"Fries With That?"
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Stardate: 60321.0245
Setting: TANGIERS ORBITAL - Draxx Quarters
It had been a long night, made longer still by the absence of any measure of time on the Orbital. Sure, time still existed, but in this place the casino managers did everything they could to make a person forget such things. Obviously, this was not a place designed with children in mind. Talia, in her youthful anticipation had refused to settle down until the wee hours of the morning, her mother almost certain at one point that the girl was determined to experience the whole Casino before sleeping.
It was 0245 before the Intel Operative had been able to shed her role of mother, one that, though she enjoyed the company of her child, she did not readily conform to. Pressing a button on the wall panel beside the child's room, Enaii sighed in relief as the doors slid shut, effectively imprisoning her sleeping daughter within.
Walking up to yet another wall panel, Enaii paused. What she wanted to do was call her wife and invite her over, if only for a few minutes of adult company. That, however, would blow their cover, and so she settled instead for calling room service. "This is Enaii Draxx," she spoke, using a name she had long ago shed but was well known by in this place from her days of gambling in her youth.
=/\=This is the TANGIERS ORBITAL Customer Satisfaction desk, how may we attend to your needs this morning Miss Draxx. A bottle of Romulan Ale, or perhaps a Risean Pleasure Woman?=/\= The voice over the communications channel was eager to please, as was the ORBITAL apparently, for having kept a file on her previous room service orders from nearly half a decade before.
"No," Enaii replied coldly before adding, "I am here with my daughter…"
=/\=Of course,=/\= replied the voice as if that explained everything. =/\=How may we endeavour to fulfill your desires then?=/\=
The Operative breathed deeply, the Risean sounded good, if only for a little company, but she did not wish for Sabrina to find out about the company and perhaps draw the wrong conclusion. "I will have a large bowl of strawberries dipped in dark chocolate, a side of whipped cream… actual *cream*, not that oil-based stuff, a bottle of Tarkillian spirits and a copy of the guest list complete with the arrival and departure days." The last item would cost her steeply, but the TANGIERS was about only one thing… profits… and everything was for sale at the right price.
=/\=Would you like a masseuse with that?=/\= the voice replied as though it were a standard question.
Enaii opened her mouth to refuse before stopping herself. "Actually, yes. I would." She would get her adult company after all, and push come to shove she could always claim it was an intelligence gathering technique.
=/\=Orion, Risean, Human, or something a little more exotic?=/\= the voice enquired, quite pleased to have found a way to service a customer that was not initially requested.
"Risean," Enaii replied without thinking. She instantly regretted her decision, Sabrina would surely be jealous if she found out, her own weakness for the race apparent by Talia's own lineage. "You'd better make it a male though," she added, "One that has been servicing the chambers of some influential politician during the last 48 hours."
=/\=Of course,=/\= the woman replied, =/\=Is there any delegation that interests you, or should we use our better judgement?=/\=
Of all the things about the ORBITAL that the Operative enjoyed, the openness was ranked among the top. "I leave it in your hands."
There was a pause, =/\=Very well then, your order has been placed. To verify, that was a bowl of Strawberries dipped in dark chocolate, a bottle of Tarkillian Spirits, a guest list including arrival and departure times, being a preferred customer card holder a listing of favourite games and tables when known has been included at no extra charge, and a male Risean Masseuse who has serviced our diplomatic population within the past two days. Will that be all?=/\=
Enaii nodded, "Yes, that's everything."
There was another pause, =/\=Thank you for choosing the TANGIERS ORBITAL Customer Satisfaction desk, your order should arrive within the next 25 minutes. If there is anything else, please do not hesitate to contact us, we live to serve.=/\=
At that, Enaii headed straight to the sonic shower to prepare for her much anticipated company.
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Writing the hopes, dreams and future of:
Lieutenant Commander Enaii - Intelligence Liaison Officer
And if you see no reason for giving thanks, rest assured that the fault is in yourself. 2005 post #186
Lisa Mac Isaac {lisa_mac_isaac@hotmail.com}
USS ANUBIS
~~Chief Tecumseh 1813
