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Posted June 28, 2020, 6:16 a.m. by Lieutenant Laraan (Counsellor) (Julia Hager)

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“There is absolutely an massive earthquake in progress. It is a planet wide extinction level event.” R’han said as if he was reporting that the grass was green. “The shuttle is on one of the many faults.”

Moving carefully, Janna re-grouped with Kaylee and grumbled, “I need a vacation.”

Kaylee tapped her comm badge in response to the Athena’s hail. =/\= Baxter here. I have initiated an evacuation of the auditorium we were holding our negations in. We were hit pretty hard by the earthquake. I have Lieutenant Kingston with me. =/\=
-Kaylee Baxter

=/\=Acknowledged. We have the pieces of the missing orb and are about to bring it down. I’ve been told that thing should be fixed once we have certain people fix the orb,=/\= Ghubari said. Her tone was more distant than normal.=/\=I’ll be down shortly to meet up with everyone.=/\=

Outside Stark was getting worried and looked over at Julian and Konral, “Do you think we should go in there and help them all get out?”
Stark Nightstalker CIO

Julien shook his head. “My place is with you and you can’t get up yet, but …” he said and gave Vander a deep look “…I’m not in charge of this away team.” he finished.
“I really think you should be with the rest of the away team. I’ll be fine here with Stark.” he said.

Stark nodded his assent which considering his usual irascible nature was tantamount to admitting he really was out for the count. “I may need some protection when the real Laraan finds out what I did,” his eyes were somber, “her displeasure with me I believe will be most keen”.

M’k’n’z’y and his entourage thundered past the man-mountain still carrying Laraan, along with Eddington and *Orvos they got into their shuttle and prepared to lift off. As the door was shutting a hail came through.

=/\= Orvos, it’s Aurora, we have to get to the Prophets Dias, we’re on our way =/\=

The sound of Orvos was abruptly cut off as the door of Excalibur’s shuttle closed tight and they lifted off heading across the compound towards their destination.
Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

OOC: My turn to be confused, but I’m going to try and weave this smoothly. Where is the dias in relation to negotiation chambers?
IC:
Janna watched them leave and then looked at everyone else. She was a bit confused but also worried about getting caught in the growing tremors.
~Janna Kingston, ACNS

After looking over scans on the Cyrano, Orvos began issuing orders. “Izzy, Laraan, and Aurora, I’m going to get us as close to the Prophet’s chamber as possible. I have a strong feeling that these tremors will end when that Orb is put back together down there. Prepare to be beamed in.” He maneuvered the Cyrano to get the best possible closeness to the Prophet Chamber without risking the rest of the ship.

Laraan just nodded her agreement to Orvos. She yearned to go to Stark, but apparently her job was not done yet and for the time being, it seemed Aurora had need of her.

“Yes sir.” Izzy replied and transferred the reigns over to him. She then carefully rewrapped the pieces of the Orb for transport with her. She wanted to think she didn’t know why she took such care with the relic, but she did. She had been a devout Neo-Catholic much of her life. Respect for spiritual artifacts was ingrained in her very being.

He then went to the computer and input commands as he saw fit. Then moving to Delaney, he said, “Maintain an open channel. I’ll be monitoring your progress, so if anything crazy happens, I’ll be there. And keep them safe.”

She looked up from the bundle as she stood and found Orvos there, the seriousness in his eyes catching her and stopping her. “Yes sir. My priority is their safety and you and I are agreed there.” Orvos would know she meant that her life was less important than the other two if the planet became more unstable or if something should go awry on the mission. Her job was probably the most important thing to her and she would always do it to the best of her ability. She walked to the back transport pad to join the others.

He then turned back to the operating console. “Ready?”
-Lt. Orvos Legen, CE

“Yes sir.” she replied when everyone was ready.
Delaney, Sec

Laraan gave another silent nod.
- Laraan, CNS

OOC I never really defined where the borehole containing the sunken chamber was in comparison to the site but in my mind, it was five minutes’ walk. https://www.star-fleet.com/core/stf3/athena/posts/53291/
This is where it was first mentioned.
This may get a little messy as many threads turn up for the big finale here, come one come all :-) Ian

Ghubari paged Liam as she made her way to the transporter room.

