Yoshi
Inactive Member
Sokokaze
Misato had been debating doing this for a while. She knew her enlistment was up, and she knew she could just up and leave. This sounded like something she would love to do. Though she knew she wouldn't be happy with herself for leaving everyone behind. She had been pacing outside the XO's office for a quarter of an hour. Debating about asking to be put up for officer's training. Back and forth she went.
Nenene meanwhile came walking down the passage with a mug of steaming hot coco in her left hand and a tablet in her right. She spotted Misato pacing outside her office door and raised an eyebrow. "Can I help you with something?" she asked as she closed in on the door.
The Heisho froze, she had thought the XO was in her office. Being caught pacing outside of it made her brain freeze. "I.. uh uh..." She stood there trying to make the connection from the back of her brain where the answer was and her mouth. The wires where just not connecting right though. "I... Nothing Ma'am." Misato bowed and turned to head off.
"Oh, I think there is something, Heiso, otherwise you would not be loitering outside my office" Nenene said and opened the door. "Come in and tell me about it, I'll make you some coco"
"Yes, Ma'am." Misato may have been confused, and easily derailed today, but not following an order... Never. Following Nenene into the office. Peering around for a second, Misato stood before the XO's Desk and waited.
"Make yourself comfortable" she said, offering the guest chair as she set her tablet and coco down. She then went to the side table, which had a kettle and started water for another mug of coco. "So, whats on your mind?" she asked
Looking down at the chair that was offered, She thought for a moment before gently sitting down on the forward edge of the chair, in the most at attention position she could muster for a seated position. "Ma'am... My enlistment is up. It was up in December but..." She fell quiet thinking back on the last mission and everything it lead to.
"Oh, is that all?" Nenene asked, smiling as she put coco into a mug, then filled it with hot water and stirred. "Marshmallow?" she asked.
Tipping her head to the side, Misato was thrown off track again, "Please." She replied with the proper polite response. "That isn't all, Ma'am... I don't want to muster out... I would like to try for Officer Cadet School." Misato blurted the last sentence out as if it was all one word.
Nenene put a big marshmallow into the coco, then went back to her desk, handing it to Misato before sitting in her own chair. "Well, I'm glad to hear that" she said. "I would hate to have to find another senior infantry so soon to leaving port" she went on, then took a long sip of her own coco. She brought up a volumetric window with Misato's file and skimmed it as she sipped. "So you want to move beyond being enlisted?" she asked and set her coco down.
"Yes Ma'am." Misato responded as she held the mug with both hands in her lap. The warmth of the mug was one of the few comforts she had allowed herself since she had been revived the other day.
"Good" Nenene replied and smiled. "I like my crew to have the drive to improve themselves" she said and continued reading Misato's file. "What makes you think you are ready for officer candidacy?" she asked next.
"I have been in charge of the infantry aboard this ship since I came aboard. Before that I lead the infantry aboard the Eucharis for a short time before the transfer." Misato felt like the was justifying her existence. "With that I feel like I need to continue forward or I would just be a drag on the ship."
The exec nodded. "That all I can see in your official file" Nenene replied. "What makes you think you are ready to become an officer?" she asked.
"I don't know." she looked down at the melting marshmallow that was floating in the hot coco. "I believe I will be a good asset, and I believe I can learn more through the classes to lead better. Past that, I believe I am ready for it since I have been leading the teams for the time I have." She almost sounded confident with the last of her statement.
Nenene opened a desk drawer as she listened to Misato and took out a box of cookies, opening it and setting it out between them. She grabbed a cookie and took a bite. "So you think you are ready to be an officer" she said and smiled. "What is your overall goal, your plans for the future in the army?"
Misato thought for a moment before speaking, "When I first joined up I wanted to run my own special force team. Now i seem to be running something quite close to it. Now I want to try to take the team we have aboard and hone it. Hone it into a decent spear. I was at the Battle of Yamatai, I was in a bunker on the surface stuck waiting to hear if the fleet would push back the attackers or if I and the rest of the new recruits would be needed to fight on the ground. It was terrifying for me and the rest of the new tubelings with me." She paused and looked up, "I want to make sure that if this ship is called forth to defend the empire and their people, I and those I work with are ready to keep those people in bunkers safe."
