Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Around the Ship- Colliding Paths

Posted by Lieutenant Zoi Haven (Chief of Security) in Around the Ship- Colliding Paths

Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Around the Ship- Colliding Paths

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Dira sat there and the first weird thought that came to her mind was that her butt was going numb. But it was sit here or lay on her side which hurt even more. At least she could watch him more closely as she was positioned. The second thought was that they couldn’t stay here. He’d have to move her eventually and if someone didn’t find her at that point then this was really not going to end well… for her. Watching him work on the PaDD, Dira was trying to pull out another tool from her psychiatrist’s bag of tricks, but she wasn’t sure there was one for this sort of situation. Except to get him to talk more. Anything at all might help. “I had heard that you had gotten a new position on Outpost 18. How’s that been going?” she asked, having no idea that he was currently AWOL after not arriving t report in for duty after an extended R&R. Somewhere out there, people were wondering where the man had disappeared to but no one had thought to tell Myqian. To warn her. Because she had kept his behaviour towards her to herself. Because she could handle it. Later she’d see what a bloody fool she’d been. But hindsight and all that.

Commander Myqian, XO

He waved away the question with an impatient hand gesture as he worked to complete his next step. Finally, after several long moments he looked up at her and smiled in what he thought was a charming way. “Oh, you know I think it’s just not for me anymore. I would rather go exploring with you, or settle down and raise children. How many do you want by the way? I am thinking 3 or 4. After you and I disappear, I am going to make sure Star Fleet doesn’t come after us. We can get away from them forever, you and me.”

Commander WIlliam Franks

She had so far been able to maintain something of a distance emotionally from the man, to treat him as no more than a random person having a psychotic break and her as a trained psychiatrist just needed to observe his behaviour and listen to what he had to say and find small ways to integrate reality so that maybe he’d see the error of his ways. That of course was the best case scenario. This moment right here though was so far from that ideal that Dira lost her ability to look at the situation with detachment.

3 or 4 children. Disappear and never be found. She had understood the possible risk here, that this whole thing would go beyond abduction, but the implications were so suffocating right now that Dira found herself unable to catch her breath. He was waiting for an answer but she couldn’t give one. Instead, she closed her eyes and gasped for air. Whatever he had given her that had caused to pass out was still in her system and it still made her feel weird. A little wobbly and light headed. Not being able to catch her breath did not help in the least. Her chest beat hard in her chest and she truly felt in this moment like she was having a heart attack. Intellectually she knew it was a panic attack, but that didn’t help her much right now. “William…” she gasped. “Some… things… wrong… I can’t… breathe…” A small part of her actually thought passing out from a lack of air was not a terrible thing right now. There was only so much she could take and Dira was fast approaching her limit.

Commander Myqian, XO

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