Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side-sim: The Reckoning

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Roman would have to get back to the lab soon. He wasn’t actually off duty yet. But at least Rand felt better, and he’d been able to rest his leg some. He smiled and shook his head. “I suppose that’s one way to put it. Is Mr Wyvern my nemesis, then?” He said, playing along. He knew his large snake was not Rand’s favourite of his animals.

~ Roman

“If he is, does that make me the damsel in distress since he is always trying to attack me?” She didn’t laugh, too relaxed at the moment, but she smiled. Rand didn’t mind snakes. She was respectful of them, and she thought Mr Wyvern was beautiful, but he liked to scare her. Or he thought she’d taste good, and that scared her too. So yes, he would make a great nemesis. She was worried about his leg though, but it seemed better. He wasn’t moving it around as much and he wasn’t holding it stiffly to keep it from moving, nor was he rubbing it. That was good? Maybe? It usually took hours or days for his leg to stop hurting. “Do you need ice or the heating pad?” She’d have to get up, but she’d do that for him.

Rand

Roman nodded. “You have to be!” Mr Wyvern was a very beautiful snake. And Roman had learned a lot from him. But he was difficult and dangerous to handle, and sometimes Roman worried about what would happen if there was ever an incident involving the big snake. Resting his leg had helped, and laying here with her, it wasn’t hurting too much. But it still did feel stiff and he worried about when he needed to get up to get back to the lab. It had gone down in pain quicker than normal, so maybe that meant it was getting better? He thought about her question for a second. The heating pad would probably help keep it from hurting later. “I do, but I’m going to need to go back to work soon,” he said. Was there a point if he was going to need to get up soon anyway?

~ Roman

“Well I don’t want to be one of those that keeps getting caught by the same person, the same way, over and over again. I’m smart enough to not make the same mistake twice. So Mr Wyvern will have to be disappointed because I’m staying away from him.” She sounded better, but didn’t make any effort to get up or move yet. When he said it would help but he had to go back to work, Rand stopped herself from sighing. She knew he had to go back to the lab, she just didn’t want him to, not yet. Which was ironic since she hadn’t wanted him to see her in the middle of a panic attack to begin with.

“Open the middle drawer.” She pointed at the nightstand next to him. Inside was a very thin pad. It looked like the heating pad she’d given him, but thinner and more narrow. “It’s a heating pad and ice pack. There’s a small 3 button control on it. It can heat or ice. It’s thin enough to fit under your clothes. You can use it. It’s not as good as the other one. It doesn’t get quite as hot or as cold as the ice packs. I used it when I used to run cross-country and pulled a muscle.”

Rand