You Know I'm Here For The Party

Posted on Sat May 6th, 2023 @ 7:35pm by Captain Michael Murphy & Captain Jackson Adams & Lieutenant Commander Steve Ryan

Mission: The World We Never Knew
Location: Starbase 12

ON:

Commander Murphy walked into The Twelve, and looked around. He was wearing his duty uniform, as he felt that he should remain professional. He hoped to see others dressed more casually.

Steve shily showed up at "The Twelve". For once he was not wearing his uniform. A white shirt with rolled up sleeves and a black pair of trousers were his clothes for the night. As he glanced around to get some bearings of the place, Ens. O'Donnel stepped in alongside him.

As Lt. Ryan, she was not wearing her uniform but was showing more casual clothes. Her gray t-shirt with "Trust me, I'm an engineer" text written on the back and a pair of emerald green trousers.

They both showed a somewhat unease smile as they approached Commander Murphy and the rest of the people.

Murphy observed the Lieutenant and Ensign walking up to the group together and wondered if there was a relationship there. "You made it!" he said to them, enthusiastically. "They put out a table with free hors d'oeuvres, if you're interested," he said, pointing in it's direction.

The blonde ensign snapped to the attention “Sir” she saluted “We..we…met” she turned her eyes towards Steve for a moment ”.. disembarking from the Montana and decided to…to walk together” she clearly over explained.

Steve silently smiled “I thought it was an informal event, sir” he said looking at Murphy in his full uniform and trying to move the attention from Deborah’s words to something else. “I’m afraid I picked the wrong outfit then”

Murphy acknowledged O'Donnel with a nod and answered Steve, a smile on his face. "It's more likely that I picked the wrong outfit. But also, as a Commander, am I ever really off duty?"

O’Donnel relaxed a bit “hmm, hors..? duvre?” with an evidently confused face.
“kind of starters” Steve assisted her, trying to suppress a chuckle.

Captain Adams walked into the room, but he was in his regular uniform. As much as the Captain wanted to be "one of the guys" he was the Captain and that meant he had to maintain his distance. His uniform did just that. It reminded everyone that he was their Superior Officer.

"Hmm these are pretty good, I think there are shrimps in them" Deborah told Steve while holding some garlic bread in her hands.

Steve smiled "I don't really love fish but I'll have a bite to taste it" getting a bite of the bread directly from her hands "yeah, not bad" he acknowledged to then nod a salute to the captain entering the room.

"Why do you think this party?" he asked the blonde engineer.
"Don't know" she shrugged "maybe because we made it home?" offering that as an explanation.
Ryan pondered "Could be" sipping some of his drink "I've never been to a welcome home party" he raised his lips in an asymmetric smile "But I like it"

"Nor I did" O'Donnel echoed him "Thanks for the invitation" she whispered into his hear trying not to be heard from the other bystanders.

Murphy looked up at the sound of the live band beginning to play. The music was very modern, not really his thing.

The party continued on, into the night.

OFF

Captain Jackson Adams,
Commanding Officer

Commander Michael Murphy
Executive Officer

Lieutenant Steve Ryan
Chief Operations Officer

Ensign Deborah O'Donnel
Engineering Technician