[USS Juno] The gift of water.

Posted on Mon Oct 8th, 2018 @ 8:54pm by Captain Harrold Anderson & Lieutenant Alexander Newman & Commander T'San & Lieutenant Avril Taylor & Captain Xalanth & Lieutenant Kimoni Jexen & Major Charlena Dilucca

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Mission: [USS Shanghai] S1, E6: The Last Ride
Location: Senior staff briefing room
Timeline: 06/02/2394, 1600 hours

Xalanth tapped his fingers on the table casually waiting for everyone to arrive. A small collection of ornamental looking bottles sat on the staff table the high-quality glass reflecting some of the rooms light.

This was something he'd never had thought he would have to do. Still, after the conflict with the crescent, this was something that everyone would be able to enjoy. Getting everyone's mind onto a more happy idea would help.

Harry walked into the briefing room, he was not use to Xalanth calling a meeting. But he was proud of Xalanth for doing so. He wondered what the Dragonian had to debrief the crew on? The conflict with the Crescent, was now over and thanks to people like Xalanth, they were now on their way home.

Avril walked into the room, noticed that Xalanth was leading the mission and not the captain, she walked over and took her seat. While she waited, she poured herself a glass of water.

T'San walked up to the room when he saw Charlena coming up too. "Captain," T'San said as she nodded to Charlena. She then walked in to the room and quietly took a seat.

Charlena followed close behind. She nodded to everyone in the room and then sat down next to Harry. She took one of the bottles and looked at it amazed before placing it back from where she got it.

Alexander walked into the room. He was a little sore at the Captain, the USS Juno, was barely holding together, but she was travelling under her own power to Starbase 324. To make repairs. He had been compling a list damage report list for the captain, when he got the invite to this meeting.

Kimoni stepped into the briefing room, her hair pulled back into a loose ponytail. "Good afternoon everyone." She said, her voice bright and cheerful as she took her place at the table.

As soon as everyone had entered the lizard stopped his tapping and looked at the table. " Well thank you for coming everyone. I know this is unusual for me to be doing these but given the situation it better if i explain. As you know my people have begun colonising Pi Librae III for a new colony world. It also happens to be the end of my homeworld cycle around it's stars so it also happens to be my peoples new year. As a sign of friendship, my great-grandmother has invited the local federation forces to join them on Pi Librae III for the celebrations. " The lizard explained calmly though the grin on his face showed he was happy.

"What can we expect at this celebration? Any customs we need to be made aware of?" Harry asked, hoping Xalanth, could provide a little more information for the group?

" A lot of drinking, feasting and gift giving. Yes, there are a few customs you need to know. First of all, you need to know the clan markings. " The lizard said as he pressed a few buttons causing three holograms of patterns to apper over the table. All consisted of a straight line one with spirals, one with straight jagged lines and one was a solid straight line.

" The first one belongs to clan Ryrsoss who are also on the planet. There a former city clan, but they lost the city in the war with the Yor. The second is of clan dragon my own clan. The last is for dragonians with no clan. I don't think they'll mind if you don't wear any markings, but if you want draw the lines of the no clan under you're eyes and backwards around your head. I can provide the paint if anyone wants any." The lizard said mimicking the movement with his hands

" Also please don't mention the war with the Yor to anyone from clan Ryrsoss. They lost everything and have been living with us ever since. " He added as he waited for any questions before continuing.

T'San looked to the holograms. "So about this gifting, are there anything we need to know about this gifting? I think as your guests we should bring something as well. Is there anything we would need to know about that. Any special rituals we need to take in account?"

" Yes, that is the primary reason I asked you all here." The lizard said as his hand moved the bottles so they were directly in front of him. " When a foreign clan enters another's party it is customary for its leaders to give the gift of water as a sign of peace. The gift of water is customarily drawn from the blood of the clan's leaders which is filtered down into it's water. " he said weakly tapping the bottles nervously.

T'San looked to the bottles. "So, how does this work in our case? Would you like me to filter the captain's blood, or maybe the highest representative of starfleet?" She was trying to remember the name of the sector commander. "Commodore Martinez?"

Charlena looked over to T'San. "You're the doctor, how much blood would you need to fill those bottles?"

T'San looked over to Charlena. "You don't need to worry, captain, for those bottles, a bag of blood would do. Once it is filtered, I can replicate enough to fill the bottles. Most of a humans blood is water in essence. Just a small part is plasma and red blood cells and iron cells." She explained.

" One from each of us and the other senior staff of the other ships that will be attending as well as the sector staff who will be attending. " Xalanth answered the Vulcan MD.

"So the different departments are considered clans?" T'San asked. "Very well, I will coordinate with Sector medical and the other chief medicals in the sector."

Harry was not sure how he felt about gifting blood to a race, he barely knew. But he did not want to upset his tactical officer. Xalanth openly accepted their customs, it was the least Harry could do, accept his customs. "When can we expect the Dragonian celebration to begin?" Asked Harry, knowing he would have to talk to Commodore Martinez.

" Around two weeks. Should be more than enough time for us to reach the colony. " Xalanth replied a smile on his face.

Kimoni nodded, "Well I think it's safe to say we could all do with some good news and good vibes after the last few weeks, we have something to look forward too now at least."

" I hope you all will. I've sent a list of gifts you may want to bring and a list of do's and don't. If anyone wants any more info me and my mate will be available to answer any questions. We'll be practising the speech for the opening. " Xalanth said with a happy grin on his face. He hadn't been to one of these since he was twelve.

 

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