Posted by Lieutenant Todd Nyman (Chief Counselor) in [Side-Sim, Everyone Welcome] Corridor Encounters

Posted by Lieutenant Laural Corynn Witley, Ph.D., M.D. (Counselor) in [Side-Sim, Everyone Welcome] Corridor Encounters

Posted by Lieutenant Todd Nyman (Chief Counselor) in [Side-Sim, Everyone Welcome] Corridor Encounters
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Lieutenant Nyman had been observing Kaylin since she came onboard. At first he couldn’t believe it. Was it really her?. It must be. Vendorians had very good memory for those sorts of things.

He felt compelled to say something. But what would he say? He couldn’t discuss their previous encounter out in public. Would she even remember him? Likely not. Especially not as he was now.

But one day, as they brushed past each other in the hallway he decided to speak up.

“Ms.Wilde…” he began, putting on a warm smile and turning back toward her.

She stopped, turned around glared up from her PaDD.

“Yes?”

“I’m Chief Counselor Todd Nyman,” he continued, cheerful as ever, “I just wanted to officially say, welcome aboard.”

“Right…” she replied, “Your the guy who’s been following me around.”

His expression dropped, and for once he was speechless. The realization was like a phaser blast to the chest. Kaylin put away the PaDD and folded her arms, a scowl coming across her face,

“Look, I kind of get it. Former criminal turned Star Fleet officer. Pretty fascinating case, right?”

Nyman sensed her hostility, and reactively pulled himself back. The question was rhetorical, but regardless he was still a little too shaken up to respond. So Kay continued,

“And I’m sure you are very excited to have several long, deep, emotional conversations where you dive into my past trauma and help me heal from my psychological wounds.”

“Well…” he said, temporarily snapping out of frozen state but not all the way back to reality,

“Would you like to?”

Kay rolled her eyes, and mumbled “You can’t be serious…”

“Wait, Ms. Wilde I -“

She walked off before Nyman could say anything else. He could feel himself turning red. It wasn’t just because he got caught. He felt stupid for just following her around in the first place without saying anything. It obviously made her uncomfortable. Of course she wouldn’t want to talk to him after that. This was not reunion he was expecting, and it was all his fault.

|Lt. Nyman, Chief Counselor|

|Lt., j.g. Wilde, Ops/Helm Officer|

The quiet hum of her anti-grav chair was the only sound that indicated Laural’s movement down the corridor. She liked to get out of her office on occasion just to clear head and it was a good opportunity to say hello to crewmembers she might not otherwise encounter and to check in informally. She was about to say hello to someone she recognized as new to her, but the way the other woman moved down the corridor, quickly and all business, Witley got the sense this was not the right time for a simple hello. Still, she considered saying something as it seemed apparent something was wrong, but as she approached, she could see just a bit further down, Nyman was standing up ahead, looking a bit perplexed.

As she approached him, she offered, “Are you okay?”

~Doctor Laural Witley, Counselor

OOC: Mind if I jump in here?

-Kieron-

(OOC: No Problem! -Ava)

He stood there and blinked, before shaking himself back to the present. At first only answering Witley’s question with a small shrug.

“I’m afraid I … I wasn’t expecting that reaction.”

Nyman looked over at her and smiled, even laughing a little at himself,

“I’m not sure what I was expecting, really. After all these years finally- you know never mind. I had her assigned for an onboarding exam. But maybe you would be a better person to handle that.”

|Lt. Nyman, Chief Counselor|

“Oook,” Laural replied, knowing this was going to require more than a quick conversation in the corridor. “Perhaps we shouid talk it through? I have time now, or you can come find me in my office later?”

OOC: I’m back! Just wanted to tag here but no pressure. Perhaps Todd and L can talk, then I can thread with Ava?

~Dr. Laural Witley, Counselor

OOC: Glad to hear you’re safe Lori! I’m going to be honest it is probably more OOC awkwardness amplifying Todd’s in-character awkwardness because I neither in nor out of character know why this needs to be discussed in your office. Sorry I guess? Lol. You can make the thread if you want though, I’ll try to make it interesting.

IC:
Nyman looked at Dr.Whitely and cocked his head slightly. This reaction intensified his curiosity. Perhaps he was missing something.

“Doctor,” he said, “I’m not really sure what you mean- If I said something inappropriate then I’m sorry, that wasn’t my intention.”

He replayed their conversation over again in his mind, but nothing stood out to him as unusual or inappropriate. Humans were usually fairly open to talking about their relationships, at least he thought so. Maybe he was just doing it wrong?

|Lt. Nyman, Chief Counselor|

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