Posted by Lieutenant Julien Smith (Doctor) in Side Sim - Curiosity and the Cat

It did connect but strangely his upper right thigh where she hit him was hard as metal and depending on the force of the blow it would hurt her elbow, while he didn’t move one milimeter and even more strangely, didn’t show any expression of even having felt it.

He did react though, stepping back and his expression became remorseful. “Oh, I’m so sorry I’ve startled you.” he said. Darn him, that had been a bad idea, but he had not expected her to react that way. His eyes scanned sickbay for the next hypo, the blow had to have hurt her ellbow.

“Does your elbow hurt?” he asked.

• Julien Smith, doctor

“Ow!” Karina growled thinking she’d swing and shifted enough to hit the chair. The angle was wrong, but she definitely hit something solid, and it wasn’t soft flesh.

Turning sideways in her seat as he stepped back, she cradled her arm. “Ummm… Kinda. Think I smacked the chair back to hard.” She forced a smile but the edge of her lip was between her teeth as she rubbed it feeling extremely foolish. “I’m sorry I swung. I’ve bee… We’ve been thru a lot lately. I guess I’m still jumpy.”

He quickly fetched a nearby hypo, getting a med tricorder as well.

Great, she thought to herself, wonder what the Councilor will make of my swinging at a fellow officer cause I wasn’t paying attention and got startled? Out loud she looked up at him. “Sorry, again. Was there something I could help you with?” She stood up, her good hand moving down to tap the screen clear as she rose and then went back to rubbing her elbow. She definitely bruise shortly, she could feel it.

Karina

He gave her a soft smile, thinking that there was a Starfleet Officer hiding in even the timid looking crewmembers. “First let me help you Karina.” he said gently in his deep baritone and quickly scanned her elbow. No fractures, but a bit of a swelling building up under the lower bone. He loaded the hypo with a pain killer and got a tissue regenerator.

“Just a bruise.” he said and took her upper arm gently in his left hand and administered first the hypo and then the dermal regenerator.

“I came to see why you were accessing my medical file. If you had questions about me, I’m happy to answer them in person.” he said frankly, his mismatched green eyes locking with hers.

• Julien Smith, doctor

Initially Karina tried to wave off Julien, but as he took her arm, she surrendered. “It wasn’t worth bothering you about, honestly. I was wondering if you had an allergic reaction to something the other night, or merely, as you said, too much real, rich food? Then I all but chased you into the gym when I should have let you go. You are a doctor, after all. Probably capable,” she sighed as the hard sting of the pain receded and the swelling began to recede, “ok, more than capable of taking care of yourself.”

She sighed and nodded with a soft smile. “Thank you. I’m sorry again for swinging. Maybe I need to turn the table so it faces the door.”

Karina
Doctor

He listened to her while finishing the treatment, but let his hand rest on her arm, looking at her intently, searching her eyes. Was it true? Or was she the mole he suspected was hiding among the crew? The swing had been brave, but not the move of a trained fighter, or maybe she was that good an actor? He could find out…

He gave her his most charming smile, a dimple showing up in his left cheek. “You say ‘sorry’ way too often. It was a good swing and a Starfleet Officer needs to be able to defend herself. If you’d like I could show you a few more moves, especially for attacks from behind.” he offered.

• Julien Smith

“Sor…” she started to murmur the word and blushed as she bit her lip. “I guess it’s an occupational hazard sometimes, and it becomes habit in response to … well to swinging at you, for starters.” She laughed nervously and looked at him with a bit of nervousness. “You want to teach me ‘moves’? I am as coordinated as a biobed, Julien. You are likely to get more hurt teaching me than in my clumsy reflexive swats.” She laughed and watched the dimple on his cheek.

She could imagine his girl friend, or wife, teasing him about that just to make it show up more often. “You know I only passed my Academy Self Defense class because I think my instructor was afraid I’d hurt too many people if he held me back.” She smiled at him.

Karina
Doctor
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OOC: Sorry, holiday and business trip - but I always do answer eventually ;-)

He gave her a deep look, his oddly mismatched green eyes - his human one was dark green and his artificial eye lighter green - locked with hers while he still smiled.

“I promise you you can not hurt me. And even if you do, I won’t feel much and heal quickly, I’ve got really good genes.” he said, hoping he was not letting on too much. She was either a Conclave agent or simply had an inquisitive mind, either way he had to find out which one.

• Julien

Katina smiled. “Why do guys always say that? I know it’s not meant that way, but it always comes out sounding like you’re weak but it’s ok if your nails scratch me?”

After another heartbeat, she nodded. ” I suppose saying no wouldn’t be very smart, considering everything I’ve been thru just in this ship.” It was gracious, but still sounded like a surrender. “I could probably use a couple pointers. Knocking out knees isn’t the best defense, is it?”

Karina
Doctor