allmhadadh: (Cadet Scott)
allmhadadh ([personal profile] allmhadadh) wrote2009-09-01 09:58 pm

Concepts - [New Enterprise, Riviera]

After a bit of very helpful advice from Commander Spock, Scotty headed onto his tech shift in Engineering.  Of course, today it meant the same thing as yesterday: That there wasn't anything to be done aboard a ship that's just out of drydock.  And that Riley (the native) gave him the same orders as before; namely speaking, to familiarize himself with the ship.  He figured that he could do that at the same time he worked on the intuitive shielding concept.

Needless to say, sleep was something Scotty hadn't been spending a lot of time on.  He sat with the Buick for his four hours, and then he came back after a bite of dinner to sit for a few more, working away with the light of a PADD and the steady scratch of pen on paper.  He talked half to himself, half to the Riviera; occasional commentary on the differences between designs of the original Constitution-class and the new one here, sometimes just random notions that came to mind.  When he was doing something that didn't require much thought, like copying numbers down, he hummed Welsh lullabies.

However, given that sleep wasn't something he was spending enough time on, and given that the Riviera was about the closest place he had to his own -- even belonging to someone else -- he ended up drifting off in the driver's seat, head back, eyes closed.  Back to dreaming of the road.

[identity profile] allmhadadh.livejournal.com 2009-09-06 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Aye, right?" Scotty shut the engine back off, petting the steering wheel absently. "I'd love t' put her on a road. Just... open road, an' a sunny day." Check him out, waxing poetic. He thought to check his PADD, though, and winced. "An' now, I'm due fer work. Uhm... Kevin, right? I mean..." Well, Riley wasn't much older than him, but it seemed not-quite-right to call him sir for some reason. Maybe the shared fascination with the Riviera.

[identity profile] its-oriley.livejournal.com 2009-09-06 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
He nodded. "Kevin. And get to work before you're late!"

[identity profile] allmhadadh.livejournal.com 2009-09-06 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Aye, good thought." He sincerely hoped Riley wouldn't damage his beloved Riviera, but he wasn't about to be late for shift. Scotty tossed one more grin to the other chap, then headed off for work.