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Title: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Cosmos on December 13, 2018, 10:20:33 PM
[ Lieutenant Vanya (https://uss-theurgy.com/w/index.php?title=Vanya) | Starfleet Academy | Freshman Dormitory Alpha 2 | Cross Species Accommodation | Fourth Floor ]  @Brutus

Vanya had made it to Earth, finally. The security department of the ship she’d rode in from Jupiter station to Earth had been a bit more friendly. As in to say they weren’t right jerks about her and her transit. The new Academy year was about to start and there were many many exotic beings making the trip. The ship was practically filled to the brim with species from all over the Federation and her over 150 member planets. Not to mention those from out side the Federation with special dispensation to attend the academy, such as Vanya herself.

People were chatting animatedly and making new acquaintanceship and perhaps even starting friendships. Vanya took the time of the trip to observe. Many humans of course, but that was to be expected here. The other species were fascinating to her. The rich cobalt color of an Andorian Zhen’s skin. The intricate movement of the antennae. The clipped speech patterns of a Vulcan young man, even coming through the universal translator.  The quarrelsome tone and aggressive gesticulation of a Tellarite conversing with a rather startled looking Alpha Centurion. The combinations and fascinations went on and on.

Sitting quietly by a viewport, the statuesque Romulan woman observed as many as she could. A slender long fingered hand coming up to tuck her sable hair behind the pointed ear. Her dark green eyes taking in as much as possible. People had glanced her way of course. Her beauty even drew the eye across species lines from time to time. Then eyes would migrate to her ears. “Vulcan?” Their expressions seemed to ask but then the slight forehead ridges would be perceived and the expressions would change. Some anger. Some fear. Much suspicion. One or two instances of aggressive expression was exhibited. Vanya for her part offered gentle smiles back to those that looked her way.

This confused some, pacified others and others, seemed to think she was mocking and shifted more towards anger. No one accosted her or anything so that was refreshing. Perhaps they thought her presence was one of those “Unannounced Psychological tests” that the academy was renown for.

Almost her entire trip she was left to her own devices and sat quietly observing the fellow passengers, and soon to be Cadets. About a half hour out from Earth itself, a young woman with dark hair and rich almost coppery skin came and sat down beside Vanya. She could have passed as human of some sort, until she hit you with those rich purple eyes. A hand was offered.

“Hi. I’m J’N’if’Rr. Heading to the Academy, aiming for Command track.” The young woman offered a mischievous grin. “From Xenex so everyone’s totally wondering if I’m going to pull out a sword and stab someone. I see they’re eyeing you too. Romulan huh?”

Vanya had taken the hand and shook it, a bit amused by the Xenexian’s forward nature, but she was friendly. Vanya had to give her that.

  “Yes. Vanya, formerly of Romulus.”

The girls purple eyes sparkled. “It’s that ‘formerly’ that’s gaining the looks I’m betting. Looks like we’re two freaks. Wanna be friends?”

Vanya chuckled at that assertion and assumption but the girl had a point. The Xenexians were.. unique in many ways and were looked at aside more than say your average Bolian. Vanya stood out for her own reasons, both visible and ones that would become more evident later.

  “Sure. I could use a friend.”   

The rest of the trip, Vanya sat with J’N’if’Rr. The girl chatting away in that some what wild, animated way of theirs. Vanya adding in now and then, but pretty much just going with the flow.

Then they came to their destination and the crew started to beam down the would be Cadets. J’N’if’Rr stood and grabbed her space bag. “See you around Campus, Vanya!”

Vanya nodded and retrieved her own. Getting into the line and soon enough was beamed down to the receiving pad at the entrance to the Academy. Her dark green eyes looked up and around the beautiful grounds of the Academy and a smile crossed her face. She’d worked hard to be accepted here and this would be the first step in a life of her own choosing. So it was a significant point in her life. No less so for the others coming into their Freshman years here.

Lines were forming over to the check in registry and Vanya got on line there. The information was being doled out swiftly and soon she was to the head of the line. A human in Ops gold looked up. Vanya offered her name and identification number from her Federation ID. It was punched into the computer and the woman looked up.

“Ok Cadet. Here’s your chit for the Quartermaster. Draw cadet uniform, dress uniform, and athletic uniforms, and the required gear for your first semester courses. The pad will direct you to the proper building on the grounds. Once you’ve drawn your gear, report to your first berthing. You are in Freshman dormitory Alpha 2. Fourth Floor. As you might guess we do not have any Romulan only floors so you’re being housed in the Cross Species Accommodation dorm. The dorm will have people from all over the Federation in it. So.. you’ll get a crash course in diplomacy. Or you’ll seriously hate life. I highly recommend the former over the later. Our notes, say that you don’t need any special accommodation as pertaining to your singular species needs?”

Vanya shook her head.

The woman went on.  “The quartermaster will issue you, your first months replicator credits. These are to be used for items ‘not’ covered by your class and course load. Uniforms and such are provided by the academy. The Replicator credits are for personal items and what have you. Remember there are three replication-mats on campus for food. So using your credits for that is unadvised.” A pause. “Do.. you eat?”

Vanya nodded, it was much simpler to just say yes. “Yes ma’am”  She could in fact, eat and her design was advanced enough she could even taste and enjoy food. It wasn’t needed for continued function but was possible and something she did for the sensations and ‘taste’.

The woman smiled. “Great. Stay away from the Bolian stew. No matter what they tell you they still haven’t gotten that right with the program. Blech”

If you have any questions your Guidance Counselor is in the notes I’m transferring to  your pad. Draw your gear. Orientation starts tomorrow morning. Welcome to Starfleet Academy, Cadet!”

Vanya took the pad with a smile thanking the woman. The map was easy to follow and soon enough she was at the quartermaster’s office. A short and… characteristically stout Tellarite Petty officer took one look at her and snorted. “Going to take a ton of energy to replicate uniforms in your size!”

Vanya had frowned and smoothed down the front of her jumpsuit. What had THAT meant??

The man had her step into the scanner to get her measurements and then punched in the code. Soon her standard Cadet uniforms were replicated. Dress uniform, and athletic gear, 24th century undergarments. Boots, dress shoes and athletic ones as well. Assorted gear for her course loads were all replicated and packed into a bag. The porcine person shoved it across the counter. “Hope you’re strong, tall one. That’s a load”

Vanya lifted it with one hand and shoulder it. “Thank you Petty Officer. I’ll manage”

He grunted. “NEXT!”

She carried the bags and followed the map on the pad again. Soon the residence hall came into view. People were moving in. Many parents were saying good buy to their children or hassling RA’s about their child’s special needs. Vanya had none of that. She slipped through the people gathering looks now and then and came up to the door. A young man in Security Gold held up a hand and asked for her ID. She gave it and he scanned it. Nodding. “4th floor. Room 404. You’re in the database now. The doors will let you in.”

She smiled and headed inside. Beings were moving every where bumping and pushing a bit in the rush to get settled. Vanya made her way up to the 4th floor and glanced at the door numbers… 1…. 2… 3… and here she was. Room 404.

As she stepped closer it recognized her information from her Com badge and whisked open. Vanya paused in the room that would be hers for the next year. Looking to see if her room mate was already in residence. 
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Acadmey] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on December 15, 2018, 05:09:36 AM
[Cadet Natalie Stark Starfleet Academy | The Grounds | San Francisco]Attn: @Cosmos 
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To say that Natalie had been having a bit of a day was an understatement. She was, at last, at the Academy. She had taken a flight in from Mars two days prior, with her father. The elder Stark had wanted to treat his daughter to a few days together before he would be returning home - alone. For the first time in more than 20 years, Chief Stark would have no one at home for him when he returned to the house at Bradbury Point.  It was a sobering thought for the man, that had lingered in the back of his mind while he and his only (remaining) child sailed out across the San Francisco Bay.

She'd said good bye to him about two hours ago, and already her heart ached. Daddy, as she was want to call him, and flown her to earth himself. And he would be all alone, and even though she was going to be surrounded by people, they weren't her people. She would be just as alone. The girl sniffled, dashed a hand under her eyes, and took a breath to steady herself.

Natalie stood in the gardens of the Academy, making her way to the dorms. She'd stopped by an alien looking tree, its leaves wide and strange fruit hanging from it. She tilted her head to the side, using this as a distraction as she clutched the bundle the quartermaster had foisted upon her, her bag slung over a shoulder, with what little personal gear she'd brought along.  "What alien plant is this?" She asked herself, as a breeze off the bay ruffled the skirt about her legs, flaring it slightly behind her.

"That's called a mango tree," a voice said from behind her, causing Natalie to near jump out of her skin. She managed to keep a hold on her gear, and turned to see an elderly man, with a shock of white hair, and pair of dark overalls on. His face was weathered with time and sunlight, smile lines and frown marks. He was old. He was, in fact, the oldest looking human that she'd ever seen (assuming he was human. "And there's nothing alien about it. They ain't in season yet, but they come from Earth herself.

"Colony girl then, if you've never seen a mango." He declared.

"Um, Mars, actually." Natalie murmurered to the old man, her voice quite, shy. As if she were unused to talking to strangers. That had been her demeanor when not in her fathers company. He seemed taken aback by that, then, in what was likely a rarity, he smiled.

"You too, eh?" He said with a small laugh, and reached over, giving the shorter girl a pat on the shoulder as he walked over to the tree. She noticed how he carefully picked his way along the grounds, before placing a hand on the trunk and looking up. "They don't grow these back home. Not that I've been home in...well. I started in here '21. Fell in love with the grounds. Only tend to leave when I need to go to the source for advice about a plant. " He turned back and motioned her forward. "You can touch, this time," he added.

"They don't grow these back home, no. Or at least they didn't when I was growing up. Pressure was all wrong for them," he continued, and shy as she was, Natalie let him prattle on. "This one came as a sapling from India about 25...30 years ago." He tugged on the straps of his overalls and smiled again, quite pleased. "You're new to the Academy." Not a question. "You come back, a few more months from now, and give me a hand picking some of these, and you can try one for yourself. Don't -" he held up a cautioning finger, " - you dare replicate one to try it. You want your first taste to be the real deal. Trust me. There's something that the replicators just can't quite
capture."

"A um....a few months?" She asked, and the man nodded again, leading her away from the tree, back to the path, gesturing down towards the dorms. "Not all that far a walk. Dorms over there, classes this way," he drew his hand across the gardens. "Pass by here often. You just stop by after your mid terms in your first semester. They'll be ready then."

It was impossible not to smile back at the man. She wasn't bothered by the way he would reach out, a comforting hand. She wondered if he did this often to new students. "I, thank you, Professor....?" He laughed at that and shook his head.

"Boothby. Just Boothby. I'm the groundskeeper. Have been for - well, since '21." He swept some of the wispy hair back. "And you, Cadet ?"

"Oh! Um, Stark. Natalie," she said quietly, but less nervous now.

"Well you ,Miss Cadet Stark, Natalie," he rolled, with a knowing smile, "had best get along. I'll see you around, and don't you forget, you'll be helping me pick those mangoes a few months from now." He wagged a finger at her, then made a shoo'ing gesture. "Get yourself settled in girl. It'll start to feel like home in no time at all."

With that, Natalie watched as the older man looped off, fishing a trowel out of his pocket as he went. She stared, then shook her head. It was the oddest thing that had happened to her since coming to San Francisco two days ago. And yet, some of the anxiety and the worry over her father, over settling in, had left her. Lighter of heart, she turned and headed on to the dorm she had been assigned to as part of the Cross Species Accommodation program.



[Freshman Dormitory Alpha 2 | Cross Species Accommodation | Fourth Floor]

It had been about an hour since her impromptu encounter with the groundskeeper, and Natalie had been unpacking in the surprisingly spacious room. There were beds on either side, and each student had a workstation with an accompanying ergonomic chair. There was a footlocker at the end of the bed and a series of small drawers in the walls adjacent to the bed. An alcove was built into the wall above the head of the bed, and a large window overlooked the grounds. 

In the center of the room was a tiny square table, and to each side, cushioned chairs for lounging. Off on the far wall was a mirror, under which was a retractile wash station, and a replicator. To the right of that, a door that lead to the refresher unit, which was shared with a neighboring room.

Natalie had just set a small holocube into the alcove and pressed the button, watching as it displayed a floating representation of  a family of four, including what could only be a younger version of Natalie herself. There on the right was her father, and at his side was a woman that had Natalie's nose and smile. A younger man stood in the center, taller than the rest, in a Cadet uniform a few years out of date. And there in front was Nat, smiling up at the young man.

"See. I made it, Eric," she said softly. "Bet you never thought I'd be here, huh? Wish you could see it." She said quietly. Before she could do much else, the doors to room 404 opened with a hiss, catching Nat off guard. She jumped a bit in her bed and turned, to face the door, only to stop and stare, wide eyed. The girl in the door had long hair, dark, silken black. Piercing eyes that drew Natalie's attention in a way that few had ever. Pointed, up-swept ears framed her angelic face. And a pair of ridges above her brow, forming a V, gave the whole appearance a slight, menacing cast.

"Er.....hello?" Natalie said softly, her legs tucked up under her sundress (a pleasant, light green color with white flowers) on the bed. She gave a very small finger wave, and tried, very, very hard, to reconcile the fact that she was fairly certain her roommate was....well, she could be a Vulcan, but Nat was thinking....Romulan.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Acadmey] Checking in.
Post by: Cosmos on December 15, 2018, 09:28:32 PM
[ Cadet Vanya (https://uss-theurgy.com/w/index.php?title=Vanya) | Freshman Dorm Alpha 2 | Cross Species Accommodation | Fourth Floor |
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Vanya looked across the room to the some what diminutive young woman sitting on the bed in the pretty dress. Those dark green eyes, byproducts of the copper based blood and slight differences in physiology between the races, took in her appearance. One of those pointed brows rose. The little finger wave, the wide eyes, the entire package and presentation was observed for a few long seconds.

Then something perhaps even – more – unnerving for poor Natalie happened. The young woman in the doorway offered a radiant….. smile. Had she been a Vulcan such a display of emotion would give most cause to take a step or two back. Shocking in and of itself, one would wonder if something was going on with the Vulcan to make them… emote like that. Disturbing for a number of reasons, it would give pause.

Just as disturbing, perhaps more so even, was a young Romulan standing there in the center of Starfleet Academy, with a Starfleet Academy bag over one shoulder, here on Earth. Sector 001. Center of the Federation.

The young woman came in, tall but moving with grace unbecoming someone of her size. Her space bag, and bag of Academy gear was deposited on the other bed. Turning Vanya approached the sitting human. A hand was offered, in what she had been taught was the ‘Human way’ of greeting. The smile remained as the young Romulan spoke in a beautiful soprano.

“You must be my roomate. I am Vanya. Science track.” A beat and her dark green eyes swept over Natalie.“Love the dress!”
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on December 15, 2018, 11:05:27 PM
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Oh dear lord, Natalie thought to herself, her eyes not quite the size of saucers, as the being in front of her offered up a hand to shake. Yup. No doubt about it, she realized. The eyebrow had given her the thought, for just a moment, that perhaps the figure in the doorway, wearing a jumpsuit that still somehow flattered her, was Vulcan. The classical, stoic sweep of a brow was common stereotype.

The smile was not. That smile, and the bright, cheerful nature in which she introduced herself (Vanya) laid rest to any doubts that Natalie had harbored (not that there were many left). This girl - this recruit? - was a Romulan. In Starfleet Academy.

In her newly assigned room.

Her roommate.

For a moment it didn't compute. Thankfully, Natalie's had acted on autopilot, the human greeting ingrained. She took the other womans hand and gave it a shake with a reasonable squeeze. Entirely out of habit.

"Um, Thank you," she said softly. There was a trace of awe in her voice. She had never met a Romulan. She wondered if anyone in the building had. Other than in battle. The Romulans hadn't maintained a diplomatic presence in the Federation since the early part of the century, and Nat wasn't sure they'd opened up an embassy. And yet here was a Romulan in her room.

"I...Um, That is....manners," she stammered, scolding herself. "Sorry. Where are my manners. I"m Natalie. Natalie Stark," she said. If this girl was actually her roommate - and it would be an impossibly bold ploy for her to pretend to be when she wasn't - she'd learn anyways. "Operations track. And my god you're tall." She blurted the last bit out, taken aback by the graceful presence in front of her.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Cosmos on December 17, 2018, 07:01:31 PM
[ Cadet Vanya (https://uss-theurgy.com/w/index.php?title=Vanya) | Starfleet Academy | Freshman Dorm Alpha 2 | Cross Species Accomidation | Fourth Floor ] Attn: @Brutus  

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Vanya shook Natalie’s hand. Both of her pointed brows raising at the girl’s reply. The human looked a little flabbergasted, if Vanya’s observation of human facial expressions were correct. She supposed it would not be the last. As Natalie was to share a room with her, Vanya had decided a friendly approach would be best for them both. Confrontation with one you were sharing quarters with is not a good way to spend your down time. So far Natalie hadn’t started swearing or throwing things. That was a good sign.

Leaning in with a bit of a playful conspiratorial air.    “We Romulans have a thing for –green– you know! You’re already appealing to my racial heritage.”   Vanya leaned back and a gentle look of amusement crossed her face.    “Tall?” I suppose I deviate a bit from the statistical norm.”   A long fingered hand smoothed down the front of her jumpsuit, worn for space travel to the Academy.

“Nice to meet you, Natalie Natalie Stark. That’s a beautiful name. Is it a… family name? Natalie? Or is it human custom to have first and middle names the same? I must confess you’re sort of my first human. Please forgive me any ignorant faux pas.” She slipped back over to the far side of the room and started to unpack her space bag on the bed. Motioning to one of the closets that pointed brow raised again. A simple graceful motion, inquiring which closet Natalie preferred.

“I’ve only got the one. Name, that is. Perhaps you can help me choose a few more?”  
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on December 17, 2018, 08:58:20 PM
[Cadet Natalie Stark | Starfleet Academy | Freshman Dorm Alpha 2 | Cross Species Accommodation | Fourth Floor ]Attn:
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Belatedly, understanding came to Natalie. As nervous and on edge as she herself was, in the presence of a confirmed! (by her own admission) Romulan, the woman across from her was in exactly the same boat. This was quite the revelation to Nat, whom had, up until this point, viewed Romulans as calculating, clever demons whom embraced the darker emotions that Vulcan's shunned. Never had the brunette human considered that Romulans were prone to being nervous, or overtly bubbly in personality.

Later on it would dawn on Nat that this was exactly the intent of Cross Species Accommodation program. She'd smile and laugh in admiration when that clicked.

Taking her hand back, she rubbed her fingers into her palm and then swept some stray hairs back behind her ear. She's nervous too Natalie reminded herself. Never all that great around others, she wasn't sure how to deal with this. How to put the girl at ease. If she even could. Not shouting and running from the room should have been a good start, she decided.

"Um first it's just ...Natalie. No middle name. I only said it twice because I was startled." Her voice was much quieter than the Romulan's, but then, she had those elegantly pointed ears, and Natalie knew that her hearing would be far better than Nat's own, so she wasn't too worried about her roommate having any difficulty in picking up her shy tones. "I honestly wish I could say that the dress choice was an attempt to appeal to um, your heritage, but I had no idea who or what my roommate was going to be."

Glancing up, her blue eyes bright, she smiled, sheepishly.

"Natalie is my given name, if I'm using the term right?" She continued, taking things slow, not because she thought the woman across from her would have issues following her (her Federation Standard seemed impeccable) but because Nat ended to pick and choose her words carefully around someone she didn't know in an effort not to be a fool. "Daddy said that it was one of my Great Aunts names. Stark is the family name. That's the norm for most humans, but not all. We're confusing like that.

"Is it the norm in Ro-Romulan culture to use just one name?"
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Cosmos on December 17, 2018, 09:25:46 PM
[ Cadet Vanya (https://uss-theurgy.com/w/index.php?title=Vanya) | Starfleet Academy | Freshman Dorm Alpha 2 | Cross Species Accomidation | Fourth Floor ] Attn: @Brutus 

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Vanya was indeed a bit nervous. Here she was on Earth, center of the Federation and there would be more than a few people who’s multiculturalism did not include her or her kind. For more than just the obvious on the face reasons too. This would be the first long term interaction that Vanya would have with humanity and other species of the Federation, out side of the Daystrom Institute who had determined her person-hood. So, she didn’t want to screw it up. Get kicked out, or even worse imprisoned and or dismantled.

When Natalie started to speak again, Vanya paused in her unpacking, turning and giving the other young woman her full attention. It was a trait that had been hard to repress. Looking someone straight in the eye when you spoke with them. Being a part of the conversation. Paying attention. Not just waiting for your turn to talk. Vanya had this trait and others sometimes found it off-putting, depending on the person, it may even be intimidating. It manifested, in Vanya’s case from two sources. The first being that her primary programming had been in infiltration, observation and accumulation of data. The second being, that as her programming matured, as – she- matured and grew, she honestly- was – very curious of the world, universe and people around her. So she wanted to learn all she could, and thus, paid direct attention.

So those dark green eyes landed on Natalie with laser like focus and the human got her full attention. She nodded gently and her hand came up to tuck silken dark tresses behind her own pointed ear. Accidentally mirroring Natalie’s own motion. “Sorry to startle you. Was it my height, or….. ?” She left it open for Natalie to fill in on what had startled her. Providing the ‘height’ option to give the human woman an ‘out’. When the explanation of the dress was disclosed, Vanya offered a nod.   “It suits you quite well, Natalie. Brings out the depth of color of your hair. The highlights and all.” 

When Vanya was asked about Romulan names she paused a bit as if pondering the question. Then met Natalie’s eyes straight on again. “I may not be the best to ask about that. Vanya is the name my… mother gave me, but my upbringing isn’t anything you’d call ‘normal’.” A bit of a nervous laugh and she motioned around them, seeming to indicate their shared location.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on December 17, 2018, 10:28:29 PM
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Biting her lip gently, Natalie felt her eyes tip up, just a bit, and her head lean to the side. There as a hint of pink in her cheeks - from the praise? Or embarrassment. Probably a healthy helping of both, if she were being completely honest with herself. There was an intensity to the woman on the other bed, the way she watched her. Those green, green eyes lingering, twitching slightly with every move that Natalie made. A boy had stared like that at her once, a few years back, and sent Nat into a flutter. Odd that it was happening again from this alien woman. She had to force herself not to wilt under the weight of the attention.

"Well, you're what, 2 meters tall? I'm just over a meter and a half?" She worried at her lip again, a nervous tick of hers. "It can be intimidating. And well, I'm sure you've guessed by now I've never exactly met a Romulan before." There. That cat was out of the bag. Nat wouldn't hide the fact that she was very much surprised. "I don't actually know of any Romulan's having been through the Academy and if you were a smiling Vulcan well, then I'd be worried!" She declared, attempting for a bit of humor.

"Regardless, I uh, yeah, i might stare a bit because you are really, really tall," this was honest, though she was still blushing something fierce at this point. "Its nice of you to say those things about me." She was doing that thing where she bounced from one subject to another, boom, boom, boom. Another nervous habit. Chill, Natalie. "Seeing as you can make even a simple jump suit look good, I appreciate it.

"So, colony world then?" She asked, launching right along with another tangent. "Colonies, they develop their own kind of culture, not the norm. Like the folks from Terra Nova," she paused, "Though really that wasn't their fault. The irradiated rains didn't help things. Okay, bad example."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Cosmos on December 17, 2018, 10:50:25 PM
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Natalie blushed and Vanya smiled. Oh! She was so pretty when she blushed, but Vanya kept that thought to herself. The arched brows rose as Natalie started to speak. A bit of a nod. “One point nine meters, yes.” The green eyes shifted from Natalie’s face to sort of take in her entire body. Vanya not having seen her standing yet, true height could be difficult to judge. Then back to the young human’s face as she just kept right on going!

“Which is more intimidating? My height, or my species?” At Natalie’s own admission to not having met a Romulan before, the Android effected a small smile. “How am I doing? Romulan enough? Or do I need a more severe haircut?”

At Nat’s joke Vanya grinned. A real honest grin. “A smiling Vulcan would totally freak me out!”

Her roomate’s blush was more pronounced now, and Vanya tilted her head watching Natalie go from topic to topic. This roommate could be fun! At the mention of her jumpsuit. Vanya looked down and blushed slightly herself. Instead of the pink and then red that Natalie possessed, the human would see a touch of ‘green’ infuse Vanya’s cheeks.   “Just wanted to travel and not get all dirty and nasty, you know?”

Standing she undid the front closure of the jumpsuit and started to peel it off as Natalie continued on. Dark green eyes flicking back to her face as she spoke. “Um… not a colony per sey… think of it more as… very restrictive.. home schooling?”

The jumpsuit was unzipped down the front and Vanya paused to remove all the items from it’s many pockets, then removing her boots, before peeling it totally off. She stood there in satin dark green undergarments and carefully folded the jump suit.
“Have you tried on the uniforms? Do they fit nice or are they scratchy? I have sensitive skin.”

