Posted Aug. 13, 2019, 8:17 a.m. by Lieutenant Commander Stark Nightstalker (Chief Intelligence Officer) (Ian Kerby)
Posted by Fleet Captain Ghubari Koraia (Captain) in Presim - Confessions to the Captain
Posted by Lieutenant Laraan (Counsellor) in Presim - Confessions to the Captain
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Stark Nightstalker (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Presim - Confessions to the Captain
Posted by… suppressed (3) by the Post Ghost! 👻(snip)
Half-smirking, Koraia shook her head. “We escaped the Borg because she let me go, but…”-Ghubari sighed-“we’ve survived time again because we fight the good fight, and yes, because the crew matters to each other. We trust each other and we have each other’s backs. I’m glad I’m not the only one that is wary of Michail.”
Moving back, she sat next to him, turned to face him. “Ground rules. I get final say anytime any of you are dragged into potential action. I don’t want to be finding out about it after the fact. And I will be going to see Michail to make sure that we’re on the same wavelength or else I won’t have him involved in anything to do with my crew. And Stark, let me be angry now and again. I’ve earned it. Our losses are still fresh, and I have a crew who is predominantly dealing with some level of post-traumatic stress disorder. Do not underestimate the need for us to have a break and maybe even be coddled a bit for a time. If we’ve won time and time again, it’s because I’ve never asked of them more than they were capable of giving. And right now they’re hurting, we’re all hurting. Sometimes the wisest course of action is to say no and step back. It’s not in either of our nature’s but we’re not the same people we once were. We know better.”
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He nodded and his shoulders slumped a bit. “I barely recognize myself these days,” he said looking up and meeting her eyes, “Too many people to try to protect, no break from the ensuing fight, people like the Conclave and others dogging our every move. I’d suggest R and R but we both know that our enemy never rests and they’d come for us there. For the first time in my life, I feel like I’m insufficient for the task ahead… I guess that was why I got excited about all this, Laraan’s ability felt like something that could finally swing the balance in our favor”.
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She gazed at him and for the first time since she’d known him she realized that he was suddenly the more optimistic one. She blinked, almost hoping it would make things clearer, but that seemed to be folly. “To what point, and at what cost?” she said softly, forcing her voice to be above a whisper.
Fl. Captain Koraia, CO
His eyes blazed fiercely, “Everyone out there seems to be dead set on killing, kidnapping, and chaos and sometimes I’d like to have an ace up my sleeve. Rather than the impossible odds we usually seem to be up against just once I’d like to look the enemy in the face and know that they’re going down for sure. Between the Conclave, Temporal Knights, Counterstrike and the Q Continuum just once I’d like to be the superpower”. He paused in his rant, sighed, and continued in more measured tones. “I miss the simplicity of the way things used to be… before I started caring…”
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OOC: beautiful!
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Koraia shook her head. “You always cared Stark, trust me. I know the dark time threatened to take over all your happy memories, but someone who doesn’t care wouldn’t be the kind of person who greets new crew members. And you can try and tell me it’s all about gathering info and sussing out the newcomers, but I know better,” she said, her eyes glittering.
He said nothing but a slight smile tugged at his mouth and he couldn’t meet her eyes squarely.
She exhaled loudly. “And as my brother, I’m going to ask you a favour,” she said, her smirk turning slightly sad.
Dark eyes met hers afire with curiosity and a slight tinge of dread.
“I know how… obsessive I can be about this whole Conclave and Kallen situation. If I go too far, start crossing lines, I may not see it. You have full permission to rally the troops and drag me back to the light. In fact, I insist on it.” They both knew the whole mess might require some less than ideal actions and it was going to mean they had to get their hands dirty. But the lines seemed so fine lately that she knew it wouldn’t take too much for her to tip right over and fall very, very hard.
Fl. Captain Koraia, CO
“You’re asking me… to be your conscience and moral guide,” he said with more than a little trepidation, “This is unprecedented”. Taking a deep breath he nodded, “I accept the charge and the challenge,” pausing for a second he continued shoulder taut and tense, muscles and fur rippling, “however we both know that with the team we’ve got assembled it’s going to get bloody, and messy, and we’re going to bathe in it until every last one of them pays and we can go on with our lives with Kallen avenged fully and at peace”.
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