Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in Side sim: Matters of the Heart

Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in Side sim: Matters of the Heart

Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in Side sim: Matters of the Heart
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Roman smiled slightly at Rand’s sigh. She was just as tired of it as he was. When Morgan walked in, Roman nodded. He gestured out the door, “The good doctor says it’s healthy for me to walk, like out in the corridor. Can an escort be arranged?” He was grinning, hoping she’d say yes.

~ Roman

Did Morgan want to agree? No she did not. Did she realize that they couldn’t keep the XO locked up in a safe room forever? She did. “After shift change. Fewer people in the halls. Does that work for you?”

Morgan headed for the door so she could arrange a few things but paused. “It really is good to see you feeling better Cmdr.” Then she left.

Morgan

Roman nodded. He could wait that long. He’d want Rand to do it in the safest way possible, if it were her. But he was glad she’d said yes at all. He was very very tired of the inside of Sickbay. To her last comment he smiled and nodded, “Thank you.”

~ Roman

Morgan returned as promised. Randy passed on going, saying he needed a break from the English, but in reality Rand and Roman would probably have more privacy to talk in the corridor and Morgan following than in that tiny room with him or the other medical staff always around. Instead he stayed behind in the room and started cleaning it.

The walk wasn’t too slow, Roman had regained a lot of his energy and Morgan had arranged for Gorshin to have tea made when they got to Galley. Nothing more than a drink because Morgan felt a meal would take too long. She wasn’t sure what she would do when Alden was released, but today she could control the circumstances. Roman wasn’t winded nor was heart working too hard when they returned. Although Rand couldn’t help but ask him if he was sure.

Roman had assured her he was, he was starting to feel better and that was making him restless. Roman appreciated his tea being ready when they got to the galley. It had been nice to spend time outside Sickbay, and he’d put up a little bit of a fight when it was time to go back.

Morgan said she would try to arrange for another walk the next day, but she was assigned to Rand all day, as the yeoman had a very busy schedule the next day. Morgan arrived to meet Rand at 0600 and they were to be gone until lunch. Around 1130 hours the whole ship suddenly went to red alert.

=/\=Emergency Teams to Deck 3 section 5, Emergency Teams to Deck 3 section 5. Fire suppression systems engaged. Emergency Teams to Deck 3 section 5=/\=

Rand

Roman hadn’t been thrilled about spending most of the day alone in Sickbay, but there wasn’t anything to do about it. Rand had to get her work done. He was watching the lab feeds and reading through his XO reports (that was as close as he could get to ‘being in his lab’ and doing his normal work stuff) when he heard the emergency call. That was the section with Rand’s office and virtually nothing else. Immediately he was getting out of bed, intent to make it up to her.

~ Roman

Randy’s head snapped up from where he was reading, “Rand.” He didn’t exactly shout but there was enough feeling in the word, and then, “Tracy’s with her.” He was moving out of the room. He half expected Alden to be right behind him. In fact Randy didn’t even stop to tell him to stay put. That was a futile effort he felt. He wouldn’t stay if he was in Roman’s place.

Grat on the other hand heard the call and saw Randy move out of the room Alden getting up as well. “No Cmdr you stay put. That’s the ship’s automatic all-call. There will be enough chaos without excess people. We have no idea how bad it is. Stay put.” He looked at the guards and then left, following Randy, Temple in a quickstep behind him.

Rand

Everyone he was even remotely comfortable with was leaving, leaving him all alone in Sickbay. Even if it weren’t for Rand being in trouble he wouldn’t be comfortable with that. But she might be hurt up there and scared, and he hated that idea. She needed him.

He was up to his old, stubborn antics. Ignoring Grat’s advice to stay put, he stood and headed for the door, giving the guards a look. “They’re releasing me tomorrow anyway. I’ll be fine and out of the way. But I’m not staying here.”

~ Roman

~ Roman