After finishing off another slice of pizza he shrugged slightly, "We can only hope... Heard Harry got into a little trouble the other day with Sec don't know what about but it seems the situation has resolved itself?" he said with a slight shrug, "Also what is a Dra Dra?"

"Yeah, I don't know. She didn't really talk about it and I didn't pry. All I know is I suspect that Abby had something to do with it, something happened, and that's about it. I was curious but now I'm not sure I want to know." She says with a slight sigh reaching for another slice of the pizza.

"Orria sweetie, bedtime. Log off for the night please." She says to Orria who'd stopped eating pizza and had gone back to the new vidboard. Orria frowned disappointed but eventually closed down her vidboard and put it away and headed to clean up for bed.

(Next day)

Zob despite his best efforts was having trouble getting out of bed he was just so comfortable but as he turned and notices the yellow light come on he got up rather quickly, "Ship just went into alert... we need to get up" he then began to get dressed and gather his equipment.

Melia had likewise had been lounging comfortably. She had been mostly asleep, just drifting until Zob made the announcement snapping her to full consciousness. "Never a dull day in paradise." She comments just a little bit wryly as she notes the yellow marker also on her comm. Opening her comm she also sees the ALCON message from the SGT MAJ. It was a good thing, and might finally do some good across the fleets as far as the Largs were concerned.

Message read she slipped out of bed to wake Orria. "I'll start some coffee," she said as she heads down the hall.

Zob chuckled as he sat on the edge of the bed pulling his pants on, "only Angels live in paradise" he said jokingly as he slipped on his shirt and put on his weapon belt, "I'll be out there to help you set up breakfast, it's good to see that Largs will get out of the hands of those stupid Nivarians"

"Yeah that's a big relief. I'm glad to see the change getting made. Larry's got a lot going for him, changing how his species interacts with people." She says coming out with a slightly groggy Orria who finds a spot at the table and sits down.

"Dishes please Orria." She says reaching for a pair of coffee mugs, and the pot of fresh coffee. Then moves to preparing a glass of juice for Orria, who'd unhappily moved to set plates and silverware on the table.

Working rather quickly Melia sets to work preparing food for the three of them. Eggs, Toast are quickly started as well.

---Lightly Flexed---
---From Medlab--->
Having received the 2 large spare pressure cookers and with all the other materials she needed on hand Hawkeye set to work measuring and drilling the correct holes and fitting the piping together for first the tower still. Figuring she'd give Nikki a chance to chime in on the pot still. Some old ducting serves as the tower itself and the copper and some other tubing she'd acquired are used to create the various trays. She works carefully to avoid wasting any materials. Really the tower is the easiest to use, she'd used glass fractal distillation towers in school while studying medicine, this was little different only metal and designed to process much larger volumes. With the trays made, and the parts cut she decides to end for the night she sends a text to Nikki, "Hey, I got all the parts in and started working on building the tower for the first still. Got parts to make a pot still if you want to take a crack at it I'll be here all day tomorrow if you want to stop by." She sends before returning to the medlab, Rolf and her bed.

---Medlab--->

Sob set about helping Melia with getting breakfast made he glanced over to Orria, "Still excited about that new vid board?" He asked as he set the orange juice next to her at the table and poured the coffee.

Orria nodded, still a little bit tired. "If we're on alert can I go and help Shade and Ms. Beth?" She asks, with a spark of the energy young children are somehow magically able to muster after much too little sleep, but promised with excitement.

Melia glanced over her shoulder, "Ask Shade if he will need your help first. If he says no then ask Beth. Remember you're Shade's assistant first. If he doesn't know ask Ms. Beth where she thinks you'll be able to help the best okay, and remember she might tell you to sleep some more then come up and then help her. If she does we'll do that it's important to be well rested so you can do the best job possible okay. Also if you're helping Shade and we get into a battle I want you to go where Beth is working. Shade is a SEC trooper and will be doing his job keeping boarders out. You're not big enough yet for that kind of work, and you'll be able to help Shade better if you can help Beth."

Orria nods accepting the ruling and sends a message to Shade, asking if he needs her help and if she should go to his location.  While she sends her message Melia plates the food and sets it on the table. "Alright lets eat, then I'm going to take some time to do a thorough Precombat Check on my gear. Before I head down to check in at the Medlab and SEC."

