So it wasn't exactly promiscuous sex on her part. But Nora had been lucid enough to get the message, and she was able to connect the dots. So it was with great difficulty, and with a bottle label in one hand, that she entered the biology lab.
Her clothes were mismatched, as she'd barely managed to throw on whatever she'd had on the floor, but at least it was better than it had been. "Hello?" Nora called out as she entered. Her voice still sounded so strange to her - the blood pounding in her ears.
Joanna looked up as someone new came through the door, and snapped on a fresh pair of gloves. "You sure you can control yourself?" She REALLY didn't want to get contaminated especially with the science department decimated. Also she had a fear she'd attempt to jump Spock. He was her childhood crush. And honestly, that would be gross.
Nora clenched her jaw and nodded, despite the fact that a new person automatically sharpened the sensations. "Y-yeah. I can." She was an officer - if a new one - not a mindless thing, and she would control herself.
"There's nothing wrong with you if you can't," Jo said firmly as she handed the new person a padd. "Please fill this out, with any sexual partners you have had since becoming contaminated or if you became contaminated during a sexual experience please list that as well. Did you bring anything you've consumed?"
Pasha finally had herself under control enough to allow herself out into public, even if she was being extremely careful not to so much as look the other members of the public in the eyes, never mind touching them. She hurried inside the Science Academy, still avoiding other people, being extremely cautious to keep her distance. Waiting patiently (mentally counting the figures of Pi in her head and keeping her hands firmly curled around the edges of the chair, Vulcans be damned) for her to be told she could go in, Pasha finally knocked on the door, peeking her head inside. Oh Lord, this was going to be mortifyingly embarrassing, wasn’t it? “Hello?”
Oh no, Pasha... Jo kept her professional face on as she motioned Pasha inside. A couple of science officers had trickled in to start making slides and also take samples. "Are you sure you can control yourself?"
No. "Yes." She told her, determined to do so and keep herself under control. Maybe she could just sit on her hands and think of maths. Or clouds. Clouds were safe to think about. Innocent fluffy clouds. Pasha was thankful for once that she was easily distractable.
Paula had woken early, having slept off and on much of the previous afternoon and evening after returning from Leonard and Jim's quarters. She could still feel the fever burning, though it seemed more subdued this morning. Then again, maybe that had more to do with the fact that she'd slept alone.
She pulled up outside the Science Academy in the car she'd rented and hurried inside. Paula had decided if she was going to do this, best to get it over with as early in the day as possible. With less people out and about, she hoped, there would be less chance of getting reinfected. Or jumping a random stranger.
She just wished she knew what she was going to say, because sharing her list of sexual partners? Not going to happen, she muttered under her breath as she approached the laboratory. Paula stopped just outside the door and took a deep breath, scrubbing her hands over her face before walking inside.
"C'mon in," Jo invited the newest person. "Are you able to control yourself?" She'd fallen into a rhythm. Most the folks were able to control but a couple hadn't. It made her glad that she was wearing the pants uniform, and was good at putting people down in the ground. "If you can, would you please fill this out?"
"So far, so good," Paula told her warily, sitting in the chair offered and picking up the PADD. "I'm Paula, by the way," she said with a tired smile before returning her attention to the form. It was pretty standard, and it didn't take her long to fill in the basic information.
She paused over the section asking for the list of known sexual partners, a flush rising in her face as she debated her answer. She shut her eyes for a moment before entering 'not known'. And then scrolled to the bottom and tapped 'submit' before she could think about it too much.
"Sorry, I submitted it myself - habit," she explained as she set the PADD down on the counter.
"So long as you listed your partners, and what you've consumed I don't mind," Jo said. She did, but it wasn't going to be fixed so she'd just have to deal. "I just don't want anyone skipping questions and sabotaging us trying to figure out the train of infection. Ensign McCoy. I'd break that habit though, most the others are more crankier than me and would only make you re-fill it out." Getting out the sample items she set them on the table. "Have you drunk anything peculiar?"
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Her clothes were mismatched, as she'd barely managed to throw on whatever she'd had on the floor, but at least it was better than it had been. "Hello?" Nora called out as she entered. Her voice still sounded so strange to her - the blood pounding in her ears.
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She pulled up outside the Science Academy in the car she'd rented and hurried inside. Paula had decided if she was going to do this, best to get it over with as early in the day as possible. With less people out and about, she hoped, there would be less chance of getting reinfected. Or jumping a random stranger.
She just wished she knew what she was going to say, because sharing her list of sexual partners? Not going to happen, she muttered under her breath as she approached the laboratory. Paula stopped just outside the door and took a deep breath, scrubbing her hands over her face before walking inside.
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She paused over the section asking for the list of known sexual partners, a flush rising in her face as she debated her answer. She shut her eyes for a moment before entering 'not known'. And then scrolled to the bottom and tapped 'submit' before she could think about it too much.
"Sorry, I submitted it myself - habit," she explained as she set the PADD down on the counter.
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