Posted by Cadet Alex McCall, MD (Doctor) in Lounge - Come for the drinks stay for the stories (All Welcome)

Posted by Captain Grayson Rhodes (Commanding Officer) in Lounge - Come for the drinks stay for the stories (All Welcome)

Posted by Cadet Dr Alex McCall (Doctor) in Lounge - Come for the drinks stay for the stories (All Welcome)
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Daphne stretched out in the booth waiting for the other crew to arrive. It had been a long day and she was debating which job was harder. Training first-year medical students or supervising students in their residency. In a way, it was like teaching someone to drive. You knew they had the skills but it required the resolve not to yank the wheel and scream get out when you saw them doing something wrong. Looking at the door, Daphne took a sip of her highly colorful drink and relaxed.

Daphne Frankenstein.

Grayson was the first to walk through that door, pausing slightly to glance around the lounge and see who was present. His eyes fell on Daphne and he smiled lightly, nodded and then turned for the bar.

It only took a minute or two before he turned, tray in hands and made his way towards the booth where Daphne sat. “Evening!” He greeted her lightly, then without asking if she was waiting for anyone or if he could join her, simply sat down and slid the tray between them on the table. On it, was a glass filled with what looked to by whiskey, and two bowls. One was filled to overflowing with fries and the other, thick and crispy onion rings. There were a few smaller bowls of different sauces next to these.

“So how was your day? Anything exciting happen? Anyone lose a limb? Gain a limb? Did you create life?” The smirk on his face as he asked was barely concealed, but it was there long enough for him to hide it by shoving a whole onion ring into his mouth.

Captain Rhodes, CO

“I see what you did there,” she let out a laugh. “And not today but if you happen by an ion storm, could you turn the ship west-facing if you see any lightning,” she picked up a fry before drowning it in ranch dressing. “I have a plant that I am gene splicing to say aloe,” she drew out the word enough to make it sound like an approximation of the word hello before she popped the french fry in her mouth. Knowing the joke was bad she drummed her hands on the table to produce the bah bump bump rhythm indicating it was a bad joke.

Daphne Frankenstien CMO

Grayson choked slightly on the onion ring he was swallowing, and washed it down with a swig of his drink while looking at her. “Oh my god, did you just make a bad dad joke about aloe plants and tie it into a Frankenstein play on your name?”

“I dunno,” she picked up another fry. “Did you just suggest I am trying to create Cerberus in my lab because of my name?” She looked at him as she slowly at the fry with a smirk and one eyebrow raised as if sizing him up trying to predict his answer.

He paused for a long time and then slowly raised an eyebrow at her as if judging her, then, he reached for an onion ring and held it out in front of her. “Tell me you are single, cause I am about to propose. You aren’t allergic to onion are you? it’s even beer battered.”

Captain Rhodes, CO

“Before I accept are you employed and what kind of benefits can you offer? A girl has to have some standards. I mean what would people think if I told everyone I am engaged to someone without medical and dental…401K…” She let her voice trail off waiting for Grayson to answer.

“Oof, tough standards!” Gray smiled then pretended to consider carefully. “How about if I said I donate my entire Captain’s Salary to the Federation Foundation for Colonial Orphans and Abandoned Pets, have the best doctor in Starfleet on hand and get my teeth genetically cloned and replaced once a year? I can also procure Rhodes Foundation coffee whenever I want. Tempting?”

“Hold that thought,” she raised a finger cutting off Grayson’s reply.

Daphne Frankenstien CMO

Alex glanced around the half full lounge, looking for a free table to grab a bite to eat and a drink. Having not been long on the Challenger, and not really socialising with his fellow cadets all that much, Alex felt the need for some downtime, and maybe a chance to get to know some of the crew in an off duty setting.

Cadet McCall, MD

“Alex,” Daphne stood up and began waving to the cadet standing in the lounge. Anyone watching the scenes might have a flashback to the middle school lunch room years where the new kid was standing and scoping out a spot as another kid began to bellow across the room for the person to come sit with them. “Hey…over here,” Daphne called out again.

Alex spotted his boss waving and hesitated slightly before nodding in recognition and moving over in that direction. Although she was probably the person he knew best on board, at least in a professional capacity, on the other hand he didn’t want to be seen as a kiss ass by the other cadets, and she also appeared to already have company.

Daphne Frankenstien CMO

Looking up, Grayson saw who she was waving to and scooted over in the booth, making space for the new doctor to sit down. Not wanting the onion ring engagement ring to go to waste, he popped it in his mouth and munched on it. He had a whole bowl anyway and there were better ones next layer down.

Captain Rhodes, CO

Daphne looked at Rhodes and wrinkled up her nose. “Okay we are going to circle back around to that conversation later and you can then define commitment and how swallowing my ring fits in with that,” she teased the captain.

It wasn’t until he got closer that Alex realised exactly who it was Daphne was seated opposite, the surprise making him hesitate, leaving him frozen in indecision beside the table, one foot still slightly in the air.

“Hey Alex,” Daphne smiled. “Sit, sit,” she gestured to the seat in the booth.

Daphne

Alex slid into the offered chair with as much aplomb as he could muster, offering his boss a smile to try and cover up his sudden unease.

“Thanks!” he said, as cheerfully as he could muster, he nodded his appreciation and then turned to the Captain, offering a more formal head nod, bordering on a bow, or at least as close as you can get to one while seated slightly awkwardly on a chair.

