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Nursery Mayhem

Posted on Fri Mar 27th, 2020 @ 9:03am by Lieutenant Mona Gonadie & Lieutenant Commander Mnhei'sahe Dox & Lieutenant JG Tovanna Mah & Ensign Briaar Gavarus & Ensign Fiona O'Dell & Jaeih Dox-t'Aan
Edited on on Fri Mar 27th, 2020 @ 10:51am

Mission: Born and Reborn
Location: Ship's Nursery - Deck 14
Timeline: 2397

Dr. Mah stepped out of the turbo lift with her PaDD in hand on deck 14 typing as she was heading toward the nursery with pocketsful of goodies for the kids and a medical tricorder in hand to check them all out after the recent events of the past few weeks. It didn't hurt she also adored children so she thought it would be a good time to get to know the youngest passengers on the ship under her care. Never in her career did she imagine 33 youngsters with so many on the way but that was okay, she would sort out how the ship had gone baby-crazy later. For now, she would enjoy a more manageable amount of little ones. She entered the area to see a wee female minotaur racing in front of her, being chased by a much smaller, spotted green baby crawling on her hands and knees after her, and hearing giggles all around her. Her first priority, adults in charge of the tiny ones before beginning exams.

"Umm.... hello?" Tova paused as little eyes turned her way curiously.

Following calmly behind the green baby was a lean, older Romulan-looking woman who raised her eyebrow slightly at the doctor as she scooped up the child. "That's enough for the moment, Moira. And Minerva, dear. Stop chasing that... leave that child alone. What did I tell you about cornering others with your horns, young lady?"

Turning to face Tova, the older woman with the shoulder-length, salt and pepper gray hair pulled into a tight pony-tail with the somewhat typically pointy bangs of Romulan military titled her head. "Would I be correct in that you are Doctor Tovanna Mah? My name is Jaeih. Jaeih Dox. These two are my responsibility, can I assist you?"

She smiled at the children, "Indeed, I'm here for the collective checkup of all the children. Usually, I like to get familiar with the kids if that is alright. Any warnings I should be aware of first?"

"I cannot speak for the majority of the children here, but our little Minerva here can be a handful to be sure." Jaeih looked down finding the fuzzy, brown-furred child in the little pink dress wandering towards the rest of the children, snorting slightly. "Minerva Moo Mary Margaret Mona O'Dell, you leave them be! This shall be the last time I say so before becoming cross with you, young lady."

Snapping slightly at Minnie, the little one flumped exaggeratedly to sit on her diapered bottom, pouting in a huff as Jaeih set Moira down next to her. "Good girl. Here you two play and if you are both good, I believe the Doctor may even have treats for you."

"My apologies, Doctor, for the distraction." The Stern patrician woman said, straightening up and giving Tova her full attention. "As a general rule, Minerva does not get along with many of the other children. If she likes you, age is quite sweet and even gentle. But it turns out that among the other children, there are few that she actually likes. Little Moira here is Captain Telvan's daughter and they get along well. There is a little blonde child... Hermione... that she also is fine with. And she seems quite taken with my grandchildren, expected within the next few weeks."

Next to the two women, the two little ones were now giggling and mock wrestling, which was an extremely uneven contest, with Minnie clearly being extremely gentle with Moira. "But when I received the request from your department for this group assessment upon our return to the ship from our visit to Mariposa, I collected my charges and brought them down, to mingle with... the general population."

Tova stifled a giggle at Minnie's indignation and nodded to Jaeih Dox, "Well then why don't I start with these lovelies so there won't be any difficulties." She sat on the floor at the children's level, "Would you like to play a game with me?" She pulled out an inert copy of her medical tricorder that beeped and lit up, as well as a hypo and other harmless items. She pulled her own medical tricorder out and set the other items out for the kids to explore and play with along with as she began her exam.

Moira grabbed the toy Tricorder and immediately began pushing the buttons and giggling at the lights and sounds. But Minnie continued to sit there and pout, her bottom lip sticking out and her little fuzzy arms crossed while she made a grumbly noise.

Tova did a quick scan of Moira with no issue as she sat between the girls cross-legged, finding the child Moira well. Minnie on the other hand showed nothing as if she didn't exist. Dr. Mah could feel a minor sense of fluctuation and giggled at her adorable look, "Well aren't you a sneaky little one." She put her tricorder away and looked at Minnie, "What's that pout for Minnie?" She glanced at Jaeih coming up with a possible idea, "Is Minnie allowed to have one of my infamous treats?"

"Her teeth are well developed and she can certainly handle solid foods, so I would see no reason why not." Jaeih replied, then leaned down and raised an eyebrow at the tiny tot, "Which, of course, depends on if she will be a good girl?"

As the stern Romulan woman stared at her fuzzy charge, the miniature Minotaur pouted a bit more, huffing a bit before uncrossing her arms and looking over at Tova with a more relaxed expression, realizing she had gotten in trouble. Then, she smiled and miraculously, the lights on the Doctor's tricorder began to blink again.

Tova looked down at her tricorder and smiled at Minnie, "Well thank you, Minnie," she did a quick scan and stored them. Some were a bit foreign to her so she would need to check them over. She put the tricorder away and giggled, "I noticed you like to be sneaky, Minnie. I bet you are really good at hide and seek too?"

