Posted by Lieutenant LeKeitah Naisyr (Counselor) in Counseling Center - Checking In (Tag Couns)

Posted by Ensign Ruth Rutherford (Nurse) in Counseling Center - Checking In (Tag Couns)
After meeting with the Captain, Ruthie took a moment to freshen up before taking the turbolift to Deck 33. She checked her blonde hair–still perfectly coiffed–and picked up her valise, wishing she had left it in her quarters before all these meetings. She was 52 after all and it had to be about 40 pounds.

The Counseling Center in Mjolnir-Class vessels was truly a highlight of the vessel class, Ruthie had always thought. Not sure who the Counselor was, she stood timidly at the entrance of the center until she couldn’t take it any more, dropping her valise to the floor.

-Ensign Ruthie Rutherford, RN

Keitah appeared a few moments later. She’d made a quick trip to the bridge “Welcome friend.” She greeted the woman with a smile. “I am Lieutenant LeKeitah Naisyr, the ship’s Counselor. You can call me Keitah if you want. I take it you are here to see me for your onboarding psych evaluation?”

Naisyr, Counselor

She extended her hand in a careful handshake. “Ensign Ruth Rutherford, but you can call me Ruthie. I’ll be working in Sickbay, and I’m sure our work will overlap quite a bit.”

Ruth smiled, her thoughts guarded but barely. She knew the Betazed could likely sense how tired she was, and maybe her embarrassment about still being an Ensign after all these decades, and also how alone she could feel at night sometimes when the space around the ship was very deep and dark, and–

“You got it,” Ruth said, shrugging just slightly to ease the strain off her shoulders from the valise.

After all her years in the fleet, this check-in was just another part of the routine. This Counselor another in the line of professionals she’d worked with over her tenure. She breathed. “Just here for a little check-in and off I go! I gotta get this valise to my quarters.”

-Ensign Ruthie Rutherford, RN