Engineering - Day 46 (morning) - [open to engineers/unfinished]

[miss_gaila]

Gaila was always a bit skeptical of Federation diplomacy, and something about this mission bothered her. She wanted to believe that they would do the right thing - whatever the hell the right thing was - but she was immensely glad that Scotty was committed to finding out what was going on down there... by whatever means necessary

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[mostofteninred]

Rumour had it that the team Scott had collected for his part of the Ravanna diplomatic BS was comprised of not only himself, but Robert, the elusive Keenser, and the ever stunning Gaila. Robert had worked with each of them on little things before, for short periods of time, but this was the first he was really involved in something with them.

So when he spotted the Orion puttering around Engineering early one shift, he figured it was only polite to go get better acquainted.

"Hey," Robert greeted, trying to sound nonchalant as he approached Gaila. "Need a hand with anything?"

[miss_gaila]

Gaila looked up as Lieutenant Leslie addressed her. She didn`t know him well, but he always seemed friendly, and was completely adorable. "Good morning," she said, smiing warmly. For a moment she wasn`t sure why he was asking, but then she recalled that he was part of the away team. "Ah, you`re part of the away team, right?" she asked. "Keenser and I already gathered the supples, but apparently we need to recalibrate the hand scanners because of the planet`s gravitational field."

[mostofteninred]

"Yeah, hi." So much for smooth. When she mentioned the necessary recalibrations, Robert figured that was his chance. Not that he was trying to impress the pretty green girl or anything like that. No, not him.

"I can do that, if you want help," he offered. "Just to make it go faster."

[miss_gaila]

She grinned at him, raising a slightly amused eyebrow as he offered to help while also making sure it didn`t sound as if she needed help. "That would be wonderful," she said, handing him one of the hand scanners as well as a PADD with the necessary calculations. "So, excited about the mission?" she asked.

[mostofteninred]

Taking the things Gaila handed over, Robert accessed the controls of the scanner before replying. He hadn't actually done this since the Academy, so here was hoping it went well.

"Sure, I guess." Robert gave a nonchalant shrug. "It's bound to be less mentally scarring than the last one, at least. So boring, but it'll still be nice to get off the ship, don't you think?"

[miss_gaila]

She frowned at the mention of the last mission, which had landed her in sickbay for an extended period of time... not to mention what had happened to Scotty. At his question, she cracked a grin. "It will definitely be nice to get off the ship. I just hope it`s as boring as you think it`s going to be," she said, a hint of teasing in her voice. "The Enterprise seems to have a penchant for getting into unusually troublesome situations." She picked up one of the scanners and started accessing the controls.

[mostofteninred]

"I kinda like the way Doctor McCoy puts it, actually," he said, giving Gaila a little grin. Then his attention went back to the scanner for his punch line. "Our Captain's a trouble magnet."

[miss_gaila]

She laughed. "Very true. Wherever Jim goes, trouble isn't far behind." She shook her head, shooting Leslie a warm grin. "I guess that's one thing that can be said for life on the Enterprise. It's never boring."

[mostofteninred]

"And I hope that never changes, or we'd all so stir crazy," Robert replied with a laugh.