Yūshokudoki - Part 1

Posted on Mon May 4, 2026 @ 4:24pm by Commander Timothy Rouse & Lieutenant JG Ellen Washington & Lieutenant Commander Ronald Hawk & Lieutenant Commander John Sheppard & Lieutenant Commander Thaeva sh'Valankov M.D., N.T.M. & Lieutenant Syzia zh'vhirerh & Ensign Relka Mor & Ensign Narud Mon & Chief Petty Officer Ferguson

948 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Starting a Fury
Location: Langley Station - Japanese Restaurant
Timeline: MD04 - 18.30

ON:

Tim entered the restaurant they had reserved for this dinner. A Japanese sukiyaki style restaurant. He wasn't sure what it was exactly but Ellen had explained it as meat and vegetables slowly cooked in a pot at the table. It sounded good enough to give it a try. He walked up to the host station. "Good evening, I have a reservation for 15 under the name Rouse." The host looked in the computer before confirming. "Yes, indeed. Please follow me, sir."

They entered the dining area where several people were already seated in groups. In the back of the area was a large U-shaped table. The host showed him the table and when asked if he'd like something to drink while he waited Tim ordered a sparkling water before sitting down.

It is not long after Tim has put in his drink order that Ron arrives and is seen being pointed toward the table. He took the seat to his new Commanding Officer's right hand side, nodding as he does. "Cap'n"

"Welcome, good you could make it." Tim said as he took a sip. They might have met before, when they were recieving their orders, but his new XO was still a complete stranger to him.

"Good food, and the opportunity to meet the team. I wouldn't miss it for the world, sir." Ron said cheerfully.

"Someone say 'good food'?" Syzia asked, her antennae moving wildly, as she approached the table. She'd left Ikal with a sitter.

Tim smiled at the entrance. "From what I heard it will be. Haven't tried it before myself." he looked to the door seeing if others of his new team were arriving.

Relka was next to arrive. The Cardassian had traded her uniform for a dark gray crop top with her commbadge pinned on and jeans; honestly, she was glad that the attire was casual. She didn't like those stiff, formal team dinners where everything you did was monitored and tracked for intent.

"Good evening." She said as she approached the table. "Can't say I've ever tried this before, but from the smell of it, I think I'll come back."

John had been reading up on his new assignment and had accepted the position of Chief Engineer onboard the latest addition to the station and liked being in the saddle again. By what he could ascertain from the information given to him, John had accepted quite the backlog, not to mention the preventative maintenance. "Tim, seems you given us quite the plate full. Got any other surprises for us?" John said as he took place at the table.

Ellen looked around and when she found Tim she approached the table rushed. "Sorry I'm late," she said to the group as she took the empty seat next to Tim. Tim smiled at her and put his hand on her leg and gave it a small squeeze, acknowledging her presence.

Walking into the restaurant, she sensed around. she walked forward to the group. She sat down and smiled. In a very whispy voice she greeted everyone with a bow. "Hello."

Medical Officer and a Kriosian Empathic Metamorph male, Ensign Narud Mon, entered the Japanese restaurant, he was to meet some select few who had new duties. Assigned shifts on the USS Fury, a Defiant-class escort, it was exciting to be on a garrison starship. Starbase life was okay but it would be nice to get out there and Medicine was Narud's purpose. Even more so for himself than others.

When everyone was present Tim stood up. "Thank you all for being here. most of you I've already to before now, but I still wanted to say welcome to the Fury. Tomorrow we leave on our first mission, a shakedown patrol around this area. Now we eat this lovely Suyaki food."

"Sukiyaki," Ellen corrected him softly.

"Right, Sukiyaki, anyway," he signalled the waiter they were complete and were to eat. "Have a nice meal." and he sat down again.

Thankfully he'd had his injection recently so his empathic senses were muffled, Narud grinned as he read the menu. "What is everyone thinking of having?"

"I want something fish based." Syzia said.

"No, Sakiyaki is a hotpot style buffet. We'll shortly be receiving hot pots of noodles, vegetable and meat or fish, boiled in this sweet-salty broth." Ellen started to explain, slightly regretting even suggesting this idea for the meal. "If I am correct we will all be receiving a bowl, where we put the food we eat in."

"Ah, interesting. What about drinks? Do we go to their counter to order them?" Narud looked around as to locate the Staff area. He had a feeling they could simply ask for drinks when the wait staff tended to them.

Having promised Suzie that he would be home for dinner later, John thought it would be a good idea to eat something light. And went over the menu as soon as it had been presented to him.

Ron does nothing, but simply waits for the bowls of food to arrive. He leant over to his new captain. “Well, if this is how you command, I could get used to this!”

Ellen gave a small laugh before Tim replied. "It's just dinner. A nice way to get to know each other."

TBC:

Commander Timothy Rouse
Commanding Officer
USS Fury

Lieutenant Commander Ronald Hawk
Executive Officer
USS Fury

Dr. Thaeva sh'Valankov
Medical Savant
USS Fury

Lieutenant Commander John Sheppard.
Chief Engineer
USS Fury

Lieutenant Syzia zh'vhirerh
Chief Science Officer
USS Fury

Petty Officer Ferguson
Engineer
USS Fury

Ensign Relka Mor
Helmsmen/Pilot
USS Fury

Ensign Narud Mon
Medical Officer
USS Fury

Lieutenant JG Ellen Washington
Medical Officer
USS Fury

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