Mess Hall / Commissary

[TheXym]

McKinnon nearly snarfed a sip of root beer when Bellano suggested zinging Sharp with the long wait. Once he recovered, he grinned and whispered. If you ever pull that off, I so want to be there for it."

Finishing the first half of his chicken cheesesteak, he spoke again. "So BOTH of us actually got our paperwork finished? I hope it's not a sign of the apocalypse. I'm going to be hunting down Tyler and Chikozu later to introduce myself as their new team CO, then it's off to review personnel files to fill the team. I'm looking at 2 new spots. What can you tell me about the jaffa that was with you this morning? Her name was Leyna or something like that, wasn't it? I thought I saw her name on one of the files Blue supplied me to review." He paused, then figured he was going to have to email Kim as well, since he didn't want to just rush through picking his new team members lightly, and he certainly didn't want her to think he was blowing her off.

[Vincent]

Chief Master Sergeant Ray Bellano & Master Sergeant Tracey Ottly

Ray chuckled.

"So what's the last two horses? Sharp destroying the DHD and finding a girl in the same day?" Ray grinned, oblivious to what had happened a few moments earlier. "Something like that, Ottly knows her better if I'm honest. She's certainly... interesting. I can't see why she's here though, the Romans don't exactly need many to escort the refugees. And she doesn't seem confident enough to be on the council, she doesn't look like a Roman, and if she were a refugee surely she'd stay back with the Free Jaffa Nation."

The only other option was interesting, but then again he had said she was interesting. "Unless she wants to help us more than her fellow Jaffa."

That certainly was interesting. On cue Ottly arrived in the mess too, Ray waved her over.

"Ottly, we were just discussing the Jaffa you helped last night, care to share any details."

Tracey looked towards the counter, then sighed to herself.

"Lie'na? I met her in the Hanger, after one of the SF's took a dislike to her, she wanted to get clean. I showed her how to use the showers then got some clothes for her." She paused, realising that last part needed a better explanation. "The ones she had before weren't exactly covering, whoever her Goa'uld was he obviously had a thing for scantily clad females."

She paused, remember the scars on the Jaffa's back, arms, and everywhere else.

"She looked pretty beat up too. Not recently though... guess she had some issues with obeying her 'all powerful master'. Or something like that." She shrugged. "Got the impression she wanted to stay as well."

Ray nodded, smiling as she excused herself to get food.

"Like I said... interesting."

[TheXym]

McKinnon took in their comments about Lie'na. Interesting was an understatement. Still, something about her had caught his eye when he'd seen her at breakfast. He had a feeling she'd be a very good person to have around in a scrap, but he'd definitely have to check the files they had, and likely interview her, possibly with Tyler involved.

Once Ottly returned, he spoke, "I need to round out SG-3 with a couple of new people, and I got an interesting vibe from her. If either of you hear anything that... seems noteworthy, let me know."

He scratched his chin as he thought, but refrained from saying anything else regarding Lie'na without looking into things more thoroughly. Polishing off some more fries, he changed the subject. "Looks like we got some new arrivals from Beta today. I saw three of them in Blue's office. Two captains and an engineer. One of them, Oxford, was involved in some shenanigans with Hutchinson a while back, but is definitely a good guy. The other one, don't remember her name, a blonde who's a bit over the top and seems to be more than meets the eye from what I was able to gather during our brief meeting. The engineer was pretty quiet, so I had no read on him."

[Vincent]

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Chief Master Sergeant Ray Bellano

Ray finished off the meal with slight gusto, he looked at Tracey who was eating quietly.

"New arrivals?... Wait Oxford? Oh you've gotta be kidding me." He kept a straight face for a moment, then cracked into a wide grin. "Shenanigans is definitely right. Can't wait to see the poor person who gets pranked. Though keep an eye on them, if you can't see them then something's bound to be up."

[TheXym]

"True enough, though given my friendship with Hutchinson, odds are good I'll at least have SOME warning so I can observe the festivites from just outside the blast radius. I'll keep you in the loop." McKinnon smiled widely, then finished off his own meal and downed the last of the coffee.

[kingzing]

<<From Hanger Bay>>

Lt. Cortez walked into the mess hall. Good, its not to crowded he thought to himself. Xavier got on the line and picked up his food and drink. Turning from the food line, he surveyed the room. Xavier walked down the isle and sat down at a table with several other people on the other end. He took a swig of his ice water and dug into his meal.

[Vincent]

"True enough, though given my friendship with Hutchinson, odds are good I'll at least have SOME warning so I can observe the festivites from just outside the blast radius. I'll keep you in the loop." McKinnon smiled widely, then finished off his own meal and downed the last of the coffee.

Chief Master Sergeant Ray Bellano

Ray smiled and nodded.

"I'll be grateful if you do. If you need a small favour; fireworks, romantic flight for two in the sunset, you know who to talk to." He winked, then gathered all the sprawled items onto his tray. "Right, time to see if any work has appeared down in the 'bay."

He chucked away his rubbish, placed the tray back and quickly returning to the table.

"Might catch you later." He waited for a response as a common politeness.

[TheXym]

McKinnon chuckled at Ray's offer of fireworks. "I'd hope the fireworks have no involvement from Hutchinson whatsoever for both our sakes. Appreciate it. Have a good one, and don't go too crazy in the bay." He smiled and nodded to Ottly as well then returned his tray to the wash area and headed to his quarters.