The duffelbag from the quarter master was opened and the cadet uniform pulled out and smoothed, Vanya standing there gloriously fit, eyeing it skeptically.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on December 18, 2018, 12:12:23 AM
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"Oh, no no no! Don't cut the hair. Its far too pretty as is!" The brunette human was sensing something of a circle going - both trying to put the other at ease, both ending up a bit awkward. Now, that could just all be in my head[/i] she admitted to herself, but probably not. Inter-species interactions is hard. And Natalie wasn't exactly the best at reading other people. She did great with gizmos and gadgets, but living creatures weas a bit of a step up for her. All the same, Nat realized that the girl's sudden green color wasn't that she was getting sick (as would be the case with a human) but that she was flushing.

Copper blood. Nice to know she can blush. And that compliments go well. Natalie was making a whole mess of mental notes on the fly. She was going to be living with this woman for some time. it would be important to know. Just like it was important to know the right kind of power converter for an ODN Bypass. Important.

"Pretty and Practical. Seems like a good combination, Vanya," she said, trying the name out for size on her tongue. She could understand wanting to stay clean. What followed next had Natalie going very quite, very fast, and quite red in the cheek. Not at first, of course. Unbuttoning the jumpsuit a bit made some sense. No need to be fully pent up in the room.

"Restrictive homeschooling?" Natalie repeated. "I...well, I have absolutely no idea what the Romulan Education system is, but I can think of a few world where that would be par for the course in the Federation." She managed to get the whole sentence out without stuttering, because her roommate was just stripping right on down.

Good lord she's damned stunning under that! Natalie almost felt jealous. She glanced at her own prominent bust, and wider hips, and felt wholly out classed. The Martian was flummoxed as to how to deal with this. Swallowing, she kept right on starring. Her roommate...yeah. She was beautiful. And apparently very at ease.

"Um, sensative skin?" She asked, eyebrows rising up a bit. "I uh, honestly, I haven't tried it yet," she was picking at the hem of her skirt and still watching in awe, unaware that her cheeks were much, much more red now.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Cosmos on December 18, 2018, 12:38:12 AM
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At the mention of her pretty hair, Vanya turned to look over one shoulder. The hair itself reached to the small of her back in a straight fall, with out a hint of curl. The light shimmered over it’s sable depths, so shiny that it seemed to have an almost green-black sheen. By looking over her shoulder the tips of hair swished in the small of her back, above the panty-line. 
“Thank you Natalie!” The soft green tint on her cheeks intensified a little and even brushed the tips of those pointed ears.

Looking back to the uniform she poked and prodded at it a bit and then sort of looked down to her own chest, then over to Natalie’s chest, and then the uniform jacket. “We’re both going to have to let these out….”

Striding to the closet on the balls of her feet she opened the door softly and pulled out a hanger. Hanging the uniform up. Not…. Putting it on. Oh no. She returned to her bag and got the others hanging them up too and started to put things away. Glancing to Natalie as she bent to put her socks in a drawer.“Well. It was more… specific goal oriented training programs? You with your multi planetary knowledge and all may find me a little sheltered. I hope I won’t come off as too much of a shut in or something. If I ever get on your nerves asking questions. Just let me know.”

Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on December 18, 2018, 01:27:40 AM
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"You're welcome," Nat managed, in regards to the compliment she'd given. Her own hair was currently quite wavy, brushing down along her shoulders. Not at all like the straight, darkened locks of her roommate. The hair seemed to swish as the Romulan turned back around. There was just a hint of an impulse to reach out and run her hands through the hair. She'd done that with a past boy friend, on Mars. It was a tactile sort of treat, and Natalie was girl that enjoyed tactile sensations. It was part of what she liked about working with machines, getting her hands in there, feeling the energy pulsing around.

Pulling her mind away from that, she focused back in on her roommate -- which was really was not hard to do - Natalie watched as the girl stared at her own bust...and then at Nats. She felt the red creep down her back as Vanya spoke about letting things out, and the poor girl squeaked aloud. Did...did she want me to...out of this...now? She thought, dumbstruck. Was this a Romulan culture thing? hi, nice to meet you, time to take your tits out and say hello???

Before she could ask, Vanya had turned around and headed over to the closet. Natalie had a few things hanging up in one of the two alcoves - there seemed to be one for each cadet. She hung the uniform up and then went about continuing to unpack - something Nat knew she herself should do. But it was such a struggle not to watch this strange - and apparently uninhibited - creature move about.

She bent right over in front of Nat without a hint of humility, and the blue eyed brunette had to swallow another squeak. There was no denying that this woman was physically attractive. And, Nat decided, she liked the girls personality. If she herself could only stop blushing every ten seconds around her, well, maybe they'd make out well enough.

"Oh no, its perfectly fine," Natalie waved the concern off, wanting to her best for intergalactic relations. No sense in offending the first Romulan at the Academy (she thought). "I'm happy to answer what I can." True enough. Was she going to put anything else on? She fidgeted about with the hem of her skirt again, wondering if the Romulan was expecting her to strip down too. She was still a little confused about 'letting these out' and tugged a bit at the top of her dress, glancing down. It hadn't dawned on her that Vanya meant the uniform top.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Cosmos on December 18, 2018, 01:50:59 AM
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Vanya watched Natalie as they spoke and she unpacked. The young woman seemed to be fluxuating from hot to hotter and back down a bit. Dark green eyes flickered to the hem of the dress that was getting absent attention and a pointed brow rose. Then back up to Natalie’s face as she sat in the chair.

“Are you any good with replicator fabrication? Going into Ops you must have scored high with your mechanical and operational entrance exams. You could probably program one all on your own?”

Her head tilted and the dark green eyes slowly slipped from Natalie’s face down to her hands. Hand full of delicate little motions. Little movements. So intricate. So… alive. Real. That was a –real- woman’s hand. So full of life. Vanya found herself entranced for long moments. Wondering what Natalie’s fingertips felt like. The intricate swirls and loops of her fingerprints. The edge of her fingernails. Vanya smiled gently, and wet her lips. Nothing overt or gross or anything. Just… wow. Those hands.

Vanya felt inadequate and didn’t fully understand why. She could likely crush the bones in Natalie’s hands with out half trying but… those intricate little movements. The life that the other young woman possessed, just playing with the edge of her skirt. It was damn near mesmerizing.

Vanya absently continued on with her previous thought. “The replicator…. Fabrication. To adjust the jackets so they fit right on us, let them out. How do we say it on Romulus. “We’ve been twice blessed by the breast fairy”? Humans have fairies? Little green sprites of supernatural origin? They like the green milk of new mothers, and it’s sometimes left out to appease them when a Romulan woman has their first child.
Anyway, we want to look sharp for our first classes. Not like we’re dressed in tents.”
  The dark green eyes coming up to Natalie’s at the end.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on December 18, 2018, 02:23:33 AM
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Vanya sitting was much easier to deal with than Vanya strutting about on legs that would make a dancer envious, let alone little ole Natalie Stark. The Cadet perked up quite a bit when her roommate asked her about replicator tech, a grin spreading over her face, clearly eager. She let go of her dress hem and wrapped her fingers together and rested them against her knees, which were crossed, one over the other.

This didn't last for long, of course, because Nat was a naturally prone to fidgeting. About half way through her response, feeling the scrutiny from the barely clothed woman would set her hands back to her skirt hem, flashing a bit more of her leg than she might have intended otherwise. Still, this she was happy to talk about.

"Yes actually, I'm quite good at it," the smile was gentle, but broad as she spoke. "I got in a load of trouble when I was younger for taking apart the family replicator. Daddy was amused, but mother was not pleased." She didn't choke up when speaking of her mother any more, thankfully. "In my defense, it worked better when I was done."

Natalie was particularly proud of that point. She'd been all of 12 years old at the time.

"Why do you ask?" She prompted the girl, who seemed lost in thought. But Vanya answered, and it was then that Natalie understood the girls former statement. Her hands flew from her skirt to her chest, one clasped over the other, and she listened with rapt attention and a smattering of embarrassment.  Her bust was not something she was used to talking about. However, the Sciences Cadet continued on, telling her a tale of Romulan Fairies that left Natalie flabbergasted. She probably learned more about Romulan culture in those scant short minutes than half the professors in the Academy.

"They like Romulan Breast milk?" Nat stammered, smiling, but confused. "And its...green?" She giggled, covered her mouth, and sat back onto her bed, shaking. "Oh, I'm sorry, I really don't mean to laugh its just...well, on Earth, they do have Fairies. And Daddy always used to claim they followed the first settlers on Mars.  The little ones are prone to small practical jokes, but if you catch them they owe you an equally small, practical favor. Its the tall ones, the Fae, you have to be careful of." She didn't point out that the Fae of old legend looked a damn bit like Romulan's and their Vulcan cousins.

Glancing down at her breasts, covered as they were, and then over to Vanya's - starring, yes, but not for long before her blue eyes flicked back to meet those very intense green ones, Natalie gave another nod. "We'd need to enter in our measurements. I can do that easily enough. I think if we recycled the garments we've been given that would give us new credits to use to replicate a new, better fitting set of tops." She flushed a bit. "I really didn't think about that at all. Good catch."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Cosmos on December 18, 2018, 02:57:11 AM
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When Natalie’s fingers stopped moving Vanya was almost sad. Dark green eyes focusing once again on Natalie’s face, one corner of her lips quirked up, seeing how Natalie seemed to come alive describing the tech. A nod of encouragement was offered as she spoke of dismantling the family replicator. A soft laugh escaped and then a grin. “With me it was a disruptor rifle.”

Then Nat’s hands were back and Vanya’s eyes dipped and noticed the creamy thigh and the fingers again playing the hem of the skirt. Both were distracting, but the Android payed attention. When Natalie’s hands flew up to cover her chest. Vanya’s eyes went with and her brows went up. Did her roommate’s breasts hurt? Vanya had read in her studies of the Federation that old 20th and 21st century undergarments often were uncomfortable for humans. Perhaps they still were? Romulan undergarments had to be far superior.  With Natalie cupping herself, poor Vanya was looking from the girls eyes to her hands and back a touch confused.

Then her roommate was asking questions and Vanya brightened. “The Fairies? Oh yes they like Romulan breast milk. Well. Who doesn’t?” She grinned.  “Romulan babies are all about it too!” A light chuckle was given and she smiled.  “We’ve copper based blood and such. Our blood is green when oxygenated, and the breast milk and semen both possess a greenish white hue, due to it.”

Hearing about the Martian fae, Vanya leaned forward and nodded for Nat to go on. “Be careful of them? Do they steal souls in the night? Or carry off one’s first born?”   It would seem some legends were truly universal.

Vanya brightened. “Could you show me how? As you’ve noticed. My height and shape.. it’s so very hard to get clothes that fit. I would be in your debt, Natalie”   
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on December 18, 2018, 03:33:48 AM
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Oh, there is so, so much I need to unpack from all that, Natalie thought to herself as she listened to Vanya. She got a boat load of information in a few minutes of conversation, and it was taking her a moment to process it all (and not linger on the thoughts of just what Romulan breast milk and semen looked like - she was blushing enough as is). She felt like the Academy had possibly done itself a disservice by sticking her in the room with Vanya and not another science track student with a focus on xenoanthropology. Vanya would be a treasure trove to such a cadet.

Or perhaps that's exactly why they didn't. For Vanya's sake. That would make sense to Natalie. As much as the Academy was about learning, it was also about nurturing students into officers. Perhaps having someone picking at everything Vanya said would be counter productive.

Natalie made a mental note to look up how the Academy accommodated other 'firsts' when it came to species attendance.

Pushing aside naughty, naughty thoughts, Natalie focused on Vanya - which, given her beauty wasn't exactly innocent territory. Despite her surprisingly innocent nature. None of the guile she'd expected was evident here. "The Fae will extract promises, or so the legends go. Never thank them, for they will hold sway over you. They cannot tell a lie, but can twist the truth to be just as effective as a lie." She held up a warning finger as she spoke, giggling a bit. Then she let it drop to the girls bust, pointing there.

"I can absolutely show you what needs to be done," Natalie said, letting her feet sway a bit on the edge of her bed, side to side. "We'll need to get our measurements down pat anyway to input so we have a base to work from when modifying the standard uniform." She rubbed one foot against the other, having kicked off her sandals earlier. "But I'd be happy to show you." Nat repeated, favoring Vanya with one of her brighter smiles. She understood machines, and was more comfortable dealing with how they worked.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Cosmos on December 18, 2018, 04:04:57 AM
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Vanya listened, for her part greatful to the Academy housing staff. They had roomed her with a young woman, whom, if afraid of her, didn’t show it, and was actually talking – to- her. Not – at- her. And in fact speaking at all. A stony silence or even hostility could be expected, but Natalie had given none of that. Natalie was almost a gift. Someone quiet and unassuming, but friendly and willing to share herself and her experiences. Vanya would learn so much.

When Natalie went on to describe the fae, Vanya listened and nodded gently.  “Sounds some what like my people… except for not telling lies. I learned early on that a well twisted truth is twice as dangerous” A look that Natalie could easily catagorize as sadness or regret crossed Vanya’s face, but like a spring breeze it was there and then gone. The emotion kissing the Romulan’s features and then evaporating. Her eyes came back up.   “Sounds like your fairies are clever and wise sprites. You must have some fairy blood?” 

A glance down to her own breasts when they were mentioned and then up to Natalie.   “I’ve not read the instruction manual on a Federation tricorder yet. Ours work a good bit differently. If you have, we could get the measurements, or do it the old fashioned way with a tape. I put myself in your hands.” Vanya reached back clearly about to disrobe the rest of the way for Natalie’s proscribed measurements.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on December 18, 2018, 04:29:02 AM
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A hint of concern passed across Natalie's face as she saw the sadness on Vanya's. Seeing someone that looked so much like the Vulcan's she had known (there were more than a few that worked in the shipyards) being so emotionally expressive was going to take some getting used to. The ridges over her brow did help to remind Natalie that this was not a Vulcan she was dealing with, but it was still a bit much to adjust to. Still, Natalie promised herself she would persevere.

"I, um, thank you," Nat said with a blush as she caught up with what Vanya was saying and realized her roommate paid her a compliment. She decided not to tell the other woman that as cleaver and crafty as the Fae were, they were equally, if not more so, cruel. If Vanya was indeed drawing conclusions between the Fae and the Romulan species, well, that wouldn't do any good to insult the woman.

After all, she seemed far too nice to be cruel.

"Right, I was told they'd issue me a tricorder when I got here so I didn't bring mine but I might have a tape measure in here!" Natalie said, jumping up off the bed. In her eager haste to help she failed to notice, utterly, that Vanya was starting to disrobe further, something that wouldn't really be necessary. Meanwhile the Ops Cadet was rummaging through one of the bags she'd brought along with her that had not yet been fully stashed away in the foot locker at the end of her bed.  She was pulling out one tool after another, looking at it, and then discarding it - carefully - onto the top of the locker, or the mattress of her bed.

"Ah-ha! Here's the little bugger," she exclaimed, standing back up, having been bent over the bag. In her hand was a simple measuring tape. She turned around, pleased as a peach as she was saying, "Daddy told me always pack the analog tool, just in case."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Cosmos on December 18, 2018, 04:48:52 AM
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If told about the cruelty of the Fae, it very likely would have made them sound a bit more like the Romulans to the Android. She wasn’t ‘ashamed’ of her heritage, but she knew that the Romulans were far from innocents on the galactic stage, or even at home.  The slavery of the Remen and usage of them as shocktroops had always disturbed Vanya and speaking out against such had horrified her creator.

Then Natalie was rummaging for the tape measure so Vanya went ahead and unclasped the bra in the front and removed it. Carefully folding then placing it on the bed. Then slipped out of the matching dark green panties as well. Those were folded and placed on the bed as well and her hands came up to sweep her dark hair back over her shoulders. Standing to her full height, all 1.9m.

When Natalie turned back she’d basically walk full tilt into the Romulan, awaiting the measuring. She had flawless pale skin, of one that lived in space. Legs for days and days up to pleasantly flared hips. A sleek toned stomach with just the faintest hints of abbs, up to her ribs. As previously described her creators had blessed her with breast and ass to help with her infiltration duties. The rear being tight and shapely, breasts were full and heavy but with out much sag, standing proud. The collar bone was delicate leading up to her throat and proud jawline. The skin itself was with out flaw or blemish, and infused with the warmpth of life. South of the eyebrows, there was no significant body hair to be seen. She wasn’t 100% hairless. She wouldn’t bead water or anything, but she lacked hair under the arms, or elsewhere.

Dark green eyes were watching Natalie as she turned back.“It sounds like you very much loved your father.” A tone of longing in the nude Romulan’s voice. “I never had one...”
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on December 18, 2018, 05:08:34 AM
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Oh holy shit, Natalie thought, her bright blue eyes going as wide as saucers at the sight before her. There, in all her glory, was Vanya. Buck naked, as they'd say back home out of Bradbury point. She knew many of the boys and girls liked to go skinny dipping out on the lake, but Nat had never been one to indulge. She was too embarrassed about her body to do something like that. I bet Vanya would have no issues with skinny dipping what so ever. Christ, not looking like that.

She was unable to avoid looking. Ogling really. How could she not, with Vanya just starring there? It was then that she came to the conclusion that Romulan's did not have the same sort of cultural nudity taboos that many (but certainly not all) human cultures had. It never crossed her mind that Vanya might simply be an odd ball. Having never met any other Romulans, her roommate was the authority on the subject of 'what Romulan's do'.

"Oh boy," Nat whispered softly. It was only then that she realized two things. Firstly, Vanya had been talking. The girl, uninhibited by her own nudity - and it was impressive, to say the least - had said something about Natalie loving her father, and her own lack of father. It tugged Natalie out her startled head space and into a more sympathetic one.

Secondly, she realized the tape in her hand had been unraveling while she stared - drank in - at Vanya's nude form.

"I'm so sorry," she blurted out, as she watched the other woman. She was apologizing for starring, yes, but also, for what Vanya said. "I love my father dearly. He is all I have left but I cannot imagine never knowing yours." she bit her lip, and looked down at the tape measure.  There was nothing else for it, she needed to duck down and scoop it back up. Flushed in the face, she did just that, and kept telling her self not to look, not to look, not to look.

Of course, her eyes darted to the side, when her face was eye level with Vanya's pelvis, her nose drawing in a sharp breath. She'd never been this close to a naked alien before. Or anyone naked, for that matter.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Cosmos on December 18, 2018, 05:26:28 AM
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Vanya tilted her head when Natalie turned and had such a reaction. Looking down a touch self conciously she made sure she hadn’t gotten anything on herself that might be unclean. She was a rather fastidious creature and the thought of being dirty or slimy or sticky or something with out her own knowledge was distressing. With a bit of a look a twist and turn she asertained, that no, she was still clean.

The dark eyes came back up to Natalie and then a gentle smile crossed her face. It wasn’t dirt or the like. Natlie seemed to appreciate the body that Vanya had been given. That was good. Vanya rather liked it too. A hand slid up her leg and gently rested on a hip as she watched the human.

Vanya listened as Natalie spoke and raised her brows. “Natalie. You have more than you know.” She watched the girl for a long moment. “You have this. She motioned with her other hand. “Starfleet. A new family. One you’ve -chosen– for yourself. That you’re pledging to dedicate yourself to. That you’re joining of your own free will. Of your own motivations, your own decisions.” Her dark green eyes watch her roommate.   “And now you have a friend.”

When Natalie stooped to pick up the tape, Vanya offered her a hand to aid in standing. The young woman was a good 25cm shorter, so it wasn’t quite as far to stand, but the gesture was more, an offer of friendship, than true aid in standing. Natalie could probably accomplish that on her own, but if history was any indicator, it may have ended up more interesting than she’d intended.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on December 18, 2018, 05:46:37 AM
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This was perhaps the sweetest, and most awkward conversation that Natalie had ever had when meeting someone new. It was certainly the most eye opening in her life. Taking Vanya's hand, the brunette human allowed herself to be helped up. She had been knocked completely off her game by the woman's attitudes and frankly, a little bit of physical support was welcome in that moment. Plus, the emotional subtext was appreciated.

Once fully upright - with the tape carefully secured so as to not go tumbling about again - Natalie looked up at Vanya and smiled, sheepishly. It was easier to look into those piercing green eyes that were so intensely curious than it was to stare at the girls naked body. Not if she wanted to actually get words out.

"Thank you, for that," she said, giving Vanya's hand a squeeze, and then carefully extracting her hand. Though she let her fingers brush against the other girls skin, to show she didn't necessarily mind. This was strange and new territory for Natalie, and she was taxing her limited social skils to the bone. "For the perspective on what I have ahead of me," she continued, and holding that gaze, "and for a new friend. I really, really like that idea." And this was truthful. Oh, this girl was strange, so very, very strange, and Natalie had no idea how she was going to handle this at all, without passing out, at this rate.

But secretly - or perhaps not so secretly as she thought - Natalie craved a connection with someone else. So she squeezed the girls hand again, gently, and bit her lip, hoping she wasn't saying too much as she added, "You've got me, too. A friend, I mean. Plus, everything you just said about a future, choosing a path, that applies to you too." Don't look at her boobs, don't look at her boobs, she kept telling herself. This was important.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Cosmos on December 18, 2018, 06:32:39 AM
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Vanya gently returned the squeeze, very careful not to crush the human’s hand. Positive feed back had been early in her training. Interacting with biologicals meant she needed to move effortlessly among them and not damage them by accident. Many practices with eggs and other fragile things had eventually taught her how to touch with out damaging the fragile flesh and bone of those around her.

She watched Natalie’s face as she was thanked. Her own tone soft.   “You’re welcome”. Her roommate wasn’t wrong. Vanya was very very strange, and frankly, Nat only knew the half of it so far. It would likely get much more strange before it ever got normal.

When the sweet human had said that it all applied to Vanya too, the Romulan had looked out of their window and over San Francisco Bay. Her dark green eyes seemed to lose focus for a bit. Words escaped her. Just above a whisper.

“I hope so….. I truly do.. it’s my dream. A dream I’ve allowed myself to have. That I can find a place here. Fit in. Find a way to help those around me. Not hurt. To be a part of something bigger. To -build-, not destroy. To learn how to be a person. A person of my own. My own experiences.”  She looked back to Natalie. “I want to become more… than I was destined to be. I want to -choose– my own destiny. Maybe…. Starfleet is the way. Maybe here I can be a part of something bigger.”

The Android left unsaid, that maybe she could find a family. If not that comrades and friends. People of like mind that don’t fear her. People that accept her for who and what she was. All the reading material. All the brochures. All the sites on the computers indicated that Starfleet encouraged multiculturalism. That their differences were embraced, not spurned. The young Romulan was hopeful that it wasn’t just hype.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on December 18, 2018, 05:42:37 PM
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The scientists hand was warm to the touch, slightly warmer than her own. Vulcanoid heritage Natalie decided. She had heard that Romulus was not a desert world like Vulcan, but that the time between the sundering had not been so long that such a huge genetic drift would have occurred. She resolved to read everything in the database available to cadets about Romulus, Remus, and the Empire. And then wondered what kind of trouble that would get her in.

Still, the hand was warm and the touch was gentle and careful. As someone who used her hands, Natalie could tell. It made sense to her. Romulan's and their Vulcan cousins were much, much stronger than Humans, in physical terms. The touch was still there, still gentle and lingering between them. Nat decided that Romulan's clearly had less boundaries than their Vulcan cousins. Holding hands like this...well, she'd seen plenty of holonovles about the lewd hand holding practices. Not that she liked that kind of thing, of course! Purely research based.

Dashing those thoughts aside, Nat continued to watch Vanya. Saw her gazing out the window at the stunning view they were lucky to have. (Drapes. We need to replicate drapes. Anyone could stare in! We're only four floors up!) She heard the longing and gave another squeeze. "You're fitting in already, Vanya. Thats a dream so many of us here have."

Carefully - and keenly aware of the girls nudity, just trying so very hard not to squeak again - Nat moved her hand up (and up, and up) and rubbed Vanya's back just a little bit. "You don't strike me as the kind of person that would want to hurt a fly. I think Starfleet can be a perfect fit." What kind of place is the Empire, that your dreams lead you to flee your home? she thought. She was too concerned about the sadness she was seeing to remember she was supposed to be wigged out and a mess herself.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on June 18, 2019, 01:12:17 AM
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Turning her head away from the window, Vanya looked at Natalie. "You mean I'm fitting in as well as a Romulan female of my height can fit in." she replied with a smile and nodded "Although you are correct, at least we all have that dream in common, it is somewhere to start and build on."

The feel of the other woman's hand rubbing her back was not an unpleasant sensation to Vanya and the fact that Natalie seemed to be growing in confidence based on the fact the girl had managed to move her hand up and up to rub her back, even slightly given her nervous disposition much have been a positive sign surely?

At her words Vanya shook her head "No Natalie I would not. Nor would I wish to harm anybody if given the choice." she answered and
that was true, despite the fact she had advanced combat protocols and knew many, many, many different ways to both injure and kill numerous species, plus the strength to do a lot of them with her bare hands it was not something she wanted to do and hoped to avoid doing as much as possible.

