Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Charlie Bailey (Doctor) in Sickbay - Reporting for Duty

Posted by Lieutenant Benjamin Grey (Chief Medical Officer) in Sickbay - Reporting for Duty

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Charlie Bailey (Doctor) in Sickbay - Reporting for Duty
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Charlie’s pace slowed to a crawl as she approached sickbay. She felt her pulse quicken as the doors slid open in front of her. ‘You’ve got this…’ she whispered under her breath as she stepped into sickbay and approached the CMO’s office. Nervously she pressed the chime and waited to be admitted. She did a quick breath check and made sure her hair was still in place whilst she was waiting and checked she was presentable, hoping she wasn’t sweating too much. She wasn’t even sure why she was so nervous, she had prepared for this moment, she was an experienced doctor but there was always a nervous anticipation starting a new post. She just hoped that she could make friends easily and find some people with common interests.

As she waited, a friendly nurse smiled and said good morning to which Charlie replied with “ho, yo, heya, yes…” followed by a little voice in her head saying, ‘well done genius, way to make a good first impression…’

• Lt (jg) Bailey (Med)

“Enter” the voice behind the door called as it slid open on its own. Inside was a standard CMO Office for a Mythology class. A curved L shape desk with a standard console facing the door and larger screen to the side with information from all Sickbays. There were two chairs on the opposite side of the desk and a small cabinet to the left hand side with a few personal items, a holophoto of a family on what appeared to be a farm, a few medical textbooks in actually printed books and various vials and jars that seemed to contain various perfumes, colognes, creams, and similar objects on display. There was also a trophy and a handful of meddalions for the Starfleet Academy Boxing club.

Charlie took a deep breath and stepped into the doorway, getting her first glimpse of the office.

Behind the desk sat a man in his mid-thirties, with neatly combed brown hair and bright green eyes, he had a metallic cup to his face, mostly smelling the contents, not drinking, mostly just lost in thought as Bailey entered. He looked up and put the cup down and smiled politely, “Leftenenant Baley?” He asked “I’m Doctor Benjamin Grey, Chief Medical Officer for the Athena

Doctor Grey
CMO

Charlie tentatively took a step through the door and was pleasantly surprised at the homeliness of the CMO’s office. She desperately wanted to look around at all the oddities on display but she didn’t want to snoop so decided to take a seat opposite the desk instead. Charlie unconsciously bit her lip in anticipation as she fidgeted in her seat and tried to look casual.

With a gentle clearing of her throat she stuck out her hand, perhaps a little eagerly, as she spoke. “Yes sir, that’s me, Lt (jg) Bailey reporting for duty,” she replied, before taking a nervous gulp as she noticed her sleeve was now half way up her arm exposing her scars.

-Lt (jg) Bailey (Doctor)

Benjamin looked down at her arm for a moment, raised his eyebrow, then looked up at the screen and tapped his console, bringing up her file “Class of ‘95, top of your class. Trauma Specialist.” He already had the information in his head but had long since learned that most people are unnerved when he remembered everything about them without referencing a document. He turned to look at Bailey and interlocked his fingers “Why Starfeet?”

Doctor Grey
CMO

Charlie saw Dr Grey notice her burns but breathed a small sigh of relief that he decided not to mention it right away. She gently pulled her sleeve down again to cover them and took a moment to think. “Both my parents were in Starfleet so in some ways it was a natural fit for me, although not a particularly popular one with my sister and aunt. I knew from a young age that I wanted to pursue medicine but I’ve always wanted to travel and I guess the thrill of being on a starship was hard to resist,” she replied thoughtfully as she allowed herself a brief moment to think back to nights staring up at the stars with her father as a child. She gulped and quickly brought her mind back to the present, knowing this was not time for a trip down memory lane.

• Lt (jg) Bailey (Doctor)

Benjamin nodded slowly; she seemed nervous, or perhaps it was something else; he was never certain. “All right, it’s been about five years since you were commissioned. What do you think you’ve learned as a Starfleet doctor in that time, your most important or valuable lessons?” He asked

Doctor Grey
CMO