The mess hall was practically empty as Felix stepped through the door and was almost knocked off his feet by an attractive redhead coming the other way with a hot cup of caffeine in her hand. With a twist of his ankle he pivoted himself around her, flowing passed as she stumbled into the space he'd been standing a moment before, her face awash with surprise. It took her a moment to realise what had just almost happened as she stood turning her head back and forth, trying to work out exactly why she hadn't slammed into the newcomer in the brief moment he'd had to react to her.

"Did I just..?" She asked gesturing with her cup and sloshing an ample helping down the front of Felix's 'uniform'. He looked down with a sigh as the NVP garment quickly changed colour, mimicking a stain as the liquid was harmlessly absorbed into the material. "Oh, I'm dreadfully sorry." The woman said, raising her free hand to cover her mouth.

"No problem," Felix responded with a roguish grin, "Accidents happen." From out of his sleeve he materialises a handkerchief and began dabbing at the coloured mark, pretending to be cleaning it away as the fabrics reverted back to their original colour. "See, all gone." He said with a smile and a flourish. "By the way, I'm Ensign Fletcher Dickinson, but my friends call me Felix. And you would be..?"

The woman simply starred at Felix for a moment as he stood bending forwards in an old-fashioned bow, one hand held forwards in greeting. "I'm Kate, I mean Lieutenant Kathleen McCloud from the Navigation department. Are you new to the ship? I haven't seen you aboard before."

Taking her hand Felix gently kissed the back of it before stroking his fingers over the warm flesh. His luck was certainly beginning to change, and he began to wonder if there were any more beautiful creatures like Kate on board. "I just came aboard," He answered, with complete honesty, "Just think of me as the morale officer for our little voyage."

Pulling her hand away with a smile Kate took a nervous sip from her cup as she smiled back at Felix. "In that case I'm glad to have you aboard. If the rumours I've heard about the mission are to be believed we're going to be needing all the morale we can muster." Felix's grin faltered for a moment as he heard her comment, and he was just about to ask her exactly what she meant by it when Kate glanced quickly at her chronograph and quickly turned to leave. "Speaking of missions, I'm supposed to be on duty so I'd better get back to my post. You should think of doing the same. Hope I see you again soon."

With that Kate was off out the door, which quickly closed behind her even as his eyes lingered on her delightfully departing derriere. A gnawing sensation filled his belly, and in that moment Felix knew he had to get off the ship before Kate's premonition came to pass. His only problem now was how to slip back onto the station without raising any suspicions. If he was lucky news of his boarding would get back to Crystal and if he could find somewhere to lay low on the station for a few days she might head off after it when it left.

Then again, the way his luck seemed to be going lately he'd probably end up in a sarlacc pit.