Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dev Siobhan (Chief Science Officer) in Psych Eval - Deck 7 - Psychiatry Suite

Posted by Lieutenant Dr. Mariah Lee Grayson (Chief of Psychiatry) in Psych Eval - Deck 7 - Psychiatry Suite

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dev Siobhan (Chief Science Officer) in Psych Eval - Deck 7 - Psychiatry Suite
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Dev stood before the doors to the psychiatry suite, her reflection caught in the polished wall panel opposite: uniform crisp, expression unreadable, eyes just a shade too sharp for rest.

She’d taken the long route here—literally. A deliberate pass by environmental control, a short detour past the secondary lab cluster. Nothing suspicious. Just movement. Just breath.

The doors slid open with a sigh.

She stepped inside.

“Lieutenant Commander Dev Siobhan, reporting for my initial evaluation,” she stated aloud, evenly.

Her voice held no hesitation, but no eagerness either. She had learned, long ago, how to pass a psych screen without lying—by choosing what not to say.

Behind her back, her thumb rubbed once against her opposite knuckle.

It wasn’t nerves. Not quite.

This wasn’t her first ship. Not her first psych eval. But something about this room—this ship, maybe—felt different. Not heavier. Just… quieter.

She glanced toward the closed office doors beyond reception.

Whatever they needed to ask, she would answer. What she could.

Lt. Commander Dev ○●●
Chief Science Officer
U.S.S. Ogawa

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Lt. Commander Dev ○●●
Chief Science Officer
U.S.S. Ogawa

Mariah was standing at reception desk reviewing her notes from the previous appointment when she heard the doors to the suite open. She didn’t pay much attention as comings and goings were common, but when she heard a voice announce her arrival for a psych eval, Grayson naturally looked up and faced the woman with a polite smile. “Welcome, Commander. I’m Dr. Mariah Grayson, and you’ll be meeting with me today. Care to follow me back to my office?” Grayson handed the PADD she’d been reviewing back to the yeoman with a nod of thanks.

~Dr. Mariah Grayson, CoP

Dev returned the doctor’s smile with the faintest inclination of her head—acknowledgment without embellishment.

“Of course, Doctor,” she said, her voice even but carrying that subtle, unmistakable precision of someone who chose their words like they were being cataloged.

She fell into step behind Grayson, her gait measured, hands clasped loosely at the small of her back. The movement through the quiet corridor was unhurried, but each step felt like a quiet calibration—her body matching the pace, her breathing finding its rhythm.

The office door hissed open, and Dev paused on the threshold for a fraction of a second. Not from reluctance—at least, not the kind she’d admit—but from habit.

She took in the space in a single sweep: the arrangement of furniture, the light sources, the nearest exit. A scientist’s assessment, but with just enough of a survivor’s instinct to sharpen the edges.

Then she stepped inside and claimed the offered seat, spine straight, hands resting lightly on her knees.

“Where would you like to begin?”

It wasn’t a challenge, or surrender. Just the opening move in a game where the rules were, for the moment, the doctor’s to set.

Lt. Commander Dev ○●●
Chief Science Officer
U.S.S. Ogawa

Mariah took note of the senior scientist‘s demeanor, manner of speech, and behavior in the subtle way that mental health practitioners had learn to do over years of practice. Contrary to popular belief, particularly these days in which practitioners were often telepathic and empathic, psychiatrist and other mental health weren’t mind readers, and they weren’t constantly analyzing every move someone made. Even in cases of professionals with psionic abilities, it would be impolite at best and unethical at worst to use their skills without someone’s permission or to make assumptions about a person from 15 seconds of observation. Still, Grayson took note of what she saw and filed it away as just one piece of the puzzle.

Grayson smiled politely. She appreciated the other woman’s forthrightness. “I like to use these boarding evaluations as primarily opportunities to get to know you a bit better and for you to at least meet me, so in cases where you may not have any immediate concerns, should you develop any psychological or emotional concerns in the future, you at least know me a bit more than you would otherwise and perhaps would feel less apprehensive about speaking with me in the future.”

~ Dr. Mariah Grayson, COP