Making contacts

Posted on 04/14/2024 @ 3:22pm by Lieutenant JG Stefan Zamfir & Civilian Chientaka & Lieutenant Jason Beauvoir & Ensign Jena Coln

2,658 words; about a 13 minute read

Mission: Pages...
Location: Elysian Dreams
Timeline: MD 06 1800

Stepping into Intelligence, Stefan had a determined expression on his face. He needed someone who had a range of languages, to accompany him to a place on the station, and get some information. He looked at the roster of those who were a part of the intelligence team. There was a new person, one who wasn't known on the station, perhaps the officer, one Lieutenant Jason Beauvoir, would be willing to work with him.

He typed message to the linguist sending it via the computer, it read Lieutenant Beauvoir, got a question for you, this is Lieutenant Stefan Zamfir, would you be willing to help me out on something

Jason read the message and was intrigued.

To Lieutenant Stefan Zamfir, sure. Where would you like to meet? Regards Lieutenant Jason Beauvoir He wrote back.

Meet me outside of Elysian Dreams Strip Club, Level 70 in the evening. was Stefan's response and the message ended there. Stefan was there at 2000, dressed in nice black slacks, Burgundy colored long sleeved shirt. Black slip on shoes finished his outfit. He leaned against a wall waiting, and watching the line of people getting their id's checked over by the bouncer/security people there.

Since their meeting point a civilian location, Jason wore civilian clothing, he was dressed in a charcoal coloured suit over a pale blue shirt without a tie and the first two buttons open.

"Burgundy is an interesting choice, since I'm from Brittany and both supported England during the Hundred Years War." Jason said. "So, what should I call you 'Stefan'?, 'Mr. Zamfir"?" He asked.

"Stefan, would be most appropriate." giving a slight chuckle. "Shall we?" motioning towards the line, which was moving at a good pace.

As they neared the doors there were scanners being utilized, Stefan said quietly, "They do the scans to make certain there isn't any sort of explosive devices."

At the door could be seen a tall Klingon woman, 6ft 5" keeping watch.

"Of course." Jason said following Stefan. "Oh, that's good, I seldom carry explosives anymore, I prefer to create them when needed." He added with a smile.

The line moved forward, and then it was their turn, the scanner was run over them the id was checked out. Beyond the door could be seen the way the business was set up. Pillars which where like from Rome and Greek age were in different areas with grapeleave vines wound up around them in a gentle spiral. Both males and females had grecian outfits, togas and roman sandals.

A tall Lurian woman could be heard, her voice was a rich baritone. (Sounds like Alan Rickman) "Welcome welcome to Elysian Dreams. Please come in and enjoy food, dancing, entertainment and games to play. I am your hostess and owner of this fine establishment, Chientaka." the Lurian woman announced giving a dramatic gesture with her hands.

She adjusted her purple silk flower with its center of gold, which nestled in her rich luxuriant ebony colored hair which flowed to below her shoulder blades. She gave a slight smile, the expression chasing away what seemed to be a permanent frown.

"He'ek, hateed, Chientaka." Jason said hoping he'd said 'Good Evening' in Lurian and not something insulting about her mother. "I'm Jason."

It was close enough for her, Chientaka held out her hand towards Jason, "Charmed, what brings you here, Jason. You've not been here before."

Stefan watched the interaction between Chientaka and Jason with great interest.

"What would be your desire oh Jason." Chientaka remarked in a flirtatious tone.

Jason looked around before returning his attention back to Chientaka. "A good drink, and company to match." Jason replied.

Chientaka took a closer look at Jason and at Stefan. "Good company and good drink and..."

Stefam replied "And some good food." as he spoke his fingers gave sign language towards Chientaka who slightly nodded.

"Blonde, Brunette or a Redhead which do you prefer to keep you company whilst you eat and drink?" Chientaka asked.

"My sister's a redhead, so that would just be weird. A Brunette, please." Jason said. "Perhaps my friend would like a blonde, they like the dark brooding types."

Stefan only shook his head at the suggestion made by Jason. "No blonde... I would like her." giving a nod towards an Orion woman who had came out from the employee area. "I think her name is Jeshili?"

Chientaka gave a nod. "and I'll send over Larissa Onyx as well."

A slight raise of his eyebrows and then Stefan gave a nod.

"I'll send them over shortly" Chientaka then turned and went to greet several others.

Stefan looked at Jason, "Let's order our food while we wait for the ladies to join us. Then we'll have a good meal together."

"So, what do you want for dinner, Stefan?" Jason asked.

