What lies beneath (Juraan and Kyjann)

[Kyjann]

Counselor's Office || USS Discovery

The borg nodded his head slightly as he weaved his fingers together as he listened. He let Juraan talk, and noted that the story was most likely told in a way that painted Crewmen Kell in a negative light. But he needed to hear how Juraan would relay the events.

"Good. I can see you are upset with Kell. And now I would like you to tell me what happened with only the facts. No embellishments this time. Things like 'Crewman Kell marched into my room' isn't what really happened. It's how you experienced it. And, it's no secret that you have a history concerning Cardassians."

[Juraan Ren]

Lt. jg. Juraan Ren
[USS Discovery - Counselor's office]

Juraan fixated the Vulcan with an unwilling glare. Normally this would have been nothing to elicit a negative reaction from Juraan but he was in a bad mood and that triggered his short fuse.

"I'm not sure what you mean", the Bajoran stated defensively. "I gave you the facts how they are from my perspective, I can't help you with anything else." He took in a breath and seemed to think twice about his reaction. "Ensign Kell entered my quarters and refused to leave after I asked her repeatedly to do that. That's quite the same as 'marching in'. For me it is. We had a verbal dispute which ended up in acts of violence on both sides." Now that he stated it somewhat more general he hoped the ex borg would be happy with it.

[Kyjann]

Kyjaan nodded

"Thank you. I needed to know what happened and what was embellished, and it wasn't clear if Kell didn't honor your wishes by asking her to leave. As in, did you make it out to be worse than it really was. But from the sounds of it, she was being obstinate. Now we can move forward."

He paused for a moment,

"You're not going to like this, but you two have been ordered to participate in resolution therapy. That means Ensign Kell will be joining us for a short bit. I will not be discussing your past, or anything we've talked about. This is a new session between the three of us so we can come to some consensus on how to have mutual respect for one another and operate with unity aboard the ship."

[Juraan Ren]

Lt. jg. Juraan Ren
[USS Discovery - Counselor's office]

Juraan barely was able to hide the reluctance at the news and he fought the urge to roll his eyes sullenly. Seriously? In therapy together with her? Juraan felt the annoyance boiling up inside him again but forced himself to keep it down. He had no desire to receive another formal reprimand.

"If it's an order ..." Juraan couldn't help but express his general unwillingness to such a session. "When will that session be? Right now?"

[Kyjann]

Counselor's office || USS Discovery

Ky wasn't happy about this as well, and he frowned. This wasn't how counseling was to be done, but the powers at be ordered it.

"Yes."

he tapped his combadge  "Ensign Kell, report to the counsoling office." 

[Juraan Ren]

Lt. jg. Juraan Ren
[USS Discovery - Counselor's office]

Juraan took in a breath as he tried to nerve himself for the meeting - no, counseling session with the Cardie. He slid back a little further in the chair and crossed his arms over his chest, taking a defensive posture without even really realizing it, while he waited for Kell to join them.

[Deryn Kell]

[USS Discovery - Crew Quarters]

Deryn's duty shift has ended not too long ago . She had headed back to her quarters almost immediately , replicated a snack on the way and was in the process of relaxing a little when she read a personal message that piqued her attention . She was ordered to attend some Counselling sessions with Kyjann , the liberated Borg . That didn't sound too bad at first . But she didn't have to read further to understand it had to do with her altercation with the Doc , and that he'd be there too . On one hand , she wanted to get this over with and establish a professional working relationship with him . She didn't care whether or not he liked her or not , she just wanted to be able to stand in the same room as him without risking another fight . On the other , she really , really didn't want to attend that grouped Counselling session and sit in the same room as the Doc for stars knew how long .

She was sitting casually at her desk , her Tribble cooing softly next to her computer , when her combadge chirped .

" On my way , Counsellor . " 

Deryn turned her computer off , picked up the Tribble and put him down on her bed before adjusting her uniform and heading for the Counsellor's office .

When she got there , she knocked calmly on the door and waited .

[Kyjann]

Counselor's office || USS Discovery

Standing on the outside of the door, and to the right was a security officer. He made no motion to the Cardassian.

Inside Kyjaan answered, "Come in." the door swished open. Like all standard doors on star ships swish. Except holodeck doors. Those go Bagoom. The security officer offered Kell the slightest of nods.

The Borgling welcomed her into his suite. "Make yourself comfortable. There is a replicator over there if you want something." he said with a smile.

The room was arranged slightly different. In the north east corner sat a large comfy chair. And another in the south east corner. Each one was facing a table in the middle of the room. In the center of the west wall sat Ky. He waited for Kell to settle in.

"First things first. Ground rules. Each of you will wait patiently for the other to finish talking. There will be no objections or interruptions. If you have to make a point, jot it down on the PADD," he tossed a PADD to each one in turn, "and we'll address it on your turn." Further more, as you noticed, Crewmen Anders is just on the opposite side of the door. Any physical contact, verbal slights, or general unpleasantness and both of you will end up in the Brig. Understood?"

