<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/32/OdedFehr.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Commander Kar'tak Timor Vanzell, First Officer (http://elliquiy.com/wiki/Kar%27tak_Timor_Vanzell)<br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Captain's Quarters<br/><br/><strong>Time:</strong>Late evening<br/><br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Captain Lyra Core, Closed<br/><hr/><div style="text-align: justify;">Kar'tak nodded at her clarification of interest in a relationship instead of something casual. "I completely agree. While I was willing to accept such a casual agreement, like you, I much prefer something... deeper. More solid. And, preferably, something more long-term," he said. He hadn't known what to expect, really, so he had come into the proposition with as few 'obligations' or 'requirements' as possible. But if she preferred a relationship over something casual, he was definitely up for that.<br/><br/>Kar'tak actually smiled, then, when she expressed her lack of being pleased with any of his more extreme 'rituals'. "I assure you Captain, I shall leave the more extreme rituals off the table. Many of them are not required anyway, and are often performed for the sake of tradition only. While I appreciate the heritage of both my mother and my father, I am not a hard-core traditionalist like some individuals of either side of the family tree," he said.<br/><br/>Then she accepted - which completely took him by surprise. He had expected refusal on some level, whether it was calm Vulcan refusal, or perhaps the human side of her screaming at him for even thinking such an idea up in the first place. Instead, she agreed to 'give it a shot', to coin a human phrase. She then indicated that they should drink to the agreement, and he finally nodded, quickly getting over his surprise. Reaching over, he took the bottle and added a small amount of the precious liquid to his glass. Noting that her glass was mostly untouched, he set the bottle down.<br/><br/>He raised his glass then, towards her, his eyes focused on hers. "Here's to a healthy, vigorous, and enlightening relationship," he offered by way of a short toast.</div>