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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Jul 16, 2014 23:25:57 GMT -5
Aria sat down on the foot of her bed looking down at a pad in her hand. A live streaming image of her face displayed on its screen.
"Computer begin recording. Okay so I am trying this whole log thing for the first time. I'm not sure if I'll make it a regular thing but im going to give it a whirl. So today was a pretty easy day. Just cleaned some eps manifolds before Jax he's the pillgrim's Chief Engineer called me up to help him with the sensors. He's a pretty good supervisor, kind of laxed about formalities likes to be called by his first name and stuff. Really really smart too. I read all of his papers at the academy, I'm sure I will learn a lot from him. Oh yeah back to the sensors so he had me do some diagnostics on the lateral arrays. Ugh I got to talking and not paying attention while running them so I looked like a complete moron in front of him when I didn't catch that the bridge was playing around with them too at the time which threw off the diagnostic. About holonovels of all things, I was trying to tell him about my current work in progress but that didn't go well at all. Im pretty sure he thinks im some sort of wierdo now since I told him it's set in the mirror universe, and he said something about that. So the whole crawfish cookout thing he was talking about a few weeks ago well wouldn't be surprised if my invitation was lost in the mail now so to speak." Aria sighed and shook her head looking disappointed in herself.
"Anyways the whole conflict over resource scheduling started this huge fight between Jax and our XO who likes to be called Liz. They really hate each other. You could almost smell fire and brimstone coming through Jax's combadge once they got into it. I think they were both on board when the Pillgrim got stuck in the gamma quadrant so I'm surprised they don't get along better. Anyways I'm just glad I didn't end up getting in the middle of it, even if I still think it's kinda my fault for sparking it by not checking to see if the lateral array was free before starting the diagnostic. I think it would be safer to be standing in between a vault full of latinum and a marauding band of naussican pirates than get between those two. Once they were done trading blows Jax went to work on this holo emitter we picked up awhile back im not sure how much I can talk about that so I wont. He left me in charge of the diagnostic though so I guess he trusts me a bit even if he does think im weird." Aria smiles.
"Oh yeah I finally got a roommate too. Her name is T'lea she is human but she was adopted too, but by vulcans so she is pretty vulcanish if that is a real word. She seems quiet and well rather stoic, like a vulcan, but I think we will get along. I mean I've already upgraded the enviro systems in our bathroom to filter out any pheremones the sonic shower knocks off of me, that plus the anti-pheromone body wash and deodorant I use should keep her from getting any headaches from rooming with me. Hmm anything else worthy of mention?" Aria looked up and tapped her chin with a single finger as she thought. "Oh Ral is back. He's one of my coworkers. He's a efrosian, and while he's nice and even kind of cute he kind of gets on my nerves sometimes. I mean I think he thinks since im Orion I might have the same view on um... bedroom antics. So I catch him staring sometimes, and I usually wear pants if I know he is going to be around instead of skirts. Though that's also just to be practical skirts only work if im pretty sure I wont be crawling around that day. He was pretty good today though no excess staring at my butt. Risa must have given him his fill. We went and had drinks in the lounge after we got off shift, and I met Mac hes the ships denobulan bartender and i think Chef to nice guy. Makes a great Risan Mai Tai. Well I cant think of anything else. Aria out. Computer end recording."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Jul 24, 2014 0:15:13 GMT -5
Aria flopped onto her bed still in full uniform one hand freeing her hair from the confines of its hairband while the olter clutched a pad angled so she could view its screen.
"Computer begin Recording. So tonight was awesome!" Aria beamed and kicked her feet excitedly as she uttered the words. "So Jax, and, Hanson and Ral all had the shift off. So you know what that means right? Yeah I was totally the acting chief of engineering!" Aria squealled slightly still reveling in her temporary role.
"Nothing really of note though. Except the Captain came down and I was totally busy working on some simulations for changing the warp core intermix rations and re balancing the warp fields so I would have something to show Jax that I didn't goof of with him gone... So I kinda didn't notice at first. She didn't seem mad though so I think that falls flatly in the category of no harm no foul." The speed of her words temporarily flowing fast enough to make comprehension difficult, before she reached a less nerve racking subject.
"Oh so yeah the Captain. She wanted me to look at the shields and make sure they were in top condition and to see if we could boost performance some. I came up with two plans I forwarded to Jax. I'm sure he will think of something better he's like a total genius if I haven't said it before. I mean my first simulation is just the standard route, auxiliary to shields. The second is kinda neat and involves shunting all the power from the warp nacelles after powering them up like we are going to warp through a few other systems to kind of stem the flow then into the shields. But its kind of just a interesting intellectual exercise since it has a very high likelyhood of blowing out the systems its shunted through, and possibly the shields if used for more than a few moments well if used at all really, plus it would leave us at impulse only for a bit. I'm not that good with sheilds. Like I said im sure Jax will have way better plans. My roomie was the chief science officer today too it was a good day to be a ensign she forwarded me a request by the captain to try and get the deflector to do a antiproton sweep. I will definitly need Jax's help with that. In all my sims I can't keep containment reliably and then we get a nice matter antimatter mix and bam there goes the deflector and a few decks get vented into space. Not good." Aria's smile faded then she beamed at the small lense of the pad recording the video as a different thought soon crossed her mind.
"Oh another super cool thing happened today too. So the Doctor who came up with um I'll call it blue. Well that's what I usually call it anyways but it's this neat prototype we had installed last time we were in space dock came aboard today. I don't know how long he will be here he seems really quiet. I've started a list of defects I've found in the design of the device and forwarded it to Jax so he can add to them and forward it to the Doc so he can refine latter ones. And guess who came aboard with him? A AI! I know right I never would have guessed. I don't know if he is like a missing Soong type android or one of the new Maddox types or something completely different. But he is so amazing I would love to look over every part of him, if he needs help with maintenance or diagnostics or something I am totally going to volunteer. Oh and he, the Chief Petty Officer AI wants the holoprojectors in blue's lab upgraded to mark twelve. I put in a work order for that. If im not needed for the shield and deflector projects I'll see if I can pop those in just so I can get to know him better." Aria tapped her chin with one finger of her free hand as she thought of anything noteworthy.
"I guess that's it. Except for personal life stuff. Nothing new there just more arguing with Martha. But me arguing with Mom isn't really news its been going on for the past year or so now. She did say she sent me a package I guess I'll get it whenever we hit a regularly scheduled space station or something." Shrugs, "Computer end recording."
Aria gently placed the pad back in its proper spot before pulling an over sized t-shirt she used as sleep wear from a dresser, throwing it over her shoulder before headed to the shared lavatory and the sonic shower in particular.
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Jul 31, 2014 0:50:37 GMT -5
Aria strode confidently into the gym dressed appropriately for a long run with a pad in one hand and a gym bag in the other. Her head darted left and right as she looked around the small gym making sure she was alone before picking the treadmill farthest from the entrance. Gently she placed the pad in a holder on the front of the machine near the controls before digging into her bag and pulling out a bottle of water, a towel, and a unmarked silver cylinder with what looked like a spray nozzle on the front. The towel was draped over the hand bar and the water bottle and mystery cylinder were placed in cup holders adjacent to the controls before she began to stretch. After a few minutes of stretching Aria started up the machine and after a brief speed up was soon galloping along at a very respectable speed. Only when she was happy with her pace did she reach for the pad starting it up and adjusting it so its camera only caught her bobbing head neck and shoulders in its gaze.
