*** Sickbay * USS Chimera *** Corporal John Tearle sat on the edge of the biobed looking into a mirror that Lucy Fleming held in front of him. He turned his head slowly from side to side intently studying the Romulan face that looked back at him. Glancing up at the CMO standing beside the nurse he said : "It's weird..its me but its not..." He peered closer into the mirror. "I think even my own mother would be deceived from a distance." Lucy adopted a pleased expression. Tearle leaned back from the mirror and glanced from Lucy to Rangi who stood beside her."Its really convincing" he said. "Good ." Rangi replied with a small smile and moved to lean on the edge of the bed as Lucy turned away and began clearing up the used equipment. "The 'skin like' material we used is Dermatiraeliene Plasticine. It was developed for cosmetic surgery but has been used for undercover ops before.And its a simple procedure to remove it.There'll be no scarring...Laser scalpels leave no trace" Tearle nodded and raised his left forearm. "I had surgery here for a ..a...Monti..?" "Monteggia fracture?" Rangi suggested. "Yeah..one of those.....was in full battle armour and jumped out of a shuttle, misjudged the distance, landed heavily.....bad idea!" He flashed a grin at her, an effect that appeared decidedly odd for a Romulan. Rangi smiled. "They used lasers then " Teale went on "...and look...not a scar to be seen." Rangi looked down at the offered arm and nodded. Teale asked:"So what happens now?" "You rest...and we wait for you to turn green!" she said and smiled widely. Teale began to chuckle then stopped suddenly. Lucy paused in her work, looked at the marine and said ominously... "Oooooh...I think he is already!" and grabbed an intrument tray. Rangi who had noticed the warning grey/green tinge around the patients mouth reached for a bowl, holding it out as Lucy did too. The two metal dishes met with a clatter. "Woops...there goes breakfast!" Lucy said as Teale regurgitated his meal with some force. He sat back, breathing deeply."Sorry doctor..." "No problem..." Rangi looked warily at the would be Romulan. "I think I'll top you up with some more Ipechiline ....you ok?" He nodded though not very convincingly. "Lay back and try to relax...you'll feel better in a moment." Rangi reached for the hypospray and Lucy turned away, hoping that this was going to be an isolated reaction, though doubting it. She sighed. *** End Log *** LtCmdr Rangi Summers CMO/AXO USS Chimera & Nurse Lucy Fleming & Corporal John Teale (npc)s Rangi