Posted Sept. 29, 2020, 5:06 p.m. by Fleet Captain Kelly Bordeaux (Commanding Officer) (Kate O'Neill)
Posted by Lieutenant Revna Edman (Counselor) in side-sim Girl Time: Revna meets Kelly
Posted by Fleet Captain Kelly Bordeaux (Commanding Officer) in side-sim Girl Time: Revna meets Kelly
Posted by Lieutenant Revna Edman (Counselor) in side-sim Girl Time: Revna meets Kelly
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Revna laughed, “Yes this ship is a bit of a monster isn’t it?” Kelly had mentioned her sailboat a couple of times already. She’d love to get a peek at it. “I think your husband might be jealous that he doesn’t have a pretty sail boat of his own. Either that or he wants to make a man cave out of the garage,” she joked. She hadn’t met Ian yet, but he was due for an eval so she’d be tracking him down soon too. “Honestly I don’t know. I haven’t had the chance to really explore the ship yet. A gigantic backlog of over due evals has occupied my time. Honestly with a ship this big I’m not sure how Rinker did it on his own. Especially with so many wanting the counselor to chase them around and play cat and mouse games.” She waved her hand dismissively. It was the same on any ship. She was actually surprised at how many officers here actually willingly showed up on their own. “But I’m actually just curious about the amenities. It allows me to offer suggestions to patients of activities to do, and ideas for morale events. Apparently I’ll be working with your Mr. Bordeaux on that. And for when I do have free time, I’ll have an idea of what to go check out.”
Lt. Edman, Counselor“Well I’m hoping to have my annual Parrothead cruise in the next month or so. I just need to find a real body of water. I have had them in the holodeck but it is not the same. Holodecks have thier purpose but I prefer the natural elements. Ain’t nothing like swimming in a body of water where you aren’t sure you won’t be eaten or find a squal come up out of no where where you have to actually do some real sailing instead of yelling computer end program.” Taking a sip of her coffee, Kelly leaned back in her seat relaxing. Looking at Revna, she studied the woman for a minute.
“When it comes to sailing, there is no substitute for the real thing. However,” Revna’s eyes twinkled with mischief and her voice dropped to a mock whisper, “Don’t tell my sister I told you this. But apparently someone took her on a date to the holodeck for a pirate program. Poor fellow fell over board. She forgot they were in the holodeck and there were safeties in place, so she dived in after him. I think she really likes him.” Revna picked up the coffee Kelly had gotten for her and took a slow sip of it wrapping her hands around the warmth. Her fingers tingling and a bit cold. “Next chance I get to go home, I’ll probably spend the whole trip on a boat. It’s been a long time since I’ve sailed.” She grins at something, “Well, sailed on water anyway.”
“Who in particular is trying to duck you for an eval?” The list exploded in her mind of the possible names. Everyone had thier reasons for avoiding the counselor and as a senior member of most ships Kelly knew them all.
Captain Kelly Bordeaux
Revna can recall the list from memory. She’d been doing a little research to find out where these particular officers liked to spend their off duty time. As another officer found out, she wasn’t above invading their down time, if they couldn’t make it during their on duty time. “Lt. Cmdr Ian Bordeaux, Lt Cmdr Ashlynn Summers, Cmdr. Jacen Drayke, NLt Hodesk, NE Elbbirt, NE Dontdie, and NLt Iknowitall. And oddly enough Cmdr Heathcliff Rinker is coming due. But not over due yet, and he’s unavailable so I’m not worried about that one yet.” Of course there was still the issue of Lt. Cmdr Nash and his eval, but she’d pushed that one on to Rinker. He’d requested Rinker and really that just made the whole situation smoother and no lines were crossed.
She smirked, “Oh do tell Cpt. Are you about to offer an incentive to make them show up? Cmdr. th’Jir offered that if I get any flack or delays about any appointments to inform them that they will be scheduled to attend his morning run. Apparently there is a circle around the saucer section that is 1.5k and he does four laps. He said that anyone giving me grief he’ll take them for six laps. If they give me a lot of grief they will have a backpack with them. With sand in it.” She laughs remembering the conversation. “I told him I was pretty sure that those avoiding would probably just willingly show up for his run, two backpacks of sand, and then suggest they do 8 laps instead. His solution: he’d invite me on the run to interview them during it.” She suppresses a laugh, but her eyes show her amusement at it. “He called it a captive audience. I really like how the XO thinks. So what incentive shall you be offering?” She leaned back, she liked the captain and found her easy to talk to. Revna hoped the feeling was mutual. She was hoping to have a new friend in Kelly.
Lt. Edman, Counselor“Free booze,” Kelly laughed. “If Jen is taking the bad cop route I might as well aim for the good cop.” Looking around the room, Kelly let out a deep sigh. “It’s not you, you know that right. People just have things they either don’t want to talk about or find a way of living with bad choices they made. Booze can help. Not completely orthodox but it does tend to get people to open up. Loose lips sink ships,” Kelly threw out the old adage.
Captian Kelly Bordeaux
“Of course it’s not me. But people forget that a fitness for duty evaluation is different from a counseling session. So they tend to avoid both. Someone can have demons that they struggle with, choices they regret, fears that they face, and still be fit for duty. It’s when those things interfere with their duties and their personal lives that they have to worry about being forced to sit on my couch.” She shrugs. It’s her job to determine when that is necessary. “And as for the booze, it might be unorthodox, but it wouldn’t be the first time. I’ve been known, in the past, to go shot for shot in order to loosen lips into talking.” Revna was known for doing a lot of things in an unorthodox manner if it helped her patients. “And really, it might be easier if they came to my office, but not nearly as much fun as having to track them down. The looks on people’s faces when they realize that the counselor, without knowing them, just out smarted them, is priceless.”
Lt. Edman, Counselor
“Back in the USS Longsword Dante and I used to joke we needed to put a bell on Lt. Felicity Lightwater. That girl could make a sneak theif proud,” Kelly let out a long laugh. “I probably shouldn’t tell you this but Dante and I would make up stuff early in our careers to tell her. She was sweet as anything but she could not solve the issues he and I were dealing with. The problem was she knew enough about us to question how our personal lives were doing. I had a husband no one saw except for on the holo and Dante had a girlfriend he skipped out of two weddings on. Yeah we were moody and at times a downright butt hole in duty but it wasnt. like we had a choice. So we would google the Life force women’s network and share one of those tales. Yeah kinda a dork move on our part but the problem was the Lt really just wanted to make thingg HHh s better. We didn’t want to talk about it so in a way it was a win win until she saw the holo movie Love Separated by Stars.” Kelly broke out laughing so hard she snorted.
“Ol’ felicity did have some spunk. She came marching on the bridge and called Dante and I out. He still blames me for getting caught but when she called us Lt Susan Starlight and him Captain Donovan Darklight I could not stop laughing. For weeks later people joked we sounded like actors but not the kind you want to be remembered as if you catch my drift.”
Polishing off her coffee Kelly looked at Revna getting serious. “Please dont thinking I was belittling your profession sharing the story of me being a dipstick in my youth. Our stunt earned my compatriot and two months of KP duty. We deserved it. I only shared it because if there was a stunt to be pulled I swear I tried it. Let me know if you have any issues. I will make sure they are resolved.”
Captain Kelly Bordeaux
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