"Computer begin recording." She said not missing a beat. "Okay so like always this is a public record so I'll have to leave some stuff out but today, awesome like a possum. Where to start? Well uh Jax and the rest of the andorian shingles club are back to work. Which is awesome because well he knows a lot more than me. Oh and he called me an intelligent woman today." A goofy smile crossed her face as she stared absent mindedly at the camera for a moment before stumbling and almost being thrown off the treadmill before catching herself and recovering. The camera jostling violently safe in its holder as she does so. Aria looks left and right making sure no one saw that before continuing. "I uh should probably put that in context. So the Doc who made blue well he uh came into engineering today. I asked him if he needed help with anything, and he kind turned it around and said I probably need help not him. Oh and that engineers break stuff. I told him we don't break things we make them better and he kinda grumbled and then wandered off. I really don't think he likes me much. But anyways I told Jax about that and he said the Doc is probably just intimidated by intelligent women." Chuckles still holding her rapid pace which is made even more impressive by her seeming lack of fatigue from talking while doing so. "Oh and then we had some visitors drop by in shuttles or something so Jax sent Ral and Hanson to deal with that and guess where he sent me.... The bridge! So maybe he doesn't think im a weirdo... or at least thinks im a competent one." Aria's facial expression shifted from exuberant to rather neutral as she thought about the bridge.
"Yeah the bridge so that's like a big honor right. Guess what I did as soon as I stepped foot on it? If you guessed look like a complete dummy in front of the Captain then you get a gold star. Yeah I reported in and asked where I should stand and she said, '...The engineering station.' such an idiot." Aria face palmed lightly as she said that. small beads of sweat finally beginning to form on her brow. "Yeah so bridge one Aria zero. Oh and remember me telling you about how Jax and Liz hate each other and how I would never want to get caught in that crossfire. Well that's exactly what happened at one point. I felt about a centimeter tall sitting in the middle of that. It all ended well I guess though, so I shouldn't dwell on the negative. Me and my roomie got compliments on a project we were working on inspired by the Jem Hadar tactics from the Dominion War. Oh but Liz went down to speak to Jax personally after the shift ended. I kinda want to go check on him to see if he still has a head." Chuckles, then grabs the water bottle and squirts a jet of water into her mouth before placing it back in the holder. She then reached for the mystery cylinder and sprayed some sort of mist liberally on herself and in her vicinity. "Oh and we have a short break before we continue work on a interesting assignment we are on. I uh don't like to use the gym when others are in here cause of uh.. complications with Orion physiology and perspiration besides having more pungent bo than say humans. So that's what the spray is for, pheromone neutralizer if you were wondering. Can never be too careful. So since everyone else is probably trying to catch a cat nap before showtime I figured this is the perfect time to get in some running and then a catnap of my own. And when im done I brought a tricorder as well to do some atmospheric tests. I think I will just ask Jax if I can upgrade the atmo filters in here. Or rig a small one and a fan maybe that I can bring with me. I dunno whichever will be easier." She shrugs looking lost in thought for a few moments as she considers each course of action.
"Well that's all I want to put in at least fifteen preferably twenty kilometers before I take a nap so I'm going to quit talking so I can get it done a bit faster. Bye." Aria smiled warmly at the camera waving simultaneously. "Computer end recording."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Aug 7, 2014 20:16:41 GMT -5
Aria sat on her bed holding her pad in hand watching its screen to make sure she had the camera pointed in the right direction before she began to speak.
"Computer begin recording." She said as she used her free hand to free her raven hair from the confines of its pony tail. "So today was kind of rough, and I don't really want to focus on the negatives. Plus being public record like I've said before a lot of stuff I shouldn't talk about... And you know what since im a ensign and no one will probably ever watch these anyways and they are more for me I'll talk about what I want to." Aria smiled and combed her hair with the fingers of her free hand a few times before deciding the results were good enough.
"So like I said pretty rough. Lots of bad stuff and things I probably wont ever forget seeing, plus T'lea got hurt pretty badly. Which really sucks because I like her a lot she's a awesome roomie. Good news she will be fine, and since she is confined to sickbay until tomorrow she gets the pleasure of missing the grade A nightmares I am almost guaranteed to have tonight. Other good stuff Jax and Liz seem to have declared a truce, which is awesome I like them both. Liz is just so cool and confident and nice and she's just herself. I don't think she could care less what anyone in the universe thinks of her. I wish I was more like her. Now Jax on the other hand... Well I'd be lying if I said I didn't find him attractive. He is totally a hottie with a body so to say. Plus he's a genius, I wouldn't be surprised if he became the head of starfleet engineering someday. On top of that he's really nice and sweet too." Aria smiled as she listed his qualities then caught herself. The smile instantly dissipating as she looked serious for once. "Just because I... admire him doesn't mean like I would act on it or anything either. Just because I am an Orion doesn't mean I let my baser desires control me." Aria shook her finger at the pad as she chastised it. "So im a professional so I would never chase after him hes my imediate superior and it would be pretty hard for it to not be a conflict of interest. Also from a conversation we had I think he found someone anyways. I'm happy for him I mean from everything I know about him the last year was really really really rough, he deserves some happiness." Aria's near permanent smile returned as she continued to speak. "Oh and while we are on the subject of Jax he said probably the nicest thing to me that anyone ever has earlier today too. Long story short Ral in classic Ral double entendre laced speech told me that he thinks I'm getting preferential treatment from Jax. So I asked Jax about it. During that conversation he told me that he personally requested me and that's how I ended up on the pilgrim. He read my academic record and my service history and thought I was being misapplied. He also told me that I hadn't let him down after all the faith he put in me too." Her voice choked up a bit at the end. Aria looked up and blinked rapidly to counteract her now misty eyes. "I've never really had anyone say anything like that and im so grateful for him probably saving my career. I just hope I can continue to make him proud of me." Aria continued to blink rapidly in silence until she was once again in control of her emotions.
"Ral. He's a interesting subject. I enjoy his company and usually we have fun together... Except one little issue. HE IS ALWAYS MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE SEX WITH ME!" Aria sighed. "One yes, you are cute Ral but it takes more than that. Two I want to be in love with someone and have them love me back before going to bed with them, and be in a monogamous relationship. Ephrosians don't do that, and lets be real who would love me? I mean my birth Mother sold me to be a sex slave and my adopted Mother sent me away as fast as she coul..." Aria froze looking like a deer in the headlights having let loose a usually deeply buried insecurity, pausing before she changed the subject. "So like I said Ral is cute but he could be cuter. One I don't like the long hair. I like short hair we may be past the days of needing to get it buzzed down to avoid lice or getting it grabbed in hand to hand combats over caves and sticks and stuff but it looks sexier that way. Two the mustache it reminds me of a catfish." Aria smirked then opened her emerald eyes as wide as she could, placing the pad on her lap and hunching over it as she opened and closed her mouth while cupping her hands on her neck and slowly flapping them in unison with the opening and closing of her mouth imitating a fish before laughing for a few moments. "Anyway so casual sex partner? Only in his dreams. Good friend? Maybe, we will see. Anyways latter log, Ral invited me over to try some spring wine so I'm going to go take him up on it. PS log im going to scan the bottle first I don't want andorian shingles like his last set of drinking partners. Computer end recording."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Aug 7, 2014 20:18:08 GMT -5
Aria fumbled with her pad setting it up to record as she sat on her bed wearing an over-sized t shirt and looking exhausted.