“Captain.” He said, in a slightly unnatural stilted tone, unable to think of an appropriate greating. Thankfully, the waitress arrived to take his order, allowing him to bypass the awkward moment gratefully. He quickly took stock of the snack foods arrayed on the table.

“McCall, isn’t it?” Gray asked Frankenstein’s new assistant. “Welcome to the Challenger.”

“Could we get some Hallumi fries and sweet chilli dipping sauce to add to the feast please?” He asked pleasantly, his eyes darting to the others seated at the table to see if his choices were acceptable.

Cadet McCall, MD

“Oh, I’ll add some of those Jalapeño poppers to that too, you know the deep fried ones filled with cream cheese,” Grayson added to the order, “and another beer for me, another one of whatever Dr Frankenstein is drinking. McCall you good for a drink?”

Grayson Rhodes, CO

“Dr. Frankenstien, really really you had to go there,” Daphne let out a full bodied laugh. “I mean yeah I was born with the greatest last name ever but Dr. F, DF, Doc, the good doc, hell even the big Kahuna sounds better.” Her tone and laugh indicated she wasn’t really bothered by it. It was her name and she had heard pretty much every joke on the planet about it.

“Can you get me anything with an umbrella in it,” she asked the waiter.

“I’ll take a beer too please, pint, IPA, chilled, not too hoppy. You know, as a Doctor I really can’t recommend all this deep fried food… good thing you have added some vegetables Captain, need to get in our Vitamins after all.” Said Alex, hoping to break the ice with a little dietary based humour.

Cadet McCall, MD

“Oh good call. Add pickle nickles to the order,” she laughed.

“I’m just fine with my vitamin intake, thank you Doctor,” Gray said. “I have my full dose of vitamin B every day, see.” He reached out and picked up his beer, and took a deep draught.

“What I am concerned about though, is that choice of IPA,” he said the letters slowly and seemed to be checking off a mental checkbox, but by the look on his face it wasn’t a tick going in the box. “You some kind of new age Space Hipster?”

Grayson Rhodes, CO

Alex raised an eyebrow as the cold pint glass was placed in front of him, condensation already forming on the chilled glass.

“Not at all Captain, just thought I should remember the lectures on damage control procedures and fire fighting techniques by selecting something cool and refreshing” he said with a nod to the jalapeños being placed on the table.

Cadet Alex McCall, MD

As Daphne picked up a popper, she began to hum a tune and slightly sing low under her breathe. “This was never the way I planned. Not my intention,” she chewed and took a sip of her drink. “I got so brave, drink in hand and lost all my discretion,” she let out a laugh realizing her arriving before the two men at the lounge was starting to show. “Don’t judge,” she pointed the captain. “It was a long day. Not everyone is Super doc over there,” she nodded towards Alex. “I know I should not say this but,” she looked around and then mouthed “avoid Ensign Harper at all costs.” Knowing she probably should not have said that Daphne quickly brought up a new topic.

“We should play a game to get to know each other better. Ever play never have I ever?” Slowly twirling her straw in her drink, she smiled.

“Never have I ever fixed the wrong leg as being broken in a training exercise and told the person to get up and stop complaining,” she broke out laughing and rubbed her temples as if working out an imaginary headache.

Daphne Frankenstien. CMO

Although not normally one for drinking games, at least not in this lofty company, Alex decided however that he had best play along with his immediate superior, given that she was going to be writing his final evaluation at the end of this cruise.

He picked up his drink to knock back a couple of fingers of the chilled beer then paused with the glass poised at his lips.

“Hmmm, actually, does it have to specifically be the wrong ‘leg’ or does any sort of procedure on an incorrect limb or appendage count??”

Cadet Alex McCall, MD

OOC: having a go at fixing a split post….

IC: Her eyes got slightly wide as she gave the captain a sideglance and opened her mouth to speak. Deciding against what she was about to say, she let out a chuckle and smiled widely. “New rule,” she held up a finger. “If you drink you gotta explain. I am good with any procedure or appendage count. There are a lot of tentacles out there and there is nothing worse than trying to shove in or straighten a tentacle of a Vendorian.” Daphne made a rolling motion with her hand for Alex to continue.

Lt. Daphne Frankenstien CMO

Listening to them begin this game, Grayson raised an eyebrow slightly. His doctors were about to play a drinking game and he first topic was wrong limbs they had fixed by mistake. He was sure there was some kind of malpractice claim in here somewhere but that would he covered by the Ferengi Medical Insurance Union. At least he could find out which of these two not to visit if he broke an arm. Picking up his drink, he took a small sip, just enough to show that he had not, indeed, fixed anyone’s wrong limb.

Grayson Rhodes, CO

“Well….” Said Alex, considering how best to tell his story,

“Back in medical school, my study group were performing an orchiectomy procedure on an adult male Tellarite… and I don’t need to tell you how complex their reproductive system is right… Daphne?” Alex paused slightly before using his superiors given name, not wanting to seem overfamiliar given the teacher/student relationship.

“Well, one of my group managed to screw up the CT imaging so that it projected as a mirror image…. So said Tellerite had a completely healthy organ removed and my group spent several hours scrubbing dissection tables in the lab…. Fortunately this was only a holodeck simulation or the consequences would have been far more severe…. Especially for the Tellerite gentleman.”

Cadet Alex McCall, MD

OOC: did I do that right?

OOC: Perfect, well done! Just like a bought one! :D

-Dave