[21:12] let's call it a comfortable evening, the lounge has beenf ixed for a day or two, and everything is back tonormal [21:12] to normal, even [21:12] right? right! [21:12] *sim start* [21:12] *** CoroLCARS changes topic to '=/\= U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901... http://www.jestertrek.com/coro2400/ =/\= Sim in progress! =-= Coronado sims at 9:00pm ET Mondays, with an after-sim most weeks immediately following!' [21:12] *** CoroLCARS sets mode: +m [21:12] *** Sonya is now known as Zunite [21:12] ::walks into the lounge:: [21:12] ::Savant sat in the lounge, on her favourite couch beside the windows, looking up into the ceiling:: [21:13] ::comes in from having just finished the shuttlecraft dedication ceremony:: [21:13] ::sits down at a table by the window eating her foodLL [21:14] ::walks around the untended bar to start tending it:: [21:14] ::moves into the ar in off duty clothing for him and pulls up to the bar:: Ale and a steak [21:15] ::pours the ale slides it to the Colonel, then pulls out a freshly cooked steak from the heat lamp and slides it in front of him:: [21:15] < [21:15] ::Savant rained looking up at the ceiling placidly, as if something up there were really interesting, or that her mind was too distracted to notice where she was looking:: [21:15] Thank you Lieutenant... ::nods once and downs a bit of the ale:: [21:16] ::heads over to the replicators and calls forth a small dinner:: [21:17] ::starts scrubing an empty glass and puts it back up:: [21:18] ::takes one of the seats at the table and digs in:: [21:19] ::pours himself an ale and sets in down below the bar:: [21:20] ::spies the former Commander and stands up and moves over towards her and bows slightly as he approaches:: Would you care for some company ma`am [21:21] (Which former commander? ^_-) [21:21] ::sips somemore ale as he wipes the bar where the Colonel had set his ale and plate:: [21:21] ::smiles at Prescot:: I would love some [21:22] I've been working with your Marine's on the Nightmares... facinating machines... [21:23] ::enters the lounge, holding a hand to his head, and makes his way to the back of the bar, ducks down and grabs the medkit:: [21:24] ::nods to Zachery:: [21:25] Thats what IVe heard actually, that they mold themselves to the pilot? ::sets his meal down and has a bite:: [21:25] ::quietly finishes her meal and sits back in her chair:: [21:25] ::Savant is wearing a slight frown on her face, but nothing to make her seem displeased or irritated. She's apparently very distracted, and thinking deeply on some topic:: [21:26] ::nods:: I'm still trying to locate on the drives on the crafts... facinating vechiles really.. [21:26] ::straightens up and nods to Somansky as he sets it on the bar and opens it, then takes out a disinfectant cloth and and the protoplaser and moves over to the mirror so he can see what he's doing:: [21:27] if I figure them out I might have some of the answers I need for my research.... facinating... really... [21:27] ::downs more ale, throwing the wet rag back in the wash sink. Intently watching Zachery now:: [21:29] ::carefully wipes some blood off a spot on the top of his head and then starts running the protoplaser over it, watching himself in the mirror so he hits the right spot:: [21:31] ::grabs a dry towel and begins wiping the bar down, still watching Zach:: [21:31] for the protection against the Xur device? [21:32] perhaps... or just were the rift drives get their energy.... facinating technology really... the possiblities are endless ::smiles at Prescot:: so how's your job? [21:32] ::finishes up and puts the medkit away, tosses the wipe in the recycler and washes his hands:: Make me a good stiff drink will you? Something that will get rid of this headache. [21:33] ::shrugs:: Boring as it always is in peacetime. The two marines examining the fighters are about the most exciting thing we have going on [21:33] ::slips him up a Adios Mofo:: [21:34] ever think about going into a different line of work? [21:34] ::takes it and sips:: Thanks Somansky. A small word of advice. Never get too close to an engineer with a wrench in their hand. [21:34] ::frowns:: Never. I was raised to be a warrior and its how I'll die [21:34] ::vodka, curacao, tequila, coconut rum, bacardi, a pinch of everclear, midori, and about 5 other things I can't really remember:: [21:35] ::slides it to Zachery, on the rocks:: [21:35] <> [21:35] so why did you join starfleet? couldn't you have gotten this at home? [21:36] ::nods:: I hear you, I try to avoid engineers in general. [21:37] <> [21:37] ::motions to Zunite:: I've been working with her most of the week. And her curiousity and need to know the slightest details of things is enough to give me a headache. [21:37] ::nods:: Me too but this one was right in the middle of the corridor I had to take to