Posted by Lieutenant Dr. Solomon Kane (Chief Science Officer/Research & Development) in Kane’s Mandatory Evaluation- Round 2 [tag Kane]

Posted by Lieutenant Dr. Solomon Kane (Chief Science Officer/Research & Development) in Kane’s Mandatory Evaluation- Round 2 [tag Kane]

Posted by Lieutenant Surra Almikaz (Chief of Psychiatry) in Kane’s Mandatory Evaluation- Round 2 [tag Kane]
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Not looking forward to her next encounter with the sociopath Kane, Surra rested her forehead on her arms which were crossed in front of her on the desk. She took a couple of deep breaths as she was still seething with anger from the last time she met with the man. Lifting her head, she clenched her fists a moment before she tapped her comm badge, “Kane, report to the psychiatric suites for your mandatory evaluation.”
There was no courtesy in her voice and she marinated in frustration. It wasn’t the fact that he was rude and irate, she had lifelong experiences dealing with personalities like his. Her cousin Najma was as bad as they came and if she could survive being in a room with that woman, then she could deal with Kane. What bother her the most was him trying to tell her how to do her job. She’d felt the urge to stun him with a phaser, drag him into an airlock, activate it and watch him float off into space. As a psychiatrist she knew these were not normal thoughts and very few people she had ever encountered triggerwd these types of thoughts in her. Also she wasn’t capable of acting on these thoughts....she didn’t think.
Surra focused her energy on clearing her mind and getting a handle on her herself before he showed up. She wasn’t going to let this man make her angry or get her kicked out of Starfleet.
Pressing the internal comm and she said, HARLEEN, let me know when you know who arrives.”

Almikaz, CoP

It was several minutes before the CoP received a written comm from the labs. =/\= Can’t. Experiment requires constant observation. You want to talk, I’m in Lab 3. No metals can come in. You have clearance to enter. =/\=

The lab schedule did indeed show that Lab 3 was closed by order of the CSO, and his own calendar was cleared for the next five days.

Kane, CSO

Surra frowned, she wasn’t afraid of the man but she would essentially be on his turf by going to him. This was her last attempt to reachout to this man and if it didn’t work out this time she was done and there would be no more psych evals, at least not from her, for him. “Very well Lieutenant, I will see you in a few minutes.” Surra walked to the reception area where HARLEEN was, “I am headed to deck 8a to Science Lab 3 to make contact with Lieutenant Kane for his psychological evaluation. If I do not return you know my last whereabouts.” She told the AI half joking.

About 20 minutes after their last comm transmission. Surra arrived in the Science Lab 3 Deck 8. A true scientist at heart she had started her career in the science department in Starfleet serving on the Academy ship USS Challenger as the CSO in l.g. Lieutenant rank. Therefore one positive about this interaction was finally seeing the Owies science labs. She glanced around the room, curious about this experiment he was working on and required constant monitoring. Not immediately seeing Kane, she called out to him in a patient and calm voice, “Lieutenant I am here, do you have a few minutes to chat?”

Almikaz, CoP

“No, but we can anyway.” came the gruff response from the far back area of the laboratory. Back there, surrounded by a wholly impressive and somewhat disturbing mechanical concoction of magnets, relays, power conduits, and other various known and unknown gadgets was the Chief Science Officer… and what looked like a photon torpedo warhead. Without looking up from where he lay on the deck looking up under one of the circles of magnets around the torpedo, Kane said “No metal on ya, right? If you have anything pierced or whatever, it’ll get ripped out or off in the next minute.”

Kane, CSO

She expected a snarky response from the man. A loud sigh came from her mouth as she made her way to the back of the lab.
Surra knew she didn’t have any metal on her, but she couldn’t help but pat herself down to be extra sure. “No metal, I even removed my badge.” She pointed at the object and asked, “What is this?” she was genuinely curious.

She paused for a moment, then said, “I read your file and I learned something I didn’t know before. You are from an alternate reality? Is that correct? It must have been hard for your to adjust to a new reality, even so, you seem to be doing quite well.... career-wise at least.”

Almikaz, CoP

OOC: Sorry for the delay, I got really sick.

“Yeah, probably not something you wanna broadcast out the open.” Kane said without looking at her. “Temporal Investigations will quite literally put you in a hole no one even knows exits.” He moved something and suddenly a loud hum started up and lights came to life all over the machinery. Kane slid out from under the system and then stood up and moved to a table a few feet away. “Its also not something that’s just ‘in my file’, so I know you had to get cleared for it. Which the last Counselor didn’t even bother to do, so kudos.” He tossed a pair of dark glasses at Almikaz and said “Put those on if you want to keep your eyeballs.”