Vanya however was not naive, joining Starfleet had it's risks and given their numerous encounters the odds were high that she would eventually be forced into such situations. "However in situations where such actions are necessary, I was taught how to...deal with those too, as I'm sure you and others were too...or at least will be by the time we graduate." she finished, only realising after she had said it that that comment might unnerve her new roomate even more than she already was. The last thing she wanted to do was terrify her only friend and living partner into thinking she was a killer...or at the very least that she would one day snap and kill the poor girl in her sleep....then again perhaps she was over thinking things. Finally the android decided to just stop thinking and see how Natalie would handle that comment and hope for the best.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on June 19, 2019, 04:00:14 PM
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Conceding the point with a brief nod, the young cadet acknowledged that Vanya stuck out in a crowd like...like a 6 foot tall Romulan. There was a considerably greater than zero chance that Vanya was going to draw every eye at the Academy at least once by the time she finished the first semester. If Natalie possessed anything really approaching social skills, she might have realized then and there that simply being the girls roommate would draw a lot of ire and suspicion her way. True, the Federation spoke of principles of inclusion. They'd practically adopted the Vulcan notion of IDIC - Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination. But at the same time there was a load of bad blood between the Romulan Empire and the Federation, not to mention Humanity in general, having fought one of their bloodies interstellar wars with the Empire in their fledgling days of exploration.

Some would see Natalie's friendly attitude with suspicion and malice, once the truth about Vanya was out. A Romulan at the Academy.

But right then, Natalie was far more concerned about someone peeking in the window. Green drapes? She likes green, the ops track cadet told herself, resolving to replicate those in the very near future. Probably her first use of rations. Unless the windows have a function to make them opaque? She brightened at the thought, her expression timed with Vanya's own addition that she'd never want to hurt anything, perhaps conveying an unintended reassurance to the woman. Natalie angled herself so that her back was to the window, interspersed between it and the statuesque, raven haired beauty.

She had just raised the tape to start a few measurements when Vanya alluded to being able - already - to deal with any sort of threat that might arise in her future at Starfleet. Nat heard the girl catch herself, but it was too late to hide her own surprise. Standing there with the tape outstretched and wide eyes, she felt suddenly foolish. She's Romulan. Of course she knows how to defend herself. They probably learn the blade with their mothers green milk, like the Klingons. "Well, um, I hope we won't have to actually use any of those skills they haven't taught me yet. At least not at the Academy itself?"

Smiling sheepishly, she added, "if that comes up i might maybe just hide behind you. Since you know how to deal with it already?" Thus establishing that she herself knew diddly squat about self defense, and that she wasn't going to run away screaming (yet) she held the tape up again. "We start with the arms yeah? If we're going to do this we do it right."Just like taking measurements for fixing the outrider on the boat back home, Nat. Except you're measuring a naked woman who might sneeze and throw everything off. Boats don't sneeze.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on June 19, 2019, 10:43:38 PM
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Vanya suspected that Natalie would indeed concede the point to her about her fitting in...or more accurately stick out since there was no way for her to not stick up, barring the loss of her legs and getting possible shorter replacements. Although that was not an option realistically since her frame had been perfectly designed to accommodate her features and capabilities. Vanya supposed it was possible that with time she could adapt to shorter legs but even then, she would suffer from reduced efficiency to a degree.  What an odd thing to think about. she wondered to herself about her current train of though, briefly arching an eyebrow until remembering Natalie was standing before her and might question such an out of place body reaction. Her thoughts however quickly turned to Natalie. While she did not particularly like being stared at, she had at least started to grow accustomed to it during her time in the Federation. The same might not be true for her new friend  however and Vanya hoped that Natalie's friendly nature and association with her would not negatively affect her time here.

Vanya couldn't tell if Natalie had noticed her reaction to her internal monologue, however she did notice the girl's reaction to her comment about being able to handle herself in hostile situations, if the widening of her eyes was any indication. That was not the only thing Vanya noticed however, she also noticed how pretty Natalie's eyes were in their widened state. The thought did not stay long in her mind however as Natalie spoke.

"I would not worry about it too much, the odds of such actions being required are very small... she began before pausing as her programming ran through the likely number of scenarios. "...Outside of combat training, potential encounters with other students and possibly our Cadet Cruise a few years from now...." She added before pausing again and tilting her head to one side as her programming threw up one more potential scenario "...Or an assault on the Academy by enemies of the Federation, however given the fact we are on Earth the odds of that are astronomically small." The android finished, not really taking into consideration in the moment of how much that might potentially freak her roomate out.

When Natalie smiled sheepishly and told her that she would hide behind her should such a situation arise Vanya nodded "A sound strategy." she replied, stating it as the fact it was without what "normal" people might have said with irony, humor or sarcasm. The comment also informed Vanya that Natalie had not had any combat training whatsoever and immediately filed a log away that should such a situation ever arise before the girl could adequately defend herself that she would protect the girl as best she could. She could not lose her first but hopefully not only friend after all.

With the suggestion of starting with the arms, Vanya nodded with a smile "That sounds good to me." she said as she extended her arms out to the side, for Natalie to begin. Her gaze staying firmly on Natalie as she waited, perfectly still like a mannequin for the other woman.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on June 20, 2019, 06:38:24 PM
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For all her vaunted talk about the odds of Natalie being engaged in combat during the next few years at the Academy, the Martian thought that Vanya was listing quite a many possible situations where such would occur. Again, Nat could only assume that this was a product of the Romulans upbringing and the martial nature of their species. Like as not, all Romulan children were conditions to think of such things, she decided, and was not sure how to feel about this. Despite the occasional conflicts (Most recently with the Cardassians) the Federation was a mostly peaceful society. Passing off her nerves at the possibility with a giggle, Natalie said, "Earth itself hasn't been directly attacked since the surprise assault by the Xindi, almost 220 years ago."

A moment of wisdom stopped her from mentioning the fact that the Romulans had assaulted her home world, Mars, during the Romulan war a decade after the Xindi Incident, including an attempt to sling comets from the Oort cloud to the inner solar system, redirecting those that were being used already to terraform Mars. Best keep that to myself, she decided. There was a preserved crater from where one of the smaller comets made planetfall during the attack, though she remembered from History class that a combination of the Verteron Array and the efforts of Jonathan Archer's NX-01 Enterprise had prevented all the serious threatening rocks from making it.

Such notions needed to be dismissed though, because the brunette woman had a job to do. Vanya stretched out a long, striking arm and Natalie took measurements, from the hand to the elbow, elbow to shoulder, the width of the wrist, of the bicep, keenly aware of being quite close to a practical stranger, who was stark (a soft giggle) naked. What was fascinating, and drew a sharp blink from Natalie, was that Vanya's other arm, which she also measured before writing its dimensions down on spare padd - was exactly the same as the first arm.

Startled, she retook the measurements and then grunted slightly. They still matched each other perfectly, down to the millimeter. Needless to say that was a scientific oddity. Not an impossibility of course, but Natalie would have expected some slight difference between the two limbs. She had to but wonder what tweak of genetics had gifted Vanya with such precise mirroring, and furthermore, what else about the alien's body might be so perfectly symmetrical. Mathmatically speaking, of course.

"Fascinating," she allowed, blinking when she realized she'd spoken and flushing red. Scrambling quickly she said, "Um, both arms up please. I'll need to get under the bust, then over, as well as the width of your shoulders from behind. I think," she added the last, making a few assumptions. She'd never really fit someone for a dress, but she was being as thorough as if she were putting together a new replicator. More so, as this was a living, breathing person.

So not how I thought my first day would go.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on June 23, 2019, 06:43:10 PM
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With her tactical programming finally done calculating all the ways in which an attack could happen Vanya's attention turned to how...delightful Natalie's giggle was as was her observation that Earth hadn't been attacked in nearly 220 years. "Your are correct, however that does not mean there have not been plots since then. The Romulans for example have considered attacking Earth and other Federation member home worlds several times since then. None of them ever amounted to much obviously but it does prove that the possibility is always out there and I do not believe it a wise action to assume that such a thing could not occur again. Especially when Humanity's own history has proven before that this could be a mistake. The United States of America for example did not believe that anybody would dare attack them while the rest of the world fought against each other and then the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor." The Romulan stated, having spent a considerable amount of time researching Federation history. "However as I stated before the odds of such a thing happening today are very small." she added with what she hoped was a reassuring smile.

Having outstretched her arms for the other woman, Vanya watched as Natalie extended the measuring tape along her arm. First from her hand to her elbow, then from her elbow to her shoulder, followed by the width of her wrist and bicep, certainly the best way of getting such measurements. The Android also couldn't help but notice how close the two were in proximity and couldn't help but notice how nice the other woman smelt, although she couldn't quite figure out what the scent was, it was certainly pleasant and Vanya couldn't help but wonder if the scent she was smelling was the cadet's natural scent or if it was some kind of fragrance? She was brought out of her thoughts however at the sound of a soft giggle coming from the other woman and focussed her attention on her. Had she done something amusing? As far as she could tell he hadn't moved a single muscle or done anything humorous.

That too however was quickly replaced when Natalie blinked sharply, having just finished measuring her other arm and tapped them out on another PADD. Remaining silent with her arms out, Vanya watched as Natalie took the measurements again and made an odd sound. Before she could inquire however as to what had affected the young woman so much, Natalie spoke.

"What is fascinating?" Vanya asked as she raised her arms up over her head as instructed, allowing herself a small smile. Vanya knew how to take measurements and thus hadn't required an explanation as to why she needed her arms raised or of the procedure that Natalie was going to do, yet the human had said them anyway. Perhaps it was because she was naked? Nudity wasn't something that bothered Vanya in the slightest nor did she understand why other species, especially Humans found it to be so awkward. The more she thought about it, combined with Natalie's apparently shy nature it was possible that she too was still uncomfortable with her nudity and that was why she was explaining what she was going to do first, to prevent Vanya from being or questioning why she was touching her where she would be? Which again wasn't necessary in fact it was quite obvious and logical to Vanya. Or maybe it was a way for Natalie to calm herself down and rationalise the touching to herself?

"Have you ever touched a naked woman before Natalie?" Vanya asked. It certainly would explain her nervousness ""To take their measurements I mean." the Romulan added, having realised the woman might have assumed she meant in a sexual manner, which was neither what she had meant nor was it any of Vanya's business which gender or even species Natalie preferred to engage in sexual relations with.    
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on June 24, 2019, 10:11:25 PM
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Which prospect was more intimidating, Natalie could not quite decide. On the one hand, here was her roommate informing her that Starfleet's fears of plots by the Romulans of attacks on Earth, and other various home worlds of  the major players in the Federation were being casually confirmed. They had plots and plots and probably plots within plots, from the way that Vanya told it to Nat. The stereotype of the conniving Romulan hiding in the shadows was bearing itself out, at least in passing. Required an effort out of Natalie to keep the chill that went down her spine from causing her to physically shiver, but she didn't want to possibly upset Vanya by having the girl realize the way she talked about these things could be, what her father would have called "A might bit scary."

Contrast that to the fact that Nat was trying to fit a girl for a uniform, that she'd just met, whom was objectively beautiful in a way the sculpting masters of the ancient Mediterranean would have coveted. This too, the proximity, the nudity, was intimidating for the girl. She'd not really been around anyone naked. She'd  seen nudity of course. This was the 24th century after all and one did see things, and know things.But seeing and being inches away was something else entirely. Every twinge of desire she'd ever had was for boys (or what looked to her to be boys in any case, as one could never be entirely sure of how a person viewed themselves) and not much contemplated the female form save to be jealous, or feeling out of sorts in the requisite gym classes she'd attended. Yet you're uncomfortable now, aren't you? This Romulan is just too open an honest - ha - for you to let yourself show it.

There was a truth in that, ironic as it was. Vanya's almost...innocence about this sort of thing kept Nat from wanting to show any discomfort or intimidation. Fascinated by the differences between her roommate and herself, Natalie was showing hints of what many Starfleet cadets harbored within them: innate desire to know the unknown, to learn and to experience. All the planning and discussions with her father about the Academy and following in Eric Stark's footsteps, filling the role he'd set for himself before happenstance robbed him of the chance came back to her now. This is why I signed up for the Cross Species Accommodation program she reminded herself.

Seeking out strange new worlds, and new civilizations started in a Freshman dorm room.

When asked about her fascination, Nat colored slightly and smiled apologetically. "It's nothing really," she demurred. "Just an appreciation for similarities in form between species and how you're proportioned." She sounded like she was talking about the way an ODN Network was set up on differing starships, or so she thought. Enthusiastic, but awkward.

Awkward proved to be the course of the day for Natalie with Vanya's next question. The brunette Martian had measured the shoulders from behind, and had walked back around, sliding the tape up, under Vanya's bust - being careful not to actually touch her breasts lest she offend, and curiosity be damned - when her skin took on the complexion of a tomato. At first Nat couldn't quite believe she'd properly heard the question. Then she struggled to understand how Vanya thought that was the kind of thing appropriate to ask at all. Different cultures you idiot she chastised silently, swallowing and looking up at the taller woman.

"N-no. I have not measured another woman before, certainly not naked," she managed, stammering only at first. But even a Romulan would be able to read the expression plain on her face. Looking as she did, it was clear that Natalie had never touched a naked woman at all, in any form, for any reason. Or anyone for that matter. She might not have said it, but it was plain enough to notice. "Have you?"
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on June 26, 2019, 03:38:45 AM
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While Natalie hadn't said anything in response to her comment about the Romulans and their many plans Vanya could detect the slight change in her blood pressure and saw the way her pupils had widened slightly as a result of her physical reaction. Perhaps she had made a mistake in revealing such information? Vanya had certainly heard the tales about her people that Starfleeters, the Federation and other races thought about the scary, evil Romulans and their plotting and spying. While Vanya had certainly, albeit casually admitted that some of those suspicions had indeed been true, it wasn't exactly that that's all her people did, in fact over the span of time the number was very few in comparison at the end of the day the Romulans had wanted to be left alone in peace for a long time, until the Federation and the Klingon Empire joined forces becoming a bigger power and thus a  potential bigger threat to them.

However as time went by her people had admittedly wanted to control the galaxy, or at the very least be the dominant race in the Alpha Quadrant over the Federation and the KDF, not that that had come to pass either, something that Vanya at least was glad for.

When Nat answered her first question, she arched an eyebrow. From what knowledge she had for the most part, at least between Human females, Romulan Females and even Klingon females were similar in form, at least externally and as for her proportions she had been perfectly designed in that regard both in terms of infiltration and combat but also sexually to appeal to other races, moreso humans of either gender. "Thank you, I've been told I am...genetically gifted." the tall Romulan replied as way of an explanation.

Vanya would have to admit that Natalie's answer had not surprised her in the slightest considering how she had reacted with her awkwardness, change in body temperature and other physical signs of nervousness and embarrassment and that was before the expression on her face now. Even for a Romulan yet alone an Android such as herself, it was clear that Natalie had not touched a naked woman before at all, with the exception of herself most likely. Vanya found herself wondering if she had at least touched a naked male before instead, although given the girl's reaction to her first inquiry, Vanya decided against enquiring. While she had no such qualms about nudity and sex, it seemed many Humans still found the subject uncomfortable to talk about. Although if Vanya was to take a calculated guess based on what information she had so far she would have to say that it was highly unlikely that Natalie had experience with the opposite gender as well and then Natalie turned the question around on her.

"No I have not measured another woman before, naked or otherwise either. This will be the first time for both of us in this specific situation."  she answered, completely oblivions to what connotations and implications the words first time could have in their current situation.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on June 28, 2019, 12:21:40 AM
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There was a small voice in the back of Natalie's mind that wished to point out that 'Genetically gifted' might every well be the largest understatement that Natalie had ever heard. That was as if saying the famed Niagara Falls were simply a little drop off in the river. Or that the Olympus Mons was a small bump in the road. Vanya may very well be genetically gifted, but no amount of good genes could account for such precisely matched measurements of the girls arms. The odds were....more that Natalie cared to count just then in her head.

Not that she couldn't do so, but simply that there were more important tasks to dedicate her higher brain functions to. Chief among them being not to pull the tape measure too tight around Vanay's chest, less she wish to cause her some small discomfort. Though given by the way the girl interacted with Natalie, the Martian was beginning to wonder if anything could do such a thing as discomfort Vanya.

Clearly inexperienced, Natalie swallowed a bit and wondered why she had just asked if Vanya had touched anyone else, naked. Thankfully, the Romulan woman took the question at its most literal notion and responded with a no. This no was very specifically qualified however, and did not rule out many other possibilities. Instead she had confessed that she had not touched a naked woman while making measurements. Nat could not tell if this meant that, as with herself, Vanya had never been with a woman in such close, nude proximity, or if she had simply focused on the very exacting nature of their encounter now, and simply had done no naked clothes fitting.

Lost on Natalie was the implication that Vanya might be intending to return the favor.

"That isn't really all that surprising," Natalie was saying as she took the time to jot down her notes onto a PADD. This would be the key to fitting in with the others, and having uniforms that fit them perfectly, and thus became the envy of the school. We're all adults, after all. I'm sure that will be the end of it, she thought, wondering how others would react to slightly better cut Academy attire.

"Especially now days with tricorders so readily available for use. Much easier to take a good reading on one of those and just storing the data to upload later, than taking mental notes and hoping for the best. I hear tell that the Tailor on Deep Space Nine  eschewed high tech measuring devices, but I could have the wrong of it"' That about concluded her thoughts on the subject, and thought she had well dodged the accidental asking as to Vanya's sexual history to date.

Pursing her lips, she looked over the Romulan and then gave a little nod. There was no sense in wasting time and she took the tape measure out and looped it across Vanya's hips. "Let's see here," she said, pulling the tape snug.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on June 29, 2019, 01:12:26 AM
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Vanya watched Natalie as she continued to take her measurements, jotting them all down onto a PADD. Thinking back over the last part of their conversation, Vanya wondered if Natalie had meant something else with her enquiry. Perhaps the girl was wondering if Vanya had had sexual relations with others before and not simply in a measurement way, after all Vanya herself had wondered if her new roommate had had sexual partners before, it was entirely possible that Natalie had wondered the same thing about her. After a brief moment of thinking about it, Vanya decided to answer regardless, simply to avoid confusion. That however would have to wait until after her room-mate had finished speaking.


Vanya listened to Natalie as she explained that she wasn't surprised by that fact that Vanya had not measured another woman, going into an explanation of how a Tricorder did the job easier for some reason. Surely the girl knew that Vanya knew how a Tricorder operated? Perhaps that was just Natalie's way of shifting the attention from her question and it's implication, which would not matter since the Android had already decided to answer it anyway.

Still watching the young woman, Vanya had to admit that there was something cute about the way the other girl pursed her lips as she looked over her naked body. The look itself, lacking in anything sexual in nature but it still caused Vanya's skin to tingle and her temperature to elevate by .002 degrees, nothing at all major or noticeable to anybody unless they were scanning her body that was. Without saying anything for the moment, Vanya watched as Natalie looped the tape across her hips, glancing down slightly to watch her hands pull the tape snugly around her.

"Natalie, in reference to your previous question if you were referring to my sexual history then yes I have, twice. Once with a male and once with a female, however neither were for romantic reasons or even physical ones. They were purely for educational reasons in order to learn how sex works and to do it properly. While sexual education lessons can teach the biological aspect and a very limited "how to guide" so to speak, it sorely lacks in comparison to actual experience. That being said with I have come to understand that sex without an emotional connection is not as fulfilling and so I do not believe my education was not entirely accurate." she told the girl, completely oblivious as to how all of that would have sounded to the girl.

With the question answered Vanya effortlessly moved on to the next subject "This is true, Tricorders certainly do make tasks like this easy and effortless. However it also makes things so robotic and impersonal." she said, wincing slightly at the observation. While being an Android herself, she certainly hoped she never came across as robotic not just because she was programmed to not be such, she'd be a bad infiltrator in that case but because she wanted to be seen as more than just a machine, by herself as well as by others. Luckily her companion was focused on measuring her hips to notice, at least Vanya had hoped that that was the case. "I much prefer this old style, it is far more...personal in nature, even if not as quick or efficient." she added her voice going slightly husky and quieter for a moment before returning to it's normal tone.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on June 29, 2019, 03:18:44 AM
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Will power. That's all there was to it. Natalie had to find herself a deep, deep reservoir of will. Because she was a sight close to dropping right on her feet with some of what she was hearing. It wasn't as if the girls back home didn't gossip. And it wasn't as if she hadn't heard a thing or two in the showers at gym when in school. But this was easily the first time she'd been hands on a naked person while they talked about their past.

And damn her, she was curious.

She had that tape snug around Vanya's hips, and from here it was going to be things like thighs, and leg length and that would require her, first and foremost, to actually look down at the number where the tape passed over itself. But she couldn't, because her mouth had dropped open a bit as Vanya just unloaded about her past. And there was so much to unpack from that.

Like an old computer, Nat froze up and broke things down:
1. Vanya has had sex with a man.
2. Vanya has had sex with a woman.
3. Vanya likes both??
4. Romulans force their offspring to have sex as part of sex ed
5. You are hands on with someone that might, or might not ,be attracted to women, and who is definitely naked
6. ROMULANS FORCE THEIR OFFSPRING TO HAVE SEX AS PART OF SEX ED!?!?!?!!
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Her blue eyes blinked rapidly as she processed down the list of all she had just put together (right or wrong) and then tilted her head to one side. That she didn't fall over as her head tilted was a bit of a surprise to the ops candidate whom had basically reached a logic fault in her brain. Things were firing right back up as she heard Vanya confess to enjoying the more hands on measuring.

And we're back to point number 5 again. Oh, Christ, she thought, feeling her fingers - which had not yet moved up to this point - twitch sporadically against Vanya's bare skinned hip. "Oh my look at that I've got the number I should write this down!" she exclaimed, awkwardly, spinning on the spot to do so with her right hand while keeping her left in place so that the tape wouldn't drop away.

Don't ask, don't ask, don't askdon'taskdon'taskdon--

"Wait, do all Romulan's have sex with other Romulan's as part of their education?? Is that like, a course in Romulan high school?" she blurted out, forgetting for a moment that Vanya had already admitted to not being a 'typical' Romulan.

And that her question was likely considered rude in most cultures that hadn't developed on the planet Risa.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on June 29, 2019, 04:25:41 PM
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Vanya watched and waited as Natalie processed what she had told her. For Vanya she had simply stated off facts from her past, she could neither change them nor were they a big deal to her. Perhaps it was simply her robotic brain processing the information and deeming the facts as simply that, or maybe that was simply how Vanya felt. She wasn't entirely sure if she was being honest with herself. How did she actually feel? Nudity was one thing she knew that she liked, in private being free of clothes was nice but when it came to how she felt and talked about things...that she was still trying to figure out. She certainly didn't have any shame about discussing such topics and yet her lack of filter or social etiquette when it came to processing her information and saying it to people still sometimes came across to her as somewhat robotic, or was that simply how she thought, Android or not? That was something Vanya was still trying to figure out.

Much like how Natalie had seemed to freeze in place, her mouth having dropped open slightly that Vanya genuinely wondered if she had broken the poor girl. Given her overall demeanour to such subjects, it was quite possible that she simply couldn't handle all the information on the topic and had shutdown due to emotional or informational overload? Vanya, unsure what to do waited, watching as the girl's blue eyes started blinking rapidly and wondered if this was her brain trying to reboot itself or they movement was simply a by-product of her processing all the information she had just been given. It also led Vanya to wonder if other Humans had similar reactions, perhaps some investigations with other students would help shed some light on it?

Natalie, it seemed was slowly starting to return to her senses, albeit slowly considering the way her head was now tilted to one side, from a sociological point of view her reactions was rather fascinating to observe, again leading the Romulan to wonder if this too was a trait to all Humans or one specific to the Human before her. Being an Android, Vanya was quite capable of standing perfectly still and not move any part of her body, in fact she could literally lock up the joints of her frame if she wanted too, Humans however lacked that ability and yet Natalie seemed to being a good job of doing such. Besides the tilting of her head and eye movement, the woman had not moved an inch. Even her soft, warm hands had not moved from Vanya's hip, until just recently when they started to twitch in unsynchronized movements against her hip, a feeling that was not unpleasant, Vanya noted.

Finally the young cadet broke the silence and spoke, immediatley going back to the measurement. Vanya remained silent and simply raised an eyebrow, was she simply going to ignore everything Vanya had just said? The girl seemed to be curious about her and yet restrained herself from asking any questions, it was quite the contradiction and one that Vanya did not understand. Vanya was a curious creature who wanted to learn and if she wanted to know something she would ask otherwise she would never know, it was a simple concept: You want to know something you ask about it and hopeful receive an answer and if you did not ask the question you would never get the answer for the answer requires a question first. Perhaps that was something she was missing? The middle part of that, although unlikely, then again that was part of the reason why she had decided to attend the Academy to learn these things.

The Android was brought out of her thoughts when Natalie asked if all Romulans have sex with other Romulans as part of their education and Vanya couldn't help but smile. "No they do not, the Romulan sexual education classes are similar to Human ones, they teach the basic fundamentals and the biological aspects and imperatives of reproduction but the physical act of sexual intercourse is very much left for Romulans to discover on their own." Vanya answered "My education however was rather..." she paused and titled her head to one side, much like how Natalie had done a few moments ago as she thought of the best word to use to describe the education of an Android designed for infiltration with seduction protocols and how best to pleasure the sexes. "...unique." she finally said, settling on that word, which to be fair was pretty accurate.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 01, 2019, 04:59:58 AM
[Cadet Natalie Stark | Starfleet Academy | Freshman Dorm Alpha 2 | Cross Species Accommodation | Fourth Floor ]Attn: @Jesaya 
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Of course she regretted her question the moment she got the words past her lips. It was not the kind of thing you asked, no matter how curious you were. Counterbalanced against that was the facts that Vanya was a Romulan, and thus might be operating on a different set of cultural norms in regard to what is (or isn't, in this case) appropriate for conversation between two strangers that were trying to get along and make good first impressions, because they were going to have to live with each other for at least the next year, if not all four of the years ahead of them at the Academy. Assuming they didn't flunk out.

