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Parallel Universes - "What if?" / Re: Theurgy: What If...? Below Decks Lounge
Last post by RyeTanker -Zark didn't stay quite still as her glasses came off her face and a wisp of hair got pulled along. What had been a casual watching of the Shen became more intense. Flirting could take various forms, and the Zhen knew she was being flirted with. There was the age old internal debate for her whether she should play along and encourage the situation, and part of her was tempted to. Reika Sh’laan after all was attractive, and Zark was not above having a passionate encounter after meeting someone for the first time. On the other hand, she was honest enough to admit that she would have to be hornier or much more drunk. Being quite shameless, Zark had the grace to dimple prettily at the unintended double entendre that she'd provided Reika. A quick gentle tug of her pony tail followed as it was brought to hang over her shoulder. She idly played with the tip while listening to the Ops officer discussed her diverse knowledge of hand-to-hand combat and her finger stopped twisting as she considered the various challenges she could offer.
Zark didn't quite pout when the glasses came back on, but it did seem a little slower than was really necessary. On the other hand, it could have been a case of the Zhen injecting her own desires into the reading of the movement. Clearly any amorous adventures weren't quite on the table, but they were in the cards. Maybe not today, but possibly another time. Slender fingers took a moment to adjust her glasses back onto the bridge of her nose correctly and a small sip of wine followed. "It's a bit of an interesting story that goes with it, but my preferred style is a mix of Jiu Jitsu and Kharakom." The Zhen looked skyward for a moment as she rubbed the cut on her lip. "Well, that's the closest way I can describe it at any rate." Her gaze retruned to the Shen. "The thing is Sha, when I was a cadet, I took some time to visit my Zhavey. She was XO on the USS Renegade at the time. I got handed over to the Chief of Security to learn from him, I guess you can call it a working vacation. So he had his combat expert test me first so they could see how much more I could learn." Sip. "Commander Lin and his cqb Chief took a look at how I was fighting, and they felt there was something not quite right about the style the Academy was teaching. They took a look at my education and found out that I took gymnastics. Turns out the Chief was fan of a form of entertainment from Earth called cinema, like a holonovel for us today. Anyway, I thought he'd lost it when he brought me in to watch this 'movie' as part of my formal combat training."
Zark gave a wistful smile as she took another sip. "It was a fun movie. None too cerebral, but fun. Anyway, there was this gorgeous red head human, her name was Scarlett Johansson. That's not important though, the main point was her character had a very acrobatic fighting stlye. Sure it was all choreographed, but he said that I needed to make use of my agility instead of staying comparatively still all the time." A bigger sip followed that brought the glass down to half and a slender middle finger ran over the rim of the glass. "If you'd like to stop by and see, I can guarantee it's quite the spectacle since it makes me look like a Grayth going for the kill." Zark smiled ferally mirroring her analogy. "And before you ask why I didn't dodge like Grayth, Ida is just that relentless, but we're pretty even since she won't be wearing any bikinis until after she gets a good dermal regenerator treatment." Zark took a self congratulatory chug as she slammed back the rest of the wine. Xenia stopped by soon after the glass was placed back on the bar. "Another glass Miss Zark?" Zark thought about it a bit. "I'll take what she's drinking hun." The Zhen pointed out at the blue liquid in Reika's hand and Xenia nodded to go fulfill the order with a programmed smile.
Grayth = Andorian feline