Rippin' It

[Mreh K'hal 0]

They were still a few days out from the Satarimi, so Mreh decided it was high time to have a high time. He requested and received a day off, and the morning of the big day he slept in three hours for a start. After chugging down a latte, a rare treat for the Caitian since he usually passed on caffeine, he dressed and then sauntered out of his quarters headed for the holodeck. He'd managed to get it for the whole morning, since he usually didn't use his allotted time and his rollover minutes came in handy.

 

Outside of the holodeck doors he ordered up the program he'd eagerly been waiting to use, especially after the excursion on the Taliesin. Stepping in, he found himself on a sunny beach filled with men, women and other broiling under the sun atop their towels. They weren't what he was here for, though, and he passed them without a glance. Okay, he did glance at some of the women, but that was neither here nor there. He stopped off at a little sand hut and picked up his board, then gleefully jogged out to the water and waded right in.

 

Mreh hadn't surfed since he was a teen, primarily because going through the Academy and then serving in Starfleet just didn't leave enough time to do it. Though he had slightly lost the taste for it, especially after he'd ended up with lungs full of salty water after a spectacular wipeout his senior year of high school. It seemed, ten years later, to be a good time to pick it up again.

 

Lying atop the board on his stomach, he paddled his way out into the ocean. Normally he would wear a wet suit to surf, but since this was simulated water this time he decided to just go with surf trunks and let the holodeck take the water off. The choice saved him thirty minutes of trying to get his tail through the wet suit. Though it had been a long time since he rode a wave, there was no real audience to worry about embarrassing himself in front of and he didn't want to seem like some wimpy grom in his own mind so he headed straight out.

 

He took it easy at first, there was no reason to end up with another lungful of water, simulated or not. Considering the holodeck program was fully customizable, he could amp up the waves later once he got back into the swing. He was totally stoked to be back riding the waves again, even though he could still see his mother rolling her eyes at the concept. He was a long way off from taking the back door into a pipe, but getting up and doing some lip turns was quite a thrill.

 

Mreh knew was going to be a wicked fun day.