Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in side - sim: In Memory of Jay

Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side - sim: In Memory of Jay

Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in side - sim: In Memory of Jay
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Randy stared in horrified silence as the camera caught. it. all. He visibly jerked when he heard Alden scream out for Jay. He knew that sound, had felt it issue from is own throat at the same time it closed and refused to work. Except the doctors had managed to save Rand, Jay had not been so lucky. Randy’s gut wrenched painfully.

Finally the video ended and Randy rolled it back, he inserted a second disk, copied the first two videos to it and then spliced the last, moving only the study related portion to the new disk. The original he ejected and moved over to his bed side table, unlocked it and dropped the disk inside. He took the second disk, labelled it and set it with the PaDD. Then he went and cleaned himself up. Yes he cried for Alden and Jay both, but it would not help Alden for Randy to be a blubbery mess when he returned.

Randy

Roman returned to his own quarters first, and seeing that Randy wasn’t there, he went next door and knocked softly, waiting for an answer. Even accidentally he didn’t want to see what was on the disk. He did want to know if Randy was done, it had been about forty five minutes.

~ Roman

It had been about an hour since Randy had sent her away and Rand stepped off the lift and around the corner. Roman was knocking on Randy’s door, and by the time she was next to him Randy hadn’t answered. If Roman was looking for Randy then there was a reason. She didn’t know what they had talked about or what was really going on. But since Randy still hadn’t answered she pressed the lock and stepped back as Randy stepped out. “Sorry, drinking too much tea has certain side effects you know. Would you like to come in or somewhere else?” They usually talked in Alden’s quarters but if a change in scenery helped Randy was fine with it.

Rand looked from one to the other, “Should I come back later?”

Rand

Roman grabbed Rand’s hand, squeezed, and then let it slip away. “A little longer. We just need a bit more time.” He said, and then he nodded to Randy. “My quarters.” He preferred it there, where he was comfortable. It had originally been because Randy’s quarters were shared, and now it was the other way around, he supposed, but he still preferred his own space.

~ Roman

Rand squeezed his hand and nodded. She had no idea what she would do, but when Roman said his quarters, she moved past Randy. She still had things she could pack.

Randy nodded and walked the short distance down the corridor, once inside he set the PaDD and disk on the desk. The disk was obviously a different one. “All completed with the corresponding vital video evidence. Is it the same as the original? Did I edit it? Who knows.”

Randy

Roman followed Randy. He could tell the disk was a different one, not the original. “Where’s the original? What did you do with it?” He didn’t want to watch it, but he didn’t want it gone or deleted either. He couldn’t decide whether he wanted to know or not but he couldn’t help but ask, “How much did it… see?”

~ Roman