And don't forget that she asked you, too, and brought the whole thing back up all on her own, Natalie's inner monologue reminded her of points two and three in the new mental tally list of 'why asking this might not have been the stupidest thing she could have done'. The Ops Cadet was most often prone to this kind of analysis, though usually it did not happen fast, and was one of the reasons she was often quiet in social situations, as sorting through it all took time. Therefore it was better to just not speak up at all, than draw attention and stare off into space while trying to sort out the logic train for an answer.

It never dawned on her that it actually made her look a little robotic at times herself, and the irony of that, in her current situation, went right over her head. Nor did she realize that Vanya was, in her own way, struggling to understand what was and wasn't okay as Natalie was. Any passing telepath (if a telepath could read an Android's mind) would have found the similarities amusing.

Or hopeless.

Finally however, as Natalie stood there, having asked her question, and after what seemed like an eternity (it wasn't), Vanya smiled. That, as far as Nat could tell, seemed to be a good sign for both Romulan's and Humans'. At least, the smile didn't seem exasperated or menacing. There was a saying about smiling Romulan's and knives in the back, wasn't there?

Still, the smile, inviting as it was, set Natalie to ease - at least as much as she'd be able. She determined she had not caused offense with the question, which had been her chief concern. She could accept that she'd embarrassed herself by asking such a personal question, and never mind that there would be many a moment in the future where she'd revisit a lot of implications of this conversation and all the revelations there in. Some of which would end up quite graphic as they played out in the back of the girls mind. At the moment, there was just this awkward sense of morbid fascination.

"Ahhhh, unique," she said, as if that cleared up everything, and was sufficient to state her thoughts on the subject. Then she ruined that entirely as she stepped back in with the measuring tape and said, "So, Romulan education isn't all about forced sexual exploration in the name of ....education."

Ending that rather lamely she gave a little apologetic shrug. "It's all completely out of my experience," she decided to confirm, unambiguously, feeling this was the least she could do, as she bent over to take some length measurements of Vanya's very bare leg. She paused a bit, when it came to measuring the inseam and flushed. "Practical interactions haven't really been a thing I've stumbled into yet." she added with a mumble, unsure if she were jealous of the other woman's experience, or pitied her for being required to do so at the behest of her self admitted abnormal education.

And really, what kind of education could have justified that? Was she raised in some weird cult? Do Romulan's have cults? Everyone had cults. Except maybe the Borg. Right? Her thoughts went turtling off for a moment, then she sucked in a breath and concluded there really was nothing else for it. "Er, this part is the really awkward measurement," Natalie warned as she crouched down, eye level with the Romulan's thigh, and ran the tape up the inside of Vanya's left leg, towards her crotch, to measure the inseam.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 01, 2019, 12:30:53 PM
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While Vanya was adjusting to life in the Federation and at the Academy, she had her own concerns and curiosities about Humans and other species, it was why she had opted to join Starfleet in the first place so it was good to see that Natalie was just as curious about her it would seem as she was about Natalie. The only difference between the two was in their shyness...or more accurately Vanya's lack of it.

The Android found it quite humorous that it was entirely possible that were she an actual Romulan woman and not an Android, she might well be as shy and uncomfortable talking about such topics, perhaps even with being naked as she was. Although it was possible that her rather casual approach to the subject of sex could be down to her nature as a cybernetic being, she was slowly coming to realise that her views on being naked were indeed something of her own. She certainly hadn't been programmed to roam around naked in her free time, nor could she remember any of the other models in her project doing so. That thought brought a small smile to her face.

Vanya shifted her attention back to Natalie when she spoke, quite surprised that the Human had taken her last statement much better than her previous ones in the conversation, at least externally that seemed to be the case at least. Although Vanya couldn't tell if her statement was one of acceptance or something she was saying to be polite, which was possible considering how subtle and lack of information her answer had provided. Something that her follow up question would seem to imply in order for her to gain more information.

"No it is not, Romulans find the act of rape just as despicable and abhorrent as Humans do, it's not something that ordinary students are subjected too. Romulan children usually have their first sexual experiences the same way Human's do, by taking a mate and exploring each other together mutually." she answered as best she could.

Vanya watched and listened as Natalie shrugged and told her that she had no experience in such things, something that was not entirely a revelation to the tall Android, the woman had practically admitted as much already, although there was the possibility that her experiences had just been limited like Vanya's albeit under different circumstances. In fact her admission of having no experience at all in such things surprised Vanya. While she was not entirely familiar with Human courtship rituals, Natalie was an attractive woman in her opinion, certainly enough to have interested suitors surely? It made Vanya curious.

"Is your lack of practical interactions due to a strange lack of interest from other people or due to your own lack of interest in such things at the time?" she couldn't help asking. Her statement about strange lack of interest she felt was acceptable as she found it hard to believe that nobody would be interested is such a person with Natalie's features, although if the girl would make that conclusion about herself from Vanya's wording or not the Romulan did not know. Of course it was always possible that Natalie simply did not have an interest in sex at this stage of her life, many Romulans developed at various stages in that department or simply had other focuses, it was possible that the same was true for Humans as well.

Vanya was brought out of her thoughts on the subject when Natalie told her that the really awkward measurement was coming, causing her to arch her eyebrow, the measurement itself was simple enough and her posture was adequate enough for the measurement to be taken without the necessity for either of them to make any unusual position changes. Most likely the awkwardness Natalie was referring to was the closeness of herself and her face to Vanya's crotch, especially considering the fact she was naked.

"I could put on underwear before you take the measurement if it would make you more comfortable." She said, looking down at the woman, not that it was necessary, Vanya already knew the length of her inseam, however that same could be true about this entire situation since Vanya knew all her measurements. It was why she felt a little guilty about having to put Natalie through this charade of awkwardness for her. Although perhaps it would help the girl become more confidant in the long term? That would at least be a good justification for this beyond Vanya's own desire to not have to explain how she knew her exact measurements and why she would also have to take Natalie's the same way despite the fact she had already calculated them.

"Also while being naked will allow for more accurate measurements I understand that not everybody is as comfortable being naked as I am so you may keep yours on when it is my turn to take your measurements if you wish." she said seemingly out of the blue and completely unaware that the fact she would have to take Natalie's measurements may not have even occurred to the other woman yet, given how her own nakedness had provided the Operations cadet a rather significant distraction it would seem. 
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 02, 2019, 02:35:55 AM
[Cadet Natalie Stark | Starfleet Academy | Freshman Dorm Alpha 2 | Cross Species Accommodation | Fourth Floor ]Attn: @Jesaya 
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When it was spelled out, Natalie realized she'd made - or almost made - quite the accusation. She supposed it was reassuring to know that Romulans viewed a heinous thing such as rape just as poorly as humans - and the Federation in general - did. Not all peoples felt that way. Orion slavers came first and foremost to mind, but there were others. The cultural norms on Ferenginar were nothing she held in high value, to be sure. Their attitude to women was appalling, though she knew as a Starfleet Officer she wasn't supposed to cast judgement. But to not even be allowed clothing, or to learn to read...

She didn't voice anything about it as she had set about to get these measurements done, but there was now a lingering concern about Vanya and the implications of what she'd been told. For her education, Nat's roommate had been with two partners, one of each sex common in Romulans. Romulan society frowned upon forced encounters so...how then did Vanya see herself? And that act of 'learning,' for want of a better word.

Something to think on, before you open your mouth and ask, Nat, she coldly scolded herself.

Blinking up, Nat swallowed and then shrugged slightly. "Not really sure," she confessed. There had been some interest shown. Of course there had been. She hadn't always been aware of it of course, and had been awkward about returning it. She'd been kissed, mind you. There had been that one boy, and there had been a lot of kissing but....but.

"If you haven't guessed yet, I'm not the most social of creatures," she finally allowed. Her brother and mother had died right about the time she was starting to figure out what she did, and did not like and who she might be attracted to. Loosing half her family had certainly stunted that growth for a bit, and once she'd pushed past the initial grief, Natalie had buried herself into her studies to get into the Academy. 

None of that really mattered right at that moment, given that she was a faces length away from her roommates groin. Natalie felt a heat rise up in her cheeks. Because it was mentioned, her eyes of course drifted there. It was lovely, at least as best that Nat could judge such a thing and she swallowed, her mouth suddenly dry, and a small squeak threatened to bubble up in the back of her throat. Biting her lip, she looked up again and shook her head a bit.

"Its um...kinda silly to ask you to stop and go put something back on now, isn't it?" she pointed out, as red washed down her shoulders. She was shifting her weight from one leg to the other, shrugging again. The realization that she was going to have to get measured too - or that the offer was there, and it would be rude to refuse at this point - was slow to take an affect. And thus Natalie was torn. She would be far, far more comfortable if she would be allowed to leave her undergarments on. But then, Vanya had stripped nude, so should she?

"I'm not exactly....comfortable in my own skin," was all she said on that subject as she let her thoughts war about. It would lead to a better fit, wouldn't it?

"I uh...we should get that measurement though," she pointed out, shifting a bit more, coming even closer to...well. She wasn't going to think of what she was looking at, she told herself, not that she'd be able to get the image out of her mind for some time to come, as she ran her hand, and the tape, further up the inside of Vanya's leg, intent on getting that measurement right and trying not to cause the girl any discomfort, with her light touches.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 02, 2019, 04:09:24 AM
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Vanya, having explained things as best she could again found herself observing her new room mate as she seemed to process all the information she had received, it was rather fascinating to watch and wonder just what her thought process was and how similar or different it was to her own, after all while she was indeed an android, her brain and thinking processes were based on her "mother" for lack of a better term, so perhaps her thinking was more similar than she thought, not that she would ever be able to accurately learn the answer to that beyond some kind of invasive neurological testing perhaps.

At her question about interest, Vanya frowned when Natalie told her that she wasn't really sure and arched an eyebrow in confusion, how could she not be sure if she had the interest of other people, Vanya had observed a few people who found her attractive just using her eyes, surely Natalie would be able to do the same?

"It is a little noticeable, yes." Vanya replied [color=#18d75]"Although you seem to be coping well in our current situation and I imagine it is rare for you to find yourself in this situation, and yet you are coping quite well with it Natalie."[/color] the Romulan added with a smile, seeing that this was a moment to perhaps help boost the girl's confidence slightly and of course, it was also true.

The thought however quickly passed when Vanya noticed how close her new room-mate's face was to her exposed groin. Looking down at the young woman, several thoughts not appropriate for the first day of meeting someone ran through her head. She saw the redenning of the cadet's cheeks and could detect the elevated temperature of her skin already, even catching when Natalie's eyes glanced over her most intimate part and felt a small shudder run through her, albeit briefly. Vanya saw the girl swallow hard and felt the briefest moment of Natalie's warm breath blow against her, causing another small shudder, although whether or not the Operations cadet noticed, given her own state Vanya did not know, watching as she bit her lip and looked up at her.

Allowing herself another smile, Vanya shook her head "I suppose were you uncomfortable with my lack of clothing from a time standpoint then yes, you could have said so earlier yes. However given the situation we're now in and my offer it would be fine to do so regardless." Vanya replied, watching as the girl shuffled from foot to foot, clearly uncomfortable with the way the situation was progressing and Vanya was unsure how to respond without sounding like a...well a robot.

When Natalie told her that she wasn't comfortable in her own skin, Vanya frowned and tilted her head to one side as she looked at the other woman. "Why not? It looks pretty comfortable from here." she smiled, trying to lighten the mood, albeit briefly while also hopefully letting Natalie know that she did not expect an answer to the question. [color=138d75]"I know what that feels like though, to not feel comfortable in your own skin, to feel like you don't always belong in it but in something else instead."[/color] Vanya said more softly than she had intended, dwelling back on the times when she thought she was more of a machine than a person and should not be in this body.

Natalie's voice drew her out of her own thoughts and found herself nodding as she glanced down at the woman again as she started to measure the inside of her leg. The feeling of Natalie's light touches along her soft, smooth skin certainly caused a reaction as the muscles in her leg twitched under her light caresses, something Vanya knew Natalie would feel. The Romulan certainly knew that it felt nice as she let out a shuddered breath, although not thinking that while it was pleasurable for her it might not exactly sound that way.

Forcing herself to focus and try to ignore the feelings she was starting to experience, Vanya nodded "Yes, I suppose they won't measure themselves." she chuckled, at the very least it might appear as though she too was uncomfortable at this part to Natalie and not that she was in fact starting to get a little aroused by her light touches.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 02, 2019, 05:13:32 AM
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As Vanya would come to find over the ensuing days and months, Natalie was an amazingly observant engineer - and a horribly unobservant person in any other aspect. Give her a mechanical, or even theoretical problem tied to starship engines, ODN networks, sensor grids, or replicators (holograms were a particular favorite) and Natalie would notice the slightest of deviations and trace a path from points a to z without missing a beat toward the solution to the issue.

But ask her to pick up on how someone felt about her and it would go right over her head, or if she noticed at all, likely as not it would be misinterpreted.

Case and point, she failed to notice the slight shivers she was causing in Vanya. Despite the woman's assertion that she had indeed lain with both a man and a woman, Natalie had no further basis for judgement as to her new roommates preferences. Having only really been attracted to men up until this point, Nat hadn't considered that her proximity would cause the owner of the lovely petals to feel any sort of arousal or response. That was her own inexperience talking, as she'd never had anyone that close to her bits in such a fashion.

Still, she waved off the notion of Vanya pausing to dress back into her knickers. By now, there was little point in it. Instead she chuckled softly at the little joke - for she thought it was an attempt at humor - in reference to her skin. I wonder if she took that literally, or understood the metaphor, she mused, chewing on that social problem like she would one of her mechanical ones, but finding no good answer. That was why she liked the mechanical problems. Logic and math could get you a lot closer to sorting out a mechanical issue than an interpersonal one.

Something in the tone that Vanya used caused Natalie to pause and look up again. Her hand stilled on the inside of the girls thigh, and she gave a gentle squeeze. She was not observant, not really, but that tone struck a familiar cord, and the gesture of comfort wasn't really thought out so much as acted upon before the notion really settled in. She didn't comment, just gave a little nod of what she thought was understanding, though in truth she had no idea of the specifics of the situation that passed through her new roommates mind. Instead she prepped herself to measure and then set to it. She'd been putting it off long enough.

"Yup. Exactly that. No self measuring measuring tapes that I know of. Or self measuring legs. Which would be a might bit odd, come to think of it," Nat rambled as she slid her hand up and into a rather intimate placement, at the join of her hip thigh and pelvis. She swore she could feel a heat on the back of her hand as it brushed what had to be sensitive skin, but she was studiously ignoring it. In fact, she had her face scrunched up as she leaned in to read the number off, her tongue sticking slightly out to one side.

"uhhhh-huh. Right, Okay. Next leg," She thought aloud as she shifted her weight and turned her head, her nose coming within an inch of brushing something it should not, and then she settled in to measure the inseam of the other leg. The result both surprised and did not surprise her, but it was enough for her to lean back a bit and her hand brushed right over the heated petals of her friend - friend? - 's sex. Nat failed to notice the touch, as she shook her head a bit and turned from where she knelt to write down the identical numbers on her PADD.

"That wasn't too bad, was it?" Natalie asked, as if nothing about this was out of the ordinary at all, putting in a heavy dose of denial that she had felt anything. Quite the contrary. There was the faintest of scents that had teased at Nat's nose the whole while that she was down there, something attractive in a way she wasn't entirely conscious of, or comfortable with. A smell that was simply Vanya, not that she would understand for quiet some time to come. Nor would she fully appreciate just what kind of accomplishment that was, from a design and engineering stand point, let alone in any other sense.

Standing now, she took up the PADD and gave it one more once over. There was a lot of perfectly symmetrical mirroring, enough to boggle her mind as to the extent of it. A physically, anatomically perfect woman, she noted, all other implications flying right over her brunette head. Flushing at the thoughts she forced another smile and thrust the PADD at Vanya with both hands. "We can enter those in the replicator and get you something that fits better."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 02, 2019, 12:24:07 PM
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To say Vanya had not expected to be in such a situation with her roommate on the first day would be an understatement...well the being naked in front of her might have been a given but not the being measured or the slight arousal she was starting to feel as a result of it.

As Natalie continued to take her measurements it appeared as though the young woman either failed to notice the affect she was starting to have on Vanya or was simply during her best to ignore it entirely. Both options were possible, especially given Natalie's admitted complete lack of experience in most romantic and sexual situations.

At her own self-confessed feelings about being uncomfortable in her own body, Vanya had watched Natalie looked up at her and lightly squeezed her inner leg, this at least Vanya knew was a gesture of comfort and gave the girl a soft smile, at least they had something in common now, albeit not the greatest thing you could say in comparison to others.

At Natalie's comment about self measuring legs, Vanya couldn't help but chuckle "Yes self measuring legs would indeed be very odd, also how would they tell you? A display on the legs, which would be odd too and if they gave you the measurements vocally that would be even weirder." she replied and had to bite her lip when Natalie's hand slid further up her inner leg and settled in at the joint between her hip, thigh and pelvis.

Once she was done with the reading, Natalie announced that she was moving over to her other leg and glancing down Vanya just saw the woman move her head, seeing her nose just barely avoid rubbing against her. Noticing her slight movement back as she started measuring it before leaning back, no doubt reacting the fact like like her arms, her legs too were both exactly the same length. That thought however was very quickly dismissed from her neural net when Natalie's hand brushed against her soft, yet increasingly more sensitive folds. Despite being both an accident and only very briefly, her soft, warm hand brushing against her sex was enough to cause a small full body shudder and a very slight whimper to escape her mouth as pleasure signals were sent out from the area through her body.

All Vanya could hope was that her new...friend would fail to notice both of those too, given her lack of reaction to her other signs or simply due to unusually perfectly identical measurements of her legs.

Finally done, Natalie stood up with the PADD and gave it another look with Vanya silently watching as her skin seemed to very slightly redden before the girl smiled albeit not really a naturally fluid one at her and thrust the PADD towards her with both hands. "Thank you Natalie and then we can get your measurements and you too with have a better fitting uniform, we'll be the most comfortably dressed Cadets at the Academy then." she smiled as she took the PADD.

Turning to head over to their very small, basic replicator she scanned the PADD just to confirm that the measurements were correct for her exoskeleton, not that she would tell Natalie if they were not entirely accurate of course. However the Operations cadet had indeed got them all perfectly accurate, for someone who had never measured another woman before not been in such close proximity to a naked woman, it hadn't affect her ability to so the job, something that would certainly prove useful in her career given the fact she was an Operations officer.

Reaching the replicator, she programmed it to create several uniforms with her body measurements, watching as the clothing materialised before her. Collecting the clothes she turned to face Natalie and smiled, placing two of the uniforms on the nearby table and slipping the top on over her head and the skirt on, not only to see how well they fit, despite the lack of bra and panties for a completely accurate test, but also to let Natalie feel more comfortable when it was her turn to be measured. While she had yet to state whether she would be naked or remained clothed or semi-clothed, the fact that both of them being naked might well make her even more uncomfortable was not something that Vanya wanted to do.

"What do you think?"She asked, turning around on the spot to give Natalie a complete view of the new, form fitting uniform. To Vanya it certainly felt a much better fit, hopefully it would look so as well.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 02, 2019, 05:08:27 PM
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Human ears were not as adept or receptive as Romulan ears. Though they were better than a Cardassian's, Natalie did not hear that soft mewling from Vanya. If she had, she might have well been mortified that the accidental contact had caused a reaction. As it was accidental and unintended she would have been falling over backwards to apologize for such an act.

But she as distracted, and too focused on what she was doing to be aware of the reaction it had caused. So that brief tingle of pleasure that Vanya felt earned no remark or comment from Natalie whatsoever. She simply stood and compiled all her notes into something a bit more useful for her roommate to use to work out a new uniform, then stood back, her hands clasped behind her and the green and white dress swishing side to side as she waited and watched, chewing slightly on her lower lip. There was a certain anxiety building now, worry that she had not gotten the numbers right, or that the measurements were not what was actually needed and the uniform that would be created as a result would be inferior to the product she hoped to deliver.

Programing a replicator was easy. Measuring by hand a person she’d just met, not so much.

The statuesque Romulan shifted over to the replicator and entered in what she'd been provided (the human unaware that the Romulan was impressed with the precision of her measurements compared to the original 'builders specs' as it were), standing there naked. Nat's head tilted and she had to admit, from a purely objective standpoint, her roommate was just as stunning from behind as from the front. Which almost caused a pout from Natalie, save that she knew now that she was, perhaps, not the only one with body issues.

Despite all the casual nudity, she thought with a hint of a scowl that was gone by the time the woman had her new clothes in hand.

In hand, and then in short order, on her body. Nat had to admit that what was replicated looked to be of a better fit than what had been originally issued. Though the latter would have been functional and certainly adequate, the former was attractive in addition to practical. Flashing the girl a smile that was equal parts encouraging and relieved, she made a thumbs up gesture, and then realized that this might not be a human habit that Vanya was familiar with.

"I"d say that turned out very well, Vanya. It's certainly form fitting. Comfortable to move around in?" She asked her no longer nude roommate, in a desire to be sure. She was glad the duo had already recycled their old uniforms so as to have extra credits to their ration account to generate the more tailored versions. And if Nat looked half as good after her measurements were entered as Vanya did....

Well, maybe someone would pay me attention after all.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 02, 2019, 10:50:17 PM
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At her question, Vanya took the opportunity to walk in a straight line away from Natalie to the opposite side of the room and back again before smiling and giving the other woman a nod "I would have to agree, the form is a perfect fit and yes it is quite comfortable to move around it, I don't think we'll have any problems." she replied as she raised her arms over her head, arching her back and pushing her chest forward, stretching to give the new uniforms a chance to breathe and test their flexibility and durability. After all it would do them no good if they split down the seams at the slightly movement or bending.

Lowering her arms back to her sides, she leaned to the left and the right, to check how much the shirt may rise in case it needed to be adjusted, although to Vanya the rise was little to complain about, barely showing any skin, at least no more than any other top would and certainly nothing that would violate Academy regulations.

Look over to Natalie again, the Romulan gave a nod of approval. "So far everything is going perfect I would say, however we should also check to make sure that the skirt does not rise up too far, don't want to expose ourselves to our fellow classmates if we drop something." she said, which was a rather ironic statement considering her views on nudity. "You can let me know if any adjustments will need to be made." she added before turning around to face away from the other woman and bending over, her flexible body allowing her to easily stretch down and touch her toes, while displaying her perfectly designed curved buttocks in the form fitting skirt directly up and towards Natalie.

Vanya reached an arm out and pretended to pick up something she had dropped before standing up again and turning back around to face her room-mate. "I didn't feel any significant rising of the skirt, that might not mean much, how did it look to you? Will we need to make any adjustments? If so we can take them into consideration when measuring you and then adjust mine accordingly and if they are fine then we can start measuring you now." she asked. 
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 03, 2019, 02:53:20 AM
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While humanity had come a long way by the 24th century, there was still a certain aesthetic appreciation for beauty. And Fashion was alive and well in the Federation, and beyond. Taste was taste, and though it varies from species to species most in the known universe had some form of it. Some appreciation for the idea of simply looking good.

Vanya looked good.

The uniform clung to her in what even Natalie could tell was all the right places. And this, despite her inexperience and strictly heterosexual tendencies. She could have been a fashion model in Paris, or Risa, Betazed, any of the circuit, Natalie realized. Making a Stafleet Cadet uniform look that good took some doing. She strut her way across the room like it was a high raised catwalk, and Nat couldn't help but give a cheeky little round of applause as she stretched about.

"Well it looks very easy to move about in, which is a relief. Nothing' is billowing out or blowing up too high when you move," she noted, before Vanya raised the very important question of 'does the skirt ride up.'

This was a problem that plagued most humanoid women across the galaxy, and Natalie was admittedly surprised that Vanya was even worried about it. She had, after all, been prancing about naked. But that was in private, not public. Maybe that matters? Maybe she doesn't want everyone trying to catch a peek at her knickers up her skirt?

That line of thought ended the moment Vanya bent nearly in half, and then reached out, arching her back slightly and thrusting her hips back a bit. She was close enough to Nat that Nat had to take a step back to look but...she instantly regretted it.

Bad enough that she had been gifted with the earlier view. But there was something simply...lewd about the sight before her now. You couldn't write a moment like this, not and make it convincing or believable, she thought as red creeped back into her face.

Covering her mouth with a hand, she coughed discreetly and bit her lip. Vanya's thighs were pressed together and that in turn pressed other things, and Natalie could see said things, lips pressed and presented like a snack, and the swell of her bum above that.

