[Fin]A New Eden

[Captain La'Mara Tiho]

"Wow." La'Mara said in soft whisper of amazement. "The pictures Astrometrics got don't do this place justice." She walked around a few moments, taking in all the beauty. River, waterfall, rolling hills, plants that had odd shapes, but beautiful big blossoms of an assortment of colors; colors even that changed to other colors. Other than that, parts of the planet looked like a few places in New Zealand and Ireland; only more colorful.

La'Mara slowly made her way over to where the teams were gathering what looked like fruits, veggies, and roots of some kind. The looks of the food were one thing out of this world. Shapes, sizes, and colors. She picked up one that looked like a combination of an golden apple and a small squash that had been merged together. "How's the collecting going?"

"Captain." One crewman said kind of startled. "It's going fine, I think. Do- do you need anything?" He inquired nervously. Tiho looked at him and smiled. "No. I just wanted to come down and see what this place looked like in person."

"Oh." He said sounding semi relieved.

"No need to worry. Please, don't let me interrupt." La'Mara said kindly, gesturing with a hand to let him go about his business like she was not even here.

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[Xena]

The reports had been long since in. And as usual, Xena work was finished; all except on the planet. She had come down before hand with the teams to help keep them out of trouble. She had also had this nagging feeling that Captain Tiho just might beam down, which, when she turned her head to the left upon hearing voices she found herself to be correct.

At least the planet was not inhabited. "Captain," Xena half greeted as she approached the woman. "I didn't expect to see you here." So I did, but that is not something you say...

Tag: La'Mara/Any!

[Captain La'Mara Tiho]

"Hello lieutenant." La'Mara greeted happily, despite the fact that her assistant chief of security was not too happy to see her down here. Not that she blamed the woman, it was more so protocol. She knew every ones record. "Don't worry, I'll be fine, unless you think the plants are alive and going to tackle me." La'Mara lightly joked.

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[Xena]

"We've not detected any such life in the plants captain." It was something that Xena had not thought about, though. Plants that reached out and grabbed people like in books and a few movies. "The last of the fruit and veggies is ready to be beamed up." One of the away team members reported to Xena, giving a curt nod in Captain Tiho's direction.

"Alright." Xena replied looking at the crewman. "Use the transport site like you did with the rest." He gave a nod then went off. "After the food is beamed up I suggest we go up as well."

Tag: La'Mara

[Captain La'Mara Tiho]

"We've not detected any such life in the plants captain."

La'Mara laughed god naturedly. "Thankfully, wouldn't you say?" She questioned with a smile as she reached out and took a fruit or a vegetable from the basket the reporting crewman had. It was hard to tell what was a fruit and what was a veggie. No big though, right? La'Mara took a bite. "It's delicious!"

"After the food is beamed up I suggest we go up as well."

"Aye, my trusty lieutenant!" Tiho responded as she made her way to the transport site with Xena.

Tag: Xena then end - back to ship

[Xena]

"Aye, my trusty lieutenant!"

As Captain Tiho walked to the transporter site ahead of Xena, the security officer plainly looked at her funny. "Since when did Captain Tiho start talking like a pirate?" Xena asked herself as she followed. The food was beamed up along with everyone else. Xena and Tiho were the last to be touched by the beam and swept back up onto the ship.

End Xena