USS Cherokee episode 824
Downtime, by Steve Weller, Part 4
12109.22

Starring_
Steve Weller as Executive Producer and SO_Lt_Trix 
Zach Farland as CO_Capt_Daniels and OPS_Ens_Granger 
John Garrison as CEO_LtCmdr_Hull, and TO_Lt_Lvor
Pablo Delsoglio as CIV_Capt_Marek and FCO_Lt_Alvarado
Absent
None
Leave of Absence
Trish Yarborough as CMO-McIntyre
The USS Cherokee crew is on leave as Starbase 33 carries out a replacement  of the mission pods.  Many of the crew have gone to Betazed to take advantage of the beaches.

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Host CO_Capt_Daniels says:
::Laying down on a beach blanket at a beach on the west coast of the largest continent reading a book::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::Grabs a surfboard and heads for the waves::

SO_Lt_Trix says:
::With the Captain, pushing thoughts of lab schedules and Gravimetric Theory debates to the background and looking forward to a "real" swim.:: CO: Thank you for the invitation, Captain.  Holodecks are great but there's just so much work getting the ocean water to feel right.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
::Sets her bag of supplies down and pushes her purple tinted sunglasses up to take a look around.::

TO_Lt_LVor says:
::Soaking up the Betazoid sun while starting his Vulcan mediation on the beach::

OPS_Ens_Granger says:
::At the beach sitting on a towel several meters from the CO watching the waves rush to shore::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::Paddling out to catch a wave on his borrowed surfboard, now a few hundred meters out from shore::

Host CO_Capt_Daniels says:
SO: I love the beach.  Fell in love with them when I lived in Florida on Earth for a few years.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::Stops at a place in the water, straddling the surfboard waiting to pick up a wave to ride in::

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CO: Many cultures have a "once you hear the call of the sea you will always want to return" story theme.  With good reason.  For me it's, well, not for me but for Trix.  I didn't mind the water before but Trix feels at home there, like the caves of Mak'ala.
Self: Yes I understand it, I just said I didn't feel it before, not that I don't feel it now...

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::A swell begins to form, Isaac stands up in a balanced stance, looking over his shoulder to time the wave to his surfboard, it rises up in the wave, he shifts his weight to inject his surfboard onto the leading edge of the wave, and he is surfing!!!::

Host CO_Capt_Daniels says:
SO: You have to be careful here.  Earth has things in its oceans that can kill you.  Betazed's oceans have even more.  Today is not a good day to be eaten.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
::Smiles.::  CO: I am afraid to ask, but when would be a good day to be eaten?  Tends to do horrible things to your health and comfort.

Host CO_Capt_Daniels says:
SO: I swim every morning in the ship's pool.  You really can't swim in the ocean, at least not as well.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CO: But you can float well.  I try to swim regularly but pool water just doesn't have the same feel to it.  Sounds strange but I want the salts, the impurities, the things that Mak'ala is loaded with.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::Isaac's surfboard takes a dive and he is thrown off into the water::

OPS_Ens_Granger says:
::Lies down on his towel to work on his tan::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::Isaac surfaces after his dunking into the water, he starts swimming for his surfboard::

SO_Lt_Trix says:
::Pulls a folding chair from her bag and sets it up, then sits down to relax before going into the water.::  CO: It is always fun to visit a new world though.  Even one the other me has memories of, it's always good to get a fresh view of what previous hosts saw.

TO_Lt_LVor says:
::A beach waiter approaches the party, and L'Vor asks for an Iced Vulcan Tea::

Host CO_Capt_Daniels says:
SO: I don't know how you manage to keep it all straight.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::While swimming to his board, Isaac feels something bump up against him beneath the surface of the water, he swims a little faster towards that board::

SO_Lt_Trix says:
::Laughs.::  CO: I never said I did.  Trelala's last memories were of here...during the invasion.  Diplomatic Corps were able to get him off world but she was too far gone.  "He" is happy to see it whole again.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::Isaac gets to his board, climbs on and paddles towards the shore::

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CO: Honestly though the memories feel like things I saw in a Holo program.  I know what they are, I know how they felt, sounded, smelled, but they are a bit subdued somehow.

ACTION: A small group of sailboats are moving past the beach at a fairly high velocity.  They appear to be in some sort of race.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::Making it to shore, Isaac lifts the surfboard out of the water, and stands it in the sand where he first picked it up, and found his spot on the beach with his beach towel, and chaise lounge, sits and sips on his Betazoid beverage::

Host CO_Capt_Daniels says:
SO: I think I'm going to take a walk down the beach.  I hear they're having a sand sculpture competition today.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CO: OK, I'm going to go in the water for a bit soon, but just taking some time to relax first.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CEO: How is the water, by the way?  Not too cold I hope?

Host CO_Capt_Daniels says:
SO: See you later.  ::Starts walking::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  No, it was just right, the water has a different specific gravity than the ship's pool, hard to articulate but it was refreshing.  There was something that brushed up against me, gave me a startle of all things! 

OPS_Ens_Granger says:
::Goes to the edge of the water and steps into the water, up to his knees just so he can now say, he's been in the ocean as this is his first time on a beach::

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CEO: You're joking, right?  The Captain was warning me about that, I thought he was just "razzing the new crew member"!  It really happened?

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  Aye!  it was about a foot below the surface, gray in color, I couldn't make out it's shape, but I then realized that I was part of the food chain!

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CEO: Well now I have to go in the water, just to say I was close to...whatever it was.  Trelala never made it to this part of the planet, she usually stayed near the "safe" beaches.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  Well I immediately thought "I've been to a slew of other worlds, battled enemies of the Federation, and survived them all, just to be taken out by a fish on Betazed while on shore leave.  

Host CO_Capt_Daniels says:
::Reaches the site of the sand sculpture contest and watches all the works in progress::

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CEO: Are you sure it was a fish?  I mean, it might have been an amphibian or a water reptile or...um, maybe I should leave the guessing to the biologists...

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  Hmmmm, could have been anything, if we had a tricorder we could probably analyze the DNA from where the beastie scrapped up against me.

OPS_Ens_Granger says:
::A Betazed wolf hound approaches.  Bodi picks up a piece of driftwood floating in the surf and begins a game of fetch with the creature::

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CEO: That would be easy enough.  Trix made me leave my Tricorder in my quart...my room though.  Says I spend too much time on leave "working".
Self: You did too make me, and I don't have to admit you are right...

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  Don't we all?  ::Grins:: you can take the Starfleet Officer off the ship, but you can't take Starfleet out of the officer.

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