Kaya Som
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Yaya! You have survived! That's too bad!
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Rank: Senior Chief Petty Officer
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Species: Trill
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Post by Kaya Som on Mar 31, 2021 18:31:13 GMT
[ Kaya Som | veng wa'DIch (First City, Qo'nos capitol city) | 2381.01.15, midday ]Two long Qo'noS days had passed since Charlie Fox of the Federation News Network had joined Chief Petty Officer Kaya Som of the USS Mac on her unauthorized exodus from her Starfleet post at Frontier Station over a week ago. [fn]Kaya left Frontier on 2381.01.07. Charlie joined her on Qo'noS on 2381.01.13.[/fn] By now, they'd found marginally better accommodations than the portside hostel Kaya at which she'd originally landed. They'd spent their time much as they had that first morning: taking in the entertainment, sampling the food and fare, and having unfiltered conversations. They shared stories of which Charlie's were unmatched, they gossiped about Kaya's crew, they compared romantic partners. There was some talk about what Kaya planned to do, and a hint of how long Charlie would join her, but the subject was Kaya's least favorite. By all appearances, Kaya was at ease. It probably looked forced, but her smile was wide and her commitment to their next diversion was indefatigable. But under the surface, things weren't so blithe. She was sleeping poorly - she'd rise into a panic when she laid down, and an opened window only partially alleviated the feeling the walls were closing in. She'd begun to obsessively check her messages, but never read any of them. They were peculiar to her. They'd fallen off in frequency, but they were still coming. Some were still from people who knew her to be missing, but others who'd only recently began to wonder why their messages were going unanswered. It had been eight days now - how long would they all let this go on? Kaya sighed and closed her messages, sliding the device back into her pocket, resenting that she cared. She was on her way to join Charlie at a city-wide cooking competition - there'd be dozens of vendors and chefs from all over Qu'noS all vying for prestige. She wore her own loose-fitting Trillian clothes, but had added a stack of Klingon bracelets up her forearms. She walked through the streets of Kronos with kidza [fn]A little cigarette-sized vape, with an indigo light and violet vapor.[/fn] between her teeth and her sunglasses keeping out the bright Qo'noS sun. Charlie Fox Judith Eastman
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Judith Eastman
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Grandma
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Position: Civil Servant
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Post by Judith Eastman on Apr 1, 2021 2:33:11 GMT
[NPCs - PO2 Kevin McDonough & PO2 Alex Espada - Street, First City, Qo'nos]Working security at the Federation embassy on Qo'nos was boring, which is why Kevin and Alex were glad to be transferring out, and just as glad to be sent on a job in the city. It felt like real security work. Or as much so as tracking down a lost Trill could be. A deserter, technically, but they were told to treat her nicely. "That look like her to you?" Kevin asked Alex, sighting a diminutive figure. Alex squinted at the little Trill. Yeah, she matched the image on Kaya Som's file. "Yeah, that's her," he agreed. "She's tiny. She could get lost here.""I think that's her plan."They stood back, not approaching just yet, and sufficiently inconspicuous in plainclothes. Besides, they had raktajinos to finish.
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Charlie Fox
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Post by Charlie Fox on Apr 1, 2021 16:53:38 GMT
[Charlie Fox - Plaza, veng wa'DIch (First City, Qo'nos capitol city)]] 2381.01.15Charlie wasn't sure she'd have chosen a vacation to Qo'nos herself, but she was rather enjoying it all the same. Much of that had to do with the company; Kaya was easy to be around. She didn't expect all that much, she didn't push, and she had no issue with Charlie wandering off every time something shiny caught her eye. Most of the other Fleeters she knew wouldn't let her out of their sights for more than ten minutes. It was nice to just... be on a break. Bracelets, similar to the ones Kaya was wearing, slid down her forearm as she raised her hand, signaling to Olsen her orders. She was enjoying the electrified atmosphere in the plaza, and found herself very amused by the smack talk the chefs and cooks were flinging at each other. She'd had no clue that such a kitchen competition could be just as fierce and charged as a fighting match, but here she was, surrounded by klingons (and others), who fought with their cooking utensils with equal passion as their bat'leths. She was eyeing a targ, skinned and spinning on a spit, when she caught sight of Kaya. The message checking had become a fixation. Sometimes Charlie thought that she wasn't even seeing the messages, barely registering the content or sender, it had just become a reflex. Charlie had followed Kaya here to ensure that her friend was okay. She hadn't come to convince her to return, she didn't think that would be fair of her. But worry still niggled at her, and the clock was ticking. She'd recorded enough to fill weeks of cultural segments for the FNN, but every week couldn't be Klingon Week. She waved at her, then returned her attention to one of the very few cooks who seemed keen to go a little further than the "one minute a side" rule of frying.
