All the Single Ladies

Posted on Wed Jul 14th, 2021 @ 2:17am by Captain Maia Sterling & Lieutenant Commander Sheena Toran-Blake & Lieutenant Commander Havri Belbre & Lieutenant Maria McMahon & Captain Karyn Somers & Lieutenant JG Samantha Blake, Ph.D & Ensign K'Rin C'Tinu & Ensign Eretria & Lieutenant Emily Coleman

Mission: The Thorion Conundrum Mission Brief
Location: Main Lounge
Timeline: Current (Late Night)

- Maria's Quarters -

It had been a long long day sorting out the Operations department and checking the stores were fully stocked and the ship was working fine and that everyone and every department were fine, now all she needed was to relax and enjoy herself.

It was then she noticed that there was an invite to a ladies night and that she thought would be a good idea to meet with the girls in an off duty setting and deciding what to wear, she looked in her wardrobe and found the sexist dress and decided to go out with that.

After leaving her quarters, Maria walked down the corridor to the bar noticing others checking her out, although she was not that well endowed in her figure but it was what she had been given. After a few minutes, she found the bar and entered as she said " Hi Ladies, "

In the bar, Alessa sat wearing a white dress and was sipping on synthehol that was champagne and eating a plate of cheese. She saw some couples dancing to music or chit, chatting. Gorebets had really gotten under her skin, the talk with Keitel had been alright but she couldn't help all these men were trying to exhort their egos on her. All she wanted was to relax.

Betty walked in wearing her off duty BDU's and saw Alessa sitting drinking by herself and eating what appeared to be cheese and truffles. She walked up to the bar, "I will have an IPA, Andorian and you have it or whatever you have that's on tap." She then walked over to Alessa and cleared her throat.

"Allie drinking alone is the sure sign of a problem!" She said in a high pitched voice.

"Betty Andrews as I live and breathe, I haven't seen you since College! I take it Norman is doing okay? How are the kids?" Alessa asked with genuine interest pulling up a spot at the table for her.

"Before you answer that I am not drinking alone, I am here with a co-worker. So it's not alcoholism!" Alessa looked at the door waiting for Coleman to appear.

Betty sat down with her beer, "I dropped a lot of weight by dropping Norman. The kids are still beautiful, David is going to school in Switzerland and I missed Marlene's first steps. But now I am in a place with an intergalactic relay and maybe that will be different?"

"So very sorry I am running late," Emily stated as she walked up to Alessa. "I just could not figure out what I wanted to wear in the chance there was a special guy here to pick me up."

Betty laughed and raised her glass, "It's okay you look as pretty as a Disney princess. Good enough for me to take home!"

"Betty, ye gods you can't say that to another person?!" Alessa coughed down her drink and laughed.

"Which reminds me I have to order something to eat, the doc thinks I am underweight... New damned diet. Waiter cheese sticks, lots of red sauce." She looked at the waiter.

"Anyway Em, how are you doing? Have you seen Captain Gorebets yet, man candy.. and I saw the Flight Control officer he isn't too bad."

Betty just grinned, "He hasn't been laid since Tzenketh. They attacked and killed his girlfriend at the time. So yeah he could use it."

Alessa laughed some. She seemed uncomfortable for a moment.

Betty looked at her, "What's wrong? I know that look!"

Alessa sighed, "I made a fool out of myself today."

Betty grinned, "You didn't hit on anybody did you?"

Alessa sighed, "I kind of got way into a patient more than I should have nothing unthwarted happened. I just... It was a woman."

Betty gasped!

"I am ready to get me a drink have either of you ever had an Asheyan Sunrise? I have heard they are good." Emily stated. "I will go get us drinks, what do you each want?"

"Beer is mother, beer is the father. Andorian IPA please." Betty said with a smile.

Alessa smiled, "Another one of these, Betty what do you call them?" She motioned at her glass.

Andrews said with a smile, "Mojitos. be careful they are deceptively awesome."

Samantha entered the lounge feeling in need of a lifting of her spirit. A drink or three seemed like the ticket to do just that. She glanced about the lounge as she sidled up to the bar and ordered a glass of wine. She spotted Alessa and wandered over. "Good evening Counselor. I wanted to let you that I took a bit of your advice and thought hard about what I wanted to do."

Alessa smiled, "Are you staying on? Or do you just want a drink? You are welcome to sit down and join us? Please it's Les."

Samantha nodded as she sat down with the growing table of ladies. "Trying to anyway. I gave a lot of thought to what you said. Ryan is here and Sheena is like a sister to me. So I have an emotional support system already in place. Quite frankly, I am tired of the constant moving from ship to ship or laboratory facility. I am have started to make friends here and...I want to stay."

