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Sitting in my quarters (Romulan Vessel) -everyones welcome-

Posted Nov. 5, 2022, 4:36 a.m. by Ensign Kastarak (Doctor / Counsellor) (Richard A)

Posted by Lieutenant Sara Lovejoy (Chief Weapons Officer) in Sitting in my quarters (Romulan Vessel) -everyones welcome-

Posted by Lieutenant Sara Lovejoy (Chief Weapons Officer) in Sitting in my quarters (Romulan Vessel) -everyones welcome-

Posted by Ensign Kastarak (Doctor / Counsellor) in Sitting in my quarters (Romulan Vessel) -everyones welcome-
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As she went to her quarters on the Romulan vessel, she noticed that here desk was on the other side of the room then she was used to. So she went to the other side of the room and sat down at her new desk on board and was a little surprised, although, she wasn’t sure what this was all about.

Lt. Lovejoy

Suddenly, Kastarak entered. He was surprised to see Ms Lovejoy there. Had he gone to the wrong room? Was this not his room? Had there been a miscommunication.

“Ms Lovejoy, I did not expect to see you here. I believe I was assigned this cabin. Perhaps I am mistaken.”

– Kastarak (counsellor / physician)

“Lemme see the orders.” As she looked at the orders and sleeping arrangements, she noticed that it was originally his room but then was transfered to her name. “What it looks like to me here Mr. Kastarak, it was your cabin.” She shows Kastarak the notice orders. “It was sudden for me.” She added.

Lt. Lovejoy

Was my cabin?” Kastarak enquired with a rising tone. He looked at the orders and could see that it had been assigned to him before it was assigned to Lovejoy. Did that mean they were to share a cabin? Surely not, the ship was huge and there was plenty of empty quarters. What could have been the reason for this?

“This is curious, Ms Lovejoy. Might you be able to help me find where I am to quarter?”

– Kastarak (counsellor / physician)

“Hold on Mr. Kastarak. Something else just happened to it.” She looked at it again wondering what was going on. “I’m not so sure what it is but apparently I might have misread it. It shows that you and I were assigned to the same cabin. Even though I know there’s plenty more om board I was assigned here with you.” She said.

Lt. Lovejoy

He checked. Lovejoy spoke the truth.

“Curious,” he commented on the situation. He looked around. There was a second bed. It was late. It would not merit the first officer’s energy to discuss the situation out of hours. Moreover, all his stuff was in the cupboard.

“Do you consent for me to share this room tonight? It is very late now, and I trust we can solve this tomorrow during the first officer’s office hours.”

– Kastarak

“Ensign, I am actually fine with sharing this cabin with you no matter what. I’m fine with it.” She said not understanding any of this at all. But although they worked together for a while as well.

Lt. Lovejoy.

“I appreciate your flexibility and generosity in this matter,” replied Kastarak flatly, while noticing what he interpreted as some apprehension in his new bunkmate for the night.

He went walked up to the other side of the room, to the spare bed, and made it ready, folding the sheets neatly, puffing the pillow appropriately so that it is “just right”.

– Kastarak

She smiled and then looked back at the computer screen. Realizing that it wasn’t a mistake. The orders were right that the ensign and her were to be bunkmate. Not realizing that this is both their rooms. “Ensign before you go to sleep. I just realized that this is both of our room. No mistake.” She said.

Lt. Lovejoy

“Yes,” Kastarak replied with an elongated vowel. He was already in bed. “Indeed. We will talk about it tomorrow. Good night.”

He closed his eyes and hoped to sleep.

– Kastarak

“Goodnight” She said.

Lt. Lovejoy

The morning after (if you could call anything “morning” in the darkness of space), Kastarak woke up. He had slept unexpectedly well – he would normally prefer sleeping on his own, but sharing a cabin with Umbri Zayne up until a year ago or so had certainly helped him get accustomed to sleeping in the same room as others – at least in space. He got up, wearing his body-covering pyjamas, and walked to the en-suite. It was a good-sized bathroom, and perhaps that was why they had been assigned to the same cabin? Perhaps other quarters did not have bathrooms, and communal bathrooms were perhaps not suitable for Federation personnel. Yet, it was curious. This ship, massive, huge, empty, going on a skeleton crew – yet he and Lovejoy had to share a room?

In the privacy of the bathroom, he undressed and washed his body from top to toe. He dried himself up, and realized he had not got clothes with him, they were still by the bed. He put on his pyjamas again, and walked to the bed. He quickly changed from his pyjamas to his Romulan doctor scrubs – his current work uniform.

He glanced over to Lovejoy to see if she was already awake.

– Kastarak

Lovejoy looked at Kastarak and noticed she didn’t sleep for the whole night. She looked at him and said, “Good morning ensign. Had a nice sleep?” She asked.

Lt. Lovejoy.

“Good morning, Ms Lovejoy,” he replied. “I slept well, thank you. How was your sleep?”

– Kastarak

“I didn’t sleep.” She said. As she looked at him with half closed eyes.

Lt. Lovejoy

“At all?” he asked. He fiddled with his medical tricorder, which he had kept next to him due to being on constant call on the ship (as one out of two active physicians, three if including T’Aria), and was ready to scan her. But first he would seek out answers. “Why? What’s wrong?”

– Kastarak

“I wasn’t tired at all so that’s why I didn’t sleep.” She said.

Lt. Lovejoy

-bumps-

OOC: Sorry, thanks for bumping it! – Ric

Lovejoy behaved curiously. She spoke in what Kastarak often interpreted as riddles, laden with information ‘between the lines’ so to speak. But did she really, or was he simply unaccustomed to the way Lovejoy behaved and spoke? Could it be that Lovejoy was somewhat atypical from the average Betazoid? Atypical development? She had told him that she had been unable to telepathically read others clearly – if he remembered correctly – and sometimes mistook others’ emotions and thoughts and as her own. It can’t have been easy on her.

That said, should he really look at her through a clinical lens now? They’re roommates, not doctor and patient. Moreover, he really did not know much about Betazoid physiology, typical and atypical development, and what was socially normative in Betazoid culture. How could he reach any clinical understanding of her? Being a Starfleet counsellor is not an easy job…

“Is there something on your mind, Ms Lovejoy?” he asked. “Something you wish to address or say?”

– Kastarak


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