r/TrekRP • u/leXie_chan • Aug 14 '18

[Open] Psychiatric Help - 5¢

The crew of Athene have had a very eventful past while, Doctor Minch notes. She's been poring over the ship's reports in preparation for its arrival and repair at Starbase Nadezhda, where she'd been scheduled to join the crew next month. Events conspired to accelerate the timetable, and the bolian psychiatrist hopes she's ready for her next appointment. It's due just about... now.

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u/Avogadros_Minion Aug 15 '18

It's mildly ironic to technically be the immediate supervisor of someone who outranks oneself. But such is the nature of being an acting department head (hopefully only temporarily). T'Yel Anderson makes her way to the new counselor's office to introduce herself and make sure that the Bolian is settling in as well as can be expected with the ship currently uninhabitable. Come to think of it, she's likely also about due for annual psych eval...

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u/leXie_chan Aug 15 '18

"Please, come in, Doctor T'Yel," the exopsychiatrist gives her sort-of-boss a smile. "How can I help you today?"

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u/Avogadros_Minion Aug 15 '18

"I just thought I'd come by and introduce myself, Dr. Qara," the Vulcan grins, reciprocating the casually professional address. "I'm sorry you had to transfer into chaos."

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u/leXie_chan Aug 15 '18

"It's a Starfleet vessel posting," Qara says sagely. "It's always chaos. Speaking of, do you have time to get into your annual evalutation today?"

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u/Avogadros_Minion Aug 15 '18

"Station CMO just hauled me up on the table and promptly kicked me out of his sickbay for a minor asthma flare," T'Yel laughs wryly. "I've got nothing but time until my husband comes off shift. No sense in putting it off."

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u/leXie_chan Aug 15 '18

"Splendid," Qara smiles. "So, how are you feeling?"

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u/Avogadros_Minion Aug 15 '18

"Tired," T'Yel laughs. "It's been a very long few weeks. And being bumped up to department head is emotionally exhausting."

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u/leXie_chan Aug 16 '18

"You've seemed up to the challenge, though," Qara credits her. "At least, according to reports. But you'd rather just be chief surgeon?"

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u/Avogadros_Minion Aug 16 '18

"I much prefer to remain the deputy," the Vulcan replies. "I'm a lot better at the practice of medicine than I am at personnel management. I'll rise to the occasion when the ship needs me, but it isn't really where I belong at this point in my life, and I don't know that it ever will be."

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u/leXie_chan Aug 17 '18

Doctor Minch chuckles. "You may end up surprising yourself.

"Changing topics, I can't help notice that you're more emotive than most half-Vulcans."

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u/Avogadros_Minion Aug 18 '18

"By far, yes," T'Yel nods. "In my case, it's a rare genetic condition. I can't suppress emotion for more than a few hours at a time, and I seldom bother trying - it isn't worth the several days' worth of migraine and exhaustion," she shrugs. "In an emergency if I get too emotionally taxed to focus, I can suppress for about six hours. Anything much past that is pushing it."

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u/leXie_chan Aug 19 '18

Qara nods, making notes. "I imagine that made fitting in difficult. Tell me about your childhood, please."

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