Posted by Civilian Stellaris (Resident) in PRSIM- Echoes from the Stars

Posted by Captain Jonathan McBride (CO, USS Centurion) in PRSIM- Echoes from the Stars

Posted by Civilian Jewel Stone (Detective Chief Inspector MCD) in PRSIM- Echoes from the Stars
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Jonathan sucked in a breath and nodded before looking back at his sister. He was honestly not sure what to say now. He had so many questions, but he was well area that his sister had been through something rather traumatic and she seemed so frail just now. He didn’t want to cause her harm. “Hypothetical question… if you weren’t worried for your safety and the legal situation was sorted out, what would you want to do next? What do you want for yourself, Ev?”

Captain McBride, Starfleet CO

She sucked in a breath and stared at her brother, her brows furrowed. He asked questions she had thought over many, many times, but only in a sort of fantastical way, not as something that could actually happen. “If it was safe, I’d be raising this baby with the father and we could build a life together. But that’s not possible, Jon, it’s really not. I do want this baby, but honestly? I’m not sure I’m a good choice to be her mother,” she said, forcing herself to hold her head high as her vision blurred. “I’m so torn,” she whispered.

~Stellaris, Wayward Soul

Her masked face revealed very little, but it was clear she disagreed, at least for a moment. Then she was a mirror of her last name.

Detective Chief Inspector MCD, Jewel Stone

Jon reached out and took her hand in his and gave it a squeeze. “Ev, listen to me,” he said, his gaze locked on hers. “You are more than whatever has happened before. Yes, you will need time and help to figure everything out, and there might be some difficult moments to come. But you came here to see me for a reason, because you thought I could help you. And that’s exactly what I’m going to do. What we all are going to do. If you want to be a mother to this baby, then we will help you do that, okay?”

Captain McBride, Starfleet CO

Tearing flooded her eyes yet again and Stellaris burst into tears, bending over and all but hugging her belly. She nodded, still holding Jonathan’s hand. How could she explain how scared she was? How overwhelmed she was feeling now that she wasn’t still running and hiding? The thing was that she believed Jon, and though it was hard to trust the others (especially Stone), Stellaris had found herself wanting to more than anything. Could it all be a trick? At first she had thought it might be, just so she would tell them things, but now she was starting to believe that they wanted what was best for her as much as Jon did.

Stellaris lifted her head and shifted her gaze to Stone, tears still running down her face. “I told the detective and you some of it, but I’m not sure where to start with the rest. I don’t know how to get a lawyer, either.”

~Stellaris, Wayward Soul

“We can find a lawyer for you if that is want you want,” he said then knowing it could get her in trouble, “Not sure if you want my opinion, but bringing her here, doing what your doing to set things right, connecting with your brother, tells me you’ll be a great mother” she said, she did not remember her birth parents her memory of her child hood lost to her from injury, but her adoptive family has been great. “Once the lawyer is secure, we will need to go all the way back to the begining before you left home. We’ll need to go through every detail you can think of, its” she paused. “Going to be hard on you”

Detective Chief Inspector MCD, Jewel Stone

She drew in a shaky breath. “I don’t want a lawyer. If you truly think Starfleet will understand and give me leniency for cooperation, that would be good enough for me. But if you both think I should, then I guess I will. I just don’t know,” she said, fighting back the urge to burst into sobs again. “I just don’t want them to find me or my baby.”

~Stellaris, Wayward Soul

Stone looked at Jon . “Sir can you find her a lawyer discretely ? or I can have my staff find you one” she noted. “The lawyer will make sure anything that could land you in jail will be covered in the pardon. You are going to be admitting to at the very least, complacent in some very serious crimes.” and she would, Jewel wanted the young girl protected safe for her pour decisions as best as she could.

Detective Chief Inspector MCD, Jewel Stone

“I can look into it,” Jon said with a nod. “Let me see what I can do.” There were definitely options on Oed. He looked over his sister and the fatigue was deeply etched into her face. “Why don’t I go see about that now and let you get some rest? You look like you could use it.”

Captain McBride, Starfleet CO

She nodded. “I feel like I could sleep for months,” Stellaris said. She leaned back onto the pillows and pulled the cover up. Gazing up at Jewel, she took in the Inspector and despite all her reservations and worries, she found herself trusting the woman. At least more than she had expected to. “Is there anything you need to know right now?” She knew she’d have to give a very detailed account of her time with The Echo. Just saying what she had to Pangolin had been hard, but her whole life had been a whirl of secrets. She was tired of them.

~Stellaris, Wayward Soul

Jewel placed a hand on her shoulder, it was soft and empathetic. Jewel knew suffering far more than this woman would ever know or understand. Jewel felt connected to her in some way that made her want things to turn out for her. Already she had reunited with McBride, so that was a positive. Having support was key to getting through. “No, not this minute,” she bent down a little. “We are going to put an end to them” she said, her voice full of resolve. “Get some rest” she said more loudly and left the room.

Detective Chief Inspector MCD, Jewel Stone

Jon took one last look at his sister and rose to leave. His hand was caught and when he looked back, Evelyn was gazing at him with an intense look. “I know we have a lot to talk about still and we will, I promise. I just… I want you to know that I’m grateful.” Tears flooded her eyes. “I’ve missed you,” she whispered.

It wasn’t a performance. Deep down he knew she was being sincere and he was having a hard time figuring out if which emotion got to leap to the forefront. Drawing closer, Jonathan squeezed her hand. “I’ve missed you too. We’ll figure this all out, Ev. I’m here for you. I’m in it with you now. You won’t go through any of this alone. Not anymore.”

She nodded and he pulled his hand out from hers and rested on the side of her face. “Get some sleep. I’ll come back in the morning and hopefully will have some more options for us.”

“Okay,” she said.

With a nod, McBride turned and left the room and the hospital.

Captain McBride, Starfleet CO

And slept she did. Stellaris felt too tired from everything to do more than eat and go to the washroom. So for the rest of the day she slept, arm protectively over her too small belly.

The next morning, she woke before the nurses came in for their rounds. Slipping out of bed and adjusting her patient’s gown, her body felt heavy and so she moved carefully to the window, looking out at over this place she found herself in. She had chosen to come to this colony because Jon was here, but other than that she hadn’t paid too much attention to what this place actually was. Now that it might be her home for the foreseeable future, she was starting to be more curious about the place called Oed Five.

~Stellaris, Wayward Soul

There was a knock on the door and cracked slightly. “Stellaris, it’s Ok’jiv. May I come in?” the Klingon midwife asked before opening the door any further.

Ok’jiv, midwife