USS Athena
Sickbay- Answers Come in All Forms
Posted by Lieutenant Benjamin Grey (Chief Medical Officer) in Sickbay- Answers Come in All Forms
Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Janna Kingston (Counsellor) in Sickbay- Answers Come in All Forms
Posted by Commander Orvos Legen (Executive Officer) in Sickbay- Answers Come in All Forms
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Orvos approached her, already able to sense her feelings with his own brand of El Aurian empathy. He brought his fingertip up, puzzled at the idea that a lone finger might do anything after the embrace they experienced earlier. “Just one fingertip, doc?” he said with some mild amusement as his eyes remained entirely on Janna’s. He held it out to her, glad to have the assistance of an audience. If it weren’t for chaperones, he likely would be doing much more with his finger than simply touching one of her own. He tried to catch those thoughts before they became manifest, burying them and hoping they wouldn’t be overtly embarrassing for them.
-Commander Orvos Legen, XO
She tried her best to keep a neutral expression, but her amusement shone through her grass green eyes. “This feels like a scene from an ancient Terran movie. I’m pretty sure my finger won’t light up though, but this is all new so maybe I shouldn’t try to make predictions here.”
Janna reached up and allowed their fingers to touch. Of course, nothing really happened. No glowing, no sparks, nothing like that. But she could feel it, like a hum or buzzing in the back of her mind, and a tingling where their skin just barely touched. The readings showed a tiny increase in heart rate from Janna (though the cause was a loose correlation at best given the other variables). But there were tiny parts of her brain that did light up upon contact and they mirrored the readings for Orvos as well.
~Janna Kingston, CNS
Benjamin nodded slowly as he read the readings “Now if capable please describe how It feels, as precise as you can be” Benjamin said looking up for a moment to make sure that it was still only a single finger.
Dr. Grey - CMO
Janna inhaled deeply, focusing on Orvos as she spoke. “There’s a tingle on my skin where our fingers are touching, a bit of warmth too. It’s hard to describe but there’s like a hum in the back of my mind. It feels tangible but hard to pinpoint exactly where. It just… is,” she said softly.
~Janna Kingston, CNS