Posted by Lieutenant Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side sim - Sickbay Shenanigans

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“Can’t you just cast it and let it heal naturally?” Rand could wait, she really didn’t like that machine. Grat shook his head, “No. Now hold still.”

Rand held still, teeth clenched, eyes closed. A couple minutes in she looked pale and maybe a bit I’ll. At some point she’d grabbed his hand again, but she didn’t make a sound the whole time. At one point, the pain got to her and she squeezed his hand tighter, and a single tear leaked out, but not a sound. Later she she could be mortified that she was holding onto his hand a crying from the pain.

Yeoman Rand

He was pulled out of his own mind when Rand grabbed his hand again, and he saw she looked quite pale. She squeezed his hand and he let her, holding her hand gently. “Take the pain medication this time, Miranda, it’ll help.” His voice was gentle and caring, he hated seeing her in such pain. Knowing why that was only made it worse. He just wanted her to be healed, but that would take time.

~ Lt Cmdr Alden, XO/CSO

No she didn’t want the pain medication, it made her sleep…what? She turned her head to look at him. Did he just…oh wow…he did. He actually knew her name. Well of course he had access to her file, but no one rally knew her first name, or didn’t use it anyway. She liked the way he said it. He’d never called her that before.

What did he say? Oh, take the meds. “Okay.” Her voice was soft, strained from the pain, and a little surprised. She squeezed his hand again as the fuser did its work. “Yeah, okay.” Finally, eventually, Grat removed the fuser and put the boot back on. Rand felt wiped. When Temple came over with the hypo of pain meds she let the nurse give them to her. “Did you…have other animals that were pets?” She wasn’t sure if he would answer, but she was trying not to think about the pain in her foot and she wanted him to stay, at least a little longer?

Yeoman Rand

Roman kept a hold of her hand, letting her squeeze it. He was tired, he’d been here way longer than he’d planned to be. But he really didn’t care just then. “No. No more pets,” he replied, “I volunteered at a shelter, once, for school.” All students were required to volunteer for a period of time. Their choice where. He didn’t expand on that story just then, but he would if she asked him to. He was going to sit there until she fell asleep again.

~ Lt Cmdr Alden, XO/CSO

“Is that why you decided to study biology and zoology?” Yes Rand knew the subsection of biology that his work focused on. She’d been doing some research and study on her own. It seemed, to her, to fit him exactly, to give of his free time to care for innocent animals. She wouldn’t tell though.

A small smile appeared on his face. “Not exactly. We were already interested in biology by then, zoology only made sense. I’d have done it longer, but we started dedicating all our time to the Academy entrance process, preparing for it.” They had actually volunteered longer than required by the school, but had to quit when they started preparing to do the academy entrance process, for which they had studied for two years.

“I bet you always knew you wanted to go to the academy. Study strange planets and alien animals. Did you always want command too?” She bet his family was really proud of him. He’d made XO quickly in his career. But he never talked much of them so she didn’t say anything. She couldn’t think of why though, at the moment.

The thing about hyposprays was they worked fast. So the pain was already starting to dull, and the sudden absence of pain made her sleepy, and she blinked several times while she listened to him talk. Her grip relaxed but she didn’t move her hand away. Eventually, sooner rather than later the meds knocked her out.

Yeoman Rand

Roman kept hold of her hand even as her grip relaxed, not wanting to let go until she was fully asleep. He could tell she was quickly headed that direction as she blinked and then it seemed her eyelids were drooping, and eventually, she seemed completely asleep.

~ Lt Cmdr Alden, XO/CSO

Rand was too stubborn for her own good. She fought to stay awake for a few minutes, trying to continue the conversation. But after 5 minutes her responses were choppy and her voice heavy as the medicine forced her towards sleep. Then a few minutes later, she thought she was responding to him, but she wasn’t, she was already asleep.

Yeoman Rand