Nenene smiled and pushed the box of cookies towards Misato. "Good" she said.
Releasing the mug with her left hand she took a cookie and held it again just over her mug in case of crumbs.
"I am going to forward my reccomendation you be placed in officer candidacy and undergo training, Heisho Misato" Nenene said after finishing her cookie and washing it down with a long sip of coco. "I expect you to continue with all of your current shipboard duties as well as your new classes. I think you have the possibility of becoming a fine officer if you continue as your record shows and keep the path you have set for yourself" she smiled and grabbed another cookie.
"Yes Ma'am I will, And thank you, I will not let the classes affect my duties aboard ship." Misato beamed, she never thought that she would actually be able to get this the first time out. She figured she would be told to wait out another three year duty tour before attempting again.
Nenene smiled. "Great, so that all aside, what are you planning to do on the rest of your leave?" she asked.
She thought for a moment, trying not the speak up about how she figured she would be supervising a new member of the crew scrubbing the heads. "I think I'll go back to my quarters and meditate. I'm still getting used to this body. That and I need to write a few people." She smiled thinking about sending a message to Natsumi telling her about this, and maybe Sienna. "Past that I have work to do on my Mindy and a few reports I am still behind on from the illness..." a polite way to mention her death.
"Alright then, I won't keep you" Nenene replied. "Take the cookies with you" she added with a smile.
"Thank you Ma'am." Misato set the still full, untouched, hot coco back on the desk but took the single cookie she had been given. "Thank you for taking time to speak to me." She bowed.
"Of course, any time" Nenene said and relaxed back in her chair, starting to compose an official recommendation letter in her mind.
Turning from the bow Misato left through the door. As she walked towards her cabin she nibbled on the cookie absentminded.
Misato had been debating doing this for a while. She knew her enlistment was up, and she knew she could just up and leave. This sounded like something she would love to do. Though she knew she wouldn't be happy with herself for leaving everyone behind. She had been pacing outside the XO's office for a quarter of an hour. Debating about asking to be put up for officer's training. Back and forth she went.
Nenene meanwhile came walking down the passage with a mug of steaming hot coco in her left hand and a tablet in her right. She spotted Misato pacing outside her office door and raised an eyebrow. "Can I help you with something?" she asked as she closed in on the door.
The Heisho froze, she had thought the XO was in her office. Being caught pacing outside of it made her brain freeze. "I.. uh uh..." She stood there trying to make the connection from the back of her brain where the answer was and her mouth. The wires where just not connecting right though. "I... Nothing Ma'am." Misato bowed and turned to head off.
"Oh, I think there is something, Heiso, otherwise you would not be loitering outside my office" Nenene said and opened the door. "Come in and tell me about it, I'll make you some coco"
"Yes, Ma'am." Misato may have been confused, and easily derailed today, but not following an order... Never. Following Nenene into the office. Peering around for a second, Misato stood before the XO's Desk and waited.
"Make yourself comfortable" she said, offering the guest chair as she set her tablet and coco down. She then went to the side table, which had a kettle and started water for another mug of coco. "So, whats on your mind?" she asked
Looking down at the chair that was offered, She thought for a moment before gently sitting down on the forward edge of the chair, in the most at attention position she could muster for a seated position. "Ma'am... My enlistment is up. It was up in December but..." She fell quiet thinking back on the last mission and everything it lead to.
"Oh, is that all?" Nenene asked, smiling as she put coco into a mug, then filled it with hot water and stirred. "Marshmallow?" she asked.
Tipping her head to the side, Misato was thrown off track again, "Please." She replied with the proper polite response. "That isn't all, Ma'am... I don't want to muster out... I would like to try for Officer Cadet School." Misato blurted the last sentence out as if it was all one word.
