Posted by Lieutenant Commander Sharah Fayth (Chief Star Fleet Medical Officer) in Governor’s Home - TMODJ (PRISM)

Posted by Civilian Kenzo B’tren-Hyrushi (Governor) in Governor’s Home - TMODJ (PRISM)

Posted by Captain Eela Dasca (Lt. Governor) in Governor’s Home - TMODJ (PRISM)

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Moving to where she had set out the items for the ritual, Caridee grabbed a chair and set it next to the bed facing her mother. Then she grabbed the three vials and sat on the edge of the bed with Eela. “Close your eyes and inhale,” she said, wafting the first vial past her mother’s nose. “Again,” she said, doing the same with the second and then repeated with the third. “Okay, done. Which one do you gravitate towards?”

“The second,” Eela said without hesitation.
Caridee grinned at the predictability of the choice. “Amber and night-blooming keta blossom. Perfect for a grounded and sensual person.” She set the other two vials to the side. “Okay, so I’m going to do the initial ritual for the Sua Soams. It will ground you as we attempt this. Any questions?”

Eela shook her head. This wasn’t supposed to be her first attempt at the ritual in many years, but here they were. It was what it was. “Proceed.” It sounded so much like a command she would have given, but of course lacked the emphasis it would have under other circumstances.

“You’ll need to lie flat, but we can keep one pillow for your head and neck. Arms at your sides.” It took a moment for them to readjust Eela into position and then Caridee turned the vial over onto two fingertips. She placed her fingers flat on Eela’s forehead with fingertips touching gently but with a bit of pressure swept them over the forehead towards the temples and then along the sides of her face to the chin, down her neck to the collarbones and along the bones to the shoulders. Setting aside the stoppered vial, Caridee reached for the larger of the black pieces of fabric (that was heavier than it looked) and draped it reverently across her mother’s forehead, whispering a few word in Haliian.

Grabbing the canar next, she set it on the bed next to Eela’s hand and adjusted the chair. “Okay, Governor, if you’ll take a seat, but don’t touch the canar yet. Dr. Fayth, we’re ready to administer the tramadol. Once it kicks in, I’ll finish the ritual, finish setting things up and then we’ll begin.”

~Caridee & Eela

Sharah nodded to Ilena and she pulled the hypo out of her pocket and pressed it gently to Eela’s neck. There was the familiar pop-hiss as the medication was administered. Ilena switched the display and watched Eela’s vitals as the tramadol took effect.

Kenzo took a deep breath and then sat as instructed. He looked at Fayth and nodded once, and rhen vlosed his eyes. Slowly, very slowly, he began to lower wall after wall after wall. Walls he had held in place for years.

Eyes closed, Hyrushi held a hand out towards the canar, but didn’t touch it. His other hand he held towards Fayth. He was ready to take in whatever was needed to break through the wall imposed on Eela.

Hyrushi, Governor

Sharah sat in a chair next to Hyrushi and closed her eyes. There was a very delicate mental touch to each of the others (except Eela) in the room. It pulled in their feelings, emotions. She could hear their thoughts, but she ignored their frequency. She needed feelings. Then like focusing on a conversation across a massive loud amphitheater, she picked up on the ebb and flow of the emotiinal tides on Oed. It was more than a challenge to separate out the thoughts from the emotions because they were all interconnected. Sharah was determined and much stronger than she gave herself credit for.

It was a massive storm, even the beautiful parts. She struggled for a moment to keep the emotions of those in the room, those closest to Eela, at the forefront and the rest behind it, as a way to magnify their intensity and then let the rest flare with their own uniquness. Sharah reached out and took Hyrushi’s hand and sank into the tides, letting it take her and fill her and drown her. It was terrifying, but she went without hesitation. Then it suddenly flared and raced through her into the Governor.

Fayth, SFCMO

As the pair prepared, Caridee placed one hand on top of her mother’s head and the other just above her chest and closed her eyes. As her mother slipped into unconsciousness, her eyes closed too and Caridee recited a Haliian benediction for a safe journey inward, knowing the ritual words would help put Eela at ease with their familiarity. Leaning in, she removed her hands, she kissed her mother’s cheek and whispered into her ear, “You don’t need to fight this one. Surrender this time. I promise have you.”

That complete, Caridee grabbed the small of the weighted cloths and and moved around to the other side to where Kenzo and Sharah were. She reached over and placed her mother’s hand on the base of the canar with reverence and then laid the the cloth over Eela’s hand. “The tomo should stop any small movement of her body from accidentally breaking the connection.”

Standing up and back, Caridee turned to Ilena. “Her vitals might become erratic because her subconscious will be trying to evaluate what feels like a very risky situation and whether it needs to fight. This is expected and not cause for worry unless vitals shift to dangerous levels. We’re talking 150 percent above her usual upper heart rate and blood pressure. In that case, use your best judgement and pull her hand off. The canar requires both hands in order to be active.” She looked over at Yavia. “Same goes for the Governor. If you need to intervene, that is the fastest way.”

Caridee crouched so she could gaze at Kenzo directly. “At first and probably for however long it takes, it might feel like nothing is happening. When you feel that first breaking through, it’ll probably happen pretty fast after that but you need to make sure you’re all the way through before you stop. But when you are, Remember that you are then connected to her. In order to prevent the expected physical and emotional backlash from being integrated into you both, you need to stop right then. She’s sedated but the dose is high enough that she’ll be experiencing it as an out of body experience and won’t have control of how the connection works from her end. At that point we won’t need the canar and myself, Karilan and Yavia can use our own touch and emotions to ground her and ease her through the rest of the reintegration. Any questions? If not, you’re free to begin.”

~Caridee