A Zyntherian's Morning Routine

Posted on Monday January 26, 2026 @ 12:54am by Commander Tharynos-Theronar Kyrek & Senior Chief Petty Officer Ky'Dev th'Zarken

944 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Episode 1: Planetary Exploration
Location: USS Eventide|Captain's Quarters|Gym & Locker Room

The alarm blared through his dream. Sitting straight up in bed, Thar reached over and hit the alarm that rested on his nightstand. 0400 it read. He rubbed his eyes, scratched his hairless chest and armpits. Looking around his quarters, which weren’t very big, but the largest of all the quarters on the ship. It had a small bedroom, and living area. A private head, but no shower. The senior staff had a communal shower, which was actually right next to his quarters.

He climbed out of bed, his naked form was a shadow in the dark. He didn’t turn on the lights as he made his way into the living area. Grabbing a glass of water and Zyntheria coffee, he sat on the couch and looked out the window which looked directly at the station. He finished his glass of water and then picked up the coffee, which he sipped on. Standing up, he moved to the center of the room, sat on the floor crossing his legs over one another and closed his eyes. He started to sing a prayer to Therenos. Even this far away from his home, he felt close to him. There was no storm to bring the blessings, but he could feel him.

He moved into a slow stretching session, right there in the middle of his quarters. His first morning. It was the first of many. In the shadows, the naked form of the Zyntherian commander took on traditional forms and movements of a Zyntherian meditation session. Completing all the movements, Thar finished his coffee and walked back into head.

The bedroom contained a double sized bed, a nightstand, closet, mirror, and small dresser. He opened the dresser and pulled out a pair of short shorts and pulled them on, along with a low cut y-backed tank top and pulled them on. Over the top of that, he pulled on a hoodie. Glancing at the clock, it read 0450. It was time for his strength session. Grabbing his gym back, which contained a change of clothes, he grabbed a pre-workout drink and made his way out of the gym.

The gym was smaller than what he was used to, but it had the basic necessities of what he needed. At first glance he saw the free weights, squat racks, cardio equipment, benches, and an assortment of strength equipment. Good enough for him. Walking to the locker room, he placed his back in one of the lockers and put in his ear buds and turned on some music. There were several others finishing up in the showers and getting dressed. Several already knew who he was and saluted him, but he told them not here. It was fine.

On the gym floor he loaded up the bench with the weight plates he needed and started to raise the bar up and down, feeling the burn in his chest. Reracking the bar he sat up and noticed Ky’Dev doing calisthenics training in the open area of the gym. Taking a drink out of his water bottle, he laid back down and did another set.

After reracking the bar, he sat up and noticed the Andorian was moving towards him.Ky’Dev watched Kyrek complete another set, then shook his head faintly. “You keep training like that,” he said, “and people are going to forget you came up through Science.”

Kyrek re-racked the weights with controlled precision before answering. “Strength is data,” he said calmly. “It just speaks a different language.”

Ky’Dev smirked. “I’ll remember that when Security gripes about why the Science commander needs their toys, I’ll explain that you’re not doing this for show — it’s part of how you prepare to lead under pressure.”

“I may have studied science, but on Zyntheria Prime, we don’t define our body structure or health by our occupation.” Thar stated, “But you know that. We had almost this exact conversation on the America.”

Ky’Dev smiled, “I know. I like to tease you about it.” The Andorian said, as he wiped his forehead with the corner of his tank top. “I will let you get back to it, sir.” He said as he moved back to his area and continued his workout.

Thar spent the next hour working on his chest, shoulders, and triceps. The burn felt nice after spending the last couple weeks getting acclimated back to Starfleet life. Here he was. Getting ready to take on an adventure he could only have dreamed about.

Grabbing his stuff he went back to the locker room, put his water bottle, ear buds and gym clothes in the locker. He wrapped a towel around his waist and made his way to the shower area. There was two options, one the modern sonic shower, which several younger crew were using, or the old fashioned water. On Zyntheria Prime, since they were so close to nature, they never adopted the sonic showers. So he walked towards a showerhead and started the water. There were two other men in their shower already. Hanging his towel on the hook, he stepped into the stream and let the water run down his hairless muscular body.

After cleaning up, he turned off the water and dried off. Moving back to his locker, he pulled on a tank top and sweats and made his way back to his quarters. It was time for another cup of coffee. It was 0620. He planned on checking on the bridge at 0700. So plenty of time to cool down, eat breakfast, drink more coffee, and get his uniform on. Today was the day that normal operations would start.

 

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