Posted by Commander Eric Holmman (Executive Officer) in Main Sim - The XOs Hot Tub
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Mika stood for several moments in a shocked horror. “I- That’s Pey Janga. The Ensign. I’ve been working with her lately.” She said at last, to no one in particular.

~ Lt JG Mika, CMO

“I’m… very sorry, ma’am.”
Thomas said with sincerity.
It was at this time that his thoughts started to organize, and the true gravity of the situation dawned on him. He turned to Lieutenant Rainns.
“Lieutenant , we’ve got to inform the captain, and move this body… right? We can’t leave her here.”
O’Neil then turned to the XO, Holmman.
“Sir, we don’t know what happened… but I think you understand what this looks like. I think cooperating might be the best idea, sir.”

Cadet Thomas O’Neil, Security

“Thank you, cadet, for the advice,” Eric snapped, emphasizing O’Neil’s rank. “I think I’m fully aware of the situation.” He wasn’t actually at his best - his head was still killing him, it had only been a few minutes since had woken up, and was still struggling to remember why he was even here. But he was the second-in-command of the ship, and was could still portray the authority needed for the crew to do what they needed to do.

Eric finished tying the sash of his robe, the remaining water pooling underneath him. He looked at a nearby chair and sat down, while he looked around to get a better view of the situation in his quarters. He resisted the urge to rub his brow.

“But yes. Rainns, let the Captain know what happened. Mika, you should transport the Ensign… Pey for an examination.”

(OOC: So a couple of things:

1) Remember that different people on a ship will respond at different rates, even when in-character things are moving very quickly. That’s very important to remember if you are going to be posting faster than others. On a regular speed ship like the Challenger, the command staff will post at least once every three days, the DHs will post at least once every five days, and junior officers (like cadets) will post at least once every seven days. That’s how much time you need to give for someone to respond to a thread. So in this case, from my character’s perspective, it didn’t look like he was given any time at all to respond before he was being advised to cooperate, and he responded according in-character. :P So even when a sim gets exciting, it is still important to let the other characters respond to the action and what is happening.

2) It is precisely because of that first point we have reached the maximum number of people who can comfortably participate in this thread. Very shortly, tasks and objections will need to be split into different locations with different crew members involved in different parts of the sim.

3) Remember the different ranks. For example would Picard be okay with a brand new officer giving him unprompted advice that he already knew? So while a junior officer can try, there may be an unwanted reaction. :))

-Cmdr. Eric Holmman, XO

Rainns looked over at O’Neil with a sharp look, that expressed the message ‘that’s not helping.’ He took his hand off his phaser and placed it on his combadge. =^= Lt. Rainns to Captain Davis, We have found Ensign Janga’s body in the XO’s hot tub. I have a team on site and we are going to transport the body to sickbay for an autopsy.=^= He looked at the body and then to Holmman. “I hope you won’t mind coming to my office for a few questions once we get this settled here sir.” He said politely. He looked down at the body. ‘Well ensign, ’ he thought to himself. ‘You graduated alright, straight to the morgue.’ He had an urge to say it out loud, but with the XO standing there and the Doctor who was visibly upset, he decided, it was best to keep that terrible joke in his head.

Lt. Jg. Joseph Rainns- COS

Kyle had arrived as O’Neil had made his suggestion to Commander Holmman. He did not initially recognise Ensign Janga’s body, but the realisation dawned on him as he remembered sharing a drink with her in Nine Forward, along with other members of the Night Watch.
Bloody hell, Anders thought to himself, Remind me never to accept an invitation to one of Holmman’s hot tub parties. Kyle instinctively drew his tricorder and turned to Rainns.
“Sir,” he said, getting straight to the point, “With your permission, once the body is beamed away, I’d like to start scanning the room for anything anomalous.”

-Cadet Kyle Anders: Security-

Mika called down to Sickbay for the body to be moved. “We’ll get started on the autopsy straightaway. We- we should get to the bottom of this as quickly as possible.” She said, her voice flat. It was either flat, or crying. Mika never took death well, no matter who the unlucky person was. She turned to Holmman and said, “I’m sure you didn’t do it, sir. I’ll find out everything I can.”

OOC: I did a bad and made a split. Fixing the split.

~ Lt JG Mika, CMO

“Thank you, Lieutenant, and I’m sorry for you losing your officer,” Eric said, as he looked over at the latest arrival from the security department, before turning back to Rainns. “I’ll put on a uniform and join you at the security office. We can meet the Captain there.”

(OOC: I’m going to fast-forward my character to the security office while other characters stay back in the XO’s quarters in order to move the sim along to where others can join in and reduce the number of active players in this thread. I’ll let DHs give the orders.)

-Cmdr. Eric Holmman, XO

The crime scene, such as it was, was fairly quiet to first impressions, a couple of champagne flutes, half full of bubbly. The piles of clothing strewn about, both men’s and ladies garments. Without running detailed scans it was evident that there were two people in here last night, but who, other than the XO would come in here? Who would even have access?

GM Wombat