| Author | Message | ||
     Maj Jacob Prescot |
Prescot entered into Seventh Heaven just after his morning ritual of physical therapy. He was no longer sore because of the surgery, but was still no were near full strength. As Prescot sat down at a table and motioned over a waiter. Zunite walks over to Prescot's table with Paqui in her arms and indicates the other seat. "anyone sitting here good sir?" Prescot raised an eyebrow at the child in her arms. ".. Is that Paqui." His eyes betraying very little kindness to the child. Zunite nods. "Yea... my charge.." Zunite sits down across from Prescot. "Don't you go starting on that whole killing him because he's an enemy. A baby can not be an enemy." "Charge," Prescot replied and continued to eye the child. "He’s not the enemy... But we do need to do something about his abilities..." "I'm sorta hoping to be able to control them." Zunite frowned. "If that doesn't work, who knows what will be done to him" Zunite looks at Prescot "What have you been up to lately?" "How will you be able to control them," Prescot replied and turned and ordered up a bit of breakfast. "Got me a new job actually." "Recovering as well from that damn Hunter on Reor that should have died the first time," Prescot snorted. Zunite frowns, "What did that half-dead hunter do to you?" "I cleaved him in two with my sword. But he managed with his death action to take aim at my side," Prescot said and pointed it out on his left side. "And fire. Caught me off guard, I was speaking with Colonel Ironside at the time and didn’t see it till it was too late." Zunite grimaces "Ouch sounds painful. What's this new job you've got?" Jake nodded and began to dig into his meal. "Battalion Commander. I got Gregg's job when Gregg moved up to Regiment Commander." Zunite nods. "Does that mean Gregg is off the ship?" Prescot paused for a second. "I don’t know actually. Ironside is still on the ship. So I would assume that Gregg will still be here as well." Zunite smiles "Nicely organized department you have there sir." Prescot chuckled and had a drink of his water. "Has to be for when it hits the fan.." Zunite looks down at Paqui "I personally have a few days off, sorta. Can't leave Paqui alone, and can't take him into main engineering. Would be rather nice, if he would let me sleep more than three hours." "Why can’t you sleep? I take it he will go amuck in the computer if you don’t talk to him or something?" Prescot asked. Zunite shakes her head. "He wakes up every three hours or so and demands food. That's what babies do at his age.." Zunite looks at Prescot curiously. "Haven't you ever been around an infant before? Jake shook his head. "Never. No reason to be around children all that much. Not really in the duties of a Knight to look after a child this young is there?" Zunite shakes her head and smiles and then hands Paqui over to Jake. "You should try, I'm gonna go get something to drink, preferably something strong' "Wh-what??" Prescot replied getting a bit on edge. "Didn’t you say that if you weren’t near him he’d harass Savant and the computer??" Zunite comes back from the bar a moment later with her drink and sits down in her seat. " Hush. He's not a monster, and I have yet to see him more then nibble on a finger. Surely a strong warrior like yourself can handle a 4 month old." Prescot grunted and held the child like he had seen other mothers do, tilting him out to the side to keep him from trying to get a meal. "He’s only four months old." Zunite giggles behind her hand. Jake noted the giggle. "What??" Zunite smiles. "It's rather amusing to see a warrior frightened of a baby." "I am not frightened of him!!" Prescot exclaimed a bit loudly. "Its just... Odd. Biologically he is my enemy, and he has the potential to kill millions if he decides. But we cant kill him. Peace is very confusing..." Zunite shakes her head and frowns. " I don't think I'll ever understand how you guys can see a baby as an enemy" Jake shook his head. "I never said that he himself was my enemy. He’s too young to be indoctrinated into their ways. But his abilities to pose a threat to us." Zunite frowned at Jake. "So do mine, but it all hinges on how they are used." "You aren't 4 months old, last time I checked. And that’s exactly my point," Prescot said and shifted around slightly, eyeing the baby in his arms. "You aren’t our enemy, you haven’t been indoctrinated against the Defenders. Your older and can be held responsible for your actions. He cant be." "But there's nothing we can do but train him" Zunite sighed. "So until then we need to be able to control his abilities," Prescot responded and looked at Paqui as the child gave a big yawn. Zunite nodded. "I think I can do it. He hasn't yet messed with the computer systems while I've been around." "I haven’t seen Red-Alert status being activated yet since I have started holding him either," Prescot responded. "So does this mean that you will go from Chief Engineering Officer to S`pht nanny?" Zunite makes a face then rolls her eyes. "I'm no mother hen. If I can get the Captain to agree I'll simply take him with me while I work." Prescot raised an eyebrow. "I don’t see the Captain as letting a part S`pht child near the warp core..." Zunite frowned. "I don't think he can do any harm. If worse comes to worse, I can probably use mind control to stop him from doing anything." Prescot shook his head as the child started to fuss at Prescot. "Here. I think he wants you," Prescot said and handed the child off to Zunite. Zunite takes Paqui and pulls a bottle out of a bag and gives it too him. "I think the worse is that he wakes up midway through the night and will not go back to sleep, I think he thinks its day or something." Jake shook his head. "Children are a handful," Prescot said and stood up, picking up his last bit of toast and eating it. "I need to get going on work today. It was good to talk with you again Zunite." Zunite smiles "Yes... work... I might as well start reading those reports... Stop by and visit sometime." Joint log by Jacob Prescot and Zunite Oswald |