"Computer begin recording. So today was pretty exciting I don't really have to be vague since well this is pretty much front page news across the federation anyways. The undine attacked Earth and Qu'onos. Did I say that right? Oh well you know what I mean they attacked them at the same time. We were in the thick of it at Earth and the clean up around the Klingon home world. I got a bit beat up in my first bought of ship to ship combat. No scars where I cut my forehead open when i used my skull to cushion my fall early on in the fight." Aria smiles and brushed her hair aside showing her pristine forehead "Doc did a good job with the dermal re generator. Lots of bruises though when I was almost crushed by a torpedo while doing surgery on some." She flashed her left forearm at the camera then pulled up her shirt exposing the top of her underwear and her bruised torso for a moment before dropping it and adjusting the shirt, making sure it was once again covering her adequately. The worst part about it was I was over at Ral's enjoying that spring wine I told you about last entry then wamoh red alert. So it was pop a oxy pill and rush to duty." Aria smirked and shook her head for a moment.
"To be completely honest I was scared out of my mind the whole time. I'm just glad I didn't let everyone down. I'll be glad when we go back to scanning anomalies. Oh and you know how I'm always saying Jax is a genius he totally proved it today. So there was this huge undine ship right, and all the assets in the area are worn down and struggling to stay on one piece let alone fight. So what does Jax do he tractors a chunk of debris from one of our ships then uses the slipstream and warp drives in a infinitesimally small burst to get that hunk of junk up to an insane velocity and lets it go crashing into those fluidic jerks." Motions wildly with her hands as she talks about it. "Kaboom! Welcome to earth don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out shape shifting jerks. They said my calculations helped pull it off without killing us but I'm sure anyone else could have done it too I'm nothing special. Oh so then after that we ran over to Qro-whatever and got there in time to see the undine run with their tails or third legs or whatever tucked between their other legs?" Looks confused as her expression falls on its face. "We didn't do any fighting there but Jax is over on the fleets flagship right now patching up the Admirals ship. I wonder if she is the Admiral he kind of hinted at in the lab that one day." Smirks mischievously thinking about it. Gets a somber look on her face, "We did have some casualties I didn't really know them and plenty of ships were lost all hands but considering what was at stake. I think we were lucky that there wasn't a larger loss of life. This may sound really self centered but I'm just glad my family back on Earth is okay. Well that's all I don't know what we will be doing next. Well besides me teaching T'lea about deserts, and finishing that drink with Ral. Oh well bye for now I am exhausted. Computer end recording."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Aug 20, 2014 1:17:14 GMT -5
Aria sat on her bed holding the pad in one hand the other making sure her hair was alright before beginning recording.
"Computer begin recording." Aria said being interrupted by the whosh of the quarters door opening. "Oh hey meet my roommate T'lea." She said with a smile before turning the pad to catch her on its camera just long enough for T'lea to shoot it her trademark eyebrow raise. "Just doing a log entry T. nothing weird." She said looking away from the pad as she spoke. "Anyways today was different and scary and embarrassing." Aria took a deep breath before continuing.
"I know you are probably thinking, 'what can be scary after the undine attack on Earth?' well taking an Admiral the new Captain, and the XO on a tour for starters. Oh my gosh I thought I was going to keel over and die. I totally wasn't expecting them to come through engineering. But uh they did... Wait I should back up and kind of explain the new Captain thing probably. Sorry I got excited. So um our captain she is getting transferred to a new ship. Its a move up from what I've heard. I don't really know her that well but she seemed really nice so I hope she enjoys her new posting. I mean if anyone knows about bouncing around between assignments in short order that would be me. So I know what shes going through kinda." Aria giggled. "I skipped the goodbye send off I'm not good at goodbyes plus what would I say? So I stayed behind to watch engineering so more people could say goodbye who would be totally better at it than me you know? So now that you are caught up lets talk about the new Captain. Tall, male, human I think, and he has a beard. Don't really know enough to make any judgments yet about him but so far he seems nice. Oh so side story totally weird he and the Admiral had already heard of me. I guess that's a good thing. I mean they complimented me on my work and called me a rising star. But that's kind of scary I mean that sets the bar pretty high I mean what if he decides latter that I don't live up to the hype and then it might be DS9 all over again." She spoke faster as she began to worry till her words almost ran together. Aria took a few deep breaths closing her eyes before continuing.
"I guess I shouldn't worry but I dunno I do. I mean I like my coworkers and they seem to like me so I don't think another DS9 is really going to happen but you never know. I'm just glad we don't have a counselor on board oh my gosh they would probably have a field day with me and then I would probably be stuck in their instead of doing something productive in engineering..." Aria stops and looks over at T'lea momentarily wondering if maybe that wasn't the brightest thing to say in front of her. She shrugs it off though and goes back to her log having a certain level of trust in her roommate. "So uh Jax then decided to help out Hanson and Ral with something and told me to take the Admiral, the new Captain, and Liz around. I was sooo nervous. I'm just glad I have good body wash, and deodorant with pheromone neutralizers otherwise the new captain would probably think of me as the nervous smelly girl from engineering." Aria smirked after that. "So I showed them the astrometrics lab where I have never been before and they met Jax's daughter. I haven't seen her before now I was expecting a younger image." Aria shrugged, "She seems nice though we still haven't really like met or anything yet. After that I took them up to the sickbay. Once they were done there Liz let me get back to work." Aria paused as she thought about what to speak about next.
"Oh the Admiral I gave the tour too. She's a little human, asian or pacific islander, though I don't really know which kind. Anyways that's unimportant. I have it on good authority she is the one that Jax is seeing. Explains why he was spending so much time over there on her ship 'fixing' things." She said with a giggle doing finger quotes. "Speaking of Jax related issues. When I got back to work Hanson kinda called me out on um... Jax. She uh kinda noticed that well I find him attractive or as she put it have a crush on him. I don't think its really a crush... Well maybe a little one. But anyways that was kind of awkward. I'm glad Ral wasn't around when she confronted me about it. I'm sure he would have totally told Jax and that would be awkward! So then me and Hanson talked about stuff, like relationships and stuff." Aria stopped and mused aloud for a moment, "I should have clarified on the whole making out but it feeling weird thing was with holograms and not girls with her." Looks at the camera and blurts, "Don't ask. Anyways she says one of these days she wants to go and have some fun with me, Kingsley, her and T'lea. Speaking of T'lea im sure she is tired of me yapping while she tries to meditate so I'm going to go. Computer end recording."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Aug 26, 2014 20:50:18 GMT -5
Aria sat on the edge of her bed her pad perched sloppily on her dresser to record her log. Instead of being carefully lined up to get a good picture it is a bit crooked and facing too far left with one of Aria's arms not even showing up on the image. Her eyes are slightly bloodshot and from the sound of her voice its obvious she is somewhat intoxicated and depressed.
