Posted by Corinne Dalton (Apparation?) in R&D Lab - Previously On ‘Weird Days At Work’

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dr. Solomon Kane (Research & Development) in R&D Lab - Previously On ‘Weird Days At Work’

Posted by Corinne Dalton (Apparation?) in R&D Lab - Previously On ‘Weird Days At Work’
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“Oh, okay,” Cori said, still feeling uneasy but at least it was better than being in a void or stuck in a little room. Her holographic body mimicked taking a deep breath and she began to explore the setting. It wasn’t the same as her family farm on Ajilon, but it didn’t need to be. Bare feet touched the grass, and she slowly meandered over the rolling field. The warmth of the sun on her face also cast a sweet scent of growing things into the air, current of wind flowing from the ocean and carrying the scent of salt to her nose.

Yes, she would do the diagnostic and see if she could identify the missing pieces, but right now there was something more important for her to do. With a impish grin that no one else could see, Cori set off at a run across the field that ran down and back over the hill. Yes, she was alone here and that would not do for long, but she was free! Yes she was trapped somewhere in a place with some man who clearly saw her as a potential threat and yet was trying to help her, but it was in this moment that she realized that she was out of the Saracen’s computer. She didn’t know what that meant fully yet, but her worry of being lost and forgotten when all the people had moved on the ship itself ended up as some museum piece with her included, well… that future had shifted.

And so Cori ran and dance and leapt over the field, the sun illuminating her raven hair, and felt a small moment of something that might actually be joy.

~Corinne Dalton

“Hey. I need to talk with you. Come see me when you can.” Kane’s voice said throughout the constructed reality.

Kane, R&D

She was lying in the grass, closed lids red beneath the sun. “Okay…” she said.

A second later, she appeared in the lab again and Cori just peered at him curiously.

~Corinne Dalton

Kane was sitting at the now cleared workbench and was staring at her. It was… disconcerting… to most. Finally, after at least a minute of silence, he said “Ok. SO you are a real person. And a Star Fleet officer. So why hasn’t anyone done anything to help you?” he asked pointedly and with no small edge of animosity… although whether or not that animosity was directed at her was unknown.

Kane, R&D

She frowned. Cori always thought it was obvious, but now that she was here, maybe it wasn’t? “Because when I was on the Saracen I was fully integrated into the computer. There was no way to extract me because I was everywhere, Kane. I was so enmeshed that we were worried that trying to pull me out out rip out whole pieces of my consciousness, like a lobotomy. And because I was a part of the computer, I became the computer. I do do things for the ship, take action. And that frankly scared a lot of people, especially when they learned that I felt physical pain when the ship was damaged. Phaser hit? Might as well have whipped out a hand phaser and shot me in the stomach. And no matter how much I told them I I was loyal to Starfleet, that it was my whole life, they were still wary. Not everyone could see me as a full person the way Royal could.” She shrugged. “So do I think someone got tired of negotiating with a ghost in the machine and took matters into their own hands to contain what they felt was a threat? Hell, yeah.” She stepped closer to him, her blue eyes almost electric. “So I got in that cube and hidden away for two years. The question we should be asking, is why now? And who wanted you to find me? Because I don’t think it was a coincidence and neither do you.”

~Corinne Dalton

Kane looked at her… and laughed. “Oh, shit… hun, you have NO idea who I am or what you being here means. But I can tell you this… if someone thought that you were a threat?!” and he laughed (loudly) again. “Oh there is no fu<&ing WAY they would’a handed you off to me.” and he laughed again for some time before slowing down.

“Listen… I am not the poster child for compliance and trust, no matter what my clearance is. I am kept on a leash so short it might as well be a noose sometimes. So the fact that you are here with me?” and he shook his head. “Well, that means someone wants you outta that box. ‘Cause anyone that knows me, good OR bad, would know that’s the first thing I’m gonna do. I might be the biggest d!<k in this or any other Star Fleet; but I don’t play with people’s lives. That shit’s just cruel. And I may be mean as hell, but I am never cruel. And I don’t cater to those kind of ‘people’.” He paused and then thought… and then smiled a truly predatory and wicked smile. “I take that back… I’m only cruel to those that have it coming.” and he gave her a wink that said he absolutely was… and probably enjoyed it, as well. He turned back to the desk and opened up the computer. “And I will tell you right now… whoever jammed you up deserves everything rotten thing they get. Now… let’s figure out how to make you a body.” and he began tapping away.

Kane, R&D

For a moment she felt… what? Satisfaction that he felt just as strongly as she did about whomever did this to facing some sort of consequences? Yeah, actually, that’s what that was. But her thought distracted her him his other statement. “What do you mean, ‘a body’? Synths are illegal, remember?” At least they were the last time she was conscious. “I was barely considered a legal entity, and that’s only because Royal vouched for me.”

~Corinne Dalton

Kane grinned. “Synth ban was lifted after a certain Admiral ended up in an artificial body. But even with that, getting one is not as easy as heading down to the local body shop.” He was busy tapping away and then he suddenly stopped and looked at her. “Yeah… Tell me about you and Royal. Were you guys a thing? And if I could find him… would you want me to? Or would that be bag juju for you.” and he began tapping away again.

Kane, R&D