Little Minerva's eyes lit up as she listened to the doctor talk, clearly understanding the core premise of one of her favorite games.

"Tell you what though, I have a lollipop for you no matter what, but I would like to see if we could play a round of hide and seek for five minutes. If I find you first you get two extra lollipops, if you can hide from me for all five minutes from me I will give your moms a whole bowl of lollipops for you." She looked at Jaeih and nodded, "When Jaeih call us to start we will go so we can play in this area until time is up and then the game ends and we both have to come back to her. Is that okay?" She looked at Jaeih hoping she would be okay with her game-style of research with Minnie.

Starting to bounce up and down, Minnie was bursting with excitement as she bit her bottom lip and went over to Jaeih and began tugging at the pant leg of the stern-looking Romulan woman. "Gammy. Gammy. C'n I? C'n I?"

Hoisting the little green baby in her arms up a little higher, Jaeih raised an eyebrow and pursed her lips putting on an exaggerated expression of incredulity. "Well... I do not know. You were being quite difficult earlier. If you promised to play nice and be your... Gammy's... good girl, I might be persuaded to allow it."

Now practically vibrating with anticipation, Minnie tugged a little harder at Jaeih's pants, and in spite of the tiny tot's physical strength, the elder Romulan stood firm. "I be good! I be good! I p'omise, Gammy."

"Oh, very well then, Minerva. You and the good Doctor can play. But you listen to her and do as your told, my dear." Jaeih said, nodding to the doctor.

Tova smiled at Jaeih and stood up from her place on the floor, "Okay Minnie, I know you will probably beat me at this. I'm going to cover my eyes and count to 10 and you go hide in this area, then I will see if I can find you until Gammy calls us. Gammy will tell us when time is up so we both have to come back here when she says, okay?" She smiled at the eager child making sure she was clear on the instructions before they began.

Looking at Tova, Minnie glanced over to Jaeih and grinned as the stern Romulan gave the slightest of nods of approval. With an excited nod, the miniature Minotaur bit her bottom lip and began to toddle around the room, on her way to hide, not even waiting for any further instructions.

Dr. Mah covered her eyes as promised and counted to ten, waiting for Minnie to hide.

After the countdown, having watched carefully where Minerva had gone off to hide and making sure on the small control PaDD she kept in her back pocket that all the doors and access points into the ships nursery area were properly sealed so the crafty young girl couldn't slip out. "I believe she had hidden herself, Doctor. What was it you wished to discuss free of her prying ears?"

Tovanna Mah didn't often let others know of certain abilities her species had, but in this case she felt it was an asset to the ship and possibly Jaeih if her suspicions held. "Indeed, as you have heard I am sure I am not human, I am El-Aurian and a rather sensitive one. As such I have the ability to feel displacements in the continuum. I noted when Minnie no longer registered on my tricorder I could feel a slight fluctuation in the energy around her and am now going to attempt to track her via that disruption. It is merely a theory. I'm unsure if it will work, but if I cannot scan a patient in my care in the future or she is not visible for some reason, I want to ensure I can find her if possible. Now let us see if such a task is possible." Tova turned around opposite of Jaeih to address Minnie, "Ready or not here I come!"

"Interesting." Jaeih said with a raised eyebrow as she watched Tova work, taking in her body language and mannerisms and taking mental note of the entire event. The former Intel operative had seen exactly where Minnie had gone and was intrigued to see that the ship's new doctor was homing in right on their tiny tot.

She closed her eyes and extended her own intuition for a small concentrated disturbance nearby. She could feel so much disturbance from the ship itself as well as some on it she had no familiarity with, but focused to tune into the bright youthful feeling of Minnie's energy. It was recent and flashed to Tova's right and felt like a bright bubble pushing through fog.

As Tova got closer to where the Miniature Minotaur was hiding, curled up behind a large potted fern in the corner of the smaller office room in the back, she began giggling with delight. Moments later, Minnie lept out, holding her stubby little arms up and yelling a squeaky, "HA!!!"

Tova laughed at Minnie and picked her up spinning around, "Gotcha, sneaky girl. You did so good!" She ruffled her hair as she carried her over to Jaeih. "I think both the girls earned extra treats, Moira you were very patient and Minnie you did a wonderful job hiding." She set the hefty bovine babe down noting she was a sturdy girl and would one day be a force not to be trifled with, "I have lollipops for you. Apple, grape, strawberry, pineapple, and for Gammy a Blackberry Merlot Mulled Wine. I will send over a bowl of lollies for both girls so their parents have some for them as well." She smiled at Jaeih, "Thank you so much for your assistance. I will get the rest of the children checked so we can finish up. It's been a pleasure to meet the littlest crewmembers."

Holding Moira, Jaeih reached down with her other hand and gently rubbed Minnie's head. "My assistance is in service to them, Doctor. My primary responsibility upon this ship are these children. I am glad to be of assistance in ensuring their care."

"With your permission, we will leave you to the rest of your work. There are a great many children here that need your care. Thank you, doctor." Jaeih said with a professional smile and a nod, not saying that she had also wanted to get the measure of the woman who was to provide medical care to her charges and, eventually, her grandchildren. And now she felt, at least, satisfied that the Hera's new doctor could, at the least, keep up with them.

 

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