Posted Jan. 9, 2023, 6:30 p.m. by Ensign Thomas Buckingham (Medical Officer) (Steve Alliss)
The doors of the Ensign’s Quarters slid open and he gingerly stepped into the corridor where there were a few other members of the ship’s complement moving from one place to another.
As he walked along he tried his best to take in his new environment and to feel a part of it all again, but he found it very difficult. It had been 3 years since he’d been on a Starship and it felt like a lifetime ago. He so desperately wanted it all to come flooding back to him, like he’d only been away for a few days so he could feel the comfort and confidence he once did, but it just didn’t. He hadn’t felt this nervous in a long time and no matter how much he tried to swallow his nerves, it seemed they were here to stay.
Soon enough he arrived at the TurboLift. The doors slid open and he was just about to step in as the people already in the lift stepped out. Buckingham stepped back and smiled kindly, allowing them room to leave. One of the lift’s occupants returned his smile as they walked past him and for the briefest of moments he felt calmed. However, the nervousness quickly returned as he stepped into the TurboLift.
“Deck 12” He said, and the lift whirred into life.
No sooner than the lift had started, it came to a halt again and the doors wooshed open, and with them a pang of trepidation. He left the lift and pushed on towards Sickbay. He was about to walk straight in when he stopped himself in the belief that taking a quick moment to compose and reassure himself might help. And perhaps it did, but only slightly.
He stepped into Sickbay and was much reassured to see that thankfully things hadn’t changed too greatly in his time away from Service. He looked around, noting in his head the instruments and devices as he recognised them. He was starting to feel a little more comfortable.
He tried to attract the attention of a passing Nurse. “Excuse me, sorry, I was wondering if you could tell me where I might find the CMO?”
Ensign Thomas Buckingham - Medical
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