Posted by Lieutenant Fey Kastil (Chief Medical Officer) in side-sim Still in the Lounge

Posted by Lieutenant Casela Synthi-er (Counsellor / RTF) in side-sim Still in the Lounge

Posted by Commander Ryder Raauhl (Executive Officer) in side-sim Still in the Lounge
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It was after 2300 and the lounge was supposed to be closed. Hampton had left and Casela chuckled. She was still there with just a few lights on. Whatever contengency plan Hampton had, she was sure she was either on the top of the list or the very bottom. She looked at the two bottles sat on the table, one empty and another almost. She’d put them away but she was pretty sure she was ‘falling down drunk’ by now. Casela reached up to trace the runes on her necklace. Hampton was right, shouldn’t she be happy she had someone? T’Jal would agree, Jake would too. Jake was a hopeless romantic though and never let T’Jal forget it. She just couldn’t see T’Jal being like her, ever. She’d heard the stories from T’Jal and the way the woman’s mind worked was scary, and as old as she was she could fight. But, Casela was bitter. She’d made a choice that she thought would help her make a difference, and now....now she wished …well it didn’t matter what you wished. The flicker of light and shadow in Roebuck’s office terrified her. She wasn’t sure what she had done yet, but she’d figure it out. She just didn’t know what she could do about it. She started to pick up the bottle to pour another glass when the doors opened.

Lt. Synthi-er

Having spent the past 5 hours in the CIC, a quiet shift all thing considered with only dave causing any means of excitement Ryder had decided to cut his losses a little early and began doing his pre handover walk early. 2300 most people were asleep or unlucky for some getting ready for Gamma shift, in his case he was getting ready for sleep so as a yawn erupted he chose not to hide it.

His walk was mostly uninteresting though passing a handful of officer on their way to engineering he heard them talking about drunk officers which gave the XO cause enough to visit the lounge. It wasn’t unusual for officers to unwind but considering the time of day it was certainly time to wrap things up. What he didn’t expect when we walked in was Casela, alone and in the dark. “Casela” Ryder voice was filled with confusion and concern as he approached her.

• Commander Raauhl, XO

Casela glanced up and groaned. Just great, here comes Mr. It’s-in-the-past-so-it-doesn’t-matter-any-more when she had obviously was in the middle of or just starting a bout of hysterical sobbing. “You don’t want to come over here. I’ve been drinking. A Lot.” she twirled the empty glass again, stopped it and put her head back. Her other hand wrapped tightly around the necklace.

He crossed the room stopping short examing her and the empty glasses, “That is rather evident, I think perhaps its time to stop.” Ryder sat next to her and brushed the bottles away before turning towards her, she stank of alcohol, even worst than Cobb after one of his particular stressful nights. “You look like a damned mess Casela.”

.You are a damn rat. Your allegiance isn’t to your captain or this crew, its to a shadow organization you can’t define. If ‘they’ ever came for me or anyone else on this ship, I’m sure you would open the door for them and take their hat and coats counselor. But you’d have to give a damn about the rest of us little people first, and since we all can’t be Commander Raauhl, that’s a bridge to far for you.

And now Ryder was at risk because of her. Cobb too. She’d told Cobb all of it. Every last detail, everything she knew, everything she didn’t know. She’d hoped she’d found her place. But that just wasn’t going to happen for her. And now she’d have to protect Hampton too. “This is why I don’t drink.” she said softly her head back on the bulk head, eyes closed, a lump in her throat, and her chest too heavy to breath, it seemed. Where was the nearest airlock? Did she even have the override codes for that?
Lt. Synthi-er, CNS

Something must have gone wrong in a power relay as the lights started to flicker out for a moment. Either that or…the doors open in the momentary darkness and in strides the Doctor with a stasis case and a bottle of something. A quick scan of the room and she smiles as she sees the counselor and XO sitting together. “Oh now this silly rumor just got more interesting.” The doctor cackles a bit as she made her approach to the bar, setting the stasis box and retrieving a couple of plates. “Given the hour and the number of empty bottles, I have just the remedy for you two.”

Carefully the doctor poured out the fizzy liquid into a set of glasses and opens the stasis container. The smell of strawberries fills the room with its sweet goodness, though written on the surface of the pie in whipped cream is the word ‘PITTY’ making it a literal pitty pie. The Doctor serves a few slices and brings out some vanilla bean ice cream from the replicator, then gives each member a glass and a plate of strawberry pitty pie and vanilla ice cream. “Do please enjoy, and remember that I care when no one else does. Also remember that I am short on supplies, so I can’t cure your hangovers tomorrow. I suggest you start drinking a lot of water so you minimize the effect.”

• Doctor Fey Kastil

Before the executive officer could object and downplay the situation and explain he hadn’t been drinking considering he was still on duty she had poured and passed them the drink so he accepted them anyway. “You don’t have to worry about me Doctor, I’m going to take the counselor here back to her quarters before returning to the CIC to finish my duty. Thank you for the drink and the advice anyway.” He gave his to Casela and gestured for her to drink up. “Its time to go Cas.” He wasn’t concerned about the Doctor hearing him use her name so casually, the whole ship knew they were seeing each other.

• Commander Raauhl, XO