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Back at Dodge.

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Relic GM
GM, 397 posts
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 18:09
  • msg #66

Back at Dodge

The voice in Shione's head says, <No, Shione. It's Deanna. Do you remember me?> The figure in Shion's field of vision snaps into sharp focus. It is, indeed, Counsellor Troi, in her old lavender jumpsuit, black curls cascading down her shoulders.


Troi's brow is creased in concern. <How do you feel?> she asks.
Shione
player, 234 posts
Betazoid/Vulcan female
Engineer,USS Kitchissippi
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 19:46
  • msg #67

Back at Dodge

In reply to Relic GM (msg # 66):

"Yes of course Deanna. I guess I've been out for a while. How is my sister and family?

Are they alright?  And can you help me sit up, please? That light is hard on the eyes"


As she sits, she adds "I feel like I've gone 10 rounds with Data"


Can you fill me in on what I have missed?

Relic GM
GM, 398 posts
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 20:21
  • msg #68

Back at Dodge

Deanna looks concerned. <Your eyes are closed, Shione. try to open them> Shione opens her eyes and see that she's in the sickbay. The lights are dim and Counsellor Troi is leaning over her. Troi is in uniform. Dr. Adonidas stands behind Troi, holding a medical tricorder. Beside her is Dr. Crusher.


Looking around, Shione sees Cassy in a biobed, unconscious and hooked up to life support. Atekm and the Duls are sitting up in biobeds. They are all in hospital gowns. Shione looks down and sees she's also wearing a hospital gown.

Athena steps up and says, "Lieutenant, you've been in a coma for four days. Cassy still is. You mumbled something about 'eggs' before the crisis. We've scanned all five of you for any alien eggs or other biologicals and we've ruled that out. What did you see when you were in contact with Lt. Dul?" She points the medical tricorder's peripheral scanner at Shione's head while speaking.
Shione
player, 235 posts
Betazoid/Vulcan female
Engineer,USS Kitchissippi
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 20:42
  • msg #69

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In reply to Relic GM (msg # 68):

"The Psionic insect we found in Gamma base. Olivaw said it uses illusions to mask itself in order to get close enough to lay eggs.It was in stasis,but somehow it reached out.

The creature had a Psi presence in Cassy's brain. It had her trapped. I killed it.
Drove my fist through it's head and the the four of us went to break down the door we could hear Cassy crying behind. Then I passed out"


She rubs her head and asks for a drink of water as well as something for the aches she is feeling.

"Someone needs to speak with OLivaw or Researcher Daneel about investigating the bug.
Although Data could also likely deal with it. If I am right, the damage I did to it psionicly should have killed it, but we need to be sure."


She sips the water, and the smiles."I hope that mangy old Klingon didn't see me like this.
The way I feel now he just might be able to beat me."
and she laughs

"That's humor Deanna, just so you understand ,that I don't actually think he suffers from Mange
I just thought you all might think I was nuts or something"
She waves at the others
"Hi mom. Hi Nyle. How are you feeling Lt?"
This message was last edited by the player at 21:16, Mon 03 Apr 2017.
Argent Merawdr
player, 70 posts
Caitian Science Officer
Lt (JG)
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 21:35
  • msg #70

Back at Dodge

Word had spread throughout the base about Cassy's and Shione's 'illness', even if no one could say exactly what the problem was. Whatever it was, they'd been in a coma for four days! Argent had spent most of that time pacing up and down outside sickbay. He was concerned about his new commander.

He knew he wasn't a kitten, but he desperately wanted his empathy to help Shione. Sometimes dogs and cats could reach through the darkness and bring a little light to the patient. He hoped he could help now.

Of course, the doctors wouldn't tell him anything. They wouldn't even say if her prognosis was good... which meant they were in the dark, too! And so he continued to pace and send pleasant thoughts in her direction. Not that he was a telepath, but she was. Maybe she'd pick up on them. Yeah, along with everyone else's!
Shione
player, 237 posts
Betazoid/Vulcan female
Engineer,USS Kitchissippi
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 21:43
  • msg #71

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In reply to Argent Merawdr (msg # 70):

" Ah Deanna. Is that a Caitian pacing in the hall? Could someone please let him know he can come in. He is one of my crew and I want him to know I am alright"

SO assuming someone does

" Argent.please come over, none of these ladies bite.
I imagine you know Dr Adonidas. THis lovely redhead is the CMO of the Enterprise;Dr Beverly Crusher. And this is Councellor/Commander Deanna Troi, also off the Big E.

