ON:

(USS Excalibur, Ten Forward)

OLD.

:: I turn to walk back to the table, and I notice that the crewman was still there waiting for the Comdr. to decide what he would have. ::

:: I smile at the Cdr. As I sit back down, trying not to be so nervous, so that I wouldn't knock my chair over again. ::

NEW.. 


Cdr Ford: ::Mr. Ford has finally chose a perfect drink, to dawn his new position on board a new ship::

Cdr. Ford: “I would like a large Root Beer, if you have it” ::Which he fallowed with a smile::

Crewmember: "I do believe we do." ::As he smiled in returned::

Cdr. Ford: "Thank you."

Cdr. Ford: ::Once the officer left there presence, he began taking to her.::

Cdr. Ford: "You should know, I am not very good, making small talk, but I will do my best, not_to_be_boring. ::Smiling, at the same time, his eyes, rolled past her, and into deep space::"

Ensign Jade: “Is it because I am a Counselor, that makes you tong tide.?”

Cdr: Ford: ::His eyes, returning back to her:: “No_ofcourse_not, it was just never my strong suit through my life.”

Ensign Jade: ::At this point, she thought she could help him, with her learning’s “Have your parents ever tried to help you with that” 

Cdr. Ford: “My parents died, a year after I was born, friends of my family, are the ones that brought me up, but most of what I have learn, I did on my own” ::His eyes, glared downwards, towards his drink, and he then takes a sip, more_like_a_gulp.::

Ensign Jade: ::She felt sadness, of what happened to him, in the past:: “I am sorry, I did not know.”

Cdr. Ford: “You now, I never really knew them, my friends even family members, never really talked about them, nor what they did, the only thing I have to go by, is a pix of them, but_that’s_all.”

Ensign Jade: “They never told you, what they did, that is odd”. ::Which was fallowed by a slight quite sigh, and a tilt of her neck::

Cdr. Ford: “I would like to think that they were doing something that they believe in, as which I am now doing.” ::He then smiled:: “But who really knows” ::He again takes another sip of his drink::

Ensign Jade: “You now, for a person that is not good with making conversation, I must say, that you have improved in my book..” ::She begins to smile::

Cdr. Ford: “Well, thank you, you are by far, the best conversation_companion, that I have_ever_had.

Cdr. Ford: “Well, I hate_to_do_this, but I must take my leave, there are a few things that I must take care of, before we ship off, If you will excuse me” ::He steps up, bows his head a slight, and departs:.

Cdr. Jonathon Ford 

Chief of Security 
USS Excalibur, NCC-2997