Posted by Lieutenant Commander Eilah Fayth (Chief of Security) in side sim: It’s Best to Take Care of Each Other

Posted by Civilian Sair Songz (Counselor) in side sim: It’s Best to Take Care of Each Other

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Eilah Fayth (Chief of Security) in side sim: It’s Best to Take Care of Each Other
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Eilah had heard Sair’s bad news, of course, but what prompted him to go looking for her was the sense of great grief he felt. It was undoubtedly Sair’s. The counselor had just lost her mother after all. That was difficult news for most anyone. He asked the computer for her location.

~ Fayth, COS

Sair had been in her quarters for much of the time, making arrangements, looking after Koro, and spending time with her father. But eventually she had needed a break from it all. Leaving Koro with Sal, Sair made her way to what had become an unexpected sanctuary: the Garden. The computer dutifully directed Fayth to Deck 4 and the space that was their permanent green space.

She was no immediately obvious, but at the security chief moved around the perimeter of the garden, Songz was partially visible by the pond, her pink hair the main clue. She sat on the edge, legs crossed, leaning back on her hands as she gazed into the water, lost in her thoughts.

~Sair Songz, CNS

Eilah entered the green space quietly, moving around as he checked for her. He could sense she was in her own world, so as he spotted her and moved closer, he made sure his footfalls were heard. “Sair.” He said, just loud enough to be heard by her.

~ Fayth, COS

She turned her head in his direction. She was not crying, but there was a sadness in the depth of her eyes that matched the emotions she exuded. “Eilah,” she greeted before patting the ground beside her.

Sair looked back over the pond. “I almost went to the holodeck, but I think I would have been tempted to get too lost in the setting I wanted to visit.”

~Sair Songz, CNS

Eilah took a seat next to her, carefully folding his legs. “I find it quite serene here.” He turned to face her, his expression sincere and full of sympathy. “My condolences, Sair. I’m here, whether you’d like to talk or sit quietly.” A small smile crossed his face. “I see the allure, though I agree. Getting too lost may not do you any favors right now.”

~ Fayth, COS

“If it was just me, it would be a different story, but I have a child and he needs me,” she said, watching the subtle ripples on the pond caused by the stream from the water flowing into it from The Hill. “It’s also a bit different. It wasn’t so sudden. I knew this was how it would be, but thank you, I appreciate your support.”

~Sair Songz, CNS

Eilah smiled a small smile. “Of course. Even counselors need someone every so often.” He said, and gave her a playful look.

~ Fayth, COS

“Yes, we do,” she said softly. “It’s hard right now because when people ask what they can do for me, I can’t really give them an answer.”

Sair turned her head and gazed at Eilah, giving him a small smile. “Did you enjoy the concert my father put on? I know things went a bit sideways right at the end.”

~Sair Songz, CNS

He was calm and sympathetic, but not pitying or patronising. “Sometimes there is nothing someone else can do.” He commented softly. “It was wonderful. I’m glad I was able to attend,” Eilah replied.

~ Fayth, COS

She looked out over the water again. “Music and other arts are rather quite important to Kobliads. At some period in our more recent history there have been some that think we should have focused fully on our health crisis, but I quite agreed with the majority that we needed reasons to know what we’re fighting for. And now that our future generations are safe from the genetic issues, I think it’s more important than ever that we raise them with all the culture we still have. So that they can take it and create something new. Because they will. The themes and ideas that form their arts will be so different than the ones I grew up with, and that is a beautiful thing.”

~Sair Songz, CNS

Eilah nodded. “I can’t say I understand, per se, I’m too young to remember the occupation of Betazed, but our culture was damaged then. Our people came out of it changed. For better or worse, no one knows yet.”

~ Fayth, COS

Sair sucked in a breath. “Sometimes it just… is. The part of me that gets angry and ashamed about the war and occupation my people waged tried to remember that it wasn’t my fault, and that if my people have learned something from this devastating consequence, then I think we can find forgiveness for ourselves. But I do think some wonderful things came out of the crisis. We take amazing care of our planet and we relish community and family ties. Sometimes the values around them get convoluted, but Kobliads are an especially devoted people as a whole. I like that Koro got to see his grandmother’s devotion to medicine and helping people who were vulnerable. And I like that he gets to know I’m doing something similar. But I especially love that he is so attached to my father and his music. It just… it gives me this tiny piece of joy. I forget how to hold on to joy. It seems to fleeting some days, but Koro, more often than not, remind me.”

~Sair Songz, CNS

Eilah nodded again. “We have to find it where we can get it. Especially way out here.” He said. Eilah seemed to be considering something, and then, “What if we set something up? Between the two of us, just something that makes us a little bit happy. Once a week or something.”

~ Fayth, COS

She turned to him, brown eyes widening. The offer was so unexpected and not something she had had so far. “I’m in. What did you have in mind?”

~Sair Songz, CNS