Posted by Lieutenant Alexis Bonner (Scientist, Medical Researcher) in Control What You Can

Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Control What You Can

Posted by Lieutenant Alexis Bonner (Scientist, Medical Researcher) in Control What You Can
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Alexis returned to the lab before she had to, which wasn’t all that surprising. The lab was where Alexis could be herself. No one bothered her and she didn’t bother anyone else. She loved being a doctor, she was good at it, but as she’d admitted her bedside manor was severely lacking, though that had never garnered too many complaints. But here she could work, she could lose herself in it. Here she could control her environment. She made a small corner for Frigga under table with small things to occupy the pup until she either had to work, or Alexis took her for her next walk. Then she turned on her console, spread about 20 PaDDs across her table. “GALEN sound dampening field around my work station please.” And a passable barrier shimmered to life. The pods stayed in their box. She was smart, she’d figure this out. What was she working on that got his attention? Because she absolutely did not believe he was simply interested in her. He’d burned that illusion to ashes 3 years ago. He wanted something she was working on. And once she found it, she’d contact her … boss? at Intel. She’d struck a bargin and she’d kept her end, they hadn’t. ‘The secret is don’t play.’ Okay then…
Lt Bonner, med research

A short while later, the lean form of the ship’s XO stepped into the lab. Holding a PADD, she wore a smile on her face, but it was smaller than it usually was when interacting with the crew. Dira was taking everything in as she approached, making sure to be in Bonner’s line of vision and not startle her. “Lieutenant?” she said lightly. “Got a minute?” She didn’t know about the dampening field, but she sure as hell knew how jumpy you could be after something terrifying had happened.

Commander Myqian, XO

Alexis didn’t look up she was so far down the rabbit hole of back checking previous research that she didn’t look up. The dampening field meant she didn’t hear Myqian come in. Alexis had no skill in blocking telepaths but her intense focus acted like a barrier. So Dura would know the extreme level of determination to find what she was looking for, but not the emotions behind it. Frigga, however did notice the XO. The field worked on her too but it didn’t affect her sense of smell or her eyes. This woman wanted Alexis’ attention. She got up and padded over to Alexis and tugged on her sleeve several times before Alexis finally looked up. She spoke but Dura wouldn’t hear her. Finally Alexis made a beckoning motion for the Cmdr to join her. Once through the field, “Good morning Cmdr. I didn’t know anyone else worked this early. I suppose you are here because I didn’t file a security report?” Alexis wasn’t stupid, slow to consider other points of view and remember protocol because it wasn’t related to her work, and seemingly absent minded, but she wasn’t stupid. She also knew Solomon had been gone the previous morning and had returned just as she woke up. She could take an educated guess, with the XOs appearance, where he had gone.
Lt Bonner

It hadn’t taken Dira much to figure out that Alexis had had GALEN set up a personal work environments. Labs like this were the perfect implementation of that particular ship feature and it made her glad the crew was finding ways to make the new Ogawa work for them. She gave Bonner a warm smile. “No, actually. I am working with Operations to ensure we’ve got all the resources we need for the many different special projects going on. I have the list for yours and I was hoping you’d review it to be sure it’s correct,” she said, holding out the PADD. Her expression was light, as if they were discussing the weather on some random world.

The PADD in fact did NOT hold a requisition list but had a simple message written on it:

||We need to talk. Where’s a good place?||

Despite Kane’s insinuation’s she was well aware of slight level of paranoia that was required of them for the time being. Just because he had dismissed her idea didn’t mean it wasn’t useful. After all, this wasn’t her first tussle with spooks.

Commander Myqian, XO

Alexis took the PaDD knowing it wasn’t a requisition. She’d already filed hers, had it checked, and it had been filled. If it hadn’t been then she wouldn’t currently be working on any of her projects. She glanced at the PaDD, pressed delete and set it down on the table. She looked around the lab. No one else was here yet. Kane usually arrived in about half an hour and the rest of the lab crew not for two or three more hours. She was usually the only one working at this time. She wasn’t made for this kind of thing, she didn’t think this way. But Leighna had grilled her in it over and over. She had been told that someone on the command staff would know that she had classified projects to work on, but she couldn’t discuss the details. She had that nifty little chip that would instruct GALEN to isolate and lock down her workspace while she worked on her projects and it would record and then delete from the main system her work. She couldn’t leave not till she figured out what he was after. And her quarters were defiantly not a good place to talk. She hadn’t been back in there either, and didn’t intend to. Finally making a decision, for good or ill, she pulled the chip out, reached under the work table and plugged it in. “GALEN initiate program Theta.” There was a trill of the computer and the dampening field also initiated a low level forcefield and turned off the recording for her work area. She shrugged. “Here is as good as anywhere, Cmdr.”
Lt Bonner

With a nod, Dira found a spot at the corner of the desk to sit on and gave Alexis an appraising look. Bonner had already done what she had intended to, by erasing the message, but she had to admit to being surprised by the forcefield. Then again at this point she knew better than to expect anything but more surprises. Anything less was foolish. Her dark eyes searched for Bonner’s and Dira let out a small sigh. “How are you, Alexis? Where are you at?” Dira wasn’t sure how she would approach this situation at first but as she had walked to the lab, she understood that despite the pips and the colour of her uniform, she was still a psychiatrist and would approach people differently. She was finding her balance between her former job and her new one but it was clear a mix of the two was needed here.

Commander Myqian, XO