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Who: Caitlyn Kiramman & You
When: Last day of camping event & day or two after
Where: Various Locations (Main deck, Tommy Bahamma, Stellar, Adult Pool)
What: Getting oriented, finding out more about the ship, testing the waters
Warnings: Will Update as needed.

01 Getting Oriented: Various places around the ship
Caitlyn wasn't going to just wait around in her room for something to happen. After all the room was small enough for just one person, and to have two people in a cabin that size, Caitlyn wasn't sure what the cruise coordinator was thinking. Especially with a single bed which had already been spoken for when she arrived. Caitlyn's first order of business after the muster drill was to get her bearings straight, grabbing a pad from guest services she began to orient herself around the ship. Starting with the first deck and working her way from bow to stern. Carefully she compared her findings to what was provided and made a bit more detailed map of the ship.

If she was going to be trapped on board she wanted to at least be able to get somewhere without having to stop and try to get directions. She'll spend the day in her Piltover enforcer uniform. She's pretty easy to spot as she makes her way around, looking like she's actually in the middle of writing a report.

02 Gathering Supplies: Infinite Tommy Bahama
If Caitlyn was going to be stuck on a ship for who knew how long, there was no way she was just going to wear the same clothes she'd been convinced to wear running around in the streets of Zaun. For starters, the heat and the sun made it to where they were just too hot. And besides since there was a pool she'd need proper suit for such an area. There were also a few more dresses picked out along with something she could relax in around her room.

Anyone watching can probably spot that every now and then she sets up a small marker, a way of making sure that she doesn't get disoriented by how large the space is. As well as denoting which way the exit was just in case. Even if it just seems like a shopping trip, something told Caitlyn not to let her guard down, so she was keeping a close eye on her surroundings as well.

03 Dinner Reservation: Stellar
On the first day she'd been too busy to even think about food, but on the second she did remember that she had been given a specific time that she was to report for dinner. And so promptly at 6:24 p.m. Caitlyn made her way to Stellar, wearing a formal dress that she had gotten earlier in the day. She had been curious about the food and the service that was going to be offered, though at the same time she was being warry and cautious of everything. Watched everything and trying gauge what might be normal or abnormal with everything that she had seen in the few days she had been on board.

04 Cooling Off: Adult Pool
The cabin really was too small for her to think, and the main deck and areas were a bit more crowded since apparently there was a group that was returning from an expedition to a camp. Caitlyn had made a note to keep an eye out for the next, and for how people were being transported since she hadn't noticed anything prior to the numbers just increasing suddenly. So to try and settle in, Caitlyn had taken a lounger next to the adult pool on one of the upper decks, looking over the notes that she had taken so far while getting a little sun and enjoying the beautiful weather while she was at it. Currently, she seemed to be making notes of the ghosts that maintained the cleanliness of the ship and how discarded materials seem to almost simply float off, prompting her to jot a reminder about not setting her things down absently.

After a while she finally slips into the water, enjoying how much it cooled her down.

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"Oh yah, I mean I'm sure Dr. Watson is very good, but well, heh, I have about 500 years of a head start on medical tech. Still, there's only so many ways to fix someone up, I can just do it....faster I guess! And without scars..." Tendi gives a bit of a confused frown at this, looking down at the water she's floating in. "Tell me, is it a human thing to be attached to your scars? I've had a lot of people act a bit oddly when I told them I could clean up their scars."

When she heard about the new planet, Tendi gets visibly excited, "Haven't heard of that planet myself, what's it like? There's still so much out there I haven't seen! Like, what kind of stuff do they have there, tell me about the culture, I'd love to know!"

"I wouldn't know, I've never had any. My mother insisted that I be very careful growing up. And as a councilwoman, my mother did her best to ensure that even when I joined the city's law enforcement ranks I did see any action.

But I suppose some people, treat them like trophies. Others say they're reminders. But I can't really say."

Caitlyn grabbed onto a ring float that was drifting along and climbed into the middle of it to drift as they spoke.

"If I did have one though, I'd imagine that I would want it gone."

"I know right? I mean, look at me, no scars, and that's not cause I've never been hurt, I just don't want people seeing a bunch of marks on me and then jumping to all kinds of conclusions, I get enough of that in the day to day!"

Tendi slumps back in her chair, paddling slightly so she's looking more directly at Caitlyn. "Not that that prevented anything. There's a lot of discrimination around Orions, everyone thinks we're thieves and pirates, and people always think I'm going to use pheromones to control their minds or something. One of the nice things about being here, no one knows the stereotypes."

"I'm sorry to hear that, I'm glad that you're able to get away from that here are at least. It is a bit different being someplace where no one has expectations of you because of where you're from or your family."

Still, there was one thing that Caitlyn had to ask about,

"Is that something that you can do? Influence people with your pheromones? I mean I know that certain ones can be but usually, they'd have to be concentrated in a lab or something."

The part about being pirates and thieves reminded her a bit too much of how those from the undercity were often labeled by other enforcers and even other people in Piltover. Something that Citalyn had hoped to help combat when she took the position, at least until her mother pretty much pulled her off a steady beat.

"Oh no, I'm not that kind of Orion, I know of some people who can, but not me! It also isn't...consistent in terms of the effects. It's kinda a gamble when you try it, you could end up with the person a lovesick slave, or they may want to tear your head off. I prefer talking to people! Most of the time if you just talk with people, you can figure out a way to happily co-exist you know?"

"Did you have some expectations pushed on you cause of your family?"

"Well people will react to situations differently, so I suppose that makes sense. And speaking with them does seem much safer, and more productive. Especially in finding common ground and reaching an understanding."