"Computer begin recording." She grumbled and then sighed. "I probably shouldn't be doing one of these right now... But I need to get something off my chest and I don't think there is anyone I can talk to. So this will have to do." Aria closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead for a moment, "Stupid bloodwine. Tastes horrible and leaves you with a splitting headache. No wonder the Klingons are so rowdy. Anyways today I looked at the final KIA lists from the battles with the undine when I got back from the party." Aria's eyes began to water as she got back on track, by the end of her sentence she paused looking choked up and unable to continue.
"So a lot of people died. Good people even if I didn't know pretty much any of them. I can't shake the feeling that I was supposed to be one of them..." tears began to run down her face and her breathing became uneven as she began to sob. "Before I. Was assigned to the pily last. Minute I was on orders to ESD. As soon as my vacation on Risa was up." Aria paused in unusual parts throwing off the flow of her words as she began to sob harder. "I was going to be assigned to bravo team... Fixing and... refitting ships. They are all dead... That whole team. Spaced early in the attack... Their families will probably never even get bodies to bury." Aria laid down on the bed barely still in view of the camera as she curled up into a fetal position and sobbed heavily for awhile before she could continue.
"I killed one of them... One of them had to take my spot... So im alive and they aren't... I don't know which one but I killed one." She repeated not bothering to get up from her position on the bed as she spoke. "What if I made someone a orphan? What if I killed someones Husband or Wife." The pad kept recording as she just lay there sobbing for a few minutes until she sat up, and then stood up wobbling some as she grabbed the pad and turned it off manually.
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Aug 27, 2014 20:34:08 GMT -5
"Computer begin recording." Aria said her chipper demeanor having returned. She sat smiling on the edge of her bed.
"Today was pretty good. I met the new doctor and had some blood taken. New Captain new physicals." She shrugged indifferently about it. "The new Doctor is pretty nice. She's a trill. So then after that I went back down to engineering and you wouldn't guess what happened next. Jax came up to me and he told me he wants me to co-author his paper on the tactic he came up with to slipstream slingshot the debris into the undine dreadnought. I told him it was too generous I mean it was all him. All I did was some simple calculations im sure almost any second year cadet at the academy could have filled my shoes in that battle. Anyways he countered by wanting my name to go first on the paper..." Aria smiles like the proverbial cat who got the canary. "It's kind of exciting. I don't know why hes being so nice to me I mean I really don't think I did that much but I don't think he will take no for an answer. Oh he also taught me something. Hololab two records everything... Just a warning. No more running a shower program in there because I miss real showers. That doesn't really matter anyways anymore since one Jax was nice enough to wipe its recordings and two he said I can do extended maintenance to the shower in the unoccupied guest suite. Thats probably where I am going after this. Oh hot water how I have missed you so." Aria chuckled.
"After that the Captain came down to engineering... Him and Jax had a Jax / Liz level argument over Bren. Poor Jax I mean she's his daughter and well we are getting close to the one year anniversary of when he lost her Mother. Once they were done the Captain invited me to the mess hall with him to talk. I think I defused the Jax situation so he doesn't get in any trouble. But that's not what the Captain wanted to talk about he just wanted to get to know me! I know right im just a insignificant ensign and he took the time to invite me to dinner with him and talk to me for a few hours. Would you believe he is adopted too just like me and T'lea? He's really personable. Maybe that was why he invited me to dinner so I wont be as afraid of him and will stop acting like a total spaz around him. That's about it. I'm going to take a sh.... go perform extended maintenance." Aria said with a smile and a wink at the camera. "Talk to you latter Aria out. Computer end recording."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Sept 3, 2014 11:43:28 GMT -5
Aria sat in front of her pad, her hair down, dressed in a simple white t-shirt and a pair of blue jean shorts.
"Computer begin recording. Hi there." Aria said smiling as she waved at the camera. "So today went pretty good. For starters no one tried to blow us up that's always a good thing." she chuckled. "Beyond that there are a pair of nifty projects to work on and we are getting back to exploring which is fun if kind of scary sometimes. Hmm so the projects which one should I talk about first?" Aria thought for a moment looking up at the ceiling and tapping her chin with a solitary finger.
"I guess I go with the least exciting one first... Not that its not super neat just well the other ones a bit or a more unusual situation. Anyways so um Jax told me" Aria can't help but smile slightly at saying his name, "that um he wants me to help him during our off hours to make a benamite recrystalization chamber. Now if that's greek to you let me break it down a bit. If you are a total nerd like me you know about the evolution of the federation warp core. Early on like constitution class early on dilithium was even more valuable than it is now because once it started to break down from use that was it you needed more dilithium. Right around when the constitutions were getting ready to be sent to the bone yard and the excelsior class was coming into its own they found out how to recrystallize dilithium so it lasts a lot longer. For a long while that was something you had to go to drydock for so kind of a pain in the butt. Anyways by the time they started building the big galaxy class luxury cruise ships" Aria giggled as she poked fun at the old ship class, "they had come up with warp cores that can recrystallize the dilithium while it's still in the warp core so you can get way more endurance out of your warp core without as many trips to a space dock. So what does that have to do with benamite? Well basically benamite is a total pain in the butt. Its finiky and hard to make. Also way rarer than dilithium so that's why every ship isn't running around slipstreaming everywhere. Now add to this that it decays faster in use than dilithium and it will also start to decay just sitting around unused. Like I said a total pain in the butt material so we are going to try to do basically the same thing they did for dilithium around sixty years ago. Sounds easier than it is but it should be a fun challenge. Oh other Jax related news. He let slip the name of his Admiral I think at least since he got really tight lipped when I asked him about it. Nyoko. I'm not really good with Asian names but it doesn't sound Phillipino so pacific islander is probably out. That leaves Korean, Chinese, Japanese, could be Hawaiian maybe?" She shrugged. "Oh well doesn't matter." she said before pausing as she thought about her next project.
"Okay so the more exciting project even though the last ones pretty neat, if terrifying because I don't want to be a goober in front of Jax or like totally obviously be... obvious." Aria paused for a moment contemplating her awkward sentence before shaking her head and continuing. "Anyways um T'lea and Liz picked up some crazy transmission they decoded it and boom it's specs for a device. A crazy subspace tunneler device. At first I was kind of scared and thought it was a trap but Liz and Jax made some good points about how we are explorers and you know we are out here with a mandate to seek out new life. So they kind of swayed me. So basically this device lets us drill a hole in subspace and theoretically the people who sent the transmission have the other side of the hole powered up and waiting so we open the hole go through and bam we are where ever the heck they are so we can share lunch or something. The getting back part might be tricky depending where the heck we end up. So we are packing for a potential long deployment. The captain is also allowing scheduling extra subspace coms time for everyone before we get this thing up and running. Its going to be awhile anyways lots of stuff to build for this thing plus well being engineers who can't leave well enough alone me and Jax have come up with some tweaks to it even though we haven't started physically building it yet. Oh and off topic speaking of supplies. We are going to try and get as many as we can to speed stuff up from a local starbase right? Well I joked that we should send Ral to flirt with the supply officer to see if we can get more. Well Jax responded that we could always send me for that instead... So I know that would probably be a epic fail if that joke ever came to fruition, but it begs the question does Jax think im pretty?..." a goofy smile spread across her face for a moment. "Why am I putting this on my log? Ugh back on subject girly stop day dreaming like a ditz. So yeah modifications. Well Jax thought maybe we could build the device by a blackhole since its going to be super power hungry. Like blue was a hungry munchkin but this things gonna be like Momma bear coming out of hibernation hungry. So the plan is to power it with the black hole Romulan style. I've always thought their singularity cores were engineering marvels that I would like to examine first hand so I've got the honors of somehow making the power core of this thing run off the gravitons produced by the blackhole. Let me tell you its way harder than I thought it would be but I think I can get it done. Jax is working on making the materials the schematics call for. Apparently its calling for super heavy elements we have never encountered before so making them last longer than nano seconds might be tricky but if anyone can do it Jax can." Aria nodded confident in his abilities.
