Mess Hall / Commissary

[TheXym]

Lance nodded. "It makes sense. I'm sure even if Calli isn't there that whoever's on duty would be able draw the pay into scrip. I just hope that when I was transferred from Beta that the paperwork came through." He finished off his meal, then took Kim's now empty tray. "I'll take care of these, get changed, draw my scrip, then meet you at your room in 30 or 40?

[SilverRider]

"I'm sure they would able to draw them out." she nodded as she reached for her tray, but seeing Lance was faster, her protests were caught in her throat, "Uh sure," she nodded lamely at his meet up time, the man was just full of surprises.

Seeing Davis, "I'm going to have talk with Claire then I'm going to get the rest of my list done. I'll see you later then," and then easily she made her way across the room towards Davis.

Slipping next to the lieutenant, she waited till the young woman acknowledged her presences.

[Stargate78fan]

"Cool. You know not all the Tok'Ra aren't arrogant or full of themselves. Some of the Tok'Ra are pretty cool once you get to know them," she said, thinking of some of her Tok'Ra friends.

"Or I could just practice outside on some poor tree," she said grinning. "It might be safer outside as I haven't used a bow and arrow for a while."

Astra remembered all the archery competitions that she and Brian used to enter, even as a team they still competed against each other. It was in their nature to be competitive, and playing against each other made it more challenging and fun. Brian had been a damn fine archery player and Astra had loved to watch him compete. She shook her head a little.

"Yeah I know you guys didn't mind," Astra said chuckling, thinking how she almost drove Daniel mad which was funny as Daniel was one of the most patient people she had known. She knew Kylie hadn't minded all that much.

"I'll just have to be more careful off world and not fall over any unsuspecting plant life, so I don't end up in plaster for three weeks," she commented grinning like the chesire cat.

"I know kids and some of them can be pretty accident prone. Winnie was pretty accident prone, always hurting herself as she was a natural klutz," Astra said quietly, concern in her voice that Kylie wasn't giving her the whole picture, but never pushed.

She rememebred how patient Kylie was with her when they first met. Astra was normally a quiet and shy kind of person, and Kylie had been patient enough to break through that shell.

"Nah I didn't get much done at all after you left. So I went to bed, and I think my brain was fried anyway. I think I was about to toss the darn thing across the room at one stage, which would be very unprofessional of me."She gave a sheepish grin, knowing that she had done that in the past and been scolded for it.

[SilverRider]

After her question to Vincent, she took her a moment to notice that Ashwood was sitting next other, blinking at the major, blankly, she ran her fingers through her uncombed hair, "Morning Major," she greeting, her voice carefully controlled, "So what bring you by to this corner of the mess hall?"

Kim gave Claire a warm smile, "I know this isn't the right time and all, but since I won't be around later to ask you this," leaning over, Ashwood lowered her voice, "Can you lend my your CD player and some CD's?" she asked.

She was surprised at the request, but her expression gave away nothing, expect there was a gleam in her eyes, "Oh, I though that was ipod was for?" Davis replied airily, seeing the pout and the insulted look in Kim's eyes, Claire shook her head, "I'll lend it to you. Bring it back in one piece."

Smarta$$, Ashwood snorted, "I plan to and Thank you."

Tilting her head, Davis looked at her Commanding Officer, "Want me to bring it by before I camp outside Blue's office? Or you will come and get it? Or you want me to give it to McKinnion? Take your pick." Finding herself being kicked in the leg, she shot Vincent a meaningful look.

Kim's cheeks tinged with a hint of red at the idea of handing over the CD player to Lance, when the man had no idea what it was for, "I'll...uh..come and picked up," she avoided eye contact with Claire and Vincent as she got up, "I'll see you tomorrow." then made a hasty exit without seeming to so do. Lance, she noted had already left. She had no idea how much changes she was coming back to.

Claire gave out a low whistle at Kim's retreating back, leaning towards Valentine, "An overnight stay in Foreston, should spring up few interesting results, don't you think?" she asked him as she winked at Tim, in a friendly gesture.