“Okay…Sure. I will make sure it stays confidential as this entire session will be. So who else knows?”

She caught the pair of goggles that were tossed at her and put them on. “Thank you. I happened to really like my eyeballs.” She said with a grin as she put them on.

A few moments later, Kane tapped a switch on the table and an alarm sounded. Blast doors slid into place over the outer door to the lab and the Computer’s voice said =/\= Warning. Warming. Armed explosive device detected in Lab. Activating Securi- =/\= and Kane’s voice cut it off. =/\= Computer, override alarm. Authorization Kane Seven-Nine-Delta-Two-Three. =/\= and the voice fell silent. Kane put on his own glasses and then said “Hold tight, then we can talk.” He lifted a PaDD and tapped a few commands…

The alarm jolted Surra. She watched nervously as the blast doors cover the lab. “Umm”, she said as she pointed to the doors. She wasn’t be sure if she was in danger or not. The fact that Kane was in the room too didn’t mean anything to her.

And the torpedo warhead exploded in a flash of brilliant white light.

Surra jumped back a bit as the torpedo emitted its light. Although tempted to remove her goggles to observe the brilliance more closely, she knew better. Her concern became focused on the explosion she thought was about to happen and she cautiously began to put more distance between her and the luminous torpedo.

But it didn’t. The explosion- now a small swirling ball of violent gas, heat, and light- was held in place in the system of magnets and other devices. “Huh… cool. I thought the compression wouldn’t be that great. Neat.” Kane said as if setting off photon torpedoes in the lab was an everyday occurrence. He tapped a few commands on the PaDD and the ball of destruction vanished in a hum of golden light. Kane tossed the PaDD on the table and said “Okay… let’s get this over with.” and walked to the CSO office, leaving the door open behind him.

Kane, CSO

Surra stood there for a moment wiped as she wiped the sweat from her forehead. “Yeah, that was pretty…impressive.”
She removed her goggles, paused for a moment then quickly followed him. As she followed him, she spoke, “I must admit the experiments I did when I was a scientist where not as exciting as that. They were mostly biological. You are obviously dedicated to your work. Seem to enjoy it. And your demeanor is much different demeanor than our first encounter. Can I ask you a sincere question? Have you talked to anyone else about your temporal transference? Do you know how it happened?”

Almikaz, CoP

“Well, even if I said ‘no’, you’d probably still ask them anyway.” Kane replied. “And thats two questions.” he said as they walked into his office. The place was a wholly chaotic mess. It almost appeared as if someone had broken in, trashed the office trying to find something, but only succeeded in getting frustrated and taking it out on the space. PaDDs and even papers lay strewn about, and there was a half-eaten sandwich that was obviously several days old half-covered by a set of minor surgery tools. Kane brushed a stack of PaDDs out of a chair and onto the floor, and gestured to it for the CoP to have a seat. He himself went and sat behind the desk, kickking his fet up on it as he did.

“Ok… so let me save you some time and answer all the same questions up front and then, if you happen to have anything original, we can chat. I spent, as close as I can tell, close to two or three years of my life in a hole where the only thing that I did was answer questions. Day in, day out. So yeah, Doc… I’ve talked about it. And no, it wasn’t a temporal transference. Thats just part of it. I switched universes. Entire realities. Yes, I know how it happened. No, I can’t tell you how. Yes, I remember my previous life. Yes, there are parts I miss and parts I don’t. No, I don’t think I can go back. Yes, I have thought about how. No, I am not going to try. Yes, I know that I should be thankful to be alive. No, I don’t think about that other reality often. Less and less, actually. Yes, I’m fine with that. No, I don’t have any kind of unidentified or lingering effects from the shift except the cybernetic hand.” and he held up his left hand and wiggled his fingers. “Yes, it really hurt. No, I don’t think my shift was done intentionally. No, I don’t think it was an attempt to invade this reality. No, I am not from nor have I ever been affiliated with the Terran Empire.” and he stopped short and looked at Almikaz. “So… what else you want to know?”

Kane, CSO / R&D

Bump

“I assure you that this session will go much smoother and quicker if you allow me to lead it, but in any case, thank you for all the information you just provided. You actually just gave me some starting points for our session.” She smiled briefly at him. “Also be mindful my line of questions will serve a different purpose from the ones you were asked while you spent three years in a hole.” Speaking with the man invoked feelings of anxiety and she hated it because she wasn’t supposed to feel anxiety during sessions and she’d never felt that way till he had become her patient. After taking a deep breath she continued, “I am interested in the parts you miss as well as those you don’t. Tell me more about those. Also have you made any meaningful relationship connections on this side?”

Almikaz, CoP