Well this contains a lot of relevant information for caring for Caitians, as well as some helpful contact information. Your accommodations otherwise look pretty good and it looks like you haven't tried to force them into clothing or something else silly."

Yamaguchi accepted the PADD. "Thank you. This will be most helpful," she responded. "I don't want them to do anything they don't want to do," Yamaguchi explained. "If they are cold then I'll turn up the heating for them. I personally don't mind.." she explained. "Also the dogs have been getting to know them... the kits also are being nice to the dogs.. after I explained things to them.." she paused. "You four hungry?" she inquired of the kits.

"Yes." the largest responded. "Soup still?"

"You guys have been badly neglected and underfed... I can't feed you large meals... It'll cause more harm than good." Yamaguchi explained. "Also your bodies are not used to large meals... I'd be willing to bet that you four have had scraps and garbage to eat?"

"Yes... You could call it that... If they bothered feeding us at all." H'Raal explained.

"Well... That is going to change.." Yamaguchi smiled at them. "I aim to see to it that you guys will have a good home and kin to call your own, especially when you guys meet my mate and my other children..."

Whitepaw made a note on his Padd. "Well, either way, it looks like your adoption will be approved, I see no reason why it wouldn't."

Yamaguchi smiled. "Thank you," she responded. "I'll inform Jake the next time we talk... Which with a little luck.. should be tonight.."

Whitepaw nodded and then left the room with Seykai following.

Yamaguchi turned to the kits. "Come on guys... Let me show you how I live.." she led them over to the replicator. "Computer. a kansas city steak with barbeque sauce, sixty four ounces.." as the massive dish appeared, Torilla reached in and plucked the large dish out before moving it to the dinner table. "Computer.. a plate of cheesy bread with a side of marinara sauce." and her dish appeared. "This.. is for me... that.." she indicated the steak.." is for you four."

Yamaguchi then grabbed four plates and then with two knives, she proceeded to carve up the steak and divide it between the four of the Caitians who were all drooling over the massive hunk of food before them.

She served them their food before she turned her attention to her plate of food, as on most days she tended to eat light meals. "Come on guys.. take a seat each." as they did so, before getting stuck into their food as Torilla began reading the PADD before her, it had the medical reports of the Caitian children, plus their experiences. The report was signed by a Michael Yamaguchi and the one who rescued Amira Yamaguchi as she was now called was someone named Maya Yamaguchi.

Yamaguchi raised an eyebrow. "Could these two be related?... Nah that's impossible..." she said aloud.