Starbase Epsilon-Day 33-Evening (Open to all who came on the Enterprise at the starbase)

[green_psyd]

David had walked by the karaoke bar that he'd seen a few times and even sung in once or twice in these last few days. It was full of people, many from the Enterprise, he noted.  He'd watched from the doors for a while before walking away. Instead of lingering in a highly populated area he decided he needed to clear his head. He found an observation

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[charliemathers]

Anything to get off Earth. Anything to do more than what she'd grown up doing. More adventure, more fun, more experience, more exploring. She'd seen every inch of Montana and she'd seen more of Las Vegas than she wanted - or any person should see - but now there was a whole galaxy to explore. She could put together her love of adventure and tough girl attitude and found her way into Starfleet. Not that she knew this is where she'd end up. Her original ideas weren't exactly going into space, but hey, this is where she was and she was going to enjoy it.

Charlie was standing around, arms folded over her stomach, feet shoulder width apart and being extremely stoic. She hated this space station. It didn't go anywhere. People always said she was too active to be on one ship for so long, but she figured that at least a ship will move and travel. She'll have chances for away missions and there were holodecks, right? She'd have something to do

[green_psyd]

David smiled as he heard the echo. He turned around and pinpointed the source. There was certainly a lot of body language to interpret. The solid stance was bellied only by the restlessness that he read otherwise. She wasn't looking at him so he turned to fully faced her. He was also able to just look past the fact that she was incredibly attractive. He would soon discover that the Enterprise was a wealth of highly attractive women and men.

"Five years?" he asked, holding up his hand and then tilting his head to the ship outside.

He was an extrovert. And while he certainly needed time to reflect, he could always do with the distraction of meeting someone new.

[charliemathers]

She looked over at him, raising an eyebrow. Charlie was by no means an introvert, so the interaction wasn't a problem. She eventually smiled at him, noting that he was looking just as excited as she was. "Five years," she parroted back at him. "Excitement, travel, adventure, not being on Earth. That's why I'm going." Not that he at all needed to know any of this. She was perfectly content on her own and she'd never needed anyone else to make her feel like she would belong. Oka, now she was just getting off track.

"What about you?" She asked, figuring at this point they were already talking, so she may as well be friendly. She could use at least one acquaintance on the ship.

[green_psyd]

"It's a good thing you said something else or we might have been saying 'five years' for the duration of the conversation," he said with a laugh.

"Me?" he said and glanced back at the ship. "Five years of...all of what you said," he agreed with a nod. "It wasn't exactly a plan. Let's just say that taking on this mission was strongly suggested to me. And when I say strongly I mean everything but physically pushed in the general direction. I guess the best laid plans are often negotiable." He grinned.

"David Tinny, by the way," he said holding out his hand. He decided to hold off on telling her what his position would be. Starting off a conversation with 'Hi, I'm a counselor,' was sometimes met with discomfort.

[physicalstimuli]

Saval could never admit to having mixed feelings about his new assignment, because that would entail admitting to having feelings at all. He'd never taken well to change, always preferred to stay with what was easy and familiar and comfortable rather than venturing into the unknown. He hadn't planned to stay on Starbase Epsilon for a minute longer than necessary when he'd still had a planet and wife to go back to, but now this freezing metal hulk was the only home he had left, and he didn't want to leave it for something even less predictable

[green_psyd]

David turned around at the voice. He also recognized the Vulcan. Aliens tended to be the minority which made picking out if you'd seen a person before that much easier. Humans all looked the same, anyway. Alright, that wasn't true. But they certainly didn't look as varied as an alien in a lot of them.

He pushed his hands into his pockets and nodded with a smile, "Looks like it."

Vulcans weren't touchy people, so the books said. So David kept his hands in his pockets. He thought for a moment to pull out his hand and split his finger customarily. But it felt trite especially still so close to Vulcan's destruction.

"I'm David, by the way," he introduced. It was nice to be able to look at someone in the eye as apposed to feeling as if he should scrunch down to accommodate them.

[physicalstimuli]

Not everyone was considerate or knowledgeable enough not to offer a handshake, and Saval was always more favorably inclined from the start towards people who didn't. He nodded, offering the traditional Vulcan salute himself out of habit.

"Saval." Among other Vulcans, he would think nothing of including his title in a casual introduction. Humans, though, seemed to consider it pretentious, and so he'd long since stopped bothering with the 'Doctor.'

"Where are you transferring from? I am sure I have not seen you here prior to a few days ago."

[green_psyd]

While David didn't necessarily think it was pretentious to introduce yourself with your title, he didn't introduce himself this way because it would quickly turn to the type of doctor David was. And many times the other person became immediately wary of him.

Though he admitted to wondering how a Vulcan would react with their lack of expressed emotions.

"I worked at the Academy. It was highly suggested that I join the Enterprise. And by highly suggested I mean did everything but push me into the shuttle. I'm exaggerating. But this wasn't in my immediate plans," he said, looking out at the ship again. "What about you? Do you--I assume you work at the station."