A promised drink

Posted on Tue Dec 26th, 2023 @ 9:25pm by Petty Officer 1st Class Tia Smithy(Kosugi) & 1st Lieutenant Kyle Walken

Mission: Memphis Island
Location: Memphis Island
Timeline: Current
599 words - 1.2 OF Standard Post Measure

Here they were planet side at a place that was called Memphis Island. A place where Romulans and other Federation people lived in relative peace. The Gladiator had been docked in Starbase 7 and now it was time for shore leave. Tia needed a break, have sometime to let herself maybe unwind, maybe even get drunk without getting into a fight? She snorted at that thought. She had better just stay away from the bars at this moment. A drink, there was someone who had promised her a drink once that whole Unholy Trinity mess was all done. That was Lieutenant Walken.

Yeah would he want to hang out with her somewhere and just drink? Maybe at a campsite, looking out over some water, catching some fish. Just actual camping? Her hand moved towards her combadge then it paused. Tia heaved a silent sigh, perhaps he won't want to. She wrestled with her mindset then Tia growled at herself. All he could say was no anyway. So no harm no foul, she'll just find out if there was a camping area for her to go to. And acquire camping gear. However her combadge was hit and she eeked quietly.

"Lieutenant Walken, what is your location please? This is Petty Officer Smithy" Tia then waited.

Walken hated shore leave he didn't want to admit it but the things he saw down on Canterra IV he had never dealt with. Not that he could, what was discovered was classified so it didn't happen. No one Walken could talk to about it anyways. The comms broke him from his thoughts as he remembered the Petty Officer.

"I'm sitting on a beach...I hate it. What do you need?" The Marine spoke back through his commbadge.

"Well, you are where I want to be, camping near the beach.. and are you fishing by chance? Look I was gonna ask you if you wanted to go camping with me and you and I have that promised drink we spoke of. Well have several bottles of drink. However." she let out a puff of air. "I would like to light a fire and burn something."

"I'm not fishing, just don't get into any fights. I will send you my location." Walken answers before closing the comms. He lifts a padd from his pack and sends his location to Tia.

A half an hour later, Tia arrived where Kyle was at. She had a pack on her back and a canvas shoulder bag which held several bottles in it. "Hey, thanks for letting me join you here. " she remarked, then Tia looked out towards the water beyond the beach, then set her pack down. "I made certain to not get into any fights. and the burning i was talking about was wood upon a campfire." Tia flashing a smile.

To Tia, just sitting with Walken in companionable silence listening to some music or just the crackling of the wood as the flames ate away at it. And some drinking, it seemed to be healing to her soul, she didn't need to carry on a conversation, Walken was just good company. At times just listening to the sounds of nature, the sound of the waves as it ebbed and flowed against the sand was all that was needed to bring solace. Tia finished the fourth bottle she had leaving others for Walken. She gave him a quiet smile and murmured softly, "Thank you. " rose from the sand dusting herself off, "I'll see you around, Walken." then left. It was time for her to live just a little bit.