get to the lift. I didn't think it would hurt to walk past him. [21:38] ::smiles:: Diffrent from yours of course. [21:38] *** Maiko is now known as Farrell_AFK [21:38] ::looks back towards the bar:: I heard that [21:38] ::nods:: I was kept behind a desk at home after a certain point, my superiors and father insisting it was too dangerous [21:39] ::throws a mock salute towards her:: [21:39] A sense of curiousity is healthy! ::looks back towards Prescot:: you are in a dangerous line of work... [21:40] Not with this peace that has broken out. The most dangerous thing I do is inspect weapons these days [21:40] ::smiles sadly:: though a lot of things are dangerous... most people don't get their kicks from getting shot at [21:40] ::shrugs:: They're a different breed. [21:40] ::looks between the two of them and nods:: Some people like details. They're quite necessary for certain things. Like this drink for instance. Put in the wrong amount of something in it tastes like dirty dishwater. [21:41] the two people who hate peace, aerospace engineers and marines.... [21:41] and most people are not marines [21:41] ::nods:: Which I hope it doesn't. ::smirks:: [21:42] ::smiles:: for good reason too... most people have the sense to not go out looking for people to shoot at them... [21:42] ::takes a gulp and grins:: Tastes just fine. Where'd you learn how to make it? [21:43] ::Savant let out a sigh and leaned back into her couch, looking down at a vacant spot on the wall this time:: [21:43] ::sips more ale:: A little hole in the wall place call Rancho de la Torre back home on Earth. Decent mexican cuisine there, but their drinks we amazing. [21:44] but us semi-sane people are glad you marines are all nuts... [21:44] ::nods slowly:: Good drinks will make a place famous, even if the food is bad. [21:44] *** Joins: Santiago (breathless@C9-22-48.resnet.ucsc.edu) [21:44] *** CoroLCARS sets mode: +v Santiago [21:44] *** Savant sets mode: +o Santiago [21:45] ::grins:: Thank you milady... that is a most kind compliment... [21:45] ::nods:: [21:45] Yes it will. [21:45] *** Santiago is now known as Kennedy [21:45] ::grins back:: [21:46] ::enters the lounge in off-duty clothes:: [21:46] ::sips more ale, nodding to the good doctor as she enters:: [21:47] ::nods back, heading for a comfortable chair; she's been standing for more than five hours, and they all look pretty comfortable:: [21:48] ::Savant closes her eyes, affixed firmly on her couch, and steeples her hands together in her lap comfortably:: [21:48] ::sits on one of the couches near Savant:: oh, that feels good. [21:48] ::finishes his ale and pours another one:: [21:49] ::Savant opens an eye and looks over at Kennedy blithely; her rather concerned expression melting into mild amusement. She asked in a subtle tone:: Long day? [21:50] You have no idea. [21:50] ::looks to Zachery:: You ready for something else? Or are you still good with that? [21:50] I'm sure you won't take it personally if I say I wished you could experience fatigue. [21:50] ::She grinned wider:: I do. [21:51] ::still leaned back on the couch; doesn't look over:: Really? [21:51] ::looks at Prescot:: so what's your plans for tonight/ [21:51] ::takes a long pull on his drink and glances around:: Nah, I'm fine. Think I'll grab a seat though. ::moves around to the other side of the bar and sits:: [21:51] I can get tired just like anyone else. It's more of an emotional state than anything physical, really. [21:52] ::sips his ale and scans the patrons not at the bar:: [21:52] ::polishes off his food:: nothing at the moment. Probably do some exercises, have a few more drinks and fall asleep [21:53] I miss drinking... [21:54] Huh. [21:54] ::sips his new Ale, still looking out amongst the light crowd:: I've never been in here with more that like 10 people at the most. [21:54] Probably not the sort of fatigue that you were hoping for, though. [21:55] My father had the British word that fit it best. [21:55] Got it from his father, and so on back to the coalminers. [21:56] He'd come home, fall onto a chair... "Bloody hell, I'm knackered," he'd say. [21:56] Knackered, technically, means you're so tired you can't raise the beer to your lips. ::smiles slightly:: [21:56] That sounds quite like something my grandfather would say. [21:56] ::turns and stares out the window at the stars as he nurses his drink slowly:: [21:57] ::looks over at that:: Your grandfather? What was he, a Hewlett-Packard? [21:58] ::She smirked:: He was an englishman. [21:58] :;looks down at her now empty plate and then yawns:: [21:58] ::downs his ale and starts cleaning out the glass:: [21:59] ... Do you have something to tell me about your lineage, Savant? [21:59] < <> [21:59] I think I'm going to go to bed, I'm quite tired.. [21:59] ::She cocked an eyebrow and shrugged idly:: I was designed by Karen Davies-Jeppo. Her