Ladies this is Argent Merawdr. He is a Starfleet Scientist studying the Sphere."

Argent Merawdr
player, 71 posts
Caitian Science Officer
Lt (JG)
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 21:52
  • msg #72

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Like most Caitians when they got tongue-tied, his tongue stuck out the side of  his mouth. He was completely flabbergasted to suddenly find himself in the presence of such august personages!

He was sure they'd be embarrassed to here all the tales told about them around the Federation... and not for the first time, he wondered just how many of them were true! He couldn't rightly say what image he had of them, but it certainly wasn't... this! They looked... well... normal.

"Hello, hello," he finally managed to find his tongue. "It is an honor to meet you. Alas, the Enterprise made all the truly significant discovers about the Sphere. I'm just picking up the crumbs now."
Shione
player, 238 posts
Betazoid/Vulcan female
Engineer,USS Kitchissippi
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 22:01
  • msg #73

Back at Dodge

In reply to Argent Merawdr (msg # 72):

She grinned at Argent's reaction. "I suppose you two get this sort of reaction from everyone who has heard all the legends about the Enterprise.
Welll the stories I could tell"
and she winked at Beverly.

"But of course my tongue is tied regarding these ladies, but Worf, well he's a different matter.

Whoa Doc what's the injection for?"
as she saw Dr. Adonidas come forward.

"Save me Argent. They want to experiment on me!"
Argent Merawdr
player, 72 posts
Caitian Science Officer
Lt (JG)
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 22:08
  • msg #74

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As a science officer, he was mostly familiar with the use of needles, although they were mostly used in the anthropological and botanical sciences. He sincerely doubted that the doctor was going to experiment on her, but just the same, Argent stepped between Shione and the doctor, visually examining the needle. If it had something in it, he'd want to know what it is. The doctor may have told her anyway. On the one time he'd been in sickbay, that had been the protocol.

If it was empty, that indicated she was probably extracting blood. That would make sense... compare now with before to see if there was any noticeable change.

In either case, he'd just smile at Dr. Adonidas and raise his hands in a 'what can I do?' gesture.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:19, Mon 03 Apr 2017.
Shione
player, 239 posts
Betazoid/Vulcan female
Engineer,USS Kitchissippi
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 22:15
  • msg #75

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In reply to Argent Merawdr (msg # 74):

"Sorry Dr. I forgot that Caitians don't have senses of humor"

She winked at Argent "Who's the kitten now?"
Argent Merawdr
player, 73 posts
Caitian Science Officer
Lt (JG)
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 22:21
  • msg #76

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Finally realizing that Shione was kidding, Argent steps back again.

"We do, too, have a sense of humor," he snorted back at Shione. "A Caitian, an elephant and a barracuda walk into a bar..."
Shione
player, 240 posts
Betazoid/Vulcan female
Engineer,USS Kitchissippi
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 22:30
  • msg #77

Back at Dodge

In reply to Argent Merawdr (msg # 76):

" A cat telling a fish story. she grinned at the ladies

"Now that would be a tale. Probably ends up with a fish Dinner"
Relic GM
GM, 399 posts
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 23:14
  • msg #78

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Athena says, "It's not a hypospray, just a scanning peripheral. Just taking some readings." She looks a little harrassed by the goings on, but also looks like she doesn't want to make a fuss in front of her famous guests.

Deanna reacts to Shione's report. "No, Lieutenant, you did not kill whatever it is that's affecting Lt. Dul. You merely defeated that manifestation. Mr. Atek and the Duls all saw it differently. It seems that whatever it is that's attacking Cassy takes an image from its victims mind and manifests as that. They each saw something different. The only thing they had in common was a monster guarding a portal. Atek saw an Iconian gateway, while the Duls each saw variants of antique Betazed doors and gates. What did you see?"