Betty smiled a little, she raised her beer glass that said JIMMY THE GRUNT on it and smiled softly.

Jamie walked into the lounge, feeling in better spirits. She had on a nice black dress, a gift from her Aunt Debbie,
and had her mass of red curls mildly under control behind her back. oO Let's see how the night progresses. Hopefully not draw too much attention to myself either... Oo she thought to herself.

"Nice dress Jamie"...Maia said.

"Why thank you, captain," Jamie said with a smile. Her time with the counsellor and on the holodeck had helped brighten her mood since they last met. "It was one of the more conservative ones I have. You look, lovely tonight captain, if I may say so."

"Thank you, Jamie, I don't often get a chance to dress up and go out with the girls," Maia replied.

"Isn't it strange," Jamie said to the captain, looking out at all the other ladies from the crew who'd gathered in the lounge together, "how all the women on this ship and most in Starfleet all seem so much more attractive than average?"

"Most are young with no children and as Starfleet officers, most are in good to great shape. Just be glad you're not as old as I am." Maia said

"Oh, I love that dress!" said Tiira (Kristen Miller, from She-Spies, but purple skin and a tail), the purple-skinned Aktevan engineer that worked with Jamie in engineering. "It matches my dress, that's so thoughtful of you! On my planet that's a gesture of deep friendship, you know..."

"Oh is it?" Jamie asked, noticing her black dress did resemble Tiira's quite a bit. "Tell me about it over an Asheyan Sunrise..."

Emily returned with the Andorian IPA for Betty and the Mojito for Alessa, and an Asheyan Sunrise. "So I see more have joined us. Sorry, I did not know what you all wanted to drink or I would have been happy to snag drinks for you." Emily started to Jamie and Tiira as she handed the drinks to the other ladies.

The two ladies walked over to the bartender to get some drinks and enjoy a good time. (OOC: looks like this: https://cocktailsandshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/how_to_make_a_barbados_sunrise_cocktail_drink.jpg)

Betty thanked her and took the beer. She looked at Alessa, "Chin up things going to be okay. Remember Lieutenant Albert when we got to Luna?" She then looked at the other women.

"Imagine if you would a doc with real grabby hands. Alessa here put lidocaine gel on her stomach so when he grabbed her midriff, packet bursts and the doc gets blue dye and this goo all over his hands. he had to report to the anesthesiologist who cooked the idea up to catch him blue handed!" Betty blurted out.

Eretria walked into the lounge wearing a pair of blue jeans and a white button-up. She spotted the large party of female officers dominating several tables and after going to the bar for a large goblet of bloodline decided to join the group. "Good evening everyone. May I join your gathering?"

Captain Sterling walked in wearing a mid-calf flowing black dress. She looked very tasteful.

"An interesting soirée we have going on here," Maia said looking around.

Samantha beckoned Maia to take a seat. "Join us, Captain. Just a few of us ladies getting into the spirit...and spirits." She grinned as if to accent her last two words.

- Karyn's Quarters -

Karyn had returned to her quarters and had a surprise invitation to a ladies night, in the main lounge, she decided to wear an outfit that complimented her hair colour and green eyes. She put her long hair up in a high ponytail with a fringe, it was set in the style of the 50's era, she did her face and all the rest and then slipped on her dress again it complimented her hairstyle and colour. Then came the tights with an able bracelet around her left leg then the shoes went on, she wobbled a little until she got her balance, with that done she put her Commbadge on and left her quarters, she drew the eyes of some of the crew who were not going to be at the party, thanks to family genetics and her fit trim physique she looked good and she knew it and her walk said this.

She had not dressed in such a way since she and Alex attended a retro night at the club on Starbase 51, now here she was in an outfit that existed a decade before that last outfit she wore. She entered the turbo lift "ships main lounge" she said when the doors closed and the lift took her to her requested destination.

- Main Lounge -

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Karyn finally entered the main lounge, with her red hair in her high ponytail and styled in the fifties style, her Emerald Green halter cocktail dress also '50s in style and 6-inch heels also in emerald green, she paused in the doorway a moment looking around to see who was there already, she spotted the Captain and walked over to her, "Hello Captain, I like the dress" Karyn said as she stood next to Sterling, her 5ft 9inch frame seemed a little taller with her high heels, but despite the style she wore, she dressed like she was taught to dress by her diplomatic parents, she still missed her uniform, but hey a party was a party.

