******* Before the party ******* Sleep was a wonderful thing when Hawk finally found it. He really wasn't going to spend extra time in the basement today. He had worked a very long shift the day before which ended with spending the few hours off with Bev. The next morning was traumatic at best, he was scared by the XO paying an impromptu visit to the basement and him not being ready for an inspection. Shortly followed by the advances of the galaxies only openly gay Klingon. The remainder of the shift had issues as well. He got shocked twice, mainly due too his fatigue and lack of attention. Several times he misreported readings because his vision had grown foggy. All in all it was a day that needed to end. After getting off he made his way to his quarters and slept for several hours, he wasn't sure how long as he didn't recall when he went to sleep. Hell he didn't even recall leaving engineering for that matter. Either way, short nap or long sleep he felt very rested and ready for some fun. He spent about half an hour thinking about going to the Halloween party that evening, ultimately though he decided it was needed. The next issue was what to go as. The only thing that kept popping into his head was the Klingon crewman from early that morning. "A fanciful dressed Klingon, why the hell not." Hawk exclaimed allowed to no one in particular, sounded like fun to him. **** going to the party **** Hawk was just about to the crew lounge when he ran into what he thought to be a devil. He had some fun with the crewmate, and was given a similar reply. This was going to be a fun evening, no doubt there. Once inside Hawk didn't hesitate to start mixing it up. He danced with several ladies within the first half hour, and DID avoid drinking. He really couldn't take another hangover, not for now at least. He did note a witch moving about the dance floor and an unknown "knight" dancing with her. Hawk made his way over and decided that he would play the part of a Klingon and take his dance from the lady. Hawk pretty much slammed the man out of the way and made a reference about his armor being akin to scrap tin. He felt pretty exhilarated as he did so, because he had never really been so rude, and yet had an excuse. He enjoyed the dance with her and didn't argue when her date, Mr. tin man, claimed her back from him. He didn't want to push the part past a reasonable point anyways. Dancing and fun continued but Hawk decided that maybe it was time to call it an evening. As he was making his way back to his quarters however the ship rocked violently, slamming Hawk against the corridor wall. "Well, I did think this was going to be an interesting evening." He said aloud as he began pulling off Klingon costume parts. +taps+ Versey to Rodgers, I'm on my way to engineering sir. +taps+ Go ahead Hawk, I will advise more when I know what's going on. And to back to work he went..... ====================================================== LT jg Hawk Versey AEO USS Chimera-A