<<Kim to Quarters>>

[Hulabaloo]

[ Dr. James Parkers - Mess ]

James' delicate ears picked up news of a shooting in the quarters area, he listened to the rest of the talk and piped up after Tim had spoken,

"I must admit, that's news to me. I must of been in the linguistics lab at the time..." He trailed off, unsure how to finish by asking for details and not sounding rude at the same time.

Then Kim joined them and the conversation between her and Claire started.

[Vincent]

<snip>

His hallway talk gave the reminder of the gun shot that she had heard, "Your not talking about the gun shot situation are you?" If that was the case not wonder his earlier question about her being safe came other. She cringed but made no further comment.

Lt. Vincent Valentine

Vincent made a non-committal movement, but didn't answer before Ashwood interrupted. He looked up at Ashwood, and followed the conversation between her and Davis. Davis should be glad Ashwood didn't have a zat on her, he shifted position, inadvertently kicking Davis at a particularly good moment. He returned her gaze, both her and Bellano were playing with fire, but his money was on Bellano to get burnt first

He nodded to Ashwood, then, once she was gone, shook his head at Davis,

"One day you and Bellano are going to get the zatting of a lifetime." he sighed, "Anyways, the drama in the quarters; I only came in at the end, but yes there was at least one shot, which I believe hit a security SF, the culprit took a woman hostage in his attempt to escape, and from the sounds of it she's not the first he's hurt either."

He shot Davis a look, so quickly she might have missed it.

That's why I was worried about you last night

[SilverRider]

((*roflmao* Oh you always have the problem with sigs don't you? ))

She arched her eye brow at Vincent, "Really?" she asked in a bit of aloof visage. "What did Bellano do to get there? Besides I wasn't aware that she was planning on going on a zatting spree. Not with a way her cheeks went red," exhaling deeply "I doubt she would zat me."

Davis winced as Vincent explained the situation, not wonder Valentine sounded relived when he had saw her safe, in the mess hall "What on Gaia was that jacka$$ going around loose on the base for? I take it McKinnon wasn't really pleased," the major wouldn't be, not after finding out how his AU version was like.

"I just hope that idiot riots in the brig for a long time." she said as she missed the shot Vincent send her way when she paid attention to her drink in hand.

[Colonel Sharp]

Sharp strode into the mess hall in his USAF tee-shirt, basketball shorts, and fuzzy bunny slippers. He grinned as he saw breakfast was still being served.
He grabbed a tray and two plates. One for pancakes, and one for everything else. Going through the line he picked up some hash browns, a muffin, eggs, and a pile of three pancakes. Getting to the end of the line he picked up the syrup and proceeded to drown the pancakes. After a fair amount of liquid sugar had soaked into his pancakes he put the bottle down and looked around.

"Hey!" He shouted, back to a mess SF. "Chocolate syrup anybody?"The SF gave Sharp an odd look. However Sharp raised his eyebrows in such a way suggesting that if the chocolate syrup did not appear in front of him, the consequences would not be good.
Sharp thanked the SF as he took the bottle and poured the chocolate on the pancakes.

Staring at the pancakes which resembled a large blob he then realized what he was forgetting, the chocolate milk. Pouring a large glass of the milk he was finally ready to sit down.

Turning around he spotted Vincent. He went over and placed his tray, overflowing with food, down, and took a seat.

"Mornin."

[SilverRider]

Snapping out her zoning at Sharp's voice, Claire for a moment just blinked at the Colonel. At his outfit she raised an silent eyebrow and frowned in bafflement at his tray, seeing the chocolate coated pancakes, she just gave a shake of her head at his meal.

"Sir," she gave him a acknowledged nod, "If you gentlemen excuse me, I got some work to get done," she polished of the dark liquid in her cup and got up.

Then made her way to the coffee table for a refill. Kim's request for CD wasn't going to take long. She hoped that Kim wasn't going to come at her with a zat as Vincent was predicting.

[JacksonMiracle]

"Cool. You know not all the Tok'Ra aren't arrogant or full of themselves. Some of the Tok'Ra are pretty cool once you get to know them," she said, thinking of some of her Tok'Ra friends.