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Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
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Yaya! You have survived! That's too bad!
Posts: 804
Likes: 108
Rank: Senior Chief Petty Officer
Position: Chief of Engineering
Species: Trill
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Post by Kaya Som on Apr 1, 2021 17:11:25 GMT
[ Kaya Som | Plaza ]Kaya smiled seeing Olsen buzzing over the crowd, avoiding the occasional swipe from a territorial vendor or someone idly testing their marksmenship. But the little drone was all eyes and evaded the threats easily. Just as soon as Kaya noticed Charlie's familiar, she saw Charlie waving. Kaya gestured back and looked both ways before crossing a street. "Hey! I found some." Once she was able to stand close to Charlie, from her bag, Kaya produced a small metal coffer stamped with Klingon writing Kaya couldn't identify out of context. She clicked over a tiny latch which allowed her to flip open the lid. Inside were about a dozen unshelled cashew-shaped nut things. It was chechmeH naHlet, literally nut for pleasure and was claimed to be a mild psychadelic that made nice feelings nicer. What better way to enjoy a food festival? Kaya picked one up and gave it a sniff; all she smelled was her lotion. "For science. Cheers." Kaya popped it in her mouth, gave it one good bite, and her eyes began to water. "Oh, gods, it's spicy. They're spicy." She swalled and fanned herself, holding out the box to Charlie. The nuts weren't themselves illegal as very little consumables were actually illegal on this planet, but they had been hard to track down and Kaya had probably overpaid because she was shit at haggling. Judith Eastman (da boys) Charlie Fox
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Judith Eastman
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Post by Judith Eastman on Apr 2, 2021 3:55:11 GMT
[NPCs - PO2 Kevin McDonough & PO2 Alex Espada - Plaza, First City, Qo'nos]The security bros saw Som head into the food festival, and followed discreetly. They didn't want to create a scene, but... "Should've swept in earlier," Kevin lamented. "She can run if she wants to.""Who says she shouldn't have that choice?" Alex asked rhetorically. "Let's go."They might have been hesitant to cut in line, but... Klingons didn't do lines, so they could just approach without offending someone or other. "Kaya Som, ma'am, we're with Starfleet security," Kevin addressed Som, and the human woman she was with. Perhaps a friend, or a lover? Front Ear hadn't mentioned a second runaway. "We're here to bring you home."
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Charlie Fox
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Post by Charlie Fox on Apr 2, 2021 15:00:52 GMT
[Charlie Fox - Plaza, veng wa'DIch (First City, Qo'nos capitol city)]] "Ooh!" Charlie responded with some glee when Kaya approached, quick to announce that she had managed to procure some of the curious pleasure nuts. She turned to look at the Trill, expression watchful as she observed the "scientific experiment" unfold. She grinned, then reached out to take a nut of her own, knowing full well that if Kaya thought it spicy, it was probably going to blow her own head clean off. "For research!" She followed up with her own toast, before popping the psychadelic edible into her mouth just as the human pair approached. Charlie could smell the uniform before they'd even opened their mouths to speak. Her eyes narrowed slightly, though that was mostly due to the fire that had begun burning on her tongue. Eyes already watering, she glanced at Kaya and then back to the Security personnel. She did not want to step on her friend's toes, but the wording they'd chosen really rubbed her up the wrong way. Here to bring her home, indeed. "On whose authority?" She asked, trying to pointedly ignore the sudden urge to dunk her whole head in a nearby barrel of room-temp bloodwine.
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Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
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Yaya! You have survived! That's too bad!