Beverly takes Argent aside and asks him whether he's felt any side effects from the treatments Athena has put all the members of the Gamma Station mission through. The only thing Argent has noticed is a dull ache around the sites where Dr. Adonidas had given broad spectrum innoculations and drawn blood. "I notice there are a few Caitians on Dyson Base. We don't have any on the Enterprise-E, nor were there any on the old Enterprise-D. I met several while I was at Starfleet Medical back in 2365, though. I can't believe it's been eleven years," she says, trying to distract him from the treatment of the others in the sickbay. "Your eye colour is somewhat unusual. I've seen Caitians with blue eyes before, but never so light and silvery as yours. Are they naturally that colour or are they implants? Our Commander Laforge has had implants recently, replacing his VISOR."
Shione
player, 241 posts
Betazoid/Vulcan female
Engineer,USS Kitchissippi
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 23:23
  • msg #79

Back at Dodge

In reply to Relic GM (msg # 78):

"I saw an ornately carved baroque wooden doorway set into the organic walls. The door has chains stretched across it.

Cassy is behind that door. So if it not the insect, then what the heck is it?
Some sort of Psionic monster?

Atek said he saw it dematerialize. So didn't his version die too?

And is Sormok not around Surely a Vulcan with his strength could help us the next time we go in?"

This message was last edited by the player at 23:50, Mon 03 Apr 2017.
Lieutenant Teranin Atek
NPC Outpost 3 CO, 19 posts
Betazoid male
CO Outpost 3
Mon 3 Apr 2017
at 23:54
  • msg #80

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"I saw you kick its legs out from under it and jump on its head while we all struggled with it. You crushed its head and it died. We all got to our feet and it just dissolved into goo on the deck. Then everything went dark and we woke up here with Counsellor Troi guiding us out of wherever we were."
Shione
player, 242 posts
Betazoid/Vulcan female
Engineer,USS Kitchissippi
Tue 4 Apr 2017
at 00:01
  • msg #81

Back at Dodge

In reply to Lieutenant Teranin Atek (msg # 80):

"Ok enough is enough"<b> She swings her legs and attempts to get up and out of bed

"I'm going back in there and I am getting her out"


She is shaky,but they will have to restrain her, or she will go to Cassy's bed.
Dr. Athena Adonidas
NPC, 5 posts
CMO Dyson Base
Human Female
Tue 4 Apr 2017
at 00:02
  • msg #82

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"That's when Cassy stopped convulsing, according to Hawkeye. He applied a neural block just as I beamed in. Since none of the other three Betazoids at Dyson Base have any medical or psychological training, we had the Enterprise go to emergency Warp and they got here a day later. Dr. Crusher and Counsellor Troi have been working since then to extricate you four from Cassy's coma-locked mind."
Relic GM
GM, 401 posts
Tue 4 Apr 2017
at 00:04
  • msg #83

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As Shione attempts to get up, Athena snaps, "Belay that, Lieutenant! You also have no training. Let the experts do their jobs!"
This message was lightly edited by the GM at 00:12, Tue 04 Apr 2017.
Shione
player, 243 posts
Betazoid/Vulcan female
Engineer,USS Kitchissippi
Tue 4 Apr 2017
at 00:13
  • msg #84

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In reply to Relic GM (msg # 83):

" So I have no training, you say? I did stop the convulsions.
Well then what about my Father? I would be willing to wager that Dr Sormok is trained.

Athena I appreciate all that has been done,but you can't expect me to do nothing after all I have been through."


She lays back, her mouth locked in a stubborn frown, but Deanna can sense her grief at failing to save her sister
Relic GM
GM, 402 posts
Tue 4 Apr 2017
at 00:46
  • msg #85

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Deanna interrupts. "Dr. Adonidas is correct. You are untrained. While you did stop one attack, you almost died in the attempt and and also nearly got three other people killed. You were lucky that the Enterprise was on its way, as Dyson Base's medical facilities are far less sophisticated than those on a Sovereign class starship."

Athena notes, "Cdr. Troi is right—you were very lucky. Also, your system is overextended. Cassy is stable for now. I'm going to release you from sickbay overnight and we're going to try again tomorrow morning. Dr. Sormok is extremely well versed inthe use of mind melds, even though he himself has no medical training. He will be setting up the mind meld and Counsellor Troi will direct the psionic procedures. If, and I do mean if you behave yourself, you may be permitted to help, but if you don't settle down, I'll sedate you and have Ambassador Worf sit on you until we're done."

