Best Laid Plans

Posted on Sunday, 19 February 2023 - 5:32am by Lieutenant Alex Kingsley

Mission: Operation: Lobes & Liberties
Location: Personal Quarters
Timeline: Follows Two Reds are Better than ….

Grabbing a pillow to cover her face, Alex Kingsley prayed for the incessant noise to stop. Yet it was determined to persist, refusing to be ignored and making it painstakingly obvious that there was not even a tiny chance of going back to sleep. With a groan she tossed the pillow aside and rolled over onto her back, for a moment simply staring up at the ceiling as she waited for the world to stop spinning.

How could she have forgotten how deliciously evil Grappa was?

“Okay, I’m up already,” she called out, reaching out a hand until she managed to hit the right button to silence her alarm. With a day to herself ahead she could technically just lay here all day but that just seemed … pathetic really.

Yawning she hauled herself out of bed and into the shower, emerging not only cleaned up but more awake. It was no luxurious bath but that would mean going to Soral’s quarters. And while she still technically had access, it would be taking liberties and besides she could well imagine him showing up while she was up to her neck in fragrant bubbles. Awkward indeed.

Deciding the holodeck and some time on a beach with some books would be a relaxing way to spend a morning, she dressed and then paused for a moment at the mirror to take in the unfamiliar mass of blonde curls framing her face and reaching half way down her back. She caught one between her index finger and thumb, pulling the strand until it straightened out before letting go to watch it spring back up into a curl. It was something she did often as a child to amuse herself when her entertainment options were otherwise zero.

Today she had one mission - to find out if it was true. Did blonde’s have
More fun?

And she was going to start with sun, sand and perhaps a mocktail or two. And from there, who knew?

Grabbing a satchel she loaded it with some reading, heading out the door determined to do her best to test the theory. Almost out of the door she paused, hurrying back inside and grabbing a PaDD from her bedside table with the latest scientific journal’s download. She wasn’t some crazy person, and who said science wasn’t fun?

Satisfied she had everything, she left her quarters determined to enjoy every second of her day off.

In the end she made it just a few steps before her comm badge chirped. “Ensign Naymarr to Lieutenant Kingsley… Lieutenant, can you come to the lab? I think there is something you will want to see….”

This, Alex thought, better be good.

OFF