"Or I could just practice outside on some poor tree," she said grinning. "It might be safer outside as I haven't used a bow and arrow for a while."

Astra remembered all the archery competitions that she and Brian used to enter, even as a team they still competed against each other. It was in their nature to be competitive, and playing against each other made it more challenging and fun. Brian had been a damn fine archery player and Astra had loved to watch him compete. She shook her head a little.

"Yeah I know you guys didn't mind," Astra said chuckling, thinking how she almost drove Daniel mad which was funny as Daniel was one of the most patient people she had known. She knew Kylie hadn't minded all that much.

"I'll just have to be more careful off world and not fall over any unsuspecting plant life, so I don't end up in plaster for three weeks," she commented grinning like the chesire cat.

"I know kids and some of them can be pretty accident prone. Winnie was pretty accident prone, always hurting herself as she was a natural klutz," Astra said quietly, concern in her voice that Kylie wasn't giving her the whole picture, but never pushed.

She rememebred how patient Kylie was with her when they first met. Astra was normally a quiet and shy kind of person, and Kylie had been patient enough to break through that shell.

"Nah I didn't get much done at all after you left. So I went to bed, and I think my brain was fried anyway. I think I was about to toss the darn thing across the room at one stage, which would be very unprofessional of me."She gave a sheepish grin, knowing that she had done that in the past and been scolded for it.

Kylie smiled, glad that Astra was a lot more accepting of Devin than most people on base had been once they found out about him being a host. As Astra spoke, Kylie ate the last bite of her breakfast, and started to pile the contents from Devin's forgotten tray onto her own tray. She then placed her full tray on top of his and pushed it to the edge of the table. She also placed her empty coffee cup into the trash pile, and started to sip the coffee that Devin had prepared for himself. The bitter taste was perfect. She grinned to herself realizing that the scientist liked his coffee exactly like she did.

"I would be more careful of the small animals that have a tendency to invade your territory when you're trying to work, than the plant life." She added her comments to the dangers of off-world travel.

Kylie was glad that Astra had decided not to persue the topic of her childhood further. But she also knew that the other linguist had not bought the story of her just being a clutz. She would have to tell Astra the full truth eventually, but she didn't know how to bring up the topic. She knew that Daniel would have told her to tell the other woman sooner rather than later. It was always good to have friends that you felt comfortable talking to, but the friendship had to go both ways. And it was important to trust your friends enough for them to hear the entire truth about who you are, from childhood onward, not starting in college. Kylie made up her mind that after she returned from Foreston with Devin to talk to Astra and tell her about growing up in foster care.

Kylie laughed slightly at how preterbed she knew that the other woman could become with her projects on occasion. "I've got to go talk to the General right after breakfast. Devin and I are trying to get a pass to Foreston for a couple days, and I need to see if he'll approve a humvee so I can get there a little safer. Not a good idea to try to go hobbling through the woods to get to Foreston. But after I finish with him, I can come down to the lab for a couple hours and we can work on the translation together. We probably won't leave until after lunch anyway. That'll give Devin a little more time to sleep."

[Northern Girl]

[B]Lt. Vincent Valentine
"One day you and Bellano are going to get the zatting of a lifetime." he sighed, "Anyways, the drama in the quarters; I only came in at the end, but yes there was at least one shot, which I believe hit a security SF, the culprit took a woman hostage in his attempt to escape, and from the sounds of it she's not the first he's hurt either."

‘Oh crap, wonder if that’s Julia he’s talking about. You don’t get those kinds of injuries from a fall…’
“Well just hope that he’s in the Brig now, actions like that has a tendency to put a price on your head…”
He watched the conversation between Claire and Ashwood unfold as he ate his ham and cheese sandwich, and as Colonel Sharp sat down he made a simple nod.
“Good morning Colonel” and then shoot a bemused look at the base’s 2IC’s feet. ‘Latest fashion from Paris, uh?' There had been rumours about those slippers but to actually see them… Tim quickly turned his gaze towards his now almost empty plate of yoghurt, and finished it off. Then turned back and looked at Sharpes overly loaded plates
“Looks like you’re…err…hungry, sir?”

