everything is done with a southern accent where I come from

[imadoctor]

It's not too hard to work out an excuse for having a young woman and her baby aboard the Enterprise, but only because McCoy has been planning out the logistics in his head for a while now. Obviously he has to ask for a little assistance, but he's on good enough terms with the command crew that he can pull in a couple small favors, and have it

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[ofmyderriere]

It'd be lying to say Donna hadn't put a little more effort than usual - and she's not exactly a low maintenance kind of girl in the first place - into getting herself and her daughter ready for this outing. It's not every day a girl gets to visit the Enterprise, after all, and even sans-Picard it's a little staggering. So the both of them are a little more polished, and Donna's relatively sure that the Stark tech floating stroller won't be too crazy here.

(Sirja's walking, by now, but not so much that Donna goes without a stroller for long outings.)

Having resorted to bribery to keep Sirja in the stroller while they wait for McCoy to arrive outside the hospital, Donna doesn't actually see him coming; she's not wearing her contacts and Sirja is holding onto her glasses for entertainment.

[imadoctor]

They're easy enough for McCoy to spot, and he picks up the pace in their direction. The Starfleet uniform should be recognizable even from a distance, once he's near, but he raises his hand anyway in greeting.

"Donna," he smiles at the little girl in the stroller. "And I guess this is Sirja. Haven't been waitin' long, I hope."

[ofmyderriere]

Oh, well, now that he's here Donna needs her glasses back - she grins up at him, squinting a little, while she pries them out of Sirja's grip. "Hey, you. No, we're good - just somebody doesn't like sitting in a stroller while it's not moving, I guess. Annnnd that somebody would be Sirja, baby, say hello-"

While Sirja does not deign to greet McCoy, he is at least distracting enough for Donna to acquire her glasses with a little less effort.

[imadoctor]

Well maybe what McCoy's hiding behind his back will help. He holds out an old-fashioned rag doll toward Sirja, with a questioning look for her mother. "You did say she likes dolls..."