Stefan pulled over the padd style menu and placed in an order, he ordered lasagna, a bottle of Rose with an order of sauteed mushrooms and some shrimp scrampi. For dessert he ordered a gelatto. He looked at Jason, "What will you be ordering?" having showed Jason his order.

Jason studied the menu and was surprised to find one of his favourites. "I'll have the Tomato and Plomeek soup with fresh rati bread. Brazed cod with salsa verde and Vulcan brandy for dessert." He said.

The order placed in, then Stefan asked. "Do you play Dabo?" His eyes wandering over to where others were gathered.

"Yes, but I prefer poker." Jason replied.

Stefan gave a nod. "the reason why I ask as at times you can actually learn a few things while playing Dabo, much the same for poker." he remarked. "Hopefully this isn't boring to you so far." as he scanned the place a bit more before turning his attention back to Jason.

"No, its good I enjoy people watching, body language is a form of communication after all." Jason said. "So, the girl you asked for, is she a potential contact?" He asked.

"Yes she is, along with the other one as well. History of the two women are that they've been with Chientaka, before they came to Poseidon Station. Just need to make our own connections with them, and see if it will lead us to other connections." Stefan remarked.

"Understood." Jason said.

He noticed a Nausicaan pushing around one of the female staff.

"Excuse me." Jason said getting up from his chair. He roughed up his hair and partly untucked his shirt, and turned up one side of his collar. He then made his way to the Nausicaan, stumbling as if her were drunk. Within a metre of the brute, he seemed to trip over his feet and fell with some force, his right shoulder impacting the other man's chest, knocking him a bit of balance.

"Terribly sorry old man." Jason said in a drunken impression of 20th Century movie star James Mason.

The Nausicaan turned his ire to Jason, allowing the staff member to make her escape. "You puny slime devil. How dare you touch me." He said. "I will tear you apart and scatter the pieces to the four winds."

"Very poetic." Jason said climbing up from the floor after bouncing off the alien's broad chest.

He dodged the grabs that the Nausicaan made at him, with a precision only a practised eye would notice.

The Brute roared and pick up a chair before tossing it at his opponent.

Jason dodged it with ease. Keeping his eyes on the brute, he bent down a collected up two of the broken legs and welded them like clubs. Deflecting back each blow that came too close for him to avoid, and getting in a few of his own.

"Enough of this." The Nausicaan roared and grabbed Jason by the neck, raising him off the floor.

Rapidly running out of air, Jason improvised. When he was within reach, he reached out his hand and performed a Vulcan neck pinch.

The Brute went ridged and his hands loosened enough for Jason to work himself free.

He dropped to the floor, bending his knees to absorb the impact. Breathing heavily he moved away from the Nausicaan whose knees buckled and he fell to the floor with a heavy slump.

Chientaka wasn't too happy with the fact that one of her girls had been grabbed, like what had just happened. Her other bouncers were involved in keeping anyone else from getting involved in that fight. The nausican had his own buddies they were ejected from the premises, into the waiting arms of Security.

"Gentlemen would you like to go to another table to eat while this mess is being cleaned up? The ladies are waiting for you there." Chientaka giving a nod towards another area where the two ladies were waiting.

Stefan gave a nod. "It is most gracious of you, Chientaka." and he led the way towards the table.

On the way there, Stefan commented. "Interesting way of fighting you have."

"Yes." Jason said rubbing his neck. "Its based on the Chinese martial art known as 'drunken fist', it deceives your opponent into thinking you're drunk and therefore not a threat, giving you the advantage."

Stefan gave a nod. "Ah, and that explains things. I've seen another form of that style of fighting. I wasn't too certain hence why I asked. It is a good style. Very subtle." once they arrived at the table Stefan took a seat. "Good thing we ordered our meal before you went to the rescue one of the ladies here. She kept on looking towards you as you fought." giving a little bit of a smile. "I figured you had things well in hand between you and that Nausicaan."

Jena walked into Elysian Dreams. She was dressed in a red dress that extenuated her curves. She'd heard about the place from some crewmates and decided to see the place for herself.

Looking around she saw attractive males and females from a myriad of species. Some were servers, while others were performers.

Then she spotted a familiar face sitting with two women and a man and walked over to them.

"Good evening Professor." She said to Jason. "Hello, Handsome." She said to Stefan, and "Hello attractive ladies." She said to the women.

"What are you doing here and where did you get that dress?" Jason asked.

"If I may answer them in reverse order, Aunt Yve, and I heard about this place and thought I'd take a look for myself." Jena said.

