Kaya Som
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Yaya! You have survived! That's too bad!
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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 9, 2021 2:35:37 GMT
The conference table was a still serene pool, its surface almost completely undisturbed by the rhythmic heart-beating of the walls - but if you looked carefully, you could see the ripples. Kaya watched as harmonic reverberations erupted in shimmering concentric circles that dissolved into perfect chaotic eddies when they collided. :comm: "Acknowledged, McDonough. We'll send someone down." :comm: Charlie was chatting up some guy. Kaya leaned over and in sotto voce tried to bring her back planet-side. "No no, babe, aggi [fn]Trill - affectionate diminuative for children.[/fn] that's paranoid. No one can tell and it's, babe, so legal. No one's getting arrested. Just exist..." Kaya had moved to drape an arm around Charlie's shoulder, but with being handcuffed and all, it quickly got a little awkward. Kaya giggled nervously and gave them a tug. Then she looked to one of the security buds. " Hah-dey-zhi [fn]Trill - mild expletive[/fn] ... little help with this?" Judith Eastman, Charlie Fox
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Judith Eastman
Civilian
Grandma
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Rank: Civilian/other
Position: Civil Servant
Species: Human
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Post by Judith Eastman on Apr 9, 2021 17:22:28 GMT
[NPCs - PO2 Kevin McDonough & PO2 Alex Espada - 6th Floor, East Wing, Federation Embassy, First City, Qo'nos]Ahhh, nuts. That made a lot of sense. "Okay, we're gonna stay here with the whales for a bit, and we'll uncuff you when they're gone," Alex declared, a little impatient. Kevin looked anxiously at the human woman. She was less scary now that he knew she was on nuts, but still seemed dangerous. Not the woman he wanted to be cooped up in a conference room with. "Ma'am... uhhh, Charlotte? You're not under arrest, but for our records, I need your first and last name," he asked timidly.
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Charlie Fox
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Post by Charlie Fox on Apr 10, 2021 21:01:42 GMT
[Charlie Fox - On a nut]"Charlotte's the whale," she explained, patiently enough for someone in a police station where the colours of the walls looked like melting paint. "I'm Charlie."Charlie considered Kaya's advice to exist, and she nodded as though in agreement, but she wondered how they could simply exist in a place that would disallow it? Stepping up onto a chair, she placed a knee on the oval-shaped conference table. She held out a hand to Kaya, who was still in her cuffs. That was unfortunate; perhaps a friendly denizen of the sea would help her remove them. "Come on my raft, Kaya, we'll escape."The other two would drown, which was unfortunate.
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Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
Site Historian
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 11, 2021 2:44:07 GMT
[ CPO Kaya Som, Lt Yang Nari ]Security bros were no help at all, unwilling to uncuffe her. Beneath the heady haze of the psychadelic chechmeH naHlet, Kaya was mortified but the nut was mighty. She saw Charlie rise into the air like the rising sun. Kaya too rose from her chair and took her hand and floated up. The lights on the walls swelled until the whole room was illuminated and the two security guards were just specs below them. "To Marva, Charlie, take us to Marva." Outside of Kaya's interest or perception the door chimed and a Starfleet doctor entered in uniform, the sleeves of her white labcoat rolled up to the elbows. She took a few steps in and paused. There were two sun-kissed women standing on the table, talking amongst themselves. One was wearing hand-cuffs. Lieutenant Yang Nari [fn]This is a Korean name, so Yang is the family name and Nari is the given name.[/fn] quietly moved towards to two plain clothes security. "Gentlemen, what seems to be the problem," Lieutenant Yang asked with a wry half-smile, the pair of tripping problems themselves on full display in their own little world. Never a dull moment at the Qo'noS embassy. Judith Eastman, Charlie Fox
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Judith Eastman
Civilian
Grandma
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Rank: Civilian/other
Position: Civil Servant
Species: Human
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Post by Judith Eastman on Apr 11, 2021 3:06:14 GMT
[NPCs - PO2 Kevin McDonough & PO2 Alex Espada - Reality]"These two are on nuts," Kevin explained matter-of-factly. "We brought them in a few minutes ago, so they must've taken them recently. Seems pretty typical, tourists in over their heads.""The Trill's in for desertion. The Human's just with her."The word "desertion" wasn't derogatory, even in Alex's mouth; it was a call for sympathy, because if anyone deserved an escape from reality, it was Kaya Som.