Orria would recive a COM Text from Shade, saying he is unsure where he will be... He would COM her   as soon as he finds out what his Battle  Station would be.

Shade says, he doesn't know where he'll be so he's going to let me know." Orria says out loud relaying the message she'd received.

Okay then sweetie, go ahead and ask Beth where she thinks you'd be the most helpful and get your stuff together." Melia replies as she works on adding a bit of oil to the bolt and carrier on her carbine, as she works through her gear."

Orria nods in acknowledgement and begins tapping out a message to Beth, the runs to her room and pull out her "battle kit"

----From Hanger Deck--->

Arriving back at their home Melia had managed to magically lose almost all her gear and some of her clothing before the door even closed, and had near climbed up Zob while passionately kissing him her body pressed against his the raw passionate need filling her. To say she was rather.... hot under the collar was an understatement of the highest level.

Orria wasn't likely to come back since she was with Shade and would message with where she was going. So she figured there'd be some warning. Until then all Melia really cared about and needed was a surface of sufficient strength to hold their combined weight, and Zob.

<== Rec Dec

Area was still a bit of a mess but was being cleaned up pretty much.  She went to the small market and found the paper copy of the Hermes newsletter Shadow talked about.  Indeed there was Roll and Haley, both looking like royalty.  Nikki immediately snapped up 4-5 copies and paid for them.  Smiling she walked off with her treasures.

===> Rec Dec

Zob wasted no time embracing her and giving in to his primal desires and after what seemed like a eternity of lovemaking and a broken kitchen table he had collapsed on the couch.

Melia's comm went off announcing that Orria was on her way back, Melia groaned as she woke up quickly having fallen asleep cuddling with Zob in the after glow, completely devoid of clothes. "Shit" Orria's on her way back from the rec deck, she says she's tired. "Hey you, we gotta get up get decent and clean up a bit." She says poking Zob eyeing the broken table warily suddenly becoming aware of how sticky and sweaty she felt after the combination of an invasion and a marathon love making session. The shower could wait, clothes couldn't and neither could clean up. Not knowing how far away Orria was she grabbed most her clothes and gear in her arms and heading for the bedroom where a bathrobe and some shorts awaited her allowing her to clean up.

When Melia got up and told him Orria was on her way back home he cursed to himself as he shot up off the couch and grabbed his stuff and bolted into the bedroom after her where he vastly began to get dressed, "How do we explain the table?" He asked curiously wondering if she had a good excuse.

Melia shrugged, "Uhh we don't unless she asks then say someone tripped and fell on it?" she says, suddenly uncertain.

She managed to get most of the smaller pieces moved off to the side for clean up after the battle, when Orria arrived.

It was still a few hours before the next kickoff and so she got Orria settled for a nap. With little fuss managing to bustle Orria past the table without comment.

Once clean up was complete she also settled in for another short nap.

About an hour before the scheduled time she woke up and took a quick rinse, rousing Orria and ensuring Zob was awake, not that she was worried. She smiled a bit wryly at a few of the hickies, and marks on her body, but wasn't concerned the boarding armor would cover it up. Then she regeared up and ensured Orria was ready before heading down to the hanger deck.
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---From Rec Dec--->

Melia arrived at the civie section exhausted, fed and well just kinda done with the day. "Let's just start working out the details tomorrow, heck maybe we just go the long engagement and plan a big shindig in the radioactive ashes of Hel once it's all said and done as a big fuck you to the ghosts of all the assholes who didn't believe we'd make it."

Orria was trudging ahead of Melia and looked back, "Why is it okay if Shade and you say that, but I get in trouble."

Melia sighed, "Sometimes its okay to say words like that. They have meaning, if you say them too much they loose a lot of that meaning. I say them when I have strong feelings about something. Shadow does as well. Shade is Shadow's son and their rules and relationship is different than ours. You're a smart girl, how about this. Each word you want to know you look up its meaning where it comes from, and then how people use it as a bad word, and when it's okay to say it. For each word you do that for I'll let you use it when appropriate. No just saying it to say it, okay."  She was partly motivated by not wanting Orria to swear at everything, but also knew between herself, the fact that Orria lived on a warship, and well the ability of children to rebel, she was likely to be fighting a losing battle. At the very least Orria would know the meaning of the words. If she got excessive then further limits would be set.

