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Side sim: Sometimes, a man will tell a Bartender things he will never tell his Doctor.

Posted Nov. 9, 2020, 4:30 p.m. by Commander Paul ‘Doc’ Hudson (Chief Medical Officer) (Calé Reilly)

Posted by Captain Th’elin Zarath (Commanding Officer) in Side sim: Sometimes, a man will tell a Bartender things he will never tell his Doctor.

Posted by Commander Paul ‘Doc’ Hudson (Chief Medical Officer) in Side sim: Sometimes, a man will tell a Bartender things he will never tell his Doctor.

Posted by Captain Th’elin Zarath (Commanding Officer) in Side sim: Sometimes, a man will tell a Bartender things he will never tell his Doctor.
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As the duty Shift ended Paul whistled as he put away his Padds and his gaze fell on the bottle the captain had given him. Carefully he picked it up and palmed it a few moments thoughtfully.

Some minutes later, his leather medical bag in hand, he was outside the COs quarters. He pressed the chime and waited.

Doc Hudson
Off Duty

The Door slid open, revealing the only-slightly-larger-than-crew-quarters-Captain’s quarters. The room was dim and probably somewhat chilly for a human’s liking, but not uninviting in it’s way. “Doc, making house calls now?” Th’elin inquired from his desk, where he was busy with pruning a small luminescent plant that looked like a bonzai tree with cherry sized fruits ripening on it’s slender branches.

-Zarath, CO

Paul grinned and entered. ”You could say that, ” he said and put his medical bag onto the nearest surface. He looked the captain over. ”hmm” he said apprasingly. ”You look like you could use a pick me up, ” and turned to rumage in his bag. Pulling two glasses out he filled both with a measure of the bottle of whiskey from his office and turning back held one out to Zarath.

Doc Hudson
CMO

“You keep that up, and I’ll be early to my next physical…” Th’elin nodded his thanks and accepted the glass. “I definitely could use a pick me up.” He motioned for the Doc to follow him to a low table with two chairs. There wasn’t a sofa.

-Sarah, CO

”Ill hold you to that.” Paul said, sat and took an appreciative sip of the drink. He was content to ain’t a moment quietly then said. ”Good bottle that.”

Doc Hudson
CMO

The Andorian chuckled and knocked back a swallow. “So what’s on your mind, Doc?” Th’elin finally asked. They’d come through a hairy situation on Deba colony, and despite the performance, they’d lost a security man. Doc had been on the surface for most of the mission. He wished he’d been there too, but things hadn’t turned out that way.

-Zarath, CO

Paul watched Zarath over his glass and considered the man. ”You lost a man on your first mission. Thought you might want to chat about that” he said finally.

Doc Hudson
CMO

The Andorian was silent for a long moment. “He isn’t the first man I’ve lost, but that doesn’t make it any easier.” He sighed. “I had the body recovered, so we can at least send him home. That’s more than some get in this life we’ve chosen, Doc.” Th’elin took a long swallow of liquor, and his wince wasn’t from the taste.

-Zarath, CO

”yes, that’s certainly true” Paul said and looked at the amber liquid in his drink. ”An old instructor at the academy once told me that people join the fleet for one of four reasons. Either, they are niaeve but genuinely want to explore more than we know, they need more space to spread out their ego, or are running from something.”

He drank and turned for the bottle to refill his glass.

Doc Hudson
CMO


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