"Oh....dear," she said quietly. She shut her eyes and counted to ten silently before opening them again, and doing her best not to look down. "I think perhaps we should have added an inch or three."

Searching for a way that wasn't crude to outline the issue, Natalie murmured, "I can see the valley and the full moon above it." And instantly regretted it. That was no better than simply spelling it out crass like, and made her skin flush deeper at the poor attempt. She covered up her mouth, ashamed that she had uttered the words. Oh to be able to turn invisible on the spot.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 03, 2019, 03:20:18 AM
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Vanya had appreciated the applause, smiling at Natalie in response before nodding in confirmation. "Thank you." she chuckled "The clothes are very easy to move about it and comfortable too and yes the fact that everything is remaining contained within is very good, I imagine the Academy would frown on such things. Other cadets however might feel differently." she added with a grin.

Hearing the oh dear come from the woman clearly was not good, and given what she had asked her to do would imply that she was indeed exposed when she had bent over, something confirmed by her new friend a moment later with the suggestion that they added an inch or three to the skirt.

However at her final comment about seeing the valley and full moon above it, Vanya arched an eyebrow in confusion, her head tilting to one side in the process. "The valley and the full...?" she began repeating until catching on to what she meant. However the fact she had been exposed was replaced by how deep red Natalie's skin now flushed as she covered her mouth. If there was anybody in the universe who wanted a personal cloaking device right now, it would be Cadet Natalie Stark it would seem based on her current reaction.

Vanya however laughed "...This is...quite the description." she said through chuckles. "Do you think the issue is with the actual skirt or just my physical assets? We could adjust the length now and I could try them on before we start on yours to avoid another such exposure if you would prefer. We will have to adjust mine anyway, outside of uniform regulations I would prefer to not expose myself in public after all or be the cause of such embarrassment to anybody else."

Realising that she had not said anything to Natalie up until this point either Vanya smiled softly at the young, embarrassed woman before her "I would also like to apologise to you Natalie for any embarrassment I may have caused you, it was unintentional. I am still adjusting to the fact that most Humans seem to be uncomfortable with the naked body, or at least mine for some reason."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 03, 2019, 04:22:55 AM
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Crawling away into a cave to hide never sounded so good, or at least that was how Natalie Stark felt in the moment. Embarrassed beyond description. Surely there had to be a better way, she bemoaned, as her roommate attempted to let her down easy. An interesting description was probably the nicest thing that could be said about Natalie's poor choice of euphemism. An outright gaff would fit better. Can't take it back.

Having reluctantly reached that conclusion, the ops cadet gave a forlorn shrug of her shoulders and pulled the hand away from her mouth. Her skin remained flush though. Nothing she could do about that either.

Instead she crossed her arms over her breasts and listened to Vanya. Worrying at the puzzle in her mind, she pursed her lips and started to pace, three steps to the left, then six back to the right. "I'm honestly not sure if its an issue of the measurements or an issue of your ah....gifts." Natalie allowed as she pondered the issue before them. Could it be that the uniform clung, and thus that was why the skirt rode up.

"I think," she began, then cut off when Vanya mentioned not wanting to embarrass others. Which would seem to indicate that even in public she herself would not feel shame at being exposed in such a fashion. Simply a concern for others feelings on the matter. And then made the whole thing rather explicit, instead of simply implied, that her concerns extended to Natalie.

"Please, not its fine. Different cultures and attitudes and what not. I promise you I embarrass myself more than enough without you needing to worry that you're causing me any grief. Its just...you're just...." she waved her hands about in front of her to indicate all that was Vanya. "You. There's a lot of you to take in and adjust to and I've never met anyone that seemed so...unphased about well...being naked in front of others.  It's like water off a ducks back for you, and here I am getting all red in the face cause I don't know how to act."

Praise might have been merited then, for how little Natalie stuttered and tripped over the words. She got the whole thought out, shutting her mouth with a click of teeth after. Visibly swallowing, she bit her lip and shifted her weight to one leg over the other, leaving her hip jutted out to the side. Her arms were still wrapped tight around her midriff as she looked Vanya up and down a bit.

"Its...I'll adjust. Honest, It'll happen. Probably." She smiled sheepishly. "I'd better right? Starfleet is going to expect us to be all professional and calm when meeting new life and new civilizations, exploring strange new worlds and all. That's the motto, isn't it? I can't keep choking up every time someone  I've just met does something that strikes wei - out of the ordinary."

It was suddenly important to Natalie, very important, that she didn't let Vanya think that she saw her as weird. There was a stigma to weird that was hard to shake. Different wasn't as bad, Not the norm was too scientific. Weird was...well. It just was.

Bobbing up and down on her toes, Natalie pointed with a hand at Vanya's hips. "I'm no tailor so I can't be sure, but I think with the measurements we used, you wouldn't have any issue with a pair of pants. Other than possibly having to tug a bit when you first put them on." Natalie had curves. This was not an unknown phenomenon for her.

"Like I was saying, I think the skirt is, maybe...sliding up and sticking? So...maybe a few more inches would do the trick? or maybe we need to set it just slightly looser in fit? I uh....I don't know. A skirt isn't a broke flux capacitor. This is...harder to figure out how to fix." She gave another gesture to the offending garment as she spoke, unsure of how to proceed.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 03, 2019, 12:49:03 PM
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Vanya had done her best to try and alleviate Natalie's embarrassment but so far it seemed like she had been unsuccessful in her endeavours considering the fact the poor girl looked like she wanted the universe to open up and swallow her whole. Eventually the girl seemed to accept the situation with a shrug, her hand eventually lowering away from her mouth.

It seemed as though questioning if the issue with her skirt was an issue with the clothing itself or her own physical features had caused Natalie's brain to switch to some kind of diagnostic mode, allowing her to focus on a problem and forget about the earlier moment of embarrassment. Vanya filed that observation away in her memory, perhaps should her room-mate become flustered again, Vanya could think up a problem of some sort to get her mind working on it and pull her out of her situation.

The Android was a little confused when Natalie referred to her assets as gifts and glanced down at her frame. While she had never asked to be as well-endowed physically as she was, Vanya wouldn't classify them as gifts either, it was simply how she was designed. In fact the size and shape of her body had been specifically designed to be physically and sexually attractive to members of both sexes of various species and if something was done deliberately then it surely didn't count as a gift. However Natalie did not know of any such thing nor that she was an Android so to her it was logical to assume that her well proportions body was indeed a gift, either of genetics or divine choosing. The Romulan would not comment on it however as the point seemed rather moot.

Instead Vanya observed Natalie as she dismissed her apology about embarrassing her, instead saying that it was her fault for not being more comfortable with her nudity, which wasn't entirely true either. She watched as Natalie waved her hands about in front of her, covering the length of her body. The girl wasn't wrong however, there certainly was a lot of Vanya to take in, she was after-all significantly taller than the average female.

"Natalie I think it's more accurate to say that it is something we both will have to do. It is not the first time I have made somebody uncomfortable with my lack of attire during my free time. It is very much a "me" issue. Most Romulans to my knowledge do not lounge around naked, I however prefer the freedom and feel of a gentle breeze on my skin. However I should have made a better effort to see how comfortable you were with it instead of just stripping naked, it to is something that I will have to adjust to as well. While I appreciate your willingness to adjust to it, like you I will have to adjust to not always being naked in private as I currently am, should I eventually end up cohabiting with somebody else after graduating who is less comfortable and accepting of my...quirk." she answered with a smile.

"As for my being unphased by nudity, it is how I have always been. I still do not understand why so many are uncomfortable with it. While our height, weight, body shape and proportions may differ most humanoid species look the same naked at least when it comes to breasts and sexual organs. Most females have breasts and a vagina and most men have a penis. The size, shape or even number of those organs may differ from species to species slightly but overall the same and yet there is a taboo and discomfort about it that alludes me. Vanya added with a shug. "However that does not change the fact that I am aware of this discomfort and did not think about it when stripping off in front of you and for that, once again I am sorry. I am only ever naked in the privacy of my own quarters however now I have to share them with you and you deserve to be equally as comfortable as well so I will endeavour to at least wear clothing around our home more often, it seems only fair for me to adjust to accommodate you as you are to accommodate my occasional nakedness as well. she smiled.

Vanya however did have to concede the point that Natalie would have to adjust to new civlizations and cultures when they do something against the Human norm. The Android also had not missed that Natalie had started to say weird before catching herself and correcting it to out of the ordinary and raised an eyebrow. Vanya was certainly many things but she didn't think she was weird, especially not when it came to nudity as she had explained if anything she thought that everybody uncomfortable with nudity was weird given the similarities between most species. The Android however remained silent, especially when her room-mate stated bobbing on her toes and pointed to her hips.

"Perhaps you are right on the pants, however it is possible they could spilt were I to bend over, so it might be better to have them a little baggier in the rear?" she said although Natalie did have curves of her own, albeit not as curvy as Vanya herself was but enough that the girl probably knew what she was talking about in that regard.

Vanya had to nod in agreement with Natalie's observation although she had no idea what a flux capacitor was, she had never heard of such a device although she knew what the girl meant. "I believe you are correct with the sliding and sticking, making the skirt a little longer should resolve the issue, I do not mind it rising up a bit when I bend over, as long as I do not continue to give people a show." she smiled.

Spinning on her heel, Vanya made her way back over to the replicator, first removing her skirt and returning it to the replicator, essentially refunding the rations it cost to make it the first time around and reprogrammed the device with longer specifications by several inches, enough to hopefully eliminate the problem as well as adding a few pants to the list with a little more room in the buttocks.

Once the replacements were replicated, she first tried on the pants, again walking across the room a little and back again before bending over, satisfied with the comfort and the added room, which she knew would not split when she bent over. Removing them, she then put on the skirt and repeated the motions again, while longer in length, she had kept the other specifications the same, so they still fit her form perfectly and were still easy to move in. Now came the test as she bent over again in front of Natalie and glanced behind her. "Better?" she asked while still bending over.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 03, 2019, 02:24:11 PM
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The conversation that ensued was certainly enlightening. Some of the hints and implications that had mostly gone over the brunettes head were clarified. She'd been bunked with an idiosyncratic Romulan. Each point of data confirmed it. The more Natalie learned, and the more times that Vanya explicitly stated it, the more the human of the pair became sure that her roommate simply was abnormal by Vanya's own cultures norms.

Abnormal sounds harsh. Eccentric is much better, but I think quirky is best, Natalie decided, having been called both of the former before, when others thought she was not listening. And after all Vanya had used the word 'quirk' to describe her nudist tendencies. So she likes a good breeze about her bits....can't really get that in a dorm room though.

This was also the most that Vanya had said in one given moment. She fell into a sort of cadence that Natalie found easy to follow. A lit to her voice that was just foreign enough to take the Federation Standard words and give them a bit of a flick to make them sound exotic. There was something simply satisfying about listening to Vanya talk, and - so long as she wasn't saying the kind of things that would cause her roommate to flush red with a myriad of emotions she'd rather not unpack all at once - the net affect was that tension seemed to ease away from Natalie's shoulders.

Fascinating.

With a rapid set of blinks, as if coming out of a - not a trance, exactly, but out of a place of calm and back to the real world. Natalie managed a few words of understanding. "This is going to be a learning experience for the both of us. Which...that's the whole idea right? each of us adjusting the other, the cultural differences, and the personal ones." She was just going to have to put 'rampant nudist' in the 'personal' column instead of 'cultural'.

I really, really need to start researching Romulans, she again resolved, as she diverted her focus back to more practical problems.

A split seam could ruin a day. About a bad as a popped button, of which Natalie had suffered through during puberty years before. Another blot on her teenage social life. Neither here nor there, Nat. No buttons to burst on a cadet jacket. It's all zippers and velcro.

Unwrapping her arms entirely at this point she took out the measuring tape again and walked over, extending it a few inches past the hem of Vanya's skirt. "Probably about....there. That should keep anyone from getting an unintended eyeful. Though I guess some panties would help with that too..." There was a pause, and then, "How did they manage it all back in the uniforms of the 2260s? Those things were shorter than this by quite a bit!"

As to if Vanya got the reference or not, Nat would not know yet, for the girl walked right over to the replicator and shucked her skirt with a fluid kind of precision that Nat marveled at. Standing bare assed by the machine, the Romulan practically entered a few commands. The skirt vanished in a sparkle of white and then reconstituted itself in the receptacle. These were accompanied by pants, the latter of which Vanya started with.

Worrying at her lip with her teeth - a nervous habit that she'd long ago thought she had shaken, but which she had most certainly not - Natalie watched as Vanya strutted about and bent over again. Having seen it all before, it was now slightly easier to deal with and accept. The bending over in front of her still flustered her slightly, but she reminded herself that this wasn't someone flirting or anything like that. This was a very practical test of their attire. Important, that's what this was.

Thus Natalie found herself bending slightly to one side to see if she could look up Vanya's skirt. "Much better," she declared, making an effort not to sound overly relieved. Just relieved enough, which was a tricky thing in hind sight. "No citations for violating uniform reg's in your future." As if that were the chief concern on the subject, and not the hordes of men (and women? Nat wondered) that would be trying to catch a glimpse.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 03, 2019, 03:49:07 PM
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Vanya had been entirely unaware that anything she had said previously had not been clear to Natalie nor that what she had just finished saying had helped clear some of that up either. However it had occurred to the Android based on some things Natalie had said that she should let the woman know that she was not the typical Romulan, beyond her not actually being a biological Romulan that was. Hence her emphasising that her quirks were purely hers and not that of her people.

Vanya tiled her head slightly to one side as she watched the Human's eyes blink in rapid succession before eventually managing to get out a sentence and smiled. "It certainly is, and yes I suppose that is the whole idea, especially with the nature of the cross-species accommodation. We are both curious people with a desire to learn as well as sense of understanding that these things take time, I believe in that regard we will be perfect room-mates."

Being designed for infiltration, Vanya had been programmed to read body language to help her gain the advantage in a situation and while it was not something she could necessarily turn off, it wasn't need for her to know that Natalie was starting to relax a little when she completely unwrapped her arms and picked up the measuring tape again, seeming to be getting a little more confidant as she told her where about to adjust the length of the skirt.

Being well versed in Federation and Starfleet history, Vanya did understand what Natalie was referring to when it came to the old uniforms of the 2260's. The mini-skirts of the time were certainly a lot shorter than what Vanya's had been and nodded "Perhaps they simply did not bend over when in public and had the men pick up everything? Or they simply positioned themselves so that they could bend over without anybody behind them to see such things? Although perhaps most women simply couched down instead of bending over, assuming the skirts were loose enough to for allow such movement. Whatever they did, we must assume they managed as I do not recall ever hearing stories of Starfleet women exposing themselves, unless of course Starfleet buried them to avoid embarassment, to both itself and it's uniform choices and it's female officers." Vanya replied, part as an answer and part as her simply wondering out loud.

Vanya watched as Natalie bent over slightly, trying to look up her skirt to see if she actually could and smiled when she was informed that it was much better and chuckled as she stood up straight again, turning to face Natalie properly. "That is good to know, as the only Romulan here and one of the first to attend the Academy I would not like to go down in history as the first to also get cited for a uniform violation, that would not set a good precedent." she laughed.

Satisfied that her uniform situation had been resolved, she folded the skirts and pants that she had replicated and placed them with her others and returned her attention to her fellow cadet. "Would you like to start on your measurements now?"

  
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 03, 2019, 04:36:19 PM
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The notion of the two of them being perfect roommates might be a bit premature, but Natalie took to it readily enough. True or not, she wanted it to be that way, and her  father had always said that if you want something to happen, for events to unfold as you like, well then you had to work at it to make it happen. It doesn't just fall into your lap all willy nilly. Natalie had taken the words to heart. Her admittance to the Academy, taking the place that would have been her brothers years after he was to have joined, was proof positive of that determination. She had, unfortunately, devoted so much to making that happen that she had neglected other aspects of her growth in her latter teenage years, but there was naught to be done now.

She would apply the same focus she planned for her studies, into being a good - no, the perfect - roommate for her Romulan friend. At the time she had no notion of how few friends Vanya would pick up. Or she herself.

In the moment she laughed, wondering if the upper brass at Starfleet would have buried such reports. She supposed she could look at some records. 100 years had passed, give or take, as the fleet had rolled out new uniforms in 2271 that looked more akin to pajamas, as her grandfather had called them, than actual uniforms. It mattered not, though she allowed a giggle over the thought. "Could be they just didn't care. More liberated a century ago when the frontier was a whole lot closer to home."

But, the mirth had bled away when Natalie realized that it was her turn. Vanya had a new uniform. It fit like a glove, in all the right places. The cut was comfortable and - after some trial and error - no longer prone to exposure. This meant that Natalie was to be fitted out.

Those teeth dug into her lip again, as her eyes went a bit wide. She looked from Vanya, to the replicator, to the tape measure in her hands, and back again, completing a circuit that ended on the window that opened out to the grounds beyond. Oh yes, drapes. I think my first 'purchase' will be drapes, she resolved again, though she said nothing of it now, for Vanya had not been bothered in the slightest and there was small practical chance that anyone could actually see into the window.

Carefully Natalie extended her hand, passing off the measuring tape to Vanya. The time had come. Be a big girl now. No use putting this off. You're not even getting naked, and you've been more exposed in the locker rooms at gym class than you're about to be now. Your roommate is going to see this plenty enough. You're not going to constantly change in the refresher, are you?

Properly scolded, Natalie nodded a confirmation. "Ah, yes. We should get this done now, while we have the time." The orientation lecture was still hours away. There was no point in waiting. So with a bit of dexterity that her shape and size belied, she reached back and undid the zipper on her sundress, easing the tightness around her midsection. From there it was simple enough to reach down, gripping the white hem of the green dress, and lift it up, and over. It made a mess of her hair, but there was little to do for it, as it pulled up and up.

Underneath, Natalie was full of soft skin and faint tan lines that didn't always follow the shape of her underwear and looked more as if she occasionally went out in a one piece swim suit during the warmer months on Mars. Warmer being relative. Having grown up on a colder planet, even after terraforming, she found the heat of San Francisco mitigated only by the bay breeze that seemed to wash over the whole town, Academy and all.

Contrasted against her pale skin was a simple set of bra and  panties that matched each other, a light sort of blue color. Not at all the standard Starfleet attire, but nothing extravagant. Practical and supportive of her her bust where need be, and comfortably fit below the waist, of a cut oft called 'boy shorts' though Natalie had little idea as to why it was named thus. Something ancient that had managed to bubble up through the ages.

"This um, this is good enough, right?" Natalie asked after shaking her hair out, as it fell in a mess of curls, cheeks already faint pink again.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 03, 2019, 05:54:09 PM
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Admittedly Vanya realised that it might have been too soon to say they would be perfect, at least not in the way that she had meant, in the sense that the two on paper had similar desires, however that would not necessarily mean the practical results would reflect that. Vanya hoped it would though. Natalie had already shown a willingness to adapt to Vanya and she would do the same for her Human friend, her first and currently only Human friend actually now that she thought about it.

The two young women shared a laugh at the possibility of Starfleet Command hiding such reports however Vanya would have to agree that it was a different time back then. "I suppose so, I've seen some archived footage from back then and people certainly seemed to be more liberated than now, rather odd in some ways." she said before shrugging, it was a rather moot point now.

Now that they were done with Vanya's uniform and at the Romulan's question the Android could clearly see the slight horror wash over Natalie's face at the realisation that it was indeed her turn, judging by the way she bit and chewed on her lip and her eyes widening. Vanya felt terrible for the girl and almost offered to simply scan her and take her measurements if she preferred.

Vanya watched as Natalie's gaze shifted from her to the replicator, down to the tape measure that she was still holding and then back again before shifting over to the window. Surely the girl wasn't actually considering jumping out of it? They were four floors up!

Luckily that was not the case as the Human carefully extended her hand out towards the Android, offering her the tape. Giving her the warmest, supporting smile Vanya thought she could muster, she gently took the tape out of her hand and took a step back, giving the other girl space. "Yes, then we can be the envy of all the other cadets with our far more comfortable fitting uniforms!" she smiled.

Vanya had to admit that Natalie had better dexterity than her body would imply as she watched the woman get undressed. The Romulan couldn't help but run her eyes over the other woman as the dress was pulled over her head. Her skin certainly looked soft and smooth, much like Vanya's own skin albeit far more pale then her own. The Android briefly wondered how the woman's skin felt in comparison to her own and vice versa, wondering if Natalie would be able to tell with further exploring than the brief touches that she had had so far, that her skin was an artificial creation.

Also unlike Vanya, Natalie had tan lines that had faded, clearly it had been a bit of a while since Natalie had gotten any sun. It also was interesting to see that the faded lines did not follow the outline of her underwear, meaning that whatever outfit she did wear was not a bikini or underwear. Vanya meanwhile never had tan lines since she simply bathed in the nude, getting a complete tan.

Natalie's undergarments, while pretty simple and basic were a nice shade of light blue that matched each other and actually suited her skin tone and more so the blue of her eyes, which was a nice touch. However it could also be said that they might not be considered sexy underwear, most likely chosen for the practical and comfort reasons than anything else. 

At her question Vanya nodded and gave her a friendly smile. "Yes Natalie, it's more than good enough I will be able to get some accurate measurements with no problem." she told her. "If you don't mind me saying you look rather beautiful with your hair down like that and I must compliment you on the colour of your underwear, it really matches and brings out your eyes." she added.

Done with the compliments and not really thinking about what effect they might have on the poor girl beyond their intention to be a friendly set of compliments, Vanya seemlessly transitioned back to the task at hand. "Would you prefer to start with your upper body or lower body measurements? I will do whichever you prefer." 
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 04, 2019, 05:22:44 AM
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She felt like something being examined under the lenses of one of those old fashioned high power microscopes; on the spot, enlarged, and under scrutiny. It was stupid, of course. There was not any judging going on or anything like that. She wasn't some kind of science experiment. At least, Natalie didn't really think she was. The possibility was there. After all the Academy could see the whole Cross Species Accommodation as some kind of experiment on cultural interaction between various and sundry species being forced to live in close proximity under high pressure academic situations.

When you put it like that Nat, it's sure fire got to be an experiment. Your life is an experiment. They might even be watching you now.

The sad part was that she was only half joking, even in her own head.

Newly founded conspiracy theory (that was hardly new at all) aside, Natalie knew she was under some scrutiny. Vanya's. Those sea green eyes were locked onto Nat with a razor like focus that she could feel. It was this, and not the slight chill from having disrobed that caused the martian's flesh to break out into a series of tiny goosebumps. From her bushy haired head all the way down to her trimmed (but not painted) toes, Natalie felt that gaze.

Clearly the girl was uncomfortable with praise. She fidgeted about when Vanya said nice things about her figure, her form, and how she looked in that moment. No one had paid her a compliment like that, and her initial urge was to either hide - unlikely given the current set up - or pass it off entirely. It was with this latter option she started, saying, "That's sweet of you," but stopping before she could add 'to say.' The latter would imply that Vanya said it only to be nice, and there was just something wrong with that notion.

Unless she is an amazingly competent con woman and as smooth a liar as ever walked, she...doesn't say something unless she means it, Natalie reasoned out fairly swiftly. Or, she hasn't yet, in any case. Which means she really thinks...

Shit.


Lifting her left leg up a bit, Natalie rubbed the back of her right calf, then stabbed her toe back down into the freshly cleaned carpet and wiggled her foot from side to side, which set a bit of a sway to her hips. In a small voice that seemed all the smaller for the red that had crept along that pale skin, from her face, down her neck and flushing out over her chest, Natalie murmured a tiny, "Thank you."

Those blue eyes looked away, batted the lashes a few times, and then darted back to Vanya. If anyone had a call to know what was an wasn't aesthetically pleasing, Nat reckoned it was the walking work of art she was going to be sharing a room with. Taking praise was never a strong suit of her's and now she was struggling to deal with the nicest thing anyone had ever said about her body. Never minding that Vanya was probably the first one to see so much of her body.

"I think we'd best proceed as before," Nat said, a little louder than her thank you. Of course, to a Romulan those words would have been equally clear she supposed. All ears, as the saying goes, she'd barely thought, before speaking and confirming, "We can take care of the top measurements first. Just let me know when to shoot my arms out."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 04, 2019, 11:55:50 AM
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After asking Natalie if she wanted to proceed with her measurements, the Android watched and waited for a reply, although it was obvious that her compliments had embarrassed the girl based on how much she started fidgeting and blushing. Then again the girl was very shy and based on her earlier comments it was entirely possible that not only had nobody ever said such things to her but it was also possible that this was the first time Natalie had ever been this naked in front of another person.

Natalie did finally managed to speak, telling her that it was sweet and eventually thanking her after some strange movement of her left leg and foot, although her voice was very quiet with the thank you. Vanya smiled softly and couldn't help but find her shy embarrassment slightly adorable, not that she would vocalize that, it might cause the girl to turn an even deeper shade of red than what she already was.

The way in which Natalie briefly looked away from her and batted her lashes before glancing back her to some people might have been construed as an act of flirting albeit while being embarrassing, however Vanya knew better, especially with this girl. In fact the Romulan wondered if the girl even knew how to flirt, the likelihood of that being true however was very very slim given the evidence. However what Vanya had said was true, Natalie was indeed a beautiful woman in her opinion and she really did look great with her hair flowing down into curls as it was.