Dr. Crusher breaks off her conversation with Argent. "Worf is anxious to see you, Lieutenant. Deep in his 8-chambered heart, he likes you, though even he thinks you're sometimes a little... impulsive. Athena and I will release you only if you and your crewmates, and Cassiadora's crew, promise to be good little Starfleet officers and, as she says, behave yourselves. Go, take it easy, show your crews around and introduce them to Data and Geordi. Guinan is in the Officers' Lounge and has laid on a congratulations celebration for your new permanent rank, Lieutenant! Mr. Merawdr, I'm counting on you to keep her out of trouble."

It's only then that Shione notices they're not in the Dyson Base sickbay.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:48, Tue 04 Apr 2017.
Argent Merawdr
player, 74 posts
Caitian Science Officer
Lt (JG)
Tue 4 Apr 2017
at 04:52
  • msg #86

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"Just a bit of soreness where I got the inoculations," Argent replies to Dr. Crusher, "but it's been fading gradually."

"Well, my name is Argent, which apparently means silver. My parents so named me because I was born with silver eyes. I don't think anyone ever suggested that it wasn't natural, though I've never heard of any other Caitians with silver eyes."



After the argy-bargy, Dr. Crusher gives him an 'assignment'.

"Yes, ma'am! I will certainly keep her out of trouble!" he said. To the best of my ability, of course. But... who's going to keep me out of trouble?
Shione
player, 244 posts
Betazoid/Vulcan female
Engineer,USS Kitchissippi
Tue 4 Apr 2017
at 09:58
  • msg #87

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In reply to Relic GM (msg # 85):

"I nearly got them killed?"

She looks across Sickbay at the three and starts weeping
Lieutenant Teranin Atek
NPC Outpost 3 CO, 20 posts
Betazoid male
CO Outpost 3
Tue 4 Apr 2017
at 14:30
  • msg #88

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Atek snorts. "No, Shione, we went in of our own free will. And you did stop the attack. It all turned out for the best in the end. Just... well, try not to be too impulsive from now on. As an officer in charge of others, you have to think not only of yourself, but of those with you. And, yes, your promotion to full lieutenant is now confirmed. Congratulations."

Melisandra agrees, "Yes, we went in for the same reason you did. Out of love for Cassiadora." She reaches across and squeezes Nyle's hand.

Dr. Adonidas says, "Yes, yes, it all turned out OK. But it does go to illustrate one thing—when you have specialists around, even though you're the leader, you need to rely on specialists for specialist tasks. It's all part of team building."

Counsellor Troi goes over to Argent. "This responsibility goes both ways, of course. When you have advice for a superior, don't be afraid to bring it up. Your commanders may not have all the answers and they need the entire team to fill in the gaps."

Dr. Crusher speaks up. "If this love-fest is done, I'm releasing you all. Go, enjoy yourselves at Guinan's shindig."

Atek confirms, "Yes, you are all officially off-duty until 07:00 tomorrow. Commander Riker has laid on guest quarters for you all. You and your crews have a good time. Me, I;m afraid I have to get back down to Dodge. Enjoy yourselves—you've earned it."
Relic GM
GM, 403 posts
Tue 4 Apr 2017
at 16:57
  • msg #89

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Reaching the Enterprise-E's Officer's Lounge, Shione, Argent and the Duls encounter the reat of the Kitchissippi's and Cuyahoga's crews. Gian holds up a glass in invitation to them and Tony calls out, "Congratulations, Boss! Hey Argie, come on and grab some hooch. They got some great eats here, too. Hey, I wanna innerdooce ya to Mr. Data, here!" He seems slightly tipsy, though Argent knows that should it be necessary, the effects of the synthehol could be easily shrugged off.

Data is a tall, dark-haired humanoid whose gold skin and yellow eyes betray his non-Human origins. He stands and hold a hand out to Argent. "I am pleased to meet you, Mr. Merawdr."
Argent Merawdr
player, 75 posts
Caitian Science Officer
Lt (JG)
Tue 4 Apr 2017
at 18:13
  • msg #90

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"Hello. Please to make your acquaintance, too, Commander Data," Argent replies to Data.

"Whenever your name comes up, I usually think of a dozen questions I want to ask about you. Never thought I'd actually meet you."

"However, I will not bother you with them. I'm sure you've heard them all before. I do have one, though: cogito, ergo sum. How do you perceive your sentience?"

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