Posts: 804
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Rank: Senior Chief Petty Officer
Position: Chief of Engineering
Species: Trill
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Post by Kaya Som on Apr 2, 2021 15:22:12 GMT
[ Kaya Som | Plaza ]Kaya's eyes were still watering when Charlie began her journey, Kaya unable to laugh at her facial contortions. Before she could explain that they had a few minutes before they started to feel the effects, Kaya heard her name. And ma'am. And Starfleet, and security, and home. She experienced several emotions at once. She tilted her head back and closed her eyes, then ran her hands down her face. And then she started to laugh lightly. She looked between the taller men - young, plainclothes, but with that Starfleet courtesy. She didn't recognized them, but had no reason to disbelieve them. "This is how this works?" she said with a snort. She looked to Charlie for back-up. This was absurd, right? "Really? You're just coming to get me? Am I under arrest?" She lifted her hands and looked around at the busy food festival. She wondered absently what jurisdiction they had on Qo'noS which was not a part of the Federation. But she knew it didn't matter. What as she going to do? Bolt? Lead them on a merry chase through the galaxy? Kaya was brash and spiraling but not that much. Charlie Fox Judith Eastman
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Judith Eastman
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Post by Judith Eastman on Apr 2, 2021 16:04:23 GMT
[NPCs - PO2 Kevin McDonough & PO2 Alex Espada - Plaza, First City, Qo'nos]This was an awkward situation, the kind that almost made one wish for guard duty at the embassy. Alex cuffed Kaya, as gently as he could. "Nobody ever gets charged for desertion anymore. We're told your Captain wants you back, but you can get a dishonorable discharge and be back here in half an hour," Kevin explained. He hadn't interacted directly with Captain Eastman, nor Commander Baker, but with their assistants. "We just have to take you to the Embassy," Alex added. "Your friend can come with."He didn't like the human woman's sass, but there was no law against it, on Qo'nos or in the Federation.
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Charlie Fox
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Post by Charlie Fox on Apr 3, 2021 13:05:42 GMT
[Charlie Fox - Plaza, veng wa'DIch]When Kaya looked at Charlie she would see an incredulous expression in response. The reporter gave the spicy nut a couple more chews, then swallowed painfully. She was about to give these drones a piece of her mind, and it wouldn't do for her to spray bits of psychedelic nut along with it. But then they... CUFFED her! "What do you think you're doing!?" She asked, aghast at what was happening to her friend before her very eyes. "She's not resisting, what is wrong with you?"She glanced from one brainless grunt to the other, and to the arrested Kaya Som, and began to wonder if she was tripping already. "You're arresting her for needing a break? Let me guess, she forgot to submit Form 242-1A in triplicate and it has grossly offended her fussy Captain."Kaya had been through so much in such a short period of time. And instead of asking what they could do to help her, they were throwing a pair of cuffs on her. It was disgusting.
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Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
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Yaya! You have survived! That's too bad!
Posts: 804
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Rank: Senior Chief Petty Officer
Position: Chief of Engineering
Species: Trill
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Post by Kaya Som on Apr 4, 2021 2:09:27 GMT
[ Kaya Som | Plaza ]"Wait...!" Kaya barely believed it when one of the security bros took her belongings and then fastened the handcuffs in front of her. Her heart began to race so suddenly it felt for a moment it might burst out of her. She'd been handcuffed once before and it hadn't done wonders for her mental health. [fn] Season 2, Mission 1: Secrets of Serenity[/fn] She struggled to focus on what the guy had said, something about dessertion, discharges, and the embassy. "I'm not a deserter. F*ck!" She swore out of exhasperation than at the security. Olsen was whirring around them, and Charlie was vehement on her behalf. Kaya knew, though, this was all out of their hands. She was Starfleet and there were obligations. And then something started to happen. Kaya blinked her eyes and blinked them again hard. Charlie's long brown hair started to rise up softly around her head like she was underwater. "Charlie...?" She turned away from the security bros to stare at her. Charlie Fox, Judith Eastman
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Judith Eastman
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Post by Judith Eastman on Apr 4, 2021 2:32:48 GMT
[NPCs - PO2 Kevin McDonough & PO2 Alex Espada - Plaza, First City, Qo'nos]"Sorry, ladies, we don't make the rules," Alex said, though were it not for the human woman's obnoxious attitude, he might have been sorrier. =A= "McDonough to Ops, we have Som. 4 to beam to the transporter pad E6." =A= Som's companion hadn't asked to be beamed along, but Kevin thought she could use a friend.
