Pussy footing about

Posted on 01 Jul 2018 @ 6:11am by Commander S’chqenr T’Jedf Tolkath (Jan 2389 - TRNSFR After Gorn War) & Captain Akio Tachibana & Lieutenant Amiri Aldana 365, D.V.M., M.D. & Lieutenant Commander Iria Taltos

Mission: Ne Me'e Laua Na Paio - Heroes & Villains
Location: various
Timeline: after tea time talk
Tags: Sombra, 3CW4YMF696F

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[Various Decks]

Anyone that has ever had a cat knew that felines like knowing every nook and cranny of their new home. The red-brown Turkish angora was no different. As she slipped out of the quarters and started down the corridor. Nimbly avoiding the various folks that she passed through the corridor and to the lift. So far no one seemed to be noticing the feline’s movements. She was making no moves to hide but just avoided in being tread upon.

She never went in anywhere she was not openly invited to by someone and never stayed very long either.

The only time she moved quickly was when encountering a young Petty Officer whom started sneezing very loudly and very quickly in succession. She took off running in the opposite direction and ran right into the boots of…

Tolkath looked down to see a small feline animal at his feet. He raised an eyebrow quizzically. It seemed a little startled for a moment, then recovered and trotted off down the corridor. As it left he caught an odd scent again, it defiantly was similar to a Vulcan Le mayta. Perhaps the animal belonged to one of the Wardroom personnel he mused and continued on his way.

Akio was passing along the corridor and saw a reddish-brown cat roaming the halls. He could not recall anyone who had a cat, yet considering Lieutenant Aldana’s animals aboard, it was entirely possible another crew member also had a cat. Looking up and realizing he was on a crew level, it all made more sense.

The USS Hawai'i seemed to be turning into a zoo…

The angora seemed to notice the regard from Akio and calmly walked up to him purring loudly, it “Mourrr?” in an obvious greeting as it paused within arm’s reach.

Aldana was relaxing with hir guyzos in hir furcoat. S/he was in hir quarters with a new Comic-PADD when s/he sensed a new ‘voice’ near-by. S/he didn’t usually make a habit of talking to animals who couldn’t see hir, so s/he stood grabbing a wrap poked hir head out into the corridor.

Sombra perked up. He followed, waiting just behind Alpha in case s/he left. He cocked his head, unsure of what was going on.

Seeing the captain near-by, Aldana took a moment to put on the wrap, and ventured out into the hall. Looking back at Sombra s/he said ~It’ll be alright, stay here.~ S/he soon approached the captain, and what appeared to be a small feline. S/he knelt by the cat, ~“Hello,”~ s/he greeted both out loud for the captain’s benefit and in a manner s/he assumed the cat would understand.

"Greetings," Akio nodded as he continued along.

The Angora jumped about a foot into the air of the corridor, turned and headed back down the direction it had come from. Her tail was fluffed out fully her ears laid back flat against bher hear as she ran. Her yeowl was a mixture of surprise and hurt. Though that would take a person used to hearing such sounds to actually know it!.

Tolkath was exiting one of the Science Labs as the feline zipped past. He watched it scurrying along and round a corner. He briefly wondered again where the animal belonged but was more engrossed in the PaDD he carried which had a copy of the code to reconfigue starships to give out Gorn style energy signatures. He walked the same way as the feline had gone, turning the corner he did not see the animal again but a turbolift door was closing further down the corridor. He continued on his way.

Once the lift doors closed, the Petty Officers within had not noticed the feline sliding into the lift, but did once it ran out after them upon exiting. It ran all the way down the corridor until it hit the junction and turned left, a few quarters down on the left then it paused and sat down. Once the corridor was empty it entered one set of quarters and once the doorway hissed shut. The feline yeowled a few times as if cursing in cat-tish fury. A few minutes of silence followed, then Iria Taltos left her quarters, her expression a mixture of pain and wary amusement. She was dressed in a navy blue t-shirt and gray slacks, her hair hanging down loosely down her back as she walked in a pair of slip on shoes with open toes.


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Akio Tachibana, CAPT, SF
CO

Talkath, Cmdr, SF
2XO/CSO

Aldana 365, Lt,
CMO

Iria Taltos LtJg. SF
Asst. CEO