Time to kick Medical butt

[starfleetcleaner]

WHO: D'vana Tendi
WHERE: The Infirmary
WHAT: Trying not to panic, and setting up her Medbay
WHEN: Early June


Tendi is having a bit of a day. She's woke up somewhere that was not where she went to sleep, had a mustering that was vaguely threatening, and now is set free to roam on this sea ship with noone she recognizes, and in addition, seems to be in the distant past. However, she's resourceful and determined, so first things first.

The map of the ship has indicated there is a infirmary, and that seems a good a place as any to begin. She still has her medical kit, even if it's low on supplies, but from the look of this place, they seem to still be in the knives and string level of medicine, she's sure that her skills will be greatly appreciated.

She arrives in the infirmary, and begins to take stock, seeing what medicines they have, other supplies. After all her hypospray only has a few doses left, and best to save that for an emergency.

Comments

[firewalled]

"It's nice to meet you too, Tendi. I'm Rich. Rich Goranski." He's not going to be completely impolite, as strange as this all is. He looks at the medications she indicates and frowns.

"I mean, some stuff here looks a little outdated, but most of it seems pretty up to modern standards for me. But I guess I definitely don't know what a biobed... or autosuture are." He shrugs his shoulders. "Sue me for not going to med school. Are you a doctor?"

[starfleetcleaner]

"Oh, almost, I'm in training, working under Dr. T'ana on the Cerritos. But don't worry, I'm fully ready to do any medical procedures! And while you're right I guess it's alright for...what this time period seems to be, I'm from 2380, so I guess I'm just used to more advanced medicine."

[firewalled]

"...Yeah, okay, that's not at all the time I'm from. I'm from 2018. I'm guessing a lot changed in 360 years." Man. From talking with Watson and Johnny all the time, he was thinking he was pretty firmly in the date range that was considered modern.

[starfleetcleaner]

"Ooh, neat! That's a very exciting time, lots of changes coming very soon! You're really on the cusp of a whole new world. And I suppose so, technology and culture has advanced a great deal, I mean, I'm not even from earth, you know? I'm from Orion."

[firewalled]

"Based on the tech I've seen show up lately, I'd prefer it not to be such an exciting time..." He laughs a little nervously. "Discovering new planets would be cool, though! Right now, we've just got the nine, and none of them have any life on them."

[starfleetcleaner]

"Well, don't worry! The universe is just filled with life, some of it may not be totally friendly, but most are, so long as you approach them in the right way! Hey, and you might even get to see it, if you can hang in there till 2063! I wasn't here in April, but if I'm still here when April 5th comes around, I'll have to get some Salmon!"

[firewalled]

Rich is... not the best first impression for most people, but honestly, he's not sure if he'll be around until 2063 anyways, so maybe he won't bother worrying about it too much. "Salmon, huh? Is that the sought after Earth cuisine? Maybe if I'm still around at that time, I'll have to treat you."

[starfleetcleaner]

"Oh it's more traditional you know? I'm not a big fan, but well, it's what you do in Starfleet, celebrating First Contact. And sure, that'd be fun! Do the traditional first contact day stuff."

[firewalled]

"So that's what the first visitors to Earth ate." Seems a little weird, but honestly, any food served to the first alien visitors would probably sound strange to Rich. "It just sounds so unbelievable. Were there other traditions then? Stuff humans did with aliens when they visited?"

[starfleetcleaner]

"Well, from what I can remember, the Vulcans had a bit of a greeting ceremony, the whole Live long and Prosper thing, but you know how historical things can get twisted around and altered. I'm know some history, but i'm no expert! Now, if you want medical advice, there I can help you."

[firewalled]

"Right, okay." Technically, he shouldn't know about that, but he's a geek and knows his Star Trek. Though... that does mean he's once again talking to someone who's part of something fictional in his universe. This place is super freaky.

He tries to wave it off by taking her subject change. "Right! Medical advice, yeah. I mean, I've got someone looking after my burns, but..." He gestures with one bandaged arm up at the ugly red marks on his face. "If you know anything about treatment I should keep in mind, I'll listen."

[starfleetcleaner]

"Oh sure! I can clear that right up, no problem! I can also get rid of any scars you have. Here, sit down!" Tendi gestures to a seat in Medical and digs into her medical kit, pulling out her dermal regenerator. "This shouldn't hurt at all."

[firewalled]

"Wait... get rid of them?" Rich isn't entirely sure how he feels about that. Sure, they do look pretty morbid and he doesn't exactly like people staring at them, but getting rid of them entirely feels a bit like cheating. "I don't think you need to do that... I mean, this stuff is probably something you don't want to waste!"

[starfleetcleaner]

"Oh, there's no 'stuff' to waste! But if you want to keep them, that's fine. I should mention that if I heal your new burns there won't be scars. That's how this works, Scars are actually a flaw in the regeneration of your body, exchanging quality for speed, if you will. But this will just get it all fixed up to normal!"

Tendi looks over Rich's facial burns a bit closer. "So do you want me to fix you up? I can also take a look at your arm as well."

[firewalled]

"It's... I don't know. I might need time to think about that." It feels weird to get rid of something so easily. After all the trouble he caused, he feels like there should be some reminder of it, to face him down every time he looks in the mirror.

But maybe he's just being too hard on himself. "It's true it'd probably get people to stop looking at me so weird."

[starfleetcleaner]

"Well, I'm more worried about infection, but if you don't want it to be healed perfectly, I can get you some bandages or something. I guess it must be a human thing, I don't get it myself, caring about your scars. I've always tried to move on from injury, but a lot of people here seem to want to hold onto it, or at least some aspect of it."

[firewalled]

"...Yeah, it's probably a human thing," Rich admits with a sad smile. It's at least nice to know it's not just him with this weird hangup. "I think I'd like to move on, but having the reminder of it seems important too, you know? So I don't make the same mistakes."

[starfleetcleaner]

"I can see that, but some part of getting past mistakes is...moving on past them, right? You'd never forgive yourself if every time you looked at yourself you saw every single mistake you ever made. I dunno, that's just my perspective, I've had a lot of scars that I've gotten rid of."

[firewalled]

Rich winces softly at the words, and he can't help himself from snapping. "Scars or not, if I look in the mirror, I can see plenty of mistakes. Don't worry about that."

[starfleetcleaner]

Tendi raises an eyebrow a bit and takes a step back, leaning against one of the tables in medical. "If you're talking about things you've done in the past, I know a lot about those kind of mistakes. Most Orions haven't been thieves and pirates for like, five years. Also, the Starfleet Academy is a four year program. You can probably guess as to what I was doing before I became a doctor."

[firewalled]

He doesn't relax at all, but he seems to look at her a bit differently... a bit more open, a bit less wary.

"Yeah, well. At least you made something of yourself after. I don't even really know if that's in the cards for me. Shoplifting and dumb vandalism is one thing, but..."