Nenene put a big marshmallow into the coco, then went back to her desk, handing it to Misato before sitting in her own chair. "Well, I'm glad to hear that" she said. "I would hate to have to find another senior infantry so soon to leaving port" she went on, then took a long sip of her own coco. She brought up a volumetric window with Misato's file and skimmed it as she sipped. "So you want to move beyond being enlisted?" she asked and set her coco down.
"Yes Ma'am." Misato responded as she held the mug with both hands in her lap. The warmth of the mug was one of the few comforts she had allowed herself since she had been revived the other day.
"Good" Nenene replied and smiled. "I like my crew to have the drive to improve themselves" she said and continued reading Misato's file. "What makes you think you are ready for officer candidacy?" she asked next.
"I have been in charge of the infantry aboard this ship since I came aboard. Before that I lead the infantry aboard the Eucharis for a short time before the transfer." Misato felt like the was justifying her existence. "With that I feel like I need to continue forward or I would just be a drag on the ship."
The exec nodded. "That all I can see in your official file" Nenene replied. "What makes you think you are ready to become an officer?" she asked.
"I don't know." she looked down at the melting marshmallow that was floating in the hot coco. "I believe I will be a good asset, and I believe I can learn more through the classes to lead better. Past that, I believe I am ready for it since I have been leading the teams for the time I have." She almost sounded confident with the last of her statement.
Nenene opened a desk drawer as she listened to Misato and took out a box of cookies, opening it and setting it out between them. She grabbed a cookie and took a bite. "So you think you are ready to be an officer" she said and smiled. "What is your overall goal, your plans for the future in the army?"
Misato thought for a moment before speaking, "When I first joined up I wanted to run my own special force team. Now i seem to be running something quite close to it. Now I want to try to take the team we have aboard and hone it. Hone it into a decent spear. I was at the Battle of Yamatai, I was in a bunker on the surface stuck waiting to hear if the fleet would push back the attackers or if I and the rest of the new recruits would be needed to fight on the ground. It was terrifying for me and the rest of the new tubelings with me." She paused and looked up, "I want to make sure that if this ship is called forth to defend the empire and their people, I and those I work with are ready to keep those people in bunkers safe."
Nenene smiled and pushed the box of cookies towards Misato. "Good" she said.
Releasing the mug with her left hand she took a cookie and held it again just over her mug in case of crumbs.
"I am going to forward my reccomendation you be placed in officer candidacy and undergo training, Heisho Misato" Nenene said after finishing her cookie and washing it down with a long sip of coco. "I expect you to continue with all of your current shipboard duties as well as your new classes. I think you have the possibility of becoming a fine officer if you continue as your record shows and keep the path you have set for yourself" she smiled and grabbed another cookie.
"Yes Ma'am I will, And thank you, I will not let the classes affect my duties aboard ship." Misato beamed, she never thought that she would actually be able to get this the first time out. She figured she would be told to wait out another three year duty tour before attempting again.
Nenene smiled. "Great, so that all aside, what are you planning to do on the rest of your leave?" she asked.
She thought for a moment, trying not the speak up about how she figured she would be supervising a new member of the crew scrubbing the heads. "I think I'll go back to my quarters and meditate. I'm still getting used to this body. That and I need to write a few people." She smiled thinking about sending a message to Natsumi telling her about this, and maybe Sienna. "Past that I have work to do on my Mindy and a few reports I am still behind on from the illness..." a polite way to mention her death.
"Alright then, I won't keep you" Nenene replied. "Take the cookies with you" she added with a smile.
"Thank you Ma'am." Misato set the still full, untouched, hot coco back on the desk but took the single cookie she had been given. "Thank you for taking time to speak to me." She bowed.
"Of course, any time" Nenene said and relaxed back in her chair, starting to compose an official recommendation letter in her mind.
Turning from the bow Misato left through the door. As she walked towards her cabin she nibbled on the cookie absentminded.