"I'll kill her." Jason sad.

"No offense, but we both know she'd kick your ass." Jena replied.

Jason sighed knowing she was right. "Well you've seen the place, now you can go home." He said trying to wrap his jacket around her.

"No, I think I'll stay." Jena said fighting him off. "Maybe I can get a few pointers from the pole dancers, pole dancing is supposed to have a lot of health benefits, including increased flexibility and is a great cardiac workout." She added with a cheeky smile.

"As your father, I order you to go home." Jason said raising his voice.

"Sorry, Professor, I'm an adult now, and I'm not in your chain of command, so I don't have to take orders from you.

Knowning he'd been beaten, he said. "Stefan, Ladies, this is my strong willed daughter Jena."

Stefan hid his amusement at the interaction between Jason and his daughter. "My pleasure." Standing up and giving her an old world bow. "Please join us." he asking politely. However he was now reluctant in speaking of any business where an unknown factor was concerned.

The two women who had joined the two men gave a nod in greeting to Jena. "Newly arrived and you are interested in doing some pole dancing?" giving her a scrutinizing gaze as the assessed her body type and what seemed to be her physical fitness.

"You could bring in some good tips." Onyx remarked.

Jeshili gave a nod in return. "Absolutely. We could put in a good word with Chientaka after having dinner with the gentlemen and lady here."

Jena blushed a little. "Thanks ladies." She said.

Stefan relaxed against the back of his chair, the remarked. "Lets have dinner, and Jena you are welcome to join us." He looked at Jason, "We can speak later about a certain matter. Right now, good food, good company, we need to just enjoy it." he also pulled out his padd and typed a few things into it, then put it away.

"So Jena, what do you do on the station?" deciding to find out information from her. Sure he could just look it up, but what sort of fun would that be?

"I'm a science officer specialising in robotics and cybernetics." Jena said. "Thanks for the invite."

"You are welcome, what would you like to eat so that Chientaka's chef can get it for you?" Stefan asked.

"I'll have pasta Alfredo with a side of Mapa bread, and a tall glass of Kava juice, please." Jena said taking a seat.

Stefan motioned over one of the wait staff and gave Jena's order and the staff member gave a nod.

"Robotics and cybernetics. Have you spoken to the CMO to maybe see if he could find that useful? I do believe that his name is, Doctor Benjamin Woods. " volunteering the name of the Chief Medical Officer.

"I haven't been here long, but I will keep it in mind." Jena said.

Stefan gave a nod, then perked up when the meals were delivered along with Jena's meal. "Lets dig in and enjoy this food. " the other ladies gave a nod and began eating as well.

During the course of the meal, Stefan commented, "Chientaka seems to be doing much better after the two incidents that took place here. Especiallly thhe big one." he not going into too much detail.

The ladies knew what he was refering to, it was when they lost a friend and a bachelor party was literally blown up due to a cake having a bomb inside. Then there was the attempted robbery of the handcrafted dabo table.

"Oh yes she is doing rather well, the repairs have been done after the Breen attack, I say she is quite the strong willed woman." Onyx replied.

"Speaking of Breen, I'd love to get my hands on one of those suit." Jena said. "I bet they're cyberneticily enhanced."

"That would be interesting to find out." Stefan glanced over towards their dining guests. "Lets finish our dinner and we can talk of the other at a later time. "

Onyx raised an eyebrow. "I can tell you this, on Akaza Station where Chientaka used to have her business, the freeport had people from all walks of life go there, including Breen. They are a strange race."

"They are indeed." Jason said.

The meal progressed, and at the end of the meal, Stefan dabbed at his lips then lowered his napkin down. "I've got to get going, thank you for the company ladies. I'll be in touch later on." Stefan rising from the table.

Onyx pouted slightly, "Are you certain you need to leave?"

"I do need to get going, I've got an appointment with my Aunt, and I can't miss it." he looked at both Jena and Jason. "Talk later." With that he turned and strode away from the table.

"Well he's in a bit of a hurry, and we've got to get back to work." Onyx looking towards Jason.

"Well you still have us." Jason said.

"Indeed we do, however time for us to go to work. enjoy the show." with that statement the two ladies rose from the table and headed towards backstage.

"I'm sure we will, mon amies." Jason said with a smile.

Jena raised her glass in salute


Lieutenant JG Stefan Zamfir
Field Officer Intelligence
Poseidon Station

Lieutenant Jason Beauvoir
Linguist
Poseidon Station

Ensign Coln Jena
Science Officer
Poseidon Station

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