Posted by Ensign Dradvia (Medical Officer) in Weekly Requirements

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Reya Salen (CMO / CNS) in Weekly Requirements

Posted by Ensign Dradvia (Medical Officer) in Weekly Requirements
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Dradvia smiled slightly and then after he left, she gathered up Umbra and wandered into the grove of trees where she often hid.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

A week later Dradvia was back at Tealor’s office and rang the chime. The week had been quiet work wise and … she was just feeling despondent.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Tealor moved up from his desk, “Ah, come in Dradvia how are you?” he asked sitting down in his normal seat, as he pused her water towards her spot.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

Dradvia came in and sat down. She took the glass and sipped it. “About the same,” she said with a shrug.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Tealor sat down across from her, “Dr Salen is her visiting, she wanted to check on my progress” he said tapping on his head, indicating the parasite that was still in there. “If it would be ok with you I would like you to meet her?” he said

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

“Of course. I am glad your friend got to come visit.” Dradvia was glad for him. He’d been alone for awhile, and she knew how lonely he was.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Tealor smiled, “After then we can grab a bite to eat with her?” he asked. “At some point when you are comfortable I would like you to have a few sessions with her” he noted.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

Dradvia smiled. She liked meeting other doctors, and it felt nice that Dr. Trssan wanted to include her in a social way. The smile stayed in place and her mind went very focused. The way he had taught her to block. “Oh. Okay.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Tealor smiled, “Practicing your blocking I sense, good” he said smiling pushing her usual water toward her. “So how would you like to proceed today?” he asked, “How have you been sleeping?”

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

“I’m not sure, Dr. Tessan. I feel … I guess worn out and exhausted from everything,” she motioned around his office. “It’s not that I don’t want to continue or anything. I’m just feeling… worn down I guess.”

“I’ve been sleeping okay.” It had been hard when she realized how she actually felt about Sisnil. It had kept her up some nights.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“I’m not sure I believe you are sleeping well, and tired,” he said. “Mind if I have a look inside?” he asked before pushing past her emotional layer to her thoughts.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

Dradvia scooted back in her chair, “I’m not lying, Dr. Tessan. I’m using my headband and I’m not having any nightmares.” She was just tired. She let him look though.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Tealor pushed past her defenses, but she could feel that he had done so, it was like something stretched through a insect net on a tent. He looked around at her surface thoughts for signs of distress.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

She hid something from him - specific, but didn’t seem to be connected to her exhaustion and mental tiredness. Everything else was honest. What he found was that she felt very isolated since she set boundaries. She was happy, but feeling alone and isolated since.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“Dradvia,” Tealor said, “The isolation or loneliness you are feeling is not uncommon for telepaths, we learn that if we want to keep our thought life completely private we have to then be intentional about spending time with our friends and loved ones.” he noted “My door is open, not just as your boss, or counselor but as your friend. I suspect I might be in there commenting to you from time to time anyway.” he said. Since he had pushed into her his subconscious had merged with hers, he felt things about her that were a little, different than before.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

“I know.” Except Dradvia wasn’t comfortable with that. Or, well she guessed she didn’t know if she was, but the strict boundaries between officers and colleagues was safe. She nodded to the last part, “Sometimes. Usually when I’m afraid of getting in trouble for being late or forgetting a report.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

He raised a hand, “I’m sorry if my being your boss makes it uncomfortable for you to socialize with me” he said smiling. “It’s not my intention” he said sipping his tea. “So what you you like to do with your time? he asked

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

It wasn’t that. HE didn’t make her uncomfortable. It was just that not blurring those lines had kept her safe. It was a hard rule she’d learned… well from Lokhar. Another remnant she’d held on to… but she hadn’t. She’d gotten better about that at the Academy. So why had she stopped?

The answer came to her rather quickly. Because of Sisnil. He didn’t make her draw that line, but knowing he was with the Syndicate, she’d allowed herself to revert and conform to avoid getting in trouble.

