[Random starter for @museicbox's Quark.]
What was the saying? Be careful what she wished for? All through her second stint at the Academy Thera had pushed on, sometimes with a only a single aim to keep her going; to get back out into space. It had always felt as if it was where she belonged, and she'd been ready to scream with joy when she was finally, finally re-assigned.
But somehow, DS9 hadn't been the picture in her mind's eye.
Part of her wondered if it was a deliberate move by Command, to ship her off out here on the edge of known space and get her out of the way. Or maybe ... maybe they actually knew what they were doing. Somewhere outside regular Starfleet might be something she could get her teeth into.
Either way, it was too soon to tell. She strolled on the Promenade under the curious eyes of the 'locals', her uniform familiar but her face definitely not, wandering past supply stores, eateries and a Cardassian tailor, until she arrived at the reputed jewel of the station - Quark's. She'd heard about the place ever since she arrived, and decided tonight was the time to take a look ...