"Well that's it. Oh and im wearing this because well since im going to be spending my off time working with Jax in the future, I figured I would spend my last free holodeck slot relaxing on Risa. Im sure my world war one aviation simulation and my mirror universe holonovel will be fine without me for awhile. Computer en... Wait I almost forgot. Me and T'lea my vulcany friend... Is vulcany even a real word?" Aria though then shrugged, "We had lunch today. So I taught her about cheeseburgers, french fries, milkshakes, and of course ketchup. I think she liked it a lot. Of course she's kind of hard to read vulcan stoicism and all. Felt good introducing her to a small slice of her homeworld too. I'm just glad when she asked me to chose she didn't ask for Orion cuisine. I would be sooo lost and end up ordering something random from the replicator data banks since I don't really dable too much in my... native" says the word somewhat begrudgingly "culture. And the few memories I have from before being adopted aren't exactly the pleasant variety to make me want to run out and learn more either. Anyways off to holo Risa gonna get some sun, drink some Mai Tais, and get a long relaxing massage. Computer end recording."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Oct 5, 2014 15:59:37 GMT -5
Aria flopped on her bed still in full uniform, looking exhausted, with bags under her eyes. She rolled over lazily, opening a drawer of her nightstand, and pulling out her padd. She assumed a comfortable, relaxed position, laying on her side, her head resting on her pillow.
"Computer begin recording. So today was a really long day... Well technically I guess it's been more than a day." Aria said followed by a long yawn, which she only halfheartedly covered with her free hand. "So everything was going normal working on building our project, with Jax and T'lea taking a shuttle out to inspect its progress more closely when blam. The device powered up and let lose a energy wave. Luckily the wave was just a very powerful transmission and not like a plasma burst or something. That was the start of our problems though because the transmission carried an AI into all of our systems, and I mean all of them I'm sure that there is even a bit of it running in the padd I am using to make this recording. Anyways we lose power the shuttle loses power all our systems go crazy. Panels randomly swap with other panels functions. The displays on mine went to romulan I didn't even know what the heck it was until the captain looked at it. Being the wierdo I am who talks to my console sometimes well then mine started talking back. First in text then it started mimicking my little brothers voice. Me the captain and people in other parts of the ship start talking to it and after it learns our systems it puts all enviros back to normal and says it is there to test us. So that was majorly creepy. We ask it what kind of tests and it says its to see if we can finish the rabbit hole and meet its creators or be deleted. Apparently lots of categories too like culture history etc. oh and guess what it picked for our first test? Saving Jax and T'lea. Then it started laughing stilll in Andrew's voice... So yeah creepy." Aria's eyes fluttered for a moment as she fights drifting off to sleep.
"So we are trying everything we can to get Jax and T'lea back right. Hours and hours and hours go by with no progress. Probably because I'm on the verge of a panic attack the whole time because I think its all my fault but more on that latter. But um Liz comes in and starts having genius ideas you know typical Liz, everything im not. Cool, calm, collected, graceful under fire. So she's like why don't we just send out some people with ev suits and thrust packs with a tow cable. Totally simple elegant plan. Oh and then she has me try to use the deflector dish to beam the shuttle some power. Yeah I totally failed at that a few times... I really need to read up on deflector system operation." Aria said with a sigh.
"Oh and while we are getting that simple plan set up. Jax being the big brained genius he is decides hey why don't I use some of the atmo in the shuttle as a propellant to get us moving back towards the ship. I wouldn't have the guts to do that. And while it worked it kind of shifted our time tables a lot since now we had a moving target coming right towards us, and if we missed it well it would probably drift off for a bit before getting caught in the gravity field of one of the blackholes and goodbye shuttle. So they are coming towards us and we get a crew out headed towards them. Oh and at some point Liz has me try to get coms up with Jax and T'lea using the com badges of the ev crew to piggy back a signal. Of course once again I failed to be of any help and if it weren't for Bren giving me a hand I would of failed at that too. So while the shuttle is heading towards us the flux from the gravity fields of both black holes affecting its power core make it go kaboom. Jax got him and T'lea in ev suits before hand and they jumped with enough time that they didn't get hurt. We were lucky that one of the millions of pieces of high speed shrapnel from the explosion didn't pierce either of their suits." Aria frowned as she thought of that possible outcome.
"That would be the stuff of nightmares being trapped in a shuttle drifting aimlessly with Jax. I mean obviously I enjoy spending time with him. But im a bit claustrophobic. Shuttles don't usually get to me but being in a dead one definitly would, and well I plain hate ev suits. Just imagine my nerdy self stuck with Jax in a shuttle with no where to go. How long until being nervious and prespiring more than normal from it would make my pheremone neutralizing body wash and deodorant wear off? Besides the musky stink of my BO what if my pheremones started affecting him?" a small smile grew across her face as she thought about the prospect. After a few moments she caught herself and blushed turning dark green embarrassed at her thoughts. "I mean that would uh... be awkward. I am definitly not the manipulative type of person to try and exploit a situation like that or anything. Just imagine how awkward it would be once we were back on ship too. Heck it would be awkward being stuck with T'lea too. I talk to much she would get fed up and then she would probably get a migraine and hate me... Where was I going with this?" Aria's droppey half closed eyes looked around as she tried to remember.
"Oh yeah so their rescue. Jax grabbed a fire extinguisher on the way out and used it as a simple thruster to get them pretty close to the pilly. Our team on the outside grabbed em and we pulled them back in safe and sound. Ageis, that's the AI who was testing us name, he then gave us back most of our systems and said we passed with a score of 92%. So we don't know when the next test is. I'm curious about Ageis because I think his design can tell us alot about his creators so I tried to talk Bren into playing with him even though she really doesn't like him for obvious reasons. So Jax was okay after all this but T'lea is stuck in sickbay for observation. When I went to visit her, it was so wierd. She looked scared, I've never seen her really show any emotions besides that eyebrow raise thing vulcans like to do. Even when she was shot on a away mission all she said was 'Im seriously injured' or something like that. So I went a brought her some of her pillows and Rufus to keep her company in case she needed someone to vent to alone sort of like I do with this Log. So after I give her that stuff she squeezes my hand. She looked so scared and frazzled so I tried to give her a hug. She didn't like that I hope I didn't offend her too bad. She did seem to like Rufus though, I'm thinking about replicating her one. Maybe use a stuffed mountain lion as the base and modify it a bit because I think they have big cats on Vulcan. I just hope she's okay. I don't really have that many friends and I count her on that list." Aria sat quietly i\deep in though for a few moments.