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Charlie Fox
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Post by Charlie Fox on Apr 12, 2021 21:00:09 GMT
[Charlie Fox - En Route to Marva]"It's time!" Charlie declared in agreement, then dropped to the surface of the table. She tried and failed several times to pull her legs into the lotus position, but mysteriously, did not seem to have the dexterity. Eventually she settled for stretching her legs out in front of her and leaning back on her hands. Every now and then she'd point in another direction and demand a course change. The exchange between the two lads and the newly arrived doctor had also become outside of Charlie's sphere of attention, until the doctor herself ventured close enough to be considered a potential threat. She broke off the string of babbling she and Kaya had been engaging in back and forth, and pointed at the woman. "There's something on the starboard bow."
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Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
Site Historian
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 13, 2021 16:13:10 GMT
[ CPO Kaya Som, Lt Yang Nari ]Nari clicked her tongue and nodded. "Ah, yes. ChechmeH naHlet ..." Doctor Yang knew the Qo'noS psychadelic well. She'd been planetside long enough to have seen more than a few Starfleet visitors mistake them for charcuterie and consume more than their systems could handle. The next piece of information about the Trill's reason for the restraints inspired a private smile - if this was what desertion looked like, Nari'd take two. It was bit cavalier to think of it that way, though; the Trill was in for a bad day. "Let's see if we can do this the easy way," Nari said to McDonough and Espada. She had a hypospray in her hand. Then the doctor approached the travelers on their table. Kaya stood behind the seated Charlie, gazing wherever Charlie pointed. It was exactly what they'd talked about - leaving the intensity of Qo'noS to find what mattered to find themselves. Kaya felt like she was existing everywhere at once, that she was joined with everything. A beautiful woman approached them, dressed in white like an angel. Kaya's heart wept. Doctor Yang knew chechmeH naHlet rarely induced aggression but that it was usually impossible to reason with someone in that altered state. "Hello up there," she said and waved. "I'm Nari. I'd like to come up." Kaya sank to her haunches and spoke too closely to Charlie's ear. Her hair smelled so good. "Charlie, it's an angel." Charlie Fox, Judith Eastman (da boys)
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Judith Eastman
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Grandma
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Rank: Civilian/other
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Species: Human
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Post by Judith Eastman on Apr 13, 2021 16:29:48 GMT
[NPCs - PO2 Kevin McDonough & PO2 Alex Espada - A Different Unreality]"Good luck," Kevin wished the doctor, as he and Alex stood back. Inevitably, they began to chat idly. "Bro, I think the Knicks are going all the way this season," Alex asserted. Kevin stared at him, slack-jawed. "No, for real.""I didn't know you can get secondhand high on nuts."Alex shook his head. "I'm being serious. The new kid, Th'zarren, he's really got it.""It's the Knicks, though. Most of the team is still last year's same, losing team. Get real.""I am real." "About as real as the whales over there."The two of them went on in the background.
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Charlie Fox
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Post by Charlie Fox on Apr 13, 2021 19:24:22 GMT
[Charlie Fox - Sail away with me, honey]When the women spoke Charlie could see the notes of her words glide across the air. Golden clouds carried the music to their elevated perches on the raft. Kaya's whisper produced a wave of goosebumps across her skin, and she shuddered. "Are you an angel?" Charlie asked the woman. She believed there must be some magical properties to her, mostly because she wasn't drowning, but Kaya was compromised and so Charlie had to be the responsible one. She had to keep it together and look after them both, which meant she couldn't just let any old angel on to the raft. She considered her for a few moments. "You can aboard if you promise not to smite us. We have no time to be smoten, we have plans." She reached down a hand to help her up.