When Natalie found her loud voice again, she suggested that they proceed as they had before, starting with her upper body and working their way down. Nodding, Vanya stepped forward and stretched out the tape measure as she made her way behind Natalie. Placing the tape measure on her left shoulder, she placed the tape along the rest of her body, across the base of her neck and across her other shoulder, making a mental note of the number, before realising how suspicious that was and quickly picked up a PADD and jotted down the number.

Next Vanya decided measure Natalie's neck and gingerly reached her long arms over and Natalie's head and down to the base of her neck, wrapping the tape lightly around it but tight enough to get an accurate measurement. To anybody who managed to somehow peek in through their fourth floor window, if they saw the tape it might look like the tall woman was trying to murder the woman, yet if they failed to notice the tape it would look like she was giving the woman a hug given how close the two were. Quickly noting down that number  down on the PADD as well Vanya allowed the tape to uncurl and pulled her arms outwards and around Natalie's body.

Circling around the young woman, Vanya smiled at her as their eyes met. "So far so good Natalie. It is however time for you to "shoot your arms out" as you put it." she said with a chuckle.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 04, 2019, 06:51:05 PM
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What followed wasn't all that bad. Natalie was keenly aware of the presence of Vanya as the other moved behind her, leaving the Ops Cadet to stare out the window. The grounds were lovely, to be sure, and the small walk earlier had brought a smile to her face. That old man was really friendly, she idly thought. An easier subject than the presence of someone very close behind her, and Nat in such a state of undress.

Every suspicion that Vanya had was quite accurate, even if the Romulan had more tact than to ask upon it to confirm. Natalie was wiggling her bare toes as she made an effort to stay still, feeling the light touch of the tape measure along her back, down her spine and the like. See, this isn't so ba -

Nat let out a soft gasp as hands came up, and a round, and the pressure of the tape settled in against her neck. Her pulse raced at the contact. Not that she thought Vanya was about to use the strip of flexible plastic as some for of garrote or anything like that, but simply the contact. She swallowed and tilted her chin back a bit, her hair spilling onto Vanya, and her bum gently resting against the taller woman's frame.

Intimate did not even begin to cover the position that Natalie was in, perhaps all the more so because of the precise, clinical nature of the act.  But it was over swiftly, and Nat felt she could breath again, as Vanya stepped away. The girl noticed a sudden lack of warmth, surprised by it, given that there was so little physical contact happening. Close, but not touching for the most part. And yet, and yet.

"Oh! Nat blinked a bit as Vanya came around the front of her, and she did just that, shooting her arms out to either side, a bit stiff and certainly swift. She held them out, felt her chest rise up a bit in the process and ran her tongue over the front of her teeth. "A decent scare crow impression," she mused aloud. Her eyes kept darting away from Vanya's but then coming back to meet the intense gaze. She feared this too would color her cheeks, but they were already red, and did not seem capable of flushing further for the moment.

Was I this close to her earlier?
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 05, 2019, 12:37:55 AM
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So far the measuring was going well, although Vanya could tell that Natalie was anxious during the measuring of her shoulders and spine the Ops Cadet was doing pretty well so far, although her toes did wiggle almost as if it was the only thing stopping her from shuffling from foot to foot like Vanya had observed her doing, which wouldn't really help when it came to getting accurate measurements.

However Vanya kept a closer eye on her room-mate when she had wrapped her arms around her, not only for the gasp she let out but at the increased rate of her pulse that Vanya had detected, the last thing she wanted to do was make the poor girl faint...nor would she look forward to having to explain to the medical staff what had led up to the cadet's loss of conciousness.

Luckily Natalie did not in fact pass out and now standing in front of her, Vanya watched as she shot her arms out to either side, the motions a bit stiff and with ironically with an almost robotic movement but even more so that even Vanya herself could manage, which she found humorous, not that she showed any signs of that to the woman. She did however allow herself a chuckle at Natalie's decent scarecrow comment but shook her head. "While the pose is scarecrow like, I believe scarecrows are meant to be scary and you Natalie are anything but and I mean that in a good way." she smiled.

Opting to start by measuring Natalie's full wingspan now that her arms were extended first, she them placed the tap under her armpit and pulled the tape down along the side of her body. The back of Vanya's hand lightly grazing along Natalie's skin as she did so, however unlike Natalie who had apparently not felt when her own hand had grazed across Vanya's body, the Android felt every part of Natalie's warm, soft skin against hers, despite how lightly they were grazing. She could feel slight dips and bumps of Natalie's muscles and ribcage, albeit briefly as she stretched the tape down to her hip.

Taking a note of the numbers again and typing them on the PADD, Vanya stood up and, giving Natalie a warm smile, she handed her one end of the tape. "Hold this here please." she said as she placed the tape against Natalie's body, just beneath her new friends, slightly smaller yet still perfectly round and firm breasts and started pulling the tape around her body as she circled her, wrapping it around her chest and back and then around to the front again. "Thank you."" The android added with a smile as she took the end of the tape back and took note of those numbers too, typing them out on the PADD as well.

Taking a step back, Vanya glanced at the readings so far and nodded, the measurements she had written down were still matching perfectly for the measurements she had already calculated in her head for her fellow cadet. "You can lower your arms now Natalie." she smiled, before arching her eyebrow in thought. They would have to measure around the bust as well to make sure the top was not too tight around that area as well. "Natalie, will you always be wearing a bra under your uniform shirt? And if so will it be a push up one as we will have to also measure your bust since depending on your attire and the position of your breasts those will affect how tight your top will be." she asked.

Admittedly Natalie had not measured around her bust, just underneath it, possibly due to the fact that Vanya had been naked at the time. Luckily she had accounted for her own measurements and had added them to her uniform's specifications when she had replicated them, Natalie however would need to be measured as Vanya knew her dimensions and what type of bras she wore, on the occasions that she wore one but the Android did not know Natalie's and could not simply adjust them herself.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 05, 2019, 02:24:56 AM
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Later in the night, and again over months, and even years to come, Natalie would remember this moment. Where Vanya had been wrapped around her, measuring her neck. And for a long, long time, she wouldn't understand why it would come back into her thoughts. Just then, however, she was simply grateful that the girl had stepped back to enter her measurements into the PADD for further computations. It gave her a moment to breathe before her friend - Yes, I think we'll be friends - was back and taking measurements from the front.

Her comment went over with a modicum of amusement and then a compliment, which Natalie was not expecting. She laughed at that, trying not to shake too much. But Vanya was quite right and she shook with mirth despite her best efforts. "Well, you're certainly not wrong," Natalie agreed, shaking her head as that wouldn't throw any of the measuring off. "I don't think I've ever managed to scare anyone at all."

Smiling now, a bit more relaxed, she took a slow, deep breath. A shiver ran along her body as the other girls hands kept brushing all over her skin. She wasn't exactly sensitive to the touch, exactly, but by the same token she was unused to contact in general, aside from her fathers hugs, and specifically any kind of contact in most of the places she was being touched. Thus, there was a keen sense of what was happening to her that made it difficult not to fidget.

"Huh? Okay. I can do that," Natalie said after Vanya had stepped away for a moment and the Martian and shaken her limbs out a bit and rolled her head from side to side. Taking an active part in the measurements - and noting the difference in technique - helped to keep her calm and distracted while the Romulan took a lap around her torso. Her head twisted a bit as she tracked Vanya's progress and gave a little nod. So far, so good.

Such thoughts, almost comically, seemed to proceed a hiccup. Having just lowered her arms again, Natalie looked up, confused at Vanya's tone. She had to think through what the girl was getting at, and then looked down at her bra. From there, she looked over to the uniform she'd been given originally. The bra was of a different variety. Standard garb was a kind of supportive tank top, or more sporty than push up.

"Oh...um....well, we have the ones we're supposed to wear.....and if we have to recreate those...cause of not fitting...oh....." she was putting it all together, slowly. It would change things. The attire under the uniform impacting the way the uniform sat. "I don't not wear bra's....i mean....support?" She pointed down at her bust, tapping the right breast.

"I don't want back pains, you know? Its a thing..." But even as she said it, she realized that there was always the chance that htere might be some reason, at some point, for her to not have her bra on. She couldn't imagine what that was. She never went out without a bra. When she went to bed, sure, a tshirt was fine. But up and about all day?

"Oh....damn. This is going to take a while. I can't say I won't always just wear the regulation stuff...or that yano...there wont be a time when I'm too rushed maybe? to....to dress proper like." To wear a bra.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 05, 2019, 03:42:30 AM
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Unbeknownst to Vanya, this day and these moments of measuring Natalie and being measured would remain significant memories for her over the years, ones that would always remain near the top of her archives. While Vanya remembered everything she was exposed too, much like Commander Data, her own memory would archive things in order of relevance and importance and while logically there was not, at least in the moment anything truly special about anything they were doing here, at least not to Vanya, over time however this day would be reclassified in her memory banks to something of much greater significance, although it too would take the Android a long to understand why.

Vanya would have to admit that a laughing, more relaxed Natalie was much better than nervous Natalie and she hoped that over time to see more of that version of Natalie. She wasn't entirely sure if the two would become friends, although the data she had collected so far would seem to suggest that they would be, she certainly hoped they would at least.

"I will admit I find it hard to believe that you would, you are so nice and sweet. Kind and caring, at least from what I have seen so far that it is hard to imagine you being intentionally scary to anyone." Vanya told her.

While Vanya's brief contact with Natalie had been just that, she had felt the shiver that had run along Natalie's body as she had measured her, although she did not comment on it and attributed it to Natalie's nervousness given her lack of experience in this area. However Vanya did note that Natalie was relaxing little more as they continued, which was a positive sign.

Having questioned her on her underwear choices, the Romulan could tell that at first Natalie didn't quite understand what  she had meant, although as Natalie spoke to her out loud she started to piece it all together, watching as she pointed to her bust and tapping on her right breast. Vanya's eyes unable to not follow her hand down, her green eyes watching the orb of flesh jiggle slightly at her tap.

"I understand completely, as someone who is quite...busty herself." Vanya replied, even though she would not actually suffer such effects herself, she was quite fortunate in that regard that her creator hadn't designed her to 100% reflect a biological female.

Vanya listened to Natalie as she spoke and gave her a supporting smile "I know that things like this are uncomfortable for you Natalie, I promise that I will measure you as quickly and as accurately as possible so that you do not have to endure it for too long. she told her honestly, the care in her voice plan to hear and Vanya meant it. "We can start with whatever you are most or least comfortable with and I'm sure it will be over before you know it."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 05, 2019, 05:35:07 AM
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For her part, Natalie dearly hoped she would learn to adjust to having a roommate. She'd never had to share a room, save when she was very, very young, and her older brother was still in the small nursery. But shortly after her first birthday the elder Stark sibling had moved out into his own room, and the nursery remained Natalie's until she was put into a larger space of her own as well. Other than that first early year of which she naturally remembered hardly a thing at all, she'd never been in an enclosed space with someone else for long periods of time.

Having never been forced to get along with someone in close proximity, she was thus rather nervous about the whole affair. No basis to go upon. No idea how she would perform. Would she relax over time? Just as Vanya liked the relaxed Natalie, so too did Natalie herself. But only time would tell if the skittish Martian could over come that nervousness around Vanya and learn to simply be herself.

The real question, of course, was would Natalie ever adjust to being complimented. There was no doubt that Vanya was sincere with her words, never minding that she'd only just met Natalie. If deception were in play, Natalie once again thought herself unable to detect it. That she was uncomfortable with having nice things said about her was probably not as uncommon as she thought it to be. Plenty of people didn't understand how to take a compliment.

And plenty of people were uncomfortable being naked around strangers. Natalie was detrimentally shy. Having to do a parade of underclothes wasn't going to be fun at all. Reaching back, she swept her hair behind her ears and down through her hair, squeezing her own shoulders. "Thanks. Its all stuff that I need to get over."

Her smile was a little forced as she bobbed up and down on her toes. "I um....this one first, obviously," she said, tapping her chest once more, oblivious to how the previous gesture had caught and held Vanya's attention. She was shifting her weight from one foot to the next, nerves causing an uneasy anxiety to manifest physically. "And at least once with the regulation attire....and...." her voice dropped here, "probably one...topless...."

Natalie swallowed, bit her lip again, and then tried to straighten up where she stood. "Lets just, start, yeah?" Though she tried to sound calm about it, the tops of her shoulders now had a hint of pink to them as her blush spread over the pale, pale skin already on display.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 05, 2019, 11:24:37 PM
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Natalie wasn't the only one having to adjust to living with someone else. When Vanya was first activated and gone through her training she had her mother's memories of life and living with people but no practical experience herself and even though her time at the Daystrom Institute had allowed her to socialise with Humans, she had had her own room. Now would be the first time that she would have to live with someone else. What Vanya did know however was that she would do her best to be a good room-mate and had a good..."feeling" that Natalie would try to do the same for her, based on her personality.

Unlike Natalie however, Vanya did not have any problems with being complimented, after all she was designed for infiltration and to flirt with other people in order to achieve that goal, not to mention being designed and built to be both physically, emotionally and sexually attractive, none of which would matter if she couldn't respond properly when complimented as such. Oh she could fake shyness or embarrassment, after all some people found those attractive although she would not go through the psychological reasons why at the moment.

"I'm sure that you will eventually." Vanya told her new friend with certainty. After all the only thing that Natalie truly required was experience in being complimented which at the Academy was something she would surely get plenty of from the numerous male students over time, as well as some from Vanya herself as their relationship developed, not that she would overdo it or compliment her in such a way to hint at a romantic or sexual interest but simply as one woman to another.

The Romulan watched as Natalie smiled at her, albeit a seemingly forced one as she nervously bobbed on her toes and said to start with the most obvious and logical choice to measure first, the one she was wearing and tapped her chest once more, causing her breasts to jiggle again. Continuing to shift her weight from one foot to the other, Vanya could detect the anxiety rising in the Operations Cadet yet alone see it affecting her physically as she listed off both a topless measurement and one with the regulation Starfleet undergarments.

"Sounds like a plan, we will do your current bra first and then the topless one next if you prefer to get it over with, especially considering you will have to remove that bra anyway." the Science Cadet replied.

At Natalie's statement that they should start, Vanya took a few steps closer to her and handed her the end of the tape again. "Please hold this against the tip of your nipple but try not to press in too much, we don't want to squash you any and make your clothing too tight. I will circle around you to get the measurement and then we're done. We'll do the exact same thing for the other forms of dress before moving on." Vanya instructed and explained, hoping that by telling Natalie exactly what she was going to do and how they would proceed would help calm the girl's nerves, or at the very least help gain a little trust with the woman.

Knowing that Natalie would most likely follow instructions, Vanya did exactly what she said she would do and circled around the other woman, allowing the tape to wrap around the pale skinned woman's body, the tape pressing against her skin and the rear strap of her bra and around over the curve of her other breast when Vanya finally made it back to her starting point in front of Natalie. Taking the tape from Natalie and joining it with the other end, Vanya noted the number down and smiled as she let go of one end, allowing it to fall to the floor and pulled it, wrapping it back up.

Taking a few steps back out of Natalie's personal space, Vanya walked over to the PADD and turned her back to Natalie as she tapped the measurements in, giving her the opportunity to remove her bra without an audience. Although there was no reason to do so, since Vanya would end up seeing the other woman's breasts shortly anyway, it was the gesture that Vanya felt was more important, especially considering this would most likely be the first time Natalie would ever have removed her bra and exposed herself to somebody. Vanya hoped that her new room-mate and hopefully future friend would see that too, although time would tell.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 06, 2019, 02:02:48 AM
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Oblivious as ever, Natalie did not realize all her shifting about was causing Vanya to sneak peeks at her chest. That she moved and her breasts 'jiggled' was of no conscious thought at the moment. Likely as not this was a good thing. Given her shy tendencies, it was not inconceivable that she might pass out from embarrassment, knowing that she was drawing attention to the very area she had no desire to expose.

Never mind that they would be exposed.

"That...is a rather logical solution to the problem, Vanya," Natalie finally conceded. Her roommate was right. It was best to do the measurement of the bared breasts between changing the bras. Damned logic. And  damn me for deciding I wanted better fitting clothes. She did keep that in mind, however. Vanya looked quite fetching in the uniform, and her friend was doing her best to ease Natalie's discomfort.

If she can look that good, maybe I can look passing enough, she decided. The old self doubt was there all the same, lurking in the background. Something that would take more than a well tailored outfit, and a few well intentioned compliments to dislodge. Certainly not in one day.

 With a slightly resigned sigh, Natalie straightened up and did as she was bidden, placing her hand over one breast, holding the tape in place and trying to pretend like nothing at all was amiss or upsetting. A rather hopeless attempt, but an attempt none the less. Stock still she stood, not even wiggling her toes, though it was taxing.

Vanya looped around and took the tape back, noting the point where one edge passed over the other. That was the number to be logged. She turned her back and Nat was no fool. "Right then...just a moment."

Twisting slightly, Natalie swung her arms around her back and wiggled her fingers into place. The hooks on her bra came off easily enough, having plenty of practice over the years, and then the straps slid down. Frowning a bit, she looked around the room and then reached over to drape the bra over the back of a chair. She bit at her lip and shivered slightly. It was illogical that simply removing the garment could give her a chill - after all the room wasn't exactly cold, and she hardly wearing anything else.

Yet shiver she did, and she gnawed away at her lip, covering her breasts with her arms. That was foolish though. "I um...suppose I can't exactly keep my arms over them. Defeats the purpose?" Her voice was small, and she frowned at that, feeling that she could - she should - do better. Huffing slightly she pulled her arms down and wrapped them tightly around her midsection instead.

Of course, that just exacerbated the issue by pushing her bust up, and making it a little more prominent.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 06, 2019, 03:27:27 AM
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Vanya nodded in agreement at the logic of her statement and gave her room-mate a smile. It was clear to the woman that her new friend was entirely nervous about having to do that part but she was willing to do it and Vanya was certainly going to try and make it as comfortable and easy an experience as she could.

While her sigh was one of reluctance, Natalie was as least going to go through with it, which Vanya admired. While Natalie was clearly unnerved with the experience and was in a lot of ways reluctantly doing it, she was indeed still doing it. It spoke to the young woman's resolve and determination, even if Natalie herself didn't either see it in herself or simply didn't think about it. Vanya however did see it and knew that that kind of determination and resolve would allow Natalie to go far in Starfleet, hopefully Vanya would remain friends with her long enough to see that happen.

As the Romulan took Natalie's new measurements, she noted how still she stood, very much like how Vanya had done. There were no wiggling of her toes or shuffling from foot to foot. In the moment if Vanya hadn't known the girl was Human, she might have thought that she was a fellow android like herself.

Standing with her back to Natalie, Vanya nodded, hearing shuffling as Natalie moved and did whatever she had to do as she no doubt removed her bra, eventually hearing a slight tapping as it sounded like the bra being placed on something.

Hearing Natalie state that she couldn't keep her arms over her them, Vanya turned around in time to see Natalie standing with her arms covering her breasts while gnawing on her lip. "Yes it does, unless of course you want a very baggy top, in which case that would work perfectly." she chuckled, giving the girl a big smile, hoping it would help the poor girl relax a little.

Vanya also noted how small Natalie's voice was before frowning at herself and huffed and to Vanya looked like physically had to drag her arms mentally down, wrapping them around midsection quite tightly. Tight enough to push her breasts up and out a little more.

"Uh Natalie... Vanya began, her voice soft and caring as she spoke, the lithe flow and tone of her accent coating the words. "I know this is very uncomfortable for you but that's actually pushing your breasts up and out a little more, your hands by your sides will be the best place to get the best measurements." she told the girl, doing her best to help her new friend get through this with as little trauma as possible.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 06, 2019, 04:48:51 AM
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You know, you're being ridiculous, Nat, she told herself. Trying to be objective about it all. She was an adult. A young one, yes, newly minted even. At least by most standards. Still, she reasoned that she should be able to just get through this without all the hemming and hawing that she seemed to be doing. This was going to take something like 10 more minutes at most, to get done. Standing, having her roommate walk around her, taking measurements, writing it down, and then she'd have a bra on again and they could get one with measuring the rest of her body. Getting like this is just stupid, and you're not stupid.

While that might be true, thinking it didn't seem to have quite the effect that Natalie wanted on her own physical reactions. She still wanted to fidget and squirm about under Vanya's gaze. The Romulan may have been reading resolve into Nat's actions, and seeing where it might take her down the line, but Natalie didn't view it the same way and was trying not to be too obviously uncomfortable.

After all, Vanya was making such a valiant effort to put her at ease.

It's rude to be this up tight Nat. They're just your tits. Just...your...well. All they are, are your breasts. Most women have them. Vanya has a pair of her own. She doesn't care about yours, save to help you get nicer fitting clothing. If you had your tricorder well then this would have been much easier, but noooo, you thought you'd be issued one. Have to get Daddy to send it over from Mars. Can't believe you thought that was a good idea...

She let herself stop at that point, because Vanya was speaking and that drew her away from her less than affirming thoughts. Her eyes darted down, to her bust, and the way she had inadvertently shoved them up when crossing her arms underneath her breasts.

"Oh...damn," she mumbled. Her fingers twitched against her skin, which felt slightly cool to her touch by this point. Then with a bit of effort, trying desperately not to look like she was pouting, she let her arms drop to the sides as instructed. Thus her breast settled into a more natural position, heavy and full with a pleasant swell, though Natalie surely would not see them as such.

Between the shifting in temperature from having a bra to not, and the nervousness that she was attempting to repress, her nipples had got a bit stiff. Not a thing she liked to think about either. No, there wasn't much about this that she did like thinking about, so she just looked up at Vanya and gave a small shrug. "Fair point, Vanya."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 08, 2019, 10:34:09 PM
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Vanya, as always remained silent, her gaze having long since returned to Natalie's face and simply observed the girl as she went through what Vanya was quickly learning was most likely some form on internal monologue, although what conversation the Operations cadet was having with herself Vanya certainly din't know, although she could probably hazard a guess.

At Vanya's observation, she watched Nat glance down at her chest and mumbled as her fingers twitched against her skin. To Vanya it almost looked like the poor girl had to force her arms to her sides while trying to suppress the pout that was forming on her hips from actually showing up. Perhaps the Android's assumptions about Natalie slowly getting used to her situation had been a little premature.

Vanya did feel for the girl, to clearly not feel comfortable in with her body was a sad thing to see, especially since Vanya had no such issues with her design. In a lot of ways that was where Humans and Android's had something in common, Vanya had no say in her design or in how her body looked when she was created. Some Romulan in a lab had made that decision. How big her breasts were, how round and firm her buttocks were. The size and shape of her hips, her cheeks, her face, and it was the same for Humans the only difference being that Human bodies were formed as the result of genetics and biology and not artificially. Yet for Vanya she felt perfectly fine and content in her body as well as being naked, but many Humans and other species were uncomfortable in their own skin, it was something that logically Vanya simply couldn't understand and most likely never would. Perhaps one day she would ask Natalie about it and see if the girl could explain it to her, today however was not that day.

The Romulan had also noticed that Natalie's nipples were starting to gradually get stiff, although that was clearly a physical reaction to the change in temperature in the room than it was sexual arousal and not something that warranted comment in relation to her measurements.

With a nod and a soft smile, Vanya again handed one end of the tape to Natalie and started circling the woman again, repeating her previous actions again until she was standing before Natalie again, the tape lightly pressing against the other woman's nipple as it crossed it, Vanya slid her hand briefly over Natalie's to take the tape, making sure to press the numbered end against the other to get a measurement.

Mentally noting down the number she removed the tape and took a few steps back. "There we go." Vanya said before picking up the PADD and typing out the numbers again.

"You have very nice breasts Natalie." The Android said, looking back from from the PADD to her room-mate. "They are firm and perfectly round in size, shape and proportion to your body . Unlike mine, which I think are just a slightly bit too big for my own frame. You should be proud of them." she told her new friend. While it would more than likely embarrass the girl, Vanya thought that it was an accurate observation that needed to be said.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 09, 2019, 03:06:47 PM
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Dual frustrations warred with each other inside the human cadet. The feeling of being foolish, of knowing that she was being foolish and that there was no reason to be embarrassed or on edge about something as basic as nudity ate away at Natalie. This fed into her discomfort, that wouldn't go away no matter how much she willed it. She had never been this exposed to anyone. No one had seen her breasts, bare like this.

It wasn't humiliation. That wasn't the word. There was no judgement, no scorn, or anything like that. Discomfort, but she couldn't say why, other than that she'd always been shy. Even 24th century children teased each other and Nat had been what they still called an early bloomer. She might live in a century where no one thought twice of a man balding as an unattractive trait, but children were children and even the best intentioned parenting only did so much.

And if I was a medical track student with a focus on psychology I could analyze myself and get over this. But I'm not. So suck it up. Putting action to mental pep talk, she did take a bit of a deeper breath. That just made things more prominent as Vanya began to circle her.True, it was Natalie's hand that held the tape in place. But when the Romulan completed her cricut, with the tape pressing across both nipples in a forgein fashion to the Ops candidate, Natalie was the one left hyper aware and flushed.

