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Main Sim - The XOs Hot Tub

Posted July 12, 2020, 7:19 p.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Tandra Mika (Chief Medical Officer) (Lucas Foxley)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Joseph Rainns (Chief of Security) in Main Sim - The XOs Hot Tub
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He recognized her, or rather her face was familiar. As his brain started to get back to awake he started to recall that she was an ensign and wore a blue uniform.

GM Wombat

‘So I do remember her,” Eric thought, still going through the motions. ‘But that’s not helping.’

Several moments later Joseph Rainns entered the room. “What seems to be th-.” He stopped, seeing the body laying on the ground. “Step away from the body sir. We have a crime scene here it looks like.” Rainns motioned for Holmman to step away from the body. “I don’t suppose you know what happened to this poor young lady?” Rainns continued, putting his hand on his phaser, which remained holstered. He wanted to examine the body, but he felt that medical personal should arrive first on the scene to do that. He didn’t know what to expect from Holmman though, and thought it was best to be prepared for the worst.

Lt. Jg. Joseph Rainns- COS

Thomas was next to arrive at the scene. He walked into the room, preparing to say something along the lines of “Cadet O’Neil, reporting as ordered.” But the words didn’t leave Thomas’s mouth.
He looked first at the unclothed body in front of him, then at the similarly unclothed Commander Holmman, and finally at Lieutenant Rainns, who had his hand on the holstered phaser.
A million thoughts rushed through Thomas’s head. All of them as confusing as the next. Was this really what it seemed like? The only thing Thomas could do right now was follow the Lieutenant’s lead. He swallowed.
“What are your orders, sir?”
Thomas asked.

Eric looked over briefly as the security team arrived at his call. “I was trying to save her,” Eric said, as he got up.

His groggy brain then caught up with his eyes. “I’m not sure a phaser is needed for a drowning, Lieutenant,” Eric said, his training still directing him to what he needed to observe. He looked around, and saw a crumpled robe, which he headed over to.

The final arrival was junior Lieutenant Mika, who without a word to the others, rushed up to the ensign and scanned her with a medical tricorder - only to find that she was already dead. Stepping back and away, she turned to Rainns. “She’s definitely gone. This is going to be your arena, I suppose.”

~ Lt JG Mika, CMO

Mika did recognize the ensign though, it was Ensign Pey Janga, a Bajoran who had come aboard with the crew of cadets to be a full time officer on the Challenger. She was medical, a doctor, who was using this time to improve her skills. Rumor was that she was going to be sent to the USS Shining Sea as the assistant Chief Medical Officer upon the Challenger’s next port of call.

(OOC: Mika you can decide how close you were to the ensign.)

GM Wombat

The recognition dawned on Mika, and her face turned from inquisitive to absolutely horrified. She had known Ensign Janga quite well, as she had been glad to assist the Ensign in improving her skills. In fact, that was one of Mika’s favorite things to do. She had spent quite a lot of time with her, especially recently, with the small number of Medical Cadets aboard.

Mika stood for several moments in a shocked horror. “I- That’s Pey Janga. The Ensign. I’ve been working with her lately.” She said at last, to no one in particular.

~ Lt JG Mika, CMO

“I’m… very sorry, ma’am.”
Thomas said with sincerity.
It was at this time that his thoughts started to organize, and the true gravity of the situation dawned on him. He turned to Lieutenant Rainns.
“Lieutenant , we’ve got to inform the captain, and move this body… right? We can’t leave her here.”
O’Neil then turned to the XO, Holmman.
“Sir, we don’t know what happened… but I think you understand what this looks like. I think cooperating might be the best idea, sir.”

Cadet Thomas O’Neil, Security

“Thank you, cadet, for the advice,” Eric snapped, emphasizing O’Neil’s rank. “I think I’m fully aware of the situation.” He wasn’t actually at his best - his head was still killing him, it had only been a few minutes since had woken up, and was still struggling to remember why he was even here. But he was the second-in-command of the ship, and was could still portray the authority needed for the crew to do what they needed to do.

Eric finished tying the sash of his robe, the remaining water pooling underneath him. He looked at a nearby chair and sat down, while he looked around to get a better view of the situation in his quarters. He resisted the urge to rub his brow.

“But yes. Rainns, let the Captain know what happened. Mika, you should transport the Ensign… Pey for an examination.”

(OOC: So a couple of things:

1) Remember that different people on a ship will respond at different rates, even when in-character things are moving very quickly. That’s very important to remember if you are going to be posting faster than others. On a regular speed ship like the Challenger, the command staff will post at least once every three days, the DHs will post at least once every five days, and junior officers (like cadets) will post at least once every seven days. That’s how much time you need to give for someone to respond to a thread. So in this case, from my character’s perspective, it didn’t look like he was given any time at all to respond before he was being advised to cooperate, and he responded according in-character. :P So even when a sim gets exciting, it is still important to let the other characters respond to the action and what is happening.

2) It is precisely because of that first point we have reached the maximum number of people who can comfortably participate in this thread. Very shortly, tasks and objections will need to be split into different locations with different crew members involved in different parts of the sim.

3) Remember the different ranks. For example would Picard be okay with a brand new officer giving him unprompted advice that he already knew? So while a junior officer can try, there may be an unwanted reaction. :))

-Cmdr. Eric Holmman, XO

Rainns looked over at O’Neil with a sharp look, that expressed the message ‘that’s not helping.’ He took his hand off his phaser and placed it on his combadge. =^= Lt. Rainns to Captain Davis, We have found Ensign Janga’s body in the XO’s hot tub. I have a team on site and we are going to transport the body to sickbay for an autopsy.=^= He looked at the body and then to Holmman. “I hope you won’t mind coming to my office for a few questions once we get this settled here sir.” He said politely. He looked down at the body. ‘Well ensign, ‘ he thought to himself. ‘You graduated alright, straight to the morgue.’ He had an urge to say it out loud, but with the XO standing there and the Doctor who was visibly upset, he decided, it was best to keep that terrible joke in his head.

Lt. Jg. Joseph Rainns- COS

Mika called down to Sickbay for a transport team. “We’ll get started on the autopsy straightaway. We- we should get to the bottom of this as quickly as possible.” She said, her voice flat. It was either flat, or crying. Mika never took death well, no matter who the unlucky person was. She turned to Holmman and said, “I’m sure you didn’t do it, sir. I’ll find out everything I can.”

~ Lt JG Mika, CMO


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