At the mention of family, Caitlyn nodded,

"I come from an upper household in Piltover, one of the older and more well-known families. My mother is a member of the council, so since I was young there have always been certain, expectations. Ones that I haven't always agreed with."

"Oooh, I know that feeling. Family always wants you to do things the way they wanted, they were NOT happy when I joined Starfleet. They had a whole...idea of how my life ought to go, and well, I wanted to do my own thing, you know?"

Tendi lays back a bit in her floating chair. "Makes me want a drink...lot of mistakes and wrong choices before I joined Starfleet. What did your parents want you to do?"

"Well I had all of the proper training and studies that would be needed to carry on with the family's business. But I'm sure that eventually, my mother wanted to become a part of the council, to take her position there when she retired. A long call from being an enforcer trying to clean up the streets."

A drink would have been perfect right about then, but at least the floats and water were relaxing and it seemed like Caitlyn had found someone who she could relate with a little.

"Even after finishing the academy and joining my mother still goes through the captain and hand picks my assignments to ensure I don't do anything she disapproves of."

"Uggh, that sounds awful. I mean, that sounds just like a recipe for rebellion on your part, what, did you start volunteering for the most disapproving jobs or something? Like did you start taking all the super dangerous jobs, or I don't know...start being a vigilante? Heh, with the mask and cape and everything?"

"There is something that I started investigating, a series of activities from the undercity that seemed to be related. I'd traced multiple things back to a single source, I just had to figure out how to connect them all and bring him in. So I used a connection to get a prison set free who could help me, and then everything went wrong."

Vi, she had opened Caitlyn's eyes to a lot. And there was a lot that she would have never learned about Zaun if not for following her around trying to get to Silco and Jinx. She wondered how things would have been different had she not followed the leads, but at the same time couldn't imagine just leaving Vi in that cell.

"It was dangerous, and way over my head, but I refused to let it go."

"Oh wow, that sounds amazing! Hold on a second, this kind of story needs some accompaniment!" Sliding off her lounger, Tendi swims to the side of the pool, and climbs out, heading over to the pool bar, getting a pair of drinks that the word 'Colorful' would be best applied, with small umbrellas in them. Heading back to the pool, Tendi slides back in the water, handing Caitlyn one of the drinks.

"Ok, now! You were going against your mother's wishes, tracking down criminals in the undercity, and you sprung a criminal to help, but things went wrong, but you refused to give up! This is amazing, go on, I can't wait to hear the rest!" Tendi is listening with rapt interest, drinking the fruity frozen alcohol.

Caitlyn ran her hand through the water, turning the float to watch Tendi as she managed to find a pair of drinks from the bar. She didn't realize that there was anyone tending to it, or that there were actually drinks there. But the drinks were real enough, and colorful enough.

"Thank you. Do you know what it is?"

She seemed to study it for a moment, looking at the colorful liquid that seemed half-frozen, but certainly smelled like fruit and booze. Taking a sip it was clear that it was pretty strong, but didn't taste bad.

"She's not really a criminal. In fact, there were no records at all about why she was locked up, or when she was supposed to be released. I'd actually gone to speak to a different prisoner, but she'd put him in the medical wing. All they said was that she was a trouble maker and that they had to have regular 'talks' with."

Caitlyn included the air quotes with the word talks as the guard had. It had been horrifying to her to say the least,

"But she recognized something, from the pictures that I had of a fire where several enforcers were killed by an explosion. Said she could show me what I was looking for, and so I used my connections to have her released under my command. And that's when things really got of hand, but she showed me so much that I didn't know. Taught me some valuable lessons."

And Caitlyn might just have a small bit of a blush just as she thinks about Vi. Recalling their initial rocky start.

"Oh, I have no idea what's in it. I just went up and asked for two drinks, like I do over in the resteraunts, and here they were! I also don't know how strong it is, but not like I have duty in the morning so, ‘IwlIj jachjaj!" Tendi says the last words in a guttural almost shout, holding up her glass in a toast, and drinks. "Klingons have the best toasts."

"Oh man, this is getting better and better! A hidden prisoner, who no one knew why they were there, until you let her out, under your command to help you track down this other target! Sounds like you made some very valuable connections! What was their name?"

"Cheers."

Caitlyn raised her own glass, having no idea what the other said or what a Klingon was, but she did know toasts.

"Her name is Vi. And yeah, she was a pretty valuable person to meet, though at first, she did try to ditch me. Let me gather information at a brothel about how things worked in the undercity while she snuck off to settle a score of her own."

Caitlyn took another sip of the drink, a slightly larger one than before. She would have to find out what it was so she could order it again in the future.

"Which of course resulted in me having to save her butt again."

"Ha! Of course, that reminds me of my friend Mariner. She was always running into things without really thinking about it and doing her own thing, getting in trouble with her CO."

Tendi takes another drink of her colorful beverage. "Whoo, I'm worried about this drink, it doesn't taste like it's got a lot of alcohol, but that's how you end up knocked way back. So what happened next? Did she start to trust you after that incident? Boy, I feel like I'm just having you tell me your whole story and not saying anything about me!"

"Sounds like her, though it always seems to be your friends that manage to find a way to get themselves into trouble. It was the same way with Jayce before he became a councilman."

He'd actually gotten himself expelled from the academy for a short time and Caitlyn's mother had barred any interaction between the two. An opinion that only changed when his work took off after the accident. Luckily with Vi, Caitlyn was old enough that she didn't need her mother's approval because there was certainly no way she would have ever been able to get it.

"Just make sure that you have water with each of them and so you stay hydrated, and even if you do the morning won't be so bad. But yeah, she did, though she still refused to stop calling me Cupcake."

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