Posted Jan. 9, 2022, 4:26 p.m. by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) (Jennifer Ward)
Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side-sim: The Reckoning
Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in side-sim: The Reckoning
Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side-sim: The Reckoning
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Roman had refused pain medication. He wasn’t going to take it unless he didn’t have a choice. The pain was distracting but he’d gotten a lot more done dealing with the pain than he had on the meds. There was still a lot to get done. He kept working after Rand left for her midday rounds, but it didn’t last long. Rand had opened Pipkin’s cage, and the little bunny wasted no time climbing onto Roman’s bed and doing her very best to distract him. By the time Rand came back, Roman’s PaDD and bed tray were pushed out of the way and Pipkin was in the middle of his chest. He was playing with the little bunny with one of the toys from the box, talking to her in that cutesy, high pitched voice as he did.
~ Roman
Rand stopped in the door way and grinned. “You look like you feel better,” she said as she stepped in and the door closed behind her. She set the trays down on the table along with her PaDD. “She’s not shy is she?” It was said with a hint of laughter as she tried to pet Pipkin, who sniffed her finger and then ignored Rand in favor of the toy. “Hungry?”
Rand
Roman looked up at her and smiled. “Who could ignore this little furball?” He wiggled the toy in front of her. “She is not. Kept putting her nose on me, hopping across my work area. She was definitely wanting attention.” He put the toy on the bed and then moved Pipkin, making space for the lunch tray. “I am hungry. You brought lunch?”
~ Roman
Rand wasn’t sure who would be able to ignore Pipkin when she was determined, but Roman was certainly not that person. “I did.” She grinned, and got up and grabbed the trays. Roman hadn’t complained of an upset stomach so the meal was a better selection than had been the day before. She handed one tray to Roman and then sat down on the bed next to him, her tray in her lap. After a moment Pipkin decided the trays were very interesting and her small nose was twitching along the edges. Rand laughed, sounding more relaxed than she had all day. “Yeah I didn’t forget you.” She pointed to a small covered container on Roman’s tray. When opened it would reveal apple peelings. “Chef was making apple pie today, he said I could take the peels.”
Roman’s lunch looked much more like good food than the last few days, a more typical meal for him. He started eating right away but paused when Pipkin started sniffing around their trays. Then he opened the container Rand pointed to and smiled again. “Oh- looks like Rand’s trying to spoil you again,” he said in the high pitched animal voice as he fed Pipkin one of the apple peels.
After eating Rand took what work Roman had finished and added it into the system. There was one part that she asked about because it didn’t make sense to her. It didn’t appear to be a cause of the pain or meds, but since she didn’t quite make sense to her, she asked to make sure she was inputting the information correctly.
Rand
Roman wasn’t done eating when Rand was, because Pipkin would not leave him alone after the apple peels. When she asked her question, he leaned over to look and answered her question. It was a small error, and he gave her the correct information.
~ Roman
Rand shook her head as Pipkin kept bothering him. He didn’t seem to mind though. “I’ll bring more next time. Oh!” She got up and reached into the cage and brought over a handful of hay. “Maybe she can munch on this while you eat.” Rand made quick work of the rest of the reports.
The rest of the day was a series short visits back and forth as Rand made her rounds and sat with Roman. There was plenty for him to do. On top of the missed reports, there was the observations and data from the biology lab and the animals to thoroughly read through, the video data from the drone of the elephant bears, the video feeds from the cameras, plus his own observations. After all that there were still a ton of samples for him to analyze and process once he returned to the lab. Rand delivered dinner, but wasn’t able to stay. She didn’t know if Roman would return to the lab the next day or not, but she had Chief Helpful drop of the chair she’d requested for him.
She was back before Randy arrived for his last session. She went over and sat on the bed and hugged him. “Ready to be done with this?”
Rand
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