"Hi Karyn, you look lovely, and have extremely good taste. How come there are so many single ladies on this ship anyway?" Maia asked

Karyn looked at her Captain "Thank you, Captain, you do not look so bad yourself, as for the other single ladies I cannot answer that, as for me, I have not found the right girl as of yet, and you Captain, why are you still single?" Somers said.

"Who says I'm single?" Maia replied.

Betty slugged back some of her beer, "I think it's more like why aren't there more men here? Strong women run them off?" Andrews smiled and looked at Alessa she took out a small holo print of her two kids.

"Too bad their father is an asshole." She exclaimed.

Samantha looked about and did realize that the group was indeed a sizable representation of the single ladies. She remembered a game she used to play with girlfriends in college. "How about we play Marry, Kiss, Kill?"

Eretria glanced at Samantha curiously. "What is that?"

Samantha glanced at Eretria but looked at the entire group as she explained the rules of the game. "First we name the person we would marry if we could. Then we name the person we would want to kiss if given the chance and finally the person we would most likely kill. You have to say why in all three cases and...they have to be a member of the Leto's crew or Embassy staff. Who wants to go first?"

Eretria listened attentively to the rules. They seemed straightforward enough to her. "I would marry Ambassador Langley, his position of influence and power in Federation politics could be of immeasurable benefit to my planet. I would kiss Lieutenant-Commander Blake, he is a young and attractive male Leto officer. I would kill...Lieutenant Brannon, I may advance in position with her out of the way."

Samantha blinked at Eretria's answers before looking about. "I guess she does understand the rules."

Maia shook her head..."Yes, apparently she does. This isn't a Klingon ship though, there will be no advancement on my ship from murdering superior officers" Maia stated flatly.

Betty took a pull from her beer, "Marry? Like I would make that mistake twice, Kill... I work with all of you and nobody has earned a frag in my mind. But 'kiss' Keitel. He seems like he would really enjoy a good..' kissing'." She suggested that it would be more than a kiss.

"Perhaps you should. Keitel is a good man, who would appreciate the attentions of a woman like you." Maia said.

Alessa smiled, "See this kind of stuff is hard seeing how I interview all of you for psych evals... But here goes." She slammed a mojito down. Then cleared her throat.

"As for marrying it, it would be either Gorebets or Cale, they both seem like they would get handsy enough and appreciate me. Kiss it would be Dr Hendon... Kill... that's a tough one but if I had to pick somebody it would not be anybody who saves my ex who isn't here. Danni... Er Danniels seemed like a real scumbag." The Counselor admitted.

oO Though getting between Ryan and his squeeze might be fun. oO Alessa admitted to herself.

"I rather fancy Nick DeMarco, He is a great kisser and he can really either get me excited or calm me down. Although to be honest I'm already married to my ship." Maia said.

Eretria glanced at Samantha curiously. "What about you Doctor Blake. Who would you marry, kiss and kill?"

Samantha let out a long breath. "Well, I suppose I would marry Ambassador Langley too, had a crush on him as a teenager when my mother worked with him. Kiss, I kind of wish I had kissed Steve O'Carrol on the one date we went out on. As for kill. The asshat who attacked my baby brother on Thorion III."

Eretria was momentarily confused. "I thought you said each person we chose had to be...."

Maia chuckled.

Samantha glanced about. "Moving on. Um, Karyn. Marry, Kiss and Kill?

Maia took a sip of her cocktail and looked at Karyn intently

Looking a little surprised she took a healthy swig of her Romulan Ale and swallowed but in a deadpan tone "Let me see for Marry I would say Captain Sterling for reasons I will not go into, Kiss would be Commander Toran as she too is hot and for Kill" she pauses and looks at Brannon "as for Kill that would be Lieutenant Brannon for doing something as stupid as disobeying orders and getting herself and others with her captured, but she wore the Bikini well" Karyn said for the whole thing she did not blush. She looked at the dubious faces "yes I bat for the other side, plenty of male friends but none interest me beyond that" she said to the group, she knew some if not most did not know that she was a Lesbian, but due to her upbringing and training, she had to dress impeccably when at functions, she did not put her sexual orientation on display it was a private matter and she never let it hinder her job.

"I'm flattered Karyn, though to be honest you're a bit young for me," Maia stated, smiling.

Karyn looked at the Captain "Really Captain! I do not think so" Karyn said with a smile "but my work will be unaffected" she added.

Samantha wandered back to the bar and ordered another glass of Chardonnay before returning to the group. She noticed a woman who had joined earlier but had remained quiet throughout most of the start of the festivities. She walked over and greeted Maria. "Hello, I am Samantha."

