Posted by Lieutenant Dr. Solomon Kane (Medical Research & Development) in Ready Room- Passing the Buck

Posted by Lieutenant Alexis Bonner (Scientist, Medical Researcher) in Ready Room- Passing the Buck

Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Ready Room- Passing the Buck
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A tiny tap, tap sounded in the turbolift as she was whisked upwards towards the bridge. Her long brown fingers tapped the PADD against her thigh the agitation still not threatening to pass anytime soon. And worse yet, she was barely holding it together even if outwardly others weren’t easily aware of that fact.

Doors opening, Myqian stepped out onto the bridge and wordlessly moved straight for the ready room and pressed the chime.

Inside Willow looked up from the computer and the conversation she was having. She was thankful for the distraction.

“Sorry Julia, duty calls!” She said with a grin and gave a quick bye before she cut the comm and said “come in!”

When admitted, Dira stepped in, her features schooled in her best therapist’s mask, and stepped up to Willow at her desk and held out a PADD.

“Dira” Willow said happily and smiled. The smile faded somewhat when the woman’s expression remained stoic. A frown appeared on her features. She reached up and took the padd and the frown got worse.

“That is confidential information about a recent security breach on the ship that I have been made aware of. I’ve done my best to manage things but as you will read, it’s a complicated matter. I…” Her mask faltered slightly, but still Dira stood there with her shoulders pulled back, almost emotionless. “I’ve been emotionally compromised and I cannot be a decision maker in this situation. It requires your input. Talk to Bonner and Kane, they’ll tell you whatever… plan they’ve come up with. I’m out. I also am taking a day or two off to clear my head. Please don’t make me ask for permission Captain, I know what I need right now.”

Commander Myqian, XO

Staring between the PaDD and the woman Willow took a breath and nodded her head. “Granted take the time you need.” She said quietly. So many questions spiralled around her head and confused as she was by this she knew better than to question her XO in such a situation. At least for now. She would let Dira go and check in on her later.

“What do you need?” She added and waited.

Willow Taylor
CO

For a moment Dira had no words. Hadn’t she just said she knew what she needed? But standing there before Willow suddenly everything that had been clear was murky. “To go back forty-eight hours?” Dira said flatly. “But given we’re already dealing with issues with one Starfleet department, I’m really not interested in inviting Temporal Investigations in too, so…” Inhaling deeply, she sighed and shook her head, her expression finally shifting ever so slightly. “The past just… caught up with me Willow and it just hit so hard and at the same time the fallout from other events I was dealing with from the Calypso were also in play and… I misstepped. Or overreached. Or I care too much about people and I should care just a tiny less…” She tried to find more words but was truly at a loss. It was already more than she intended to say and right now all she wanted was to crawl into bed and sleep.

Commander Myqian, XO

Willow nodded once. “Say no more. Go, let me know when you’re ready to resume duty and we can talk first.” She said and gave Dira a moment to leave without being watched.

Grateful she didn’t have to explain more, Dira simply nodded, spun on the ball of her foot and left the ready room. Her passage through the bridge was swift and silent.

Commander Myqian, XO

Once the executive officer had left Willow flicked through the PaDD, her mouth setting into a firm line. She hit her badge.

=^= Lieutenants Kane and Bonner report to the ready room. =^=

Willow Taylor
CO

Alexis was not a light sleeper, but she never slept well. She woke hearing the comm and slipped gently out of Solomon’s arms. She grabbed her jacket and then his, passing it to him. =/\=Acknowledged Captain, Bonner Out.=/\= She waited for him to do the same, why? Because he said they weren’t going to tell anyone where she was staying. She got up donning her uniform and muttered about people always sending comms when they were in bed. She sighed on the way out the door, “I don’t suppose this is about the tritainium slips we’ve been working on.”
Bonner

Kane fastened his jacket and tapped his come badge. =/\= Yep, ok. =/\= he replied and then looked at Alexis. “I’d say no. I’ll put real money on we got told on by the XO.” He snorted derisively. “Well, I’ve been chewed out before. Probably will be again.” He looked at Alexis as they stepped onto the turbolift. “And I’m not changing the plan, no matter what the Skipper says.”

Kane

Alexis nodded, Myqian had told her she was going to tell Cpt Taylor. And she’d very close to ordering them to go to Cpt Taylor. Alexis at the moment was surprising calm about it. They had plan, well correction, Solomon had a plan, and she had the skill to make it happen. Myqian had told her they had all taken vows to do no harm, and that was true. And the harm that would happen if they didn’t go through with it was exponential. Something she’d dreamt about kept coming back to her, they wouldn’t stop him because it offended their morals. Morals were a social construct and fluid. But the fact remained she had no one else to rely on but Solomon. She nodded again, more firmly. She let her mind go, running through how to make the pneumolysin form a chain at the moment of contact with epithelial cells so the entirety of the chemical was absorbed. When the lift doors opened, she stepped out onto the bridge and over to the ready room door and pressed the chime. No one was surprised to see Alexis half aware of her surroundings.
Bonner