Ten Forward Lounge

[LtCol Kiele Christienne]

Kiele wandered into Ten Forward. There were a few others there, not so many that it felt crowded and not so few that she felt she would draw attention to herself. She found a table and slid into a chair. These were more like those on the former Pegasus. Everything on the new ship had a cutting edge feel and occasionally it completely lost sight of things like comfort.

She ordered a pot of tea and settled back. She'd done a little research, particularly looking into ship's statistics and the bridge crew, while they'd been in between meetings with Captain Shran and the Rihannsu representatives, so everything and everyone was not completely new to her. She took a sip of the tea, added some honey and cream to it and then decided on a hazelnut scone with marmalade to go alongside.

[LtCmdr Dr. Cindy Lee McKenzie]

Cindy enters ten forward, as she was feeling hungry, she gets her some fried chicken and bananas, seeing the new crewmen Kiele she walks over

"Hello their Captain, Kiele may I join you?" she ask holding her food, and showing she is pregnant as well

[Dr. Robert Devoroh, MD (LT)]

the doctor lazily walks into the lounge he had debated on going to the holodeck, he finds himself bored out of his mind. He sees a familier face there in the lounge so he grabs a cup of tea and walks to the table Cindy is at "hi Cindy, mind if I sit with you?"

[LtCmdr Dr. Cindy Lee McKenzie]

Cindy looks up at the Doctor "I don't mind Robert" she then looks at Kiele "Is it OK if the Doctor joins us?" she takes a bite of her food

[LtCol Kiele Christienne]

"Proteins and potassium or just one of those strange cravings?" Kiele teased, seeing the unusual combination on the Counselor's plate.
"I have no objections, Doctor. The more the merrier!" She toasted them both raising her teacup.

[LtCmdr Dr. Cindy Lee McKenzie]

Cindy looks at her food then back to Kiele "I guess it looks wired, but really tastes good" she bites into the chicken then the Banana "needs hot sauce" She gets up and goes gets hot sauce then returns

[Dr. Robert Devoroh, MD (LT)]

he laughed watching Cindy "cravings, well I suppose as long as your not craving dirt. You have been taking your vitamins right?" He sat down with the two and sipped his tea... "And you Kiele, how are you feeling?" He cant help asking that, he spends a lot of time in sickbay, go figure.

[LtCol Kiele Christienne]

Kiele suddenly saw herself as one of those wealthy matrons who kept a personal physician on retainer and would bring every ache and sniffle to them with a sigh of forbearance. Oh dear, it's just been awful! You simply have no idea how I suffered through all of this! The image made her stifle a grin.

"I'm doing well, Doctor. And you?"

[Cmdr. Carl Cross]

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[Dr. Robert Devoroh, MD (LT)]

he rubbed his neck softly trying to massage the strained muscle in his neck and smiled back to Kiele "good I'm glad to hear that your doing well... I'm not sure though if we've been formally introduced before, I'm Robert the ships doctor... I hope you dont mind but I tend to take a personal interest in making sure that everyone is in tip top shape and due to this I basically never leave sickbay except for the occasional cup of" he paused taking in a big whiff of his tea, he loved the smell, he opened his eyes and looked back at her "Jasmine Tea with just a dash of honey to sweeten it"He paused and thought for a moment wondering what he would do after he drank his tea... Either medical resupply or... The holodeck to practice surgery.

[LtCmdr Dr. Cindy Lee McKenzie]

"Of course Doctor I take all my vitamins " She smiles at the doctor "Mmm "Jasmine Tea with just a dash of honey to sweeten it sounds good, I have Buttermilk" she takes a drink

[LtCol Kiele Christienne]

"Well, Doctor, I'm pleased I had the opportunity to meet you on one of your rare appearances above ground. I consider myself something of a tea specialist. Maybe I could recommend some other varieties you'd enjoy and you might join us here in the simulated sunlight more often."

The lighting made her think of Tarkel. How was he adapting to the changes?

[Dr. Robert Devoroh, MD (LT)]

he looks to Cindy and smiles "good, something with low fat and has calcium. Have you been doing your excercises too? Excercising while pregnant is very important, when it comes time it makes the birthing process alittle easier and more manageable".

He looked to Kiele still smiling "Its not that rare I usually come to the lounge once a day otherwise Im basically at work; but its okay, I dont mind. I actually enjoy it... Anyways, what kind of teas do you like? I enjoy jasmine and green teas... I usually dont like black teas mostly because of health, green tea contains more antioxidents and antitoxins then black tea does."

[LtCmdr Dr. Cindy Lee McKenzie]

She nods yes to the Doctor she was doing her Exercises, as her mouth was full of food, and listens to the Doc and Kiele talk.

[LtCol Kiele Christienne]

"With so many alternatives available to us to neutralize the formation of free radicals, I'm surprised you chose a more traditional method. Not many would when a nutritional hypo, once a month or so, makes it simple for the majority of us who dont eat or drink as we should, but then there are those who insist also that if you need a stimulant, there's no substitute for coffee." She laughed.

"As the antioxidant value is important to you, I suggest trying a white tea. The content is higher than in green and the caffeine is lower and since you like jasmine, if you can find it, I'd recommend double jasmine. Instead of being steeped once in the infusion, it's steeped twice. The smell is quite intoxicating."

"As for my choices, I enjoy most teas and therein lies the problem of wanting to have a variety available but not having a great deal of space to keep them in, and only captains have privileges that can produce a full menu on command."She grinned and turned to Dr. McKenzie.

"Counselor, you might like a tisane blend that's formulated specifically for the third trimester. It includes red raspberry leaf, stinging nettle, chamomile, rosehips and oat straw."