HADESNRPG: HADESRPG: (8-1800) Dr. Vulon, Dr. Thorne, Dr. Drake, and Eng Ensign FInley

[Todd Holladay]

You all are freaking awesome. All this activity, it's going to make
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On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 7:10 PM Will Banowsky via Hades-rpg <
hades-rpg at startrekfreedom.com> wrote:

> Mission: First Furlough
> Day: 8
> Stardate:2446.07.27
>
>
>
> (USS Hades-Sickbay- Medical staff lounge- Dr. Klaz Vulon, Lt., Lt(jg) Dr
> Akyla Thorne & Lt. Jg Dr Thomas Drake, Ensign SG Sam Finley -1800)
>
>
> The medical lounge was full as all eyes were about to be fixed on the
> enlarged view screen. All assembled  were there to watch a special
> broadcast of Starfleet General. The entertainment drama that usually
> broadcasted at an earlier time, but with the long anticipated return of
> actor Paul Fitz as Dr. M'rek Dent the Vulcan/human hybrid , the possible
> discovery of who sabotaged the work of Dr. Elton Hughes and who framed the
> lovable free spirited Nurse Edlen for the murder of Mrs. Mallory, everyone
> was on edge…
>
> Akyla walked down the short corridor to the medical staff lounge. She
> wasn’t one for either entertainments, people or ‘daytime’ medical dramas,
> so normally this would have been a real test on her resolve. However
> there’d been a buzz about the department that was impossible to deny.
> Numerous times she’d caught the most random collective of people gossiping
> about the ‘evening special.’ Seeing a busy room, Akyla did what she
> normally did and bully her way through, carrying the large tin that had
> been sent to her barely an hour ago. Stepping over the arm of one of the
> chairs and walking along the backs of the seats she forced her way into a
> space that really wasn’t there to sit next to T’lav. Glaring to her left
> she gestured to a young Healthcare Assistant “Move!” He’d been on the
> misapprehension that seats were on a first come first served basis. He’d
> not considered that rockstars turn up late and don’t stand.
>
> Opening the tin she called out to the room, “Cookies here, help yourself,
> though if you have a cholesterol or blood sugar in the morning I’d only
> have a half. Any rude comments and I’ll carve you up and they’ll never find
> your body. My gran makes them. She held the tin to T’lav. “Seriously you
> have to try these. ‘Genocide by chocolate’ she calls them.
>
> T'lav looked at her and raised a brow.
> “ Then genocide it is.” She said as she took two. T'lav enjoyed cookies.
> She had noticed Counselor Drake was in attendance and decided to not engage
> him in a social setting to maintain barriers. Taking a bite of the cookie
> her eyes grew wide. She turned to Akyla. “ Your grandmother is a remarkable
> baker.”
>
> “ Shhhh.” Klaz said as he passed by T'lav heading to his seat. Doing so
> jokingly.
>
> “Be nice, or I’ll tell gran you were mean about her cookies.” She stuck
> her tongue out at K’laz as if she were five again.
> “ Respect your elders.” Klaz laughed.
>
> Klaz made his way to the seat that he always sat in. Just to the right of
> Akyla and T'lav but far enough away from Dr. Jessica Morgan, as to not hear
> her insufferable commentary. As he sat down Dr. Morgan shit him a glance. “
> Keep looking and I'll give you something to look at.” He said with a laugh
> as he opened a container of chips and dips on the table in front of several
> people and dug in.
>
> Tom didn’t know why he was there, but he was invited to join the med staff
> and counselors for some ritual watching of a Soap Opera and well, he felt
> it was only polite to show up one time and then be able to say, well I
> tried but its not for me. Of course he understood the dynamics of a soap
> opera. Many had often said professional wrestling, one of his passions, was
> like a soap opera but with tights and flips. But, he liked his melodrama in
> a wrestling ring. Still, he didn’t want to seem like an outsider so here he
> was, bought he brought back up in his buddy Sam.
>
> Sam sighed. “A soap opera? Really?” He had made other plans that day but
> Drake insisted on dragging him along.
>
> “Well, it’s no Rumble on Andorria, but at least the actresses are pretty.”
> Tom said with a laugh to Sam.
>
> “As opposed to all the other shows where they’re not?” Sam asked with a
> jovial wink.
>
> Klaz looked to his left, noticing a few new faces. “ It's not that bad.
> Sure the acting is as bad as a Ferengi’s dental hygiene, but the plot is
> always changing. Suspend disbelief and it's actually entertaining.”  Klaz
> said to Sam and Tom, not yet knowing their names, but overhearing their
> conversation.
>
> “I mean, sure, I can suspend my disbelief, but like, surely someone would
> give that woman some scrubs were here puppies aren’t trying to get out of
> the kennell. If you know what I mean. But I guess I’ll give it the old
> college try.” Tom said with a chuckle.
>
> “Where have I heard that one before…” Sam said to Drake.
>
> “Probably because the last time I said that we ended up being tossed out
> of a bar…” Tome Replied trailing off.
>
> “I’m surprised you remember that.” Sam said with a smile.
>
> “I was in year one med school last time I watched this. My favourite was
> picking the one who was obviously going to die. Research scientist exposed
> to a deadly virus thought extinct? He’ll be fine. Female Trill comes in
> with a split nail and a spot on her left arsecheek? Bifluoral cyanotic
> Ketinosis. She’ll be dead in three hours.” She heard a noise of contempt
> from the other side of the room. “Prove me wrong Tavers” She called out.
> “Back me up anyone.”
>
> “ Don't mind him, he's the only one here who has hit himself in the ass
> with a hypospray loaded with Nendanoxin.” Klaz said loudly. “ Hasn't been
> the same since.” He laughed.
>
> “ I remember that his backside was 3 times its normal size for a week.”
> Another member of the medical team said.
>
> Akyla picked up a beer from the cooler, she wasn’t on duty, wasn’t on
> call, and had no schedules for the morning so she was safe to drink.
> Smiling in the atmosphere that she found herself settling into she sipped
> her drink. She turned to T’lav. “You okay? You’ve had two of those things,
> you on a chocolate high?” she winked playfully as the announcer teased the
> opening credits.
>
> “ I'm fine, I'm just observing the respectful art of being silent. Let the
> critics make their assessments of the program.” T'lav said with an over
> exaggerated wink of her eye.
>
> “You seem low key settled into this? No offense, but I’d not expect a
> Vulcan to get this, so much is an outward emotional play, ‘banter.’” She
> said with a whisper. “Also, did you just wink or do you have a needle in
> your eye.”
>
> “ I've been watching videos of physical displays of communication during
> social interactions.” T'lav whispered, explaining the eye wink.
>
> Quietly, Akyla chuckled, but would bever have done so outward for fear of
> embarrassing T’lav. “It kinda needs work to be honest, but you’re getting
> there. It’s cute how much you’re pushing your boundaries.
>
> She leaned over to Akyla's ear.
> “ Thank you.”
>
> “ Hey hey it's starting.” Dr. Jess Morgan called out.
>
> “ No S#!+” Nurse Vickers said, causing a few in the room to laugh, at this
> point there were nearly 20 people in total. Klaz nearly choked on his chips
> and dip.
>
> “ Who said that ?” Dr. Morgan asked.
>
> “ Your mom.” Klaz said, disguising her voice like a girl.
>
> As the opening title sequence started with the cheesy and over the top
> music and dramatic poses of the cast members in their roles. Chatter came
> to a minimum, but it was bound to start again .
>
> (reply none)
> (posted by Will, Rob, Mark, and Tim)
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