"Nice to meet you Samantha or may I call you Sam?" she stated looking back at the woman, she asked "So, what you up to in here?" posing the question to Samantha, as the female barkeep gave her a cold glass of coke.

"You can call her Dr Blake actually.." Maia said.

Sheena walked slowly in wearing a blue flowing dress with an open back. The neckline trimmed in silver, and her hair up with a silver holder. Looking at all who were there she looked for Ryan and Maia. Seeing them, she headed in that direction.

Jamie saw that the captain, the counsellor, and a few others were having a fun time, and was about to join when Tiira pulled her over to talk to the nurse, Kim Peeters, Brannon the tactical officer, and McMahon, the new operations officer.

"You've got to meet them, they're fun!" Tiira said with a smile beaming across her light purple face as her pointed tail swished happily behind her.

"Okay, don't spill the drinks!" Jamie said with a slight chuckle at her excited engineer.

They got over to the three ladies as Tiira introduced them, "So, this is Jamie Dougherty, the Chief Engineer. She kind of hides in engineering a bit much, like it's her own little kingdom, but I think you three would love to talk!"

"Hey y'all," Jamie said with a mildly embarrassed smile and a little wave as she sat with the other ladies. "Nothing wrong with starting my empire small, Tiira," she quipped as she sat.

Brannon put on a light blue traditional Betazed dress with heels and walked into the party. She got a drink and started to circulate the room. She knew most of the girls there but did not push things to be bad-mannered. She had hidden her security phaser in a holster on her left leg. She still feels good having it close by.

"Wow, that dress is nice, where did you get it from if I might ask?" replied Maria as she liked it and had not seen anything like that on Betazoid when she was there.

Brannon replied, I took some liberties and modified it a little to match my personality and tastes. The top is traditional but the skirt part is more like seen on earth. Lets me enjoy the styles of both world Captain. I do love your dress too. Makes you really look hat if I may say so."

[tag: Peeters, Sterling]

"So ladies, what's your beverage of choice?" Jamie asked, getting the conversation off to a good start.

"Mine is an Appletini," Maia said.

"Good choice," Jamie said, raising hers to the captain. "I had a friend, had me try one back on the USS Utopia. Made it perfectly every time."

"I would like to meet that friend sometime if possible," Maia replied.

Betty shoved her hand at the captain, "Corporal Andrews, Company clerk for the 95th!" She said bubbly and had dragged Alessa over, against her will. Alessa had a nervous frown on her face.

"You got a first name Corporal Andrews. There are no ranks at this social. My name is Maia its always a pleasure to meet a marine of the 95th."

Maia shook her hand.

"Wait a minute your name is Betty Andrews. I saw your name on a duty roster." Maia replied.

"My counterpart is Lieutenant Herria, she is a headshrinker but you can use her to get all the cool drugs!" Betty said with a wink.

Alessa covered her face and murmured, "No I do not give drugs out willy nilly."

Betty took a swig of her beer, "I am a beer girl and Les here is chugging mojitos like you would not believe."

"Well in that case let's get you another, Betty," Maia said.

Betty looked at Brannon, "That's a GREAT dress, I bet it looks best on the floor!"

Brannon smiled, "It does and is one of the traditional dress styles women wear on Betazed. I was born there and when my parents died. I was set up with a foster family that served with Starfleet. How about we find out how it flows Betty" as I take her hand to go to the dance floor.

Betty let herself be dragged to the floor and mouthed, "Back soon!" To Alessa. She looked at Brannon and smiled, "Hey there!"

We dance a short slow dance and talk. So how do you like it here on the Leto? I am the Chief of Security here. How about you? And of Betazed descent.

Betty smiled, "Yeah Lessa has a few of 'em in her wardrobe. As for me... I am just a gal from Georgia. Got drunk enough one night, dropped out of college got divorced and joined the marines all in a span of a day."

Great to hear, I grew up with Starfleet foster parents and joined the academy straight out of High School." As the music change, Brannon Smiled, "Thank you for the dance, Betty. I enjoyed it. Let's go mingle a little."

Over at her little table, Jamie saw a few of the ladies were dancing. It'd been a good while since she danced, but she figured oO Why not? Oo

She got up and made her way to the dance, where the music turned to a nice foxtrot tune, a dance she knew well, as she grabbed the first available dance partner, who happened to be Sheena, the XO, but Jamie hadn't much interaction with the quite lovely brunette as of yet.

