[Sickbay]: Round Eight Scans and Vaccines

[ten_fwd_npcs]

O-kay, so things have been a little ... odd on the ship. Some people have been acting rather out of character, ducking their duties for romantic escapades or complaining that their good friends aren't quite themselves. Romance may be in the air, but the CMO has other ideas. Like maybe an alien pest who likes to play tricks on people. Her sickbay hasn't gone unaffected, but luckily the strange effects are beginning to wear off and people are returning to work. Still, she's prepared to treat anything. Just please assure her you were safe and responsible if you, uh, made a special friend.

If this is your first trip to Sickbay, you may be surprised to see that it's a fairly ordinary-looking hospital. There are no terrifying devices or humming machines you might see in a sci-fi thriller. The biobeds along the walls are equipped with biofunction monitors, but look fairly standard. Instead of silver trays filled with metal tools and sawblades, there are an array of small devices that look as harmless as cell phones. As for the staff, they're all well-groomed and friendly. As a matter of fact, all personnel look harmless. Well, relatively harmless.

If you're new to the ship, no doubt you've been escorted here by the security team. Nothing to worry about, the doctors just want to make sure you aren't carrying any viruses or are vulnerable to terrible space disease. Once you've been checked over — a quick scan from a tricorder and any necessary vaccines — you'll be free to go. Lollipops are optional.

"All right, step on in," one of them calls out as you enter. "Don't be afraid. It's just a scan and a hypospray, nothing to worry about."


[ooc: Sickbay is, as always, OTA! For new characters: tagging isn't mandatory but IC going to sickbay is. If you'd prefer to skip threading with one of our doctors, you can handwave that your character got a clean bill of health and a shot and were sent on their merry way. For those who are tagging: if you have a preference which doctor sees your character, please specify in the subject line of your tag who you would like (Beverly Crusher, Julian Bashir, Sam Wilson, Mack Gerhardt, and Merlin are definitely on deck, with possible appearances by others). There is a post up in the OOC comm with more details if you have any questions.]

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[captainproton]

Tom shrugged. "She might recognize your uniform from the few times we've been able to get in contact with Starfleet and realize you're concurrent with our timeline and therfore have Alpha Quadrant gossip."

Tom took in Julian's words, and they were almost hard to understand. But just as something had changed in Tom over the course of his time serving on Voyager, something had changed in Julian too. He wasn't nearly as much of an optimistic asshole. "You'd be the only one you know. You should have seen the looks and whispers I got when I first brought on board as an 'observer.' Like I was some kind of pariah. They weren't even that subtle really. Voyager's original CMO was downright nasty. So, thanks Julian. For not jumping to conclusions, and giving me a chance. Not too many have."

Tom shrugged, giving what his ....friend? colleague? had said some thought. " Honestly? I think they saw me as I was. I was angry and frustrated and had just been court-martialed and driven out of Starfleet, just when I decided to do the right thing. All I had to do was stay silent, and none of this would have happened. But, I didn't. And Starfleet threw the book at me. And then, I found the Maquis and they needed a good pilot with anger issues. My life wasn't going so well back then. But, all that's taught me that sometimes you need to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find out where you belong. I'm glad they sent me to prison. If they didn't, I wouldn't have ended up on Voyager."

[asklepian]

"Fair point." Julian can't concern himself with it now--if she asks, she asks. It doesn't mean he has to tell her. And he can certainly deal with angry Klingons.

"You've done your time, I think. The penal colony isn't a terrible place, from what I've heard, though." At least, his father hasn't complained overly much--which Julian was sure he would have. Perhaps. He didn't seem to know his father as well as he thought he did.

"I'm certainly glad that you all made it. We...had to stop looking. When the war kicked up in earnest." He hopes Tom isn't angry about that.

[captainproton]

"It's not like you would have found us anyway. Or any debris, or anything to go on. Honestly, I'm a little surprised you kept looking so long in the first place.I mean, first a Maquis ship goes missing, then Voyager. To me, that's a pattern. A bad pattern. And with no more information to go on, Starfleet doesn't have endless resources to go looking for lost causes, with what would look like the high potential to lose others. So, really. Don't worry about it"

Tom gave a shrug as Julian finished up his exam. "Not terrible. The security anklet chafes a little. And at least my reputation and dishonorable discharge bought me a little street cred. Killing people goes a long way, even in a minimum security facility." Tom went on, trying to blow it off with a nonchalant attitude and a bit of bravado. What could he say? He was a good hider. Growing up with Admiral Paris made him a master.

"And I was never bored." Thats right. Always look on the bright side.

[asklepian]

"There were dozens more Maquis ships in there area who were perfectly fine. Cardassian too. And what information would we have found if we didn't look?" Julian smiles slightly.

Though he does look somewhat alarmed at the attitude. "I do hope you're exaggerating." His father was not at all the sort that would have 'street cred'. Or a reputation.

[captainproton]

"A little. The Klingons do have it right though--exaggeration makes for a better story. But, it was prison. It wasn't like we were all holding hands and making smores. Everyone's in for something different. Besides, do you really think the Federation would stand to have anything less than 'civilized', even in their prisons?" Tom asked.