Posted by Captain Rende Asam (Captain) in Main Sim [Sickbay]: The Price of Existence

Posted by Lieutenant Kalika Darz (Security Officer) in Main Sim [Sickbay]: The Price of Existence

Posted by Lieutenant Jericho Semenza (Chief Medical Officer) in Main Sim [Sickbay]: The Price of Existence
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“I’m alright Captain. It just seemed prudent to stay here out of the way.” Fayth felt her curiosity at the immediate identification. It wasn’t anything so mystical as telepathy, Sharah had heard her speaking to Jones. There was always a sense of acceptance around the cpatain. As if nothing anyone could be or do or act would surprise her. That it was part of the nature and individuality. There was also a hard edge of … danger about the woman.

Rende bent down, curiosity and worry tinging her aura. “Cmdr Sigmundsson said you had quite the story to tell.” Rende reached out to place a hand on the young woman, but hesitated. Rende was aware of the strength of this woman’s gifts and apparently she’d been through quite the roller coaster already. ‘Would it be easier to speak this way to me?’

Sharah took a slow breath in, held it and then slowly let it out. Sharah declined shaking her head, the experience had left her with a sickening migraine and it would be too horrific to be sick all over the captain. “This way is fine, I thank you though, Cpt. The experience is hard to explain. The warp static field, it…disrubpted everything. Cmdr Sigmundsson, myself, and Hab’rabi were all effected. Hab’rabi and myself more than…” that was a problem for another time. “Hab’rabi became agitated and was very ill. Lt Forgrave was trying to speak to him, he was being…cautious and evasive. A strength of will and heartache, and sorrow I have never felt like before. Perhaps my earlier experience has influenced me somewhat, but…” Sharah squinted against the bright light and raised her head, “I wish I could give you the memories, Captain, but Betazoid telepathy doesn’t work that way. Hab’rabi was able to use one of the remnants to create a bridge to share them with me.”

So the doctor had been visited again, and again with more memory and control than anyone else. Due to simply being telepathic or the strength of her unique gifts? “Do you think you could communicate with the remnants directly? Enlist their assistance?”

Sharah considered it, “Perhaps, I haven’t really tried, it’s more been a recieving. But I will tell you what Hab’rabi showed me, and do my best to answer all of your questions. There is so much…it is overwhelming and what I would consider insignificant or not catch my notice may not to you.” Sharah just really wanted to drift, to let it pass, but she had her duty, and she could not let those things take over the Viking. She began, slowly to tell Cpt Rende the story of the Valh’kaeri.

Rende listened as Fayth described the memories that Hab’rabi had shared with her. She stopped her several times to ask questions, drawing out details. The retelling of Hab’rabi’s greatest sorrow rocked Fayth, overwhelming her, and Rende set a hand on his shoulder. The grief, sorrow and loneliness had become Fayth’s own. It moved Rende, but she’d had centuries to learn to separate other’s emotions from herself and to ignore it until the time was right. “Tell me about the wraiths. What they were like, their behavior, what they said, from the beginning. Only tell me those things.”

Fayth nodded focusing on those details and recalling the memories. “At first they acted by instinct, but were savage. They were hungry…” Sharah rubbed at her temples. The crew was scared, paranoid, and frustrated. Those feelings were hyper-focused in the captain and distracting. “Maslow’s hierarchy. Physcial needs, and then safety. They…they are still savage but with focus now. They wanted the yur, as vessels for themselves. Now they want something, but the memories don’t tell me what.”

Rende nodded, it’s how it had sounded to her the first time she heard it. She would send Korzak in to talk to Fayth and see if he could pull anymore information from Fayth. What was of more concern was the massive strength and vicious attacks that worried Rende. =/\=Rende to Kohr. Hold! Sigmundsson has information for you. I’m on my way.=/\=

A moment later, the Klingon’s baritone purred over the comm line. =^=Understood. Standing by.=^=

Sharah reached out and stopped the captain as she stood. “En Cael…I was there when he found the four different signatures. Judging from what we know, the first two are remnants and wraiths, the third, the one that looks combined, really is. It’s how Hab’rabi is keeping the wraiths imprisoned. But there is…something else. What he shared with me doesn’t say what it might be.”

Rende stepped to the door and looked around, “Lt Darz!” When the officer walked over, “I want you to go down to engineering and talk to En Weir. He’s got scans for four different energy signatures. We know what three of them are, but the fourth…go, work with him, and track where they are, have been, when each signature first appeared on board, and what it appears they have been doing, where they are going, what happened where they were.”

Rende then turned looking for her chief medical officer, “Semenza, I need to talk to Hab’rabi now.”

Rende, CO

The captain tried to assist the young woman to a biobed but Fayth shook her head. “I think I’m more stable on the floor and not risk getting dizzy and falling. Thank you Cpt.” Fayth closed her eyes and smiled her thanks as the captain lowered the lights. She hoped that Hab’rabi would be more forth coming when speaking to the captain.

Fayth, med

Kalika walked by the small cluster gathered around the CO and nodded to those who glanced her way as she heard out to find the COS.

Kalika

Rende saw the security officer she had just spoken to walk by with out responding to her orders. She spoke up again. “Lt Darz, are you alright? I need you to go to engineering. If not see a doctor.” She walked toward the officer dragging a doctor with her, watching the arm band. Had these things found a way to trick those as well?

Rende, CO

Semenza nodded to the Captain. “I can take you to him now. Assuming he’s awake and feeling up to it, you can talk to him.” Then he watched as she spoke to the security officer.

~ Lt Semenza, CMO

Kalika had been lost in thought when the Captain had first spoken. But this time her voice registered and the Security Officer shook her head to small out of her thoughts. “Ma’am, yes ma’am. No, I’m fine. I’m sorry. I’ll get to the Engineering Chief right away.” She glanced to them both to be sure she could go.

Kalika

“Not the chief, Darz, En Weir.” Rende stopped herself from pinching the bridge of her nose. “He’s got scans for four different energy signatures. We know what three of them are, but the fourth is still a mystery. Go, work with him, and track where they are, have been, when each signature first appeared on board, and what it appears they have been doing, where they are going, what happened where they were.” She looked over the officer again as if trying to determine if she could trust her. She’d been visited once, was she still under their influence? “And Darz, now is not the time to get lost in our thoughts. We need to be aware of the present. Of what is going on around us if we are to keep the ship safe.” It was said like a grandmother giving a gentle reminder but it was clear she expected her on duty officers to be more present and aware.

She turned to Semenza walking back with him. “Let’s see if he’ll wake.”

Rende, CO