Samantha_Kent

Of course...best logs are always written at three in the morning. :P

I have a Gumby cat in mind...

Indeed...thei'khaiell ssuin hw'aenevha! ::salutes:: Happy birthday, STSF, and congratulations to those who created it! You've made a fantastic thing here and I'm proud to be a part of it. :P

I went to a Nationals game on Saturday and they actually won. It was kind of a miracle. STSF rox0rs! :P Congrats on making it all this way and here's to another seven years, or seventeen, or seventy! ::hoists glass::

Yes, but can it fit under a fallen log while going a hundred miles an hour? No.

SWEET.

:) Can I be wearing the awesome camo gear she had *later* in ROTJ instead? That looked much cooler. :P

W00t! ::chalks ten points into T'aral's column::

Repetition! One-love! ((Ten points if you can name *that* reference! :-D ))

Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Mr. Marx.

Most definitely agreed. :P

I feel the need to point out that it's actually "yub nub." It means "freedom." Assuming you mean this: http://www.completewermosguide.com/ewokese.html :)

You should not have come back...

Welcome to STSF, Kouki! Hope you have a fantastic time here! Feel free to ask around if you have any questions; everyone here is very friendly and helpful. :) See you in the sim!

Whooo, congrats, Precip! You're making progress! We'll have you texting soon. :) Friend me! :P

::sigh:: The movie for that episode was Outlaw. The song was entitled Toobular Boobular Joy. I've never actually seen the episode, and given that title I have a feeling that's a good thing. MST3K rules though.

My iPod Touch does not support the Java applet for the chat room. This saddens me intensely. :)

In that case you might want to remove the upcoming event from the forum calendar. :)

Duuuude...you should try some of this grass, maaan...

Whoooooo, happy birthday, Dac! ::throws confetti everywhere::

Normal people might ask you why you were up at 1:30 in the morning. :) I'm not normal. ::offers tissue::

'Sok, she's only two inches shorter than me. :)

I have successfully cooked shrimp couscous!