"Ever dance the foxtrot?" Jamie asked. "I'm Jamie, the Chief Engineer, by the way."

"Oooohhhh, well, yes, but not very well. Chief Engineer, heh, a pleasure to finally meet you", Sheena said as she tried to keep up with Jamie.

"Pleasure to get to know you, Sheena," Jamie replied with a smile and a nod. "I only know the guy part, so I hope you don't mind me leading."

"Um....no....lead away," she said almost tripping over Jamie's feet

The duo started slowly till they found their rhythm, and pretty soon, they were moving around quite well. Step, step, sway, sway; step, back, half turn, to change direction. Step to the side, step to the side, sway, sway. Pretty soon, Jamie was giving her a twirl, and a dip, like a practised dancer.

Sheena couldn't believe it but she was dancing like a professional. "This is awesome. Didn't know I could dance this well," she added.

"We can impress ourselves in many ways if we're open to it," Jamie smiled as her hair swung around as they finished the dance. The song switched, and Jamie bowed to her partner in a grand gesture, one arm out, one under her bust. "Thank you for the dance, milady."

After the game of Marry, Kiss, Kill Karyn sought out the bar and got a drink of Andorian Ale and found a seat and watched others talking, this was normal for her, she tended to observe when she was not upset or angry, there was a lot one could learn from watching how others interacted with each other, also her shoes were killing her, she was wishing she wore flats now.

After the dance ends Angelina and Betty come back to the Bar to talk with others.

Brannon is feeling loose and free she goes to Karyn, she squeezes her soft behind. "Hi sexy thanks for rescuing me. You are a hero in my book." Brannon said.

Taken by surprise at the bum pinch her eyes opened wide in shock and swings around in shock almost tipping her Ale "hello there Lieutenant Brannon, I cannot decide if the dress or the bikini suits you better, but you look good in both, please join me" she said turning fully around to face the Lieutenant.

"Thanks this round is on me LT. I owe you and the others a lot for rescuing me and the others. And I have to say you look a lot sexier in that dress than you do in uniform. Dress like this much and the guys will be fighting over you." Replied Brannon.

Smiling demurely "thank you, Lieutenant, guys may fight over me, but none interest me in that way, as for the look while I have no actual diplomatic experience I do come from that world, my parents, father, in particular, is one of the Ambassadors to Kronos my family is in good standing with the Klingon's. Growing up I was taught how to dress for each occasion, while I miss my uniform, I do occasionally like to get all trussied up, the style is my own however as like my Sister I like the old fashioned outfits, but I am regretting these high heels, they are murder on the feet" Karyn said.

Brannon looked at Karyn, "hmm I may have a solution for you. Wait a minute here. She went to the replicator and came back. "Here try these wedges. I find them more comfortable and easier on my feet. Plus they are a lot more comfortable too."

Taking the emerald green wedges, she slipped her high heels off and the wedges on and then stood up and walked a bit "not as high as the heels I noticed, not much difference otherwise, but the difference there is, they are comfy, thank you" she said doing the buckles up on her new shoes and picking up her heels and having the barkeep put them behind the bar for safekeeping.

[Tag] Brannon

Sheena enjoyed the dance with Jamie and wondered if this was going to be just all girls or not. However, not seeing Ryan, as she thought she saw him earlier, a small pang of loneliness pushed its way to the surface. Quickly hiding her face, she headed for the bar and a double shot of bourbon. Sheena had a habit of drowning certain feelings with bourbon and this was one of those moments.

Samantha walked over to the well dressed Sheena and nodded. "If you're looking for Ryan. He volunteered to take bridge watch for Lieutenant Alvarez as CDO. Alvarez has an anniversary today and wanted to contact his wife back on Starbase 51. He set them up with a secure channel he could access from his quarters so they could have a video dinner and drinks night."

Looking at Samantha, "Oh, ok that was gallant of him to do so. He is so sweet and giving," Sheena said downing a third burbon.

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Captain Maia A Sterling
Commanding Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916

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Samantha Blake, DSci.
Assistant Chief Science Officer/Geology Division Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916

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Lieutenant Alessa Herria
Chief Counselor
USS Leto NCC-80916

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2nd Lieutenant Karyn Somers
Marine Executive Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916

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Lt. Cmdr. Sheena Toran
Executive Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916

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Lieutenant JG Kimberly Peeters
Asst Chief Medical Officer/Head Nurse
USS Leto NCC-80916

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Lieutenant Jamie Doherty
Chief Engineering Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916

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Lieutenant Angelina Brannon
Chief Security Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916

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Lieutenant Maria McMahon
Chief Operations Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916