Getting settled

[Rainea Cross]

It had been a long time, Rainea leaned against her sink as the handful of water ran down her face. Yes, a long time since she had been sober this long. As soon as they reached port, she was going to have another shot.

The memories were the worse. Everyone remembered the war differently she remembered it in body counts. The men that she tried and failed to save. The planet, her home, Shadow, turning into nothing but dust. She felt as though she failed them all. In some ways she was right. She started drinking so she could run. Run from her memories, run from her pain.

Taking the towel from her left she removed the tensing water from her face. A calming effect came from washing away the pain. Another thing she couldn't explain properly. Then again, in this case she was the doctor, what was there to explain?

The medical area itself was stocked, there was a list things she felt she needed to obtain, after all you never know what could happen in the black. However, for now, all that was left was hanging her army, blood stained medical pack. She still had the dog tags of her crew hanging off on of its straps. A keep sake, she felt naked with out her unit.

Rainea found a place, just behind the medical table, in the middle of the wall to hang it. A smile crept across her lips. It would do nicely there. Every time she entered we could see it, and say a silent prayer that their souls were in peace.

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outfit

[Sian]

Dinner had gone well, her cooking received favorably with the crew. After that it had pretty much been time for everyone to retire for the night. Except for Sian of course, instead the companion had spent most of the night playing around with her music. Writing things that came to mind, editing some of the existing tracks that still needed some work. She had tried to get some sleep, maybe a couple hours. It worked as well as she expected, meaning not at all. It was going to take some time, Macy was no longer with her. Her fellow companion had been the only reason she'd been sleeping at all since they'd made their contract.

As the hours passed by Sian grew tired of staying in her shuttle. Not that it wasn't nice of course, she'd spent a week furnishing and designing it. She had just been in there too long and needed to get out. An hour or so spent in the kitchen, cleaning anything she could find, setting out the place-settings for breakfast. Whatever kept her mind busy.

Now she was just wondering around the ship, making sure not to wear shoes so she didn't wake anyone. When the companion passed by the infirmary she saw the doc awake as well. It was still rather early in the morning. Sian sighed slightly, she really needed to be able to sleep, even if it was a pill. To get over her nightmares and fears that drove her insomnia when she was alone. There was going to be no comforting touch out here in the black. She had left that possibility back on Persephone and if the fates would smile upon her she would return to him.

Sian lightly knocked on the wall outside the entrance, when Rainea turned the companion smiled softly. "Good morning Rainea. I didn't expect anyone else to be awake at this hour." She'd stay outside the room until she was invited inside, this was Rainea's space and Sian wouldn't intrude uninvited.

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Outfit

[Rainea Cross]

Rainea had jumped at the sound of the knocking. She still wasn't use to having a job. However she was happy to see Sian. Seeing someone else up somehow eased her torment she placed on herself. She hated how she felt about the past. She knew she was following her commander's orders, and his logic was correct. She had to stay alive to keep the others alive. In the end, she was.all that was left. "Why hello. What are you doing up?"

Rainea smiled and made a motion for her to come inside. No use using her out there when they were going to talk. Aside from that he needed to establish her base line. Lime everyone else on the boat. That and shrewd still getting everything just right.

[Sian]

Sian smiled and nodded at Rainea on her motion to come inside. She did so as she looked around, noticing the dog tags that hung on the wall. Though decided it was best not to ask about them. Her attentions went back to the doc, "Oh, just couldn't sleep really..." She wrung her hands together nervously for a few moments.

When the companion realized what she was doing she quickly stopped and dropped her hands to her sides. "I um, I'm actually glad I caught you..' Sian ran her hand through her long hair, pulling some of it over her shoulder and kept messing with it. 'I was wondering, if you happen to have anything that might help me sleep...maybe cut out the dreaming part too." She looked at Rainea, hopeful that she had anything. Sian was willing to try at least.

[Rainea Cross]

"I find a nice whiskey does that for me Sian. However, if you are looking for something like that in pill form." She offered a smile, there wasn't a whole lot that needed to be said, she understood bad dreams, perhaps better than most. However, it did look like their perky Companion needed some sleep, and this feel into one of her jobs on the ship. "Let me see." She had just orginized this place and she was already looking for something. Then again, she had it set up for emergency surgeries and bullet removel, sleeping aids were not high on her remember where she put them.

Moving a couple of bottles around she found two sleeping aids, however, neither had a chance at removing dreams, but they would keep you asleep for 8 hours. Given the dose was high enough. Rainea placed those bottles on the counter and went to her medical bag, she rummaged around in there for a moment, then pulled out a green bottle. It was small, but so where the pills inside.

Rainea moved over to Sian and held them out for her. "Here, from personal experience, these ones will knock you out, and remove the dreams. Only take one, and try to make sure you have a good 8 hour block, or you will be sleeping through your appointments." She offered a smile. "Also from personal experience, if dreams are botherin' ya' some times an ear helps more than pills." She reached out and touched Sian's shoulder softly looking into her eyes, letting her know that she was there. She would listen and who knew, maybe help.

[Sian]

Sian smiled at Rainea's mention of whiskey, that brought back memories. It was a time of mixed feelings, rash decisions and drunken antics. "I've had little experience with drinking, so I actually prefer to reserve that for specific occasions." Like when Jack was around to keep her an eye on her.

She watched as the Sojourn's resident doc went through some things. Pulling out a couple bottles then digging into a bag for another bottle. Slowly the Companion took the bottle from the woman's hand. Nodding at Rainea's directions, then a smile when she mentioned appointments. "Well there's no need to worry about that, there'll be no appointments for me to miss Rainea. Though the chance of everyone not getting breakfast is there."

Her head tilted a little to the side at the doctor's endearing sentiment about talking. The smile remained. "Thank you for the offer, really. I've had little luck with talking about it though, as far as it helping anyway. Just the past still haunting me." She had talked in depth, confided even, with Macy; her companion friend she had contracted back on Persephone to stay with her. It had been the hope that telling her everything would help the nightmares, but it didn't. Sian was still unable to stand being alone, especially when it came to sleep. Jack had known to some extent that she was having problems, but she had been afraid to tell him everything.

[Sian]

[This thread is on hold until the Mealtime thread is finished so we can re-do this one properly in accordance with the events currently unfolding.]