Posted by Lieutenant Commander Reya Salen (Counslor) in You Can’t Go Home

Posted by Ensign Dradvia (Medical Officer) in You Can’t Go Home

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Reya Salen (Counslor) in You Can’t Go Home
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Eli scratched his head. “Ok, ah, good I’ll like that” he said. “call you soon” he said then abruptly hung up.

“Ohkay..bye…” but he was gone. It was so strange. He said he called because his daughter wanted to know how she was doing. It could have just been a message. Dradvia set her head against her knees after turning the console off. She didn’t really think that Elias would call again. He’d forget her soon. That was okay, just the idea that he asked if he could, that he had called made her feel warm. Even briefly someone thought about her. Two someone’s if she counted his daughter.

Three. There were three. Dr. Tessan. His fate was her fault, but he thought about her. Maybe… No she would be strong enough to visit Betazed and participate in a Remembrance Rite for Dr. Tessan. She would do that for him.

Dradvia fell asleep curled in the chair. No memories ornightmares reached her.

“Ugh.. see she’s scared of me you should have called her” he said to vash as they got ready to head to check out the club.

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

Vash rolled her eyes. “Really? You think it would be better for her to hear from me? So she can cower on the floor calling me ‘mistress’ and begging me not to hit her. You think that would be better?”

“Papa, she looks you in the face. She doesn’t look at anyone, but she looks at you. That’s pretty amazing,” she grabbed her jacket and they headed out.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Dradvia woke awhile later. She sat up with a jerk and looked around. It took a moment to realize where she was. She stood up, looked around again, then at the clock. She was supposed to be in sickbay with Cmdr Salen. She went back to her quarters, changed her uniform and then headed into sickbay. She looked around for Cmdr Salen, standing close to the walls, trying to stay out of the way and out of sight.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Well staying out of site was not an easy thing to do, she was more well liked than she was aware of. Nurses and doctors alike were coming up to say hello and telling her how glad they were that she was back. That they had missed working with her.

Reya Salen

At first Dradvia was very polite, being exactly how she should be. Polite, quiet, professional. But more and more people kept trying to speak to her. They wanted to be too close in her space, wanted to put a hand on her or hug her. She crowded back away from them. Elbbirt noticed and went and got Salen before Dradvia had a full blown panic attack.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Reya came in and stepped into the the fray. “Ok everyone back to work, Dradvai is happy to see you all as well, you have said hello now there is work to do, Dradvia come with me please” she said taking her back to the inventory room. “Are you ok?” she asked

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Dradvia followed her into the room. She hugged herself to stop her hands from shaking and as a feeble means of protecting herself. “Yes.” She wasn’t okay, but she answered in the affirmative anyway.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Reya looked at dradia, “Did Tealor teach you how to control your anxiety with the tapping and breathing?” she asked, Dradiva was not going to be able to work if should could not calm down.

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

“Ummm…” Dradvia figited with her hair for a moment, “Yes. I … I remember doing that. I… I wasn’t very good at it, yet before....”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

She smiled, “it’s not about good or bad, just a tool to help calm ones self down. I use it,” she said, “To deal with my,,,,trama” she noted “Give it a go” she said bringing up the
first shelf’s pannel. “We are looking to confirm that these all match what’s actually in the shelf”
Reya Salen

Dradvia crossed her arms and leaned against the wall so she could focus on the spot between her feet. She tapped slowly, the way Dr. Tessan had taught her. Dr. Tessan. He was gone and she’d never get to see him again. Had she ever thanked him enough for not giving up on her?

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Im not gone, I’m here, and I’m not dead the thoughts rang out in her mind. long deep controled breaths

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Dradvia took a few deep breaths, it was difficult but she managed it. How do you know, you’re just a memory?

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Tealor mentally shrugged, “Because you don’t believe I’m dead not really, The Syndicate does not waste someone with my tallent, they need him, he is a skilled surgeon and a telepath, plus.. no they will keep me alive and use me once they are done getting information from me.” he thought and then they will drug me, make me dependant on some female like they did you.

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

I don’t want that for you. A tear slipped out. She never minded Tessan being there, but it hurt so much now.

Finally she opened her eyes. She needed to do something. “I… I can get started now. If… if that’s okay.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Reya smiled”ofcoures, I’ll be over at the quartermasters desk if you need me” she said. Reya had a mental check on her just to ensure she was doing ok.

Reya Salen

Dradvia wasn’t okay. But the work was calming. It gave Dradvia something external to focus on. It wasn’t hard, but it gave her purpose for a few minutes.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Reya just sat and worked on her reports while Dradvia worked on her duties, it seemed to distracter her well enought. It was Reya’s hope that her former adictions were taken care of and she would get out of the room without temptaion

Reya Salen

The temptation was there, but nothing in that room would quench her thirst, and no drug there would give her what she had been conditioned to need. Besides, he had been so proud of her skill as a doctor. She wouldn’t disappoint him.

The ship was quiet and loud in all the wrong ways. Dradvia wanted to shut the door to lock it all out, but she knew she wasn’t allowed to be unsupervised.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

When the day had closed ,it had gone both slow and fast, Dradvia now found herself standing outside her quarters.

Reya Salen

Dradvia stood outside her door. Cmdr. Salen said she could stay with her, but she needed a clean uniform and something to sleep in. Her uniforms would get dingy if she slept in them constantly. Her hand reached for the controls, but she just wasn’t ready to step inside yet.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

=^= “Incomming Message from Eli T” =^= her com badge range out in the hall

Reya Salen

Dradvia jumped causing her finger to hit the control and open the door. She stepped inside, trying not to think too much. A comm. Another one. It… didn’t make sense to her she curled up in the chair and pressed the button on the console. “Hello?”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer