Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dr. Solomon Kane (Research & Development) in Quarantine Bay 4- Flesh and Blood and Bone

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Alexis Kane (Assistant Chief Medical Officer) in Quarantine Bay 4- Flesh and Blood and Bone

Posted by Captain Dira Myqian (Commanding Officer) in Quarantine Bay 4- Flesh and Blood and Bone
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Her nervous system lit up wherever the plastic touched and Cori even involuntarily giggled and demurred when it passed alongside her neck. “Ticklish spot,” she said with a grin.

Kane followed the scans along with the testing. “Perfect. Everything is exactly as it should be.” he said to the room at large. “And the scan registers as a human brain . Only way to determine it’s artificial is that you aren’t going to degrade as you age. Cognitive function will stay as is right now. So… no worries about losing your marbles and becoming a crazy cat lady, I guess.”

“Huh,” she said again.

“When can I see Royal?” Corinne asked, her tone more serious all of a sudden.

~Corinne Dalton

Kane turned and shrugged. “Medically speaking, I don’t see any reason to say no. Although you might wanna put clothes on. Seeing you in the flesh will be enough of a shock. And I don’t want to have try and pick that dude up off the deck.”

Kane, R&D

Cori gave him a wicked smile. “There are worse ways to be greeted, though that might be testing the status of our friendship a little too much, too soon.”

Alexis pulled out a pen light and flashed it across Daltin’s eyes as she spoke. “I have a few more tests I want to do before we bring other people in. And you really should understand and know your new history. When I am done, Cpt Myqian is going to perform a psychological evaluation. She is a trained and current counselor, and we are aware that Cmdr Sinclair was your counselor, but we need an unbiased evaluation.” She headed up a finger, “Just move your eyes and follow my finger.” She shinned the light to watch the change in dilation and muscle control as the eyes moved her finger.

Her eyes tacked the motion easily. “Cool, therapist captain. Haven’t had one of those before, and I’ve seen my fair share of therapists”

She grabbed a small towel and handed it to her. “Wipe your eyes. They are overly moist from the cryostasis, which isn’t bad, but you will notice as they normalize.” She was also watching for coordination as Dalton wiped her eyes.

She wiped at her eyes and blinked. “It’s been so long since I’ve had real eyes I’ve forgotten what they are like.”

She held out both hands with 2 fingers extended. “Grab and squeeze as hard as you can.” Then she had her hold her arms out and resist Alexis pusing them down, bending them, or lifting them up. She did the same with her legs and feet. Then Alexis had Corinne try to push and pull her arms. Then she tested her reflexes.

All her reflexes worked as normal, even if she struggled to push, simply because she had no strength.

“You do not have the strength or endurance you did. The muscles have never been used. It will seem like early stages atrophy to anyone else. Physical Therapy will help with that. Some Occupational Therapy as well to help with balance and coordination. Especially if you want to dance ballet again.”

“No tendus this week, got it.”

Then she handed her a PaDD. “Read this out aloud please, and then give us a summary.”

Kane, AMO

Dalton proceeded to read a page about basic genetics. “Cool, going back to my biology roots. Gene expression is the process of turning the information encoded in the gene into a function, producing proteins or non-coding RNA that ultimately effect phenotypes. Which is how we get my dazzling blue eyes. Though I will say that I will miss the electric vibe I had going on. Not going to miss how any damage that happened to the ship I felt as some type of pain though, so I’m glad to be done with that nonsense.”

~Corinne Dalton

Kane grinned at Alexis. “Always with the full attention to detail. Someday I’m gonna have you just wing it for once.” He watched all the readings while the testing was going on and then said “Huh… normally I’d expect some cognitive fatigue, considering how much of a draw moving and learning your body is taking… but there is no indication.” He looked back at Cori and said “Pay close attention to your body for a while with regards to fatigue. That may not register right away with your brain.”

Kane, R&D

Alexis looked at him, “Noticed that too?” Of course he did. They would have to keep a close eye on her until she was adjusted. She glanced at Kane, “We winged our wedding. There is no excuse to ignore details.”

Cori nodded. “I should also note that I did that diagnostic you suggested before you left and there are a high number of discrepancies. I was able to fix some, but there are lots I couldn’t figure out. Most are really tiny things though, like as we discovered no knowing my favourite colour. I’m expecting those memory gaps you mentioned to be a result of those discrepancies.”

~Corinne Dalton

“Let’s start with basics. When and where were you born? Where did you grow up? What were the names of your parents?” Alexis listed off.

“We should go over your cover story as well and decide who is the exception to it, because I can think of a couple people of the top of my head,” she said, nodding to Alexis and Solomon to fill Dalton in.

Captain Myqian, CO

“Basically, you were kidnapped. He will give you all the particulars,” she nodded her head towards the other Kane.

Kane, AMO

“Not even basically.” Kane said firmly. “You were. Off the Saracen. By a heretofore unknown individual or agency who used you to prove they could diplicate a conciousness and store it in an artificial matrix. It was your conciousness. Your body and mind were gone, and was going to be used as a kind of template. But we thankfully intervened and that never happened. We then brought your back here, and voila… Corinne Dalton, Lieutenant in Star Fleet Sciences, is alive and well. And those that would maybe want to try and see if they could duplicate this work are going to want to go to the criminal mastermind that concocted it. So they can go after them, and leave you to recover from your harrowing experience.” and he winked at her. “So… everyone gets what they want… or thinks they want. You get your life back and are free to pursue your own future. The shadowy-types have someone to focus on other than you, and all of us get someone to buy us drinks for the rest of our lives.” Suddenly Kane’s eyes went wide and he started cussing… loudly and very explicitly. He turned and punched the cryotube. “&%$^@ $%!@&$<÷!!!!” he yelled. “How could I be so fucking stupid*!!!” and he looked down at his bloody hand, already swelling.

“Solomon!” Dira shouted, moving closer to the man, but not all the way. You didn’t throw yourself in front of an angry person- that was just stupid.

Kane shook his head. “If your vonciousness on the Saracen was a copy, and we rescued the real you from the bad guy…” and he looked at Dalton with a look of utter regret.

“You here now would have no knowledge of what happened on the Saracen after you died.” he said softly.

Kane, R&D

That was a big ask, for Corinne and everyone who knew her. Sure, some wouldn’t know the difference, but the woman before them would, and so would someone else on this ship. “So what now?” Myqian asked.

Captain Myqian, CO