Mechanically

Posted on Sat Mar 23rd, 2024 @ 5:34pm by Lieutenant Tracey Walker Jr

Mission: Thunderdome
Location: Various
Timeline: Current

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[USS Chuck Norris]

Trace went about his duties mechanically. Reading reports, filling requisitions, repairing mundane backups to backups. The Norris had not seen action for quite some time, so his list of to dos were nothing more than routine, and man did they ever feel routine.

Although they had arrived back at base, he had remained on the ship. He told himself that it was because he should use the time to catch up from the mission, but he knew he was lying to himself. With his quarters just a few doors down from Ensign Thorne's, he was avoiding her.

Ever since their goodbyes in Sickbay, he hadn't felt the same. He missed her, missed her companionship, but she was right, they needed to take a breather. It had been three days, was that long enough?

No, he thought, he wouldn't be the one to rach out.

[Starbase 364]

Geneva sat at one of the shops on the Promenade, nursing a large bowl of chocolate ice cream. She signed heavily, missing Trace.

She took another bite, mechanically, not really tasting the chocolate and wondered 'is three days enough?'

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Lieutenant Tracey Walker
Chief Engineer
USS Chuck Norris