Posted by Lieutenant Anastasia Darren (Chief of Psychiatry) in Side Sim: The One Where Doctor Bandoo Boards the Ogawa

Posted by Captain Willow Taylor (Commanding Officer) in Side Sim: The One Where Doctor Bandoo Boards the Ogawa

Posted by Lieutenant Poosh Bandoo (Assistant Chief Medical Officer/Cyberneticist) in Side Sim: The One Where Doctor Bandoo Boards the Ogawa
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Ana had started to tune out the discussion between the two doctors, taking the time to mentally review the reports that she needed to file in her new position as Chief of Psychiatry. The last question by Walker interested her, though, and she felt herself leaning forward to hear Bandoo’s answer. Her eyes wandered down to the prosthetic again and then back to its creator with a new gleam of interest. The idea of solving one’s own problem like this intrigued her. “Is that why you went into cybernetics?” she broke in, her voice soft and slightly hesitant, but without care that her question could be considered slightly insensitive.

Dr. Darren, CoP

Poosh’s smile widened as he met Darren’s eyes. “Very astute. I spent a lot of time in medical facilities and under the care of many doctors and many cyberneticists. The entire process fascinated me. It was only natural that I went into the field.” A funny thought crossed his mind and he smirked. “You could almost say I was hatched for it.”

-Dr. Poosh Bandoo, Asst. CMO

The humor was beyond Ana and so she did not respond to it other than to briefly permit the eye contact and then switch her gaze to a point over Bandoo’s right… shoulder? Abruptly, she added another query. “Did you find the cyberneticists you encountered to be lacking?”

Darren, CoP

“Not at all. They were quite adept, inspiring really. I wanted to follow their example, not replace them.” He turned his head slightly to take in the spot behind his shoulder that Darren was looking at. Seeing nothing there his eyes flicked to the Dentist and then back to Darren. “What inspired you to take up Psychiatry?”

-Dr. Poosh Bandoo, Asst. CMO

Ana’s head tilted to the side in interest as she listened to his response. Dr. Bandoo seemed remarkably well-adjusted to the deficit he’d suffered and supporting others had given him a similar path in life. Her research across species indicated that a type of exclusionary behavior, especially in the presence of a differentiating characteristic, was remarkably common in adolescence, but it seemed as though this was not present in the Ool. She made a mental note to follow up more thoroughly to see if Bandoo’s experience was typical of his species; the Ool were not yet a common presence in Starfleet and so the sample size for even qualitative research was limited. When her train of thought came back to the room that she was currently in, she noticed Bandoo staring at her expectantly and realized that she had likely missed her turn in the expected conversation. She forced herself to think back and finally recalled the question she had heard uttered while lost in her thoughts.

“Comparative neuroscience is a fascinating subject,” she replied tersely with the slightest hint of defensiveness. Anyone could place that her age and the characteristic appearance of her species meant she had grown up during a difficult time in Betazed’s history. There was likely more to that story, should anyone choose to push on it.

Dr. Darren

Willow sat quietly as her medical section chiefs got to know one another and instead turned her attention to Doctor Black who was trying to tell her about a magazine he wanted to get a subscription to for his waiting room. Cats, kittens and knitting monthly was, he assured her, the best waiting room read she would ever find.

Willow Taylor
CO

Having gotten his assurances that his magazine selections would be subscribed to, Joe Black seemed to decide that the room was no longer in need of his presence. He stood again, robed billowing under his medical tunic and fixed Poosh with his skull and said

I EXPECT TO SEE YOU FOR A CHECK UP SOON. he then clicked off towards the door and left.

Dr Black
DDS

Ana’s eyes widened slightly at the interruption to her conversation with Bandoo. Her eyes slid to the side as if to observe the officer’s reaction to the instruction and, at that point, she realized she had not been to visit Black, content with her own dental hygiene regimen. Hopefully he wouldn’t notice that.

Darren, CoP

Poosh merely nodded at the bizarre dentist. After Dr. Black had left Poosh looked around at the others. “I hope I wasn’t rude. I didn’t know there were any exo-skeletal humanoids in the Federation. I was caught off guard.”

-Dr. Poosh Bandoo - Asst. CMO

Willow shook her head with a kind of rueful smile. “Don’t worry about it…im not sure he would have noticed anyway. When i say he was here when we got here i literally mean it. The current Ogawa was a refurb of the old mccoy with some adjustments. He was on the old ship back when i was years before…when the ship was decomissioned his record stops and noone heard from him. When we were recomissioned he just turned up in the dental suite covered in cobeebs and dust and scared the beegeesus out of some poor Yeoman who was coming to clean and restock.”

Willow Taylor
CO

Ana’s head tilted to the side enough at Taylor’s words for her black hair to swish noticeably. Her experience with humans had failed her and she wasn’t entirely sure if the CO was being factitious or not and precisely what sort of reaction she should have if the answer was “not.”

Darren, CoP

Willow glanced at Ana and raised both eyebrows earnestly, “I’m not kidding.” She said meaningfully.

Willow Taylor
CO