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

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Randy considered. “I suppose if the K3 indicator gets too high we can always…no she can’t have pain killers like that. Not with the concussion.” Randy considered. Pain or the feeling of being paralyzed. She wouldn’t be, but with the severity of the concussion she might be too confused to understand. The strain…”I think Alden’s right. We should remove the nerve block.” Randy appreciated Roman making him part of the discussion, and though he was on Rand’s medical file, it was Roman’s decision now.

There was no way Roman wouldn’t have asked Randy. He was just as afraid of making the wrong choice as Rand had been. But the idea of Rand scared and feeling like she was unable to move… Roman shuddered at the idea. He felt sure, she’d prefer the pain.

“Alright, Cmdr if you would make sure her head stays still.” Shrine helped to roll Rand to her back and after a few minutes Elbbirt had removed the nerve block. Her stats went up as her body started to register sensation and pain again and she moaned quietly her hands jerking. Elbbirt gave her a slightly higher dose of the anti-inflammatory and paired it with an NSAID. Then things seemed to level off. Randy didn’t stay. He’d promised to walk Tracy back to her quarters when they let her leave.

Rand didn’t feel good, but she wasn’t sure what was wrong. Her stomach hurt, but not like she’d eaten something bad or when she was having an anxiety attack. She was having a hard time moving, getting her limbs to respond or even her eyes to open. Was she sedated? Why?! What happened?! Her heart rate began to increase.

Roman was still talking to her. Sitting by her, his hand on her shoulder, he was running out of things to talk about. She always told him stories. But all his stories had Jay in them and he didn’t want to upset himself right now, more than he already was. Instead he recited scientific facts he thought she’d like. When her heart rate started to go up, he started rubbing her shoulder again, trying to be soothing.

She could hear Roman talking, but he seemed far away or maybe he was whispering. Well he wouldn’t be whispering if something was wrong would he? Roman didn’t yell but he certainly would be giving orders at a whisper. Then she drifted deeper into sleep again for a bit.

Her head hurt, throbbing really and her heart was racing. Her hands twitched and they hurt, a small moan escaped. she could hear the monitors in sickbay. Why was she in sickbay? “Roman…” Rand forced her eyes open and immediately closed them as the world spun and her head began to pound in earnest and something else was wrong, but she couldn’t focus enough to figure it out.

Rand

Her hands twitched and Roman winced a little himself at her moan, wishing he could do something to help. “Miranda. Just relax, you’ll be okay.” He said, as calmly as he could, still rubbing her shoulder gently. He hated waking up groggy and disoriented. He knew Rand felt the same. He was getting really, really tired himself, it had been a long day and while his energy was coming back he was still always exhausted at the end of the day. But he wasn’t planning on sleeping. He had to stay with Rand.

~ Roman

Her brow wrinkled and the back of her head felt cold, the cold also felt amazing. She tried opening her eyes again, but the light was way to bright in the room. She lifted her hand to cover her face and that really hurt. Not like it would have when it first happened, but enough it made her stomach roll and heave. Her fingers also didn’t want to move right, there was something wrapped around both her hands keeping them from moving right. She moved her head and that elicited a cry as pain sliced through her head. She stopped trying to move. Roman said something about relax…okay....She’d be okay? What? “Where…are we?” Her speech was very slurred and anything more than a few words wouldn’t be understandable.

Rand