The Family Arrives - Part One

Posted on Mon Feb 24th, 2020 @ 1:54am by Commodore Siaxx "Bluemoon" Dvald-Vaxx MD & Jillian "Phoenix" Sullivan
Edited on on Mon Feb 24th, 2020 @ 1:55am

Mission: Mission 10: Holding on and Letting Go
Location: Various Locations - Starbase 400
Timeline: 1300Hrs - November 10th, 2389

It did not take long for Phoenix and Siaxx to wash up and arrive in time for meet the pilot's family. What took so long was the fact the transport unloaded at least a hundred folks. Siaxx could see Phoenix growing more and more anxious as well.

And so it was that at the very end of the line, the handicapped folks and their companions filed out. The Sullivan clan were in the middle of this group. And Misses Sullivan contrasted the most. Gaunt from an illness only the Sullivan clan and the SB400 medical staff knew about.

Her hair was probably all gone, given that bright vibrant red, curly-haired wig. She walked with dignity and grace, despite having to lean so much on a cane. Dorothy's smile was infectious as she found Phoenix in the waiting crowd.

"Mom! Dad!" Phoenix completely forgot about Siaxx standing beside of her, as she ran up to them.

Blake, also elderly and immaculately tall and a gaunt face. He had a powerful grip, nonetheless as he and Dorothy hugged Phoenix.

"Who's the blue gal?" a young teenage girl pointed out as she spotted Siaxx. Aryssa. Very healthy looking but gangly. She looked the most like Phoenix though her attire was a bit baggy, in jeans and a hoodie.

The youngest of the clan carried a guitar-like case over her right shoulder along with a few other bags for her weakened grandparents.

Siaxx had remained motionless as she felt it best to let Phoenix or Jill as she had tried to call her a few times met her family alone, she was more of an outsider here then anything else. "I am Siaxx Dvald." then she inclined her head in a customary Bolian greeting as she extended her hand as if for a human handshake, but with the palm down and the fingers curved part way. It was meant to symbolise a connection she wished to make.

Aryssa sat the duffels down so she could shake hands with Siaxx. "I'm Aryssa an' the old lady is my mom Dorothy. An' the old chap is my dad Blake. An' you know my sister Jill," the teenager spoke in a very rehearsed way. As if Dorothy might of had a sit down with the girl prior to unloading.

"You're almost as tall as I am, Aryssa," Phoenix finally spoke as she turned to look the girl over. "Siaxx is also a friend of mine and has prepared a meal for all of us."

There was that warning look in Phoenix's eyes, to Aryssa after explaining.

"Well you can call me Dorothy, Siaxx, Dear," the Sullivan mom spoke as she labored a bit to walk over to Siaxx. "You'll also have to tell us all about Jill's misadventures. As I do love good stories."

Siaxx nodded as she gently shook hands in the human style as she greeted Jill's family. "Pleased to meet you Dorothy, Blake, Aryssa." she smiled at the three arrivals. "Alas my quarters are some distance. will you be alright with distance?" she looked at Dorothy.

"I can handle it," Dorothy stated, very proudly.

Aryssa and Phoenix exchanged glances, like some top-secret sibling language. Then the teenager looked like she wanted to say something, but Phoenix shook her head in the negative.

"Mom can lean on me if she gets too tired from her trip," Phoenix offered in a manner that suggested Dorothy's condition was jet-lag and nothing else.

"So why aren't we going to your place?" Aryssa asked with an evil grin. "It too much a mess for Mom?"

"Something like that," Phoenix both answered and evaded, then returned to Siaxx and took the Bolian's left hand in her prosthetics's hand. "I don' really live there much these days. An' I'm sure you wanna know more about the menu than my quarters."

"What is for dinner?" Aryssa blurted as she walked with the group at the rear. A sort of personal guard, making sure her parents moved all right.

"Shepards Pie with extra sauce." Siaxx responded. "I wasn't sure."

"Well you didn't have to go all-out for folks ya hadn't met before, Miss Siaxx," Dorothy pointed out very humbly. "Why I could of cooked for all of us easily."

"But you'd be beyond exhausted, Mother." Phoenix carried a very reverent tone with Dorothy, which was a very different side of her, compared to how she treated her other superiors and elders.

"Nonsense Jill," Dorothy laughed. "All the same, I thank you both." Phoenix's response was a blush.

"I'm traditional. Whenever guests are coming... I try to make them a meal to welcome them." Siaxx responded with a smile. "I am a medic by trade... so if you have any issues or concerns... I am available all hours of the day or night."

