"Hey mom!" Said Piki, smiling into the camera she'd set up on her padd. "Finally got the time to send you something. Anyway, don't worry. I know I told you I was going to Amy's, but I lied. Sorry." She shrugged. "Anyway, just thought I'd tell you I actually went to the Enterprise." She paused, getting a comically serious look on her face. "The Enterprise I say."

She laughed. "Anyway, just finished up my first shift. I'm officially one of the nurses here. You'd be so proud of me, your first-aid knowledge really helped! And my boss, McCoy, really liked me! I think… Hard to tell with his normal personality."

The sound of a door whooshing open and closed interrupted her, and Piki looked up. "Oh! Hey Mags! Just sending a vid to home." She waved her friend over, smiling. The older girl poked her head into the cameras range, Steve on her shoulder. "Mom, this is Maggie. She's my roommate. You know Steve."

Mags raised an eyebrow, but waved, as did Steve. "Hey Pikeru's mom." She said. "I just beat out Captain at pool." Piki's jaw dropped.

"No way! Seriously?" Steve nodded, looking more sulky than usual. "Awesome! You have to tell me about that later!" Mags left the screen, and the door whooshed open again after an indigent squeak (probably Steve being dropped off somewhere).

"Well, just wanted to tell you I'm fine and we haven't gone head first into a planet yet. " She shuddered. "One crack in this hull and we're all dead, so fingers crossed." She raised both hands, middle finger over the index on each, with a nervous grin. "Hope I get home so you can chew me out for this, ma! Dif tor heh smusma!" She clicked the camera off, still grinning like mad.