Together, they beamed down to the place where everyone was heading. There was a thread of anxiety weaving its way through the captain as she anticipated this probably rather dramatic end to their impromptu mission. It was still instinct that had ordered her ship into the anomaly and a great deal of faith. Later she would need to reconcile some of that and weight any costs, but as seemed to be the norm in her life n Starfleet, the outcome was worth the small bits of pain. Or so she always hoped.

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

Once the whole situation had been explained to him, Liam joined the Captain on the surface. He had barely interacted with his doppelganger since they transported. As silence ensured, his mind flickered back to the information shared. The CO had mentioned some of the man’s abilities included radiation. His eyes shifted, observing the near look-alike, before righting them back to the front.

Aside from the small brief, he had little idea what to do from here. He wanted to break the uncomfortable silence but didn’t dare to. Instead, this time he looked to his CO. A silent question about his role in this all and to follow her lead.

–CSO, Liam J. Madison, Sci

Stark Nightstalker CIO

The borehole was packed with people, delegates, and watchers who filled the space below and the stairs above. The rumbling of the planet had subsided in an almost reverent hush. A crowd this large should have been loud, boisterous but somehow throughout everyone waited with an expectation of something momentous. The fiery heat of the lava created flickers off the shining neutronium floor giving everyone’s faces a surreal aspect.

Aurora and *Liam” started moving towards the dais in the middle and the crowd parted to make way for all who had been called to fulfill destiny’s call.

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

OOC: Did all of us go down.
Luke

OOC: Not everyone, but R’han can be here for sure. Come join the finale. :)

Laraan went over to Ghubari as soon as she appeared and handed over the by now soundly asleep Meridyth to the Captain.

“Here, your newest crewmember.” she said with a smile.

Entirely unprepared for for the impromptu introduction, Koraia had a distinct look of surprise on her face as she found her arms cradling the tiny infant. The surprise turned into a smile and carefully with one hand, she drew a couple fingers across the child’s brow. “Welcome aboard little one. I guess this makes me great-aunt, now doesn’t it?” She didn’t dare look at anyone, but after a moment, her usual stoic expression returned and she gently handed Meridyth to her father. “Get home safely S’raal. We shouldn’t be too long behind you. And tell T’Pon I’ll stop by later.”

Then she walked over to Aurora, drawing in energy as she went. Maybe now, with this momentous task ahead, she would be able to get rid of the excess energy she had been carrying around ever since time-displaced Laraan had ceased to exist. Fixing an Orb for sure was no small feat and Laraan was a tad bit afraid whether she would be able to channel all the excess energy this would most likely create into safe outlets… as in not the assembling crew. It all depended on which kind of orb it was.

-Laraan

OOC: We’ll just briefly massage the timeline and assume that S’Raal leaves with the baby just after this? It’s a good little moment. :)

OOC :-) Thanks

IC:
Shifting her attention to the dias, Ghubari was nothing more than a witness. Perhaps a guardian of sorts too. “By all means, everyone, let’s get this done and go home,” she said, waiting expectantly for whatever moment was about to occur. In the back of her mind she wondered if she end up speaking with Sisko again as he suggested she may. These things were variable, as she well knew, but definitely she was feeling a little off-kilter during this mission. The mind-meld with Va’rek was still there as well, stirring up things she wasn’t sure she wanted or needed to revisit.

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

Once Isabel and the rest of the inhabitants of the Cyrano (sans Orvos) arrived on the planet’s surface, she quickly but carefully led the others to the chamber but stepped aside as Laraan stepped forward with the baby. Once S’Raal was gone with his newborn, she walked to the Captain. “I have the Orb shards Captain. Where should they go?” She didn’t know what was supposed to happen only that she was the one holding the physical object they so desired to fix.

Delaney, Sec

She should be up non the ship, where it was safe. Instead, Janna’s curiosity demanded that she make all the chaos worthwhile and at least bear witness to… whatever it was that was going to happen here.