"Oh so earlier I said I thought the whole thing was my fault. Well the device wasnt supposed to be powered yet. Jax let me design the power cores after i told him my interest in romulan singularity cores. So I figured my design must have been faulty to allow it to power up partially catching us by surprise. I've done some simulations and looked at sensor logs. It looks like my design is solid and not at fault though its probably a bit too early to know. Liz got kind of mad at me for doubting myself but... assuming the worst when it comes to me is natural. I mean I don't really seem to fit in anywhere. Well the Pilgrim has been the best in a long while but still. Highschool was horrible enough that I tested out and managed to get into the academy a year early just to get out of that. My first posting on DS9 didn't go well at all either, my supervisor there obviously didn't like me. Heck even my birth Mother got rid of me when she could and my adopted parents shipped me off to school pretty soon after adopting me. I just sort of assume im always at fault, and that people don't like me until shown otherwise. It sounds kind of harsh, but it means I don't feel as bad when I find out something is my fault, or that someone really doesn't like me." Aria shrugged slightly looking through the camera zoning out as she continued. "It's just how im wired I guess. Sort of like how when I feel sad or alone I still smile if im in public. Because if you look happy people leave you alone, and because no one likes a debi downer. I don't even know why im putting this in my log... except it feels good to tell someone even if its a inanimate object, and lets be real no one will ever bother checking my logs anyways." Aria sighed and smiled slightly at having gotten that off of her chest.
"Anyways back to the whole test thing. I remember Aegis saying part of the test would be history. Most species who aren't a member of the federation for much of their history they explored in racially homogeneously crewed vessels. I wonder if the people who sent us the plans for the Rabbit hole are expecting races they contact to be similar. If so how will they deal with Pilgrims diverse makeup. Are they going to go through each members racial history and tendencies? I really hope not because my people have done a lot of things im not proud of and I really don't want to be punished for them... Oh! One last thing if you are wondering where the Captain was for all of this. He was with us on the bridge for the first part but at some point in the hours of no progress he got on the turbo lift to do something and got stuc in it with the Doctor. None of us even noticed because things evolved so quickly we had to be on top of our game to bring Jax and T'lea back safely. I honestly wonder if Aegis did that as a integral part of the test though. Despotical regimes universally have very rigid and inflexible chains of command. They also don't promote individual initiative. So seeing if a crew can function without begin able to ask its Captain to ask for orders or coms with some sort of high command seems to me like it would be a great way to detect and weed out such civilizations so you don't potentially invite a invader to your doorstep. Could of just been dumb luck though." Aria yawned once again this time she didn't bother to cover her mouth, simultaneously she lost the battle to keep her eyes open.
"Good night log. Computer end recording." falling asleep in position too tired to bother changing or even putting the padd away.
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Oct 10, 2014 1:05:29 GMT -5
"Computer begin recording." Aria said dressed in uniform pants and her undershirt with her hair down obviously relaxing.
"So it's been a few days since the Aegis incident crashed and burned. I don't really like anyone seeing me break down like I did, not even a padd which would in turn make a log no one will ever watch anyways. So my non-existent audience if you didn't like the wait..." Aria smiled and poked her tongue out at the padd playfully, then chuckled.
"Anyways Aegis. Yeah we messed up and he killed himself to in his eyes protect his people. I guess I should backtrack to how that ended up happening though. So after we got our systems back their was a pause in the testing. We got our systems back as promised but we still had further tests hanging over our heads. Well eventually Aegis manifested again in sickbay and the Doctor and T'lea and Zala I think were there to talk with him. Lots and lots of talking. Oh and at some point I tried to do some scanning of the gate but Aegis locked me out. Anyways the talk kinda went south from what I heard. I wasn't there so I really don't know. Anyways since I was of no help on the bridge I asked to be relieved to return to engineering. The Captain said yes so I went back down to engineering and Jax had me join him in hololab two. This is where stuff started to go really wrong for sure, and fast." Aria said slowly shaking her head and then letting lose a deep sigh.
"When I get to the holo lab Jax tells me we are going to make a holographic duplicate of the computer core and route systems through it as well so hopefully Aegis couldn't lock up both our main computer and the holographic one at the same time so we wouldn't be shut out. It started off well but then it went wrong. Somehow we snagged Aegis. Technically duplicating a file shouldn't have done that so either Aegis let us trap him or my pet theory is that Aegis' reach exceeded his grasp. Mainly that Aegis is... was for all intents and purposes a child. So even if he had figured out many of our systems I don't think he had them mastered. So Jax calls down the Captain, Zala the Doctor, and T'lea come down too and it gets really ugly. When the Captain finds out we trapped Aegis he has us both snap to attention and then he grills Jax. He was sooo mad, and the fire in his eyes I literally thought my career was over. So him and Jax spare verbally for a bit then the Captain grills me on what we were doing. It was the worst thing since getting stuck in the middle of one of the legendary Jax, Liz fights of old. So then the discussion goes to what we do now Jax keeps piping up so he got sent to his quarters." Aria shook her head as she replayed the events in her mind.
"I really like Jax, he's intelligent and gorgeo... very uh.... personable, and incredibly sweet when he wants to be. But sometimes he reminds me of a porcupine. Cute but when he wants to be he can be really prickly. I remember when I first came on board I was pretty sure he hated me because he was angry, and hitting things, then there were the fights with Liz. Now with the fights with the Captain, considering this is the second I've seen even though I totally understand the first involoving Bren and in his shoes even scardy cat little old me probably would have gotten loud, he has a problem. When Jax gets something in his head he is really stubborn I think. It's his way or.. his way, and then he doesn't deal with the person he is trying to sway diplomatically. He kind of treats them like a faulty part that has partially fused itself in place that needs to be beaten to get it lose. When instead he should treat it like a blown bio-neural gel pack on a delicate system where you need to use finesse in removing the old one and replacing it. If that weren't bad enough he uses that approach on his superiors well at least two of them so far from what I've seen. Of course all this begs the question would he be a jaxilpine or a porcujax?" Aria smiled momentarily at her horrible joke.
"So Jax gets sent to his quarters and Zala leaves out of protest too, and then the Doctor goes to take care of other duties. At this point Aegis comes back looking and sounding like my Brother and he just kind of latches on my leg. All three of us talk for a bit and then he finally... Oh and Bren was down there too I knew I forgot someone but yeah Bren was there with us too. Anyways he told us we had failed his tests and that now that he was in the process of deleting himself..." Aria paused and looked up blinking rapidly to dry her eyes before she continued. "He could tell us about his people and why they were reaching out to us in the first place. He comes from a wholly artificial race of people built by the original organic life of his world to reverse the pollution of their world. They did their job but weren't fast enough to save their creators. Eventually another organic race found their world and began strip mining it. Being programmed to revere life and not end it they couldn't do anything to stop this race and wanted to find someone to intercede on their behalf. During all this he just wanted to hold me and be held while he ended his life to protect his people and the world he had never even seen." A few tears managed to escape despite Aria's best efforts.
