Posted by Civilian Joseph Karlson (Police Commissioner) in Somewhere on Oed V - Wandering the streets (open for all)

Posted by Civilian Joseph Karlson (Police Commissioner) in Somewhere on Oed V - Wandering the streets (open for all)

Posted by Civilian Luana Iolani Kaili (Director of Mental Health - Sacred Heart Hospital) in Somewhere on Oed V - Wandering the streets (open for all)
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The husband and wife joined the woman in the seat, Neema seemed graceful in her movements almost regal whilst Joseph still carried himself like a soldier, a fairly uncommon characteristic in a soldier. “What brought you to psychology?” Neema asked with curiosity.

Joseph and Neema

Leaning back in her chair, Kaili smiled a little wistfully. “My mums, I think. Mental health and mental well-being is something they have always considered very important. They taught us kids early on how important it is to take of one’s mental health and how one can do that. Out of that grew my curiosity for mental illness and what can be done to help people. So one thing led to the next and I just knew that psychology would be the right path for me.”

Looking from Joseph to Neema Kaili asked, “What made the two of you choose your careers?”

~Dr. Luana Iolani Kaili

Neema was first to answer “I grew up just outside the Planetary Capitol on Trill but I spent a great deal of time in the City with my great-aunt who was a surgeon herself. I fell in love with medicine there spent as much time as I could learning all there was. When I was of age I started working with a Federation medical group. I mostly worked on the Cardassian front during the Cardassian Federation war where I met Joe” She said with a slight smile.

Joseph nodded and spoke next “I learn fast, by ten I was fluent in five languages and an expert boxer at least technically speaking. I spent most of my teen years preparing myself for something, I was never sure what but it involved a lot of fighting, languages, and other skills. I sought the toughest training and that happened to be the Starfleet Marine Corps. I also studied criminology which led me to the Military Police. When I met Neema I was chasing a spy across what became the DMZ, I was injured and she patched me up, my squad leader managed to convince her to replace our medics”

Joseph and Neema

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OOC: I’m sorry it took me so long to reply. RL kicked me hard in the behind.

IC:
Kaili smiled softly as she listen closely to both of them and watched them. They connection they had and their love for one another were obvious and brought a smile to her face, while also kindling that longing within her to find “her person”, so to speak, one day. After silently acknowledging that thought and the feelings that came with, she let it pass. Now was not the moment to linger on those thoughts and feelings. Instead she said, “I have no real personal experience of that war. I wasn’t even born yet for the most part of it. And while I have never been a front line worker in any conflict, I have worked with many people, Starfleet and civilians, who still suffered from PTSD and such as a result of the Dominion war. But of course I don’t want to draw any conclusion or make assumptions about either of your experience based on that. If I am overstepping or you don’t want to talk about it, I fully understand. Though if you don’t mind talking about, would you be willing to share with me what your experience was like?”

~Dr. Luana Iolani Kaili