Posted by Fleet Captain Drudoc Andone (Commanding Officer) in Main Sim - The Station - Mazi’s Work
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Mazi smiled. The XO was in a hurry for results, that was for sure. She tapped her own badge before Jones could. =^=Mazi here, Sir. we are about to lower the forcefield on the artifact now and see if we can figure this little critter out. Please stand by.=^= There was a bit of caution in her voice, but confidence as well. This wasn’t some whim, they were doing it with a much caution as they could.

Nodding to the others once the room was clear, Mazi gave the order. “Ok, drop it…” She then waited to see if they were going to be there for the next blink.

Mazi Eng

Kala readied herself for anything, she hoped that they weren’t about to fall victim of some horrible death and she was beginning to second guess her suggestion of dropping the forcefield that was potential stopping any further damage being done. She held her breath, her hands waiting on the console to begin scanning as soon as it dropped.

• Ens. Kala Gorvel

Despite Mazi’s answer, Arthur responded by tapping his combadge as well =/\=”Aye sir, we’re preparing to lower a forcefield around said artifact now, standby for further update.”=/\=

Arthur Jones, Son of Ruk

As the forcefield got dropped, things happened quickly! First the egg began to glow and crack around the edges. It was hatching, it seemed!! Further, the power drain on the station almost immediately ceased. Sparks flew from blown out conduits nearby but lighting quickly returned to normal operations. Scans too of the egg shaped thing also were clear. It was indeed an organic giant egg! The creature was likely one born for both atmospheric environments and space based living. As the cracking continued the glowing increased till it was almost blinding in intensity.

Kala whipped out her scientific tricorder out immediately, she waved the hand scanner around the egg as it cracked life signs displaying on the small screen, the Trill officer was positively thrilled. This was the kind of thing she was hoping to discover when she joined Starfleet however soon Kala had to step away, the light emanating from the egg become to much for her Trill eyes to bare and she turned to shield them.

Then the shell fell away and the light dimmed to more simple background levels. There lying propped up on the support structure it had been hovering on just a moment ago was a dragon like creature. Thick leathery skin with four arrow like swept wings spanning 2ft in length and 3ft in width. Its body length was a hair over 8ft, and width about 3ft. It had three blinking eyes and a pair of slanted ear like protrusions and a nose on the top of its almond shaped head.

Kala had moved back towards Eve, the light dimming and so Kala turned around again to see a magnificent bird-like creature, it was big, and wondered how such a thing had fit inside the egg. She brought up her tricorder again to begin collecting more data and under her breath, “This is unbelievable” The wiring sounds of her tricorder really now the only thing that made any noise.

Said head turned as it took its first breath out of the egg and screeched in a low trilling like pattern. It then looked around seeming to study its surroundings stretching out its little wings and tail which upon stretching ended in a sharp arrow like point which probably in older years was a weapon of some kind. Being closest Eve saw its eyes land on her and come down to her level before its long serpentine tongue snaked out and lapped at her with a thick gel like mucus. There was an odd feeling of static between the tongue lick and Eve before it passed. Then to probably everyone surprise it spoke! “..M…Mmmm…Momma!” it said to Eve in declaration not a question. It seems it had imprinted on Eve as its ‘mother’.

GM CockRoach

“Momma?” Repeated Kala then looked to Eve with a slight frown, from her lessons at the academy a lot of new born babies especially those who were hatched from an egg would often bond with the first creature it would see when it opened its little eyes, or in this case three little eyes, Kala wouldn’t lie that she was at least a little bit jealous that the bird first set its eyes on Eve.

OOC: Eve, breaker of chains, fixer of warp cores, Mother of Dragons! :P

OOC: You say that now :P

Eve’s immediate reaction, upon the emergence of the creature, was to draw her phaser and protect her Ark Angel colleagues. But as this strange and curious life form made physical contact and then identified her as ‘Momma’, something curious happened inside Eve. A long forgotten routine, archived decades ago now, suddenly cycled back into life. ‘Momma’ - colloquialism for mother - caregiver, nurturer, protector. Eve was its mother, yes. And in that moment it became her primary purpose.

Kala was about to object to Eve pulling out her phaser but as the seconds passed she clearly descerened the baby creature to be no threat, “Well, it seems that she likes you or he, the tricorder hasn’t been able to decide that yet. It may be a species which has both female and male reproductive parts or a species that starts of male and then becomes female later on in life” The young Trill watched as the events unfolded.

The tricorder beeped on the scan result of the creatures sex, it seemed to be female.

Reaching a hand forward, she beckoned her child into her arms, calling out in a soothing, melodic voice, “Here, Jabberwock. Momma is here. Nobody is going to harm you.”

Jabberwock didn’t move to Eve’s arms, partly because it was a little too ‘big’ for outright holding. Instead it seemed to study its new ‘home’. Occasionally sniffing here or there from its seated position, or swishing its tail in an investigative manner at the metal objects around it.

At the same time she positioned her body to shield Jabberwock from her colleagues. The enemy.

• Eve (Mother of Dragons)

“Eve?” Spoke the Trill Science officer stepping closer to the woman who had subsequently named her ‘child’ Jabberwock, it wouldn’t have been her first choice but who was she to dictate names too after all the animal did bond with her. “Eve, I just want to run a few more scans can I?” She was within arms reach now The Trill reaching out to put an arm on her friend.

• Ensign Kala Gorvel (Envious Trill)

Jabberwock, turned in the direction of Kala at her voice, squinting slightly, it sniffed the air from the nose in the top of its head. It seemed satisfied of whatever it felt and ambled off its perch on the former suspension field its four stubby feet flexing and stretching to rise it up 2 and a half feet from the ground. Its head then dipped over and licked Kala experimentally like it had with Eve previously. Unlike with Eve feeling a tingling shock due to her android like nature, Kala felt something akin to almost a psychic touch in her mind from the beast. Seemingly pleased at this return it spoke again. “..D…da…Daddy!” it stated in another clear statement manner. Turning to Eve it then ambled around her with its body and used its tail to draw Kala with it into what could only be a ‘family hug’ like manner.

Everything seemed to be going very quickly. Kala had since dropped her tricorders external scanner as a result of Jabberwock licking her, the sensation caused a stir in her mind as she unexpectedly felt another precense, almost out of body experience. The Trill was lumbering to pick up the attachment before being drawn in to a ‘hug’ by the creatures tail which was muscular and very strong, there was nothing Kala could do but be embraced.

When all three were somewhat sandwiched together it said. “..F…f....food?” It questioned sniffing around the room again.

GM CockRoach

Close to Eve she smiled and shrugged, “I don’t suppose you have anything for this little girl to eat do you?” She too looked around but couldn’t see anything, “I think we should report this.” But she couldn’t get her arm up to her comm badge to press it. “Slightly problem,” She said gesturing to her trapped arms. The Trill wasn’t worried Jabber, seemed to be content in the embrace, and for the moment ‘food’ didn’t include them, she just hoped its species wasn’t one who ate its parents when they hatched.

• Ens Kala Govel