Upper Five (Ship's Forward Lounge)

[Akirapryde]

Stardate: 53834.05
USS Thunderchild, NCC-63549
Deck 5, The Lounge
Upper Five
Commander Bonham, Lt Jr Noonia, Ensign Townsend, Ensign Skytower

Commander Bonham smiled and nodded, "Yes Lieutenant, it would appear that your work has impressed the new Commander of Air Group or CAG as the nickname of the position is. I recall the words used were that you were a sound candidate for Command level training. However Lieutenant Medart didn't want to loss you in Engineering. So there was a request to the Captain to have you pull double duties on the Flight Deck. The Captain agreed with the new CAG and so you will pull your AM Engineering on the bridge and you will pull a second over night shift on the Flight Deck. There you will learn everything a young eager officers like you needs to know to command flight operations. Here your command skills will be perfected and broadened." He explained with a bit of a commend tone in his voice, leaving no room for discussion on the matter.

He looked at his own PADD, "your first shift on the flight deck begins tonight at twenty three hundred hours. Don't worry, you will be babied tonight. But tomorrow night you will be expected to be at your fullest. Oh and don't worry about your AM shift on the Bridge, the Flight Deck office will be cutting you loss two hours before your shift so you can shower and prepare for your Bridge shift."

He looked up from his PADD and caught Lieutenant Noonia's eyes, "is there any questions Lieutenant?"

[NinjaPanda127]

Stardate: 53834.05
USS Thunderchild, NCC-63549
Deck 5, The Lounge
Upper Five
Commander Bonham, Lt Jr Noonia, Ensign Townsend, Ensign Skytower

Lylliana smiled and surprisingly for once, it was a genuine smile that sort of made her face just light up, "Congratulations Lieu.... Commander Noonia. " she corrected herself. "I will be looking forward to participating in your simulation on the holo deck. " and she meant it. Training was one of her favorite recreations. If she had no need to eat or sleep, she might find herself on the holo deck on a constant basis between duties.

She turned her attention to Commander Bonham. She had been caught up in his gaze before and found herself studying him for a short period. She could see what everyone was blathering on about. He was kinda, sort of handsome.. in a rugged sort of way. 'If you're into that sort of thing... ' she chided herself. She had to purposefully turn her gaze down to her data pad, realizing now that she had been lost in thought, just staring away at him. She flushed crimson again, 'Ugh, how embarrassing. Get a hold of yourself Skytower, you are no longer a dewy-eyed, love struck, crazy academy cadet!' She cleared her throat, "Well, Commander, if that is all... " She paused a moment from pretending to be ensued with her data pad.

[Kunanaki]

Stardate: 53834.05
USS Thunderchild, NCC-63549
Deck 5, The Lounge
Upper Five
Commander Bonham, Lt Jr Noonia, Ensign Townsend, Ensign Skytower

Had Lt. Jr. Noonia been a lesser man, he'd have shown the crestfallen look of doom. This was precisely what he had been trying to avoid this entire time! Dammit, it all started as just trying to help his friend out. After that, a blissful bit of relaxing and some Holosuite chilling between Engineering Shifts. Young Eager Officer was about as opposite as Lt. Jr. Noonia was looking for as possible. This had spun wildly out of control, yet there was no wiggling out of it. On the other hand, it would develop skills and give him more access to things he hadn't yet touched. Part of him was excited, the other part of him wanted to run screaming. What he managed outwardly was a slight smile. "No Sir, no questions at this time. Thank you Commander."

Checking the time from now and with prior experience of double shifts on his prior ship, Lt. Jr. Noonia decided that some Carbs and sleep was in Order. "With that in Consideration, I should be preparing myself for my new Duties Sir. If I may be excused?" Of course inwardly it was more of a 'Oh God Why Me!', but that was holy inward and had no bearing on that smooth outward appearance of calm, collected lack of panic. "Ahh, Actually Sir I did have one question before I go. What's the Commanders of the Air Groups name so I know who to report to?"

[Akirapryde]

Stardate: 53834.05
USS Thunderchild, NCC-63549
Deck 5, The Lounge
Upper Five
Commander Bonham, Lt Jr Noonia, Ensign Townsend, Ensign Skytower

Commander Bonham laughed turning to face the young female ensign, "Hold on Ensign. Junior Lieutenant Noonia" he said with an inflection on Noonia's current rank. He continued, "has not been promoted. He has only have his duties extended to cover leadership development." Before he turned away from her, he caught her eyes and that soft flush on her face. He couldn't help but smile as she looked down to her PADD. He was sure she was still watching from the upper parts of her. He wouldn't lie, she was attractive and had youth on her side. 'If things were different' he thought as he knew his heart belonged to someone else.

