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Beginning of a Day's Work 2/25/03 0:22: JP With Garion (Acara) Ch. 1 Part 4 GSS Yui (GD-30) Chiharu sat in the Captain's chair on the bridge as she watched the morning crew relieve the Dead Dog shift's bridge crew. By now, her coffee mug was long since been empty and her heat exchangers had closed, once again giving her the appearance of a human being save her ears. She sighed a bit, noticing that she was still short on crew, but from the looks it, more were going to transferring in within a day or so.
Acara headed back to the bridge since it would be the best place to start...again. Upon arrival, he noticed that the Chujo was there. He stood silently by the door, waiting to be noticed. Chiharu's ears twitched as she heard someone approach and then stop at the hatchway. ~That's odd, I didn't hear footsteps. ~ She turned to face the door and the chair swiveled as she redirected her body. Her dark red eyes appraised the man in a Technician's jacket and raised a curious eyebrow. "Can I help you? You can enter, you don't have to ask permission..." She glanced towards the soldier's insignia, "Technical Specialist..." She said the rank uneasily, not happy to have to call the boy by his rank. "Ma'am, I am Technical Specialist Acara. I transferred here from the GSS-Shindo. I am supposed to present myself to you upon arrival. "I'm Chujo Ketsurui Chiharu." She smiled friendly, another male crewmember, boy she was going to have to get used to it... "Nice to meet you Acara. I take it that you've taken a look about the ship already?" She had a cheerful and comfortable tone to her voice, nothing that you'd except to hear in a commanding officer's voice. "Well, since you're a Technician you'll be serving under Juni Kuru, the Chief Engineer, she's also new here. Don't worry too much about her; she may seem a bit gruff she's a pretty good worker and NCO. I'm sure that you'll have no end of things to do while you're on duty here." Her smile never seemed to cease. Acara was taken a back at this open show of friendliness. This was not at all what he expected of a Chujo. ~ Now I realize what Keenara meant, be polite no one in his right mind would be otherwise. If any one were rude, thirty people would be in line to beat you. ~ "Yes ma'am, I did get a look at the ship while you were away, and it looks very well maintained." Chi cast an approving glance around the bridge, still smiling. "That it does, Taisho Yui and her crew have kept it in good condition. And now your job will be to help it stay that way." She smoothed a lock of dark brown hair back behind her ear again as she continued, "I think that you'll do very well working here, so hopefully you won't have to move again for any reason, unless you really want to transfer away from us." She was glad that she had already looked over the new crew roster and had committed it to memory; it gave her a little insight into the situation of each crewmember so she could better understand them. "I have confidence in your abilities to make the GSS Yui the best maintained ship in the fleet." She smiled again, a strong sense of pride and confidence in her voice, she was being very honest and sincere and she hoped that Acara believed her sincerity. Acara began to like his new officer, she was kind and forward. He relaxed becoming less solid. " I will do my best. If I may, I must leave and stock up on fluids now." She nodded. "You are dismissed then, just be sure to check in with Juni Kuru whenever you're ready to get your assignment for the day. Take care Acara." "Yes ma'am." As Acara left the bridge, heading towards a food outlet, he wondered how his time here would affect his future. Chiharu smiled softly as her meeting with Technical Specialist Acara ended, the soldier seemed like he was a hard worker so she was happy. She just hoped that Kuru wouldn't give him too hard of a time.
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