Ship's Log, Day -5

Well! I'm happy to have a new crop of middies aboard! And I won't lie; I sure appreciate the promotion to Ensign. It's the first time I've had anything passing as authority, and this only over the middies. I hope I do a good job!
 
They seem a good bunch; and only a few dirtsiders among them. But I think they'll be all right. They strike me as an adaptable and clever bunch, especially Yazma and her delightful companion Crowley. I must admit, I'm really amused by Crowley's antics, too. I just hope he doesn't get himself into too much trouble!
 
Ardan seems a bit like he's off in his own world, but I'm sure he's just a bit shy. He seems to know his way around a ship, anyway. Alva is nice too, although a bit grim. I find myself wondering what has happened to her in the past to make her so... stern.
 
I like VonVin a lot. She seems like a real go-getter! No complaints about anything so far. And it's always nice to have a lot of druids on a ship. Makes the ship feel so much... happier. More fun to work on!
 
So many of them seem to share my wonder at the beauty of space. Yazma, Alva and VonVin all reacted exactly the same way I did my first time, and it obviously hasn't gotten old for Adran yet, either. That's good, that gives us a common bond to build rapport with!
 
Madrimilian is his usual curmudgeonly self, but I can tell he likes them too. He's fooling no one, silly boy.
 
The only one I can't quite figure is Ruavel. Certainly he's handsome enough -- and he knows it too, the prat. Is his "I'm not really an Alfar, I just look like one" thing a put-on? Or does he really tack so much against the Airt? I can't tell. Certainly he has a bit of a troublemaker's streak, otherwise he never would have let me kiss him at the festival. And smoking in the middies' berth! I didn't want to be a hardass right off, but perhaps it's best he ran afoul of the LT right away.
 
One wonders why a scion of the illustrious Sunfall house is only a midshipman, though. Is it just that he has little active service in his history, since no one else takes the Glimmerfell fleet seriously? Or is it an urge to upset apple carts? I think I might have to keep an eye on him...