Then all of a sudden Claire seemed to be in a hurry, and left before he even had a chance to reply.

[Stargate78fan]

Kylie smiled, glad that Astra was a lot more accepting of Devin than most people on base had been once they found out about him being a host. As Astra spoke, Kylie ate the last bite of her breakfast, and started to pile the contents from Devin's forgotten tray onto her own tray. She then placed her full tray on top of his and pushed it to the edge of the table. She also placed her empty coffee cup into the trash pile, and started to sip the coffee that Devin had prepared for himself. The bitter taste was perfect. She grinned to herself realizing that the scientist liked his coffee exactly like she did.

"I would be more careful of the small animals that have a tendency to invade your territory when you're trying to work, than the plant life." She added her comments to the dangers of off-world travel.

Kylie was glad that Astra had decided not to persue the topic of her childhood further. But she also knew that the other linguist had not bought the story of her just being a clutz. She would have to tell Astra the full truth eventually, but she didn't know how to bring up the topic. She knew that Daniel would have told her to tell the other woman sooner rather than later. It was always good to have friends that you felt comfortable talking to, but the friendship had to go both ways. And it was important to trust your friends enough for them to hear the entire truth about who you are, from childhood onward, not starting in college. Kylie made up her mind that after she returned from Foreston with Devin to talk to Astra and tell her about growing up in foster care.

Kylie laughed slightly at how preterbed she knew that the other woman could become with her projects on occasion. "I've got to go talk to the General right after breakfast. Devin and I are trying to get a pass to Foreston for a couple days, and I need to see if he'll approve a humvee so I can get there a little safer. Not a good idea to try to go hobbling through the woods to get to Foreston. But after I finish with him, I can come down to the lab for a couple hours and we can work on the translation together. We probably won't leave until after lunch anyway. That'll give Devin a little more time to sleep."

Astra polished off her breakfat and downed the last of her tea.

"I'm not to worried about the bugs and stuff, as long as they're not trying to eat me or anything like that," she said laughing.

"Have fun talking to the General about getting a humvee. He seems a nice enough guy. I'm sure he wouldn't wan't you walking all that way to Foreston on crutches and have the nurses go crook at him about it later," she said grinning. "I'm sure he'll let you borrow a humvee."

"Have a great time with Devin, just relax and enjoy yourself! You're lucky to go to Foreston with somebody," she said, smilling.

"I plan to head to the labs now and take a fresh look at what I've been doing on the translations. Then later on I may take a break and head to the shooting range or to the gym to take a break from it."

[max_omega]

<Locker Room>

John walked into the mess hall and looked around the room, he didn't see Rachael yet. He glanced down at his watch she still had ten minutes. She will be here right on time, no doubt she slept till she had to get up. He than went through the line and grabbed two plates one for pancakes the other for biscuits and gravy.

He walked through the line filling his plate up, than finally getting a large mug and filling it with fresh coffee. He nodded to Astra as he walked by her table and took a seat at the empty one right behind her.

He put down his tray and had a seat starting to eat a little, but not to fast waiting for Rachael to get here.



<quarters>

Rachael walked into the mess hall and spotted John, he had his head down. She smiled but didn't say anything instead she walked through the line getting herself something to eat. She got biscuits and gravy with some bacon, and a side of fruit, mostly local grown things.

She walked over and sat across from John, "Morning John, sleep well?" She asked and waited for an answer, And so my day begins.

[Colonel Sharp]

Sharp grinned at the comment. "You know it. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." He shoved some bacon in his mouth and helped it down with some chocolate milk. "And the tastiest. Well..." He frowned, "Lunch is good too, mostly junk food, but dinner is the best; big hunks of meat, potatoes, carrots...however the pancakes are delicious." Unsure of what to say next he ate some more bacon. "I guess food is just good in general..."

[Northern Girl]

Tim chuckled a little as he spoke.
“You know,” Tim did a motion with his head towards Dr Aronsson a couple of tables away from theirs.
“With the way he’s been looking for the past time, I think it would be a nice thing to lay low on the fat and cholesterol… But yeah, I have to agree with you, food *is* nice…”