Posted by Lieutenant Julien Smith (Doctor) in Flashback- Earth, Starfleet Medical (2386)

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“Hey now, whatever did that table do to you?” she said with a grin, before she outright laughed. She wasn’t laughing at him though, she her expression made that clear.

Leaning forward and bracing her body slightly on her other arm, the tall half-Napean gazed directly into the eyes of man before her, whose own weaknesses and strengths seemed to mirror her own. “I have my own beef with those people. My leg is my own damn fault, though I wouldn’t change a thing there. But the mess during the War? I want answers, answers I don’t seem to be able to to find. But, mark my words… one day I will.”

“I’ll drink to that!” he said and downed his own drink, then he looked at their emptly glasses. “I’ll get some more.” he said. This time when he got up it took him longer to find his balance and the limp was more pronounced, but he still made it back fairly quickly with two full glasses that he sat down and looked at her again.

“I like yer way of tinkin’ der, Julien,” she said, taking one of the glasses and lifting it slightly in a toast before drinking heavily. He promised her she could drink and she was damn well going to take what might be her one and only opportunity for a long time to come.

In closer proximity to him, and feeling less control over her limbs, Ghubari folded both arms on the table and resorted to using both hands to prop up her chin. “Gods I’d love to see you on ibogo. That would make my day. And probably lead you down the rabbit hole in’t places in your mind you all but fe’gotten about.” Even the thought of him drinking the mildly hallucinogenic tea made her smirk.

~Commander Koraia

He held her amber eyes without blinking, but with a smirk, and quickly ran the name of the substance through his medical knowledge data chip.
“Ibogo an herbal plant growing naturally in Tanzania, used for healing and pain relief as well as a hallucinogenic compound.” he recited and his grin widened.
“You got some?” he asked. “I like rabbit holes”

• Julien

“It’s bark I use to make an infusion you drink. It comes mostly from de west of the continent, but I use it as part of my meditation practices on occasion. It helps with the overload I sometimes get being an empath.” The amusement was etched into every feature, especially as she realized her words were starting to become less and less enunciated.

“I do ‘ave some, but not a good idea when drinking. Bad tings happen, you know,” Ghubari said waggling a finger at him. She peered at her glass, which looked far less full than before. Oh well. Last one, she told herself.

“You know, I ‘ave no idea how I’m gettin’ home. I ‘ope you had a good plan fer that because I ‘ain’t walkin’. Perhaps not much at all,” she said with a barked laugh.

~A increasingly drunk Commander Koraia