[u][b]MEDICAL LOG 003 - NICKI F SHARPE
CURRENTLY:[/B][/u][i] Sulking.[/i]

Nicki fell quiet really quickly. Forget the others, forget this room, she couldn't even bring up enough energy to say hello to any of the new people. Of course, she couldn't stop her mind from working, and it thumped away like a migraine, monotonously churning out the facts on her new crew members, starting with Erik. [i]Genuinely wants to make friends. No significant tattoos. Stupid hair-cut. Again, keeps his backpack with him, he either doesn't trust the Medusa or couldn't be bothered to walk all the way to put his bag away...Either way, he's prepared. And by god he's dull on the point of being completely blank...[/i] Nicki dismissed the man almost right away. She let loose a little whimper of pain, before realising that whimpering in pain is probably a very odd thing to do, so she quickly apologised with a "Sorry, migraines, get them a lot..." and went back to her bad mood.

Someone slightly more interesting walked in. [i]No no no no no-Skinny, fairly diminutive, not a talking person but that's not because he's flaunting his power because he's got absolutely none. No introduction, looks very nervous...sad. Grieving. Mourning. Perhaps an underlying mental issue like chronic depression or PTSD? Well, the captain certainly doesn't have PTSD, he's actually talking and making little barely-humourous jokes...[/i] Damnit! Every time she did that it hurt her head. Nicki straightened up a bit, trying to look more alert, more cheerful...and then someone touched her shoulder and Nicki was caught so off-guard that one of the benches lurched backwards with a clattering BANG, followed by a squeak of surprise from the terrified receptionist in the other room.

Nicki peered up at the offender, and was caught off-guard again because she looked at Risty and instead of getting a page-long list of facts, all her mind would come up with was[i]...Huh. How nice of her.[/i] This was a very rare occurrence; and also, annoyingly, one of Nicki's weakest points. Sometimes in her life a couple of people might ascend in Nicki's ranks from 'friend-who-belongs-to-me' to 'actual-friend-and-equal', and it just so happened to be the double-crossing, murdering, kidnapping, stealing pirate who'd sack the ship as soon as we were out of orbit. Nicki certainly had to keep an eye on this woman, because she could sense that things were going to go awry very quickly.

Risty-the-not-friend and the other man, Tide or whatever his name is, started smoking in the room. Not like Nicki cared too much, so long as it didn't reach the med lab. Speaking of not reaching the med lab...Nicki's eyes fell on Caelum. That woman had issues that couldn't be fixed with medicine, Nicki noticed. [i]Fidgeting. PTSD. Not talking. PTSD. Constantly marred by her thoughts-oh I feel for you, trust me- but still a sign of PTSD. Weak excuse, whatever's on her mind is almost as heavy as mine, PTSD PTSD PTSD...[/i] Nicki stared at Caelum with concern, and all of a sudden her eyes lit up with surprise and narrowed. She knew now. She realised what was up.

Instantly, Caelum went from frenemy to "DO NOT TRUST EVER."

Of course, Nicki had to get distracted by the gasping, wheezing woman who sounded like she was going to have a heart attack. She quickly turned around, peering at the late, hurried, unorganized co-captain. [i]Ran quite a distance, went on the path, either kissed or slept on her comms unit, late, really not organised at all, pretty cheery...why'd they trust her with co-captain? Hell, even noodles over there would do better than her![/i] thought Nicki, her gaze flickering to the still-silent Pascal, then back to Valerie. Erik took a jab at her, and Nicki grinned a little at the joke until-[i]Woah woah woah what was that?! Is she just pretending? Step number one, woman, never drop your act like that for such a minor thing...step number two, don't hide your true intentions from a woman who's already pro at that kind of thing. Looks like you're going on my list too, along with Risty and Caelum.[/i]

Why did it have to be the women who were deceitful, manipulative and untrustworthy? Nicki might as well hang around all of the blokes just to make sure she doesn't wake up with a scalpel in her back.