Star Trek: Eventide 777

Upon entering her new quarters for the first time, Dagis lookeed about and inspected it, before going about unpacking her various belongings. Clothes, a few valuables (but not too valuable in case the ship blew up), and one of two admission fee boxes. She placed the first box by the entrance to her quarters, which had the text "deposit bad vibes and/or latinum here" on the front. After that, she headed out of her quarters and into the corridor with the second box in one hand, and a PADD in the other.

[D] After working non-stop throughout the day, the Ferengi eventually found herself back in her quarters, still carrying the gift Vincent gave her. She took off her boots and carefully put it down on her table before sitting down with a heavy sigh on her couch. After a few minutes of sitting and doing nothing sheer curiosity and perhaps even a bit of excitement finally got the better of her, and so Dagis very carefully and slowly unwrapped the gift sat before her, staring at it as she did so as to tak it all in.

[D] The box underneath was a sleek black gift-box, the lid securely placed on top. Inside there seemed to be a whole collection of items. There was a patterned pad of sticky notes, a day-planner by organised by the hour, a paper calendar organised by month with a fastening on the back so it could be attached to the wall, and then a handful of notepads all thinly-ruled and decorated on the front. Behind those there was a case of fast-drying liquid rollerball pens of varying colours -- far more hues than in a typical case and organised in a rainbow. A small, rectangular box contained a thin fountain pen, the tip of which was silver and engraved in a floral pattern; there were cartridges of both blue and black ink set to the side so Dagis could choose which she preferred. Finally, set behind those sat a hard-shell PADD case which was a yellow/gold gradient reflecting the Operations colour, patterned with little Starfleet deltas and Ferengi script like you might see on a bar of latinum. A note at the bottom read the following:

I know that this looks like a lot of stationery... I understand that you have a lot of planning for PACT Galactica and I thought this might help, and I figured you would have quite a bit of further work in the year that some planners might be useful for. Writing things out physically can be quite therapeutic and helps you remember more! (If you double tap the end of the fountain pen it activates a removal light which will remove ink in case of mistakes.) But that said, in case you prefer to do things digitally then the PADD case has a readable tag which will download digital versions of the template for you. !Enjoy and good luck for the new year! - Lt. JG. Vincent Ferrufino

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After unwrapping the box Dagis carefully opened it to reveal the contents within. Stationery? No, lots of stationery! She slowly and carefully took each item out of the main box, examining each part of her gift with an ever-increasing smile spreading across her face. It wasn’t just stationery, it was high quality, specifically chosen stationery with little patterns across various items. And the pens were lots of different colours, perfect for organising lists?! She then got to the small, rectangular box, which she just as carefully opened. The Ferengi’s eyes widened as she saw what was in front of her. She had never had the opportunity to even touch such a pen, but this one was for her and only her, and there were two choices of ink colour too! Wait, what was… The Ferengi carefully closed back up the rectangular box and placed it to one side along with everything else, before carefully taking out the final item. She studied it for a good moment, only to realise it was not only a colour-coordinated hard-shell PADD case, but it had Ferengi script on it as well as Starfleet deltas. Dagis almost instantly took her PADD out of her pocket and put it in the case, of which fit perfectly and looked fantastic. *At this point the Ferengi was grinning lobe-to-lobe, and it took her a good minute to even realise there was also a note in the bottom below the already very many brilliant gifts. She took it out and read it, taking in every single word. Wait, the pens have removal lights built in?! And on top of all of this, there was a digital version of the template? At this point Dagis wasn’t just grinning, her eyes were welling up from the multitude of emotions she was experiencing there and then. Did she really deserve such a kind, thought out, and completely personal gift? This was one of the nicest things anyone had ever done for her. She sat quietly, looking over all of her gifts over and over again, wanting to take in every last little detail, before typing a messa

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ge on her newly personalised PADD to say thank you.*

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[PADD] TO: @Lt. Cdr. Dagis FROM: Lt. Samantha Voxellus RE: Quarter reassignment

Good evening, Commander. I had a question regarding my quarters; would it be possible to reassign them so I can share them with my sister, Ensign Ellanor Misthair. We have not spoken for years and we thought this might be a good way to catch up. Both parties agreed to this, so we only need the official changes to take place. I hope to hear from you soon! -Lt. Samantha Voxellus

[D] Dagis returned to her quarters after the court martial. She only really ever came here to sleep, so this was rather abnormal behaviour for her. She took her boots and formal uniform jacket off, before practically collapsing onto the couch. She sat there silent for a good few minutes before the tears started coming. And oh boy did they come. The woman practically curled up into a ball on her couch, her arms hugging herself and her legs tucked up. Why did this have to happen this way? Why couldn't something have prevented this? Why didn't Vincent get the help he clearly needed? Why couldn't she even just do one nice thing and it be successful? Why did Erik's defence not work? The questions kept coming and coming, and they didn't stop for over an hour. Despite the fact she knew she couldn't have really done anything to help she still felt like she could've done more. Vincent didn't deserve the outcome he got. He deserved support.

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About two hours passed before Dagis moved from her curled up position on the couch, her eyes somewhat bloodshot from the crying. Thankfully her eyeshadow was waterproof as it was Ferengi-made, and thus didn't run. She decided the best thing to do right now was to get into some comfier clothes and to head to bed, so she did just that, removing her eyeshadow as she usually did as well. Despite her no longer being on duty, she fished her PADD out of her jacket pocket to take to bed with her. Once in bed, she began working away on her PADD once more. On what? Who knew. But she didn't fall asleep for three more hours, at which point her PADD was still on her bed.

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Throughout the night Dagis tossed and turned, not sleeping very well at all, until she eventually woke up at 5:43am. Her alarm was meant to go off at 6am, but she had beaten it to it, it seems. Her PADD had fallen off her bed in the middle of the night, and so once she got her act together and swung her legs around off her bed to get up she trod on it. Thankfully, this was the 25th century, so screens didn't break that easily. She picked it up and carefully put it on her bedside table before going to get a shower. After her shower she applied her makeup, which thankfully concealed the shadows under her eyes, before getting into her uniform minus her boots and jacket. She went and got herself some generic Ferengi breakfast as she went through anything that she was messaged overnight, before getting her boots and jacket on and heading out once more.