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Officer's Mess - The Next Day

Posted Dec. 16, 2020, 4:21 a.m. by Lieutenant Commander Zef Rollo (Counselor) (D Grisham)

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“We’ve left notes. We’ve left video messages. We’ve tried to do a form of hypnosis to instill a connection. We’ve attempted to stimulate adrenal glands to remain awake. We’ve even attempted what you might call a seance.” She picked up a fork and tapped its end to the table. “They are a part of us, but an enigma. We have a considerable concern when we discovered that some are .. spiritless. They still sleep but they are .. ” she opened her hands in a gesture of helplessness. “.. evidently lacking. Not in ability but we can just sense it. And they must as well for they cluster in one place.”

“There is increasing talk of a ‘end of days’ scenario. I’m sure you have had them as well. The end of the world that never happens.” She shrugged. “Foolishness that pander to the masses.”
- Maree

“So you have no knowledge of a way to communicate with those entities, then? Has there been any study of their physical relationship to you? Meaning, is it a symbiotic relationship? Necessary for life? Something similar?”

Cochrane, CO

Maree looked at her plate. “If they leave for the night they cannot be necessary? And if some do not have them, blanks, and still live, then somehow we survive without them. That they return to us has the philosophers tell us that we need one another and that it is somehow beneficial.”

Zef listened long enough to catch up on what might have been discussed while she was away from the Gravanians before they arrived at the Officer’s Mess. “I’m curious, do you know if there is any part of them that is left with your bodies at night, or is it a total separation of your two aspects? If there is a total disconnect, wouldn’t that make then more of a parasite than a symbiot?” She was thinking the two halves might not need each other, but they didn’t have anyone awake during the sleeping cycle to experiment and see if it was plausible or not.

—Rollo, CNS

Evidently Maree didn’t like the thought of them being a ‘parasite’ and frowned at that idea. “They protect us when we are asleep. My definition of parasite is that they use the host until it is used up.”

Walker sat back and slowly sipped at his coffee. He was curious how long ago they had first noticed the entities, and if they had been able to track how many people were hosting one of the entities over time.

But for now he would sit back, wait, and see what they had to say to the Captain and Counselor.

WO Darach - COO

Raye walked in then, murmuring a good morning to the few who acknowledged her. She glanced at the Captain and others, “Morning, Captain. Morning, guys.” She went to get a cup of tea and some toast before coming to sit with the group. “I’m guessing the discussion of the day is our ‘wandering’ guests? I hope they didn’t get into anything sensitive over the night shifts.” She sighed leaning back in her seat. She hadn’t heard much, but plenty was being spoken of around the ship that she managed to piece together the guests on the ship had ‘ghosts’ inside them that wandered while their hosts slept.

Vorraye Anders
Diplomat

Maree perked up. “Did you … see them?”
- Maree

Cochrane said “Oh indeed we did. There are four wandering about my ship, and we have e ko way to communicate with them. That is what I was hoping you could assist us with.”

Cochrane, CO

Maree frowned again, though her eyes were envious. “You saw them. Wait. Hone. Tov. Myself. Who was the fourth?”

She drank more juice. “I like this flavor,” she remarked. “Perhaps you could help me to understand. What were your experiences last night?”
- Maree

“My vision is different from the others on board the Manhattan. I can see aural echoes of living things.” She took a sip of coffee. “For example, I can see a trail for each of you from the door to the chairs you’ve sat down in. For those of you that helped yourselves to the replicator or buffet, your individual auras are there too in a continuous motion pattern from the door. These trails last for minutes to hours, depending on the surrounding conditions. That’s how I was able to follow your night spirits around the ship.”

—Rollo, CNS

Maree picked up her glass of juice that she had emptied. “This is what I often think we are at night. That we’ve been emptied. That without our .. spirits .. that we’d have no life. But there are some effects that we have seen. Good and bad. The grizly deaths happen at night and there are no others to do it but they, and aliens ..” She looked up at them at that moment. “Aliens who had sought to take advantage of us found out that these spirits protected us. But we have never seen them. I envy you, counselor. Typically we have not allowed aliens to be among us at night. Perhaps that was wrong for I see there is a great deal that we have missed. Was there anything else? What did .. they do?”
- Maree

This was the most personable the woman had been, so Zef had no problem answering her. “It appeared they were curious about the ship. When they encountered something interesting, they paused by it and had a closer look. But they moved on quickly.”

—Rollo, CNS


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