“I don’t know. I mostly stay in my room and read.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“Yes you mentioned that several times as we have met, but I mean with your time today? Our session time” he said with a smile siping his tea as he always did, his legs crossed at the knee, his posture relaxed.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

Dradvia looked confused as she thought. But nothing came to mind. Tessan could feel she was just tired. She wasn’t avoiding, but she was tired enough to make it difficult to do more than just passively engage. It wasn’t just physical tiredness, it was mental and emotional. “I… don’t know. I guess … ummm… regression?”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

He looked at her, “There is no rush Dradvia, we can meet another time, maybe we should just go get some food you can meet Salen?” he suggested.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

Guilt filled her. Unfounded but there. She was supposed to be here doing the work she promised to do. “Okay.” She didn’t really like meeting new people, but it wasn’t like Dr. Tessan was going to leave her alone with the woman.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“Excellent, Feels like you could use a break anyway.” he said with a smiled as he stood, ” I think she said she was heading to the mess, lets go have a look, You spoke with her once while I was, sick?” he asked
Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

Dradvia had mixed feelings about the mess. It was always busy so there was safety in numbers, but because it was always busy there were always people too close, too nosey. She nodded, “Yes, you had contacted her, but when she was able to respond you were unconscious. I spoke with her briefly when it came though.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Tealor could feel she was unsettled by the mess, “Good” he said smiling as they left his office for the mess. When they got there Raya was sitting alone reading a paper book and drinking a tea. Here salad largely untouched. “Commander Salen,” Tealor interrupted.

Dradvia’s eyes darted around the mess, her gaze taking in everyone who was there, even as she kept her focus right in front of her. It was easier at the table because she had a reason to focus on the area just around her, but she moved so she stood by the seat that allowed her to see the majority of the room, but not all of it.

Commander Salen looked up and smiled at Tealor then stood to great Dradvia, “Ah I finally get to meet the savant in person, Tealor has spoken highly of your skills” she noted extending her hand in a most un-vulcan way, her black eyes explained the reason why.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

The moment the compliment, the praise left Commander Salen’s lips it was like an iron rod rammed through her spine and every instinct went into hyperdrive. Rationally Dradvia knew the Commander was being polite, but the Commander didn’t know her, why was she praising her? What did she want? What had Dradvia done? Why was Dr. Tessan talking about her? Had she done something wrong? Had she made a mistake? Was he trying to get rid of her? Move her off the ship? She supposed he had a reason enough to do so.

None of this showed on her face of course, and she shook the commander’s hand politely. Dradvia didn’t know what to say to that. Every reply seemed a door way to a mistake. “Thank you,” seemed the safest option.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Reya smiled warmly, “Please join me, both of you, maybe fill me in on how you both have been?” she asked. “Taelor tells me you are one of his best doctors he has” she said sipping her tea.

Reya Salen

Dradvia sat down across from Dr. Salen. She glanced at Dr. Tessan, assessing, but her gaze dropped automatically to her lap at the repeated praise. Her stomach started to churn. She couldn’t imagine Dr. Tessan said that. She was just out of the Academy and still learning. The other doctors were much more experienced and knowledgeablethan she was.

She gripped her hands in her lap under the table out of sight. “He is doing well. The parasite seems to have created a symbiotic relationship with him.” Work, diagnosis, medicine.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Tealor looks at Dradvia, “Can I get you anything from the replicator?” he said pushing back from the table.

“Just water, please?” Dradvia asked for her usual barely above a whisper.

As Tealor walked away from the table Salen smiled at Dradvia, “Thank you for taking care of him, He’s a good man” she smiled

Reya Salen

Dradvia nodded. “He is. He is very kind. I… I’m sorry I couldn’t do more. I didn’t really do much. It’s still in there.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

She looked at her thoughtfully. “He seems to be enjoying it now that the thing as calmed down, he was moving cups around earlier with his mind” she said with an eyebrow raise, “He was quite impressed with himself, so maybe it’s meant to be there.”

Commander Reya Salen