[Juraan Ren]

Lt. jg. Juraan Ren
[USS Discovery - Counselor's office]

Juraan remained in his defensive posture as Kell entered the room. The Bajoran watched her with wary eyes, leaving no doubt to her that he was not in the mood for a meeting of this sort at all.

The counselor's introductory words though reminded Juraan immediately why he had to pull himself together. As the ex Borg's eyes met Juraan's after he asked 'Understood', Juraan forced a nod. "Yes."

[Deryn Kell]

[USS Discovery - Counsellor's Office]

Deryn entered the Counsellor's quarters / office after being invited inside . As she entered , she gave a curt nod to the fellow yellow-clad Officer who was guarding the door . Part of her felt somewhat insulted by his presence . She had no intention of risking to jeopardise her career again .

Once inside , the Counsellor - ever so smiling - welcomed her and quickly stated the " rules " of this very special session . Deryn helped herself with the Replicator .

" Red leaf tea , please , with a dash of cinnamon . "

She took her assigned seat on the opposite side of the ever so unpleasant Bajoran . Judging by his look , this was about the last thing he wanted to do and possibly blamed her for it . Well , i'd rather be elsewhere as well , my dear Doctor ... She thought .

She took the PADD Counsellor Kyjann threw her way , took a deep breath and settled comfortably in the seat , holding her cup of tea with the other hand and answered .

" Sounds fair enough . "

[Kyjann]

Counselor's office || USS Discovery

"Now that we have that out of the way, lets begin. Ky started, "I understand that there was an altercation between you to. Ensign Kell, please tell me what happened."

[Deryn Kell]

[ USS Discovery - Counsellor's Office ]

When she was invited to tell her side of the story , Deryn lowered her steaming cup of tea and took a deep breath .

" Well , as you already know , the Doctor and I were part of the same Away Team aboard the Meridian . During the course of the mission , i handed the Doctor my own Phaser , which he " forgot " to gave back after the mission , or the following week for that matter . So i went to see him , and get back my property .

The Doctor feigned not to know what i was asking about , and asked me to leave . I refused , and would not go until i was handed back my Phaser . It is at that point that i should have backed away and sought out ... somebody's help , anyone . But i did not . I did not want to get anybody else involved , or draw unnecessary attention to the issue . "

Oh how that backfired horribly ...

" The Doctor then proceeded to threaten me . I thus reminded him that - being a Security Officer - i would have no trouble overpowering a Medical Officer . He then proceeded to talk disrespectfully about my Family and my Parents - who both died when i was very young - ranting about how my kind is responsible for all the misery of Bajor , and became violent . So i answered , both verbally and physically , and it all escalated from there . "

She sat back again , and sipped from her cup of tea .

[Kyjann]

counsoler's office || USS Discovering

Ky nodded and turned his attention to Dr. Juraan.

"And, one more time from you. This gives the ensign the opportunity to hear what you told me so there is no one sidedness on my part."

He folded his hands together and sat back.

[Juraan Ren]

Lt. jg. Juraan Ren
[USS Discovery - Counselor's office]

Juraan had a hard time to bite his tongue so he wouldn't interrupt Kell. The glares he shot her direction were the more deadlier though.

When he was finally allowed to speak, Juraan leaned forward, obviously angry about how Kell had stated the events.

"Yes, I've been handed out the phaser and yes, I feigned not to know what she was talking about when she came to my private quarters when I was not on duty to settle that matter. I don't think that is a crime. Unfortunately I let her enter my quarters and to be on my own again I asked her to leave which she refused.

A verbal dispute started in which course she mentioned to be a proud granddaughter of one of the worst Cardassians and that she had no trouble handling not only a medical officer, like you stated, but you'd have no trouble handling 'a mere Bajoran doctor'. Which I considered an insult not only towards myself but also towards my whole race.

Again I asked Kell to leave. When she refused again, I pushed her arm to get her near the door and leave. She attacked me after that and we had a physical altercation. The rest is known to you, I believe", Juraan concluded towards Kyjann.

[Kyjann]

Counselor's office || USS Discovery

Ky sat quietly, with his the lights on his Borg jaw plate winking and blinking.
He sat longer, with more quiet filling the room.

And he sat with more quiet filling the room saying nothing at all.

Then he broke the awkward silence.

"First, thank you both for being open and honest with me. I'd hate to have to filter through any skewed facts. Makes my life more difficult.

His attention fell on the Doctor. "You're not being accused of a crime here doctor. Interesting choice of words. I believe that's your conscious telling you that what you did was wrong, and disrespectful to Kell. Regardless of her being a "dirty Cardassian" she is a peer and you know that.

He turned his attention to Kell. "Miss Kell. I'm not going to [spoiler]bullshit[/spoiler] with you. Consoling is boring tedious arduous work, and I'd rather scrub out plasma manifolds then go around and around in circles. At least something is accomplished. And even then, that is far more interesting then conflict resolution. But I want to level with you. Why, as a security officer, would you leverage your combat and threat neutralization skills with an irate Bajorian physician? I think you knew that would push his buttons and piss him off.

He paused again and took a sip of tea.

"So, who's going to be the adult here? Who's going to be the first to apologize to the other for being a [spoiler]ass hat[/spoiler]?