Posted by Ensign Charlie Bailey (Doctor) in Ensign Bailey’s Quarters - Side Sim

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Katie gulped as she paged through all of the information streaming through the device. She kept herself focused on it until she noticed the splash of wetness and the hand squeeze, turning her head to study Bailey. “Are you ready?” she asked, her voice breaking slightly with the emotion of the situation the two were in. She squeezed her hand tightly. “I’m here for you,” she added, firmly.

Lt Cmdr Nunn, CNS

Charlie closed her eyes and took a deep breath before turning back to Katie and giving a hesitant nod. “I’m ready…” she replied, barely louder than a whisper. She cautiously opened the record and began to read.

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STAR-FLEET AUTOPSY RECORD
DECEDENT: Elena Jennifer Bailey
AGE AT DEATH: 33
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Charlie tentatively began to scroll down the screen, wiping the occasional tear away. Although she was used to reading and even writing these reports, she couldn’t muster her usual professional detachment as she began to read the details. As she began to scroll further down, she suddenly froze and her breathing and heart rate went through the roof. Thrusting the PaDD away from her, it clattered on the deck as she wriggled free of Katie’s embrace and scurried down the other end of the sofa. She curled up in a tight ball and sobbed uncontrollably, her body trembling in shock.

Dr Bailey

Katie remained silent as Bailey read, not wanting to completely intrude on the woman’s private moment as she figured out what had happened in her past. Her detachment quickly ended, however, when she flung herself to the other end of the sofa. Katie blinked in shock for a moment before reaching down to collect the PADD and glance at what Bailey had been viewing. As the autopsy photos came into view, she felt her own stomach turn, taking all of her skill to calm herself to be there for her patient. She quickly skipped past the gruesome photos, looking through some of the details and noting that the time of death placed the elder Bailey as deceased before Charlie ever could have seen her in a hallway. Filing this information away, she returned her attention to the terrified ensign and made her way off the sofa herself, kneeling down in front of Charlie and wrapping her arms tightly around the trembling ball. She didn’t say anything for now, just being present with Charlie in her misery and pain.

Lt Cmdr Nunn, CNS