He picked up his own PADD and rose up from the table. "As for your question Lieutenant" and held a hand out for Lieutenant Noonia to shake, "I was assigned the CAG of the USS Thunderchild's flight group this morning by the Captain. And might I say, welcome to Flight Deck Operations Division." he said taking the Lieutenant's hand in a firm yet respectful shake. "However you will not be reporting to me as I have a patrol to lead. You will be reporting to Lieutenant Paxton" he said as he backed up. "I will let her know that you will meet her in the hanger deck for your introduction to flight deck operations."

He turned once more to catch Ensign Skytower still intentionally playing with her PADD. Now looking down at her, he couldn't help but noticing that she was reread the same page over and over again. "Sometimes those make for poor distractions" he commented as he watched her reread the same paragraph over again. Before she could reply he turned to Lieutenant, "I know you will do everything in your power to shine Lieutenant. Medart may not want to accept it, but your time in Engineering might be coming to an end." He said to him then turned and walked away without adding another word.

Ensign Townsend was the first to speak, "Oh my gosh!" It was if he was holding in an explosion. "This is great Mordecai!" he said slapping Noonia on the back with laughter in his voice. "You must have really impressed him." He paused for a moment, "you know what this means. Not just anyone can get assigned to the Flight Deck. That is if you can survive Paxton. She is a real ball buster. They call her the Cadet Slayer. Two guys in my section were ran off of the flight deck because of her. She was in charge of the flight deck before the big refit." he said looking over to Ensign Skytower, "WOW! This is great....." The excitement was clearly heard on his voice.

[NinjaPanda127]

Stardate: 53834.05
USS Thunderchild, NCC-63549
Deck 5, The Lounge
Upper Five
Commander Bonham, Lt Jr Noonia, Ensign Townsend, Ensign Skytower

Smiled pathetically, "Oh, well, my mistake. Congratulations Lieutenant Noonia." she corrected.

She looked down back at her PADD. She had been rereading the same paragraph over and over, working to refocus her thoughts and do something productive instead of standing there like an idiot. She looked up as the Commander commented but before she could respond he was walking away. 'A poor distraction?' her inner child stuck out her tongue. She couldn't help herself. She respected authority as people, most of the time, had earned their place. However, that didn't always mean she liked it, but he was attractive... she'll give him that. 'No... no he's not! Stop that!' she scolded herself.

With a sigh, she grabbed her cap and pulled her PADD close to her, "Well, it was a pleasure sitting with you all. Again, congratulations. " she nodded to Lt. Noonia and Ensign Townsend. And without much more to say, she turned to leave the overly embarrassing experience behind, wanting nothing more to do than bury herself knee deep in some holo training.

[Kunanaki]

Stardate: 53834.05
USS Thunderchild, NCC-63549
Deck 5, The Lounge
Upper Five
Commander Bonham, Lt Jr Noonia, Ensign Townsend, Ensign Skytower

Actually inwardly was pretty Ok with the turn of things. It meant more work, but at least it was something to whittle the hours away. Of course Lt. Jr. Noonia hadn't heard much of Lt. Paxton off the top of his head, but he supposed it'd be alright. The embarrassment of Ensign Skytower was obvious the way that it was pointed out so blatantly. Of course the self defensive mechanisms of digging herself into the PADD did little to distract the Commander from jabbing lightly.

Mordecai was a bit aghast, having spent a lot of energy not shining and being told TO shine! Training was always taken seriously however, and the thought of his life being lost due to a petty reason was squashed immediately. There was no way Mordecai was going to compromise his chances of success by breaking his own morale from the get go. A brisk handshake between the two of them passed, and a few more statements which didn't require further communication beyond a nodding of the head.

After the Commander had walked away, Lt. Jr. Noonia turned to Skytower and spoke. "Thank you Kindly Ensign. Eat up, don't worry about the misunderstanding." attempting to assuage the embarrassment. "After all, I doubt you could top my embarrassment when my buddy beat my simulator on his first try." Spoke fairly calmly with a short amicable laugh at the end. Attention turned to his friend Ensign Townsend.

"Thanks, I'm going to do my best to learn from this opportunity." deciding to give him a little rib back. "Cadet Slayer? I'm a Lt. Jr. Ensign." teasing him right back. Not making light of the woman, but rather keeping the image of the confident young Lt. Jr. Of course Mordecai inwardly had his own fears of inadequacy, but what mattered was his intent! And he intended to kick butt! "Let's finish our Chow, It might be some time til I have the chance to relax."