Posted by Ensign Karina Niles (Doctor) in Main Sim - Aboard the Starbase - The Chase

Posted by Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist (Weaver of Webs) in Main Sim - Aboard the Starbase - The Chase

Posted by Lieutenant Ky’Laria (Scientist) in Main Sim - Aboard the Starbase - The Chase

It was certain now. That had been her target. Ky’Laria silently cursed her own caution; she had wasted too much time and effort muting her instincts in favour of keeping up the social niceties expected among a group of ‘companions’ at a bar counter. As she sprang with apparently unbidden force from her stool, it was not lost on her deeper self - her Instinct - that, now that the woman was fleeing, she could be pursued. The thought warmed something deep within her as she landed almost daintily on her toes, already three paces away from the bar and into a stride which was quick without appearing too urgent.

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

Karina took note of the woman and then smiled back at the bartender. “Well, since I lost her… I guess I got you.” She slid her empty glass slowly towards him in a teasing manner. “I’m sure you can offer up a bit more info that I’m sure you heard from such a reputable source.” She leaned in closer and smiled just a bit brighter. She’d find out what she could from the man then head out. She wasn’t any good at tailing and she knew it. “Can you refill that while I use the little girl’s room? I’ll be rriiggghhhtttt back.” She winked and moved to the bathroom.

Ky’Laria didn’t seem to care whether she was any good at tailing, though one could get the sense that she was rather proficient. Already passing through the door, her eyes darted back into the bar to find Karina. Had she noticed? There was no time to retrieve her; she would have to be left to get what more she could from the barman. The Kuras disappeared from view, out into the corridors, after the scent of her newfound prey.

She looked excited.

Once out of sight around the corner, she pulled out the small comm she had been given to raise the alert that the target, the woman, had been located.

Karina
Doctor

-Ky’Laria (Better Than A Hirogen, And Better Looking Too)

Tikka watched the two women go with a slightly confused expression. What was going on? She looked at Viyara. “So… That was odd.”

Ens. Tikka

OOC Going to split the thread here, stay with the Main Sim Thread if you’re chasing the woman :-)

IC The woman’s retreating back could be seen heading into a nearby turbolift. As the doors shut she was looking right at them.

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

Karina came back in time to see Ky was gone. She smiled. It wouldn’t surprise her if the Kuras had gone after the woman. Putting her sugar smile on, she slipped back onto her barstool ans licked her lip at the bartender. “I believe I’m thirsty. And I am hoping you have more to tell about the ship that disappeared.”

Karina
Doctor

OOC: Also posting a little bit of the scene left behind before inserting my character to create some friction here. Muahahahaha!

IC: Michael Conrad stayed seated at his table while the redhead continued talking at the bar. (See the thread split for the bar scene…)

The dark haired, rather well built man sitting with Conrad had smoothly stood up and left keeping pace with those that left. His green eyes found the query entering a turbolift and another person following behind and closing ground quickly. Dawson knew a chase when I saw one, and this was no different. He quickly accessed the computer and querried it for a map of the base. He put it on his PADD and moved toward the woman pursuing the one in the turbolift. He looked at both people’s body structure and facial features, remembering every possible detail he could before the turbolift doors shut.

-Dawson

Ky’Laria watched the doors slide shut and hissed a string of noises that were probably cursing in her language. It wouldn’t be easy to follow her prey’s scent through a turbolift ride, and no more so to track the sound of it moving through the station, what with all the other turbolifts making the same kind of noise. At least there was more at stake than her own personal pride here, so it wasn’t a difficult decision to call for help; since this had all been somewhat on the down-low, the Kuras figured she had but one point of contact.

She reached for a commbadge and realized in the movement that it wasn’t there. Cursing again, she slammed a panel on the wall near the turbolift door that had interrupted her chase. “Ky’Laria to Commander Stone.” This would be much easier if her voiceprint had already been re-designated as a Starfleet officer; failing that, perhaps she was still registered as a foreign official, which might be enough to actually get in touch with the base commander. She wasn’t sure that the Security department had been made aware of her activities.

=/\= Stone here =/\= came the almost instant reply, =/\= Something up? =/\=

Someone’s footfalls were approaching. She looked over her shoulder at their source but paid little attention otherwise.

“I’ve located our person of interest, who has embarked a turbolift from my location,” Ky’Laria explained in a flat, firm tone. “I do not know her destination. Can we halt her lift car and deliver her to a security detail?” ‘Or to me,’ she thought, though even the Hunter within could begrudgingly defer to the more practical concern. The damage to her pride in failing to personally corner her quarry would be temporary, and she had to admit that plenty more was at stake in this moment.

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

While the man followed Ky’Larria, Karina had exited the establishment in the opposite direction. She was headed straight for the Commander’s Office. This wasn’t time to be playing hide-and-seek. If Ky’Larria knew where the woman was going, great. But Karina knew she was too far behind to hazard a guess.

She took the other lift and exited on the floor outside his office. Taking a moment to catch her breath, her heart racing and her breath shallow from the slow drain of adrenaline. She was pulling herself, and her thoughts, together before heading into his office and report.

Karina
Doctor
((giving Ky and Stone a moment to finish their call, since it would take that long for her to get there))

-Ky’Laria