Liam watched the proceedings, noting both the crowd and their new faces. This all felt strange and uncomfortable for him. He still didn’t know his purpose or course of action in this whole event, but he did agree with the CO on one thing. At the end of this, they all could go home and relax.

When his mirror image stepped forward, Liam held back. He figured they would tell him what to do when they needed him. Otherwise, he would be in the way.

–CSO, Liam J. Madison, Sci

Upon the dais, Aurora waited for Liam to join her. Her face seemed distant like she was listening. Liam addressed his double and Isabel, “Come up here and join us” he said with a small secret smile.

Suddenly next to the dais, a transporter beam appeared leaving in its wake Iliana Ghemor, Mirror Emissary of the Prophets.

Next to Ghubari suddenly there was a new presence as a dark-skinned bald man with a wide grin spoke quietly into her ear. “It’s showtime Captain, we need your help, the Pah-wraiths will try to stop this, they want the Mirror Orb out of the picture so they can destroy this galaxy and then cross over to finish the job in yours. To beat them it will take the combined energy of all here and you must lead them, you must unite them heart, soul, and mind.

With that, the presence dissipated and that’s when people began to notice that Iliana Ghemor’s eyes were glowing bright red…

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

OOC: For the hell of it, I’m just going to assume that Janna is here, probably with Kaylee too (if you want to be, James).
IC:
As people gathered, Janna hung back, observing each person keenly. When she had first joined the ship, Stark had told her a bit about to expect with Koraia and much of it had borne true, though they had interacted very little so far. But something about the woman’s current demeanour was… different, and she couldn’t quite pinpoint what it was exactly.

~Janna Kingston, ACNS

Was he really here? Or was it all in her mind? Did it even matter? Ghubari felt intrinsically that this was all part of the plan and so she inhaled deeply. She didn’t even look at Sisko, she just focused on Ghemor and knew without a doubt that that was her foe. But first things first. She focused on the group and specifically the security officer next to her. “Isabel, put the orb pieces on the dias,” she said as she moved to put herself between Illiana and the dais. “Laraan, Aurora and both Liams, I want you to focus all your energy on the Orb and in your minds, imagine the pieces mending back together.”

Laraan followed Aurora and Liam to the dias, casting a confused side glance at Ghubari, who she thought knew that that was not how her channel worked. But then it was often hard for non Heleen to understand that.

“But there are forces here that want to stop us from succeeding. Ghubari looked to Va’rek. “I need your help one more time, Va’rek. Cast aside the doubt. We must protect the orb and everyone else. Can you help me?” she said with all to conviction and confidence she could muster. It was like she somehow knew that they would prevail and nothing could stop them.

Fl Captain Koraia, CO

Liam glanced at the CO as she explained their task. He turned back to the object. The Chief Science officer inhaled then exhaled, clearing his mind of all thoughts. His eyes closed while he began to picture his energy going from him into the orb’s pieces. Each one turning into a liquid then shift and melted back into a circular shape. The difficulty came when he had no idea how it originally looked so his best guess had to do.
–CSO, Liam J. Madison, Sci

Laraan felt the energy flow and turned to Liam. “I don’t think that’s what you should do, as I doubt Ghubari wants you to sacrifice yourself for this. If you channel your own energy, you’ll die once it’s gone. Let Aurora try?” she suggested, quite sure the only other Heleen knew how to draw in energy from around her and channel it into matter manipulation.

Shadowed by the man-mountain Zac Kebron, Laraan stepped forward and stood before the dais with the others. The solemnity of the moment seemed to have robbed her of speech but as she looked upon Aurora and Laraan tears started to stream down her face.

Iliana Ghemor had not moved from where she had arrived but she seemed intent, motionless and yet full of activity. The encircling pool of lava started to spark and roil…

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

Laraan felt a tingling in her neck, turned her head and saw mirror her. Her light grey eyes went wide and she immediatelly had a million questions… like, why was she crying? She couldn’t leave Aurora and Liam now, but she waved the other Laraan to come over.

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