INT. USS FORGER – JELAL AND RAHN’S QUARTERS – MORNING
The room is dark, humanoid shapes shuffle and whisper.
ZH’RANNI
You do it.
CASEY
No, this Is all you, Darv.
JELAL
Fine I-
RAHN
Computer, lights.
Lights come up illuminating a compact bedroom with two beds and a pair of futuristic wardrobe style furnishings. The room is tidy, except for a single rumpled Forge shit on the floor, a Bajoran string instrument by the unoccupied bed, and a few tech gizmos on top of one of the wardrobes. CONOM RAHN sits up in the other bed looking bleary eyed at a his roommate JELAL DARVEN in pyjamas and a trio of intruders, ALEXANDRA CASEY, TAI ZH’RANNI AND MUNCHKIN, CASEY and ZH’RANN are in uniform.
RAHN
What in the-
EVERYONE ELSE
Good morning, sir!
RAHN
What are you guys talking about.
CASEY
This.
CASEY shoves a PADD into RAHN’S hands
ZH’RANNI
Don’t you mean this, sir?
CASEY
(grinning)
Right.
(To RAHN)
Sorry sir.
RAHN looks to JELAL
RAHN
What are they talking about?
MUNCHKIN
(blurting it out)
You have been promoted.
RAHN
Tolivel!
JELAL grins that his Bajoran lingo has rubbed off on RAHN as he nods to the PADD
JELAL
It’s true, have a look.
ZH’RANNI
(smirking)
Have a look, sir.
JELAL laughs and RAHN looks at the PADD in disbelief.
CASEY
Tai and Munchkin got the word during night shift, they woke me up so I woke JELAL up and here we are.
(a beat)
Sir.
RAHN
Enough with the sir stuff.
EVERYONE ELSE
Aye, aye lieutenant.
ALL laugh.
CASEY
So with your permission sir we’d like to drag you out of bed to the lounge for a celebration breakfast.
ZH’RANNI
With mimosas!
MUNCHKIN
I see you have taught Ensign Zh’Ranni about Terran day drinking customs, Ensign Casey.
CASEY
I keep telling you guys I’m a leader.
JELAL
Well, lead these other two out of our bedroom and we’ll get changed.
CASEY
C’mon, we’ll grab a table in the lounge.
(a beat)
Assuming we’re dismissed, sir?
RAHN shakes his head and goes with it saying as he gets out of bed.
RAHN
Proceed Mr. Casey.
ALL chuckle as Casey ushers ZH’RANNI and MUNCHKIN out of the room.
JELAL grins at his roommate
JELAL
Congratulations, Con.
RAHN
Thanks. It’s been… surprising.
JELAL
Mind if I hit the shower first?
JELAL looks like he’s about to add sir but RAHN cuts him off.
RAHN
Go for it.
JELAL
Thanks.
JELAL snaps to attention briefly before marching out.
RAHN
(calling after him)
Jerk!
JELAL leaves and RAHN has a moment alone in the room, he looks at the PADD a moment letting the promotion sink in.
RAHN
(smiling faintly)
Lieutenant Rahn.
RAHN puts the PADD aside and starts to get out of bed.
FADE OUT