Alyssa had taken her brandy and headed off to a corner to observe the crew as they interacted.  Her background made her interested in people and gave her the skills to know about a group of people by the things surrounding them.....and her current job gave her the skills she needed to read the actual people standing before her.<br/><br/>Of course it helped that she'd read the personnel files on them all. Being the Intelligence Officer had it's perks after all.<br/><br/>But nothing she'd seen so far had really piqued her interest....well...until someone new walked through the door.  Northrop found herself staring for a moment before she realized that it was the Ship's Counselor she was gawking at.  The raven haired woman forced herself to close her mouth, which them formed into a smirk. She was really cute.<br/><br/>Deciding that it would do her no good to simply stand aside, she stood up and approached after Lt. McKenny's drink was delivered.  "Hello there.....you're the Ship's Counselor, right?"<br/><br/>