Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharah Fayth (Medical Officer) in side-sim: This Feels Familiar (TAG Mika)

Posted by Lieutenant Tandra Mika (Chief Medical Officer) in side-sim: This Feels Familiar (TAG Mika)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharah Fayth (Medical Officer) in side-sim: This Feels Familiar (TAG Mika)
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Sharah had spent several days working a project n the medical labs. She worked well in the labs because the samples and data didn’t have thoughts and emotions. It gave her a lot to focus on. Lt Semenza even asked her to stay, after telling her he was transferring over. Sharah appreciated the offer but she wanted to work with patients. Many of the medical staff wondered why he had made the decision and who would take his place. Sharah was content however it worked out. As long as she didn’t have to take the job.

Walking into medical was like any other day. Her Medusa like curly black hair was pulled back in a tight French braid and her uniform neat and crisp. She grabbed her lab coat and a tricorder and went to review the files for the patients who were staying. But something felt…different. Well different from the normal familiar minds of the Viking medical staff. This was new but familiar. She was better at ignoring things, tuning them out even if there was a lot of noise. But this bugged her, and she kept looking up and around trying to identify it.

Finally with a small sigh she moved toward the familiar presence. Which led her toward the offices. Glancing through the door Sharah was stunned. “By The Four Gods! LT MIKA!”

Fayth, med

Mika was off duty then, getting her new office ready. Any more her office setup was a little… Bland. It was the transfers. She’d set everything up only to take it down. But she always at least put her pictures up. She’d already hung them on the wall by then, and now she was organizing and setting things up the way she preferred them.

She was interrupted by the loud calling of her name by a familiar voice, quickly looking over. And who else was there but… “Fayth! What a coincidence, huh?” She said cheerfully, smiling at her old friend.

~ Lt Mika, CMO

Sharah couldn’t believe it. She was so excited to see Mika she did something she rarely did, she rushed over and hugged her. Mika was in the Academy class before her, but Sharah hadn’t met her until her cadet cruise on the Challenger. Mika had been her CMO. She was a brilliant doctor, an excellent teacher and she had saved Sharah’s life.

Sharah had exchanged letters with her first DH since she left Challenger. In fact Lt Mika was the best only person she was still in contact with. A thought that made Sharah feel very sad and alone. But here she was, in the CMO’s office. “You’re replacing Semenza! I didn’t know you were coming to Viking.”

Fayth, med

Mika exchanged letters with a lot of people. Sharah, Aili of course, one of the other ex Challenger DHs, and Hannah Asimina, of the Saracen. She hugged Sharah and grinned. “It was a sudden change. The ship’s first officer contacted me, said they needed a CMO. I’d been thinking about going back to being a doctor, so… I said yes.” Then she smiled again and looked at Fayth, “but you and me, in medical again! I would’ve never guessed.”

~ Lt Mika, CMO

Sharah could feel her excitement over being in medical again. “Best decision I made, coming back to medical.” Sharah had moved to sciences after she’d been offered a position in Ark Angel for her botany work. She’d made the switch back first chance she got. “I think there might be a conspiracy. Korczak is here too.” Challenger’s CNS. He had been the counselor for both herself and Mika. “And Caelin Weir. I don’t know if you remember him, he was in the class after me, an engineer. He’s on board too.” Sharah had changed some, she wasn’t as fresh faced idealistic anymore, she certainly looked healthier, not so tired as she had, and despite tipping her head from time to time as if listening to something, she appeared more present. “I can’t believe you’re here. Last I heard from you, you were on the Intrepid.” Sharah shook her head, “What made you want to transfer back?”

Fayth, med

“Korczak! What a surprise!” Mika said. “As for Weir… The name sounds familiar but I must have only known him briefly.” Mika looked a little different, too. Her once short hair had grown out, just below her shoulders and she pulled it back into a pony tail. In her time as the Challenger’s CMO, she’d been new to the position, less sure of herself. Now she seemed calmer, more confident.

She nodded to Sharah’s next statement. “I was, I was their CNS. They were a great bunch, too.” The next answer was a harder one. “I got out of medicine because I needed a change… but the longer I was away from it, the more I missed it. I’ve actually really enjoyed both jobs, though.”

~ Lt Mika, CMO