"So are you an Jill lesbians?" Aryssa asked in a very typical, very random teenage bluntness as she adjusted her hold on Dorothy's bags. This caused Phoenix to stop abruptly and nearly choke on air.

Siaxx seemed to be expecting the question. "There is a time and a place for everything, young one.... this is not the time or the place.." the Bolian then smiled.

"You don' seem like Jill's type," Aryssa observed. "She mostly-"

"Enough," Phoenix stated as she turned around and looked sternly at the younger woman. "Aint rightly sure what your angle is, Kid. But you'll behave, or I'll belt ya for that disrespect."

"Sheesh. It was just a conversation, Jill. Nothin' mean by it," Aryssa answered in fake-confusion. Phoenix gave a very dubious expression though.

"I believe the fact Miss Siaxx being a doctor is a wonderful thing," Dorothy spoke to break the tension with Phoenix and Aryssa. "I may take you up on that offer at some point. Though Blake an' I already made an appointment to see Doctor Brislan. I reckon anytime she's busy, you'd be more than welcome to look us over."

"You're already booked in to see Tressa?" she inquired. "Then you're in excellent hands already, she is an outstanding doctor." she commented. "shall we go?"

"You are an outstanding doctor too, Siaxx," Phoenix pointed out to her lover as they led the way.

"Well I suppose I can have Doctor Dvald look me over and let your mom see Brislan, if Doctor Dvald cares so much about our family," Blake said in his deep baritone.

Siaxx saw the conflict of interest looming before her. "No... if you're booked in to see Doctor Brislan then I won't get involved... she is my superior after all and I don't wanna piss her off."

"So is Jill getting along with folks here, Miss Siaxx?" Dorothy prodded happily as she watched Phoenix walk with the Bolian hand-in-hand.

"Jill does get along with the people here..... most of the time, she tells them what she wants and they generally give it to her, fear her or remain out of her way.." Siaxx explained. "she did win me thirty bars of latinum once.... It's best I don't tell that story here, the owner of the establishment in which it happened is right over there."

"Not the wild lady I used to hear stories about," Dorothy chuckled, happy to hear her daughter was starting to find her way.

"But yes, Jill tends to get along with everyone... the problem however is weither or not the soft skinned people that populate this base can handle it."

"So do we get to meet your family at some point? Or does Jill an' you not go for the in-law stuff yet?"

Phoenix pulled on her collar uncomfortably. Why did teenagers have to ask the most annoying, personal things. Worse than Torilla's nosey, youngest offspring, the pilot surmised.

Siaxx chuckled softly. "Mostly because my family is scattered across the astral winds of space... getting them here would require a lot of work and I see no need to bother them just yet." the handsome Bolian responded.

"Err... Meeting her folks, is up to Siaxx. When she's ready," Phoenix answered as she cleared her throat.

Siaxx smiled. "Indeed... but it won't be for awhile.."

"So you're lesbians," Aryssa stated as fact.

"Bolian culture don't really have that word, or one like it. We are a couple. Like any other," Phoenix corrected as she turned around and looked very sternly at her younger counterpart.

"I think it's cool," Aryssa stated, smiling brightly. "Having a lesbian sister-in-law would be awesome to tell folks about."

Phoenix smacked her forehead in resignation and continued on, taking Siaxx's hand in hers once more. How to approach that subject? Phoenix did not see marriage down the road. Feared the implications of a heavy, monogamous commitment.

"And you wonder why I don' like the runts?" Phoenix whispered dryly to Siaxx.

Siaxx's response was simple "Mmhmm." she turned her head. "Young one... you have so much to learn." she commented with a smile. "Where are you manners... you are aware its rude to speak so in public?" she inquired.

"Some teenagers just don't listen, no matter how much you ground them," Dorothy sighed in resignation.

"Could always cut her holodeck time," Blake spoke very warningly to Aryssa.

"Well it's not like there's a whole lot to talk about," the teenager half-complained, half-protested.

"Not true. Mom tells me you went to enlist in the corps," Phoenix countered.

"That's old news. They labeled me 4F because I could not read very well," Aryssa spoke with a wave of her hand. "But a lot of athletes get into the pros without good read'n skills."

"And how does the daughter of a former uni professor, rank such poor reading skills?" Phoenix spoke very angrily as she stopped abruptly and turned on Aryssa.

"It's not a big deal. I can work on my Quidditch skills an' get on a great league team very easily," Aryssa explained like a seasoned used car salesmen.