She yawned, "Come on you, time for bed, we have a send off tomorrow." She says leading Orria to her room. When she remembers Orria's battlefield promotion to yeoman. At least the QM had her measures from the armor vests and other bits and pieces.

Once Orria was sent to bed she stops by where Zob was doing his thing. "Hey I need to call QM and see if they can whip up a uniform for Orria for tomorrow. She got that battlefield promotion, and needs a uniform, I'll be right back."

Calling up the QM, "Hey QM, I know it's late this is Melia. Any chance you could help me out?"

  PO  rike here..ok?   it says here.. Yeoman... we haven't  had a yeoman since the hermes cast off!..so?.. they are   right unde PO's?... now?  we have a   Tunic for  her  with her Ambassador's   insignia  one with the  crossed feathers.. we can  and the  lighting Bolts
 for COMs..you have to ask the SM about SEC..i'm not touching that!.

Anyway , we can have slacks  ready to go with this tunic.. then work on proper ones    on our way to Everest.

Melia considered it for a moment, "yeah add the comm bolts or if you can run it one feather one lightning bolt showing she's got a joint berth as both an official aide, and as a communications yeoman. We'll not bother with SEC insignia unless the SGT MAJ or Shadow decide to make that a thing." She said hoping to make it easy.

 Rike   answered,..sounds  good..just  don't  let  Orria  gain more the  50 pouns  before  morning.. i won't be able to have her fit then!

Melia chuckled a little, well she is a growing girl, but we'll see about skipping breakfast. Thanks I'll swing by first thing. To pick it up. If I tried to come down now I'd likely fall asleep  on the elevator. I'll see yall bright and early. she says with yawn.

In reply to Melia Kristensen (msg # 120):

(Flex)

Zob chuckled at the statement, "I think it just be best if we start planning things tomorrow then" he then went over and put some of his clothes away but kept the DT5 with him at all time it had become his go to sidearm for just about all situations.

After putting clothes away and Melia done with her chat with the QM he turned to her, "Maris took part in the demon loyalty ceremony... a practice that's strictly forbidden among the old guard for this he will die a death so painful his soul will scream in the nine hells for the rest of existence"

"What an utter bastard. Glad he'll be gone. What about that other demon general, are they going to execute him with Maris?" She asks a bit oblivious to Zob's conenction with the General, and the agreement that was reached at the dinner.

---Jump to Morning---

Melia wakes after way  too little sleep a condition that she'd become used too after years of not sleeping and brews a pot of coffee tossing on PT uniform grabbign her side arm and knife. She runs down and collects Orria's uniform from the QM, and brings it back setting to work getting it pressed and prepped just right. Orria would have to learn about the basics of uniform care eventually but immediately before a send off was not that time.

Once back she grabbed a cup of coffee to keep her company as she got dressed as was her norm she selected the stiff necked Marine Corps uniform with the naval insignia signifying her dual status. Donning a ceremonial belt with her hard ammo .45, and her preferred knife she set her small fancy medical bag and cleaned up carbine next to the door after quick changing the standard retaining strap for bright white one that matched the uniform. While fancy it was all function, and none of the weapons were in any way ceremonial much like a facade covers a functional front of a building.

One ready she sets to work getting Orria into the Navy uniform with her Yeoman's branch insignia showing the feathers and lightning bolts, and her rank showing Yeoman Seaman Recruit (YNSR E-1) rank. For the limited amount of sleep Orria was beaming excitedly, ready to don her sidearm and knife and show off her new official uniform.

Once they were ready to go they joined Zob heading for the Hanger Deck.

----Hanger Deck--->

Hawkeye had grabbed a breakfast burrito to go, and was down in her shop tinkering with the first still. It was nearly complete. She sent off a quick com text Nikki, "Hey working on the last bits of the tower hybrid still, that offer still stands if you wanna try and throw together a pot still. I got all the materials you'll need and a promise to return the tool set to the forge guys some time before the next battle. I figure if things go we'll I'll be ready to start the first batch tonight."

Message sent she sets back to work getting the last pieces together, and ensuring there was no leaks or holes in the piping or equipment.