Posted by Ensign Juvri Dei (Security Officer) in Side Sim: SB 157 Science Lab - Mischief and Mayhem

Posted by Ensign Viyara Nazeen (Scientist) in Side Sim: SB 157 Science Lab - Mischief and Mayhem

Posted by Ensign Juvri Dei (Security Officer) in Side Sim: SB 157 Science Lab - Mischief and Mayhem
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While waiting fro the Athena to eventually turn up again, Viyara had decided to work on one of her personal projects. She hadn’t actually asked permission to use one of the science labs. But she was a Starfleet Science Officer, so why shouldn’t she? And who would notice anyway? The personnel on starbases always seemed to be a little more in flux than on ships and they currently had the crew of the Ogawa stranded here as well, waiting for the ship to be repaired. Thus in all likelihood the science staff from the Starbase would assume she was part of the Ogawa’s crew and vice verse. Which should leave her free to do whatever she liked.

Right now that meant testing a theory she had developed the night before. So here she stood alone in the lab, looking at her experiment set up, making sure everything was connected properly. The most prominent feature as a large Liebig condenser. On the left hand side of it stood a Bunsen burner and hanging over it was a round-bottom flask with a fractionating column and a thermometer attached to it. The fractionating column was then attached to the Liebig condenser and underneath the end of it stood another glass flask. Once she was satisfied that everything was set up properly, Viyara turned on the Bunsen burner. Now all she had to do was wait.

A while later, the dark haired Trill swapped the glas flask at the end of the set up, for an empty one. Moving to a neighbouring table, she put the flask down and then inserted a pipette into the liquid. After filling it was liquid, she dropped a few drops in each of the five test tubes in front of her. At first nothing or very little seemed to happen to the liquid within. But suddenly a hissing sound came from the third one and the liquid within seemed to boil. She cursed loudly, but was too late to try and do anything about it. Instead watched the test tube break and the surface of the work desk blister when it came in contact with the liquid. That was not what she had expected.

~Ensign Nazeen, Scientist

The space station was a big place. Were they all this big? Juvri had decided to the explore the place - she was stuck here for the next who knows how long anyway. Best know where the best nooks and crannies are. She was headed past a lab. Science had never been… exactly her thing, so she preferred to steer clear. Until she heard someone cursing and then something broke. Turning into the lab the sounds had come from, she got an eyeful of a situation. Another Ensign in a science uniform, stood over a desk which now bubbled and blistered.

Clearly a science accident, but Juvri found herself saying, “What did you do?”

~ Ensign Juvri Dei, Security

At the sound of her voice, Viyara looked up. “I successfully disproved my own theory,” she replied offhandedly. Taking a step back, she leaned against the desk behind her, both hands resting on its surface. She seemed to radiate confidence and there was more than just a hint of mischievousness in her smile. Yet if Juvri payed attention to what lay beneath the surface, she might be able to sense some darker emotions the other woman was apparently trying to stuff away in the deepest realms of her psyche. As she stood there, she let her heterochromatic eyes wander slowly up and down the whole length of Juvri’s body; taking in not only her appearance, but also her body language.

~Ensign Nazeen, Scientist

Juvri was, as usual, doing her best to ignore Viyara’s emotions. Her body language was that of someone who was not overly confident. She kept her arms near her body. She stood with perfect posture, but her shoulders ever so slightly hunched inward. Her eyes usually searched the floor.

“Disproved your theory, huh? Maybe you did a little more than that?” She said, feeling a stab of uncertainty that for some reason, the words would make Viyara angry. She gestured towards the work table. “Looks like a bit of a mess, huh?”

~ Ensign Juvri Dei, Security

Viyara laughed good-naturedly and said, “Well, that is the risk of being a chemist, or biochemist in my case. And where would the fun be if everything stayed neat and clean all the time even when an experiment goes wrong.” She shrugged and then added with a wink, “And it’s just a desk and a test tube. So nothing that can’t be easily replaced.” Tilting her head slightly, she tried to catch the other woman’s eye. “I’m Viyara Nazeen, by the way, and I promise I don’t bite. What’s your name?” she asked. She wondered why the other officer looked so uncertain and insecure. She hadn’t done anything but stop and ask what happened. And that was nothing anyone would get in trouble for with their superiors.

~Ensign Nazeen, Scientist

~Ensign Nazeen, Scientist