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
Posted by… suppressed (5) by the Post Ghost! 👻

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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

Randy sat in the extra chair, crossing one ankle over the opposite knee. “It is locked up safe and intact. I took notes until you ordered the habitats secured. As for the other question, do you truly want to know? How ever much longer it did or not it is still on the original disk and can be examined when you want it to be.” Normally, Randy wouldn’t ask. Alden was a thoughtful person and didn’t ask what he didn’t want to know about, but…he had been under extreme strain for 3 weeks now and hadn’t been sleeping or eating well. Randy really didn’t think he needed to know for sure right then, but he wouldn’t lie either.

Randy

After three weeks his habits were catching up to him. He was tired all day, both the lack of sleep and adequate food affecting his energy levels. He was starting to suffer physically both from not eating adequately and not exercising regularly for so long. He was basically living on tea, which because of the caffeine content wasn’t the best for hydration. He’d be more dehydrated than he was except occasionally Rand could get him to drink a bottle of water. The strain only added to it.

He closed his eyes, a little flinch at the memory. He’d tried to secure the enclosures… To save those animals. It hadn’t worked. “No. I suppose I don’t.” He didn’t need Randy to tell him. The way he said it, Roman got the impression it definitely recorded beyond securing the enclosures, and that Randy had watched it. He didn’t know exactly what Randy had seen, and that was what he decided he didn’t need to know.

~ Roman

Randy hadn’t meant to invade his privacy but it happened so quickly and so suddenly. But unless Alden really wanted to know he had no reason to tell him how much. “Alright, tell me about how you are doing physically right now.”

Roman wasn’t upset he had. He probably would have, too. “I’m fine. A little tired.” He shrugged. “I feel okay.” Besides the headaches, but Roman considered those to be from crying. They were likely from a combination of crying and mild dehydration.

“It’s obvious you haven’t slept much, and you are dehydrated. As much as you will hate me for this, you need to drink nothing but water for 24 hours. It will help flush the excess caffeine and rehydrate you naturally. There is always a hypo though. Your body is too keyed up from the caffeine so you really do need to restrain.”

Randy

Roman looked up at him. There was a missed opportunity to make a “the English and our tea” joke, but Roman just didn’t feel like making it. He normally would, Randy might know, to poke fun at how Randy called him “that English”. He shook his head. “I won’t be awake without any caffeine. I’ll fall asleep on duty.”

~ Roman