Posted by Fleet Captain Ghubari Koraia (Captain) in Flashback- Earth, Starfleet Medical (2386)

Posted by Lieutenant Julien Smith (Doctor) in Flashback- Earth, Starfleet Medical (2386)

Posted by Fleet Captain Ghubari Koraia (Captain) in Flashback- Earth, Starfleet Medical (2386)
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Ghubar drank heavily again from the drink and then shook her head. “She’s dead,” she said flatly, her eyes shifting their focus away from him and going blank. In her mind the massacre of the seventh fleet played out in little flashes that even eleven years later sent a gut wrenching sensation through her body. An empath like her could shield herself from an individual and even a ship of people, but in such an intense situation there was nothing she could do but feel the endless agony and suffering that lasted hours. “The Nightingale was destroyed in the Battle of the Tyra System along with the other ninety-seven ships. The Venture survived.” It had taken her a long time and some heavy post-war counselling to get over the instant need to vomit when she spoke of it. But it would also be there as a part of her many life-changing experiences.

~Commander Koraia, XO on Leave

Julien exhaled. “Oh boy.” he said and clinked his glass to hers, taking a deep sip as well. “Sorry, there is no right thing to say to that, it’s just horrible.” he said and felt dark tendrils of fear trying to get a hold of his mind. What was there left to live for? Why even bother within all this misery? Why heal up a body that would never be whole again? He shook his head.

“Sorry have to change the topic, which dance?” he asked. “Which dance did you like to dance most?”

• Julien

That drew an unexpected smile from Ghubari. “When I was a teenager, it was ballet. There was something so wonderfully different to the type of dance I learned growing up in my village. It was so elegant and contained and then explosively powerful. But, as an adult I’ve really enjoyed ballroom dancing.” Her grin grew deeper even though she flet a surge of sadness trying to push its way through.” Would any of that surprise him? Then again he had only just met her.

~Commander Koraia, XO on Leave

He smiled softly. “I can see it. You have a very fit physique, medically speaking. I know it seems far away now, but you will rehab faster than others from this, I’m quite sure. So, where did you grow up? It sounds like you grew up on Earth if you did ballet?”

• Julien

She took another sip and nodded. “Yes, I grew up in a little village in Tanzania, in East Africa. No ballet there, but I left when I was twelve and went to boarding school in Dar Es Salaam, the capital, and I learned there.” Ghubari wasn’t entirely sure about the rehab, but she was also quite determined to get back to duty one way or another, and she certainly didn’t plan on doing administrative work!

“What about you? Any dancing or other activities you enjoy?”

~Commander Koraia

He lowered his head, looked at his drink and gave a secretive smile. “Oh many. Dangerous stuff, flying a fighter, playing the Saxophone, women, booze and holo games…” he said and looked up into her eyes again, mischief sparkling in them for a few seconds. “I normally do enjoy being alive, even more so since I lost the right half of my body.” he lost his smile suddenly. “Ever since I failed to rescue Damien though and lost so many of my men, it’s all… different. All I can think about is to bring the one down who was responsible for supplying the weapons to the Klingons… ” he shook his head. “I was so arrogant to think I could fix it all, just because of the added power my android implants give me.!”

He looked up at her again. “Sorry, ranting.”

• Julien