Posted Jan. 17, 2022, 5:49 p.m. by Fleet Captain Kelly Bordeaux (Commanding Officer) (Kate O'Neill)
Posted by Fleet Captain Kelly Bordeaux (Commanding Officer) in Jessa meets Allies in Starfleet Command…when the past doesn’t match the present…or the future
Celia Decker put down her PaDD and smiled at Yvonne behind the nurse’s desk. “I’m gonna go grab a 2 pm pick me up on my break. Want anything?”“Only that hot new Lieutenant on bed rest in my quarters,” she let out a full-bodied laugh. “Girl, did you see him during his physical?” Yvonne drew her lips back in a tight-lipped smile and made a small guttural sound in her throat indicating she was extremely happy but not saying a word.
“Yes because I checked him in,” Celia drummed the top of the Desk with her hands. Making a shooting gesture at Yvonne, Celia walked out a Sickbay. Taking the first corridor she talked herself back into a small alcove and activated her COM badge.
“Everything is in play for when the target returns from her meeting with Rinker. I’ll advise when she is on route. Any further instructions,” she asked for silence on the other end of the call?”
Celia moved from the small alcove where she delivered her message and to the mess hall down from sick pay. Looking at the people passing her and the surroundings Celia did not feel an ounce of guilt or remorse. She’s been placed here for a reason and it was not to get comfortable with the crew. A week from now it would be a new crew on another ship or posting. There was never a reason to get attached to anything about her duty Stations or the people on them.
She did let her mind wander as to how her superiors had enacted the plan so quickly. Is it only been a month and an operation like this normally took months to plan. Replicating her coffee and danish Celia moved back to Sickbay to wait for Jessa. The girl was normally only gone for an hour with the head shrink Celia just hoped that Rinker would not be able to fix anything in the short amount of time. Keeping Jessa unbalanced kept Jessa in line.
Entering sickbay Celia busied to herself keeping one eye on the door. She would have to move fast to make sure the girl wasn’t missed when she met the XO.
Celia Decker. Doctor
Jessa walked back to sickbay feeling the weight of the world on her shoulders contemplating how bipolar she always felt leaving Rinker’s office. At times she felt like she could tell the man anything like he understood her and would help her no matter what. She felt safe with him, a feeling she hadn’t felt in a very long time. While many things he said or stated, Jessa didn’t agree with, he never was cross or angry at her. The more Jessa thought about this another idea began to take clarity in her head. Maybe that was the problem with Rinker that Jessa could not pinpoint. Pellan told her often that love and anger were both needed in a relationship. Lovers fought because they loved each other too much at times. Parents disciplined their children because they wanted them to be better than they were. Rinker was too neutral on just about every subject she presented at least emotionally. He stated his opinion in roundabout open-ended questions but never strayed far from the level, soothing tone.
Her thinking led her to the opposite side of the Rinker coin which was why she didn’t feel safe or trusted him at times. Jessa did not like people yelling or being upset. No one liked being screamed at yet when one lost control of their emotions, their inner thoughts came alive and their true personality showed. Evrilla was right. No one was nice or happy all the time so why was Rinker that way. The most logical answer was usually correct. That answer said Rinker had no vested interest in making friends with Jessa. That led her to be suspicious of why he wanted to see her every day then. If she ever met with Rinker again, Jessa decided she would ask him point-blank why he wanted to have lunch with her if the conversation was always going to be so bland and one-sided.
Entering her room, however, pushed all these thoughts from her mind. The room was not the same as when she left it. Her heart pounded slightly not seeing the stuffed creature the nurse had given her before she left for Rand. The woman had said it was important that it never be out of Jessa’s sight and she had already lost it. The panic of the missing stuffed creature however was soon replaced with curiosity. The room was no longer barren and sterile. On the small table, she used for her meals were several new items. First, her clothes had been returned and were neatly folded in a pile. Next to it was a PaDD like all the crew walked around with. Beside that was a soft, blue ball like she played within Rinker’s office.
Seeing the PaDD wiped the worry about the stuffed toy from her mind. Picking it up she shook it and then poked at the screen trying to activate it.
Jessa Novar
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