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

Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in Side sim: Matters of the Heart
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That really bothered Rand, that people weren’t being warned, but Randy would tell their dad. She would make sure though - if she remembered. Rand sighed, her head did hurt, but she didn’t want to tell him that. “No.” She didn’t want to go back, but she did really want to lay down. She’d pushed herself really hard that day and she was tired. She had just promised to behave herself though. “Yeah, okay.” She let Roman help her back to Sickbay. She wanted to stop, to not go in, but by the time they got to the door to sickbay the only thing she was worried about was getting to lay down in the dark and quiet.

Rand

Roman helped her back into bed and then sat down next to her in the chair. He was a little glad she’d decided to come back without a fight. Elbbirt had said he only needed one dose of the antibiotics, so he was hoping by tomorrow he felt better, but right now he was feeling feverish, cold and at the same time sweaty. It bothered Roman too, that the police wouldn’t do anything. His sister, he’d heard, had lost her protective detail, unless another threat was made or there was reasonable evidence someone might try again. But the police had nothing on the group and with LaCroix caught but not talking the investigation was at a dead end. Roman hadn’t been able to talk to Randy about it yet.

~ Roman

It didn’t take Rand long to fall asleep. When Shrine came to check on her, she also brought a small box, kind of like a care package and gave it to Roman. Inside was a note from Randy that he knew Roman didn’t want meds, but if he felt his fever making him uncomfortable to go wash with cool water, drink extra water, or use a cold compress (all things in the box), or better yet, all three. That he should feel a noticeable improvement by 2300. If he didn’t, Roman should page Randy.

Rand

Once Rand was asleep, Roman moved over to the other bed. There was still a spare bed for him so he could at least try to sleep instead of sitting in the chair all night. When Shrine brought him the box he looked at it questioningly and then opened it quietly. When he saw what was inside he cast a quick glance at Rand, making sure she was asleep. There was a note from Randy, the things needed to do a cold compress, and two cold water bottles. It was quite a nice little thing for Randy to do. He (for once) did what Randy suggested. He got up and washed with cool water, then opened a water bottle and prepared the cool compress, and then lay down.

Roman tried to sleep, but by 2100 the water bottle was empty and he was still awake. He got another water, and watched the time tick by. He was hoping he’d feel better, so he waited until 2330, and he still did not feel better. He’d replaced the cold compress once already, the new one was beginning to feel warm. So, at midnight, he slipped out of Rand’s room to page Randy.

~ Roman

In his room Randy heard his comm go off. Roman. Elbbirt or sickbay would page him over the ship. He grabbed it and flipped it open. =C=I’ll be right there.=C= Randy appeared a few minutes later, in shorts and a t-shirt. “Is everything okay?” He glanced towards Rand’s room and then back at Roman. Given how Roman looked, Randy didn’t think the problem was his twin.

Randy

Roman glanced in at Rand when Randy did. “She’s okay, she’s been sleeping since just after the galley.” He held up the note between two fingers. “You said to page you if there was no change by 2300.” He was flushed and sweaty, yet it looked like he was shivering a little. “She can’t notice this.”

~ Roman

Randy nodded, “Come on, we’ll go back here.” He led the way to a more private area of sickbay. Not as isolated as Rand’s room, but close enough. Randy turned on the biobed and pulled out the scanner. He raised the head of the bed so Roman could lean back comfortably and started taking a detailed scan.

Randy