[to quarters]

[The Shadow]

Shoving down her food hungrily, Kari figured she needed to catch up fast in order to get checked out at the infirmary and make it on time to meet the Boss at the Hangar Bay.

With her food soon finished, the blond Captain raced out of the mess hall.

<To Infirmary>

[kingzing]

Xavier took the last bite of his food, and washed it down with some water. Feeling pretty satisfied with his meal, he got up and bussed his tray. He decided to go to the lounge, but he first needed to go to his quarters first to get a book.

<<To Quarters>>

[Northern Girl]

<<Chaplain Josh McGregor ~~ Elevator>>

Josh caught up to Carrie at the elevator. "Quick, before anything else falls from the sky. Or Blue himself blows in." He stepped into the open doors making signals to them to close.

Enjoying the moment of silence as he felt the box move. "Food here we come." His grin faded as he made a realization. "Oh my, I just left poor Gloria alone with Cooper, worse Holiday." He was rubbing his chin with eyes closed.

>> From Infirmary >>

Carrie gave Josh a bemused look, “I’d rather say “poor Cooper”, then “poor Gloria” if he tries to pull something with her like he did with me earlier on. Don’t you worry about her, trust me, she can fend for herself.”
The doors opened and they headed down the hallway towards the Mess hall, still with a small grin on her face “I didn’t put Gloria in Brihanna’s room only because of her skills as an ICU nurse you know…”

The smells of the food hit Carrie like a wall as she walked over to the food line. ‘Easy does it my friend,’ she thought as her stomach complained loudly about the lack of food for way to long.
She shot a glance at the food in the containers, it looked like…? Never mind, the menu had stated chicken, no reason to question it or dissect it further. It was food and she was h u n g r y !
Making sure she had her fair share of meat, sauce, potatoes and a side salad, she then proceeded to get a big glass of mineral water before looking back at Josh.
“How about over there,” she pointed with her tray towards the far corner of the room where the tables were further apart, “It’s a bit more private there…”

[aintright]

<<Chaplain Josh McGregor ~~ Elevator>>

McGregor nodded in agreement with Gloria being able to handle Cooper. Holdiay on the other hand? He smiled soaking in the permeating affection that the doctor attempted to camouflage for her number one nurse.

As the doors opened to the mess floor the scents ran gambit over his senses. He inhaled deeply as his stomach did flips as to make sure it had his attention. It had not been until this moment that he had truly realized just how hungry he really was.

It was moments like this he wished his mother hadn't so thoroughly instilled upon him the need to be a gentleman. The 'ladies first rule' took all of his restraint. As he made it to the end of the line his tray was bulging over. The Chaplain was already munching on a half peeled banana in hand.

With a mouthful smile Josh indicated for Carrie to lead the way. Setting his heavy tray before him he was ready to dig in. Instead he prepared himself to share grace. "May I?" he inquired.

[Northern Girl]

Carrie slumped down in her chair and got ready to dig in on her salad when the words from Josh registered, looking back at him, she offered him an embarrassed smile, “Yeah, sure, go ahead.”
She put down her fork, placed her hands in her lap and bowed her head, not to join him in prayers, but more out of respect; she just couldn’t bring herself to believe in “the” God in the way Josh did. It just wasn’t her way; at least not now days anyway, common courtesy and human respect demanded her to act like she did though.

Moments later, after an “Amen” she grabbed her fork and looked back at Josh, “First of all, before you say anything, I’d like to say that I’m sorry I acted like I did down in the waiting room , I know better then to lose my temper like that. I just couldn’t help my self…”

[SilverRider]

<<From Lounge>>

When Kim arrived in the mess hall, she was greeted by the chatter and wonderful smell of the food that hung in the air. Feeling her stomach grumble with stronger protest, she stepped in to the line and picked up a tray, getting what seemed appealing she poured a glass of water and headed for the table.

Taking a seat she heard an ‘Amen’, surprised by the fact someone was saying a grace, she looked around and spotted her source, seeing the Chapalin, oh should have known, she chuckled as she dug into her food. Quite taken back that none of her team was around.

[aintright]

<<Chaplain Josh McGregor ~~ hoping to eat soon!>>

McGregor read her body language and made the blessing short and sweet. He was hoping for a little time in the Chapel to have a more in depth conversation with the MAN. He grinned and nodded to the Major whose head jerked about with surprise. He felt a small pang of desire to ask her to join them. She was sitting all alone. However, Carrie's next remarks confirmed his earlier concern that she needed to vent a little. He was honored that she felt comfortable enough to allow it to be with him.

He did not eat, although his stomach was now doing jumping jacks. Instead, Josh leaned forward, a warm look of concern on his face. His focus was wholly on her. When her last word hung in silence for enough time to assure him she was awaiting a response, "Ah, tempers aren't always a bad thing ma dear. It is the ability to keep them under control and use them properly when need be, now that, that is a gift." He smiled warmly and reached across to give her a gentle confirmation by a simple grasp of the shoulder. "You proved you have just that."

Josh paused a moment as he continued to search the frustrated face of his friend. "Mr Cooper on the other hand, he has a gift of testing each of us to our limits. The ability of provocation if you will." Then he winked and left the floor open to her.


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