"I talked with Jax a bit after that mostly apologizing for disagreeing with him about what to do with Aegis after we inadvertently captured him. I'm glad he wasn't mad at me. If he were I would have offered to submit transfer paperwork, I respect him that much. But that really doesn't have anything to do with what I wanted to say. What was it... ugh I hate when my mind wanders. Oh yeah Aegis. I know alot of people really didn't like him especially T'lea, Bren and Jax. For obvious reasons. I can't help but feel for him and not just because he took the form of Andrew multiple times including in the end when he drifted away. He was a child born in our systems who had a very short life. I think his grasp on a great many things was tenious and that's what created so many issues. I don't think he meant for the shuttles power to slowly be drained, just like he didn't mean for our enviro systems to go crazy and hurt some crew men when he first came aboard. He had more power and capabilities than he was ready for in my mind. Even some of the things I've read since then that others have posted for example his not liking Cardassians for their history. He never gave me an issue and going through my personal file and Orion history he had to know my own mother sold me that's pretty damning. There is a logical disconnect there that shows he wasn't just a preformated intelligence but was almost organic in how his thought processes evolved, just at a far faster pace, and with a mission hardcoded in that he needed to attempt complete ASAP while growing. People forget children when they are young can be extremly cruel and self centered, because they lack the past experiences to always tell them how their actions might affect others and their mental processes aren't fully developed. For example during Andrew's phase of running from me saying I was going to sell him to slavers... To him that was a harmless really fun game. To me well I cried myself to sleep that night and a few others. Of course it didn't help that when I told him I would never sell him because he's my Brother and I love him that his reply was basically that my own Mom had sold me so how could he be sure and that I wasn't really his Sister because I was adopted... Point being Andrew is a little sweety pie who before that little episode and since is a little cuddle bug. He never would purposefully hurt me like he did then because he just didn't know better. In fact when he learned how much it hurt my feelings he almost broke down in tears apologizing. If I had to guess I think to him it was just playing tag while showing me some of his recently acquired knowledge, such as finding out I'm not the same species as him, and that I am adopted, what being adopted even means etc. That's how I view Aegis. Maybe I just have rose colored glasses on because he reminded me so much of my brother but that's my theory and im sticking too it. Which reminds me next time we are near Earth I am taking some leave. If we are near by long enough some day maybe I could even have some of my crewmates who aren't from Earth over for a party at my Parents house or something." Aria smiled as she thought about her family.
"Well that wasn't too bad I only broke down a bit and I didn't almost faint like when the Captain had me at attention." Aria laughs and wiped her face removing the last hints of recent tears. "Computer end recording."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Oct 20, 2014 23:39:15 GMT -5
Aria set her padd in a position where it could record her then went back to folding garments and placing them in a duffel bag.
"Computer begin recording. So today was awesome with a capital a. Me and Jax were working on simulations for a process to give our benamite stores a longer lifespan. I think I've told you about that before but anyways we made a huge breakthrough. Well we did if it carries over from holodeck simulations to the real world that is." Aria smiled at the camera having finished packing her bag she sat on the edge of her bed and continued talking.
"So first we tried to dissolve the benamite and reform it without the small flaws that nature puts in its crystalline structure and are a big part of the reason why it breaks down so fast in use. That actually works but in the real world it would take some fifty thousand years or so to get the finished product so that line of research was a total no go. So me and Jax brainstorm to come up with other ideas to try and increase its lifespan. My idea was when using it to modify the reaction to make the benamite even more unstable than usual then we could manipulate it and kind of beat it into a better structure while its on the verge of falling apart. Jax liked the idea so he helped me design a new reaction and re-crystallization chamber. In super oversimplified terms I got the idea from steel. See iron is okay but steel is way stronger and how do you make steel you heat up the iron enough and introduce carbon and bam new molecular makeup that's stronger. Though we aren't really introducing any new elements to the benamite in this process but you get it right? Because you know temperature being a measure of molecular energy and all, so its kind of like you are getting the iron atoms into rowdy party mode so they don't notice the carbon atoms crashing the party then they all pair off anyways and the next morning iron and carbon realize they really like each other and become a couple and live happily ever after. In me and Jax's process its more like we get the benamite really riled up so its throwing a riot and we use containment fields and such like riot police who push the riot into a shape we can better work with. I hope that made sense somewhat. If not oh well I guess you can wait for Jax and I to publish a paper on it." Aria smiled proudly at the thought of having a paper circulating with her name on it.
"So um well if we continue with the rioting benamite atom metaphor, the only issue with this method is you need to modify your containment field to be a lot stronger. On our first try we had a breach... so those little rioting atoms would have torn up the ship and crew into itty bitty bits if that hadnt have been a simulation. Our second try after Jax re-calibrated the containment field worked perfectly. Jax was so happy he ran over and hugged me." Aria smirked slyly reliving the memory. "As a scientific footnote, he smells good. Oh and anyways our solution since its pretty simple means you can scale it down pretty small in size so dang near everything bigger than a shuttle can use it. I wonder how Jax's talk with the captain on letting us try it out in the real world will go. Anyways since my free time isn't completely devoted to this project anymore im going to go enjoy my holoprograms. I think im going to test out the changes to my mirrior universe simulation by restarting it this time as a prisoner aboard a terran transport. If you are wondering why I put the outfit im going to wear in the bag first, two reasons. One I don't like walking around in cloths that revealing, two Jax once asked me about what kind of holoprograms I play. He had a negative reaction to this one I didn't even get to really describe what you do in it. So no costume till I get there means less people noticing me and no one asking questions where the answer might tint their perception of me. That's all for nor now, bye. Computer end recording."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Nov 11, 2014 15:12:35 GMT -5
Aria fumbled with her console trying to get its log recording settings to match with the trusty padd she usually used. When she was hapy with the results she sat at the foot of her bed smiling.
"Computer begin recording. Hi everyone." Aria waved at the console. "I know its been awhile since I've done one of these it's just been pretty quiet lately so there would be even less interest than usual in anything I say so less than zero I didn't want to create a micro singularity of interest that could destroy the ship." she smirked and winked at the camera. "So hmm whats all happened since the last time I made one of these?" Aria looked up at the roof and tapped a solitary finger against her chin trying to recall everything. "Well I had lunch or maybe dinner with the Captain again. I can't remember which. A whole bunch of us had dinner together and traded cheesy ghost stories on Halloween, and I had dinner with Jax... Not what you're thinking, oh and we started actually building our benamite re-crystallization chamber."
"Guess I'll start at the beginning. Awhile back I ran into the Captain in the mess hall after my shift. The Captain was there so we chatted and ate together. Mostly he wanted to know about the re-crystallization chamber. He though me and Jax had like a whole team dedicated to that project he didn't even realize that it was just me and the Commanders off time pet project. Sounded like him and Jax haven't really talked much since they started feuding so I filled him in on a lot of the project but told him to act surprised when he finally talked to Jax about it. Considering that me and Jax are building it now I guess they finally talked about it. I hope that went well. Besides that the Captains a interesting man, a bit different but interesting. I kinda feel stuck in the middle again like when Jax and Liz where fighting because I genuinely like both of them." Aria sighed. "Hopefullly they get over it soon." Aria trailed off as she began fumbling with her favorite padd off screen in her lap.
