Posted July 8, 2020, 2:43 p.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Kai Oliver Kingstone (Chief Science Officer) (Jay Luistro)
Posted by Lieutenant Revna Edman (Counselor) in Counselor’s Officer - Counseling Check-In, long time no see
Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Kai Oliver Kingstone (Chief Science Officer) in Counselor’s Officer - Counseling Check-In, long time no see
Posted by Lieutenant Revna Edman (Counselor) in Counselor’s Officer - Counseling Check-In, long time no see
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Revna nodded, and pulled a PaDD out of a pocket of a overstuffed lounge chair as she sat down. “Well from your file all of your psychological tests are up to date for another year. So we can run the standard tests or have a little chat.” Revna got up and walked over to the replicator, “Would you like anything?” The Lt seemed very nervous but most people were that came to her office.Lt Edman, Counselor
“Something? I need something....?” He immediately straightened his head up “Yes to be honest. Could I get some Sicilian Chinotto? It would be awesome with a couple of ice cubes and an orange slice.” He smiled “It helps me… Relax. To be honest I came here for a general test of my sanity and maybe to chat a bit with the new counselor of the ship. It is not something of all day to see a new member aboard this lady.” He referred at the Lantis “And to be honest,” he listed on his starboard side (Ahaha, ship’s jokes… ok nope) “I love knowing new people. Like you perhaps.”
Experiments, bechers, PaDDs, Isolinear chips. Those were the only things he truly knew. But perhaps it wasn’t enough for such moments! And last time he truly talked about his problems was on the Endeavor. So it was really something he needed to do, a check-in. Even if it mean that he could not talk about his beloved Magnetic-Injected Bose-Einstein Thrusters or about the newly Relè project he was working on.Lieutenant Jr. grade Kai O. Kingstone - CSO
Revna put the order into the computer. She took the drinks and handed Kingstone his, “One Sicilian Chinotto with ice and an orange slice.” She took her drink and sat back down in her chair. “A test of your sanity?” Revna nodded thoughtful for a moment. “Well do you know your name, date of birth, and your current position?”
“I guess I do.” He sipped some of the Chinotto, licking his lips as some spilled again in the glass “Kingstone, Kai Oliver. Born the 21st April 2371 on Mars Colony 2. I am actually the CSO aboard the ship and apprentice cook.” He smiled as he replied to the questions.
“Do you know the name of your ship and your captain?” She smiles waiting for the answer. “What do you love most about your position on Atlantis?”
Lt. Edman, Counselor
Kai took another ship, and then another again. After a brief pause he chuckled and commented “I don’t know why I am taking this long pause. It is fairly simple. My current posting is the USS Atlantis NCC-97022. The Captain commanding the beauty is Mrs. Kelly Bordeaux, rank Fleet Captain.” Moving on what he loved about his position Kai haven’t really replied before to this question… and indeed it was the first time he was thinking about it “What I love about my job? I should say everything. Being the CSO of the ship involves me into every kind of anomalies and weird alien looking things. It permit me to use all the labs without asking no one if I can use them and indeed I can build lot if prototypes while using my beloved science… But most of all is the fact that I can teach my subordinates my knowledge and have fun.... When I was a JO, I always admired the CSO position and wished one day that it would have been mine! Now it is and I really love it.”
Lieutenant Jr. grade Kai O. Kingstone - CSO
Revna listened while he talked. There was nothing wrong with his memory or awareness of himself and his place in the world and he sounded very passionate about his position on Atlantis. “So now the big question Kai, why would you need to test your sanity?” Her voice was soft and soothing but the question serious, but her face held the hint of a smile. She was pretty sure he was just nervous, as his file didn’t show a need or concern for his sanity.
Lt Edman, Counselor“Well… it’s been almost a year and I’ve passed lots of troubles and stuff. A mission in particular got us stranded and for some days I got to live with a sharp pain in the chest. To be honest I never felt uneasy but the experience was something unique in its genre.” He started talking “But I mean, maybe I am just doubting? Sometimes I laugh that much that I actually think I am crazy ahah… Sometimes I find too much time to spend alone that I feel like I always talked to myself and never to a human being. In anyway I came to seek some comfort and also to get some conversation. It’s been a while since the last true one.” He smiled. Yeah he was pretty much nervous and his job got him pretty busy. Experiment after experiment a load of stress was upon his shoulders and as the counselor went missing for a couple of months by now, he felt like his duty was to see if he was right or his belief of being out of sane was just… an imagination.
Drinking the last bit of his chinotto, Kai looked at the empty glass in his hand and put it in between his sight and the rooms lights it shines like the sun.
“What do you think?” He asked the woman for some results.Lieutenant Jr. grade Kai O. Kingstone - CSO
“I know that if you are worried you are insane then chances are you are not. Unless something has happened recently then the events you mension did not damage you mind. I believe however you are stressed over the events you experienced, which is natural, and going through bouts of either throwing yourself into your work or staying away from people. Both instances worry you. Would you agree with that assessment?” Revna Waited.
Kai sighed for a second, almost like he was relieved. Then after a 5 seconds pause (he did check the time, weirdo!) he looked at Edman an opened his mouth to talk “I- I guess yes, I agree.” He then scratched his head. It wasn’t a new thing to know about Kai’s behavior when stressed. He was pretty good at faking being ok, but when stuff got overboard like a man during a storm then he was an anxious man, a really really anxious man.
“I also think you have a need to get it off your chest. Now I’m happy to do that for you. You could also try making video recordings, writing a journal, sketching it, talking to a plant. There are lots of ways to get your experiences out.”
Lt. Edman, Counselor
“Yeah I know. For the last months I kept writing a diary, would you like to read it?” He asked the counselor playing with his thumbs.
Lieutenant Jr. grade Kai O. Kingstone - CSO
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