Getting Acclimated

Posted on 24 Jan 2015 @ 9:32pm by Chief Petty Officer Pax Inyo

436 words; about a 2 minute read

Been finding my way around, getting settled in and all. Everyone's nice enough I suppose. It's only the beginning of tour so it's not as if I had any high hopes for a grand new social life. Gotta take that sort of thing kinda gradually I guess. I've had the docs and shrink look me over and tell me I'm fit and sane enough. The counselor was all proper and hoity toity, but I kinda liked her. I've done a lot of different knife fight and blade training, but she knows fencing so I had her agree to come show me. Looking forward to that. The doctors were married and, to be honest, I really don't see it lasting. She was rocking this gothic look and had all this humor about her and loves theater and music and he looked like he mostly loved food and didn't really get a joke. Maybe she just enjoys messing with his head. I know I did. One or the other of them is going to see it's not really a fit though. I hope they make the best of it until then.

Not that I'm much good at relationships. Haven't had any serious ones since I left earth. Well, one maybe, on the Io, but I didn't mean it to be serious and he did. Yedrin kinda told me off with this whole speachifying about people needing to change and grow. I guess I thought about that a lot at the time. I mean it was exactly what Lt. Starchy-pants put in my record when he had me transferred shortly after that. Two points make a line. So I tried to redraw myself. I feel like I've come a long way since then, at least in my career.

They've done a good job with the Security department, so transferring in has been smooth. I've got a short rotation on brig duty and a short one on hall patrol. They change it up to keep it interesting and make sure we're sharp. There's no one in the brig right now though so I get a nap and a second patrol. The weapons lockers are all in order and I do a standard rotational check on them throughout the week. I'm supposed to start offering self defense training and phaser training to the crew in general, help people with their certs and practice. Kinda nervous and excited about that at the same time since I've never been much of a teacher. But I love this stuff too, so I'm told it's natural if you teach what you're passionate about.

We'll see.

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