Old Metal Under a New Coat of Paint - Part One (Nerra)

Posted on Fri Mar 20th, 2020 @ 3:35pm by Lieutenant Colonel Tienn Nerra & Lieutenant Commander Shandis "Darkmoon" Dvald-Festlin

Mission: Mission 102: Sic Transit Tienn
Location: Various Locations - Camp Ostia - Utgarde IV
Timeline: 0900Hrs - August 14th, 2393

Lt Colonel Tienn Nerra smiled as she was now wearing her uniform, her leave had been very productive and she had decided to save the remaining sixteen days of her leave time for another occasion so now she was back on active duty, she found that she was eager to go back to work as she nodded to her aide. "Hello Shorin, anything for me?"

"No. Major Dvald-Festlin took care of everything while you were gone." Shorin answered with a smile. "You had one request to see the Major when you returned, however." he smiled at her. "I'll let the Major know that you're back."

"Okay, sounds great. I'll drop by and see her now." Tienn gave the young Bolian male a warm smile. "Thanks for letting me know." as she went into her office, everything looked as she had left it which made the handsome Bajoran female smile as she went over to her desk, she then slid her lithe form into the chair, she sat back as she closed her eyes. Tienn suddenly sneezed as she winced, she then sneezed second and third time. Tienn sighed softly as she sometimes hated the sneezing part of being pregnant as this would be her third child.

Suddenly the door beeped at Tienn, interrupting her reverie. She sneezed once as she added. "Its... Open!" she called, more as a sigh rather than a shout. "Gaahhh..!" she groaned loudly

The door opened and in walked a small framed Bolian woman, she wore her marine uniform with an engineering gold color rather than marine green but she also wore marine rank insignia. "Good Morning Colonel." Daenerys Dvald-Festlin addressed her.

"Come on in Major," Tienn sighed.

"Are you alright sir." Dvald-Festlin inquired as she slid her small frame into a chair which looked oversized compared to her.

"I am pregnant Daenerys," Tienn answered evenly. "Human females get nauseous, Bajoran females sneeze. I don't know about Bolian women..."

"We tend to eat more, we also get emotional," Dvald-Festlin answered, a gentle smile on her lips. "Siaxx is pregnant and shouting at her, tends to make her cry." she did not smile. "The last guy she got into a screaming match was her yeoman, she ended up bursting into tears and it... Well, it didn't end well for anyone involved." the small Bolian explained. "If I ended up becoming pregnant, I'd be in the same boat for the same reasons."

"I can imagine not. Seeing Fleet Captain Dvald-Vaxx cry would be one thing, actively making her cry would be quite another." Tienn answered. "Bolian pregnancy issues being what they are."

"Yeah so Siaxx's yeoman was replaced with someone new, this new guy is a Vulcan and seems to be able to understand that Siaxx is a delicate flower right now." the small Bolian explained. "Did you get everything done that you wanted to sort out with your leave?" she inquired.

"I did." Tienn sighed softly. "Koll was dealt with and he was punished, right now he's presently planetside, reconnecting with our extended family and now he's dealing with something of a midlife crisis." Tienn slowly shook her head as she spoke. "I was there for the events in question and I don't quite believe it, it just seems like it came out of the left field for me to process properly."

Dvald-Festlin nodded at the Bajoran woman before her. "Considering I'm from an alternate reality and I expect the people here to act and operate a certain way, they seldom do, its a major surprise every time it happens." the small Bolian woman sighed. "Mind if I share something with you, Colonel?"

"Nerra... You can call me by name while we're in here." Tienn had said this to the small Bolian female before her on more than one occasion but she suspected that she was indeed wasting her time. "What's on your mind Daenerys?" she asked of the small Bolian female.

"I was nothing more than a deranged killing machine in my home reality, who enjoyed sex way too much," Dvald-Festlin explained. "I am the twin of Siaxx in more ways than one, and I was treated as little better than a fucktoy. Here, however, I am respected and treated like I have something serious to contribute." she paused. "I know Ouros is in the same boat as me with her mindset about life."

"You were from a dark reality," Tienn answered quietly. "I heard about it from others." she paused. "I guess its a good thing that I don't have a duplicate from that reality... I'm not sure if that would be good... or very very bad."

Dvald-Festlin simply shrugged. "Who knows Nerra," she admitted, as a sly smile crossed her lips. "Your brother will choose his new course when he feels good and ready, there is nothing you can do about it, other than let him know that you have forgiven him for his transgressions against you... Forgive but do not forget what he did. He does not deserve that much..." she paused. "Nobody does."

"Alright." Tienn paused. "Where are we with the exercise that we had planned?"

"We're still waiting on final approval but once we have that, we can start a day after we get approval."

"Good," Tienn answered with a smile. "Were there any concerns?" she inquired.

"Only with the planned route through the Tamsin desert. We will be stuck moving at night and in case something went wrong, we'd have to abort the mission." the small Bolian explained.

Tienn nodded. "Alright, so we'll carry extra food, water, and medical kits." she paused. "Add in some extra shelters, to keep out unwanted lifeforms. I read Ouros's report about the bug-things encountered during the Sternwald event. We do not need our guys going through a repeat,"

"Aye Colonel." as the small Bolian produced a PADD and went to work.