Posted June 3, 2020, 9:34 p.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Achilleas Petrakos (Chief Science Officer) (Matt Evans)
Posted by Ensign Iyun Riani (Scientist) in Main Sim: SB Science Lab
Posted by Gamemaster Wombat (Gamemaster) in Main Sim: SB Science Lab
Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Achilleas Petrakos (Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim: SB Science Lab
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Even though her duty shift wasn’t supposed to start for another hour, Ensign Iyun was already in the science lab the crew from the Ogawa was allowed to use while they were waiting for their ship to be repaired. Right now she was deeply immersed in data for her doctoral thesis. The cup of tea next to her long forgotten and cold. She wasn’t even aware of anyone else in the room. For all she knew, she was still the only one in the lab. After all, she hadn’t even gotten up from her desk once since coming here in the early hours of the morning.~Ensign Iyun, Scentist
Iyun suddenly smelled warm tea and, a metallic aroma akin to copper but not quite before a wave of nausea swept over her followed by retching. Once everything seemed to subside she had a strange desire to wear a hat.
GM Wombat
At first the both smells didn’t fully register with Ria, but it wasn’t long till the coppery smell in particular registered with her. Looking up and twisting slightly on her chair, she suddenly felt horribly nauseous. Clapping one hand over her mouth, she tried to rise from her chair, but feeling a little weak-kneed, she lost her balance and stumbled forward and ended up on her knees. One hand still over her mouth and holding onto the edge of the desk with her other, she breathed heavily, trying hard and praying to the prophets that she wouldn’t throw up.
Eventually Riani felt her stomach settle again and she dropped both her hands as she moved her position slowly so that she ended up sitting on the ground with her back resting against one of the table legs, her eyes closed. As she sat there she eventually felt the strong urge to wear a hat. Yet not trusting her legs quite yet to support her weight again, she looked around her to see what was within reach. Suddenly her eyes fell on a porcelain tea cup and saucer. The very one she had been drinking out earlier. Apparently she had accidentally knocked it of the desk when she fell to her knees. The cold tea was of course spilled onto the floor, but maybe the empty cup would do as hat for now? Without giving it another thought, she reached for the small cup and ran her finger over the small chapped part before placing it upside down on her head.
~Ensign Iyun, Scientist
Achilleas took this inopportune moment to walk into the labs with PaDD in hand and in front of his face. He didn’t notice Riani on the floor until he was almost on top of her, which shocked the life almost right out of him. He was stunned into immobility with a questioning but hesitant look on his face.
CSO Petrakos
Placing one hand on the cup to make sure it wouldn’t fall down, Ria looked up at her superior officer. While she probably still looked pale and peaky, her cheeks turned slightly red in embarrassment. “Hello Sir,” she said meekly, her voice trembling slightly with nervousness.
~Ensign Iyun, Scientist
Achilleas leaned forward a little and extended a hand for Ria to grab and get pulled up, “Hello Ensign. I’m… unsure of what exactly is going on, but let’s get you off the floor first.”
CSO Petrakos
Ria didn’t want to disobey Achilleas, yet she was also worried about what might happen if she tried to get up again. So for a moment or two she simply looked at his outstretched hand while having an internal debate. In the end she replied with an apologetic expression, “I’d rather stay down here a little longer. I felt very queasy and weak-kneed all of a sudden just before you entred the lab. I think I’m fine now, but I’d rather give it a few more minutes before I try to get up if that is okay with you?” She started chewing on her lower lip while anxiously awaiting his reaction. She knew that it was best to be honest when she wasn’t feeling well. Yet she couldn’t help worrying about how people might react and she hated the thought that her honesty might cause concern or discomfort in the other person.
~Ensign Iyun, Scientist
Achilleas slowly nodded before retracting his hand. He then crouched down next to Ria and noticed her complexion did seem off. “Take the time you need Ensign. I don’t want to rush you or anything. Should I call medical and get someone down here to check you out? Though I have to ask… why the teacup?”
CSO Petrakos
Riani shook her head. “I don’t think that will be necessary. It seems to have passed as quickly as it came. I just don’t want to tempt it quite yet,” she replied sheepishly. “As for the teacup … I … I needed a … a hat …” With every word she spoke her voice become softer and saying it out loud she started to feel incredibly foolish and her cheeks turned crimson.
“A hat…” Achilleas started to say before getting distracted by a whiff of something.
The CSO soon started to detect the faintest whiff of tea while suddenly feeling very excitable and unpredictable. One could even say that Petrakos was beginning to feel mad as a March hare.
Iyun, on the other hand, recovered from her flirtation with nausea, had begun to feel nervous or even anxious and was having difficulty remembering things. Not full on amnesia but definitely struggling to recall events that happened more than a hour previously.
Both science officers, however, were slowly coming to the realization that a tea party is just what would be needed in a time like this. What without a ship shouldn’t the crew deserve something fun? Yes a tea party should do quite nicely.
GM Wombat
While she had felt nervous and awkward ever since Achilleas had walked in on her sitting on the floor, Riani noticed her anxiety rising more and more. Her chest was tightening, her heart racing and she felt like she couldn’t get enough oxygen into her lungs. At first she didn’t dare letting go of the teacup in fear it would fall. Yet it didn’t take long till her vision got blurry and the sounds around her became slightly muffled. Placing one hand on her chest and the other on her stomach, she tried to force herself to breath deeply into her hands while mentally walking herself through a grounding exercise. While she slowly managed to get a bit of a handle on her anxiety again, it wasn’t long till the cup slipped off her head and this time it broke in two as it hit the ground, which made it even harder for her to regain control. Yet she still couldn’t say why it was so important that she had a hat.
~Ensign Iyun, Scientist
Achilleas, surprising himself and probably Ria too, went from crouching to leaping onto the nearby table. Surprisingly made the jump without any mishaps, though he would be sure to feel some sore muscles later.
“Of course a hat!” He shouted a lot louder than he would usually, “A hat and some tea! God I could go for some tea right now. How about you?”
CSO Petrakos
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