Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in side - sim: Honoring the Ardent

Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side - sim: Honoring the Ardent

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Mushu moved forward a little on Roman’s shoulder and grabbed the leaf with his tongue, and this time the leaf came off. Mushu munched the leaf until it was gone, then looked expectantly at Rand. When Roman looked up, Rand was bright pink again. Roman had grown used to it and he grinned a playful half-smile. He wasn’t surprised when she thrust the makeshift toy at him and left to get herself lunch. While she was gone he settled Mushu back into his enclosure and sat down at his desk. Then she returned and he reached for one of the cups of tea.

~ Roman

Rand sat down behind his desk with him. When he was buy being aCO, XO, and CSO they had put a small table behind his desk, away from all the lab equipment, so he could eat while he worked. So it was there that Rand set her food. She opened the tin to some kind of overly stacked sandwich. It looked good, but Rand was just too tired to eat. She picked at the fruit that was with it. It wasn’t that she wasn’t hungry, it just seemed too much effort to chew the food. When she realized she was staring at the food but not seeing it, she realized it was a bad idea to have sat down. She really had to wake up because she didn’t want Roman to know she hadn’t actually been sleeping when he sent her off from the lab. He’d just feel bad and it wasn’t his fault. At this point it was because she was so tired her nerves were restless and she couldn’t settle to sleep.

Rand

Roman glanced over at her as she picked at the fruit next to a large sandwich. He elbowed her softly. “Aren’t you hungry?” He knew it was a tad hypocritical but he didn’t want her following his poor habits, that was why he sent her off from the lab when it got too late. Of course, he still thought she was actually sleeping. He’d have told Randy if he knew she wasn’t. After all, she told Randy about him.

~ Roman

“Huh?” Rand looked up when she rocked gently with his elbow. She smiled at him. “Sorry, I was just thinking.” She had…while she was dozing off against her better judgement. She made an effort to actually eat the fruit. She managed about half the sandwich. In her defense it was really big. Time to do something other than sit there. She got up taking the rest remnants of her meal back to the mess. Walking back, she rolled her shoulders and rubbed at a crick in her neck. She has to get sleep before it became a problem.

Returning to the lab she headed towards Nibbles with a food pack. She had to feed her before anything else. “How is the antivenom coming?”

Rand

Roman finished his tea in record time, trying to keep himself awake. He wasn’t quite as tired as he’d been the last week but six hours and a nightmare hardly made up for a week of no sleep. Then he was back to work. “We’re running theoretical trials. Essentially guessing the likelihood of how safe and effective it is. It’s the last step before it goes off for real, medical testing. It’ll take about another week.” He replied to her comment. “And then that is the last thing I need from Mr Wyvern.” Then he could keep the cobra, hand him off to another researcher or a sanctuary, or put him to sleep. Roman preferred any of the other options over the last one. But he needed the lab space and if he managed to give Mr Wyvern to someone else, it was a huge liability off his shoulders.

~ Roman