Such was her state that she let out the smallest of gasps as Vanya's hand grazed her own to take the tape, marked at the numbers they'd discovered. There probably wasn't all that much difference between the numbers, Natalie thought, a millimeter here or there. She was trying to distract herself from the tingle on the back of her hand from where the warmth of the other woman's touch lingered.  Once Vanya had finished, Natalie had stood, draping an arm across both orbs, cotteishly, and rather silly of her, in hindsight. Vanya had seen it all, so what was the point?

"All good?"Natalie asked just as Vanya started to speak. The Martian didn't make an immediate bee-line for the Academy provided under garment in case there was some need to remeasure. She wished she had however, so that her back might have been turned when Vanya spoke.

Kindness wasn't unknown to Natalie. Her parents had always been kind. The few friends she'd had growing up, before she pulled back into herself, had been kind. Most of her teachers were kind, even if Natalie had not realized it at the time.

But compliments about her physique, physical kindness was something unknown to Natalie. Unfamiliar, and therefore strange. She did not really know how to accept a compliment, so instead she became flustered at the matter of fact statement from her roommate. Perfect? she thought, gaping like a fish for a moment before struggling to say something. She made three or four starts before finally swallowing, the red glow down to her chest now, and stammering out, "I promise your's aren't too big."

After such a declaration she blinked a bit, bit her lip and then jerked her head to the side, having stated what seemed to be the important part out of all of that, attempting to reassure her friend  of her own gifts while studiously pretending nothing at all had been said about her. She thinks they're perfect?

"I'm uh, gonna go get that other top, yeah?" The statement came off more as a question but Natalie still spun, letting her arm drop and moving to grab the top. As she raised her hands up to put it on, Vanya would have been gifted with a serious view of side-boob. In her hurry to dress Natalie had not quite turned as far as she'd intended.

At least no one else can see us through the window, she thought, or more accurately, hoped. Pulling the top down she spun back around. It stretched down a bit, compressing her breasts slightly, the top covering her entire bust and with an elastic band that ran underneath by a few inches. There were variants that were longer, that would cover her entire torso, but this one cut across the mid rib.

She gave an experimental twist now that she was covered. Odd how much more comfortable she was standing in underwear now that she had been topless. The girl stretched from side to side, and pursed her lips for a bit. "It's more comfortable than I'd thought," she confessed as a way of explanation. "The compression isn't the most comfortable thing ever but it's no worse than some sports bras I've worn."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 12, 2019, 02:40:55 AM
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Vanya could tell that Natalie was still a little worked up over the whole situation and while she had tried to help her new friend relax, it didn't seem to work, although whether this was frustration with herself that Natalie felt or just embarrassment Vanya couldn't tell, either way she felt bad for the girl.

 Vanya would have simply continued with the measurements to get them over with quickly, but it was very clear to the Android that Natalie was again lost in her own thoughts and the last thing she wanted to do was continue and scare the poor girl or make her feel even more uncomfortable, so she decided to wait until the cadet emerged from her thoughts.

When Vanya started again, she heard the slight gasp come from Natalie as her hand very lightly grazed against the Martian's, although like Natalie Vanya had to keep her focus on her own task and not the slight tingling in her own hand at their brief encounter. Once she was done, the Romulan had to suppress a smile as Natalie's had went to cover her breasts, after all it wasn't like Vanya hadn't seen them already. The girl was certainly an odd person compared to other Humans Vanya had studied and interacted with.

At Natalie's first question, Vanya nodded "Yes Natalie, all is good." she answered with a small smile. Having then made her statement about her own breasts and inputting Natalie's measurements onto the PADD, Vanya turned to look at Nataile and smiled "Thank you, I am glad you think so, I'm not sure but I suppose it takes another perspective to truly judge."

The Romulan had noticed the blink and biting of the Martian's lip as the girl no doubt realised just what she had said before doing what Vanya had already predicted she would do and changed the subject.

"That's fine, we've finished the topless measurements." the Android replied, although it soon became clear that while sounding like a question, Natalie's words had actually been a statement as she spun on her heel and moved to get her last top. However, flicking her gaze over to the other woman, she caught a glimpse of what human's referred to as side-boob and had to admit to herself that even from the side, Natalie's breasts looked perfectly round, much like Vanya's own, albeit a smaller size than Vanya's.

This time Vanya did not look way from Natalie as she put on the last bra, watching as she put on the undergarment, observing the material stretch down her back, the top compressing Natalie's round bust slightly and waited as Natalie finished adjusting the bra, giving an experimental twist.

"That's good, although I suppose it would be possible to replicate one of those with a more comfortable fit, if you wish." Vanya stated as she made her way over and repeated the same process again. Handing Natalie one end of the tape and circling around her before retrieving the end and taking the measurements and noting them down on the PADD.

With Natalie's chest and upper body down, it would be time to move down to her lower body and the Android couldn't help but wonder how the Operation's cadet would handle Vanya being so close to her most intimate body part.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 12, 2019, 04:03:45 AM
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On that one point, Natalie had to agree with Vanya. The Romulan was not in a position to properly judge how her own bust fit her body. Of course, there was an irony to that statement. At least this time, Natalie was aware that her own conflicting opinion in relation to her body was going to make her a hypocrite if she didn't apply the same logic she had just lobbed at Vanya.

Dammit, she thought to herself as she got her new bra into place. She ran her thumbs along the holes for her arms, snapping the bra back into place. Then she lowered her arms and shifted her stance, striding back over to where she had stood before so that Vanya could get her measurements down pat.

Coming to a stop once more, Natalie raised her arms out to the side to make room for Vanya to make a circle around her. "I suppose there would be ways to tweak the settings on this too. Its not uncomfortable, mind you. It's just not exactly made out of Tholian Silk either." She frowned. "Or at least, I don't think its like that. If so, Tholian silk must be very overrated." The Martian had never actually had her hands on the prized fabric, one of the very few exports from the rather xenophobic Tholian Assembly.

She wasn't squirming about this time, but standing still, breathing normally, and was only slightly pink in the face. Part of it was the discussion they were having. Something to focus on other than her own state of undress helped, clearly. And if she were to be honest with herself, Natalie would have to admit that having been topless just beforehand clearly gave her a new point of reference as to what was, and was not bearable. Wearing an Academy issue bra as her roommate encircled her with a tape measure was much less anxiety inducing than the exact same thing, but naked.

Natalie would take a little while to internalize this revelation however. At the moment she was simply pleasantly distracted.

Folding her arms under her bust, Natalie twisted a bit, and cocked a hip to one side unconsciously. She watched her new friend punch in a few buttons and turn back to face her. There was a long pause, and then the brunette's eyes popped open again. She glanced down, looking past her bust as she leaned back a bit, and down to her panty clad hips.

"Um....I don't think I need to try five different kinds of underwear for the measurements right? I'm like...Never going commando..."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 18, 2019, 10:12:42 PM
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"As long as it is not too uncomfortable. Although I believe Tholian Silk would very much be against uniform regulations, I do not know how the Academy would be able to verify that information without an examination of your underwear, which would not be very likely I would imagine." Vanya replied.

The Romulan had noticed that Natalie was no longer squirming about this time, like she had been for all the other measurements. Perhaps she was getting more comfortable with Vanya, or maybe it was simply their conversation that was providing the girl a distraction, keeping her mind focused on something else besides the nature of their current activity.

Having inputted the final chest measurements, Vanya looked up at Natalie and titled her head to one side in confusion at her new friend's last statement. "Of course you would not go commando, you are an Operations Cadet, the skill set required is vastly different." she replied, clearly unfamiliar with the Human expression. "However you are correct in your assumption that you will not need to try on five different kinds of underwear for measurements, unless you have a pair that alters the shape of your body that we have not measured already." she added.

Going on the assumption that Natalie would expand on the Commando comment, her own brain still trying to process the logistics of how that would work and why, the Android moved on to measuring around Natalie's waist by stepping up close to the other woman and wrapping her arms around her, practically in a hug, their faces inches apart. "This will only take a moment." Vanya said, feeling the other woman's warm breath caressing her artificial skin.

Glancing down as she wrapped the tape around her, Vanya noted down the numbers before sliding her hands down along Natalie's sides, her fingers feeling the other cadet's soft, warm skin briefly until they reached her hips and stretched the tape out again, wrapping it around her body until the ends of the tape met and made a mental note of those as well.

Stepping back, Vanya moved back over to the table where she had left the PADD and noted down both measurements before placing it down again and glancing up at Natalie. "There we go, now we just need the two lower measurements and we're all done." she said with a smile.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 19, 2019, 04:16:26 PM
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Throughout the history of interspecies relations, few things caused more issues and confusion than colloquial slang. Body language, the understood but uncommunicated norms, and slang. Natalie had yet to undergo the classes and training that would help her to understand and restrain such things, vital to a Starfleet Officer that might find herself in a first contact situation. So crucial was this that the Academy required all students to take the semester long introductory course in their First year, and offered an expansive range of follow up courses for certain study tracts.

Thankfully in this case the 'gaffe' if it could even be called that, was minor. Natlaie blinked a few times and wondered, as her roommate readied the measuring tape, what her course curriculum had to do with not..."Oops," she said aloud, and giggled slightly, the tension alleviated further by her realization.

"Sorry," she immediately apologized. "You're right, I'm not going down the Security track. I'd probably be terrible at the general job, let alone being a combat infiltration specialist." She had no idea just how good her roommate might be in that role, however. "That wasn't what I meant. 'Going Commando' is a kind of slang term. It comes from...oh, I don't even know. Centuries in the past? It means um, not wearing any underwear when dressed."

A part of her mind vaguely wondered why explaining this cultural nuance didn't send her into a blushing fit again. Must be because I was naked already, she decided. If that was a fringe benefit of this whole process than she supposed that made it as worthwhile as the better fitting clothes would when all of this was said and done. Though in truth there was some slight tinting of her cheeks again as Vanya wrapped her arms around the Ops Cadet. The proximity was impossible to ignore, and the stance was, again, one that could be misconstrued as something quite more intimate than it was in actuality.

Running her tongue over her teeth, under her lips in a nervous sort of gesture, Nat smiled up at Vanya. Maybe she was breathing a little bit heavier as she felt the proximity of the girl. Maybe her heart was beating faster. But she wasn't squirming. That, she took as a victory as she breathed in through her nose.

"Not so bad at all," Natalie concluded as Vanya stepped back to enter a few more measurements into the PADD with all the girls physical details observed so far. Again she wiggled her toes on the carpet, and shifted weight from one side to the other, letting her knees bend slightly. Standing still was a strange thing, she found, trying not to twitch at the wrong moment. Admittedly, she knew she was probably taking this more seriously than needed.

Just a product of nerves, she knew. Proximity to someone in a state of undress, being uncomfortable in her own skin, being in a new place. embarking on a new journey into Starfleet. New roommates. A Romulan at that.

Oh, yes, plenty of things to be nervous about.

Taking a deep breath again Nat gave a little nod, then tossed her hair back over her shoulders. "No time like the present," she said, inviting Vanya to finish the measurements. Of course, these measurements would involve a certain compromising proximity. At least I'm not naked below the waist, like Vanya was. Small mercies.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 25, 2019, 02:51:02 AM
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Vanya listened to Natalie's explanation and titled her head to the side again, her eyebrow raising in confusion. "How does that possibly translate? Do Human military officers not wear underwear on missions?" she asked. She certainly couldn't remember any tales of underwear less Humans in any of her studies or her memories either for that matter.

The Romulan could hear and feel Natalie's heavier breathing given their close proximity as she did the final measurements and smiled when she was told that it wasn't so bad at all. It certainly seemed like she was very, very, very slowly getting used to everything happening, although Vanya suspected that it would take quite a while for her to be fully adjusted to such things.

Vanya could see that her new friend was nervous about the final two measurements and that was before she had heard the deep intake of breath the girl took, but she seemed to find a little confidence as she tossed her hair back over her shoulders and invited her to finish the measurements. Unlike Vanya, Natalie was wearing underwear which Vanya was sure was a blessing for the cadet. It was quite possible the girl would pass out if Vanya was down there and she had none on.

Giving Natalie a smile she closed the distance between them and knelt down. "This will only take a few moments." she said as she stretched out the tape before looking up at her friend. Being slow and careful with her movements, Vanya reached between Natalie's legs and placed the top of the tape against her inner thigh and stretched it all the way down the length of her leg to the ankle, noting down the numbers before moving across to repeat the action again, one of her knuckles lightly brushing against the front of Natalie's underwear as she switched sides, although Vanya made no notion that it had happened as she took the measurement.

Nodding she took a moment to look up at Natalie and smiled "Last one." she smiled and held up the tape. "Hold this against your waist please." the Android instructed as she let the other end of the tape fall to the flaw and crawl around behind Nat. Reaching a hand between her legs, she grabbed the tape and pulled it through her legs and then up between them, lightly letting the material rest against her core before leaning around to make sure that her side of the tape was lined up against where Natalie was holding it.

Satisfied that it was, she noted down the number and let go of the tape, allowing it to fall to the ground and flap back between the other cadet's legs. "That's the last of them." she said as she tapped in Natalie's rise and inseam measurements into the PADD, smiling at the other woman as she handed it over to her. "There you go, one set of accurate measurements."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 25, 2019, 05:53:58 PM
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Now they were in the home stretch, according to yet another acraic piece of slang. "I really do have no idea where it all comes from. Going commando. It doesn't really make a lick of - I mean, any sense." She barely caught herself in time. Slang was going to be tricky, she was coming to realize. "I do know it predates settling on Mars. It's a bit of slang we brought with us in the early days of human space exploration and colonization of our own solar system."

'Home stretch' was a bit of jargon that she did understand the reference. That came out of the old earth sport of Baseball that had, if she'd remembered the newscast she'd heard, been recently revived  on Cestus III, out near the border with the Gorn Hegemony. She wondered, idly, what the Gorn thought of that. None of which was germaine to the matter on hand, but did provide a nice little mental exercise and distraction for the easily flustered cadet.

Because Vanya was kneeling  before her, with those big eyes drinking in everything, and despite her bust, she could still easily see the young Romulan, and that proximity was...well it was a lot of things. None of which Natalie really wished to analyze in the moment.  This was simply measurement taking. Nothing more, nothing to get excited about. The woman’s warm hand was on her leg, but only barely, taking a measure down the thigh, just as Nat had done.

And just as Nat had inadvertently done, so too had Vanya - a light brushing of knuckles against an intimate part. This was the first touch there for Nat that had not come from herself, incidental and fleeting as it was. The ghosting of pressure and the ever so slight friction of fabric over sensitive flesh drew a small gasp from the Martian. Just enough for her to notice, but not really enough to make a call on if it felt 'good' or 'bad.' It simply had happened, and her cheeks resumed their apparent ever present red cast.

Smiling back, Natalie reached down and pinned the tip of the tape against her body. "I think I can manage that," she said as the Romulan woman shifted about. She was now behind Natalie, about face level with her rump. The urge to wiggle her hips was sudden and fierce, but the human girl overcame the impulse and kept still. Though her toes did curl up into the carpet again, causing the muscles of her calves to bunch up as the plastic tape applied pressure all along her core. Not much pressure, but again, Nat was keyed up so she felt every bit.

"Oh, good, Thank you," she couldn't keep the relief out of her voice as she passed the tape back over to Vanya and took the PADD with her 'numbers' over to the replicator. Swiftly she began to tap the numbers in, one after another, frowning for a moment as she worked though the touch interface. Satisfied, she took her existing uniform and recycled it. A notation of additional rations being added to her account flashed up.

Looking rather pleased, she then punched up the replication command and sure enough, a uniform materialized before her, folded neatly. Scooping this out of the chamber, she walked back to her bed and dropped it on the foot of the mattress, pulling up the first layer and tugging it down over her head, wiggling from side to side with her back to Vanya as she did. "Time to test the fruit of our labors," she proclaimed, as piece by piece she dressed, bending when needed, and generally rushing through the whole thing.

By the time she was done and turning around for her roommate to judge,  Nat was a bit flushed in the face from the rapid exertion of dressing swiftly, and her hair was an utter mess, but she was clothed, and well at that. "It feels like it all fits properly," she said, having not yet done the 'is it too short' test.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 29, 2019, 01:46:05 AM
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"What an odd phrase, and yet it has survived all these years." Vanya said before smirking "Although I certainly wouldn't complain if a squad of Commandos show up without any underwear on to rescue me." the Romulan added with a wink before she'd returned to taking the measurements.

Vanya had heard the small gasp come from above her, even though she didn't realise that she had been the cause of it with the inadvertent brushing of her knuckle against the other woman's crotch, still the moment was fleeting as Nat quickly recovered and smiled down at her before taking the tape and holding it in place.

Vanya had noticed, while she was taking the measurements from behind that her fellow cadet's toes were curled into the carpet again, something she had already seen before when the girl was trying not to fidget, which at least allowed Vanya to take more accurate measurements.

"You are quite welcome Natalie." she smiled once she was done, taking the tape back from girl and put it away in one of the nearby draws. By the time she was done, Natalie had programmed the replicator and retrieved her new clothes. Although she nodded when her roommate said that it was time to test the fruits of their labours, Vanya knew that the uniform would fit properly, her measurements were an exact match to her body, still she would play along. "Let's hope we got it all right." she said as she watched the martian get dressed.

Vanya observed Natalie with what could only be described as a robot like intensity as she took note of the fit of the uniform and how it all looked and moved. Natalie herself vocally confirmed that it all felt like it fitted properly and the Romulan nodded "That's good, it looks like it fits properly as well." she replied. Of course they hadn't done the 'too short' test yet so it was entirely possible that similar adjustments would have to made to Natalie's skirt as well, although with the measurements that Vanya had taken there was a much higher chance that they would be fine in comparison to what her own had been.

Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 29, 2019, 04:20:17 AM
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Being clothed once more was like a balm to Natalie, as if she'd been wrapped in a warm hug. Ironic, considering she nearly had been, more than once while Vanya had been taking those measurements. That they had resulted in this well fitting uniform almost made the whole thing worth it. She would have pretended all the same of course, for the sake of the burgeoning friendship she hoped to grow with her roommate.

This really does fit well, she admitted as she gave a little spin once again. Everything was well in place, nothing felt as if it were riding up, nor was it too tight. She gave an experimental tug on the sleeves of her jacket and then nodded again, mostly in agreement with what Vanya had said, and not just for her own personal satisfaction. She had balanced herself on the tips of her toes and slowly let her feet back down, until her heels hit the carpet and she flattened out.

Nat became self aware that she was stalling, without actually saying anything. "Good, good," she said into the silence, before it could become awkward (she hoped) and flashed another small smile. "I certainly don't feel like I am swimming in these. And nor do they feel so tight that I can't breathe." At that she pulled on a bit of a face, her nose scrunching up and her brow furrowing.

"I remember having to wear a corset back in school once, when were acting out some old play in the holosuite at school. That was so tight I really did struggle to breathe. Apparently women just wore those all the time, back in the past on Earth. Of all the stupid things they could have done." She planted her hands on her hips, as if suddenly indignant on the behalf of people long dead and turned to ash. "Surely constricting yourself to the point of asphyxiation cannot be anything other than rampant stupidity. Must have been something wretched in the drinking water to lead to a society that thought such a choice not only reasonable, but preferable."

Giving a little huff and realizing her nerves had caused her to turtle off on a tangent and get worked up over nothing what so ever important she flashed a sheepish grin at Vanya and rubbed the back of her head. "Er um....right. Bendy test time." she declared and twisted before promptly doing just that, as if reaching down to touch her toes and stretch herself out. All the while silently praying that the skirt didn't ride up too much, like Vanya's had, so that she could be done with this exercise in humiliation. All while trying not to think about how undignified the pose was, or the fact that in short, she had just invited her roommate to stare at her ass and see if she could sneak a peek up her skirt.  The fact that Natalie had done the same for Vanya, and thus that the two cadets had ample evidence that this was 'a good thing to check' did only so much to set Natalie at ease.

And all in the name of looking good. Maybe you aren't so removed from your ancient counterparts, Natalie.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on July 29, 2019, 07:17:40 PM
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Vanya observed the other woman and could already tell that she was far more comfortable and relaxed now that she was back in clothes and not exposing so much of herself as she had been before and continued watching as she gave another little spin, testing out the fit. From everything Vanya had seen the uniform was indeed fitting snugly against Natalie's fine form with what looked to the the right amount of freedom of movement, an observation that Nat herself stated shortly after. "That's great news, it certainly looks like it fits well." she smiled.

The Romulan listened to the Ops cadet as she started reminiscing about the time she had to wear a corset and while Vanya had never worn one herself, she knew of them. Romulans had a similar item of clothing as well. "It is perhaps possible, although if I am to understand it correctly, they were worn to adjust women's figures, for some bizarre reason they thought that smarter for bodies to adjust to the style of clothing than to design clothing for various body shapes and sizes. We have a similar item of clothing on Romulus as well, although I have never worn one myself." the android replied with a shrug. "Luckily for us both our cultures styles and clothing designers grew out of that notion so that we don't usually have to suffer such ordeals."

However their conversation would switch topics back to the last item on the checklist they had to check. While a discussion on corsets would seem to be a randomish topic to discuss Vanya had quickly come to realise that Natalie had a few...quirks that she would employ whenever she was nervous, be it fidgeting on the spot, curling her toes or going off on little tangents as some sort of coping mechanism, of which Vanya would not doubt get used to over their future years at the Academy. Of course the Romulan couldn't understand why she was so nervous considering all the other things they had done so far, she had already seen the woman's rear after all on several occasions and that without a skirt on at all.

Still Natalie would indeed announce that it was time before immediately twisting around and bend over, stretching herself down to touch her toes essentially. Diverting her attention, Vanya had to appreciate the firm roundness of Natalie's buttocks as she bent over and gave a slight nod of approval at the natural design the young woman had.

Focusing on the whole point of the test however, Vanya observed the skirt and bent down to get a better look before nodding again and standing up straight "You can stand up Natalie, you're skirt is perfectly fine, it does not ride up too much and even bending down you can't not really see up there. I would say we have done it." she smiled. "We will most certainly be the envy of the other female cadets." 

Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on July 30, 2019, 05:10:36 PM
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That the concept of a corset was something that bridge the cultural and stylistic gaps between Humans and Romulans (the oldest of galactic enemies for the former, though she supposed their genetically separated cousins, the Vulcan's, were the eldest for the latter) surprised Natalie.  Maybe commiseration over poor attire choices could have averted a war, the freshmen cadet pondered, and dismissed. Still, given how the Romulans were all about pointed shoulders and squared off uniform jackets she was a bit surprised that a corset was a thing in their past, if not their present. She couldn't quite tell.

As she was bent forward, however, the line of thought did lead elsewhere. What, she wondered to herself, did the Romulans wear when they wanted to 'spice things up'? Her typically scattered mind latched onto perhaps the worse possible tangent to keep herself from blushing in an already awkward situation. She swiftly determined that - based on all evidence so far -Vanya was probably not the right person to ask. She had admitted to living a somewhat sheltered existence (the true scope of which Natalie was woefully ignorant), and was a proclaimed nudist when given the opportunity. And given her relative experience, more than Nat's, but nothing that sounded long term or extensive, the young Ops candidate surmised that Vanya may not have had an call to spice it up.

Still. Romulan Lingerie. Wonder if it has a hidden pocket for a small dagger? Foreplay, or self defense? Almost, she giggled, but managed to hold back as she slowly rose back up to her feet and turned around to meet Vanya as she smiled.  The latter had bent as well, to make sure that any sort of 'oops' moments wouldn't happen to Natalie, and despite her general discomfort with this whole exercise, the Martian appreciated it. Vanya was already towering over Natalie again when the human was upright, and adjusting her skirt and then her jacket to smooth out any wrinkles and pull the cadet uniform sleeves back into place. The latter hadn't actually needed the tugs, but they were more of a reassuring gesture for Natalie herself than anything practical.

"Thank you," she said again, certainly not for the first time during all of this. She settled back on her still bare feet and smiled up as bright as she could manage. "I certainly like the idea of feeling comfortable in the uniform. At least physically. I'm sure its going to take a little time to adjust to the responsibility that comes with it as prospective Starfleet Officers." Realizing she was getting a bit too philosophical for the moment, she added sheepishly, "And I'm sure looking good when we report to our first classes won't hurt anything. This," she wiggled her fingers back and forth between where she stood, and where Vanya was nearby, "Shows initiative and creativity, right? That's always a good thing."

As far as she was concerned, from essentially this point forward, everything she did was an attempt to prove, to justify, that her admissions to the Academy was merited, and that she was worthy of earning a full commission. That would of course, take 4 years to achieve. Looking at Vanya though, she had to wonder, how much more so that was for the Romulan woman, an outsider, from an enemy power and an Alien culture.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on August 15, 2019, 05:22:00 PM
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While Romulans and Humans had their differences, including clothing the corset had been one thing they had in common, at least for a while. To Vanya's knowledge corsets were not worn as an every day attire on Romulus much like how they weren't on Earth either from her albeit limited experience. Which was probably a good thing for most women anywhere.