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Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
Site Historian
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 13, 2021 21:58:59 GMT
[ CPO Kaya Som, Lt Yang Nari ]Was Yang Nari an angel? "Some say so," Nari replied with a calm voice. Up closer, Nari could see the dilated pupils of the young human woman called Charlie. The doctor estimated they were likely early in the trip or had taken a mild dose. Nari looked past Charlie to the Trill behind her - yes, she was just as far along as her companion. "Char-char, you're so paranoid," Kaya cooed. "No one's smitten. We're all smitten. Here. Here. Here." Kaya reached out her hands to the angel to guide her up to their little vessel. Nari took the help. On her way up, she glanced back at Espada and McDonough who didn't seem all that concerned. Was Espada on about the Knicks, again? That poor man. "I've got something that will make you feel better," Nari said as she knelt on the table. Kaya was still close, so Nari simply administered the hypospray to her bare upper arm. Kaya giggled and looked to see. "It feels amazing..." she muttered. From behind her happy-nut eyes, her arm was glowing golden. The anti-toxin would take affect shortly. Nari then held out her hand for Charlie's. "Your turn, Charlie." Charlie Fox Judith Eastman
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Judith Eastman
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Grandma
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Post by Judith Eastman on Apr 13, 2021 22:51:38 GMT
[NPCs - PO2 Kevin McDonough & PO2 Alex Espada - 6th Floor, East Wing, Federation Embassy, First City, Qo'nos]After he was done rolling his eyes, Kevin decided to shift gears a little. "I'll get in touch with her CO. Looks like Yang's having some luck.""Go for it," Alex agreed. Kevin would see his rightness soon enough. Kevin began to type awkwardly on his PADD, sending instant messages to Captain Judith Eastman-Williams. Kevin McDONOUGH: We have CPO Som Kevin McDONOUGH: - PO2 McDonough, Security, QoNos Embassy detail Roland JENKINS: i'm her assistant Kevin McDONOUGH: Is she here? Roland JENKINS: it's 0600 Roland JENKINS: will see if she's awake Kevin McDONOUGH: Thanks "You type like an old lady," Alex ribbed. "I thought Captain Williams is an old lady," Kevin defended himself, inadvertently using the woman's wrong surname. "Let's see if she knows who the redhead is," Alex suggested, and then grabbed the PADD. Kevin McDONOUGH: she got a friend Kevin McDONOUGH: charlie smth Kevin McDONOUGH: know her Roland JENKINS: redhead? Roland JENKINS: pretty? Roland JENKINS: massive pain in the ass? Kevin McDONOUGH: yes Roland JENKINS: charlie fox Kevin McDONOUGH: thx "Charlie Fox," Alex exclaimed triumphantly, shoving the PADD back to Kevin
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Charlie Fox
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Post by Charlie Fox on Apr 14, 2021 21:39:10 GMT
[Charlie Fox - Sur la table]Charlie regarded Kaya with some bemusement, and then she sighed. She supposed they were all smitten - or smoten - in a way. Wasn't that why they were there? She'd have said that they weren't supposed to take drugs from angels, but hadn't they taken nuts from klingons? That would be hypocritical, and Charlie hated hypocrisy. There was just no place for it on the raft, so once she saw that Kaya was enjoying the mysterious being's wares, she offered her own arm. "I hope it gives me more powers," she shared with the others. At the sound of her name, being spoken by someone long dead and forgotten, she turned her head. "Hmm?"
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Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
Site Historian
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 15, 2021 16:44:04 GMT
[ CPO Kaya Som, Lt Yang Nari ]The Trill seemed placid enough and the come-down wouldn't otherwise be too jarring, but seeing as what kind of day she was about to have, Dr Yang certainly felt for her on some level. On the other hand, going AWOL was a serious infraction and it had to be dealt with by the book. Now that Dr. Yang had Charlie's attention, Dr. Yang felt comfortable reaching out and gently taking her arm and applied the hypospray as high on her arm as her clothing would allow. "There we are," she said with a little smile and gave Charlie's arm a little pat before returning it to her. Then she slid down off the table and re-joined McDonough and Espada. "Should be only a few moments and they're all yours," she said with a flat smile. "Let me know if you need anything else." Meanwhile, Kaya watched her arm fade from swirling gold to the normal light brown. The fuzzy edges of the world around her hardnened and retextured and the chilliness of the room seeped back in. She moved to rub herself warm but bumped agains the wrist restraints. She looked up and around and remembered where she was, but not exactly why she was on the table - Charlie was as well, still looking a bit dreamy. The angel was a doctor on her way out of the room, the two plainclothes security officers were standing in wait. She put two and two together. Kaya closed her eyes and heaved a heavy sigh. Charlie Fox, Judith Eastman
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Judith Eastman
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Grandma
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Rank: Civilian/other
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Species: Human
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Post by Judith Eastman on Apr 15, 2021 17:21:21 GMT
[NPCs - PO2 Kevin McDonough & PO2 Alex Espada - 6th Floor, East Wing, Federation Embassy, First City, Qo'nos]Kevin and Alex stood back, letting the women come to on their own, until they looked sufficiently lucid. "We're gonna put your Captain on the line," Kevin announced, and he did just that. {Click for Judy's morning so far}[Capt. Judith Eastman(-Williams) - Lawrence Eastman's Quarters, Front Ear Station]
Judy, as it happened, was very much awake, and very much not in the ideal state for this business. With her son Lawrence sick, and his wife Jessica pregnant, she'd volunteered to get their three young kids out of the house this morning. With Max working the breakfast shift, she'd come in alone, after the couple's early-morning workout, to be the devoted Grandma she always was.
