Tough Patients

Posted on Fri Jul 15th, 2011 @ 11:08pm by Ensign Evelyn Sol

Chief Counselor's Personal Log Stardate:___________

Never in my life have I had to chase down a patient. I did today. I had to corner the chief engineer in his office and he still tried to dodge our appointment. And he was down right rude! I have met drunk Kligons with better people skills.

I finally got him to agree to talk to me. Only after following him on some diagnostic that he assured me was urgent. Of course I'm fairly certain it was the only thing he could think of to occupy himself instead of our appointment and he wasn't counting on my following him.

After breaking the ice (well after he came to the conclusion he didn't have a choice but to talk to me.) I came to find a completely different person than I expected. Don't misunderstand me, Dylan Tyler is a rigid, temperamental and endlessly stubborn man, however I think all of that is just a shield he uses to keep people away from him. He clings to rules and order the way a sinking man clings to a life preserver. It took awhile to work the protests and rank pulling, but once it was done I found him to be an intelligent and insightful man. I hope to be able to converse again one day soon, he does know his way around an argument.

As much as I hate to admit it, my temper almost got the better of me during our exchange. Barely a Lieutenant himself and he addresses me like a lowly Ensign harassing him while he's trying to do his duties. Of course I reminded him that I am indeed one of the few people aboard the ship that can order him off duty and then brushed up his knowledge on the medical department and what the position Chief counselor means. I was furious and indignant. My father would tell me I am not meditating enough and that I am losing control over my strong Vulcan emotions. Mother would tell me to paint and calm down. "Everyone gets mad, at least make something beautiful with those emotions," I can remember her telling me. I miss them terribly, after losing Sera they kept me going. Its hard to be so far away from the only two people left who care about me, but being on this ship is definitely teaching me patience. Especially if there are any more crewman like Lieutenant Tyler.

End Personal Log