[NPCs - PO2 Kevin McDonough & PO2 Alex Espada - 6th Floor, East Wing, Federation Embassy, First City, Qo'nos]The group materialized on a transporter pad, at the end of a long corridor of nondescript office suites. Sterile and sleek, it could've been any Starfleet facility. Indeed, the East Wing was where Starfleet ran its operations, and the 6th floor was just another floor. There was a decent view from some of the rooms, but nothing special. After the beam-in, Kevin realized that Kaya had seemed discombobulated before, beyond the usual disconcertedness of having technically been caught committing what was nominally a crime. "Hey, you okay?" he asked. "We can beam you right back," Alex said to the hostile human woman, though whether this was an offer or a threat was anyone's guess.
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Charlie Fox
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Post by Charlie Fox on Apr 5, 2021 18:23:43 GMT
[Charlie Fox - Plaza -> 6th Floor, East Wing, Federation Embassy]Charlie had no idea what this asshole's problem was, but she did not know, nor did she much care, what he was or was not sorry about. She pointedly ignored him, and turned to look at Kaya, who was staring at her like she'd grown another head. "Kaya?"The familiar sensation of transport began, and stole any further question from her. When they rematerialised the one who seemed devoid of all empathy had another go at her. She narrowed her eyes and gestured toward her friend, who was still staring. Was it fear? Terror? Panic? Had Kaya Som left this mental plane? "Uncuff her. Can't you see she's not quite right?"She turned to appeal to the more human human, but her eyes stopped when she realised something was wrong with Kaya's face. Her spots, particular to Trill, were... moving. They were expanding, restricting, pulling away from each other and then flowing together like ink; they were alive. And they were spelling 'RUN' across her forehead. Charlie wasn't quite right, either.
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Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
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Yaya! You have survived! That's too bad!
Posts: 804
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Rank: Senior Chief Petty Officer
Position: Chief of Engineering
Species: Trill
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Post by Kaya Som on Apr 5, 2021 20:41:14 GMT
[ Kaya Som | Federation Embassy, Qo'noS ]Kaya had never been at a Federation Embassy before. Charlie's hair was still floating and the walls were breathing. She followed along without a word, carried along by the gentle digestion of the long corridor. The furious Charlie was at their flank. They stopped outside a door and McDonough asked her if she was okay. She reached up with her dualy cuffed hands and gently, gently stroked his face. "No. You're okay," she said gently with furrowed brows. Charlie was still under water like a beautiful sea nymph. Her voice sounded like a song. Then to the other security officer, Kaya said. "I'm going to go before the whale swallows, kay? Kay. Come, Charlotte." Kaya moved to do just that, to take Charlie's hand to go back the way they came. Charlie Fox, Judith Eastman
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Judith Eastman
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Post by Judith Eastman on Apr 5, 2021 22:24:43 GMT
[NPCs - PO2 Kevin McDonough & PO2 Alex Espada - 6th Floor, East Wing, Federation Embassy, First City, Qo'nos]Kevin's face twitched uncomfortably at the touching. He was taken, and she was clearly out of it. And the human woman didn't seem entirely in it, either. "Let's get you settled down, get you a medic," he directed, gently tugging Kaya into a conference room. She'd clearly have to get over the whales before they took care of her going AWOL. =A= "McDonough to dispatch. Medic to conference room E647. One possibly hallucinating," =A= he added, to his combadge. Alex looked to the human. She seemed out of it, but she was still coherent. "Do you know anything she did that might've caused this?" he asked.
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Charlie Fox
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Post by Charlie Fox on Apr 7, 2021 17:37:56 GMT
[Charlie Fox - 6th Floor, East Wing, Federation Embassy]Whale?Charlie looked around, though it felt like the air had the consistency of butter. When Kaya took her hand and began to rescue them from Tweedledum and Tweedledee, she went along without argument. "There's a whale?" Was the whale's name also Charlotte? The universe though, it had other plans. They were ushered into a conference room and the cross one was asking her a question. "You caused this! You and your... your... ungentlemanliness!" Solid. "We should have listened to your forehead!" She said to her friend, head turning painfully slowly. "That's the last time I take a nut for pleasure and get arrested."
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