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Side Sim: Counselor’s Office: Ensign Gallahan reports to the Counselor

Posted Feb. 12, 2023, 1:48 p.m. by Ensign Scott Gallahan (Security Officer) (Steve Alliss)

Posted by Lieutenant LeKeitah Naisyr (Counselor) in Side Sim: Counselor’s Office: Ensign Gallahan reports to the Counselor

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Lastly it was time for Scott to complete the check-in that he was least looking forward to. It was time to report to the Counselor.
Scott held no personal malice against counsellors - in fact he quite admired them and the work that they do. But because of Scott’s troubled past, conversations with Counsellors always proved to be difficult and awkward. This was helped in no small way by the fact that Scott was definitely a closed book. But no more. He had come aboard the Chimera with the clear intention of making himself into a new man. So he was determined to be open with this Counsellor - no matter how painful that might be.

He soon found himself standing outside the Counselor’s Office door. He reached for the door chime but hesitated a moment. He breathed out heavily through his nose and slouched slightly, he felt slightly disappointed with himself for hesitating.
‘Come on’ he whispered quietly to himself ‘You’ve got this’.
Unsure whether he believed himself or not, he straightened himself up again, tugged down on his tunic top and brushed his hair to one side before finally pressing the door chime.

Ensign Scott Gallahan (Security)

LeKeitah heard the chime, but instead of saying Come in. she stood from her desk and walked over to the door. As she approached the double automatic sliding doors, they opened. She looked at the Security Ensign and smiled. “I am sensing some anxiety and I swear I heard a loud sigh before you rang that chime. “Let me guess you don’t like Counselors?” Keitah extended her arm out toward a sitting area that comprised of two cushioned armchairs with a small table in the middle.

Naisyr, Counselor

“Oh… hello” Scott said, slightly taken aback by being met at the door instead of being asked to come in. It was a pleasant change from the norm. “I mean, Ensign Gallahan reporting, Ma’am”
Scott walked over the comfy looking chairs and gently sat down.
“Please Ma’am, don’t take it personally” Scott said apologetically as he explained his apprehension. “I have a great respect and admiration for counselors, it’s just in the past, my meetings with some counselors haven’t gone very well… which was often my fault. But things aren’t gonna be like that anymore.”
Scott fidgeted in his chair slightly and tried to be more at ease and confident.
“I’m Sorry, I’m a bit nervous… but I guess you already knew that” He chuckled nervously.

Ensign Scott Gallahan (Security)

“Aww....I rarely take things personally. Welcome aboard. It’s always exciting to get new crew. To me it is new opportunities to build meaningful relationships. ” She sat in the chair across from him. “I am anxious to hear about your past experiences…with other counselors. What was so off-putting about them that now you are nervous to even pay a visit to one?”

Naisyr, Counselor

“Well, at the beginning I always thought it was the Counselors” Scott began. “They always seemed so keen to touch on sore points of my past. So eager to start digging and prodding… but over the last year or so I’ve been taking a long, hard look at myself, and I realised… it’s me. I’ve been the problem. I was quick to anger. So damned irritable all the time.” His voice had a mixture of disgust and disappointment as he explained. “It’s like I always had a chip on my shoulder, or an Axe to grind with everybody. Nice people who only want to help, or to be friends, and I was so…” He paused a moment and looked at his feet “Hateful.” He paused for another moment before recomposing himself and looking back at the Counselor.
“Well not anymore. I have decided that things need to change… I need to change.”

Ensign Scott Gallahan (Security)

“I see. It can be a bit traumatic for a person to relive moments of their life that caused them stress or trauma. It’s not your fault Counselors make you uncomfortable. Hopefully, after we have talked it will help steer your perspective in a new direction.” She sat in the chair across from him. “The great thing about connecting with me during these sessions is that you can be yourself. You don’t have to worry about me judging you or being offended by anything you say. My job is to listen to you and if you ask for advice, to give you the most reasonable and logical options available. So why don’t we start with where you were before you got to the Chimera? Are you fresh from the Academy or were you stationed on another ship?”

Naisyr, Counselor

Scott took a deep breath and sat back in his chair a little more. This meeting was already going to be one of the better ones he’d had with a counselor.
“Well… after the Academy I was originally posted aboard the U.S.S. Asimov. I wasn’t aboard very long though. It just wasn’t working out well at all - my fault again. So I decided to take an extended leave of absence. I went back home to England and reconnected with my Mum, I tried to do the same with Dad but that… uh, well…” the words seemed to evade Scott for a moment. “Um… yeah, that didn’t go so well. But at least Mum and I talking again, so one out of two isn’t bad, right?” He said, trying to keep things light.
“After that I took some time to myself. I traveled and tried my best to lose the angst and anger that had caused me so much upset. That went pretty well and I met some amazing people along the way. I mean don’t get me wrong, I’m not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I feel so much better than I did…”
Scott blushed slightly when he realised that he’d been talking quite a lot.
“So yeah…” He said shyly ” I decided that I wanted to come back to Starfleet and make a good go of it this time. After all, to serve in Starfleet has been an aspiration of mine since I ‘left’ home. So here I am.”

Ensign Scott Gallahan (Security)


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