It will come in Time

Posted on 15 Jul 2025 @ 2:41pm by Lieutenant JG Cajag Lagnas & Lieutenant JG Delenna Morak
Edited on on 15 Jul 2025 @ 2:42pm

581 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: The Festival of Unity
Location: Chief Counsellors Office
Timeline: current

Caj knocked on the door of the chief counsellors office. As the Cygnus was still undergoing repair and refit, Caj had had to look elsewhere to find the starship counsellor's temporary office. He did not have an appointment, but it was Starfleet protocol for a new officer to meet the counsellor. So Caj had searched the station and found the office near the sickbay, though in the case of the space station the sickbay was more like a hospital. Caj waited to be admitted and hoped he was not interrupting anything important

"Enter." Called Delenna. She'd been doing light counselling/admin work to keep herself occupied while not on actual duty. Looking up, she noticed a young Ensign at the door, "How can I help you, Ensign?" she asked.

"Morning Ma'am" said Caj politely as he crossed the threshold into the Chief Counsellor's Office. "I am Ensign Cajag Lagnas. Newly assigned to the USS Cygnus. He handed over a touch screen LCARS display Padd with his info on it. "I understand i have to report to the ship's chief counsellor as part of my induction?"

"Only to make sure you are saner than the rest of us," Delenna stated, but after a short pause clarified what she meant as she took the PaDD from his hand. "We have been through hell and back on the Cygnus recently and some of us are not okay but somehow functioning."

Delenna read the PaDD and copied the information to a PaDD to read in depth later. "How do you feel?" she asked.

Caj could imagine that the Cygnus crew had been through hell and back after seeing the state of the Nebular Class vessel in the stations main hanger bay. It looked like it had taken a beating. "I am feeling pretty good Ma'am. Excited to be onboard a starship again."

"Good to hear. Looking over your file, it looks fine to me. No mental health instances. No other issues. Any conditions that you have or family has that isn't mentioned here?" Delenna said as she looked up.

Shrugged a little and made a small blasé little dismissive hand gesture "I mean I dont think my parents have any mental health issues that i am aware of....but in my last role my memory got wiped on many occasions"

"I think I read about that and looking at your file there doesn't seem to be any lasting effects of the wipes, so I am happy to let you start. If anything changes, you can tell any of us. Do you have any lasting effects that you havent reported? Delenna queried.

The Ensign shrugged a little and mulled over the question. "I think that being stuck in a lab for ten years has made me a little overly self indulgent"

Delenna smiled "I can understand that. I did alot of research stuff into the flu that affects a particular starbase and when I arrived here I was really unfairly bossy to an engineer and clashed with the Chief Engineer. Gettting back to ship work was the best thing for me."

Caj agreed and nodded thoughtfully. He wondered if that was the chief engineer he had met aboard the USS Cygnus. "How are the crew managing with the Cygnus being repaired?"

"The best way they know how. By getting on with whatever duties they are given, replied Delenna. "I am sure that the Chief Engineer would appreciate the help. You are good to go. Have fun."

 

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