<div class="floatleft">(http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae282/caela_ecub/Brunettes/jlc1_zps4bfbfaae-1.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Dr. Kara Gaius<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Wandering the Halls<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Janos, Lily, Ranna<br/><br/><hr/><br/>She'd only been wandering (all right, snooping) through the corridors of the ship for a few moments when she was nearly bowled over by a man whipping around a corner! Backpedaling a couple of steps she laughed and managed a grin, despite the near collision.<br/><br/><em>"Excuse me Doctor, I was being reckless. You don't happen to know where the mess is?"</em><br/><br/>Still chuckling she looked around the halls and gave a small shake of her head, "It's just Kara, I don't see much need for titles aboard a ship. You all know what my job is, she added with a slight grin still curving her lips. "As for the mess, I have no idea. I was just wandering a bit to acquaint myself with the ship, and not looking where I was going either, when we nearly ran each other down."<br/><br/><em> "The mess is this way Janos.  If the both of you are headed that way, I'll show you where it is."  She said with her usual controlled smile. </em><br/><br/>Kara turned her gaze to the lovely young woman who offered to show them the way and flashed a fresh grin that made her eyes sparkle and made her look even younger than she already did, "Thank you! That is most appreciated. I'm Kara," she added and before she could offer her hand in greeting another woman had joined them as well. Flashing the newcomer (to her) a friendly grin she simply turned with the rest of the group to let them lead her to the mess.<br/><br/>She didn't say it out loud, but it was nice to be included in the group. Not every group of Mech Warriors would have bothered to include her. She'd been on ships where, unless they needed patching up, she'd been almost totally ignored. It was always a pleasure to find that<em>not</em>the case and she just found herself hoping that her cheerful demeanor, so at odds from her detached and professional air in her med bay, wouldn't grate on anyone's nerves. No doubt they'd all been working hard and through the night and she wouldn't be surprised if they were slightly on edge because of it.<br/><br/>Waiting until they were actually in the mess, she glanced down at her tablet and shook her head slightly. Erich's vitals were slightly elevated but not enough to worry her or set off any alarms, but enough that she was almost certain if she returned to the med bay right then, that she'd catch him up to something. She was used to patching up grumpy Warriors and knew he'd go insane if she hovered too much. She'd given him exactly an hour. So long as he was behaving when she returned, she wouldn't mention the blip on her tablet or dope him further.<br/><br/>"So, out of curiosity, what do you all do around here when you manage some actual down time? And fixing your Mech's doesn't count!" she added with a low chuckle. By down time she meant time when they actually<em>didn't</em>need to be fixing their Mech's or prepping for a mission. There's probably wasn't a lot of it, but there had to be<em>some</em>.