Year 2255
It's been several decades since the retirement of my ship the USS Specter. I found out after spend ten years at Starfleet that my species tends to age at a more noticeably slow pace than any other known species. Tomorrow at 0700 it will be the official date and time of my birth, I will be approximately 255 years old. To my people I am still a child (like a human 9 year old) but my physical appearance is that of a human 15 year old.
Upon my ship's retirement Captain Pike asked me upon the request of Starfleet council what my next decision towards my future at Starfleet would be. To him I answered, 'I will be attending Starfleet Academy again under the guise of a 15 year old human (like usual) and I will be taking courses in engineering.' He just laughed at my response and wished me well.
I like Captain Pike, he's hilarious, but that's another story for another time.
So here I stand outside of the dormitories at the academy with a scrap of paper with my dorm number written on it.
Level 6 Room 66
I swear it's like some random call of fate that my dorm location would translate into 666 the devil's number (I've been round humans that long I sometimes forget I'm an Ohar'Cu). I open the door and find myself looking at my roommate who happens to be reading. I gently tap on the wall next to me, catching my roommate's attention. "Excuse me are you my roommate?" I write out on my PADD. She looks up and reads my PADD. A look of understanding crosses her face.
"Yes, unless your dorm isn't level 6 room 66 in the female dorms and you are actually a guy." She says sarcastically and with a smile at the same time. "Coo'. I like you already. The name's Irina Mason of this dorm room, but you can call me 'Rina." I write back with my professional façade slipping considerably. She holds her hand out in greeting, "I'm T'Rhea of this book, but you can call me Rae."
Damn I REALLY like my roommate, we're going to be the best of friends later on. Now all we are missing is a third member to make it a trio.
Rae is one of the few people who I immediately connect to and are more expressive towards. She understood that I have selective mutism from the moment I first communicated with her via my PADD.
I found out that Rae is full Vulcan and was raised on Vulcan and everything but she acts more like a human than anything. I told her about who I am and about my species, I've even shown her my real form. What I also found out that's even better is that we aren't just only roommates but classmates in advanced engineering , advanced programming, and advanced physics.
Irina Mason, Starfleet Cadet signing off.
Heyo people of the interweb! I am so sorry for the short updates. I'm aiming to make them longer.
J.S.Y.K. (Just So You Know): I actually based Irina Mason off of myself. I myself have selective mutism and that is why I have decided to make a story where my oc resembles my personality. Just as a warning, some of the things that will happen to Irina Mason because of her SM later in the story are true events with a little bit of fiction added.
So umm yea. I should probably get back to writing.
~Nillia ova and out