father was british. [21:59] ::cleans out his old glass as well and then puts them back up:: [21:59] oh, i see. [22:00] Designer, equals mother. [22:00] That makes sense, now. [22:00] I apologize for my remark. [22:00] ::check the time:: Well, I said I was only gonna do this about an hour. So its time for me to get out of here. I'll see you around Zachery. [22:00] ::She grinned a little wider:: You find it a bit odd for me to refer to her as my mother, or her husband as my father? [22:01] ::stands up and heads out of the lounge:: [22:01] *** Quits: Prescot (~asdf@wa-longview7a-a-205.lgvwwa.adelphia.net) (Quit: I couldn't be a lesbian because when I think about sex, I think about swimming in a sea of god-like, gorgeous men) [22:01] ::nods:: I think I'll take off too. Feel like thinking for a bit and can't do that here too well. [22:01] *** Quits: Zunite (zunite@x84-81-133-dhcp.reshalls.umn.edu) (Quit: Smile!) [22:02] ::nods:: Well, may your thoughts be clear. ::smirks:: Goodnight. ::exits the lounge:: [22:02] *** Parts: Somansky (Somansky@68-190-246-60.riv- mres.charterpipeline.net) [22:02] Thanks. ::smiles and nods at Savant and Kennedy before heading out as well:: [22:03] ::Savant nods her head at Zachery and waves a small wave:: [22:03] *** Zachery is now known as Cloaked [22:03] well, i'm a doctor. in my experience, someone's father and mother contributed genetic material to create them. ::shrugs:: call it a professional bias. [22:04] And they did. Insofar as i have genetic material, it was contributed by them. [22:05] but you don't have genetic material. your genes don't code for the release of proteins, they code for the responses to stimulii. You're not a biological entity, Savant, and you know it better than anyone. [22:05] You pride yourself on it. [22:06] ::she nodded blithely:: i woudln't say that I pride myself on it, exactly. I've always been sure to keep the distinction clear, to avoid confusion. [22:06] yes. [22:07] She's still as much a mother as I could ever have. [22:09] Yes, she is. [22:10] ::She grinned a half grin briefly and relaxed into the couch again, closing her eyes:: It's nice to come to agreement with someone. It seems to happen so rarely lately. [22:11] Well, I used to be a reporter. I can make my way around to agreeing with just about anyone. [22:12] why did you leave reporting? [22:12] my husband was killed. [22:12] Mm. I'm sorry. [22:13] It's all right, it was more than twenty years ago. [22:14] ::she nodded her head politely:: you've done very well with medicine. Did you have any training with it beforehand? [22:15] Only the things they teach war correspondents in the FNS. [22:15] Which, as I recall correctly, is mostly "call for immediate beam-out" [22:16] to be honest, i think my medical studies were my escape from the grief at losing Andy. [22:16] not really. I was taught basic first aid. I knew how to stop the bleeding in a disruptor injury, or a blade-weapon injury. [22:16] and how to treat the burns from a power-pak explosion. [22:16] you've certainly expanded beyond that since then. [22:17] indeed. [22:17] Summa Cum Laude. [22:18] enviable. Few people can pursue two demanding careers like that. [22:18] I think they're different aspects of the same personality, really. [22:18] Both expose the problems of society in hopes of improving them. [22:18] Both depend on precision and people skills. [22:18] very different aspects of the same personality, though. [22:19] I mean, Nellie Bly was a reporter who put herself into a mental hospital to describe the problems therein. [22:19] There's a long history of doctors with social consciences exposing issues of the era as ways to 'heal' them. [22:20] yes, there are. I'm glad to see that you count yourself amongst them. [22:20] well, i'm not sure i have too much about which to report. I'm really not a reporter-doctor, I'm just a doctor. [22:21] I'm just demonstrating that the two aspects of a personality are more congruent than they seem at first glance. [22:21] :she smiled a small smile; she was still distracted and it was showing:: They certainly are. [22:22] In America, in the twentieth century, a doctor created the social welfare program there. ::shrugs:: [22:22] Is there something wrong? [22:23] Mm? Oh, no. I'm sorry. I guess you could call it emotional fatigue. ::she grinned politely:: [22:23] Tell me about it. [22:24] I wish that I could, Doctor, but i can't be too specific. It's Flag business, and somewhat confidential, though not officially as of yet. [22:24] I don't think you want to hear it, either. [22:24] You know what the worst words to say to an investigative journalist are? [22:25] because i think you just used all of 'em. [22:25] ::Her grin broadened:: I've dealt with the media before. It's fun. I feel like a cat with mice. [22:26] sure, but that's because this place