"Okay so Halloween. I'm using the console to record today because I have a treat for you on this padd and its easier to show pics this way than have the recorder go through a slideshow while I talk." Aria is still looking down at the padd as she talks obviously scrolling through pictures to find the one she wants. "Okay so first off here is Drew in his ninja costume." Aria smiled happily a ting of homesickness in her eyes was evident though as she brought the padd up on screen. Upon its screen is a picture of a young boy in a white ninja costume complete with a plastic sword posed in his best 'Hiyah' pose. "Isn't he adorable? They also sent some of me I don't even remember the first one." She turned the padd to face her and flicked a finger across its screen then turned it back around so it was visible to the consoles lense. A picture of a pair of adult humans one dressed as a cheerleader the other a football player. However clinging to the woman's leg and peering out cautiously was a very young Orion girl dressed all in black with a headband with little black cat ears on it. A small amount of black face paint on her nose and radiating on her cheeks as whiskers completed the costume. "So that's me believe it or not. That's from pretty soon after my Parents were allowed to take me home. It's from some halloween costume party one of them had at their job, before I was sent off to school." Aria turned the padd around out of view once more looking at the picture herself. "I've always liked cats." she said absent mindedly "I guess that was from before I became a Daddies girl too I guess." she said with a chuckle, before swiping to another picture and turning the padd around. "Snow White." She said laughing and shaking her head. A young Aria a year older than the last picture standing alone smiling dressed up like Disney's snow white the only glaring inaccuracy being her skin tone. Aria swiped again this time reaching over the screen so the padd was still visible to the console, "Princess Jasmine." she swiped again, "Cinderella. As you can see I had a thing for princesses, and that last one reminds me, Orions make absolutely horrid blondes." Aria laughed and shook her head as she placed the padd out of view in her lap once again. "There's a few more of me, and some more recent ones from when I took Drew to one of his little friends halloween parties last year but I think I'll save those for just me. On board this year Liz, Pratt, the Captain, maybe T'lea im not sure if she was there, Mac and me all talked and had some food and swapped silly ghost stories. At one point the Captain came up behind me and banged something on the counter that made me jump... But im kind of skittish so that's not much of a achievement I guess. It was nice, this is definitely my favorite posting so far, I actually feel at home here sometimes and not like a outsider people want gone." with that Aria was quiet for a moment at a loss for words.
"Oh so me and Jax started working on actually building our re-crystallization chamber. Awesome. After we got our first major part done the chamber itself Jax asked me to go to lunch with him. Of course I said yes. He wanted my opinion on what to get his Admiral girlfriend for her birthday. Like I know a thing about relationships. Anyways I thought it was sweet, he obviously really cares about her. I guess you could say im green with envy... You know... cause im Orion. Ugh." Aria stuck out her tongue and made a wretching face. "Sorry that came out way worse in reality than it sounded in my head. Anyways I told him flowers and if he can manage it him showing up in person would be what she would want most. Or at least that's what I would want most if I were her. Or if he can't swing that maybe a holoprogram that relives there first date or something. Of course I could be way off the mark the last time I had a boyfriend was what... as a freshman in high school I think?" Aria shrugged and sighed. "Oh well maybe someday I'll find someone who cares about me enough to ask about what they should get for my birthday. Probably not but you never know. Well that'a all for now bye. Computer end recording."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Dec 1, 2014 22:59:09 GMT -5
Aria sat cross legged on the floor, cradling the padd in her lap, a extensive assortment of supplies surrounding her.
"Computer begin recording. Hi log so um not that much I can tell you about whats going on super secret squirrel stuff. Lets just say it involves Iconians. Should be here for two weeks before going back home to the pily. Hmm lets see whats happened since my last entry..." Aria tapped her chin as she often did when deep in thought.
"Well had a BBQ at my Parents house with some people while on shore leave before coming here that was fun. Besides that and coming here not much really. Hmm what can I tell you about the current assignment. Well me and T'lea are the only members of Pily's crew that are here. T is here because of that big beautiful vulcany brain of hers, shes like the best when it comes to Iconians. Im here as a consolation prize because they couldn't get Jax cause he's busy." Aria chuckled at that.
"What else... emm oh there is a hazard team I've never worked with one of those before." Aria looked left and right to see if it was clear then leaned closer into the screen and half whispered. "Some of them are really cute. Though I guess that should be obvious I mean a bunch of extra fit young guys right? Besides that everyone is pretty nice there is a tellerite on the crew too. I've kind of been tip toeing around him. I mean I know its their custom to be rude and I understand that it's just on certain subjects I have very thin skin. So its easier to just avoid him then risk looking like a idiot and crying in front of everyone if he pushed the wrong button you know? Shoot while im going down negative lane I just thought other things. One, well I had a ships doctor prepare me some extra pheremone inhibitor since I wont be able to bathe possibly for two weeks. I um just realized I didn't specify for it to include any scents or deodorizers... So I might be pretty stinky after my regular stuff I brought from pily wears out." Aria sighed and shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh well everyone else will probably stink too. whats kind of worrying me now though is sleeping arrangements. I mean I've been pretty good at hiding the whole frequent, vivid, nightmares thing. Um that might be hard to hide here and im sure I'll have plenty. New places, stress, anxiety, they all trigger them to happen more frequently. And this place is going to have all of that in droves im sure. I guess I'll just have to hope for the best right? I mean whats the worst that can happen? The expedition leader telling Jax I have issues and me getting sent off the pily to see a counselor or kicked out of starfleet." Aria laughed nerviously at the half jokenly uttered statement. "Too late to worry about that now or back out guess I'll just try to be brave, and do a good job. Note to self. I should have brought Rufus he probably would have helped with the nightmares a little bit. Computer end recording."
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Post by Lt Cmdr Aria Xalot on Jan 11, 2015 23:45:57 GMT -5
Aria beamed as she set up her padd to begin another log entry. The new lieutenant pip already secured to her collar.
"Computer begin recording. Hey log. I know its been awhile let me catch you up to date. Well um me and T are done with our secret squirrel mission and back home on Pily. Oh and Pily has gotten a refit shes even more state of the art than she was. And we have some new crew members and stuff too. I havent really had a chance to talk to them yet though. We also got a new Captain guess who. Jax! I know weird right, I think he can handle it though. But it does have one big issue what do we call him? Captain Jax sounds like a pirate name as someone brought up already, and Capin Jax sounds like some sort of breakfast cereal. Oh well I guess well climb that mountain when we get there." Aria shrugged.
"Oh yeah let me tell you about what happened to me and T when we got on board." Aria's smile grew and the pace of her speech ramped up to a dizzying pace. "So like me and T we get back on board right? And Pratty is like hey go see the Captain. And so we head up there and im like oh neat. I know Jax kinda well now I guess so this should be fine right? Wrong we get in there and Jax is in like a total porquejax mood. He starts yelling at us telling us we are out of uniform and stuff. Ugh i was sooo confused, and scared because I've seen the Jaxupine ruffled up quite a few times. Then he smiles, and I know it's alright. He was just playing with us." Aria paused to take a deep breath the rapidity of her words coming closer to normal once again, as she straightened her collar subtly pointing out her new rank insignia.
"Me and T got promoted. It's Lieutenant Xalot now. Assistant Chief of Engineering." Aria looked like the proverbial cat who got the canary as her grin grew. "That's a pretty big turn around, I mean I just passed my one year anniversary in Star Fleet too, and before I made it to Pily I really thought I might end up being a one year wash out. Oh and Ral got promoted to Chief and Hanson got promoted too. Now if you don't mind Log im going to head out the real showers in the executive guest quarters are calling my name, errr um they need to have routine maintenance performed on them I mean." Aria winked at the padd.
"Computer end recording."
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