Vanya had seen the various types of undergarments that Humans wore to entice their partner in the bedroom while shopping for clothes of her own when she had arrived on Earth, not that she currently needed such attire herself. Nor was she unfamiliar with such apparel either with Romulans having their own forms of seductive attire for the bedroom, the Romulan's being quite a passionate people themselves, although Vanya doubted that Natalie owned such items of clothing based on her reaction and lack of experience and wondered if the woman ever would. In her opinion the young woman would certainly look good in such clothing and would be very enticing to her partner were she to ever do so, not that she would vocalise such thoughts to the girl for fear of causing her to pass out or flee the room.

By the time Nat had finished bending over and she had given her verdict, Vanya was back to her full height, towering over the shorter woman and gave her a warm smile at her thanks. pcolor=#138d75]"You are very welcome Natalie."[/color] she replied and nodded in agreement. "I agree, considering how long we will have to spend in these clothes they should at least be form fitting and comfortable. As for the responsibility that comes with wearing our uniforms I have no doubt that both of us will be up to the task given time." Vanya said with a smile and a confidence in her voice for both of them that left no doubt about it. Although in her case, her future might well depend on if those in Command trusted her enough as both an Android and a Romulan to rise in the ranks to actually have such responsibility.

After all Commander Data had told her about his struggles as an Android in becoming recognised as a sentient being and not property, luckily, partially due to what Data had been through as well as the Android being there himself had made her own status of person-hood a much easier experience.

Smiling at Natalie's comment Vanya nodded "I highly doubt it, the only change we have made to the uniform is to make it a better fit, we have not altered it cosmetically nor did we use Academy funding to make the alterations. I would be highly surprised if we were to get in trouble for such a minor tweak. Of course what you said is also true, it does indeed show initiative and creativity, two things that Starfleet looks for in it's officers I've been led to believe, I suppose we will both find out soon enough."

Unaware of Natalie's thoughts, Vanya was having similar ones of her own. From the time they officially started at the Academy, it was all about proving herself. To prove that she belonged as an individual, that she was worthy of being a Federation citizen and a Starfleet officer despite her being an Android and despite her being of Romulan origin with Romulan features. Not only that but to how she would cope not only as an outside but as someone who would technically be attending school for the first time. Outside of her two brief sexual lessons all of her knowledge had simply been downloaded into her memory banks, she had never actually had to learn anything for herself. It would certainly be an interesting challenge and experience, at least with Natalie it seemed as if she would not be alone in this new life she was starting for herself.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on August 19, 2019, 01:43:48 AM
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In truth, Natalie knew that the odds of anyone noticing they'd made alterations to their uniform were slim to none. But she was anxious about this whole thing, and thus trying to spin it all in a positive light, on the off chance that someone was very closely monitoring freshmen cadet replicator usage. Or if their uniforms fit so much better than everyone else that it was blatantly obvious. How likely that was, the human woman simply lacked the proper parameters to be sure.

When it came right down to it, even passing the Academy preparatory exam had left her lacking many parameters to accurately judge...well, anything about the Academy. She certainly hadn't expected to receive such reassuring words from the groundskeeper, after all. Nor had she, in her wildest dreams, imagined she'd be rooming with a Romulan, never mind that she had chosen the Cross Species Accommodations program. And, she was  a nudist to boot! 

The thought of which of the two was 'worse' got a giggle out of the girl, and she relaxed all the more. This is absurd. Really, she had to admit. And with that, she just gave into it all. Another small spin in place, just to make sure everything seemed to fit, and then she let herself drop back, so that her rump rested against one of the small room's two desks. The one closer to her bed, and therefore, she assumed, her work station.

Picking at the hem of her skirt now, those blue eyes of her's traveled up Vanya's legs, across her torso and chest, and eventually came to meet the other woman's distant gaze. She's as wrapped up in her thoughts as I am, Natalie decided, perhaps projecting a bit. After all, different species emoted in different ways. Every minute from here on out was going to be a learning experience. 

"It's kind of hard to imagine that in a few short hours, we'll be going through orientation. And then...classes. Physical fitness regiments. Medical check ups like...weekly.". She kept right on fondling the hem of her skirt, as her toes curled up, one foot rubbing against the back of the other leg, awkwardly. It was...real.

"I wonder how many classes are the same for all Cadets? Like, when do we branch off based on specialty?" She'd gone from being nervous about her new roommate to nervous about what came next. "All Starfleet personnel are supposed to know the basics of Engineering, First Aid. We all get some base level command instruction. Inter-species Relations. Federation History 101, and Starfleet History 102." Her voice trailed off, and she smiled sheepishly up at Vanya. 

"But here I am prattling on, and here you are, Vanya, new to Earth! Not just the Academy. Not like I know much about the planet either, I mean. Daddy only took me here a few times." She was going somewhere with that, honest, she thought she was at least, but felt like she'd gotten lost somewhere between "but", and "times."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on August 21, 2019, 03:08:17 AM
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While Vanya, like Natalie was curious about whether or not anybody would notice the alterations to their uniforms, given the fact the only difference was that they fit slightly better the odds of anybody actually noticing what they had done was essentially nil, still the consequences were an unknown variable were they to be discovered, especially on the first day. As the old Human saying went, only time would tell.

Unbeknown to either woman, both were having similar thoughts at the same time for Vanya too lacked information to form any kind of hypothesis to what her experience at the Academy would be like or indeed what her life would be like. While she had the memories of her mother's knowledge inside her head, she lacked actual experience beyond her training and the time she had spent at the Daystrom Institute which was both very little in comparison to most people who grew up through childhood into adulthood. Vanya lacked that experience despite having the knowledge and understanding of such a thing. Even the advice Commander Data had given her about his time at the academy was both from a different time to now and again was second hand knowledge. Still she knew that she would be in the inter-species accommodation, something that she had requested and while not fully expecting to be paired with a Human, had somewhat expected the odds to be such a thing.

The Romulan was brought out of her thoughts when she heard Natalie giggle and looked over at her with an arched eyebrow, curious as to what had made the young woman giggle, watching as the Human did another small spin before allowing herself to plop down on her bed.

She watched as Nat picked at the hem of her skirt before following her blue eyes as they travelled up her legs and along her body until they met her eyes, wondering what the girl was thinking as she took her in. At least being lost in that thought had helped cover up the fact she had been watching the other woman visually assess her, which Vanya was sure would have made the girl turn red again.

Natalie's next statement however confused her slightly, causing her to raise her eyebrow, an expression that Natalie would eventually come to learn her friend would do whenever she was either curious or confused about something that had been said to her. "How is that hard to imagine? Orientation and classes are why we are here is it not? Surely that was to be expected?" she asked, wondering why Humans said the strangest things some times. As for the weekly medical examinations that was a curiousity to Vanya, her self diagnostic systems were working perfectly so she would always know when something was wrong with her, be it a biological component or a technological one. It did however raise a question for the Android, would she have to go to the Medical Department for her weekly checkup or the Engineering Department, perhaps both? She would have to find that out since the Academy did of course know of her...species after all but had yet to tell her. Logical would suggest the Engineering department however since she was hear as a Romulan and not an Android it would be a little odd for someone to not go to Medical for their weekly checkup.

"I believe those classes you mentioned, basic helm and navigation, the survival course and diplomacy courses are all mandatory for all students, however I am not aware of any others, with our specialist classed mixed in between. All answered we will no doubt get at orientation." she replied.

"It would appear we are both new to Earth, although you are right this is my first time on Earth and while I have been here for a short while, I haven't really seen much of the planet. Although what I have seen so far certainly reflects why it was chosen as the home planet of the Federation. Nor does it at all resemble the planet we were taught about on Romulan as children." she replied "Why didn't your father bring you here often? she asked, her curiosity getting the better of her.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on August 21, 2019, 05:16:43 AM
 [Cadet Natalie Stark | Starfleet Academy | Freshman Dorm Alpha 2 | Cross Species Accommodation | Fourth Floor ]Attn: @Jesaya  
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Idioms, Natalie thought again. The most challenging part about rooming with a Romulan was surely going to be idioms. Though in this case, the saying was very true. Her face scrunched up a bit in concentration, as she worked her way through what she wanted to say. Taking a deep breath, she raised her hands, curling one leg up under her where she sat in the process. As she began to speak, so too did she begin to gesture, punctuating the words with jabs of her hands.

"Okay, yes, it is possible to imagine what those classes might be like. At the same time it all feels....so unreal. I'm here. In a uniform. In a dorm room, with a roommate. Someone I didn't know until a few minutes ago." Whose already seen me almost completely naked, she didn't say aloud. "And while I imagined that I'd get a nice roommate, I also worried I might get a bad one. I figured I'd get a species different from mine.

"Never in my wildest dreams did I think that you'd be a Romulan though. And that's what I mean by...hard to imagine. How crazy is the orientation going to be if just meeting my roommate is a wild ride?" She smiled an easy, wide smile that she hoped was reassuring. She certainly wasn't trying to insult her new roommate on the first day. She leaned back further, letting her free leg dangle an inch or two off the floor as the bed took the full weight of her now.

Points were well raised, and Natalie was surprised she'd forgotten to mention something as basic as intro to helm and navigation. Every cadet needed to know how to fly a ship in a pinch. "Speaking of imagining things, I'm not sure I want to imagine the survival courses. I've heard they pick a different place every year. One class got stuck in Antarctica. Brr!" She remembered hearing about that from some of her brothers friends, whom had stopped in to visit her father when they'd graduated and returned to Mars for two weeks of leave before shipping out to their first assignments.

There was a lot to unpack from what Vanya told her about her oh so very brief visit to Earth thus far, and all the more so, about how it compared to what the Romulan's said of Earth. She had a sudden itch to know more about Romulus in turn, that mysterious, supposedly totalitarian world at the heart of an empire that had tried to crush Earth from existence.  How would Vanya's view of her peoples home world - or well, throne world, they came from Vulcan, technically - match up to the stories she'd heard?

Not that she asked. Because the raven haired cadet had asked a question of her own. Said innocently, but all the same, one that had a bit of a barb. Pursing her lips, Natalie glanced out the window, across the Academy grounds. "There were all kinds of reasons, I suppose. A part of it was mother. She had family here, or well, in South Africa. Family she didn't much get along with." Even in the 24th century, humans could be bitter and petty over the dumbest of things."And so we stayed away for that reason, I think. Seems kind of silly, writing off a whole planet just because of a few relatives. I barely remember my cousins. I know I met them at least once. We went to a wildlife preserve outside of Johannesburg." 

Natalie shrugged a bit, remembering the trip fondly, as one very young tended to do. "I think I was about 4 years old at the time. That was the last I saw them. There was some big falling out that I don't really remember right after that. They didn't even come to the funeral. Blamed Daddy for what happened." This time the sigh was heavier, leaden with a deep weight she was none to pleased to admit to. After the accident, Daddy had even less reason to come here. He works at the Utopia Planitia yards, and they're busy enough that it's a rare thing when they need to actually send someone to Earth, let alone Dad. 

"He was far more likely to end up going to Luna, or the Titan colonies, and he would take my brother or me along from time to time. Usually not both of us - mom couldn't always get away from her university work to help keep us in check." It was strange to be talking about this to anyone, let alone a woman she just met but...here she was, telling her roommate, dredging up memories long buried and airing them out.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on August 26, 2019, 08:36:48 PM
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Vanya listened to Natalie's explanation and nodded her head in understanding. "Ah I see. Yes I understand completely, it is quite unreal to be here at the Academy even more so as a Romulan, I did not think I would ever do such a thing and yet here I am." she replied and smiled "I honestly did not give much thought to my roommate when I got here. I knew obviously that there would not be another Romulan, I just hoped that I got someone friendly, clearly that turned out to be the case."

As the conversation continued, Vanya couldn't help but smile at Nat's reaction to the survival training, it was something that she too had heard stories about. "I have heard the same things, although I will admit I am looking forward to the challenge. Being beamed to a location with limited supplies and told to make it to a destination in 7 days, while intimidating and hard also sounds like fun. Who knows maybe with a bit of luck, we'll go together and help each other survive, if we manage to find each other." she said, knowing that students were usually beamed to separate locations within the designated area.

After her statement about her time on Earth and how it did not reflect what she had been "taught" on Romulus, Vanya could tell that Nat had a bunch of questions she wanted to ask, however the conversation turned to her father and why they never visited Earth as much. Judging by the way Nat bit her lip however, Vanya wondered if perhaps her innocent question had been a mistake and brought up a difficult subject her.

Still to the Martian's credit she answered it. From what Vanya could understand certain members of her family did not have the most...acceptable of views on other people and that someone in the family had died and her father had gotten the blame for some reason. Good enough a justification to stay away as far as Vanya was concerned.

Still she could tell that bringing the memories had been a little difficult for her new friend. Making her way over to the bed, she sat down next to it and placed her hand on the other woman's shoulder. Even with her weight causing the bed to dip significantly lower than a bed should for one of her appearance, she still towered over the smaller girl. "I am sorry Natalie, had I known such a question would bring up such uncomfortable memories for you I would never have asked." she said honestly.

After a moment's hesitation, she turned to face forward, looking away from Natalie as she spoke. "I am here because I was forced to leave my home. My..." she paused and tilted her head to one side as she tried to think of the other models of her type and a word to describe them. "...siblings and I were part of a special educational system and while I took an interest in the Federation, my brothers and sisters did not and over time failed to live up to the expectations of our teachers. Eventually the educational program was terminated, as were my siblings. My mother did not wish for the same thing to happen to me and set plans in motion to get me off of Romulus. I was rendered unconscious and when I awoke I was already within Federation space. I do not know what happened to my mother, if she is alive or dead nor can I ever return to Romulus to find out or make any enquiries for fear of putting her in danger should she still be alive." Vanya told her, although she wasn't entirely why.

Turning back to look at Natalie she smiled softly "Family can be complicated. However it has been a fair bit of time, perhaps yours have or will change their mind one day. There is always hope and if not, than you much like I will be the examples of the good our family can do for the future."

Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on August 27, 2019, 04:27:13 AM
[Cadet Natalie Stark | Starfleet Academy | Freshman Dorm Alpha 2 | Cross Species Accommodation | Fourth Floor ]Attn: @Jesaya 
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Vanya's compliment did not go without notice. Natalie tended to think of herself as withdrawn, quiet and reclusive. Friendly wasn't something that she'd heard in reference to herself in many years. She certainly wanted to be friendly, and she was making a concerted effort to do just that. After all, the Martian and the Romulan would be living together for at least the next year, if not longer. It wasn't unheard of to keep a roommate for the duration of ones stay at the Academy.

"It would be nice to have a friend on hand during the survival course. But that would require us to be taking it at the same time. They do those in waves, I think. Not sending the whole class all at once?" She wasn't really sure, but was assuming that anything which would make the test all the more challenging would be used by the instructors that determined each years survival training challenge. At least Romulan's and humans can eat most of the same stuff, so she'll be fine if she's left in the middle of a desert and has to subsist of cactus flesh. Probably.

Nat had no idea that Vanya would have an even better chance at surviving than most, given her secret nature.

Be it programming, or just the nature of who she was, Vanya's gesture of comfort was welcome, if a bit startling. Nat didn't quite jump as the heavy hand came to gently rest on her shoulder, but she did squeak a bit, then smile, embarrassed at her reaction. The bed creaked and dipped, but Natalie paid it no mind. After all, there were two of them sitting on the bed, why shouldn't that cause it to bow a bit. These were designed to be single occupancy bunks.

Cadet's had proven that false for decades now, but Natalie wasn't the type of person to think about that. Too naive, or just too inexperienced.

"It's fine," Natalie quickly deflected, dismissing the concern. She didn't want to seem like she was depressed about it or anything. Not like her brother and mothers' death hadn't turned her into an antisocial egg head who lived through text books and holo-novels. Nope. Not that at all. Can't have the Romulan thinking you're a weak, angst ridden human. That'd make the whole species look bad.

Of course, that was when Vanya unburden herself upon Nat's shoulder, telling a bit more about her own past. Tit for tat and that kind of thing. Natalie supposed that Vanya felt a built guilty for dragging up less than pleasant memories for the Martian, and needed to 'balance the scales' as it were. Misery loved company, and that seemed to be one trait that crossed species. So the Romulan told Natalie of her 'flight' from Romulus, spurned on by her mothers actions, and a distinct lack of being able to find anything out.

Biting her lip, Natalie looked up at the taller girl and gave a solemn nod. "Family really was complicated, to say the very least I'm not against seeing them again, I'm really not, but I wouldn't even know where to begin to reach out. They haven't exactly kept in touch with me, and if they've spoken to Daddy since the funeral, I don't actually know of it." For that matter, she didn't really know where any of them lived, currently. They could have moved off world, for all that Natalie had been told.

"I don't even know if the Star Empire maintains any kind of Embassy in Paris or San Francisco. Or anywhere in the Federation, for that matter. But even if they did, you couldn't really just show up and ask, could you? About your mother's well being, or your siblings." That line of thought led to another less that pleasant thought.

"Is it safe for you to join Starfleet? To attend the Academy? I mean...if you're supposed to be like...shipped away and kept safe, is it wise to be so...publicly exposed? Because there is no way your attendance won't make the news. First Romulan to attend Starfleet Academy? Everyone's heard of Worf, son of Mogh, first Klingon to do that..."
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Jesaya on August 29, 2019, 03:40:55 AM
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Vanya knew that the two of them would be rooming together for at least the next year, a logical situation in order to make sure that everybody had at least one person they knew for their first year, assuming the two cohabitants got along together. It was also possible from what she had heard that roommates could stay together for the entire duration of their time at the Academy if they got along, although if was an automatic thing of if it needed to be requested, she did not know. The Android thought that based on their current interactions that the two would get along well and if so, could see herself wanting to remain roommates with her new friend for their entire time here.

"It certainly would. Although I suppose it would be smart of them to send students out in waves, perhaps we will be lucky enough to be in the same group when the time comes." Vanya said. Of course she was not worried about the survival course, being an Android she could go the whole seven days without needing to eat or drink and with her optical sensors, numerous vision modes, strength and strong skeletal structure it was highly unlikely that anything in the wilderness would be able to do significant damage to her, unless she was forced off a cliff or something during an engagement. A situation that was theoretically possible although highly unlikely.  That was of course assuming that where they were sent for training was not a wet, swampland or like somewhere very cold, two environments that could cause her systems significant problems.

At the placement of her hand on the Human's shoulder, she heard the tiny squeak and saw the smile and couldn't help but smile back. Vanya had quickly learned that the woman was not used to such things and so had already adjusted to such behaviours, it was actually quite a fun thing to witness that gave her a somewhat innocence to her.

At Nat's deflection, Vanya knew enough to simply nod and accept it, even if it wasn't entirely true it was possible that Natalie simply didn't want to appear weak in front of her, not that Vanya would be entirely sure what to do in that situation,  were that the case, so perhaps it was a blessing in disguise.

After regaling Natalie of her own "family" story and what had brought her to Federation space and somewhat to the academy, she watched as the girl bit her lip and looked up at her. "If you wanted to get in touch and were curious could you ask your father if he had been in touch? Do you think he would object?" Vanya asked, somewhat aware that this might not be a topic that she wished to discus despite their current conversation. A simple search with enough information could provide the answer as to whether or not her family were still on Earth or not.

Vanya couldn't help but smile at Natalie's statement about the Empire having an embassy in Paris or San Francisco or anywhere within the Federation and yet there was something adorable about the assumption, even though she was entirely correct about the rest of what she said for the most part. "I highly doubt the Empire has any kind of Embassy within Federation space, yet alone on Earth. Relations between our two people's is nowhere near that level yet, even if it was, I suspect the Federation would believe that any embassy would also be a base full of Romulan spies. As for showing up and asking about my mother, no I could not. As for my siblings, they are all dead I am relatively certain of that." she answered with no emotion. The truth was she knew it was 100 percent true, they had given the kill command, all her siblings would have been destroyed at once the second it had been given, herself included were it not for the fact that for some reason she had not been given one. The reason why she did not know and would likely never know. "I would however like to know about my mother. Perhaps one day I will."

The next question, however was one that Vanya had not really put a lot of thought into, but at the same time knew the answer too. "I believe so. In fact joining Starfleet and attending the Academy might very well be the safest thing I could do. Like you said my attendance here will more than likely draw attention given the fact I am the first of my kind to do so, and while some may view that with suspicion, so too would my disappearance. Some may simply view it as a completion of some kind of infiltration mission being completed in which case they would expect Starfleet to try to stop me from delivering those "secrets." and for those who believe the truth, that I am simply a member of a race who wished to join and serve in Starfleet, they would expect Starfleet to do what they could to return their cadet safely." she answered. Leaving out the fact that she knew Commander Data and several other people in positions of power within Starfleet that knew the truth and would search for her were she to go missing.

"That of course does not mean that my people wouldn't try to get me back or kill me, but I do not think they will do such a thing. The most they would more than likely do would be to send someone to spy on me and make sure that I don't turn out like my siblings did and only them put a stop to it and try to cover it up if I did. So to answer your question, yet Natalie I am sure that it is safe for me to join Starfleet and attend the Academy, as will you be despite your association with me." she added, hoping that her new friend wouldn't freak out at her last statement, especially if she hadn't even considered that yet, which might very well have been a possibility.
Title: Re: [2372 Starfleet Academy] Checking in.
Post by: Brutus on September 02, 2019, 07:00:11 PM
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Natalie had to think about that for a moment, pursing her lips as she pondered what Vanya had suggested. So far as she knew, the bad blood was mostly on her relatives side, not on her fathers part. Though it would hardly be unreasonable for the dockyard chief to be just as bitter with his in-laws as they were with him. Especially after the death of Natalie's mother. So the question of ' would her Father be upset? She'd picked up queues from her parents at an early age and just never really inquired about the others. They weren't exactly mean  to her directly, but they'd never been all that friendly to her, these far flung relatives and so she'd never really bothered to care. 

Her brow furrowed, and then after a long moment, she gave a little shrug. "To be honest, I really have no idea how he'd react. I've never really expressed an interest in reaching out to them before. I don't think he hates them exactly, and I doubt he'd fault me, but at the same time, I could understand it if he did despise them. Given how they've treated him all these years." At that, she let it to rest, with one last shrug of her shoulder ending the subject, from her at least. She felt no desire to ask Vanya as to why she'd put up the question. Natural curiosity, or so the Ops Cadet had thought.

In another shocking duality between the two cadets, Natalie stuck her foot right in her mouth with the general suggestion to Vanya about using an embassy to find out about family. True, she'd also wondered after the Romulan woman's safety, in a casual sort of 'well, your government isn't exactly the friendly type and you're not exactly here with there approval' and the two had kind of snowballed, one on top of the other. She looked horrified when Vanya mentioned her siblings were dead. "I hadn't realized. I'm so sorry," she'd said almost instinctual. She knew how much that could hurt. The bone deep ache at times.  That had been why she'd gingerly broached the idea of reaching out to find the other cadets mother, through diplomatic channels, as she herself rather missed her mother.

No diplomatic embassy to the afterlife existed, however, unless you counted the wormhole alien's she'd heard of in passing, out in the Bajoran sector. And even then, that required you to believe that they were divine, and not simply advanced.

Though Natalie had to agree that the Federation would likely think that an embassy was staffed completely with spies - and would probably be right - saying that didn't seem to be in good taste for multiple reasons. Not the least of which was that some people would be thinking exactly the same thing about Vanya and her admission to the Academy. Natalie didn't know about the extensive vetting that had been done by the Daystrom Institute to simply confirm Vanya's person-hood and all accompanying rights there in, but that would have gone a long way to ward hopefully putting some of the doubts to rest. But only some, and none of which the young Martian was privy to. 

Smoothing back some of her hair, she wiggled her foot, currently trapped under her bum, and bit her lip slightly to one side. There was some serious logic there, to what Vanya had said. Which made some sense. While Romulans had embraced their passions, it wasn't as if they weren't a cunning species. And logic was a strong point of a cunning mind. That Vanya clearly had both should not have surprised the human woman. That her logic had led her to such a conclusion that she was as safe as she could be here might stretch credulity a bit, Natalie nodded all the same.

"I see you've given that a lot of thought," Nat finally said, letting go of her lip with her teeth to do so, not realizing that had left her lip a little swollen and puffy. "It's good to know that no Tal'Shiar kill teams are going to be beaming down in the dead of night." Nat was only half joking however. She hadn't quite put two and two together until Vanya pointed out that she was associated with the cadet now. The odds of her being blasted to atoms or kidnapped in an effort to recover Vanya were rather small to begin with, but there was something of a threat there to her own well being all the same. Be it from a spy watching for a way to use Natalie against Vanya, or an assassin that might either snuff her out to get her out of the way, or try to pin anything that happened to Vanya on Natalie.

She'd gone a little pale by that point, swallowing a bit. "I suppose we'll find out one way or another, eventually. Your being here will hardly stay quiet at all. But like you said...if something happened to you that might actually be bad for all parties involved." In a moment of rare introspection, she frowned slightly, feeling compelled to add, "You might have more to worry about from your fellow students and instructors than you do the Empire, in hindsight." She was doing an admirable job of not dwelling on the idea of a secret Romulan agent sneaking in through their window at night, shoving a blade up into the back of her neck while she slept. At least, that was what Natalie kept telling herself, that she wasn't dwelling on all the horrible way's she might get killed while someone was coming after Vanya.
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