Kat started up on the biobed, looking around, trying to figure out how she had gotten there and if she was still on the Reaent or not. She watched out the door a few minutes and saw a few familiar faces of nurses and sighed a soft sigh. At least she was still on the Reaent. She settled back down on the bed and looked at the ceiling, a bit more calm than before. Caroline looked around as she stepped through the doors of Reaent's sickbay, and immediately made tracks for the isolation ward. One of the nurses had commed her that Kat Swan was awake; it was time to determine whether or not her opportunity to rest and relax away from her own paranoia had done anything for the security chief's peace of mind. Caroline tapped the controls of the isolation room and moved inside the doorframe, catching sight of the woman lying on the bed. She said nothing at first, waiting to see how Schawnsee would react to her presence. Kat looked at the officer walking through the door. She recognized her as the counselor that had come aboard after the change of captains. "Hello, Doctor. May I ask you a question?" She sat up a little in the bed looking the woman in the eyes, her own eyes a bit more subtle and not nearly as fearful as they had been. Caroline looked back into those eyes calmly, trying not to look overly threatening but inwardly relieved that Kat's tone was considerably more stable than it had been the last time they had spoken. She judged the rest had definitely done some good, though she was not jumping to conclusions just yet. "Of course...go ahead." "How and when did I get here? Last I remember I was in Dr. Matthews office, and she was going to go over the results of my tests. Then I wake up and I'm back in here again. I don't know how to explain it but something feels different." Kat sat up a bit straighter in the bed, awaiting an answer. Something didn't seem just right but she couldn't put her finger on it. "Dr. Matthews and I administered you a sedative and some medications for chemical imbalance -- the information I showed you on the PADD," Caroline said carefully after a few seconds' silence. "You've been asleep for some time now; your body has been taking the opportunity to recharge." Kat just nodded slightly. "I see. I must have done something horrrible to have to have been sedated. Whatever it was, I apologize." Kat leans back in the bed once more wandering what it was that she had done. Caroline pondered this statement for a moment, looking at Kat with a slightly curious expression. Amnesiac? Simply confused? Still paranoid and trying to maneuver Caroline into giving out information? It was difficult to tell exactly what was going on. "How do you feel?" she asked, letting the comment pass in favor of her own question. "I have an odd feeling, honestly." Kat looked back to Caroline's face. "My head kind of hurts but it doesn't. I don't know." She took both of her hands and rubbed her face a few times rapidly, hard enough to make it red when she removed her hands. "I...I don't know." Caroline pulled a chair next to Kat's bed, seating herself near the foot of it, taking care not to force herself too quickly into the other woman's personal space. "You've been through a great deal of stress in the last few weeks," she said neutrally, her tone inviting Kat to continue speaking. Kay looked around the room a moment, "Where's Dr. Matthews? Where's Angel? He was here with me." Kat started to get a nervous look about her, but different than in the past. She was a bit more under control than she had been. "I...I feel al...almost lost? It's hard to explain." "The last I saw of Dr. Matthews she was heading for a senior staff briefing. Your husband was last here when you went to sleep -- which was some time ago -- but I could easily call him if you would like." Caroline kept her tone even and steady, unthreatening, as she saw Kat start to get nervous again. She was still suspicious of this situation, but it was a more rational suspicion, taken out of itself somewhat by the time to rest. This was progress. "It's understandable that you might feel that way; you're still getting accustomed to a lot of things that have gone on lately." Kat looked at the counselor as if she didn't quite understand what she had said. "A staff meeting? I need to get up there. Maybe there's been word of the Captian. Maybe he will be returning soon." She began to get up off of the bed, slinging her covers off and to the side. "Whoa...whoa..." Caroline said soothingly but firmly, reaching out to lay a hand against Kat's shoulder and gently retard her forward motion. "You've been relieved of duty for at least another few days...you're to remain here and continue to rest up. No rush." Kat got a dejected look on her face and stopped as the counselor placed her hand on her shoulder, but she stopped the forward motion of getting out if bed. "But I want to see when the captain will be returning to us. At least let me have a comm badge so I can get Shamor to go and get me a report." Her eyes were pleading for Caroline to help her. "I need to know whats going on. I can't just sit here in the dark." Caroline smiled. "Of course, we can make sure that you get reports -- we don't want you to feel out of the loop." Or that the truth is being kept from you... The desperation for information Caroline read as a more subdued version of the paranoia that had gripped Kat before -- again, progress. "I just don't want you overtaxing yourself until we've sure you're...recuperated and comfortable with everything." Kat took a deep breath and released it slowly. "Alright, I guess you're not going to give me an inch on changing your mind, are you?" She swung her kegs back on the bed and went back to a more sitting up than laying down position, then closed her eyes and rubbed her face once again. When she stopped she looked back at the Counselor. "Doc? When is this feeling going to go away? I'm not liking it." Caroline leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees, and puffed a long breath out. "Your experiences have...given your mind a lot of strain, lately, and so...for a while you're probably still going to feel a little at loose ends, which is completely understandable. It'll get better with time...provided you relax, don't try to force anything you don't feel, and are willing to talk about what's bothering you -- with me, if you feel comfortable enough to do so, or with Deb, or your husband, or anyone. We'll also, as I said before, probably be keeping you on a drug protocol for a little while longer, to help you recuperate more." Kat nodded her head at what the Counselor had said. She wasn't sure she believed it all, but at least she had someone with her. The counselor made sense -- well kind of, anyway. Kat still had a bit of a puzzlement look about her. "All right, what ever needs to be done." Kat was basically giving the Counselor permission to do whatever she thought she needed. Something about this woman seemed sincere. She couldn't put her finger on it, but it was there. Caroline let out a long breath and smiled. "Well, for right now I just want you to stay in here and relax, or if you'd be more comfortable in your quarters, you can go back there. And in a couple hours after you've woken up a bit more, maybe we can have a bit of a chat about how you're feeling. Alright?" Kat thought for a moment. "Well, if there's a staff meeting, my husband will be there also. Maybe it would be best that I just remained here for a spell." She let out a big yawn and gathered the blankets that she had tossed aside, placing them back on place over her. "If you have no objection that is?" Kat gave the counselor a slight smile and thought to herself, I'll talk to Deb when she returns. At least to see if what she is saying is true. "That's just fine," Caroline said, nodding. "Let me or the sickbay staff know if you need anything; for right now you have the place more or less to yourself." "Thank you. Maybe some herbal tea, I think there may be some left from the last time I was here. The Doc said she wanted to analyze it. Warm tea sweetened with honey helps me relax." Kat knew about the relaxing part but didn't remember the tranquilizing effects it had on her as well. Caroline smiled. "I'll have one of the nurses bring you some on my way out, then." "Thank you Counselor." Kat laid back down on the bed and awaited her drink to arrive. "You're quite welcome. It's good to see you up and about," Caroline replied, not adding that the real relief was in seeing that some of that terrible fear had been taken out of the security chief's expression. She hoped the upward trend would continue. "I'll see you in a few hours then," she said, turning towards the door and moving back out into sickbay, glancing back once over her shoulder at Kat's form on the bed before turning to walk towards one of the nurses. Kat just nodded and smiled to the exiting Counselor.

ROFL at the one about Fraiser, Leila...