Which, naturally, included bathing 2-year-old Benny, after a diaper-soiling incident left him, his bed, and ultimately her sweatshirt as well, in a sorry state.
She was hunched over the bathtub when she got the comm from Jenkins.
=A= "Jenkins to Captain Eastman, are you awake?" =A= he asked her. She wiped her hand on her leggings, relishing their absorbent powers, before tapping her combadge. =A= "Yes, I'm here," =A= she answered. =A= "The embassy found Chief Som. She'll be ready for us soon." =A= Now, Judy had a split-second decision to make. Would she ask for the embassy to keep Kaya on ice for another 15 minutes, so that her captainliness could get her makeup and uniform, or would she rough it, for the young woman's sake? =A= "I'll be available in two minutes. Eastman out." =A=
"Benny, we're going to couch. Grandma needs to do work," she said, apologetically, to the toddler. "Grandma, go?" he asked, seemingly worried by that prospect. "Grandma and Benny go to couch together," she explained.
With Benny's cooperation, Judy was able to get him out, and, by placing her PADD atop a box on the coffee table, to keep both the toddler and her stomach out of the frame; she wasn't ashamed of either (the sports bra was her workout attire of choice, and she tended to show Benny's photo to everyone), but it wasn't professional.
The disorderliness of it all reminded her of her 30s, that period of single motherhood when she could never seem to be ready for all the things she needed to do. She was extremely unpolished now (although still polished compared to that time), but she was real, and perhaps, real was going to work. The image of Captain Eastman appeared on a large - but low-res - projector screen[fn]This branch of the embassy gets hand-me-down technology. No good screens, and certainly no holoprojectors[/fn] in the conference room, from the shoulders up. She was dressed in a sleeveless athletic top, teal in color, and seated in a living room that those who knew her well could tell was not her own. With no makeup, and her hair held in a ponytail, she had only her glasses - and the gravity of the situation - to distract from her wrinkles. =A= "Kaya, my dear, I'm glad you're alright!" =A= her voice, slightly hoarse, perhaps too enthusiastic, came over the comm in the embassy.
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Charlie Fox
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Post by Charlie Fox on Apr 16, 2021 13:50:06 GMT
[Charlie Fox - Coming down]Charlie returned the angel's smile, and then waved a blissful goodbye to her as she jumped off the side of the raft. She turned to look at Kaya, her companion on this trip, and the smile wavered a little. Kaya looked cold, so Charlie reached out to grab her hands, intent on warming them up by transferring some of her warm power. As one second faded into another, and then the next, so too did Charlie's happy adventure. Before too long she was feeling the chill herself, not to mention a slight stiffness of her arse as she realised she'd been sitting on a table. Her eyes came to rest on Kaya's cuffs, and she winced. The voice made her start. Her head swung around to stare at the screen and she squinted, taking a moment to recognise the woman as Captain Judith Eastman. "My dear...?" What the...Charlie arched a brow and glanced sideways at Kaya. She'd had no idea they were so close, but perhaps that would be to her friend's advantage. She kept silent, knowing that there was a time and a place for her snark, and this probably was not it.
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