Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in side - sim: House Calls

Posted by Captain Alexxander Ryley (Chief Medical Officer) in side - sim: House Calls

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Bethany Kovra Gadi (Chief of Security) in side - sim: House Calls

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“Sure. For now. You get me out in the middle of the night for eating ice cream and cake again and that mortality rate starts to creep up. You’re lucky I like you kiddo.” He gave Gadi a wink.

Ryley
MD

“Well if I had known you were going to make a house call, I would have brought you some. Next time I will just start the coffee before I leave.” She chuckled but it was tinged with more than humor. “Then again Death by sleep deprived Ryley is probably a better option than the alternatives.”

Gadi, CoS

Bump

Ryley gave another crooked sort of smile. “Don’t vet in that one kiddo.” He drained his cup and rubbed his beard thoughtfully.

Ryley
MD

Bethany smiled tiredly. “Depends on your definition of better. I am sure your way will be much more inventive and original. And permenant.” She looked at his cup, “Still most of a pot left. Don’t let it go to waste.”

Hands wrapped around her mug, Shara closed her eyes and allowed herself a rare moment of reprieve in all this insanity. Yes, she had understood the high stakes of this mission would wear on all of them in different ways, but she had been unprepared to feel attached to any of them so quickly. It felt like she were playing a dangerous game, except she knew full well that the more dangerous game was the one where they didn’t trust each other. This right here, this sharing, was significant in a way maybe few others on the ship would recognize. But Calloway did. And right now their lives depended on it. She depended on it. Scary business, all of it.

When she opened her eyes, Shara sipped the coffee, grateful for a lot of things and all she could do is grin at them.

~Shara Calloway, CIO

Bethany held the mug up and let the aroma remind her of other places and other people. People she should be with. A team that mattered and a mission she was dedicated to. Instead she was here with a crew that didn’t have enough qualified people on it. And Bethany was having some very harsh thoughts about Piklesimer and Blue. But points for them, they manipulated her in just the right way to get her to stay. And worse they had manipulated Shara too. But that was on Shara. Just proved relationships and ‘love’ were just another tool in the kit.

She got up and set a hand to a panel across the room and it popped off. She reached in and closed it. She poured a shot of Jim Beam Bourbon Whiskey to her mug. “Anyone else?”

Gadi, CoS