doesn't have any really good reporters. [22:26] That's true. [22:29] in any case, even without my inquisitive nature, it's the duty of the chief medical officer, in lieu of a counselor, to see to the emotional health of the crew and other associated beings. noting that you indeed do have emotions and thus are capable of emotional fatigue, i do think it's well within my duty to ask about your current situation, and to see if talking can improve it. [22:30] Mmm. Perhaps I can couch it in metaphor. [22:30] I am truly partial to couches. [22:30] it only seemed fitting for the topic [22:32] Have you ever felt like the whole universe is collapsing, and you're the only one that can keep it from falling apart? [22:32] yes. [22:33] it's something similar to that. [22:34] and by similar you mean that is what it is, isn't it? [22:34] Are we still being metaphorical? [22:35] no. [22:35] Then, sort of. [22:35] ::laughs shortly, despite herself:: Indeed. [22:36] ::She grinned: I'm glad that you can find a little humour in it. . . . in any case, it's all frightfully stressful, and there's really no opportunity for taking a break from it all, as the repercussions of slacking off even in the slightest are quite literally beyond a galactic scale. [22:37] that's actually not a humour laugh so much as a realization of the frustration of being you. [22:38] and yeah, birth can be something akin to what you're describing. [22:38] though that wasn't what i meant when i said 'yes' to your earlier question. [22:39] ::she smirked:: It's extremely frustrating being me. Thank you, very few people actually recognize that [22:40] I'd much rather give birth, I think. Much, much rather. Though, interestingly enough, the timescale we're working with is very similar. [22:43] ::glances at Savant:: [22:44] ::She shrugged, continuing on blithely:: Not that I'd worry much about giving birth. No nerves to feel pain with. [22:46] lucky. so, so lucky. [22:47] see, i had twins. that means that as soon as you think you're done you have to do it again. [22:48] ::She grinned wider:: I'm very sorry. I really do have no idea what it's like [22:49] No, you don't. Which is another reason you're not quite alive. Though during the birthing I said the same thing to my husband. [22:50] You've never felt what it's liek to have a whole memory core dumped out from under you, though. I'd call that painful. [22:51] well, that's interesting. i'd almost call losing a love one congruent with having a memory core dumped out. [22:52] ::she screwed up her mouth in a concentrated expression and thought that over a second:: I don't know. It's full of registers.. little bits of me. More like having an involuntary amputation, I think. [22:53] Many people in my position would say that losing the love of your life is very much an involuntary amputation. ::smiles wanly:: [22:54] ::She grinned:: I've been told it's a bit like a lobotomy ^_^ [22:56] I'm not sure about that. Lobotomy is theoretically the removal of useless or harmful tissue in the brain. It's more like having a half of yourself removed. [22:57] I mean, when I hear a joke at work, or something interesting, I still find myself saying 'I should remember to tell Andy that.' [22:57] I still have dreams where it's all been a strange joke and he suddenly appears. Or that he's been living with me the whole time. [22:58] :She exhales slightly:: I can understand that, I think [22:59] It's funny, I'd almost forgotten... I had a dream about him just the other day. I was in the sickbay and he came by to say hi, and he said something about Doctor Adami being a good clinician. [22:59] I don't know. The longer I live, and I've 'lived' almost as long as you, the more I realize how little I understand, really. [23:00] I get those as well, rather frequently really. They're called "Thread misallocation errors" in my case. [23:01] I'm sorry? [23:02] Old memories blurring with new ones, old desires or inappropriate thoughts temporarily taking control of a processing thread. I usually have to start over when I encounter one of those. [23:03] Well. That provides a nice counterpoint for earlier when I thought you had it good, not having to undergo childbirth. [23:04] ::she grins broadly:: I don't have to undergo physical pain, but simply maintaining myself as a cohesive entity is work enough, thank you. [23:04] ::smiles:: i do suppose that is true. [23:06] ::Savant exhaled and stood, bobbing up a half foot into the air:: But, I've interrupted your rest for too long, and taken too much of my own. [23:08] good night, Doctor. Sleep tight. [23:08] good night. i shall. [23:08] *** Quits: Savant (~mouse@d199-126-17-217.abhsia.telus.net) (Quit: ) [23:09] <> [23:09] *** Parts: Kennedy (breathless@C9-22-48.resnet.ucsc.edu) [23:15] *** Parts: Cloaked (~Ancntgrac@cdm-68-226-188-122.lkch.cox-internet.com)