Posted by Civilian Melaia Reez (Scientist) in Side Sim: Psychiatry

Posted by Lieutenant Anastasia Darren (Psychiatrist) in Side Sim: Psychiatry

Posted by Civilian Melaia Reez (Scientist) in Side Sim: Psychiatry
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Ana’s eyes blinked open, feeling unexpected resistance against her eyelashes and an unexplained darkness even once they were opened. It took a few more moments of wakefulness before she realized that she had fallen asleep on her desk, using the combination of her crossed arms and a PaDD as a pillow. Well, as she slowly picked her head up, it seemed as though the PaDD had become more of a facial attachment than a pillow, as it took a few moments to disconnect from her cheek and drop down onto the desk below. Balling her hands into fists, she rubbed her eyes and yawned deeply, feeling the muscles in her back spasm as she tried to right herself. She hadn’t realized how exhausting it would be, physically and mentally, to be stationed on the Ogawa. Well, she had realized in a way, when she had actively tried to avoid any ship-based duty until now…

Looking down at the PaDD that had almost certainly left an imprint of its structure on her cheek, she tried to recall what she had been doing before she drifted off. Oh, that’s right… she had been reviewing the notes left by a previous psychiatrist. One of them had been to follow up with a civilian, a Melaia Reez. Sighing, she leaned all of the way back in her chair until her head tilted slightly over the top of it and tapped her comm badge:

=/\= Darren to Melaia Reez. Ma’am, I’m one of the psychiatrists on the Ogawa and I’m following up on a note left by my predecessor. Would you have a few moments to meet with me? =/\=

Lt Darren, Psychiatrist

There was a moment before a melodic voice replied. =/\=Uhh, yes, but give me an hour? I’ll be free then for awhile if that works for you?=/\=

~Melaia Reez

=/\= That works for me. See you then. =/\=

As the comm channel closed, Ana put her head back down on her arms and enjoyed the quiet solace that it provided. Within a few moments, she had drifted back off to sleep again.

Lt Darren, Psychiatrist

A little more than 45 minutes later, the chime sounded.

The chime startled Ana awake. Raising her head and rubbing her eyes once again, she called out, “come in!”

When the door opened, Mel stepped in, her long body softened by the previous year’s pregnancy. Her dark eyes did a quick sweeping assessment of the space and she smiled slightly at Darren before unconsciously smoothing out the front of her blue tunic she opted for as part of her civilian work uniform. “You rang?”

~Melaia Reez

Momentarily confused what the woman was doing there, Ana connected the dots again to her mid-nap request. One slow blink of her dark eyes later to try to shake the rest of the tiredness out of them, she studied the woman in front of her for a few moments and then gestured to the extremely boring Starfleet issue chairs in front of her desk. Taking a deep breath in and letting it out slowly to steady herself, she pushed aside her nerves.

“As I mentioned, I’m Doctor Darren, one of the psychiatrists on the Ogawa. I recently came aboard to take over from Doctor…” In her nervousness, her mind went completely blank while trying to recall the name of the psychiatrist she had replaced on the Ogawa. “…from another psychiatrist.” Taking a deep breath and trying hard not to ridicule herself for her performance so far, she continued, “she thought that it would be worth checking in with you as you’ve had a lot of, um, transitions lately.” Ana’s hand went to unconsciously rub the side of her face where she could still feel a slight indentation from the PaDD she had taken a doze on.

Lt Darren, Psychiatrist