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Deck 38, Arboretum 3- A Casual Meeting

Posted April 1, 2019, 7:33 p.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Benjamin Grey (Chief Medical Officer) (Hjortur Ingi)

Posted by Fleet Captain Ghubari Koraia (Captain) in Deck 38, Arboretum 3- A Casual Meeting

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Benjamin Grey (Chief Medical Officer) in Deck 38, Arboretum 3- A Casual Meeting

Posted by Fleet Captain Ghubari Koraia (Captain) in Deck 38, Arboretum 3- A Casual Meeting
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Her amusement was apparent. “Yes, but don’t forget that for the better part of the last decade I wasn’t able to drink much at all.” She tapped her knee. “Meds. So… I’m a bit rusty on my tolerance.”

Grabbing her glass of whiskey, she took a sip and leaned back in her seat, settling in a bit. “How have you been since we got back to base?” she asked, casting her deep gaze his way.

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

There was visible hesitation in his posture. He stopped swirling his drink for a moment before raising it and taking another sip “I’m not sure…” He raised his shoulders in a slight shrug “I’ve had close calls before, both for my patients and for myself for the last few years but this was a whole different thing” He turned slightly to look at her “It’s taken its toll on the staff I can tell, I may not know them very well but I can tell.” He chuckled “You know I don’t know if I could live without a drink for so long Captain. Even synthahol.”

Ben Grey

“We’ll… talk about that point a bit later. Maybe not tonight while we’re drinking,” she said giving him a sideways glance. “But I know what you mean. I can tell too,” she said, tapping her head. “I can feel it everywhere I go. I don’t know that there’s much we can do but make sure anyone you know who is struggling talks to someone in Counselling. We’ve got a team for a reason. But otherwise, the social things are important. Make sure you do things outside of duty with your team, as a group or individually,” she said tipping her glass towards him as an example. “You know, do what makes sense,” she said with a tired smile before taking a sip.

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

“I try to” He took another sip “What about you Captain, what is it you do outside of duty besides getting your Medical Officer drunk?” He asked with an amused smile. He wondered what the relationship between her and his predecessor had been. Before the crash, he hadn’t had much time to read through his logs to be certain.

Ben Grey

She laughed lightly. “Depends. I enjoy reading, especially poetry, and I am musically inclined. The piano in the Lounge is one I gifted the crew when we first got this new ship. It’s not unusual to find me playing late at night if I can’t sleep. Which happens more than I like to admit. But my downtime is sparse, so I make the most of it too. I do try to spend time with my husband when I can. Luckily he knew what he was getting into marrying the captain.”

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

Benjamin nodded in acknowledgement “I haven’t really tickled the ivories since the Academy, had some great times with my cousin Jack. He may have been the genius in the family but I have the fingers for it.” He took a sip after giving a comical mime of his fingers running across an imaginary piano “That must have been a problem for command, the Captain and her Security Chief getting wed”

Ben Grey

She shook her head and then downed a bit of the whiskey. “Nah, not really. Not after all we’d been through. And I waited years before it even really became an option or even something I wanted. I think, even though no one has said anything, that they trust my judgement and my ability to manage my personal life in the face of life and death decisions. After all, we were together during incredibly dangerous missions none of us should have come back from. And even just what we went through. Maybe it can’t work as well for other couples, but Konral and I have a very intuitive understanding of the balance between our duty to Starfleet and the Federation, and loyalty to each other as a couple.” Ghubari shrugged. “Face death enough and at some point you’re just happy to have someone at your side to face the next iteration.”

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

Benjamin shrugged as he looked ahead “I haven’t faced death that often. Well, at least not my own. I used to call them the perks of being a Starfleet Doctor, plenty of excitement but still safer than say Bridge Operation” He said with a semi-amused tone “Did you know my first DH was a Ferengi Doctor, don’t remember if I’ve ever told you about him. I’d never even heard of a Ferengi Doctor before so it was an interesting experience. Things were never dull with that man around”

Dr. Grey - CMO

She sipped her drink and shook her head. “No, you haven’t. Or least not more than in passing. Tell me about him,” Ghubari encouraged, feeling the effects of the drinks relaxing her body and her mind. Yes, she’d need to be careful about how much she drank. On the other hand, her CMO might not give her other options. Either way, this evening was an interesting one.

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

“Oh he was a right old Bastard, He once had an ‘accident’ with our counselor and she had to pull him into sickbay completely knocked out, when I woke him up he screamed bloody murder and punched me in the face” He spoke with fond nostalgia, clearly amused by the memory now “When I swore at him he ordered me into anger management lessons.” He chuckled “You know why he was unconscious” He turned with a wicked smile “Oo-Mox, not something I shared at the time that I knew” He took another sip “Another time he woke up hungover after a night of drinking in his office, threw up and killed his pet plant”

Ben suddenly became more somber “I really thought he disliked me, so when he resigned his commission and took off and left his recommendation to promote his twenty-six-year-old junior Doctor to Chief it was a bit of a shock to everyone. Never got a chance to ask him why, on his way to wherever he was going his shuttle exploded” His laugh was sardonic “A toast to doctor Madman” He raised the glass.

Dr. Grey - CMO


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