Seeking and Finding

Posted on Sat Mar 14th, 2020 @ 2:10am by Captain Astrid "Alex" Yamaguchi & Commander Gail Hobbs & Division Admiral Celeste Yamaguchi-Hobbs

Mission: Mission 96: Settling Accounts
Location: Various Locations - Starbase 12
Timeline: 0930Hrs, September 6th, 2392

Captain Alex Yamaguchi was wearing civilian clothing and she was sitting at one of the smaller bistros with a small mean before consisting of two Boston Cream doughnuts and a decent sized cup of hot chocolate. Alex had just heard from a friend that her old friend was alive and well.

The com system beeped at her. "Yamaguchi to Yamaguchi. Alex, this is Celeste. You there?"

"I am Cel. Whats up?" Alex smiled as she gently set down the PADD in her hands.

"Does a Commander Gail Hobbs ring a bell?" Yamaguchi inquired of Alex, she raised an eyebrow. "Gail Hobbs... There's a name I thought I'd never hear ever again. Yes, I know her, whats going on?" Alex responded it was almost a demand.

"Well she was just released and now she's heading over to the starbase," Celeste explained the particulars as Alex nodded her head. "Thanks, Celeste. I'll take it from here. She will be mine and I will bed her and make her moan my name in greek."

Celeste laughed softly. "Then I will leave that one with you. I'm going to take my own wife to bed and have my way with her, see ya later. Yamaguchi out."

Alex tapped her combadge, she smiled as she recalled that Celeste was gay, in truth Alex was was bi-sexual as she preferred the company of who she was with, rather then either gender. But she didn't make it a habit to just have sex with anyone.

Alex lifted the PADD before her right hand snaked its way across her chest before she tapped her combadge over her left breast. "Yamaguchi to Hobbs. Gail?. Could you meet me at Starbase Bistro Six? We should talk."

"Alright, I'm on my way Captain," Gail replied.

Several minutes later, Alex was seated at her destination as she regarded the large crowd of people as they passed her by, she could tell the looks she was getting from the men, a mixture of interest, desire and a few cases of lust whereas with the women, it was random. Alex lifted her glass of water to her lips, she took a sip as she spotted her quarry. Alex grinned as she waved at the other woman.

Gail spotted Alex and moved to her table. She stood rather rigidly and addressed the woman semi-formally. "Hello Captain, you wanted to see me?"

"Have a seat before someone thinks the worst and calls security on me for being disruptive to public order and then my day gets ruined," Alex commented quietly. "You look well.. if somewhat malnourished. You should try the food around here, it's quite good." Yamaguchi then grinned at the other female.

"Thank you" Gail nervously smiled back. She then ordered a cup of coffee and a croissant. "How can I help you, Captain?"

"Ahh. Always so formal. You know, you really should stop doing that." Yamaguchi responded with a gentle smile. "These people don't do it, I wouldn't expect it of you."

"Sorry, old habit," Gail replied. "So are you working for the Star Fleet here?"

Yamaguchi regarded the other female. "I am, they offered me an assignment with their intelligence section. I was given the rank of Captain and now I'm assigned to the Hermes. For now... I might be getting my own command too." she paused. "We have great need of people with your skillset Gail. I know Starfleet Captain's who'd do anything to have you." Yamaguchi paused as she realized the double entendre of her comment. "Well, you know what I meant."

Gail let off a soft giggle. "Yes, I know what you mean. I volunteered for Star Fleet here because...well, I have nowhere else to go. I'm in temp quarters until they give me an assignment."

"You won't be waiting long Gail." Alex smiled as she regarded the other woman. "You'll have an assignment in a couple of days if you don't then give me a call. I'll talk to April Yamaguchi. I know she will happily make you useful." Yamaguchi paused. "This really is a nice reality to be in Gail. You'll like it here. These people do care, nobody will try anything stupid with you and you'll find decent people here." Yamaguchi then smiled.

"Maybe your right." Gail agreed. "These people don't seem to have the totalitarian mindset our world has."

"I've been here for over a year now and I'm still enjoying the fact that these people in this universe's Starfleet are people of good character, much like the word we knew once was," Alex responded, a wide grin on her face. "Mind a little advice?"

"No. I don't mind advice at all." Gail answered.

"Go planetside, take off your uniform, go enjoy life, go bond with some handsome guy and get laid. It doesn't need to be anything overly fancy or complex." Yamaguchi responded. "It helped me sort out what was important and what was not. Whats important is that you are here, alive and well. Everything else is negotiable and where you came from is unimportant as we're not going back there."

"I think I'll do that." Gail agreed. "I'm sure Star Fleet will survive without me for two weeks."

"See, you're adjusting already." Yamaguchi grinned across at the other woman. "Besides, you should see the firefalls and the beaches of the world below. New Holland truly is a lovely world."

"I think in our universe we blew this world up." Gail shrugged. "It would be nice to see the world with its atmosphere in place and its population alive."

Alex nodded her head. "We glassed it because the Romulans had taken it and they had glassed Deneva." she sighed softly as she gently took the other woman's hand in her own. "This reality really is a paradise, go and enjoy it."

"Okay, okay. I'll go." Gail replied. "You don't have to order me to go enjoy myself in a paradise."

"Good. I recall what it took to get you to go on leave or even take off the uniform for any length of time." Alex responded. "Has anyone called you a really stubborn woman?" Yamaguchi inquired. "If people look it up, they will find your name listed there."

"Never really had to get out of uniform before." Gail smiled. "It was good talking to you again."

"You too Gail." Yamaguchi smiled. "Well, I'm just a friend who is concerned about a friend. So with that said, take off the uniform and go burn your body on a beach, earning a tan and make the young men work for you for a change."

Gail laughed. "Alright, thanks."